Led by Prof. Li Quan of the Physics Department and Prof. Xu Jianbin of the Electronic Engineering Department, the research team at The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) revealed a breakthrough in semiconductors. It opens up a new front in semiconductor physics and nanotechnology, and holds promise to take the development of computer technology to new heights with faster computing speed and larger data storage capacity, but less power consumption.

The press release has been issued to the media and posted on the University website. Here are the links for your information:
http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/cpr/pressrelease/090719c.htm(Chinese)
http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/cpr/pressrelease/090719e.htm(English)

Paper submitted by Prof. C.T. Shu was accepted by Top Class OFC Conference postdeadline.

Paper submitted by This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. in Opto-electronic Research Lab., was accepted postdeadline in the world class OFC Conference in San Diego.

As quoted from Prof H.K. TSANG, a renowned researcher in the area :

"I wish to extend my congratulations to Chester for getting his postdeadline paper accepted at OFC here in San Diego. There were 117 postdeadline submissions and only 35 accepted. As OFC is the top optical communications conference in the world (thousands of attendees), it is an extremely difficult and rare achievement to get a postdeadline paper accepted at OFC particularly as only the most significant results are submitted for the postdeadline session - Chester deserves our congratulations for his success in bringing international recognition to CUHK for his work in optical signal processing."

The paper is entitled "Delay-asymmetric nonlinear loop mirror" authored by Dr. Mable P. Fok and Prof. Chester Shu. They demonstrate a new class of nonlinear optical fiber device that provides a unique solution to address the challenge of demodulating differential phase-shifted keying signals at variable bit-rates. The work will have a significant impact in ultrafast processing of optical communication signals.

Prof. J.B. Xu has secured the Joint Research Fund for Overseas Chinese, Hong Kong and Macao Young Scholars and will have 200,000 RMB for the first two years, afterwards fundable for another 1.2 million RMB, subject to a second review. The fund, which is nationally a prestigious award for young scientists, formerly named as "National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars", Class B. Ironically, its Chinese acronym-name is JB.
In 2009 round, there are 77 awardees nation-wide, 33 from life sciences, 44 shared among physical sciences, chemistry, information sciences, earth sciences, and materials and engineering sciences.
The detailed information about the Joint Fund can be found at the NSFCwebsite: http://www.nsfc.gov.cn

Prof. H.K Tsang was awarded the Research Excellence Award 2006-2007. The award comes with a plaque and a grant of HK$200K to support research activities.