beat365中国唯一官方网站高兆兰讲座（第二十三期）（2024年11月15日16:00）：The Institute of Optics and THz Photonics

主持人：董建文 教授

报告简介：Terahertz (THz) radiation, which is electromagnetic radiation in a frequency interval from 0.3 to 10 THz (1 mm – 30 μm wavelength), is the frontier in science and technology. Historically, THz technologies were used mainly within the astronomy community for studying the background of cosmic far-infrared radiation, and by the laser-fusion community for the diagnostics of plasmas. Since the first demonstration of THz wave time-domain spectroscopy in the late 1980’s, there has been a series of significant advances (particularly in recent years) as more intense THz sources and higher sensitivity detectors provide new opportunities for understanding the basic science in the THz frequency range. 

There are many new technologies which have been developed in this field since the first pulsed THz time-domain spectroscopic system was invented over 30 years ago. Benefiting from those novel technologies, researchers have gradually revealed the unique properties and promising applications of THz waves. I will systematically introduce the various sciences, technologies, and applications of THz waves, with a particular focus on pulsed THz technologies, including the developments before and after I joined The Institute of Optics.

报告人简介：Xi-Cheng Zhang, Parker Givens Chair of Optics, was Director of The Institute of Optics, University of Rochester (UR), USA, a foremost institution in optics and optical physics research and education (Jan. 2012–Jun. 2017). Prior to joining UR, he pioneered world-leading research in the field of ultrafast laser-based terahertz technology and optical physics at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), USA (‘92–‘12). At RPI, he is the Eric Jonsson Professor of Science; Acting Head at Department of Physics, Applied Physics & Astronomy; Professor of Electrical, Computer & System; and Founding Director of Center for THz Research. With a B.S. degree (‘82) from Peking University, China, he earned the M.S. (‘83) and Ph.D. degrees (‘86) in Physics from Brown University, USA. Dr. Zhang served as Editor-in-Chief of Optics Letters, OSA (‘14–‘19). He currently serves as Editor-in-Chief of Light, Science and Applications. He is a Fellow of AAAS, APS, IEEE, Optica, and SPIE. Major Honors and Awards: Foreign Fellow of Chinese Optical Society (COS) ’24; IRMMW-THz Society Exceptional Service Award ‘23; Foreign member of Russian Academy of Sciences ’22; Humboldt Prize, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (Germany) ‘18; Australian Academy of Science Selby Fellow (Australia) ’17; Kenneth Button Prize ’14 (Int. Soc IRMMW-THz); William F. Meggers Award ’12 (OSA); Photonics Society William Streifer Scientific Achievement Award ’11 (IEEE); William H. Wiley Award ’09 (Rensselaer).