Dr. Qiancheng Zhao graduated from Zhejiang University with a bachelor’s degree in the College of Optical Science and Engineering in 2012. He received his Ph.D. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of California, Irvine, USA, in 2017. In 2021, Qiancheng joined the School of Microelectronics as an Assistant Professor at the Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech), Shenzhen, China. Prior to his appointment in SUSTech, he worked as a signal integrity engineer at Apple Inc. USA from 2017 to 2019. Then he joined the University of California, Santa Barbara, as a postdoctoral researcher from 2019 to 2021.

Dr. Zhao’s research focuses on integrated optical waveguide devices, including low-loss waveguides, tantalum pentoxide integrated photonics, gallium phosphide integrated photonics, integrated nonlinear photonics, and laser frequency stabilization, which have wide applications in optical communications. He has authored and co-authored more than 50 peer-reviewed journal and conference papers and has given several invited talks at internal conferences. His works have been published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Optica, Advanced Optical Materials, etc. He also edited a book named “Silicon Photonics Bloom”.

Group website: https://liconlab.ac.cn

Openings

Dr. Zhao welcomes individuals passionate in research to join his research group. He has openings for PhDs, Masters, Postdoctoral Fellows, Research Assistants, Graduate Students, as well as Visiting Scholars. Interested individuals are welcome to email a copy of his/her CV to his email address, with the subject titled “Research position application <Position, Name>”. Details can be found at https://liconlab.ac.cn.

Contact: zhaoqc@sustech.edu.cn

Education Background

2017, Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California, Irvine, USA

2012, B.Sc. in Optical Engineering, Minor in Advanced Honor Class of Engineering Education (ACEE), Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China,

Professional Experience

2021.09 – Present, Assistant Professor, Southern University of Science and Technology, China

2019.06 – 2021.06, Postdoctoral Researcher, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA

2017.12 – 2019.06, Signal Integrity Engineer, Apple Inc. USA

Honors & Awards

Shenzhen Overseas High-Caliber Personnel (Level C), 2021

Individualized Professional Skills Award, UC Santa Barbara, 2021

Broadcom Fellowship, Broadcom Foundation, 2014

Graduate Fellowship, UC Irvine, 2012

National Fellowship, The Ministry of Education of the P.R.C，2009

Research Interest

Passive integrated waveguide devices and applications

Nonlinear integrated photonic devices and applications

Micro/nano-fabrication for photonic devies

Research Publications

Yatao Yang, Yifan Wang, Yongxian Yan, Weiren Cheng, Qiancheng Zhao*, and Yi Li*, "On-Chip Single-Molecule Fluorescence Enhancement via Slotted Gallium Phosphide Nanodisks at Anapole States," Advanced Optical Materials, 2301444, 2023.

Weiren Cheng#, Zhaoting Geng#, Zhuoyu Yu, Yihan Liu, Yatao Yang, Pengzhuo Wu, Houling Ji, Xiaolun Yu, Yifan Wang, Changjing Bao, Yi Li*, and Qiancheng Zhao*, "Wafer-scale inverted gallium phosphide-on-insulator rib waveguides for nonlinear photonics," OL, 48(14), 3781–3784, 2023.

Qiancheng Zhao#, Mark W. Harrington, Andrei Isichenko, Kaikai Liu, Ryan O. Behunin, Scott B. Papp, Peter T. Rakich, Chad W. Hoyt, Chad Fertig, and Daniel J. Blumenthal*, “Integrated Reference Cavity with Dual-mode Optical Thermometry for Frequency Correction”, Optica, 8(11), 1481-1487, 2021.

Qiancheng Zhao#, Ryan O. Behunin, Peter T. Rakich, Nitesh Chauhan, Andrei Isichenko, Jiawei Wang, Chad W. Hoyt, Chad Fertig, Mu hong Lin, and Daniel J. Blumenthal*. "Low-loss Low Thermo-Optic Coefficient Ta2O5 on crystal quartz planar optical waveguides," APL Photonics 5(11), 116103, 2020 (Editor’s Pick).

Qiancheng Zhao#* and Ozdal Boyraz*. "Editorial for the Special Issue on Silicon Photonics Bloom." Micromachines, 11(7), 670, 2020.

Qiancheng Zhao#, Mohammad Wahiduzzaman Khan, Shiva Farzinazar, Jaeho Lee, and Ozdal Boyraz*, "Plasmo-thermomechanical radiation detector with on-chip optical readout," Opt. Express, 26(23), 29638-29650, 2018.

Qiancheng Zhao#, Parinaz Sadri-Moshkenani, Mohammad Wahiduzzaman Khan, Rasul Torun and Ozdal Boyraz*, "On-Chip Bimetallic Plasmo-Thermomechanical Detectors for Mid-Infrared Radiation," IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, 29(17), 1459-1462, 2017.

Qiancheng Zhao#, Caner Guclu, Yuewang Huang, Filippo Capolino, and Ozdal Boyraz*. "Experimental Demonstration of Directive Si3N4 Optical Leaky Wave Antennas with Semiconductor Perturbations." Journal of Lightwave Technology, 34(21), 4864-4871, 2016.