Jianming Dai is currently a professor of optics in the School of Precision Instrument and Optoelectronics Engineering at Tianjin University. He was with The Institute of Optics at University of Rochester, The Center for Terahertz Research at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Oklahoma State University，Department of Chemistry at State University of New York at Buffalo, Department of Chemistry at Temple University, and Department of Electronics Engineering at The Chinese University of Hong Kong. He is an Optica Fellow.

EDUCATION:

Tianjin University, Ph.D. in Optics, 1994

Tianjin University, M.S. in Optics, 1991

Tianjin University, B.S. in Optics, 1988

EXPERIENCE:

Jan. 2016~Present:      School of Precision Instrument and Opto-Electronics Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China

                                 Professor

Nov. 2012~Dec. 2015: The Institute of Optics, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, U. S.

                                 Associate Professor (Research)

Jan. 2012~Oct. 2012:   The Institute of Optics, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, U. S.

                                 Scientist

Jan. 2010~Dec. 2011:   The Center for THz Research, Department of Physics, Applied Physics and Astronomy, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, U. S.

                                 Research Associate Professor

May 2007~Dec. 2009:  The Center for THz Research, Department of Physics, Applied Physics and Astronomy, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, U. S.

                                 Research Assistant Professor

Sept. 2005~Apr. 2007: The Center for THz Research, Department of Physics, Applied Physics and Astronomy, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, U. S.

                                 Research Associate

Aug. 2004~Aug. 2005: Institute of Optics, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, U. S.

                                 Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Oct. 2002~Aug. 2004:  School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma, U. S.

                                 Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Oct. 2001~Oct. 2002:   Department of Chemistry (Institute for Lasers, Photonics and Biophotonics), the State University of New  York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, U. S.

                                 Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Sept.2000~Sept.2001: Department of Chemistry, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U. S.

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

May 1999~Aug. 2000: School of Precision Instrument and Optoelectronics Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, P. R. China

Associate Professor

May 1998~May 1999: Department of Electronics Engineering, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Research Associate

Oct. 1994~May. 1998: School of Precision Instrument and Optoelectronics Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, P. R. China

Assistant Professor

PUBLICATIONS:

Journal Papers:

The total citations: >5000, as of May 21, 2024 on Google Scholar

1.       Yuxuan Chen, Yuhang He, Liyuan Liu*, Zhen Tian*, Jianming Dai*, Interaction of colliding laser pulses with gas plasma for broadband coherent terahertz wave generation, Photonics Research 11, 1562-1569 (2023).

2.       Yuxuan Chen, Yuhang He, Liyuan Liu, Zhen Tian, Jianming Dai*, Xi-Chen Zhang, Backward THz Emission from Two-Color Laser Field-Induced Air Plasma Filament, Sensors 23, 4630 (2023).

3.       Yuxuan Chen, Yuhang He, Liyuan Liu, Zhen Tian*, Xi-Cheng Zhang*, Jianming Dai*, Plasma-based terahertz wave photonics in gas and liquid phases, Photonics Insights 2, R06 (2023).

4.       Jianming Dai, Yuxuan Chen, Yuhang He, Terahertz Wave Generation from Water Lines, Terahertz Liquid Photonics, WORLD SCIENTIFIC, pp. 132-166 (2023).

5.       Yuhang He, Yuxuan Chen, Jiapeng Zhao, Zhen Tian, and Jianming Dai*, "Coherent terahertz radiation from indium tin oxide film via third-order optical nonlinearity", Applied Physics Letters 122, 041106 (2023).

6.       Yuxuan Chen, Yuhang He, Liyuan Liu, Zhen Tian, Jianming Dai*, and Xi-Cheng Zhang, "Backward THz emission from two-color laser field-induced air plasma filament", Sensors 2023, 23, 4630 (2023).

7.       Shoujun Zhang, Xieyu Chen, Kuan Liu, Haiyang Li, Yuanhao Lang, Jie Han, Qingwei Wang, Yongchang Lu, Jianming Dai*, Tun Cao*, and Zhen Tian*, "Terahertz multi-level nonvolatile optically rewritable encryption memory based on chalcogenide phase-change materials", iScience 25, 104866 (2022).

8.       Yuhang He, Yuxuan Chen, Chunhui Lu, Yifan Zhang, Zhen Tian*, Xinlong Xu*, and Jianming Dai*, "Coherent injection photocurrent in bismuth sulfide film induced by one-plus-two photon absorption quantum interference", Optics Letters 47, 1206-1209 (2022).

9.       Yuxuan Chen, Yuhang He, Zhen Tian*, and Jianming Dai, "Lateral terahertz wave emission from laser induced plasma in liquid water line", Applied Physics Letters 120, 041101 (2022).

10.   Yuxuan Chen, Yuhang He, Liyuan Liu, Zhen Tian*, and Jianming Dai*, "Scaling of the terahertz emission from liquid water lines by plasma reshaping", Optics Letters 47, 5969-5972 (2022).

11.   Jiapeng Zhao*, Jianming Dai, Boris Braverman, Xi-Cheng Zhang,and Robert W. Boyd,  "Compressive ultrafast pulse measurement via time-domain single-pixel imaging", Optica 8, 1176-1185, (2021).

12.   Yuxuan Chen, Yuhang He, Yifan Zhang, Zhen Tian*, and Jianming Dai*, "Systematic investigation of terahertz wave generation from liquid water lines". Optics Express 29, 20477-20486, (2021).

13.Qi Jin, Jianming Dai, Yiwen E, and X.-C. Zhang, "Terahertz wave emission from a liquid water film under the excitation of asymmetric optical fields", Applied Physics Letters 113, 261101 (2018). 

14.Qi Jin, Yiwen E, Kaia Williams, Jianming Dai, and X.-C. Zhang, "Observation of broadband terahertz wave generation from liquid water", Applied Physics Letters 111, 071103 (2017). 

15.Yan Peng, XiangQian Chen, YunYan Zhou, Kun Luo1, Jian Xu, Ron Henderson, JianMing Dai and YiMing Zhu, "Quantification of absorption contributions in microstructured silicon fabricated by femtosecond laser pulses", Europhysics Letters (EPL) 110, 68005 (2015).

16.Yan Peng, Xiangqian Chen, Yunyan Zhou, Gongjie Xu, Bin Cai, Yiming Zhu, Jian Xu, Ron Henderson, and Jianming Dai, "Annealing-Insensitive "Black Silicon" with High Infrared Absorption ", Journal of Applied Physics 116, 073102 (2014).

17.Benjamin Clough, Jianming Dai, and X.-C. Zhang, "Laser Air Photonics: Covering the "Terahertz Gap" and Beyond", Chinese Journal of Physics 52, 416 (2014).

18.Jianming Dai and X.-C. Zhang, "Terahertz wave generation from thin metal films excited by asymmetrical optical fields", Optics Letters 39, 777 (2014).

19.Xuan Sun, Fabrizio Buccheri, Jianming Dai, and X.-C. Zhang, "Review of THz wave air photonics", SPIE Photonics Asia, 856202 (2012).

20.Benjamin Clough, Jianming Dai, and X.-C. Zhang, “Laser air photonics: beyong the terahertz gap”, Invited paper on Materials Today 15, 50 (2012).

21.Jianming Dai, Benjamin Clough, I-Chen Ho, Xiaofei Lu, Jingle Liu, and X.-C. Zhang, “Recent Progresses in Terahertz Wave Air Photonics”, Invited paper on IEEE Transactions on Terahertz Science and Technology 1, 274 (2011).

22.Jianming Dai, Jingle Liu, and X.-C. Zhang, “Terahertz Wave Air Photonics: Terahertz Wave Generation and Detection with Laser-Induced Gas Plasma”, Invited paper on IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics 17, 183 (2011).

23.Jingle Liu, Jianming Dai, and X.-C. Zhang, “Ultrafast broadband terahertz waveform measurement utilizing ultraviolet plasma photoemission”, Journal of Optical Society of America B 28, 796 (2011).

24.Jingle Liu, Jianming Dai, Xiaofei Lu, I-Chen Ho, and X.-C. Zhang, “Broadband Terahertz Wave Generation, Detection and Coherent Control Using Terahertz Gas Photonics”, International Journal of High Speed Electronics and Systems 20, 3 (2011).

25.Jingle Liu, Jianming Dai, See Leang Chin, and X.-C. Zhang, “Broadband terahertz wave sensing using coherent manipulation of fluorescence from asymmetrically ionized gases”, Nature Photonics 4, 627 (2010).

26.Qiang Lin, Jian Zheng, Jianming Dai, I-Chen Ho, and X.-C. Zhang, “Intrinsic chirp of single-cycle pulses”, Physical Review A 81, 043821 (2010).

27.Jianming Dai, Xiaofei Liu, Jingle Liu, I-Chen Ho, Nicholas Karpowicz, and X.-C. Zhang, “Remote THz wave sensing in ambient atmosphere”, Terahertz Science and Technology 2, 1941 (2009).

28.Jianming Dai, Nicholas Karpowicz, and X.-C. Zhang, “Optical manipulation of terahertz wave polarization in two-color laser-induced gas plasma”, published as Optics in 2009 on Optics & Photonics News (OPN) 20, 36 (2009).

29.Jianming Dai, Nicholas Karpowicz, and X.-C. Zhang, “Coherent polarization control of terahertz waves generated from two-color laser-induced gas plasma”, Physical Review Letters 103, 023001 (2009).

30.Jianming Dai and X.-C. Zhang, “Terahertz wave generation from gas plasma using a phase compensator with attosecond phase-control accuracy”, Applied Physics Letters 94, 021117 (2009).

31.Jingle Liu, Xiaoyu Guo, Jianming Dai, and X.-C. Zhang, “Optical property of Beta Barium Borate in Terahertz region”, Applied Physics Letters 93, 171102 (2008).

32.Nicholas Karponwicz, Jianming Dai, X.-C. Zhang, Liangliang Zhang, and Cunlin Zhang, “Recent developments in broadband terahertz spectroscopy”, International Journal of High Speed Electronics and Systems 18, 1005 (2008).

33.Nicholas Karpowicz, Jianming Dai, Xiaofei Lu, et al., “Coherent heterodyne time-domain spectrometry covering the entire “terahertz gap””, Applied Physics Letters 92, 011131 (2008). 

34.Jianming Dai, Xu Xie, and X.-C. Zhang, “Terahertz wave amplification in gases with the excitation of femtosecond laser pulses”, Applied Physics Letters 91, 211102 (2007).

35.Xu Xie, Jianming Dai, Masashi Yamaguchi and X.-C. Zhang, “Ambient Air Used as the Nonlinear Media for THz Wave Generation”, International Journal of High Speed Electronics and Systems 17, 261-270 (2007).

36.Jianming Dai, Xu Xie, and X.-C. Zhang, “Sensing pulsed terahertz waves with ambient air”, Physics (China) 36, 191 (2007).

37.Xu Xie, Jingzhou Xu, Jianming Dai, and X.-C. Zhang, “Enhancement of terahertz wave generation from laser induced plasma”, Applied Physics Letters 90, 141104 (2007).

38.Jianming Dai, Xu Xie, and X.-C. Zhang, “Detection of broadband terahertz waves with a laser-induced plasma in gases”, Physical Review Letters 97, 103903 (2006). 

39.Xu Xie, Jianming Dai, and X.-C. Zhang, “Coherent control of THz wave generation in ambient air”, Physical Review Letters 96, 075005 (2006). 

40.A. K. Azad, Jianming Dai, and Weili Zhang, “Transmission properties of terahertz pulses through subwavelength double split-ring resonators”, Optics Letters 31, 634 (2006). 

41.A.Y. Vorobyev, V.M. Kuzmichev, N.G. Kokody, P. Kohns, J. Dai, and C. Guo, "Residual thermal effects in Al following ns- and fs-laser pulse ablation", App. Phys. A 82, 357 (2006).

42.Jianming Dai, H. Teng, and Chunlei Guo, "Second- and third-order interferometric autocorrelations based on harmonic generations from metal surfaces", Optics Communications 252, 173 (2005).

43.L. Thamizhmani, A. K. Azad, Jianming Dai, and W. Zhang, "Far-infrared optical and dielectric response of ZnS measured by terahertz time-domain spectroscopy", Applied Physics Letters 86, 131111 (2005).

44.Jianming Dai, S. Coleman and D. Grischkowsky, "Planar THz Quasioptics", Applied Physics Letters 85, 884 (2004).

45.Jianming Dai, Jiangquan Zhang, Weili Zhang, and D. Grischkowsky, "Terahertz Time-Domain Spectroscopy Characterization of the Far-Infrared Absorption and Index of Refraction of High-Resistivity, Float-Zone Silicon ", Jounal of Optical Society of America B 21, 1379 (2004). 

46.Guang S. He, Tzu-Chau Lin, Jianming Dai, and Paras N. Prasad, "Degenerate two-photon-absorption spectral studies of highly two-photon active organic chromophores", Journal of Chemical Physics 120, 5275 (2004).

47.Yuzhen Shen, Tzu-Chau Lin, Jianming Dai, Przemyslaw Markowicz, and Paras N. Prasad, "Near-Field Optical Imaging of Transient Absorption Dynamics in Organic Nanocrystals", The Journal of Physical Chemistry B 107, 13551 (2003).

48.Guang S. He, Jianming Dai, Tzu-Chau Lin, Przemyslaw Markowicz, and Paras N. Prasad, "Ultrashort 1.5-µm laser excited upconverted stimulated emission based on simultaneous three-photon absorption", Optics Letters 28, 719 (2003).

49. Wang, Chingyue; Zheng, Wei; Dai, Jianming; Chai, Lu, “Stability Analysis and Calculation of the Femtosecond Laser with a Multiple-pass Cavity”, Chinese Journal of Lasers, 28, 501 (2001).

50.Jianming Dai, Weili Zhang, Lizhe Zhang, Lu Chai, Yong Wang et al, "A Diode-pumped, Self-starting, All-solid-state Self-mode-locked Cr:LiSGAF Laser", Optics & Laser Technology 33, 71 (2001).

51.Zhang, R.B. ; Bian, Z.P.; Dai, J.M.; Pang, D.Q.; Sun, J.H.; Wang, Q.Y., “Exact calculation of the resonator for three-element cavity Kerr mode-locked laser” Chinese Journal of Lasers 28, 215(2001).

52.Zhang, Ruo-Bing; Sun, Jing-Hua; Pang, Dong-Qing; Dai, Jian-Ming; Wang, Qing-Yue, “Analytical expressions of quadratic and cubic phases in a three-element resonator for Kerr-lens mode locking”, Applied Optics 40, 360 (2001).

53.Sun, Jinghua; Zhang, Ruobing; Wang, Qingyue; Chai, Lu; Pang, Dongqing; Dai, Jianming; Zhang, Zhigang; Torizuka, Kenji; Nakagawa, Tadashi; Sugaya, Takeyoshi  “High-average-power self-starting mode-locked Ti:sapphire laser with a broadband semiconductor saturable-absorber mirror”, Applied Optics 40, 3539 (2001).

54.Sun, Hong; Zhang, Zhigang; Chai, Lu; Zhao, Jiangshan; Dai, Jianming; Xing, Qirong; Wang, Qingyue, "Optimized Gires-Tournois mirrors used in mode-locked femtosecond Ti:sapphire lasers, Acta Optica Sinica (of China), Vol.21, No.11 (2001), pp1384~1387.

55.Sun, Jinghua; Zhang, Ruobing; Wang, Qingyue; Zhang, Zhigang; Chai, Lu; Pang, Dongqing; Dai, Jianming, "High-average-power self-mode-locked Ti:sapphire laser self-started by a semiconductor saturable absorber mirror", Acta Optica Sinica (of China), Vol.21, No.8 (2001), pp1019~1021.

56.Zhang, Zhigang; Chai, Lu; Sun, Hong; Zhao, Jiangshan; Dai, Jianming; Xing, Qirong; Wang, Qingyue, "Mirror-dispersion-controlled and self-started femtosecond Ti:sapphire laser", , Acta Optica Sinica (of China), Vol.21, No.2 (2001), pp253~254.

57.Lizhe Zhang, Jianming Dai, Weili Zhang, Xinchao Lu, Yong Wang etal, “All-solid-state Tunable Yb:YAG Laser”  Chinese Journal of Lasers, Vol.28, No.10 (2001), pp873.

58.DAI Jianming, ZHANG Lizhe, ZHANG Weili et al, "Diode-pumped, all-solid-state Cr:LiSGaF laser", Chinese Journal of  lasers, Vol. B9, No. 5, October 2000.

59.Heying Wei, Qirong Xing, Weili Zhang, Lu Chai, Jianming Dai, Qingyue Wang,” Femtosecond Laser for Application in Biomedicine”, Journal of Optoelectronics Laser (of china), Vol.11, No.6 (2000), pp672.

60.Weili Zhang, Jianming Dai, Lizhe Zhang,Lu Chai, et al, “ LD-Pumped Self-Starting All-Solid-State  Self-Mode-Locked Cr:LiSGAF Laser”, Acta Optica Sinica (of china), Vol.20 No.4 (2000), pp575.

61.Weili Zhang, Lizhe Zhang, Lu Chai, Jianming Dai, , et al, “High Efficiency Tunable CW Laser Operation of High Yb3+ Doped Phosphate Glass”, Acta Optica Sinica (of china), Vol.20 No.5 (2000), pp717.

62.Yong Wang, Weili Zhang, Jianming Dai et al, "Second- and third-order dispersion in PW prism-sequence with arbitrary apex-angle", Optics & Laser Technology 32 (2000) 129-133.

63.C. S. Wong, J. M. Dai, and H. K. Tsang, "Photoconductive Detection of millimeter waves using proton implanted GaAs", Applied Physics Letters 75, 745(1999).

64.   Jiangshan Zhao, Weili Zhang, Jianming Dai, Lizhe Zhang ,Mingwei Wang, Qirong Xing, Lu Chai, Qingyue Wang, “Analysis Method of q-p Parameter in Spatial-temporal Matrix in Self-mode-locked Lasers”, Journal of Optoelectronics Laser (of china), vol.10, No.6 (1999), pp492.

65.Wang, Jiaxian; Liang, Hongye; Dai, Jianming; Wang, Qingyue, "Research on the Operation of a Cr:LiSAF Laser with a Three-mirror Cavity and Low Pump Power", Chinese Journal of Lasers, Vol.A25, No.9 (1998), pp669.

66.Wang, Jiaxian; Liang, Hongye; Dai, Jianming; Wang, Qingyue, "Characteristic Investigation of A Self-Mode-Locking Cr:LiSAF Laser", Acta Photonica Sinica (of China), Vol.27, No.12 (1998), pp1102.

67.Wang, Chingyue; Dai, Jianming; Zhang, Weili; Liang, Hongye; Zhang, Ruobing; Xing, Qirong; Zhang, Yueshan, "15fs-pulse Generation from a Self-mode-locked Ti:sapphire laser with Low Pump Power", Chinese Journal of Lasers, Vol.A24, No.12 (1997), pp1057.

68.Weili Zhang, Lu Chai, Jianming Dai et al, "A Real-time Interferometric (8:1) Autocorrelator", Chinese Journal of Lasers, Vol.A24, No.10 (1997), pp915.

69.Jianming Dai, Yuzhen Shen, and Chingyue Wang, "Experimental Studies on a Self-Mode-Locked Cr:LiSAF Laser", Acta Optica Sinica (of China), Vol.17, No.7 (1997), pp889.

70.Wanghua Xiang, Qirong Xing, Jianming Dai, Peng Li, Weili Zhang, Qingyue Wang, “SELF-MODE-LOCKED Ti: Al_2O_3 LASER”  Journal of Tianjin University, Vol.29, No.2, (1996), pp207.

71.Jianming Dai, Yuzhen Shen, Chingyue Wang et al, "A Self-Mode-Locked Ring-Cavity Ti:sapphire Laser", Acta Optica Sinica (of China), Vol.16, No.8 (1996), pp1056 .

72.Jianming Dai, Chingyue Wang, Qiang Zhang et al, "Experimental studies on CW and self-mode-locked Ti:sapphire lasers", Chinese Journal of Lasers, Vol.A23, No.2 (1996), pp107

73.Zhong, Qinghua; Wang, Zhaohui; Zhu, Qihe; Kong, Fan'ao; Wang, Qingyue; Dai, Jianming, " Study of ultrafast relaxation of laser dye in solution by femtosecond laser", Chinese Journal of Lasers, Vol.A23, No.4 (1996), pp349.

74.Jianming Dai, Ruobing Zhang, and Chingyue Wang, "A new type of dye laser used for a femtosecond squeezed state: stability analysis and experimental study", Acta Physica Sinica (of China), Vol.43, No.1 (1994), pp20.

75.Xiang, Wanghua; Dai, Jianming; Xing, Qirong; Zhang, Weili; Wang, Qinyue, "A self-mode-locked Ti:sapphire laser with low pump power", Acta Optica Sinica (of China), Vol.14, No.1 (1994), pp36’.

76.Wang, Xinglong; Xiao, Xuhui; Qiao, Jinyuan; Wu, Xiaoying; Dai, Jianming; Wang, Chanqing; Yao, Jianquan, " Calculation of third-order dispersion in a femtosecond continuous wave mode-locked laser ", Chinese Journal of Lasers Vol. A21, No.8 (1994), pp624.

77.Wang, Chingyue; Dai, Jianming; Xiang, Wanghua; Xing, Qirong; Zhang, Weili, "The fs self-focusing mode-locked operation in titanium-doped alumina laser", Acta Optica Sinica (of China), Vol.13, No.1 (1993), pp93.

Conference Papers/Presentations:

1.    Jianming Dai (Presenter, Invited Talk), Qi Jin, Yiwen E, Kaia Williams, and X.-C. Zhang, “Using liquid water as broadband terahertz wave emitter”, SPIE Defense + Commercial Sensing 2018, Orlando, Florida, USA, April 15-19, 2018.

2.    Jianming Dai (Presenter, Keynote Talk), "Terahertz Wave Air Photonics: Generation and detection of intense THz waves with laser-induced plasma in gaseous media", Second Forum for Metrology and Measurement and Aerospace Development, Beijing, China, Oct. 22, 2015.

3.    Jianming Dai (Presenter) and X.-C. Zhang, “Pulsed Terahertz Wave Emission from Thin Metal films Excited by Two-Color Laser Fields”, poster presentation, CEIS University Technology Showcase, Rochester, NY, USA, April 10, 2014.

4.    Pernille Klarskov (Presenter), Krzysztof Iwaszczuk, Maksim Zalkovskij, Radu Malureanu, Jianming Dai, X.-C. Zhang, and Peter U. Jepsen, “Resonant field enhancement in periodically arranged microslits for non-linear terahertz spectroscopy”, IRMMW-THz 2014, Tucson, AZ, USA, Sept. 14~19, 2014.

5.    Jianming Dai (Presenter) and X.-C. Zhang, “Broadband Terahertz Wave Emission from Thin Films Excited by Two-Color Laser Fields”, IRMMW-THz 2014, Tucson, AZ, USA, Sept. 14~19, 2014.

6.    Jianming Dai and X.-C. Zhang (Presenter), "THz Wave Generation from nm Thick Metal films Excited by Asymmetrical Optical Fields", 5th THz-Bio Workshop 2014, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea, April 3~4, 2014.

7.    Kang Liu, Fabrizio Buccheri, Jianming Dai, and X.-C. Zhang (presenter), "ARO-MURI: Light Filament Science", ARO-MURI program review at Washington DC, Nov. 18, 2013.

8.    Jianming Dai and X.-C. Zhang (presenter), "THz Wave Photonics", The Sixth International Symposium on Ultrafast Photonics Technologies, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, USA, Oct.21-22, 2013.

9.    X.-C. Zhang (presenter), Jianming Dai, Leva Mcintire, "Intense Laser Driven THz Sources ", MTW/OPAL Internal Science workshop, Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE), University of Rochester, Rochester, USA, Oct. 1~3, 2012.

10.X.-C. Zhang (presenter) and Jianming Dai, "THz Wave Photonics", MTW/OPAL Internal Science workshop, Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE), University of Rochester, Rochester, USA, Oct. 1~3, 2012.

11.Jianming Dai (Invited Presenter) and X.-C. Zhang, "Terahertz Wave Air Photonics: Generation and detection of intense THz waves with laser-induced plasma in gaseous media", Workshop on Terahertz Sources for Time Resolved Studies of Matter, Argonne National Laboratory, USA, July 30~31, 2012.

12.X.-C. Zhang, Jianming Dai (Presenter), Albert Redo, Gavin Perrella,  and Garrett West, "THz Imager and Science  of Broadband THz Wave Photonics", DHS-ALERT program review, University of Rhode Island, Rhode Island, April 4~5, 2012.

13.Jianming Dai (Presenter) and X.-C. Zhang, “Standoff terahertz wave generation from two-color laser-induced plasma at 30 meters in ambient air”, IRMMW-THz 2011, Houston, TX, USA, Oct. 2~7, 2011.

14.Xiaofei Lu, Benjamin Clough, I-Chen Ho, Jingle Liu, Jianming Dai, and X.-C. Zhang, “Recently progress of THz generation and detection in ambient air or gases”, Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE) Photonics West, San Francisco, California, Jan, 2011.

15.Jianming Dai (Invited presenter), Nicholas Karpowicz, and X.-C. Zhang, “Coherent Polarization Coherent of THz Waves Generated from Asymmetrically Ionized Gases”, International Photonics and OptoElectronics Meetings 2010 (POEM 2010), Wuhan, China, November 3~5, 2010.

16.Jingle Liu, Ben Clough, Jianming Dai, and X.-C. Zhang, “THz Air Photonics for Standoff Deteciton”, IRMMW-THz 2010, The 35rd International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz 2010), Center for Ancient Rome, Rome, Italy, September 5~10, 2010.

17.Jingle Liu, Jianming Dai, and X.-C. Zhang, “Remote Terahertz Coherent Detection using Ultraviolet Plasma Emission”, 17^th International Conference on Ultrafast Phenomena (UP), Snowmass Village, Colorado, July, 2010 (Post-deadline paper).

18.X.-C. Zhang, Jianming Dai (presenter), Jingle Liu, and Nicholas Karpowicz, “Air-Plasma Photonics: THz wave generation, detection and applications”, Canadian Association of Physicist Congress 2010 (CAP 2010), Toronto, Canda, June, 2010.

19.Jingle Liu, Jianming Dai, See Leang Chin, and X.-C. Zhang, “Broadband terahertz wave remote sensing using coherent manipulation of fluorescence from asymmetrically ionized gases”, The 2010 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) to be held from May 16-21, 2010 in San Jose, California, USA (post-deadline paper).

20.Benjamin Clough (presenter), Jianming Dai, Jingle Liu, I-Chen Ho, and Xi-Cheng Zhang, “Extending THz spectroscopy to remote distances”, NATO SET159, Lithuania, May, 2010.

21.Jianming Dai, Jingle Liu, and X.-C. Zhang (presenter), “THz Air Photonics for Standoff Sensing”, plenary talk, NATO SET159, Lithuania, May, 2010.

22.Jianming Dai (Invited presenter), Jingle Liu, Nicholas Karpowicz, and X.-C. Zhang, “Mechanism and potential applications of THz air photonics”, The 2010 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO, May 16-21, 2010 in San Jose, California, USA

23.Brian Schulkin, Thomas Tongue, David Brigada, Ben Clough, Jianming Dai, X.-C. Zhang, “Progress Toward Handheld THz Spectroscopy and THz Air Photonics”, IEEE Photonics Topic Meeting on THz Technology 2010, January 11-13, 2010, Majorca, Spain

24.Jianming Dai (Invited Presenter), Jingle Liu, I-Chen Ho, and X.-C. Zhang, “THz Air Photonics for Explosive Detection”, Explosives Detection 2009 Symposium and Workshop, October 20-23, San Diego, California, USA

25.Jianming Dai, Nicholas Karpowicz, and X.-C. Zhang, “Physics and potential applications of terahertz air photonics”, plenary talk by X.-C. Zhang, IRMMW-THz 2009, The 34rd International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves, Paradise Hotel, Busan, Korea, September 21~25, 2009.

26.Jianming Dai, Thomas Tongue, and X.-C. Zhang, “In-line phase compensator for intense THz generation in selected gases”, IRMMW-THz 2009, The 34rd International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves, Paradise Hotel, Busan, Korea, September 21~25, 2009.

27.Jianming Dai (presenter) and X.-C. Zhang, “Demonstration of 17 meter standoff THz wave generation”, Oral presentation, Nonlinear Optics (NLO): OSA Optics & Photonics Congress and Tabletop Exhibits, July 12-17,2009, Hilton Hawaiian Village Beach Resort & Spa
Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

28.Jianming Dai (presenter), Xiaoyu Guo, and X.-C. Zhang, “Terahertz Air Photonics for Standoff Explosive Detection”, 2009 IEEE International Conference on Technologies for Homeland Security, Boston, MA, May, 2009.

29.Jianming Dai (Invited presenter) and X.-C. Zhang, “Method and Applications of Intense Terahertz Wave Radiation from Laser-Induced Air Plasma”, OSA’s 92nd Annual Meeting/Frontiers In Optics 2008/Laser Science XXIV, October 19-24, 2008, Rochester, New York, USA

30.Nicholas Karpowicz (presenter), Jianming Dai and X.-C. Zhang, “Quantum Mechanical Perspective on the Generation of Terahertz Waves by Two-Color Pulses in Gases”, The 2^nd International Symposium on Filamentation, Paris, France, September 22^nd ~ 25^th, 2008

31.Jianming Dai (presenter), Nicholas Karpowics, Qian Song, Chunlin Zhang, and X.-C. Zhang, “Toward Standoff Distance Terahertz Wave Sensing”, Oral Presentation, IRMMW-THZ 2008 —The 33rd IRMMW- and 16th THz Electronics Conference, September 18, 2008, Pasadena, California USA

32.Nicholas Karpowicz, Jianming Dai (presenter), Jian Chen, X.-C. Zhang, “Terahertz Time-Domain Spectroscopy with Continuous Coverage of the Entire Terahertz Range”, IRMMW-THz 2008—The 33rd IRMMW- and 16th THz Electronics Conference, Pasadena, California, September 16, 2008

33.Jianming Dai, Xu Xie, and X.-C. Zhang, “Nonlinear Terahertz Wave Photonics in Laser-Induced Air Plasma”, Oral presentation, Nonlinear Optics: Materials, Fundamentals and Applications Topical Meeting and Tabletop Exhibit, 2007, Sheraton Keauhou Bay Resort & Spa Kona, Hawaii, USA

34.Jianming Dai (presenter), Xu Xie, and X.-C. Zhang, “Detection of Pulsed Terahertz Waves Using Ambient Air as the Sensor”, Oral presentation, CLEO’2007, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

35.Jianming Dai, Xu Xie, Nicholas Karpowics, Hua Zhong, and X.-C. Zhang, “THz Wave Photonics”, Plenary Presentation, IRMMW-THZ2006, September 18-22, 2006, Shanghai, China.

36.Xu Xie, Jianming Dai, X.-C. Zhang, “Sensing Pulsed THz Waves with ambient Air”, IRMMW-THZ2006, September 18-22, 2006, Shanghai, China.

37.Xu Xie, Jianming Dai, Masashi Yamaguchi, and X.-C. Zhang, "Using air as the nonlinear media for THz wave generation", SPIE’s Defense and Security Symposium, SPIE’06, Orlando, Florida, USA.

38.Xu Xie, Jianming Dai, and X.-C. Zhang, "Experimental Evidence of Four-Wave-Mixing in THz Wave Generation in Laser Induced Air Plasma", CLEO’06, Long Beach, California, USA

39.Jiangquan Zhang, Jianming Dai, and D. Grischkowsky, "Waveguide THz-TDS observation of thin water layers", CLEO/IQEC, May 16~21, 2004, San Francisco, California, USA

40. CS Wong, Jianming Dai, and HK Tsang, “Photoconductive detection of millimetre waves using proton bombarded GaAs”, 1999 IEEE HONG KONG ELECTRON DEVICES MEETING, PROCEEDINGS, June 26, 1999, Hong Kong, China.

41.Yuzhen Shen, Jianming Dai, and Chingyue Wang, "Design and performance of an astigmatism-compensated self-mode-locked ring Cavity Ti:sapphire laser", SPIE, Vol.2889, 204

42.Chingyue Wang, Jianming Dai, Ruobing Zhang et al, " Dynamical study for pulse propagation in the self-mode-locked Ti:sapphire laser", CLEO'94, California, USA.

Patents

1. X.-C. Zhang, Jianming Dai, Xu Xie, “Method and system for plasma-induced terahertz spectroscopy”, (US Patent#7652253, awarded on January 26, 2010)

2. X.-C. Zhang, Jianming Dai, Xu Xie, “Methods and systems for generating amplified Terahertz radiation for analyzing remotely-located objects” (US Patent#7718969, awarded on May 18, 2010)

3. X.-C. Zhang, Jianming Dai, Xu Xie, “Methods and systems for enhancement of Terahertz wave generation for analyzing a remotely-located object” (US Patent#7595491, awarded on September 29, 2009)

4. X.-C. Zhang, Jianming Dai, Xu Xie, “Method of analyzing a remotely-located object utilizing an optical technique to detect terahertz radiation” (US Patent#7531802, awarded on May 12, 2009)

5. X.-C. Zhang, Jianming Dai, Xu Xie, “Method and system for plasma-induced terahertz spectroscopy”, (US Patent#8134128, awarded on March 13, 2012)

Membership and Services

1. Guest Editor of 2022-2023’s Special Issue on Terahertz Imaging, Sensing, and Communications Technologies: Sensors

2. 2020 Fellow, Member and reviewer of Optical Society of America (reviewer of Optica/OSA)

3. Guest Editor of 2017’s Special Issue on Ultrafast Spectroscopy: Applications—Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics (JPhysD)

4. Prestigious editorial board member of Journal of Lasers, Optics & Photonics

5. Reviewer of Nature Photonics

6. Reviewer of Applied Physics Letters

7. Review of Journal of Applied Physics

8. Reviewer of Materials Chemistry and Physics

9. Reviewer of Journal of Physical Chemistry

10.               Committee member of CLEO/IQEC’09

11.               Committee member and session chair CLEO/QELS’10

12.               Committee member of Technical Program Committee for IEEE Photonics Topical Meeting on THz technology 2010

13.               Committee member of International Photonics and OptoElectronics Meetings (POEM) 2011 and 2012

14.               Session leader on Workshop on Terahertz Sources for Time Resolved Studies of Matter at Argonne National Laboratory 2012 (July 30~31, 2012)

15.               Committee member of Technical Program Committee (TPC) on IRMMW-THz 2015, Hong Kong, China, 2015

16.               Committee member of Technical Program Committee (TPC) and Session Chair on IRMMW-THz 2016, Copenhagen, Demark, 2016

17.               Committee member of 8th International Symposium on Ultrafast Phenomena and Terahertz Waves 2016, Chongqing, China, 2016

18.               Committee member of 8th International Symposium on Ultrafast Phenomena and Terahertz Waves 2017, Changsha, China, 2017

Awards

1. “The development of femtosecond laser technology”, China National Science and Technology Progress Award, Second Place, 1999

2. “Self-starting femtosecond laser systems”, China National Science and Technology Progress Award by the Ministry of Education, First Place (the seventh person to finish), 2004

3. “The mechanism and technology of solid-state femtosecond lasers”, China National Science and Technology Progress Award by the Ministry of Education, Second Place (the fourth person to finish), 1999