Zhang Lin
School
School of Precision Instrument and Optoelectronics Engineering
Professional Title
Professor
Administrative Appointments
天津市集成光电子技术与器件重点实验室主任、天津市光电芯片与多维光纤集成系统工程研究中心主任
Discipline
光学工程
Contact Information
lin_zhang@tju.edu.cn
Room 603, Building 26C, 92 Weijin Road, Tianjin, China
300072
Brief Introduction
张林，教授，博士生导师。获清华大学学士和硕士学位，美国南加州大学博士学位，在美国麻省理工学院开展博士后研究。研究方向包括光通信与光互连、芯片集成智能感知、超轻薄成像与光场调控、光神经网络与智能光计算、片上量子光学子系统、集成非线性光学与宽带光源等。发表高水平期刊和国际会议文章320余篇，H-index为39，邀请文章和报告55篇，授权发明专利超过20项。于2015年入选国家海外高层次人才引进计划（青年项目），2023年入选中组部“万人计划”科技创新领军人才，2024年获聘天津大学讲席教授（二级），主持多项纵向和横向科研项目。张林教授是中国光学工程学会高级会员、美国光学学会（Optica）高级会员、IEEE和SPIE会员，任IEEE/Optica Journal of Lightwave Technology和IEEE Photonics Journal编委。
Education Background
- Ph.D| University of Southern California| Electrical Engineering| 2011
- Master| Tsinghua University| Optical Engineering| 2004
- Bachelor| Tsinghua University| Precision Instruments| 2001
Research Interests
- Optical communications and interconnects
- On-chip intelligent sensing
- Imaging and light manipulation
- Integrated nonlinear optics and broadband sources
- Micro- and nano-photonics
Professional Membership
- 中国光学工程学会（CIOE）高级会员
- Associate Editor, IEEE Photonics Journal
- Associate Editor, IEEE/OSA Journal of Lightwave Technology
- Senior Member, OSA
- Member, IEEE & SPIE
- Member, OSA Foundation Grants Review Committee
- Member, Executive Committee, Nanophotonics Technical Group, Optical Society of America (OSA)
- Topical Editor, Chinese Optics Letters
Positions & Employments
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2015.7-2024.4
School of Precision Instruments and Opto-electronics Engineering | Tianjin University | Professor -
2011.7-2015.5
Microphotonics Center and Department of Materials Science and Engineering | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) | Post-doc
Academic Achievements
- Papers
- [1] M. Yang, L. Xu, J. Wang, H. Liu, X. Zhou, G. Li, and L. Zhang, "An octave-spanning optical parametric amplifier based on a low-dispersion silicon-rich nitride waveguide," IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, Special Issue on Emerging Areas in Integrated Photonics, vol. 24, no. 6, 8200607, Nov./Dec. 2018.
- [2] M. Zhang, H. Liu, B. Wang, G. Li, and L. Zhang, "Efficient grating couplers for space division multiplexing applications," IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, Special Issue on Emerging Areas in Integrated Photonics, vol. 24, no. 6, 8200605, Nov./Dec. 2018.
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- [3] L. He, Y. Guo, Z. Han, K. Wada, J. Michel, A. M. Agarwal, L. C. Kimerling, G. Li, and L. Zhang, "Broadband athermal waveguides and resonators for datacom and telecom applications," Photonics Research, vol. 6, no. 11, pp. 987-990, Nov. 2018.
- [4] Z. Jafari, A. Zarifkar, M. Miri, and L. Zhang, "All-optical modulation in a graphene-covered slotted silicon nano-beam cavity," Journal of Lightwave Technology, vol. 36, no. 18, pp. 4051-4059, Sept. 2018.
- [5] Y. Guo, J. Wang, Z. Han, K. Wada, L. C. Kimerling, A. M. Agarwal, J. Michel, Z. Zheng, G. Li and L. Zhang, "Power-efficient generation of two-octave mid-IR frequency combs in a germanium microresonator," Nanophotonics, vol. 7, no. 8, pp. 1461–1467, Aug. 2018.
- [6] J. Wang, Y. Guo, H. Liu, L. C. Kimerling, J. Michel, A. M. Agarwal, G. Li, and L. Zhang, "Robust cavity soliton formation with hybrid dispersion," Photonics Research, vol. 6, no. 6, pp. 647-651, June 2018.
- [7] P. Liao, C. Bao, A. Kordts, M. Karpov, M. H. P. Pfeiffer, L. Zhang, Y. Cao, A. Almaiman, A. Mohajerin-Ariaei, F. Alishahi, A. Fallahpour, K. Zou, M. Tur, T. J. Kippenberg, and A. E. Willner, "Effects of erbium-doped fiber amplifier induced pump noise on soliton Kerr frequency combs for 64-quadrature amplitude modulation transmission," Optics Letters, vol. 43, no. 11, pp. 2495-2498, June 2018.
- [8] Y. Liu, Z. Yang, J. Zhao, L. Zhang, Z. Li, and G. Li, "Intrinsic loss of few-mode fibers," Optics Express, vol. 26, no. 2, pp. 2107-2116, Jan. 2018.
- [9] J. Wang, Z. Han, Y. Guo, L. C. Kimerling, J. Michel, A. M. Agarwal, G. Li and L. Zhang, "Robust generation of frequency combs in a microresonator with strong and narrowband loss," Photonics Research, vol. 5, no. 6, pp. 552-556, Dec. 2017.
- [10] W. Wang, J. Zhao, L. Zhang, Q. Mo, Z. Yang, C. Li, Z. Wang, Z. Zhang, C. Carboni, and G. Li, "4×10 Gb/s MIMO-free polarization-and mode group-multiplexing for data center applications," IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, vol. 29, no. 20, pp. 1711-1714, Oct. 2017.
- [11] J. Wang, Y. Guo, H. Liu, G. Li and L. Zhang, "A comparative analysis on fully integrated spectral broadening of Kerr frequency combs," IEEE Photonics Journal, vol. 9, no. 5, pp. 4502509, Oct. 2017.
- [12] C. Bao, P. Liao, A. Kordts, M. Karpov, M. H. P. Pfeiffer, L. Zhang, Y. Cao, G. Xie, C. Liu, Y. Yan, A. Almaiman, A. Mohajerin-Ariaei, A. Fallahpour, M. Tur, T. J. Kippenberg, and A. E. Willner, “Tunable insertion of multiple lines into a Kerr frequency comb using electro-optical modulators,” Optics Letters, vol. 42, no. 19, pp. 3765-3768, Oct. 2017.
- [13] L. He, Y. Guo, Z. Han, K. Wada, L. C. Kimerling, J. Michel, A. M. Agarwal, G. Li, and L. Zhang, "Loss reduction of silicon-on-insulator waveguides for deep mid-infrared applications," Optics Letters, vol. 42, no. 17, pp. 3454-3457, Sept. 2017.
- [14] P. Liao, C. Bao, A. Kordts, M. Karpov, M. H. P. Pfeiffer, L. Zhang, Y. Cao, A. Almaiman, A. Mohajerin-Ariaei, M. Tur, M. M. Fejer, T. J. Kippenberg, and A. E. Willner, “Pump-linewidth-tolerant wavelength multicasting using soliton Kerr frequency combs,” Optics Letters, vol. 42, no. 16, pp. 3177-3180, Aug. 2017.
- [15] M. Yang, Y. Guo, J. Wang, Z. Han, K. Wada, L. C. Kimerling, A. M. Agarwal, J. Michel, G. Li, and L. Zhang, "Mid-IR supercontinuum generated in low-dispersion Ge-on-Si waveguides pumped by sub-ps pulses," Optics Express, vol. 25, no. 14, pp. 16116-16122, July 2017.
- [16] Z. Yang, R. Mi, N. Zhao, L. Zhang, and G. Li, "Simultaneous measurement of chromatic and modal dispersion in FMFs using microwave photonic techniques," IEEE Photonics Journal, vol. 9, no. 3, pp. 5501409, June 2017.
- [17] C. Bao, H. Taheri, L. Zhang, A. Matsko, Y. Yan, P. Liao, L. Maleki, and A. E. Willner, "High-order dispersion in Kerr comb oscillators," J. Optical Society of America B, vol. 34, no. 4, pp. 715-725, Apr. 2017.
- [18] P. Liao, C. Bao, A. Kordts, M. Karpov, M. H. P. Pfeiffer, L. Zhang, A. Mohajerin-Ariaei, Y. Cao, A. Almaiman, M. Ziyadi, S. R. Wilkinson, M. Tur, T. J. Kippenberg, and A. E. Willner, "Dependence of a microresonator Kerr frequency comb on the pump linewidth," Optics Letters, vol. 42, no. 4, pp. 779-782, Feb. 2017.
- [19] C. Bao, P. Liao, A. Kordts, L. Zhang, M. Karpov, M. H. P. Pfeiffer, Y. Cao, Y. Yan, A. Almaiman, G. Xie, A. Mohajerin-Ariaei, L. Li, M. Ziyadi, S. R Wilkinson, M. Tur, T. J. Kippenberg, and A. E. Willner, "Dual-pump generation of high-coherence primary Kerr combs with multiple sub-lines," Optics Letters, vol. 42, no. 3, pp. 595-598, Feb. 2017.
- [20] Y. Guo, Z. Jafari, A. M. Agarwal, L. C. Kimerling, G. Li, J. Michel, and L. Zhang, "Bilayer dispersion-flattened waveguides with four zero-dispersion wavelengths," Optics Letters, vol. 41, no. 21, pp. 4939-4942, Nov. 2016.
- [21] Z. Jafari, L. Zhang, A. M. Agarwal, L. C. Kimerling, J. Michel and A. Zarifkar, "Parameter space exploration in dispersion engineering of multilayer silicon waveguides from near-infrared to mid-infrared," Journal of Lightwave Technology, vol. 34, no. 16, pp. 3696-3702, Aug. 2016.
- [22] C. Bao, P. Liao, A. Kordts, M. Karpov, M. H. P. Pfeiffer, L. Zhang, Y. Yan, G. Xie, Y. Cao, A. Almaiman, M. Ziyadi, L. Li, Z. Zhao, A. Mohajerin-Ariaei, S. R. Wilkinson, M. Tur, M. M. Fejer, T. J. Kippenberg and A. E. Willner, "Demonstration of optical multicasting using Kerr frequency comb lines," Optics Letters, vol. 41, no. 16, pp. 3876-3879, Aug. 2016.
- [23] X. Zhou, L. Zhang, and W. Pang, “Performance and noise analysis of optical microresonator-based biochemical sensors using intensity detection,” Optics Express, vol. 24, no. 16, pp. 18197-18208, Aug. 2016.
- [24] C. Bao, P. Liao, L. Zhang, Y. Yan, Y. Cao, G. Xie, A. Mohajerin-Ariaei, L. Li, M. Ziyadi, A. Almaiman, L. C. Kimerling, J. Michel, and A. E. Willner, "Effect of a breather soliton in Kerr frequency combs on optical communication systems," Optics Letters, vol. 41, no. 8, pp. 1764-1767, Apr. 2016.
- [25] X. Zhou, L. Zhang, A. M. Armani, J. Liu, X. Duan, D. Zhang, H. Zhang, and W. Pang, “An integrated photonic gas sensor enhanced by optimized Fano effects in coupled microring resonators with an athermal waveguide,” Journal of Lightwave Technology, vol. 33, no. 22, pp. 4521-4530, Nov. 2015.
- [26] C. Bao, L. Zhang, L. C. Kimerling, J. Michel, and C. Yang, “Soliton breathing induced by stimulated Raman scattering and self-steepening in octave-spanning Kerr frequency comb generation,” Optics Express, vol. 23, no. 14, pp. 18665-18670, July 2015.
- [27] Z. Han*, L. Zhang*, L. C. Kimerling, and A. M. Agarwal, “Integrated midinfrared laser based on an Er-doped chalcogenide microresonator,” IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, Special Issue on Solid-State Lasers, vol. 21, no. 1, 1603007, Jan/Feb 2015.
- [28] C. Bao, Y. Yan, L. Zhang, Y. Yue, N. Ahmed, A. M. Agarwal, L. C. Kimerling, J. Michel, and A. E. Willner, “Increased bandwidth with flattened and low dispersion in a horizontal double-slot silicon waveguide,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. B, vol. 32, no. 1, pp. 26-30, Jan. 2015.
- [29] C. Bao, L. Zhang, A. Matsko, Y. Yan, Z. Zhao, G. Xie, A. M. Agarwal, L. C. Kimerling, J. Michel, L. Maleki, and A. E. Willner, "Nonlinear conversion efficiency in Kerr frequency comb generation," Optics Letters, vol. 39, no. 21, pp. 6126-6129, Nov. 2014.
- [30] L. Zhang, J. Mu, V. Singh, A. M. Agarwal, L. C. Kimerling, and J. Michel, “Intra-cavity dispersion of microresonators and its engineering for octave-spanning Kerr frequency comb generation,” IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, Special Issue on Silicon Photonics, vol. 20, no. 4, 5900207, July/Aug. 2014.
- [31] X. Zhou, L. Zhang, A. M. Armani, D. Zhang, X. Duan, J. Liu, H. Zhang, W. Pang, “On-chip biological and chemical sensing with reversed Fano lineshape enabled by embedded microring resonators,” IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, Special Issue on Nanobiophotonics, vol. 20, no. 3, 5200110, May 2014.
- [32] H. Lin, O. Ogbuu, J. Liu, L. Zhang, J. Michel and J. Hu, “Breaking the energy-bandwidth limit of electro-optic modulators: theory and a device proposal,” Journal of Lightwave Technology, vol. 31, no. 24, pp. 4029-4036, Dec. 2013.
- [33] L. Zhang, C. Bao, V. Singh, J. Mu, C. Yang, A. M. Agarwal, L. C. Kimerling, and J. Michel, "Generation of two-cycle pulses and octave-spanning frequency combs in a dispersion-flattened micro-resonator," Optics Letters, vol. 38, no. 23, pp. 5122-5125, Dec. 2013.
- [34] X. Zhou, L. Zhang, W. Pang, H. Zhang, Q. Yang and D. Zhang, “Phase characteristics of an electromagnetically induced transparency analogue in coupled resonant systems,” New Journal of Physics, vol. 15, no. 10, 103033, Oct. 2013.
- [35] X. Zhou, L. Zhang, A. M. Armani, R. G. Beausoleil, A. E. Willner, and W. Pang, “Power enhancement and phase regimes in embedded microring resonators in analogy with electromagnetically induced transparency,” Optics Express, vol. 21, no. 17, pp. 20179-20186, Aug. 2013.
- [36] J. Mu, P.-T. Lin, L. Zhang, J. Michel, L. C. Kimerling, F. Jaworski, and Anu Agarwal, "Design and fabrication of a high transmissivity metal-dielectric ultraviolet band-pass filter," Applied Physics Letters, vol. 102, no. 21, 213105, May 2013.
- [37] L. Zhang, Q. Lin, Y. Yue, Y. Yan, R. G. Beausoleil, A. Agarwal, L. C. Kimerling, J. Michel, and A. E. Willner, “On-chip octave-spanning supercontinuum in nanostructured silicon waveguides using ultralow pulse energy,” IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, Special Issue on Quantum and Nanoscale Photonics, vol. 18, no. 6, pp. 1799-1806, Nov/Dec 2012.
- [38] H. Huang, Y. Yue, L. Zhang, C. Chase, D. Parekh, F. Sedgwick, M. C. Wu, C. J. Chang-Hasnain, M. Tur, and A. E. Willner, "Analog signal transmission in a high-contrast-gratings-based hollow-core-waveguide," Journal of Lightwave Technology, vol. 30, no. 23, pp. 3640-3646, Nov. 2012.
- [39] Y. Yue, L. Zhang, X. Wang, H. Huang, W. Yang, J. Ferrara, V. Karagodsky, C. Chase, M. Tur, C. J. Chang-Hasnain, and A. E. Willner, "Three-dimensional chirped high-contrast grating hollow-core waveguide," IEEE Photonics Journal, vol. 4, no. 5, pp. 1372-1380, Oct. 2012.
- [40] Y. Yan, L. Zhang, J. Wang, J.-Y. Yang, I. M. Fazal, N. Ahmed, A. E. Willner, and S. J. Dolinar, "Fiber structure to convert a Gaussian beam to higher-order optical orbital angular momentum modes," Optics Letters, vol. 37, no. 16, pp. 3294-3296, Aug. 2012.
- [41] Y. Yue, L. Zhang, Y. Yan, N. Ahmed, J.-Y. Yang, H. Huang, Y. Ren, S. Dolinar, M. Tur, and A. E. Willner, "Octave-spanning supercontinuum generation of vortices in an As2S3 ring photonic crystal fiber," Optics Letters, vol. 37, no. 11, pp. 1889-1891, June 2012.
- [42] Y. Yue, Y. Yan, N. Ahmed, J.-Y. Yang, L. Zhang, Y. Ren, H. Huang, K. M. Birnbaum, B. I. Erkmen, S. Dolinar, M. Tur, and A. E. Willner, “Mode properties and propagation effects of optical orbital angular momentum (OAM) modes in a ring fiber,” IEEE Photonics Journal, vol. 4, no. 2, pp. 535-543, Apr. 2012.
- [43] Y. Yue, H. Huang, L. Zhang, J. Wang, J.-Y. Yang, O. F. Yilmaz, J. S. Levy, M. Lipson, and A. E. Willner, "UWB monocycle pulse generation using two-photon absorption in a silicon waveguide," Optics Letters, vol. 37, no. 4, pp. 551-553, Feb. 2012.
- [44] L. Zhang, Q. Lin, Y. Yue, Y. Yan, R. G. Beausoleil, and A. E. Willner, "Silicon waveguide with four zero-dispersion wavelengths and its application in on-chip octave-spanning supercontinuum generation," Optics Express, vol. 20, no. 2, pp. 1685-1690, Jan. 2012.
- [45] Y. Yue, L. Zhang, H. Huang, R. G. Beausoleil, and A. E. Willner, "Silicon-on-nitride waveguide with ultralow dispersion over an octave-spanning mid-infrared wavelength range," IEEE Photonics Journal, vol. 4, no. 1, pp. 126-132, Jan. 2012.
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- [47] Y. Yan, L. Zhang, and A. E. Willner, "Nondegenerate mirrorless oscillation in silicon waveguide," Optics Letters, vol. 36, no. 20, pp. 4113-4115, Oct. 2011.
- [48] A. Fard, J.-Y. Yang, B. Buckley, J. Wang, M. R. Chitgarha, L. Zhang, A. E. Willner, and B. Jalali, "Time-stretch oscilloscope with dual-channel differential detection front end for monitoring of 100 Gb/s return-to-zero differential quadrature phase-shift keying data," Optics Letters, vol. 36, no. 19, pp. 3804-3806, Oct. 2011.
- [49] J.-Y. Yang, M. R. Chitgarha, L. Zhang, J. Wang, L. Paraschis, and A. E. Willner, "Optical monitoring of PMD accumulation on a Pol-MUX phase-modulated signal using degree-of-polarization measurements," Optics Letters, vol. 36, no. 16, pp. 3215-3217, Aug. 2011.
- [50] A. Voskoboinik, J. Wang, B. Shamee, S. R. Nuccio, L. Zhang, M. Chitgarha, A. E. Willner, and M. Tur, "SBS-based fiber optical sensing using frequency-domain simultaneous tone interrogation," Journal of Lightwave Technology, vol. 29, no. 11, pp. 1729-1735, June 2011.
- [51] L. Zhang, Y. Yan, Y. Yue, Q. Lin, O. Painter, R. G. Beausoleil, and A. E. Willner, "On-chip two-octave supercontinuum generation by enhancing self-steepening of optical pulses," Opt. Express, vol. 19, no. 12, pp. 11584-11590, June 2011.
- [52] L. Zhang, Y. Yue, R. G. Beausoleil, and A. E. Willner, "Analysis and engineering of chromatic dispersion in silicon waveguide bends and ring resonators," Opt. Express, vol. 19, no. 9, pp. 8102-8107, Apr. 2011.
- [53] Y. Yue, L. Zhang, J. Wang, R. G. Beausoleil, and A. E. Willner, "Highly efficient nonlinearity-reduction in silicon-on-insulator waveguide using vertical slots," Opt. Express, vol. 18, no. 21, pp. 22061-22066, Oct. 2010.
- [54] L. Zhang, Y. Yue, R. G. Beausoleil, and A. E. Willner, "Flattened dispersion in silicon slot waveguides," Opt. Express, vol. 18, no. 19, pp. 20529-20534, Sep. 2010.
- [55] L. Zhang, Y. Yue, Y. Xiao-Li, J. Wang, R. G. Beausoleil, and A. E. Willner, “Flat and low dispersion in highly nonlinear slot waveguides,” Opt. Express, vol. 18, no. 12, pp. 13187-13193, June 2010.
- [56] Y. Yue, L. Zhang, J.-Y. Yang, R. G. Beausoleil, and A. E. Willner, "Silicon-on-insulator polarization splitter using two horizontally-slotted waveguides," Optics Letters, vol. 35, no. 9, pp. 1364-1366, May 2010.
- [57] J. Wang, S. Nuccio, X. Wu, O. F. Yilmaz, L. Zhang, I. Fazal, J.-Y. Yang, Y. Yue, and A. E. Willner, "40 Gbit/s optical data exchange between wavelength-division-multiplexed channels using a periodically poled lithium niobate waveguide," Optics Letters, vol. 35, no. 7, pp. 1067-1069, Apr. 2010.
- [58] M. Song, L. Zhang, R. G. Beausoleil, and A. E. Willner, "Nonlinear distortion in a silicon microring-based electro-optic modulator for analog optical links," IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, Special Issue on Silicon Photonics, vol. 16, no. 1, pp. 185-191, Jan/Feb 2010.
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- [61] L. Yan, D. Zheng, W. Pan, B. Luo, B. Zhang, and L. Zhang, "Numerical study on SBS slow light systems using a super-Gaussian filtered incoherent pump," Optics Communications, vol. 282, no. 22, pp. 4431-4435, Nov. 2009.
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- [63] L. Zhang, Y. Li, M. Song, J.-Y. Yang, R. G. Beausoleil, and A. E. Willner, "Silicon microring-based signal modulation for chip-scale optical interconnection," Applied Physics A, vol. 95, no. 4, pp. 1089-1098, Jun. 2009.
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- [66] J.-Y. Yang, L. Zhang, Y. Yue, V. R. Arbab, A. Agarwal, L. Paraschis, and A. E. Willner, "Optical signal-to-noise ratio monitoring of an 80 Gbits/s polarization-multiplexed return-to-zero differential phase-shift keying channel," Optics Letters, vol. 34, no. 7, pp. 1006-1008, Apr. 2009.
- [67] X. Wu, L. Christen, B. Zhang, W.-R. Peng, J.-Y. Yang, L. Zhang, S. R. Nuccio, L. Paraschis, J. A. Jargon, and A. E. Willner, "Synchronization monitoring of I/Q data and pulse carving misalignment for a parallel-type RZ-DQPSK transmitter by measuring RF clock tone/low frequency power, " IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, vol. 20, no. 24, pp. 2138-2140, Dec. 2008.
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- [69] J.-Y. Yang, L. Zhang, X. Wu, O. F. Yilmaz, B. Zhang, and A. E. Willner, "All-optical chromatic dispersion monitoring for phase-modulated signals utilizing cross-phase modulation in a highly nonlinear fiber," IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, vol. 20, no. 19, pp. 1642-1644, Oct. 2008.
- [70] L. Zhang, M. Song, T. Wu, L. Zou, R. G. Beausoleil, and A. E. Willner, “Embedded ring resonators for microphotonic applications,” Optics Letters, vol. 33, no. 17, pp. 1978-1980, Sep. 2008.
- [71] Y. Li, L. Zhang, M. Song, B. Zhang, J. Yang, R. G. Beausoleil, A. E. Willner, and P. D. Dapkus, "Coupled-ring-resonator-based silicon modulator for enhanced performance," Optics Express, vol. 16, no. 17, pp. 13342-13348, Aug. 2008.
- [72] L. Zhang, J.-Y. Yang, Y. Li, R. G. Beausoleil, and A. E. Willner, "Monolithic modulator and demodulator of differential quadrature phase-shift keying signals based on silicon microrings," Optics Letters, vol. 33, no. 15, pp. 1428-1430, July 2008.
- [73] L. Zhang, Y. Li, M. Song, R. G. Beausoleil, and A. E. Willner, "Data quality dependencies in microring-based DPSK transmitter and receiver," Optics Express, vol. 16, no. 8, pp. 5739-5745, Apr. 2008.
- [74] L. Zhang, T. Luo, Y. Yue, and A. E. Willner, “High group birefringence in photonic crystal fibers with both positive and negative phase birefringences,” Journal of Optics A: Pure and Applied Optics, vol. 10, no. 3, pp. 035004-7, Mar. 2008.
- [75] J.-Y. Yang, L. Zhang, L. C. Christen, B. Zhang, S. Nuccio, X. Wu, L.-S. Yan, S. Yao, and A. E. Willner, “Polarization mode dispersion monitoring for phase-modulated signals using DGD-generated interferometric filter,” IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, vol. 20, no. 2, pp. 150-152, Jan. 2008.
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- [77] L. Zhang, T. Luo, Y. Yue, C. Yu, and A. E. Willner, “Photosensitivity-enabled dispersion controllability for quasi-phase-matching in photonic crystal fibers,” Optics Letters, vol. 32, no. 24, pp. 3498-3500, Dec. 2007.
- [78] L. Zhang, J.-Y. Yang, M. Song, Y. Li, B. Zhang, R. G. Beausoleil, and A. E. Willner, "Microring-based modulation and demodulation of DPSK signal," Opt. Express, vol. 15, no. 18, pp. 11564-11569, Sep. 2007.
- [79] L. Zhang, T. Luo, C. Yu, W. Zhang, and A. E. Willner, “Pattern dependence of data distortion in slow-light elements,” Journal of Lightwave Technology, vol. 25, no. 7, pp. 1754-1760, July 2007.
- [80] B. Zhang, L. Zhang, L. -S. Yan, I. Fazal, J. -Y. Yang, and A. E. Willner, "Continuously-tunable, bit-rate variable OTDM using broadband SBS slow-light delay line," Optics Express, vol. 15, no. 13, pp. 8317-8322, June 2007.
- [81] B. Zhang, Y. –S. Yan, I. Fazal, L. Zhang, A. E. Willner, Z. Zhu, and D. J. Gauthier, “Slow light on Gbit/s differential-phase-shift-keying signals,” Optics Express, vol. 15, no. 4, pp. 1878-1883, Feb. 2007.
- [82] Z. Zhu, A. M. C. Dawes, D. J. Gauthier, L. Zhang, and A. E. Willner, “Broadband SBS slow light in an optical fiber,” Journal of Lightwave Technology, vol. 25, no. 1, pp. 201-206, Jan. 2007.
- [83] C. Yu, T. Luo, L. Zhang, and A. E. Willner, “Data pulse distortion induced by a slow-light tunable delay line in optical fiber,” Optics Letters, vol. 32, no. 1, pp. 20-22, Jan. 2007.
- [84] L. Zhang, C. Yang, C. Yu, T. Luo, and A. E. Willner, “PCF-based polarization splitters with simplified structures,” Journal of Lightwave Technology, vol. 23, no. 11, pp. 3558-3565, Nov. 2005.
- [85] L. Zhang and C. Yang, “Nonreciprocal coupling in asymmetric dual-core photonic crystal fibers,” Chinese Physics Letters, vol. 21, no. 8, pp. 1542-1544, Aug. 2004.
- [86] L. Zhang and C. Yang, “A novel polarization splitter based on the photonic crystal fiber with nonidentical dual cores,” IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, vol. 16, no. 7, pp. 1670-1672, July 2004.
- [87] L. Zhang and C. Yang, “Photonic crystal fibers with squeezed hexagonal lattice,” Optics Express, vol. 12, no. 11, pp. 2371-2376, May 2004.
- [88] L. Zhang and C. Yang, “Polarization-dependent coupling in twin-core photonic crystal fibers,” Journal of Lightwave Technology, vol. 22, no. 5, pp. 1367-1373, May 2004.
- [89] L. Zhang and C. Yang, “Sinusoidally chirped fiber Bragg gratings”, Chinese Physics Letters, vol. 20, no. 8, pp. 1293-1295, Aug. 2003.
- [90] L. Zhang and C. Yang, “Polarization splitter based on photonic crystal fibers,” Optics Express, vol. 11, no. 9, pp. 1015-1020, May 2003.
- [91] L. Zhang and C. Yang, “Improving the performance of fiber gratings with sinusoidal chirps,” Applied Optics, vol. 24, no. 12, pp. 2181-2187, Apr. 2003.
- Books
- [1] Slow Light: Science and Applications
- [2] Photonic Microresonator: Research and Applications
- Patents
- [1] L. Zhang and Y. Guo, Dispersion Engineered On-chip Integrated Optical Waveguides, P. R. China Patent CN 105629380A (Granted 2018-11-20)
- [2] J. Hu, H. Lin, O. Ogbuu, J. Liu, L. Zhang, and J. Michel, Electro-optic modulators, U.S. Patent US 2015/0323819 A1 (Granted 2015-11-12).
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- [3] L. Zhang, Y. Yan, Y. Yue, and A. E. Willner, On-chip two-octave supercontinuum generation enabled by advanced chromatic dispersion tailoring in slotted waveguides, U.S. Patent US 9110219 B1 (Granted 2015-08-18).
- [4] Y. Yan, L. Zhang, and A. E. Willner, Mirrorless-oscillation in a waveguide using non-degenerate four-wave mixing, U.S. Patent US 9086609 B1 (Granted 2015-07-21).
- [5] L. Zhang, Y. Yue, and A. E. Willner, Waveguide-based dispersion device, U.S. Patent US 8483529 B2 (Granted 2013-07-09).
- [6] C. Yang and L. Zhang, Dual-core photonic crystal fibers, P. R. China Patent CN 1425930A (Granted 2003-06-25).
- [7] L. Zhang and C. Yang, Fiber gratings with sinusoidal chirps, P. R. China Patent CN 1355441A (Granted 2002-06-26).
- Honors & Awards
- [1] 2024-02 Chair Professor at Tianjin University
- [2] 2023-10 中组部“万人计划”科技创新领军人才
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- [3] 2020-12 天津市“项目+团队”重点培养专项入选团队负责人
- [4] 2020-11 天津市创新人才推进计划中青年科技创新领军人才
- [5] 2019-11 天津大学2019年本科生毕业设计（论文）优秀指导教师
- [6] 2015-03 入选中组部国家海外高层次人才引进计划（青年项目）
- [7] 2015-03 Tianjin University "Peiyang Scholar—Outstanding Oversea Talent" Award
- [8] 2009-03 Finalist of the Infinera Outstanding Student Recognition Prize at OFC 2009
- [9] 2009-02 Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-Financed Students Abroad
- [10] 2008-12 Winner of the IEEE LEOS Figure Contest
- [11] 2008-07 IEEE/LEOS Graduate Student Fellowship
- [12] 2008-04 USC EE Department Best Paper Award in 2008
- [13] 2008-04 IEEE LEOS High Speed Interconnections 2008, Selected Poster with Awarded Travel Grant
- [14] 2008-03 Marquis Who's Who in America
- [15] 2007-03 Marquis Who's Who in World
- [16] 2006-03 Marquis Who's Who in Science and Engineering
- [17] 2004-06 Outstanding Graduate of Tsinghua University
- [18] 2003-10 First Prize Scholarship of Tsinghua University sponsored by Samsung
- [19] 2003-05 Top-Ten Outstanding Graduate Students at Tsinghua University in 2003
- [20] 2002-10 First Prize Scholarship of Tsinghua University sponsored by Chinese Academy of Sciences
- [21] 2001-06 Excellent Graduate of Tsinghua University