Research Projects

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

1. On-chip topological laser sources for next-generation optical interconnects
   [PI, period: 1 Jul 2026 – 30 Jun 2028]
2. Developing lithium tantalate integrated photonics for on-chip nonlinear optics and acousto-optics
   [PI, period: 1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2028]
3. Development of high-performance on-chip perovskite integrated lasers
   [PI, period: 1 Jan 2025 – 30 Jun 2028]
4. Lithium niobate integrated acousto-optic devices
   [PI, period: 1 Jun 2024 – 31 May 2026]
5. Three-dimensional photonic topological insulators operating at telecom wavelengths
   [PI, period: 1 Jan 2024 – 31 Dec 2027]
6. Phononic integrated circuits for next-generation phononic–optoelectronic integrated chips
   [PI, period: 1 Jan 2024 – 31 Dec 2028]
7. A sub-10-nm resolution electron-beam lithography system for cross-disciplinary nanomaterial and nanodevice research
   [PC, period: 30 Jun 2022 – 29 Jun 2026]
8. Photonic integrated devices and circuits for telecommunication and quantum applications
   [PI, period: 1 Feb 2022 – 31 Jan 2023]
9. Investigation of anti-PT symmetry on an integrated photonic platform
   [PI, period: 1 Oct 2021 – 31 Mar 2025]
10. On-chip topological lasers with cavities of arbitrary shapes
    [PI, period: 1 Jan 2020 – 30 Jun 2023]
11. Investigation of photonic bound states in the continuum in photonic integrated circuits
    [PI, period: 1 Jan 2019 – 30 Jun 2022]
12. Experimental investigation of nanoscale PT-symmetric acoustics with cavity optomechanical systems
    [PI, period: 1 Jan 2018 – 30 Jun 2021]
13. Visible-light optomechanical integrated circuits based on III-nitride semiconductors
    [PI, period: 1 Jan 2016 – 31 Dec 2019]
14. Investigation of the force law of classical electrodynamics with nanoscale optomechanical systems
    [PI, period: 1 Jan 2016 – 30 Jun 2019]
15. Developing optomechanical devices based on layered nanomaterials for single-biomolecule mass spectrometry
    [PI, period: 1 Jul 2015 – 30 Jun 2017]
16. 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. Silicon Photonics and the Heterogeneous Epitaxy of III-V Semiconductors on Silicon for Advanced Photonic Systems-on-chip
   [Co-PI, period: 1 Jan 2025 – 31 Dec 2026]
2. 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]
3. An integrated measurement system for quantum information and quantum materials research under extreme conditions
   [Co-PI, period: 30 Jun 2021 – 29 Jun 2024]
4. A high-accuracy wafer polisher and bonders for heterogeneous integration
   [Co-PI, period: 1 Jun 2021 – 31 May 2024]
5. 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