发表学术论文160余篇，大部分被SCI、EI收录；主编《现代工程光学》教材，参编国家十一五规划教材《信息光学》（第二版）；负责或做为共发明人申请国家发明专利6项，获准授权3项。代表性论文：

(1) Zhu, Lin  Cao, Yiping*  He, Dawu Chen, Cheng Real-time tricolor phase measuring profilometry based on CCD sensitivity calibration. Journal of Modern Optics, 2017,64(4): 379-387

(2) Peng Kuang,Cao Yiping*, Wu Yingchun, Chen, Cheng Wan, Yingying. A dual-frequency online PMP method with phase-shifting parallel to moving direction of measured object[J]. Optics Communications, 2017, 383:491-499.

(3) Peng, Kuang，Cao, Yiping(*)，Wu, Yingchun，Lu, Mingteng，A new method using orthogonal two-frequency grating in online 3D measurement，Optics and Laser Technology，2016.9.01，83：81~88

(4) Zhu, Lin，Cao, Yiping(*)，He, Dawu，Chen, Cheng，Grayscale imbalance correction in real-time phase measuring profilometry，Optics Communications，2016.10.1，376：72~80

(5) Sun, Song，Cao, Yiping(*)，Imaging quality automated measurement of image intensifier based on orthometric phase-shifting gratings，Applied Optics，2016.6.1，55（16）：4383~4388

(6) Cao, Senpeng，Cao, Yiping(*)，Zhang, Qican，Fourier transform profilometry of a single-field fringe for dynamic objects using an interlaced scanning camera，Optics Communications，2016.5.15，367：130~136.

(7) Ma, Meixue，Cao, Yiping(*)，He, Dawu，Chen, Cheng，Wan, Yingying，Grayscale imbalance correcting method based on fringe normalization in RGB tricolor real-time three-dimensional measurement，Optical Engineering，2016.3.01，55（3）:034102-1-8

(8) Wan Y Y,Cao Y P(*), Chen C, et al. An online triple-frequency color-encoded fringe projection profilometry for discontinuous object[J]. Journal of Modern Optics, 2016, 63(14):1-8.

(9) Yuan Han, Cao Yiping(*), Chen Cheng, Wang Yaping. Online phase measuring profilometry for rectilinear moving object by image correction[J]. Optical Engineering, 2015, 54(11): 113104-113104.

(10) Zheng, Suzhen，Cao, Yiping(*)，Fringe-projection profilometry based on two-dimensional empirical mode decomposition，Applied Optics，2013.11.1，52（31）：7648~7653