Research Projects

Role as Project Coordinator (PC) or Principal Investigator (PI):

1. Phononic integrated circuits for next-generation phononic-optoelectronic integrated chips
   [PI, period: 1 Jan 2024 - 31 Dec 2028]
2. Three-dimensional photonic topological insulators operating at telecom wavelengths
   [PI, period: 1 Jan 2024 - 31 Dec 2027]
3. A sub-10-nm resolution electron-beam lithography system for cross-disciplinary nanomaterial and nanodevice research
   [PC, period: 30 Jun 2022 - 29 Jun 2025]
4. Photonic integrated devices and circuits for telecommunication and quantum applications
   [PI, period: 1 Feb 2022 - 31 Jan 2023]
5. Investigation of anti-PT symmetry on an integrated photonic platform
   [PI, period: 1 Oct 2021 - 31 Mar 2025]
6. On-chip topological lasers with cavities of arbitrary shapes
   [PI, period: 1 Jan 2020 - 30 Jun 2023]
7. Investigation of photonic bound states in the continuum in photonic integrated circuits
   [PI, period: 1 Jan 2019 - 30 Jun 2022]
8. Experimental investigation of nanoscale PT-symmetric acoustics with cavity optomechanical systems
   [PI, period: 1 Jan 2018 - 30 Jun 2021]
9. Visible-light optomechanical integrated circuits based on III-nitride semiconductors
   [PI, period: 1 Jan 2016 - 31 Dec 2019]
10. Investigation of the force law of classical electrodynamics with nanoscale optomechanical systems
    [PI, period: 1 Jan 2016 - 30 Jun 2019]
11. Developing optomechanical devices based on layered nanomaterials for single-biomolecule mass spectrometry
    [PI, period: 1 Jul 2015 - 30 Jun 2017]
12. Nano-optomechanical devices based on novel two-dimensional nanomaterials
    [PI, period: 1 Jan 2015 - 30 Jun 2017]

Role as Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI) or Co-Investigator (Co-I):

1. Hybrid Integration of Layered Group Ten Transition Metal Dichalcogenides on Planar Waveguides for Long Wavelength Optical Communications
   [Co-I, period: 1 Jan 2022 - 31 Dec 2025]
2. An integrated measurement system for quantum information and quantum materials research under extreme conditions
   [Co-PI, period: 30 Jun 2021 - 29 Jun 2024]
3. A high-accuracy wafer polisher and bonders for heterogeneous integration
   [Co-PI, period: 1 Jun 2021 - 31 May 2024]
4. Ultra-high Q silicon micro-resonators for integrated quantum photonics
   [Co-I, period: 1 Oct 2017 - 31 Mar 2021]

Descriptions of RGC GRF grants are available from RGC GRF online search.

Funding Support

We gratefully acknowledge the support from the following resources:

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