Photonic System Research Group
National University of Singapore, 4 Engineering Drive 3, Singapore 117583
RESEARCH AREAS: Photonics, including
· Optical Communication Systems and Networks
· Optical Sensors
· Fiber-Optical Devices and Subsystems
· Optical Interconnects
· Integrated Micro / Nano Photonic devices
SUPERVISOR: Dr. Changyuan YU
CURRENT MEMBERS:
· Post-doc Research Fellows:
Ø Dr. XU Zhuoran
Ø Dr. YU Yi
· PhD students:
Ø ZHOU Jingjing
Ø ZHENG Huanhuan
Ø HU Qikai
Ø DONG Bo
Ø TAN Kang
Ø DU Xinwei
Ø HAO Chenglong
Ø LI Yan
Ø LI Xiang (NTU)
ALUMNI:
· Post-doc Research Fellows:
Dr. CHEN Wei, 08/2010~08/2012, now with Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), China
Dr. ZHANG Banghong, 08/2010~08/2012, now with A*STAR Institute for Infocomm Research, Singapore
Dr. SHAO Xuguang, 03/2010~08/2011, now with Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore
· Graduated Ph.D. students:
1. XU Zhuoran, “Maximum Likelihood Based Carrier Recovery for High Speed Coherent Optical Communication Systems,” 08/2014, now with NUS, Singapore
2. YU Yi, “Optical performance monitoring in high-speed optical communication systems,” 08/2014, now with NUS, Singapore
3. CAO Shengjiao, “Digital signal processing for front-end non-idealities in coherent optical OFDM system,” 01/2014, now with A*STAR Institute for Infocomm Research, Singapore
4. ZHANG Hongyu, “Study on advanced modulation formats in coherent optical communication systems,” 08/2012, now with Tyndall National Institute, Ireland
5. HU Junhao, “Advances measurement techniques in optical fiber sensor and communication systems,” 08/2011, now the CEO/Co-founder of AnSing Technology PTE LTD, Singapore
6. ZHANG Shaoliang, “Coherent phase-modulated optical fiber communications with linear and nonlinear phase noise,” 01/2011, now with NEC Labs America, USA
7. YANG Jing, “Fiber physical efforts in high-speed optical communication networks and fiber sensor systems,” 08/2010, now with Singapore Power, Singapore
· Graduated Master students:
1. GUAN Hang, “Novel polarization-diversity devices on a silicon-on-insulator platform,” 08/2014
2. Prasanna Caliaperoumal, “Optical performance monitoring in high-speed reconfigurable optical networks,” 05/2012
3. Raju Gottumukkala, “Dispersion monitoring based on RF spectrum analysis with optical filtering in high-speed optical communication systems,” 12/2010
4. YU Yi, “Filtering effects in high-speed differential phase-shift keying optical communication systems,” 12/2009
5. HAN Xue, “Comparison of modulation formats in 42.8-Gbit/s WDM fiber-optic communication systems,” 05/2009
6. LI Xiaojing, “Pilot-aided maximum likehood phase estimation in optical M-ary phase-shift keying system,” 12/2008
· Graduated FYP students:
1. CHANG Zhi Ping, “ARM SOC based firmware development in GPON test system for fiber to the home,” 05/2014
2. TAN Guan Wen, “Reach extension in directly modulated laser systems by filtering,” 05/2014
3. HE Chunyang, “Carrier recovery based on digital signal processing for 100-Gbit/s coherent optical communication systems,” 05/2014
4. SONG Min, “Simultaneous optical signal-to-noise ratio and chromatic dispersion monitoring in optical fiber communication systems,” 05/2014
5. LOH Chung Fatt, “Optical performance monitoring in high-speed optical fiber networks,” 05/2013
6. WANG Xiaoqing, “Chromatic dispersion monitoring in high-speed optical fiber networks,” 05/2013
7. LI Zhaoshuai, “Reach extension in directly modulated laser systems,” 05/2012
8. LIU Jia, “High speed driver of white-LED for visible light communications,” 05/2012
9. LIANG Lemin, “Optical performance monitoring in high-speed optical fiber networks,” 05/2012
10. Muhamad Khairul Bin Mohd Isa, “High speed optical receiver for visible light communications,” 05/2012
11. SOE San, “Optical performance monitoring in high-speed optical fiber networks,” 05/2012
12. YAP Yongbin, “High speed optical receiver for visible light communications,” 05/2012
13. ZOU Meixia, “Reach extension in directly modulated laser systems,” 05/2012
14. REN Shirui, “Receiver design of white LED wireless communication system,” 05/2011
15. TAN Hou Hock, “White LED lighting and visible light communication transmitter,” 05/2011
16. LIM Yu Ting, “A visible light communication system enabled by power line modem,” 05/2011
17. LI Yuanfeng, “Visible light communication transmitter based on white LED,” 05/2011
18. LU Huan Xun, “A visible light communication system using LED with power line modem,” 05/2011
19. XU Fang, “Optical performance monitoring in high-speed fiber communication systems,” 05/2011
20. YANG Kai, “Investigation of transmission distance improvement over standard single-mode fiber for 10-Gb/s chirped directly-modulated system,” 05/2011
21. He Minghui, “Chromatic Dispersion Monitoring In High-Speed Optical Communication Systems,” 05/2010
22. CHEE Kang Wei, “PMD monitoring for high-speed optical communication systems based on power measurement of RF tone,” 05/2009
23. V. M. Ramkumar, “Investigation of polymer optical fiber for high data rate and short range communication,” 05/2008
24. XING Rui, “Quantum-dots based biosensor project – development of a graphic interface as part of the software package for the urine analysis device,” 05/2008
· Visiting students/scholars/professors:
Ø Dr. LING Yutao
Ø Dr. CHEN Jian
Ø Dr. HUANG Xuguang
Ø Dr. WANG Zixiong
Ø DUAN Jialong
Ø PENG Yuqi
Ø WEN Yu-Hsiang
Ø HUANG Ding
HONORS:
· Championship in biomedical area, the 3rd China Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition (out of 10,000+ competitors) 2014, reported by 10+ media
· Zhuoran Xu (Ph.D. student), Best Student Paper Award (for the paper “Adaptive Maximum Likelihood Sequence Detection in 100-Gbit/s Coherent Optical Communication System” authored by Z. Xu, B. Zhang, C. Yu, and P.Y. Kam), 3rd NUS ECE Graduate Student Symposium 2013, Singapore, June 18, 2013
· Shengjiao Cao (Ph.D. student), Best Student Paper Award (for the paper “Mitigation of nonlinearity based on optimized percentage of dispersion pre-compensation in coherent optical PDM-OFDM systems” authored by S. Cao, C. Yu, and P.Y. Kam), IEEE Photonics Global Conference (PGC) 2012, Singapore, December 13-16, 2012
· Shaoliang Zhang (Ph.D. student), IEEE Photonics Society Graduate Student Fellowship Award 2010 (10 winners from all over the world), which is a top honor for the graduate students in IEEE Photonics Society, reported in the IEEE Photonics Society website and also the IEEE Photonics Society newsletters
· Jing Yang (Ph.D. student), Best Student Paper Award (for the paper “CD insensitive PMD monitoring for different modulation formats based on RF tone power measurement using an FBG notch filter” authored by J. Yang, K.W.L. Chee, and C. Yu), 7th International Conference on Information, Communications and Signal Processing (ICICS) 2009, Macau, December 8-10, 2009
· Junhao Hu (Ph.D. student), Best Student Presentation Award Honorable Mention (for the paper “Long distance fiber Bragg grating sensor system based on Erbium-doped fiber and Raman amplification” authored by J. Hu, Z. Chen, X. Yang, J. Ng, and C. Yu), Asia Communications and Photonics Conference and Exhibition (ACP) 2009, Shanghai, November 2-6, 2009
· Jing Yang (Ph.D. student), Certificate of Merits (for the paper “Multi-channel 80-GHz pulse train generation based on four-wave mixing in highly nonlinear fiber” authored by J. Yang, J. Hu, C. Yu, Y.K. Yeo, and Y. Wang), OptoElectronics and Communications Conference (OECC) 2009, Hong Kong, July 13-17, 2009
· Best Paper Award (for the paper “Polarization Insensitivity Optic Distributed Strain Sensing System Based on Stimulated Brillouin Scattering” authored by J. Yang, C. Yu, Z. Chen, J. Ng, and X. Yang), Symposium P (Fiber Optical Devices and Applications), the 5th International Conference on Materials for Advanced Technologies (ICMAT) 2009, Singapore, June 28-July 3, 2009
GROUP ACTIVITY PICTURES:
· Meeting
· Dinner
· Gathering
· Lab
