Research Interests

Microstructured optical fibres

Optical fibre sensors

Terahertz transmission and sensing

Surface plasmon resonance sensing

Infrared gas detection

Raman scattering spectroscopy

Academic Service

Peer Reviewer for academic journals including: Optics Express, Optics Letters, Sensors & Actuators B, IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, Journal of Lightwave Technology, Applied Optics, Thin Solid Films, Optics Communications, Acta Optica Sinica, Optics and Precision Engineering, etc.

Awards and Honours

Dean’s Award, School of Information Science and Technology, Fudan University, 2014

Education and Work Experience

Sept. 1992 – Jul. 1997: Undergraduate, Department of Physics, Fudan University

Sept. 1997 – Jul. 2002: Ph.D., Department of Optical Science and Engineering, Fudan University

May 2009 – May 2010: Visiting Scholar, Rutgers University, USA

Teaching

Undergraduate Courses:

Probability Theory, Mathematical Statistics and Stochastic Processes

Microcomputer and Interface Experiments

Fundamentals of Optical Communication Networks

Selected Publications

X. Zhang, X.S. Zhu and Y.W. Shi, "Fiber optic surface plasmon resonance sensor based on a silver-coated large-core suspended-core fiber," Optics Letters , 2019 , 44 (18), 4550-4553

X. Zhao, X. Zhang, X.S. Zhu and Y.W. Shi, "Long-range surface plasmon resonance sensor based on the GK570/Ag coated hollow fiber with an asymmetric layer structure," Optics Express,2019,27 (7), 9550-9560

X. Zhang, X.S. Zhu and Y.W. Shi, "Fabrication and performance investigation of the EVA/Ag coated hollow fiber," Optics & Laser Technology,2019,111 (1), 802-809

X. Zhang, X.S. Zhu and Y.W. Shi, "Tamm Plasmon Polariton Based Hollow Fiber Refractive Index Sensor With One-Dimensional Photonic Crystal/Metal Structure," IEEE Sensors Journal,2019,19 (7), 2570-2575

X. Zhang, X.S. Zhu and Y.W. Shi, "An Optical Fiber Refractive Index Sensor Based on the Hybrid Mode of Tamm and Surface Plasmon Polaritons," Sensors,2018,18 (7), 2129

X. Zhang, X.S. Zhu and Y.W. Shi, "Improving the performance of hollow fiber surface plasmon resonance sensor with one dimensional photonic crystal structure," Optics Express,2018,26 (1), 130-140

X.J. Tan, X.S. Zhu Y.W. Shi, "Hollow fiber sensor based on metal-cladding waveguide with extended detection range," Optics Express, 2017, 25(15), 16996-17003

X.J. Tan and X.S. Zhu, "Optical fiber sensor based on Bloch surface wave in photonic c rystals," Optics Express, 2016, 24(14),16016-16026

X.J. Tan and X.S. Zhu, "Enhancing photonic spin Hall effect via long-range surface plasmon resonance," Optics Letters, 2016, 41(11), 2478-2491

Y.X. Jiang, B.H. Liu, X.S. Zhu, X.L. Tang, and Y.W. Shi, "Long-range surface plasmon resonance sensor based on dielectric/silver coated hollow fiber with enhanced figure of merit," Optics Letters, 2015, 40(5),744-747

P. Chen, Y.J. He, X.S. Zhu, and Y.W. Shi, "Surface Plasmon Resonance Sensor Based on Ethylene Tetra-Fluoro-Ethylene Hollow Fiber," 2015, Sensors, 15, 27917-27929

B.H. Liu , Y.X. Jiang , X.S. Zhu, X.L. Tang, and Y.W. Shi , Hollow fiber surface plasmon resonance sensor for the detection of liquid with high refractive index, Opt. Express, 2013, 21(26): 32349-32357