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Shengwang Du 杜胜望

Assistant Professor, PhD

Department of Physics
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Clear Water Bay, Kowloon
Hong Kong, China

Email: dusw_at_ust.hk
Group Web: http://physics.ust.hk/dusw/
Tel: (852)2358 7486
Fax: (852)2358 1652, (852)2335 1445

Curriculum Vitae (download PDF version)

[Research Interests] [Appointments] [Educations] [Hornor] [Organizational Activities] [Publications] [Conference Proceedings] [Presentations] [Professional Service][ProfessionalAffiliation]

 

Research Interests: Atom Optics, Quantum Optics, Bose-Einstein Condensation, Atom Chip, Laser Cooling and Trapping, Nonlinear Optics, Solid State Lighting, Superconducting Electronics.

Appointments:
• 08/2008 – ..., Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST).
• 06/20/2005 – 07/2008, Postdoctoral Scholar, Ginzton laboratory, Stanford University.
• 04/2005–12/2008, Chief Technical Advisor, Led Up Enterprise Inc. Agoura Hills, California, USA.
• 05/06/2005 – 06/19/2005, Postdoctoral Research Associate, JILA, University of Colorado at Boulder .

Educations:
•  08/1999 – 05/2005, PhD, Physics (Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics), JILA and Department of Physics, University of Colorado at Boulder.
Thesis : Atom-chip Bose-Einstein condensation in a portable vacuum cell.
Advisor: Prof. Dana Z. Anderson

•  01/2002 – 12/2002, MS, Electrical Engineering (Optics), Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Colorado at Boulder .
Advisor: Prof. Frank Barnes

•  09/1996 – 07/1999, MS, Physics (Condensed Matter Physics: Superconducting Electronics), Department of Physics, Peking University , China.
Thesis : Paring symmetry of order parameter in high temperature superconductors and the phase measurement.
Advisor: Prof. Yuandong Dai

•  09/1992 – 07/1996, BS, Electrical Engineering (Electronics & Information Systems), Department of Electronic Science and Engineering, Nanjing University , China.
Thesis : 1. A low power 80C31 micro-controller system: a complete development of portable device for measuring diamond hardness. (Advisor: Prof. Minhua Fan)
2.The Monte-Carlo simulation for Si micro-strip detectors & Electron Pair Scattering.(Advisor: Prof. Ming Qi)

•  02/1994 – 07/1995, Minor (or secondary) degree in Computer Science, Department of Computer Science and Technology, Nanjing University , China.

Honors:
•   2011 School of Science Research Award, HKUST.

•  20th University of Colorado at Boulder Equity and Excellence Graduate Student Award, April 2005 (for outstanding service to the university community and wholehearted commitment to promoting the principles of academic excellence, cultural pluralism and diversity in higher education. For more information, see CU campus news ).

Organizational Services:
•  President of CSSA (Chinese Student and Scholar Association), University of Colorado at Boulder , 2004 – 2005.
• Graduate and Admission Committee, Department of Physics, University of Colorado at Boulder, 2002-2003.
•  Treasurer of CSSA (Chinese Student and Scholar Association), University of Colorado at Boulder , 2002 – 2003.
•  President and founder of Student F&B (Fitness and Beauty) Association, Peking University , China , 1998 - 1999.
•  Editor of “Hui Wen” Literature Press, Nanjing University, China, 1993-1995.

Publications: (See group publication)

Conference Proceedings:

  1. Shengwang Du, J. F. Chen, M. M. T. Loy, and G. K. L. Wong, “Optical Precursors in Slow and Fast Light Media,” The Advanced Photonics Congress : Slow and Fast Light (SL) Meeting, OSA, Toronto, Canada, SLMC5, June 12-15, 2011.

  2. Shanchao Zhang, J. F. Chen, Hui Yan, M. M. T. Loy, G. K. L. Wong, and Shengwang Du, “Generation of Narrowband Hyperentangled Biphotons,” The Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), Baltimore, Maryland, USA, JThB27, May 1-6, 2011.

  3. Wenhao Guo, Dingdi Wang, Juanmei Hu, Z. K. Tang, and Shengwang Du, “Temperature Dependence of Raman Spectra Width of Iodine Molecules Confined in Zeolite Crystals,” the 3rd Guangdong – Hong Kong Joint Workshop on Physics, South China University of technology, Guangzhou, China, Dec. 4-5, 2010.

  4. Hui Yan, J. F. Chen, Shanchao Zhang, M. M. T. Loy, G. K. L. Wong, and Shengwang Du, “Narrow-Band Paired Photons: Generation, Modulation and Applicaiton,” the 3rd Guangdong – Hong Kong Joint Workshop on Physics, South China University of technology, Guangzhou, China, Dec. 4-5, 2010.

  5. J. F. Chen, M. M. T. Loy, G. K. L. Wong, and Shengwang Du, “Optical Coherent Transitions: from Free-Induction Decay to Optical Precursors,” the 3rd Guangdong – Hong Kong Joint Workshop on Physics, South China University of technology, Guangzhou, China, Dec. 4-5, 2010.

  6. Shengwang Du, “Narrow-Band Biphoton Generation near Atomic Resonance with Controllable Waverforms,” (invited) the 5th Asia Pacific Conference in Quantum Information Science (APCQIS), Taiyuan, Shanxi, China, Aug. 22-24, 2010.

  7. Shengwang Du, “Narrow-Band Biphoton Generation and Quantum Waveform Manipulation with Cold Atoms,” (invited) the 4th International Symposium on Cold Atom Physics (ISCAP-IV), Zhoushan Islands, Zhejiang, China, July 5-8, 2010.

  8. Shengwang Du, Jiefei Chen, Dong Wei, Michael M. T. Loy, George K. L. Wong, “Observation of Optical Precursors with Electromagnetically Induced Transparency,” The Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics and The Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (CLEO/QELS), San Jose, California, USA, QFJ6, May 16-21, 2010.

  9. S. E. Harris, C. Belthangady, Chih-Sung Chuu, S. Du, P. Kolchin, S. Sensarn, I. A. Yu, J. M. Kahn, G. Y. Yin, “Modulation of Photons and Biphotons,” The Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics and The Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (CLEO/QELS), San Jose, California, USA, QFB1 (Invited), May 16-21, 2010.

  10. Shengwang Du, “Quantum Nonlinear Optics with Cold Atoms,” Invited talk, The 2nd Guangdong-Hong Kong Joint Workshop on Physics, Session: Cold Atom and BEC, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China, Dec. 10-11, 2009.

  11. Shengwang Du, “Permanent Magnetic Nano Tweezers for Single Atom Manipulation,” The 7th Cross-Strait Workshop on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Guiyang, China, July 26 - August 1, 2009.

  12. Jianming Wen, Eun Oh, and Shengwang Du, “Narrowband Triphoton W State Generation via Four-Wave Mixings,” OSA Topic Meeting: Nonlinear Optics, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, NTuA3, July 12-17, 2009.

  13. Shengwang Du, Jianming Wen, and Chinmay Belthangady, “Shaping Paired Photons with Four-Wave Mixing and Slow Light,” OSA Topic Meeting: Slow and Fast Light, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, StuC1, July 12-17, 2009.

  14. Chinmay Belthangady, Shengwang Du, Chih-Sung Chuu, G.Y. Yin, and S.E. Harris, “Modulation and Measurement of Time-Energy Entangled Photons,” OSA Topic Meeting: Slow and Fast Light, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, JTuB25, July 12-17, 2009.

  15. Chinmay Belthangady, Shengwang Du, Pavel Kolchin, G. Y. Yin, and S. E. Harris, “Measurement of biphoton wavefunctions using fast amplitude modulators,” Frontiers in Optics, FMH6, Oct. Rochester, NY, Oct. 19-23, 2008. [in Frontiers in Optics, OSA Technical Digest (CD) paper FMH6, (Optical Society of America, 2008).]

  16. Shengwang Du, Chinmay Belthangady, Pavel Kolchin, G.Y. Yin, and S.E. Harris “Observation of optical precursors at the biphoton level,” DAMOP-2008 (39th Annual Meeting of the Division of Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics), Session B5: Quantum and Nonlinear Optics (B5.00007), American Physical Society (APS), Penn State Univ, State College, Pennsylvania, May 27-31, 2008.

  17. Pavel Kolchin, Chinmay Belthangady, Shengwang Du, G. Y. Yin, and S. E. Harris, “Single photons with arbitrary waveforms”, The Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) and the Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS), Postdeadline paper, QPDA3, San Jose, CA, May 4-9, 2008.

  18. Chinmay Belthangady, Shengwang Du, Pavel Kolchin, G. Y. Yin, and S. E. Harris, “Generation of biphotons with controllable temporal length”, The Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) and the Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS), QThB5, San Jose, CA, May 4-9, 2008.

  19. Shengwang Du, Eun Oh, Jianming Wen, and Morton H. Rubin, “Four-wave mixing and two-photon interference in a three-level atomic ensemble,” Frontiers in Optics, post deadline paper PDP-C8, San Jose, California, September 19th, 2007.

  20. Shengwang Du, Pavel Kolchin, Chinmay Belthangady, G.Y. Yin, and S.E. Harris, “Generation of subnatural linewidth biphotons,” Frontiers in Optics, post deadline paper PDP-C2, San Jose, California, September 19th, 2007.

  21. Jianming Wen, Morton H. Rubin, and Shengwang Du, “A new beating experiment using biphotons generated from a two-level system”, OSA Topic Meeting: Slow and Fast Light, Salt Lake City, Utah, July 8-11, 2007.

  22. Jianming Wen, Shengwang Du, and Morton H. Rubin, “Biphoton in a two-level atomic ensemble,” The Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) and the International Quantum Electronics Conference (IQEC), Baltimore, Maryland, May 6-11, 2007.

  23. Shengwang Du, Pavel Kolchin, Chinmay Belthangady, G.Y. Yin, and S.E. Harris, “Generation of narrow bandwidth paired photons: use of a single driving laser”, OSA Topic Meeting: Slow and Fast Light, OSA Headquarters, Washington, DC, July 25th, 2006. [in Slow and Fast Light, Technical Digest (CD) (Optical Society of America, 2006), paper TuA2.]

  24. Matthew B. Squires, Shengwang Du, Steven A. Lipp, Benjamin Luey, Sterling E. Mcbride, Brian Mccarthy, and Dana Z. Anderson, "Progress on a portable BEC system", DAMOP-2005 (36th Annual Meeting of the Division of Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics), H6.00028, American Physical Society (APS), Lincoln, Nebraska, May 17-21, 2005.

  25. Shengwang Du, Matthew B. Squires, Leslie Czaia, Dana Z. Anderson, R.A. Saravanan, Victor Bright, Yutaka Imai, Jakob Reichel, and T. W. Hänsch, “Atom-chip Bose-Einstein condensation in a portable vacuum cell”, CLEO-IQEC Post-deadline session IPDA1, CA, May 16-21, 2004. [Post-deadline Paper, p1130-1131, Quantum Electronics Conference, 2004. (IQEC). International, 2004.]

  26. D. Anderson, V. Bright, L. Czaia, S. Du, S. Frader-Thompson, B. McCarthy, and M. Squires, “Atom optics on a chip,” MEMS 2003, Kyoto, Japan, January 19-23, 210-214 (2003).

Presentations:

  1. “Optical Precursors in Slow and Fast Light Media,” The Advanced Photonics Congress : Slow and Fast Light (SL) Meeting, OSA, Toronto, Canada, SLMC5, June 13, 2011.

  2. “Optical Precursor and the Information Velocity of Light,” School of Physical Science and Technology, Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, China, June 2, 2011.

  3. “Generating and Manipulating Narrow-Band Entangled Paired Photons,” (Invited Colloquium) Department of Physics, Fudan University, Shanghai, China, May 31, 2011; East China Normal University, Shanghai, China, June 1, 2011.

  4. “Optical Precursor: What is the Information Velocity of Light?” JILA, University of Colorado at Boulder, USA, May 11, 2011.

  5. “Narrow-Band Biphoton Generation near Atomic Resonance,” (invited) Quantum Optics Workshop, Korea research Institute of Standards and Science (KRISS), Daejeon, Korea, Nov. 30, 2010.

  6. “Optical Precursor and Information Velocity,” Department of Physics, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang, Korea, Nov. 29, 2010.

  7. “Narrow-Band Biphoton Generation near Atomic Resonance with Controllable Waverforms,” (invited) the 5th Asia Pacific Conference in Quantum Information Science (APCQIS), Taiyuan, Shanxi, China, Aug. 22-24, 2010.

  8. “Optical Precursor,” School of Physics, Nanjing University, Nanjing, Aug. 06, 2010.

  9. “Narrow-Band Biphoton Generation and Quantum Waveform Manipulation with Cold Atoms,” (invited) the 4th International Symposium on Cold Atom Physics (ISCAP-IV), Zhoushan Islands, Zhejiang, China, July 5-8, 2010.

  10. “Manipulating Quantum Waveform of Entangled Photons,” Workshop on Quantum Engineering and Physics of Quanutm Coherence Device, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China, 19-24 June, 2010.

  11. “Optical Precursors: Slow Light, Fast Light, and Information Velocity,” School of Physics and Quantum Electronics Institute, Peking University, Beijing, China, 10 & 11 June, 2010.

  12. “Observation of Optical Precursors with Electromagnetically Induced Transparency,” The Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics and The Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (CLEO/QELS), San Jose, California, USA, QFJ6 (Session QFJ: Correlations and Coherence), May 21, 2010.

  13. "Information Propagating through a Dispersive Medium—Observation of Optical Precursors," School of Environment and Material Engineering, Yantai University, Yantai, China, April 02, 2010.

  14. “Quantum Nonlinear Optics with Cold Atoms,” Invited talk, The 2nd Guangdong-Hong Kong Joint Workshop on Physics, Session: Cold Atom and BEC, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China, Dec. 10, 2009.

  15. “Velocities of Light in a Dispersive Medium—When Photons Talk to Atoms,” Department of Physics, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China, Nov. 26, 2009.

  16. “Velocities of Light in a Dispersive Medium—When Photons Talk to Atoms,” Colloquium, Department of Physics, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China, Nov. 11, 2009.

  17. “Velocities of Light in a Dispersive Medium,” Key Lab of Quantum Information, CAS and University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China, Oct. 19, 2009; Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, Wuhan, China, Oct. 21, 2009; College of Science, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha, China, Oct. 23, 2009.

  18. “Permanent Magnetic Nano Tweezers for Single Atom Manipulation,” The 7th Cross-Strait Workshop on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Guiyang, China, July 26 - August 1, 2009.

  19. “Narrowband Triphoton W State Generation via Four-Wave Mixings,” OSA Topic Meeting: Nonlinear Optics, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, NTuA3, July 14, 2009.

  20. “Shaping Paired Photons with Four-Wave Mixing and Slow Light,” OSA Topic Meeting: Slow and Fast Light, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, StuC1, July 14, 2009.

  21. “Generating and Manipulating Narrowband Biphoton Quantum Waveform,” Colloquium, Department of Physics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Nov. 20, 2008.

  22. “Generating and Manipulating Narrowband Biphoton Quantum Waveform,” Department of Physics, Nanjing University, Oct. 06, 2008.

  23. “Observation of Optical Precursors at the Biphoton Level,” DAMOP-2008 (39th Annual Meeting of the Division of Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics), Session B5: Quantum and Nonlinear Optics (B5.00007), American Physical Society (APS), Penn State Univ, State College, Pennsylvania, May 27-31, 2008.

  24. “Generation of Subnatural Linewidth Biphotons,” SPIE Photonics West, Invited paper 6904-16, San Jose, California, January 22nd, 2008.

  25. “Quantum State Manipulation of Atoms and Photons,” School of Natural Science, University of California, Merced, January 16th, 2008.

  26. “Quantum State Manipulation of Atoms and Photons,” Department of Physics, the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, December 6th, 2007.

  27. DARPA OAWG II / Slow Light II Review Meeting, Alexandria, VA, November 14th-16th, 2007.

  28. “Generation of Subnatural Linewidth Biphotons,” Department of Physics, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Nov. 13, 2007.

  29. “Four-Wave Mixing and Two-Photon Interference in a Multi-Level Atomic Ensemble,” Frontiers in Optics, post deadline session PDP-C8, San Jose, California, September 19th, 2007.

  30. “Generation of Subnatural Linewidth Biphotons,” Frontiers in Optics, post deadline session PDP-C2, San Jose, California, September 19th, 2007.

  31. Invited seminar series talks on atom chip and quantum optics, Institute of Opto-electronics, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China, Dec. 18th-20th, 2006.

  32. “Generation of Narrow Bandwidth Paired Photons: Use of a single driving laser”, OSA Topic Meeting: Slow and Fast Light, OSA Headquarters, Washington, DC, July 25th, 2006. [in Slow and Fast Light, Technical Digest (CD) (Optical Society of America, 2006), paper TuA2.]

  33. “BEC Atom Chip & Paired Photon Generation in Cold Atoms: Quantum state manipulation of atoms and photons”, Department of Physics, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China, May 19th 2006.

  34. “BEC Atom Chip & Paired Photon Generation in Cold Atoms: Quantum state manipulation of atoms and photons”, Department of Physics, China Eastern Normal University, Shanghai, China, May 17th 2006.

  35. “BEC Atom Chip & Paired Photon Generation in Cold Atoms: Quantum state manipulation of atoms and photons”, The Laboratory for Quantum Optics, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China, May 16th 2006.

  36. “BEC Atom Chip & Paired Photon Generation in Cold Atoms: Quantum state manipulation of atoms and photons”, Quantum Electronics Institute, Peking University, Beijing, China, May 11th 2006.

  37. “Cold-Atom Quantum Optical Sources”, JILA, University of Colorado at Boulder, April 19th 2006.

  38. “A Portable BEC Atom-Chip System—towards practical atom matter wave sensors”, Invited talk, US NRL (Naval Research Laboratory), Washington DC, Oct 8th, 2004

  39. “Atom Chip Bose-Einstein Condensation in a Portable Vacuum Cell”, CLEO-IQEC Post-deadline session IPDA1, CA, May 16-21, 2004. [Post-deadline Paper, p1130-1131, Quantum Electronics Conference, 2004. (IQEC). International, 2004.]

  40. “Bose-Einstein Condensation in a Portable Atom-Chip Cell”, PINS meeting, JILA, University of Colorado at Boulder, April 22nd, 2004.

  41. “Bose-Einstein Condensation in a Portable Atom-Chip Cell”, MURI Review, Stanford University, March 2004.

  42. “Bose-Einstein Condensation in a Portable Atom-Chip Cell”, JILA tri-group (Eric Cornell, Carl Wieman, and Deborah Jin) invited talk, University of Colorado at Boulder, March 2004.

Professional Service:
• Reviewer for journals: European Physical Journal D (EPJD), Optics Letters (OL), International Journal of Physical Sciences, Solid State Communication, Journal of the Optical Society of America B (JOSAB), Chinese Physics Letters (CPL), Semiconductor Science and Technology, Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular & Optical Physics.
• Member of Quantum Optics of Atoms, Molecules and Solids Subcommittee for the CLEO:QELS 2011.
• Session Chair for Optics, the 3rd Guangdong – Hong Kong Joint Workshop on Physics, 2010.
• Reviewer for NSF AMO and QIS programs.
• Reviewer for Georgian NSF.
• Reviewer for Israel Science Foundation (ISF).
• Session Chair, SPIE Photonics West, San Jose, California, January 19-24, 2008.

Professional Affiliation:
• Physics Society of Hong Kong (PSHK).
• American Physical Society (APS).
• Optical Society of America (OSA).
• Society of Photographic Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE).
 
 
   

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