Chester Shu's Group

Subject Editor/Subject Editor-in-Chief (optical communication), IET Electronics Letters, 2018-Present
Associate Editor/Senior Editor, IEEE Photonics Journal, 2017-Present
Topical Editor (optical fiber communications), Optics Letters, 2005-2011
Associate Editor, HKIE Transactions, 2006-2011
Technology Review Panel, ASTRI, Hong Kong, 2012-Present
Disciplinary Tribunal Panel, Electricity Ordinance (Chapter 406), Hong Kong, 2015-2018
External Examiner: HKUST, HKU, HKPU, CityUHK, National University of Singapore, Nanyang Technological University, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, McGill University, Monash University

Ph.D. Graduates

• H. H. Zhang, "Advanced Optical Signal Processing for Self-coherent Detection Based Communication Networks" 2021.
  
• Q. L. Zhang, "Advanced Optical Modulation and Detection Schemes for Access and Metro Networks" 2019.
  
• N. Zhang, "Advanced Optical Signal Processing Techniques Based on Four-wave Mixing Bragg Scattering for High-Speed Photonic Subsystems" 2019.
  
• Y. Gao, "Graphene Optoelectronic Devices on Silicon Nitride Waveguide Platform" 2019.
  
• J. Y. Ru, "High-Performance Multi-Wavelength Optical Sampling" 2019.
  
• J. Liu, "Stimulated Brillouin Scattering Based Microwave Photonics Subsystems" 2018.
  
• H. Wu, "Digital Signal Processing Techniques Assisted Distributed Brillouin Optical Time Domain Analyzer Fiber Sensor" 2018.
  
• Q. J. Xie, "Programmable Schemes of Optical Pulse Processing for High-Speed Photonic Subsystems" 2018.
  
• B. F. Zheng, "Raman Assisted Optical Processing for High Speed Coherent Communication Systems" 2018.
  
• C. R. Huang, "Advanced Optical Parametric Processing Schemes for Subsystem Applications in Fiber Communications" 2016.
  
• J. Q. Wang, "Graphene Integrated Silicon Nitride and Silicon Waveguide Optoelectronic Devices" 2016.
  
• X. L. Fu, "Phase-Sensitive Optical Signal Processing Techniques" 2014.
  
• X. J. Guo, "Advanced Schemes of Parametric Amplification and Processing in Highly Nonlinear Fibers" 2014.
  
• L. Wang, "Stimulated Brillouin Scattering Based Optical Signal Processing for Fiber-Optic Communications and Sensing" 2013.
  
• Y. H. Dai, "Optical Signal Processing of Phase-Modulated Signals for Communications" 2011.
  
• J. B. Du, "Novel Interferometer Based Optical Processing Devices and Their Applications" 2011.
  
• K. P. Lei, "Time- and Wavelength-Interleaved Pulsed Laser Source for High-Capacity Optical Processing" 2011.
  
• M. P. Fok, "Optical Processing Techniques for Advanced Fiber-Optic Communication Systems" 2007.
  
• W. W. Tang, "New Picosecond Optical Pulse Sources with Broad Tunability and Arbitrary Repetition Rate" 2005.
  
• K. K. Chow, "All-Optical Processing Devices for High-Speed Fiber Communications" 2003.
  
• K. L. Lee, "Switching-Wavelength Picosecond Pulses and Their Applications in Photonic Processing of High-Speed Analog And Digital Signals" 2003.
  
• K. S. Lee, "Generation And Characterization of Tunable Multi-Wavelength Continuous-Wave and Picosecond-Pulsed Outputs from a Semiconductor Laser" 1998.

Master Graduates

• K. K. Li, "Transmission Experiments with Fiber-Optic Recirculating Loop", (M.Sc.) 2015.
• Q. J. Xie, "Time- and Wavelength-Interleaved Pulse Train Generation Based on Dispersion-Managed Fiber," (M.Sc.) 2013.
• L. J. Zou, "Using Cascaded Modulators to Generate Ultra-Flat Optical Comb Based on Linear Chirp," (M.Sc.) 2013.
• Y. Yang, "Optical Fiber Sensing Networks For Strain Measurement," (M.Sc.) 2012.
• L. K. Cheng, "All-Optical Switching and Variable Delay Using Nonlinear Optical Processing Techniques," 2008.
• S. H. Lee, "All-Fiber Signal Processing Techniques Using Nonlinear Phase Modulation of Light," 2005.
• M. P. Fok, "Multi-Wavelength Injection Locking of Semiconductor Laser Diodes and its Applications," 2004.
• W. L. Chan, "New Methods in All-Optical Signal Processing with Semiconductor Optical Amplifier Based Mach-Zehnder Interferometer," 2004.
• S. W. Chan, "New Approaches for Laser Pulse Generation and Signal Processing Using Optical Phase Modulation," 2003.
• W. W. Tang, "Optically-Controlled Generation of Wavelength-Tunable Pulses from Semiconductor and Fiber Lasers Using a Nonlinear Optical Loop Mirror," 2001.
• K. L. Lee, "New Methods to Generate Wavelength-Tunable Pulses Using the Dispersion Tuning Approach," 2000.
• K. K. Chow, "Wavelength Selection and Switching in Short Pulses Generated from Semiconductor Lasers," 2000.
• K. Chan, "Electrically Wavelength-Tunable Pulses Generated from Semiconductor Lasers and Erbium Doped Fiber Lasers," 1999.
• S. P. Yam, "Tunable Multi-Wavelength Picosecond Pulses Generated from a Fabry-Perot Laser Diode," 1998.
• P. T. Chan, "Optical Heterodyne Detection with Balanced GaInAs Metal-Semiconductor-Metal Photodetectors," 1996.
• Y. C. Lee, "Generation and Characterization of Wavelength-Tunable Picosecond Optical Pulses by Self-Seeding of a Gain-Switched Fabry-Perot Laser Diode," 1995.
• K. S. Lee, "Novel Schemes for Time-Division-Multiplexing of High-Speed Optical Signals," 1995.
• H. S. Choy, "Interdigitated Metal-Semiconductor-Metal Photodetectors on III-V Compound Semiconductor Materials," 1994.
• T. C. She, "GaAs Optoelectronic Logic Devices," 1994.
  
  

Principal Investigator of the Following Grants

GRF/RGC/ITF and Other Grants

• "Programmable optical processing schemes empowered by temporal and spectral Talbot effects," $951,618 GRF (1/2023-12/2025)
• "Silicon photonics for terabit/s multimode optical fiber interconnects," (Co-PI) $10,865.516 ITF (8/2022-8/2024)
• "Study on optical frequency comb system for high-sensitivity and wide-detection range lidar," 500,000 RMB CIOMP, CAS (1/2022-12/2024)
• "A sub-10-nm resolution electron-beam lithography system for cross-disciplinary nanomaterial and nanodevice research," (Co-PI) $9,750,000 CRF Equipment Grant (1/2022-12/2024)
• "Optimum design of probabilistic shaping under the practical constraints of advanced optical transmission systems," $1,057,394 GRF (1/2021-12/2023)
• "Optical frequency comb regeneration and its application in multi-wavelength Kramers-Kronig detection systems for access and metro networks," $673,470 GRF (1/2020-12/2022)
• "Widely spaced optical frequency combs: generation, characterization, and applications," $600,000 GRF (12/2017-11/2020)
• "Distortion-compensated optical phase conjugators for multi-wavelength communication systems," $450,432 GRF (1/2017-12/2018)
• "Raman-assisted fiber optical parametric amplifier based multi-wavelength amplification and signal regeneration," $692,894 GRF (1/2015-6/2017)
• "Multichannel wavelength-division processing for high-speed instrumentation and communications," $645,500 GRF (1/2014-6/2016)
• "All-optical processing and optical sensing in fibers mediated with stimulated Brillouin scattering slow light," $718,473 GRF (1/2010-12/2012)
• "Widely tunable fiber-optic delay schemes based on nonlinear optical signal processing techniques," $488,109 GRF (1/2009-12/2010)
• "All-optical data format conversion and signal regeneration for future communication networks," $604,800 GRF (1/2008-12/2009)
• "Dynamically tunable birefringence optical comb filters and their applications in multi-wavelength communications," $510,704 RGC (1/2006-6/2008)
• "New Approaches for Ultrafast Processing of Photonic Signals Using Fiber Kerr Non-linearity," $851,448 RGC (1/2005-12/2007)
• "All-optical wavelength converters for dense wavelength-division multiplexing communications," $628,582 RGC (9/2003-8/2006)
• "Photonic pre-processors for ultrafast analog-to-digital converters," $443,404 RGC (10/2002-9/2004)
• "Photonic Packaging Laboratory," $13,000,000 Innovation and Technology Fund (6/2001-5/2004)
• "A new family of electrically wavelength-tunable semiconductor and fiber lasers," $514,817 RGC (11/2000-10/2003)
• "Novel wavelength-tunable devices for broadband optical communications," $72,000 British Council UK/Hong Kong Joint Research Scheme (1/2000-4/2002)
• "Spectral dynamics in gain-switched distributed-feedback laser diode under the influence of weak external feedback," $360,000 RGC (1/1998-12/2000)
• "III-V based ultrafast metal-semiconductor-metal photodetectors," $711,000 RGC (9/1995-2/1999)
• "A novel scheme of wavelength-multiplexing using self-injection locked lasers," $180,000 Croucher Foundation (9/1995-8/1999)

Academic Equipment Grants

• "Wide-band optical communication signal transmitter and receiver system," $1,897,560 (2019-20)
• "Phase noise characterization system for optical communication signals," $1,419,694 (2016-17)
• "400 Gbit/s coherent optical communications testbed, "$1,896,328 (2015-2016)
• "High-bandwidth electrical signal generation and measurement system," $1,810,556 (2013-14)
• "Lightwave testbed for spectrally efficient polarization-division-multiplexing coherent communications," $1,354,032 (2012-2013)
• "Multiband bit-error rate measurement system," $1,252,485 (2010-2011)
• "QPSK optical transmitter system" $1,720,000 (2009-2010)
• "160-Gbit/s lightwave communication testbed," $1,950,000 (2007-2008)

Research Committee Grants

• "Probabilistic constellation shaping for communication systems operating with silicon photonic integrated transceivers," $250,000 Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Scheme (6/2021-6/2022)
• "A study of coherent and direction detection schemes for optical frequency comb based multi-wavelength communication systems," $150,000 Direct Grant (9/2019-8/2021)
• "Lightwave testbed for effective processing of optical signals in advanced modulation formats for energy- and spectrum-efficient communication networks," $500,000 Group Research Scheme (6/2018-6/2020)
• "Fiber optics research group," $1,500,000 One-off Funding for Research (4/2016-6/2017)
• "Optical signal processing technologies based on cascaded four-wave mixing," $61,550 Direct Grant (1/2013-12/2014)
• "A new class of multifunctional nonlinear devices for bit-rate variable optical signal processing," $60,492 Direct Grant (1/2012-12/2013)
• "Advanced optical signal processing techniques for next-generation communication networks," $400,000 Group Research Scheme (5/2011-5/2013)
• "All-optical data format conversion schemes for future communication networks," $105,000 Direct Grant (2007-2008)
• "Photonic analog-to-digital converters," $150,000 Direct Grant (10/2002-9/2004)
  
  

Co-Investigator of the Following Grants

• "Investigation of anti-PT symmetry on an integrated photonic platform," $563,714 GRF (1/2022-12/2024)
• "Resonance-enhanced waveguide grating couplers for wideband high capacity CWDM transceivers," $838,393 GRF (1/2022-12/2024)
• "Multimode waveguide grating couplers," $845,055 GRF (1/2021-12/2023)
• "Hybrid integrated photodetectors for silicon nitride waveguide based on-chip optical interconnects using 2-D materials and Van der Waals heterostructures," $495,086 GRF (1/2019-12/2021)
• "Integrated spectrometer for spectral domain optical coherence tomography," $3,130.40600 Innovation and Technology Fund (3/2018-2/2020)
• "16-QAM integrated Franz-Keldysh electro-absorption modulators for optical interconnects," $482,605 GRF (1/2017-12/2019)
• "Applications of two-dimensional hyperuniform disordered photonic structures," $696,029 GRF (1/2016-12/2018)
• "Research on silicon photonics ICTR and related elements reliability," $1,630,000 Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd., (2015-2016)
• "Experimental investigation of thermal characteristics of silicon waveguide based anti-Stokes Raman resonators," $692,894 GRF (1/2015-6/2018)
• "Key functional photonic elements for on-chip mode-multiplexed optical interconnects," $1,098,911 NSFC/RGC Joint Research Scheme (1/2015-12/2018)
• "Integrated silicon photonics for over 200Gb/s metro optical networks," $1,399,490 Innovation and Technology Fund (9/2014-6/2016)
• "Optical nonlinearities in silicon membrane waveguides," $645,500 GRF (12/2013-11/2016)
• "Nonlinear optical properties and applications of graphene-silicon optical waveguides," $700,000 GRF (10/2012-9/2015)
• "Nanophotonic functional elements for integrated optical differential phase modulated receivers," $714,100 RGC Earmarked Grant (12/2010-5/2013)
• "Hybrid silicon waveguide lasers," $999,698 Innovation and Technology Fund (12/2010-5/2012)
• "Low-cost linear optical modulator for multiservice wireless networks distribution, " $999,999 Innovation and Technology Fund (9/2009-2/2011)
• "Ultra-high resolution electron-beam lithography system," $7,762,500 UGC Special Equipment Grant and $2,587,500 CUHK Matching Fund (8/2008-6/2011)
  
  
  

• "Generation of programmable optical frequency combs for flexible-bandwidth optical transmitters," IEEE Photonics Society Summer Topicals (SUM), Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, July 2022
• "Cross phase modulation in a SOI waveguide for programmable optical frequency comb generation," OSA Photonics in Switching and Computing Conference, Washington D.C., USA (online presentation), Sept 2021
• "Digital signal processing for signal-to-signal beating noise mitigation in direct detection based systems," Workshop on Short-reach applications:Current status, Trend and Demand, the Asia Communications and Photonics Conference (ACP), Beijing, China (online presentation), Oct 2020
• "Multi-wavelength optical sampling with temporal lenticular lens," IEEE Photonics Society Summer Topicals (SUM), Cabo San Lucas, Mexico (online presentation), July 2020
• "Low-Noise, power-efficient amplitude equalization of optical frequency comb using nonlinear wave mixing," the Asia Communications and Photonics Conference (ACP), Chengdu, China, Nov 2019
• "Fiber-based temporal waveform processor enabled by discrete Fourier transform of optical pulse train with fractional-rate modulation" IEEE International Topical Meeting on Microwave Photonics (MWP 2019), Ottawa, Canada, Oct. 2019
• "Nonlinear Bragg scattering for coherent addition of light waves and its applications," OptoElectronics and Communications Conference /International Conference on Photonics in Switching and Computing (OECC/PSC), Fukuoka, Japan, July, 2019
• "Programmable schemes on temporal processing of optical pulses for high-speed photonic subsystems," Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exhibition (OFC), San Diego, USA, March 2019
• "Carrier regeneration and its application in self-coherent optical systems," Asia Communications and Photonics Conference (ACP), Hangzhou, China, Oct 2018
• "High-performance CVD graphene on silicon nitride waveguide photodetectors," International Photonics and Optoelectronics Meeting (POEM), Wuhan, China, Oct-Nov 2018
• "Raman-enhanced optical phase conjugator in WDM coherent transmission systems," JORCEP Workshop, the Asia Communications and Photonics Conference (ACP), Guangzhou, China, Oct 2017
• "Dynamic phase matching control for enhanced four-wave mixing processing of polarization-division-multiplexed coherent optical signals," the Asia Communications and Photonics Conference (ACP), Guangzhou, China, Oct 2017
• "Mechanism for enhanced performance in Raman-mediated optical phase conjugation," International Conference on Optical Communications and Networks (ICOCN), Hangzhou, China, Sept 2016
• "Inelastic light scattering enhanced optical parametric processing of communication signals," Optics & Photonics Taiwan, the International Conference (OPTIC), Hsinchu, Taiwan, Dec 2015
• "Passively mode-locked Raman fiber laser constructed with graphene nanoplatelets saturable absorber," IEEE TENCON, Macau, China, Nov 2015
• "Advances in Raman-mediated parametric processing in nonlinear fibers," IEEE Photonics Society Summer Topicals (SUM), Nassau, Bahamas, July, 2015
• "Optical phase and amplitude control of parametric pump in a fiber amplifier," Photonics Global Conference (PGC), Singapore, June-July, 2015
• "Adaptable photonic ultrawideband pulse generation using phase-modulated light injection into a semiconductor laser," the Opto-Electronics and Communication Conference and the Australian Conference on Optical Fibre Technology (OECC/ACOFT), Melbourne, Australia, July 2014.
  

Other Selected Invited Talks/Papers

• "Polarization considerations for amplitude regeneration in a fiber optical parametric amplifier," Photonics Global Conference (PGC), Singapore, Dec 2012
• "Format conversion for advanced modulation format signals," Conference Workshop WS3 All-Optical Processing of Advanced Modulation Format Signals, European Conference on Optical Communication (ECOC), Turin, Italy, September 2010
• "Fiber-based optical processing for future communication networks," Asian Conference on Ultrafast Phenomena (ACUP), Taipei, Taiwan, January 2010
• "Bismuth oxide fiber-based tunable delay schemes using nonlinear optical processing techniques," IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society (LEOS) Winter Topical Meeting, Innsbruck, Austria, Jan 2009
• "Recent advances in optical processing techniques using highly nonlinear bismuth oxide fiber," IEEE J. Selected Topics in Quantum Electron. (JSTQE), vol. 14, No.3, pp.587-598, May/June, 2008
• "Switching-wavelength pulsed source and its applications in parallel processing of high-speed signals," IEICE Trans. Electron., Special Section on Evolution of Microwave and Millimeter-Wave Photonics Technology, vol. E90-C, No.2, pp. 397-404, February 2007
• "Nonlinear optical approaches for the generation of multi-wavelength outputs from fiber lasers," Optical Amplifiers and Their Applications (OAA), OSA Topical Meeting, Whistler, Canada, June 2006
• "Multi-wavelength pulsed sources and their applications in the processing of analog and digital signals," Asia-Pacific Microwave Photonics Conference (AP-MWP), Kobe, Japan, April 2006.
  
  
  

2023
• TPC member of OFC Subcommittee on Fiber Devices, Fiber Lasers and Amplifiers, and Nonlinear Waveguides
2022
• TPC member of OFC Subcommittee on Fiber-optic and Waveguide Devices and Sensors
2021
• TPC member of OFC Subcommittee on Fiber-optic and Waveguide Devices and Sensors
• Co-chair of OECC Subcommittee on Optical Sensing and Measurements
2020
• TPC member of CLEO-PR Optical signal processing programme committee
2018
• Co-chair of ACP Microwave photonics and optical signal processing track
• Coordinator and Co-chair of CLEO-PR Optical signal processing track
2017
• Coordinator and Co-chair of CLEO-PR/OECC/PGC Optical signal processing track
2016
• Co-chair of ACP/POEM Optical signal processing and microwave photonics track
• TPC member of Nonlinear Photonics Meeting, OSA Photonics and Fiber Technology Congress, PS/OECC Photonics in Switching/Optoelectronics and Communications Conference, IEEE ICCS, IEEE APCC
2015
• Coordinator and Co-chair of ACP Optical Signal Processing and Microwave Photonics track
• TPC member of PS2015, PGC2015
  
  
  

ENGG5291/ELEG5610 Fiber Optics: Principles and Technologies
ELEG5755 Optical Communications and Interconnects
ELEG3302 Fundamentals of Photonics
ELEG3303 Introduction to Optical Communications
ENGG2740 Differential Equations for Engineers
ELEG2202 Circuits and Devices I
ESTR1003 Engineering Physics: Electromagnetics, Optics and Modern Physics

• Bowen Public Lecture Series "Optical Fibre Communications: A Taste of Green Technology," Hong Kong Central Library, Hong Kong, April 23, 2010.
• "A Tribute to Prof. Charles Kao - Father of Fibre Optics" Public Lectures "Optical Fibre Communications: Charm and Challenges," Hong Kong Science Museum, Hong Kong, December 20, 2009.