People¶
Professor¶
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Hongyan Fu (Google Scholar Page) BEng, MSc, PhD, Optica Fellow, SrMIEEE, MSPIE Office: Room 1713, Information Building, University Town E-mail: hyfu@sz.tsinghua.edu.cn |
EDUCATION BACKGROUND¶
Ph.D. Electrical Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
M.Sc. Electrical Engineering, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Sweden
B.Eng. Information and Electronic Engineering, Zhejiang University
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES¶
2021-present, Tenured-Associate Professor, Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University
2017-2021, Associate Professor, Tsinghua-Berkeley Shenzhen Institute, Tsinghua University
2016-2017, Project Officer, Central Research Institute, Huawei Technologies
2012-2016, Project Manager, Central Research Institute, Huawei Technologies
2010-2012, Senior Research Engineer, Central Research Institute, Huawei Technologies
2009-2010, Research Associate, Photonic Research Centre, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
2008-2009, Research Assistant, Photonic Research Centre, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS¶
Fellow of Optica
Senior Member of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Life Member of Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE)
President of IEEE Photonics Society (IPS) Guangdong Chapter in 2024 & 2025
Council Member of Shenzhen Society of Micro-Nano Technology
Founding Advisor of Optica, IEEE, and SPIE Student Chapters at Tsinghua SIGS
RESEARCH INTEREST AND EXPERTISE¶
Integrated Photonics and Their Applications for Communications and Sensing, including Optical Wireless Communications, LiDAR, Silicon Photonics, Ultra-fast Optics, etc.
HONORS AND AWARDS¶
2025 Emil Wolf Outstanding Student Paper Competition Prize
Best Student Poster Award, CLEO2025
Best Paper Award, OGC 2025
Bset Student Paper, ICOCN2025
Best Student Paper, Best Poster, OECC2023
Postdeadline Paper, Best Student Paper Award, Best Poster Award, ACP 2021
Best Student Paper Awards, OECC 2021
Best Student Paper Award, ACP 2020
Best Poster Award, ACP 2019
The President Commendation (Best Innovation Team), CRI, Huawei, 2015
The President Commendation (Outstanding Research Contribution), CRI, Huawei, 2014
The President Commendation (Best Innovation Team), CRI, Huawei, 2014
Students¶
Current Students¶
| Photo | Name | Research interest | Enrollment Year |
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Lihang Liu Ph.D. Student |
Optical wireless communications | 2021 |
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Qingyang Zhu Ph.D. Student |
LiDAR | 2022 |
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Siyu Bai Ph.D. Student |
Optical wireless communications | 2022 |
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Yi Hao Ph.D. Student |
LiDAR | 2022 |
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Jin Li Ph.D. Student |
Silicon photonics | 2022 |
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Zhiyan Chen Ph.D. Student |
Optical wireless communications | 2022 |
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Ziming Ye Ph.D. Student |
LiDAR | 2023 |
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Yuru Tang Ph.D. Student |
Optical wireless communications | 2023 |
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Zhiyue Yin Ph.D. Student |
Optical wireless communications | 2023 |
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Chenxingyu Huang Ph.D. Student |
Epsilon-near-zero photonics | 2023 |
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Shichen Zheng Ph.D. Student |
LiDAR | 2024 |
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Mengjia Zhu Ph.D. Student |
Optical wireless communications | 2024 |
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Hui Huang Eng.D. Student |
Active Electronically Scanned Array | 2024 |
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Mingjing Zeng Ph.D. Student |
Optical wireless communications | 2025 |
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Haoyu Huang Master Student |
Optical wireless communications | 2023 |
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Annan Xia Master Student |
LiDAR | 2023 |
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Musen Lin Master Student |
Integrated Circuits | 2023 |  |
Tong Wu Master Student |
Integrated Circuits | 2023 |  |
Zixuan Ma Master Student |
Integrated Circuits | 2023 |  |
Jiahao Wu Master Student |
Integrated Circuits | 2023 |
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Hong Ye Master Student |
LiDAR | 2024 |
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Jinxuan Lin Master Student |
Silicon Photonics | 2024 |
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Longbiao Liu Master Student |
LiDAR | 2024 |
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Bo Peng Master Student |
Silicon Photonics | 2024 |
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Yu Wang Master Student |
Optical wireless communications | 2025 |
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Jiawei Chen Master Student |
LiDAR | 2025 |
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Yanxi Long Master Student |
Silicon Photonics | 2025 |
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Yinxi Zhao Master Student |
LiDAR | 2025 |
Graduated Students¶
| Photo | Name | Research interest | Graduate Destination |
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Zixian Wei Master Student 2017-2020 |
Optical wireless communications | Ph.D. Candidate, McGill University |
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Sailong Wu Master Student 2017-2020 |
Silicon photonics: waveguide crossings | Communications Engineer, China National Offshore Oil Corporation |
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Xin Mu Master Student 2017-2020 |
Silicon photonics: edge couplers | Ph.D. Candidate, University of Toronto |
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Zihan Zang Ph.D. Student 2017-2023 |
Lidar | Postdoc, University of California, Los Angeles |
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Mingyue Guan Ph.D. Student 2017-2022 |
Optoelectronic device | BYD |
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Xin Liu Master Student 2018-2021 |
Optical wireless communications | Civil Servant, Chengdu Municipal People’s Government |
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Alberto Pepe Master Student 2018-2020 |
Optical wireless communications | Ph.D. Candidate, University of Cambridge |
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Lirong Cheng Ph.D. Student 2018-2023 |
Silicon photonics: passives, grating couplers | Interuniversity Microelectronics Center |
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Yang Luo Master Student 2019-2022 |
Flexible electronics and its applications | Ph.D. Candidate, University of California, Los Angeles |
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Zhi Li Master Student 2019-2022 |
LiDAR | Ph.D. Candidate, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) |
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Maolin Dai Master Student 2019-2022 |
Photonic devices: sensors and lasers | Ph.D. Candidate, the University of Tokyo |
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Zhaoming Wang Master Student 2019-2022 |
Optical wireless Communications | Ph.D. Candidate, University of Oxford |
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Yuanfang Zhao Ph.D. Student 2019-2023 |
Microcavity biosensing | Huawei |
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Simei Mao Ph.D. Student 2019-2024 |
Silicon photonics: multiplexing, inverse design | iMEC |
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Yaqi Han Ph.D. Student 2020-2026 |
LiDAR, beam steering | |
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Zhenquan Zhao Master Student 2020-2023 |
Optical wireless communications | BYD |
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Yuan Zhang Master Student 2020-2023 |
Optical wireless communications | Teacher, Shenzhen Experimental School |
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Caiyue Zhao Master Student 2020-2023 |
Silicon photonics | Ph.D. Candidate, The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
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Yinghui Wang Master Student 2020-2023 |
Silicon photonics | Huawei |
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Denghui Pan Master Student 2020-2023 |
Ultrafast Optics | Ph.D. Candidate, University of California，Santa Cruz |
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Xuanyi Liu Ph.D. Student 2020-2024 |
Ultrafast Optics | Postdoc, Sun Yat-sen University |
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Lican Wu Master Student 2021-2024 |
LiDAR, beam steering | China Cosco Shipping Corporation Limited |
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Houyu Chen Master Student 2021-2024 |
Silicon photonics | Shenzhen SiCarrier Technology Co., Ltd |
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Yibin Li Master Student 2021-2024 |
Optical wireless communications | Ph.D. Candidate, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University |
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Bohua Deng Master Student 2021-2024 |
Optical wireless communications | Ph.D. Candidate, McGill University |
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Weichen Yuan Master Student 2022-2025 |
Microcavity, Photonics devices | - |
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Zehua Xu Master Student 2022-2025 |
Optical wireless communications | - |
Visiting Scholars¶
| Photo | Name | Research interest | Graduate Destination |
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Zhenmin Chen (PhD, Fudan U.) Postdoc 2018-2020 |
Microcavity, sensing | Research Assistant, Peng Cheng Laboratory |
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Wanqing Cai (PhD, SCUT) Postdoc 2020-2022 |
Blue Perovskite LEDs | Shenzhen MSU-BIT University |
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Amjad Ali Amjad (PhD, Zhejiang U.) Postdoc 2021-2023 |
Optical wireless Communications | Donghai Laboratory |
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Jianan Zhang (PhD, The Pennsylvania U.) Postdoc 2021-2023 |
Optical wireless Communications | Huawei |
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Zeyad Qasem (PhD, Xiamen U.) Postdoc 2022-2024 |
Optical wireless Communications | Donghai Laboratory |
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Chengshuai Chang (PhD, Dongbei U.) Postdoc 2022-2024 |
Lithium metal battery, solid electrolyte, sensor detection | - |
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Gongxun Lu (PhD, Zhejiang U. of Technology) Postdoc 2022-2025 |
Solid Engergy | - |
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Syed Agha Hassnain Mohsan (PhD, Zhejiang U.) Postdoc 2024- |
Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access (NOMA), Reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) | - |
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Min Wang (PhD, Harbin Institute of Technology) Postdoc 2024- |
Cation vacancy engineering | - |
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Xuanlun Huang (PhD, Fudan University) Postdoc 2025- |
3D cameras and metasurface devices | - |
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Zhengran Wang (PhD, Shandong University) Postdoc 2025- |
All-solid-state batteries | - |
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Xiaolong Xue (PhD, Tsinghua University) Postdoc 2025- |
LLM | - |