Prof. Weidong ZHOU

Professor

University of Texas at Arlington

wzhou@uta.edu
Bio-integrated and bio-inspired photonics, flexible electronics and optoelectronics

Biography

Dr Weidong Zhou is currently a Distinguished University Professor at the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA). He obtained his BS and ME degrees from Tsinghua University, Beijing, China. He obtained his PhD degree in Electrical Engineering from University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Dr. Zhou has authored and co-authored ~ 400 journal publications and conference presentations, including over 120 invited conference and seminar talks. Dr. Zhou and his group have made significant contributions in the areas of photonic crystal flat optics and membrane photonics, especially photonic crystal lasers, modulators, with applications in integration photonics and flexble optoelectronics areas. Dr. Zhou is a fellow of Optica (Formerly OSA) and SPIE, a senior member of IEEE, and a member of APS, AAAS, and Sigma Xi.

Photonic crystal membrane cavities for optical sensing and gas analysis systems

Abstract

We report here monocrystalline silicon photonic crystal nanomembrane based optical waveguides and photonic crystals transferred onto low cost glass and flexible polymer substrates. Based on Fano resonance principles, high performance optical sensors were designed and demonstrated for liquid sensing and gas analysis. The integration of photonic crystal sources and detectors will also be discussed.

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