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10/2026
Our work on low-parasitic-resistance and fabrication-tolerant silicon microring modulators operating over 100 GHz
was published by Optics Letters.
Congratulations to Yuxiang!
10/2026
Our work on 4 × 196Gbps/λ inter-chip fiber communications was
published by Photonics Research.
Congratulations to Wu Zhou and Kaihang Lu!
09/2026
Our work on the universal photonic processor for structured light manipulation (shaping, switching, and ROADM) was
published by Optica.
Congratulations to Zengqi Chen, Wu Zhou, and Hao Chen!
09/2026
Xin JIN and Shuyang XIE join our group for their PhD studies. Yanzhi ZHANG join us as a Research Assistant. Welcome!
07/2026
Xianyi and Wu's work on efficient, broadband, and polarization-diversity
multicore fiber-chip interfaces was published by ACS Photonics.
Congratulations!
06/2026
Hao Chen, Zengqi Chen, and Kaihang Lu successfully defended their Ph.D thesis. Congratulations!
06/2026
Kaihang Lu's work on 3.2-Tbps DWDM O-band silicon microring modulators was featured
as
an oral talk by the European Conference on Optical Communication (ECOC 2026). Welcome to
our presentation on Sep 23, in Málaga, Spain!
05/2026
Yuxiang Yin's work on the ultra-dense 98-Channel Chip-Fiber Optical I/O
was accepted
by Journal of Lightwave Technology.
Congratulations!
04/2026
Dr. Yeyu Tong has been elevated to IEEE Senior Member. Congratulations!
03/2026
Wenzhang Tian's work on high-resolution reconstructive spectrometer was
featured as a Top-Scored paper by OFC 2026 in
Los Angeles, USA. Congratulations!
02/2026
The work collaborated with Peking University on ultra-wideband fibre–wireless communication with
integrated optics was published in Nature. Congratulations!
12/2025
Four papers were accepted by the Optical Fiber Communication Conference 2026 (OFC
2026). We invite you to join our presentations on March 15, in Los Angeles, USA.
Congratulations to Xianyi Feng, Wenzhang Tian, Wu Zhou, and Zengqi Chen!
11/2025
Yiyang Su's work on nanophotonic device simulator was accepted by DATE
2026 (Design, Automation and Test in Europe Conference) in Verona, Italy.
Congratulations!
10/2025
Kaihang Lu's work on the reconfigurable Polarization/Wavelength (De)Multiplexer for
fiber communications was accepted by Journal of Lightwave Technology.
Congratulations!
10/2025
Wu Zhou's work on 448-Gbps-per-λ fiber communications was upgraded to an
invited talk by the European Conference on Optical Communication (ECOC 2025). Welcome to
our presentation on Oct 2, in Copenhagen, Denmark!
09/2025
Wenzhang Tian's work on the spectrometer with a bandwidth-to-resolution
ratio of over 20,000 has been accepted by Laser & Photonics Reviews.
Congratulations!
09/2025
Xianyi FENG and Zihan HE join our group for their PhD and MPhil studies. Welcome!
09/2025
Hao Chen's work on the picometer-resolution spectrometer with a hybrid fiber-chip
system was published by Journal of Lightwave Technology. Congratulations!
08/2025
Zengqi Chen's work on multidimensional optical processing and switching on
chip has been accepted by Laser & Photonics Reviews. Congratulations!
07/2025
Yiou Cui's work was accepted by IEEE Photonics Conference (IPC
2025) for an oral talk. Welcome to our presentation on Nov 9 in Singapore.
Congratulations!
07/2025
Kaihang Lu's work on the 110-GHz silicon microring modulator with a free spectral
range of 4.5 THz was published by Journal of Lightwave Technology.
Congratulations!
06/2025
Mingyuan Zhang's work on the camera-free speckle spectrometer with a silicon
photonic chip was published by APL Photonics. Congratulations!
05/2025
Our invited paper has been published in Photonics Breakthroughs 2024 special issue
of IEEE Photonics Journal. Congratulations to Xianyi Feng!
05/2025
We have five technical oral presentations at CLEO 2025 in Long Beach, USA.
Congrats to Yuxiang Yin, Zichun Lin, Hao Chen, Wu Zhou, and Mingyuan
Zhang.
04/2025
Wu Zhou's work on the highly-efficient (−2.54 dB) 2D diffraction grating
fabricated with 193-DUV lithography has been accepted by IEEE Photonics
Journal. Congratulations!
03/2025
Four papers were accepted by the Optical Fiber Communication Conference 2025 (OFC
2025). We invite you to join our presentations on March 30, in San Francisco, USA.
Congratulations to Kaihang Lu, Wu Zhou, Hao Chen, and Zengqi Chen!
02/2025
Our work on the adaptive fiber beam structure control using programmable photonics was
published in Optica.
Congratulations to Wu Zhou and Zengqi Chen!
11/2024
Hao Chen's work on photonic design automation has been accepted by
DATE 2025 (Design, Automation and Test in Europe Conference) in Lyon,
France. Congratulations!
10/2024
Hao Chen's work on always-feasible and fabrication-constrained inverse
design has been published in ACS Photonics. Congratulations!
09/2024
Yiou CUI, Yuxiang YIN, and Yiyang SU join our group for their PhD and MPhil studies. Welcome!
07/2024
Kaihang Lu's work on mode-multiplexed PAM-4 fiber optical interconnects
has been accepted by IEEE Photonics Conference (IPC 2024) for an oral
presentation in Rome, Italy. Congratulations!
04/2024
Our work on the integrated photonic processor for high-dimensional fiber optic system has been
published in Nature Communications. Congratulations to Kaihang
Lu, Zengqi Chen, and Hao Chen!
02/2024
Wu Zhou's first work on silicon photonics multichannel Optical I/O has
been published in Laser & Photonics Reviews. Congratulations!
02/2024
Mingyuan Zhang's first work on transverse stress sensor has been accepted
by the Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO 2024) in Charlotte,
USA. Congratulations!
01/2024
Wenzhang TIAN join our group for his PhD study. Welcome!
10/2023
Hao Chen's first work on Tbps single-λ interconnect has been featured as a
Top-Scored oral presentation by the Optical Fiber Communication Conference
(OFC 2024) in San Diego, USA. Congratulations!
11/2023
2023 Optical/Photonic Interconnects for Computing Systems (OPTICS) international forum was
successfully organized by Dr. Minkyu Kim (imec), Dr. Luca
Ramini (Hewlett Packard Enterprise), and Dr. Yeyu Tong!
09/2023
Wu ZHOU, Mingyuan ZHANG, Xianyi FENG, and Zichun LIN join our group for their PhD and MPhil studies. Welcome!
07/2023
The work collaborated with Yun Zheng, Chonghao Zhai, Prof. Jianwei Wang from Peking University and
Dajian Liu, Prof. Daoxin Dai from Zhejiang University has been published in
Science. Congratulations!
09/2022
Hao CHEN, Kaihang LU, and Zengqi CHEN join our group for their Ph.D. studies. Welcome!
08/2022
Wu ZHOU from Sun Yat-Sen University joined our group as a research assistant. Welcome!
05/2022
SiPh‑X Lab led by Dr. Yeyu Tong starts at HKUST(GZ)!