Research Areas

nanophotonics, nanomechanics, nanofabrication, optomechanics, optoacoustics, optoelectronics, micro- and nanoelectromechanics, photonic nanostructures, semiconductor lasers, photonic crystals, integrated optics, nonlinear photonics, microwave photonics, optical communication and signal processing

Research Projects

1. An integrated measurement system for quantum information and quantum materials research under extreme conditions
   [co-PI, period: 1 Jan 2021 - 31 Dec 2023]
2. A high-accuracy wafer polisher and bonders for heterogeneous integration
   [co-PI, period: 1 Jan 2021 - 31 Dec 2023]
3. On-chip topological lasers with cavities of arbitrary shapes
   [PI, period: 1 Jan 2020 - 31 Dec 2022]
4. Investigation of photonic bound states in the continuum in photonic integrated circuits
   [PI, period: 1 Jan 2019 - 30 Jun 2022]
5. Experimental investigation of nanoscale PT-symmetric acoustics with cavity optomechanical systems
   [PI, period: 1 Jan 2018 - 30 Jun 2021]
6. Ultra-high Q silicon micro-resonators for integrated quantum photonics
   [Co-I, period: 1 Jan 2018 - 31 Dec 2020]
7. Visible-light optomechanical integrated circuits based on III-nitride semiconductors
   [PI, period: 1 Jan 2016 - 31 Dec 2019]
8. Investigation of the force law of classical electrodynamics with nanoscale optomechanical systems
   [PI, period: 1 Jan 2016 - 30 Jun 2019]
9. Developing optomechanical devices based on layered nanomaterials for single-biomolecule mass spectrometry
   [PI, period: 1 Jul 2015 - 30 Jun 2017]
10. Nano-optomechanical devices based on novel two-dimensional nanomaterials
    [PI, period: 1 Jan 2015 - 30 Jun 2017]

Funding Support

We gratefully acknowledge the support from the following resources:

• Faculty of Engineering, CUHK
• Shun Hing Institute of Advanced Engineering, CUHK
• Hong Kong Research Grants Council