Undergraduate and graduate students are welcome to join the group. Welcome to the laboratory for FDUROP and other research innovation projects!

Wide bandgap semiconductor optoelectronic devices

GaN lasers, superluminescent diodes

Photonic integrated circuits, nitride modulators, SOA

Smart lighting, visible light communication

Free-space optical communication

Wireless optical communication

High-speed underwater wireless optical communication

*NEWS*

Professor Shen Chao has been selected for the National High-Level Young Talent Programme.

Congratulations to students on receiving Graduate National Scholarships, Named Scholarships, and Academic Scholarships!

Professor Shen Chao has become an IEEE Senior Member.

Two of our Photonics Research papers are selected as Top 10 Most Cited Articles from 2023-2024 (Rank 2 and 4).

Our paper has been accepted as a Post-Deadline Paper at CLEO 2025.

Congratulations to Junhui Hu on receiving Fudan University’s 16th “Academic Star” award!

Congratulations to Haolin on large modulation bandwidth GaN-based light sources published in ACS Photonics and Laser & Photonics Reviews!

Invited column article: “Targeting ubiquitous communication with GaN lasers”. Compound Semiconductor, 30(8), 2024.

Research achievements in “Mechanisms and Methods of High-Speed Visible Light Communication” received the First Prize of Natural Science Award from the China Institute of Communications!

National Natural Science Foundation of China Young Student Basic Research Project (PhD) funded!

Congratulations to Zengxin and collaborators on the tube photodetector for VLC work published in Advanced Materials!

“High-speed blue semiconductor lasers for visible light communication” selected into the International Semiconductor Lighting Alliance (ISA) 2024 “Global Semiconductor Lighting Innovation Top 100”.

Laboratory achievements recognised with the “Excellent Scientific Research Innovation Award” at the 26th China Hi-Tech Fair.

Congratulations to Meixin Liu for receiving the NSFC Young Student Basic Research Fund!

Professor Shen Chao received the IEEE ICAIT Young Scientist Award.

Congratulations to laboratory graduate students for winning the First Prize (National) and the Optics Valley Track First Prize at the 7th China Graduate “Core” Chip Innovation Competition!

The laboratory has relocated to Building D3, Wangu Science and Technology Park.

Our group members have been admitted to the 2024 Siegman International School on Lasers hosted by Stanford University and sponsored by Optica!

Congratulations to Junhui and collaborators on the UWOC work published in Nature Communications!

Congratulations to Dong and collaborators on the three-terminal UV diode work published in Nature Electronics! Selected as the cover article!

Congratulations to Junfei on high-speed laser work published in Photonics Research!

Congratulations to Xingchen on being awarded the Fudan-Guanggu Scholarship!

Currently leading multiple research projects funded by NSFC, Ministry of Science and Technology, Shanghai Science and Technology Commission, and Jiangsu Provincial Key R&D Programme. The laboratory has first-class research facilities and collaborates with many domestic and international laboratories.

Students majoring in electronic information, communications, microelectronics, materials physics, optoelectronics, and related fields are welcome to join!

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https://www.scholarmate.com/P/chaoshen

Committee Member, Youth Innovation Promotion Committee, Third Generation Semiconductor Industry Technology Innovation Strategic Alliance (CASA)

Associate Editor, IEEE Photonics Journal

IEEE Photonics Society (IPS) Globalization Committee

IEEE Electron Devices Society (EDS) Young Professionals Committee

IEEE Smart Cities Publication Committee

Senior Member, IEEE

Senior Member, Optica

Senior Member, SPIE

IEEE ICAIT Young Scientist Award, 2024

Okawa Foundation Research Grant, Japan, 2022

CASA Third Generation Semiconductor Outstanding Innovation Youth, 2021

IEEE OGC Optoelectronic Innovation Challenge, 2020

NYS Luminate Lighting Award, USA, 2019

Nokia Open Innovation Challenge (NOIC 2019), Finland

Excellence Award, “Chunhui Cup” Chinese Overseas Scholars Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition, Ministry of Education, 2019

Best Poster Award, IEEE Photonics Conference, 2016

2011: B.Sc. in Materials Physics, Department of Materials Science, Fudan University

2013: M.Sc. in Materials Science and Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Saudi Arabia

2017: Ph.D., KACST-KAUST-UCSB Solid State Lighting Programme

2017-2018: Research Consultant, KAUST Innovation Centre

2017-2020: Research Lead/Senior Scientist, SaNoor Technologies Inc.

Scientific and Technical English

Optoelectronics

Engineering Ethics and Research Methodology

Professional Foreign Language

Modelling and Simulation of Microelectronic and Optoelectronic Devices

Introduction to Intelligent Optoelectronics

Laser and Integrated Photonics for Optical Communications

Engineering Ethics and Research Methodology

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=UfsNEqgAAAAJ&hl=en

Has published in third-generation semiconductor optoelectronic devices，wireless laser-communication chipsandunderwater optical communications, publishingSCI papers100+ papers，total citations: over 4500 times.

inIEDM, ISLC, CLEO, OFC, IPCet al.major international academic conferencesPublished over 50 papers，plenaryinvited talk40+ times。

inhigh-speed photonic integrated circuitsandhigh-speed underwater wireless optical communications, with+ patents in the US, Canada and AustraliaPatent，Among them,10 granted。

Recent representative works:：

[1]. Investigation on large modulation bandwidth InGaN-based blue laser diodes, Optics & Laser Technology, 185, 112601 (2025)

[2]. High-speed blue laser diodes with InGaN quantum barrier for beyond 36 Gbps visible light communications, Laser & Photonics Reviews, 2401751 (2025)

[3]. Down-scaling of GaN-based laser diodes for high-speed modulation characteristics, IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, 31(2), 1502208 (2025)

[4]. Graphene readout silicon-based microtubular photodetectors for encrypted visible light communication, Advanced Materials, 2024, 2413771

[5]. Enabling Technologies to Achieve Beyond 500Gbps Optical Intra-connects Based on WDM Visible Light Laser Communication, Journal of Lightwave Technology (2024, 10.1109/JLT.2024.3486062)

[6]. Low-resistance Ohmic contact for GaN-based laser diodes, Journal of Semiconductors, 2024, 45(12), 122502

[7]. A system enabling 1.5-km Omnidirectional Visible Light Communication through Navigation Light, IEEE Access, 12, 150387 - 150394 (2024)

[8]. Diffuse-LOS Optical Wireless Communication Across Wavy Water-Air-Interface Using UVA Light, IEEE Access, 12, 107959 - 107970 (2024)

[9]. High-speed GaN-based laser diode with modulation bandwidth exceeding 5 GHz for 20 Gbps visible light communication, Photonics Research 12 (6), 1186-1193 (2024)

[10]. Miniaturized AlGaN-based deep-ultraviolet light-emitting and detecting diode with superior light-responsive characteristics, Advanced Optical Materials, 2400499 (2024)

[11]. Study of equivalent circuit of GaN based laser chip and packaged laser, Scientific Reports, 14, 11368 (2024)

[12]. Tutorial on laser-based visible light communications” Chinese Optics Letters, 22(9), 92502 (invited, 2024)

[13]. A wide field-of-view laser based white light transmitter for visible light communications, Optics Letters, 49(10), 2805-2808 (2024)

[14]. Laser-Based Mobile Visible Light Communication System, Sensors 2024, 24(10), 3086 (invited)

[15]. A three-terminal light emitting and detecting diode, Nature Electronics, 7, 279–287 (2024) (Cover article) ESI Highly Cited

[16]. A metasurface-based full-color circular auto-focusing Airy beams transmitter for stable high-speed underwater wireless optical communication, Nature Communications, 15, 2944 (2024) ESI Highly Cited

[17]. High-speed GaN-based 405 nm violet superluminescent diode with tilted facet for visible light communications, Phys. Status Solidi A 2024, 2300670

[18]. 31.38 Gb/s GaN-based LED array visible light communication system enhanced with V-pit and sidewall quantum well structure, Opto-Electronic Science 2 (5), 230005-1-230005-13 (2023)

[19]. Polarization-induced photocurrent switching effect in heterojunction photodiodes, Nano Research 16 (4), 5503-5510 (2023)

[20]. Si-substrate vertical-structure InGaN/GaN micro-LED-based photodetector for beyond 10Gbps visible light communication, Photonics Research, 10(10), 2394-2404 (2022, Spotlight on Optic)

[21]. DC-Balanced Even-Dimensional CAP Modulation for Visible Light Communication, Journal of Lightwave Technology, 40(15), 5041 - 5051 (2022)

[22]. 46.4 Gbps visible light communication system utilizing a compact tricolor laser transmitter, Optics Express 30 (3), 4365-4373 (2022).

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