Principal Investigator
Dr. Yeyu TONG （童業煜）
Assistant Professor,
Microelectronics Thrust (Department), Function Hub (Faculty)
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou)
Prior to joining HKUST(GZ) in May 2022, he was an R&D Engineer working on the next
generation of silicon photonics technology for
high-capacity optical I/O at
Interuniversity Microelectronics Center (imec)
headquartered in
Leuven, Belgium. He completed his Ph.D. at
the Chinese University of Hong Kong
supervised by
Prof. Hon Ki
TSANG and his
B.Eng at
UESTC. he was a visiting researcher of
Prof. John
E. Bowers group at the
University of California, Santa
Barbara in 2019. His research interests include silicon photonics, optical
interconnect,
advanced photonic integration technology, photonic packaging solutions, and emerging
applications of photonic integrated circuits. He has authored and co-authored about
60 publications including book chapters, journals, and international conferences.
Research Grants
| Role |
Project |
Start |
End |
| PI |
National Natural Science Foundation of China |
2024 Jan 01 |
2026 Dec 31 |
| PI |
Guangdong Province Natural Science Foundation - General Program |
2024 Jan 01 |
2026 Dec 31 |
| PI |
Guangdong Province Higher Education Scheme, Featured Innovation Project |
2023 Apr 01 |
2025 Mar 31 |
| PI |
Guangzhou-HKUST(GZ) Joint Funding Scheme |
2023 Apr 01 |
2025 Mar 31 |
| Co-I |
Municipal Key Laboratory Construction Program, Guangzhou EDA Key Laboratory |
2023 Apr 01 |
2025 Mar 31 |
Professional Services
Seminar ChairIEEE Council on Electronic Design
Automation, Guangzhou Chapter,
Organizing Committee: Optical/Photonic
Interconnects for Computing Systems (Optics) 2023
Topic Program Committee: 7th Micro-Nano
Optical Technology and Application Conference 2023
Organizing Committee: Optical/Photonic
Interconnects for Computing Systems (Optics) 2022
Journal Reviews (alphabetical):
APL Photonics
Communications Engineering
Electronics Letters
IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics
IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics
IEEE Photonics Journal
IEEE Photonics Technology Letters
IET Optoelectronics
Journal of Lightwave Technology
Journal of the Optical Society of America B
Laser & Photonics Reviews
Nature Communications
Optics Communications
Optics Letters
Optics Express
Photonics Research
Awards and Recognitions
Top-Scored Paper, Optical Fiber Communications Conference (OFC) 2024
Top-Scored Paper, Optical Fiber Communications Conference (OFC) 2019
Overseas Research Attachment Program, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Faculty of Engineering 2019
Reaching Out Award, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government 2019
Postgraduate studentship, the Chinese University of Hong Kong 2016-2020
Mitacs Globalink Research Internship, Mitacs Canada and China Scholarship Council 2015
National Scholarship, 2012-2013
Talks and Presentations
"Towards Tbps Single-λ Interconnect by a Multimode Integrated Optical I/O on Silicon for Few-Mode
Fibers",
Optical Fiber Communications Conference (OFC), 2024
Mar, Top-Scored
"High-Dimensional Optical I/O on Silicon Photonics Integration Platform",
Invited Talk, Peking University, University of Macau, and UESTC, 2023 Nov
"Bridging the Graded-Index Few-Mode Fibre with Photonic Integrated Circuits via Efficient Diffraction
Waveguide Gratings",
European Conference on Integrated Optics (ECIO), 2020 Mar
"80-km transmission with silicon micro-ring modulators and Kramers-Kronig direct detection",
Optical Fiber Communications Conference (OFC), 2019 Mar, Top-Scored
"Efficient Mode Multiplexer for Few-Mode Fibers Using Integrated Silicon-on-Insulator Waveguide Grating
Coupler",
European Conference on Integrated Optics (ECIO), 2019
Apr
"Compact and High-Speed Ge Franz-Keldysh I/Q Modulator Used with Kramers-Kronig Receiver",
Conference of the IEEE Photonics Society (IPC), 2018 Oct
"112-Gb/s PAM-4 using Integrated Germanium on Silicon Franz Keldysh Modulator",
Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2018 May
"Assessment of integrated Ge FranzKeldysh modulator for discrete multi-tone modulation",
Optical Fiber Communications Conference (OFC), 2018 Mar
Teaching Activities
PG course - MICS6000O Photonic Integrated Circuit Design
Spring 2023
Spring 2024
PG course - MICS6000E Photonics and Optical Interconnects
Fall 2022
Fall 2023
