Department of Physics & Division of Biomedical Engineering, The Hong Kong,
University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
Tel : 852-2358-7486
Email : dusw@ust.hk
Web: http://physics.ust.hk/dusw/
Atom Optics, Quantum Optics, Quantum Information Processing, Nonlinear Optics,
Atom Chip, Bose-Einstein Condensation, Laser Cooling and Trapping, Superconducting
Electronics, Nano Optics, Super-Resolution Bioimaging, and Light-Sheet Microscopy.
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01/01/2013–Present, Associate Professor, Department of Physics, The Hong Kong
University of Science and Technology.
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01/04/2015–Present, Associate Professor, Division of Biomedical Engineering, The
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.
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01/07/2016–Present, Co-Director, Super-Resolution Imaging Center, School of
Science, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
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27/06/2016–Present, Cofounder & Chairman of the Board, Light Innovation
Technology Ltd, Hong Kong.
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04/12/2013–Present, Cofounder & Chief Scientist, NanoBioImaging Ltd, Hong Kong.
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30/07/2008–31/12/2012, Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, The Hong Kong
University of Science and Technology.
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2004-2008, Chief Technical Advisor, LedUp Enterprise Inc, Agoura Hills, California,
USA.
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20/06/2005–07/2008, Postdoctoral Scholar, S. E. Harris’s group, Edward L. Ginzton
Laboratory, Stanford University, USA.
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06/05/2005–19/06/2005, Postdoctoral Research Associate, D. Z. Anderson’s group,
JILA, University of Colorado at Boulder, USA.
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08/1999–05/2005, Ph.D., Physics (Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics), JILA and
Department of Physics, University of Colorado at Boulder, USA.
Thesis : Atom-Chip Bose-Einstein Condensation in a Portable Vacuum Cell
Advisor : Prof. Dana Z. Anderson
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01/2002–12/2002, M.S., Electrical Engineering, Department of Electrical Engineering,
University of Colorado at Boulder, USA.
Advisor : Prof. Frank Barnes
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09/1996–07/1999, M.S., Physics (Condensed Matter Physics: Superconducting
Electronics), Department of Physics, Peking University, China.
Thesis : Paring Symmetry of Order Parameter in High Temperature Superconductors and Its Phase Measurement
Advisor : Prof. Yuandong Dai
 09/1992–07/1996, B.S., 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 in Measuring Diamond Hardness. ( Advisor : Prof.
Min Fan)
2. The Monte-Carlo Simulation for Si Micro-Strip Detectors & e e
Electron Pair Scattering. ( Advisor : Prof. Ming Qi)
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02/1994–07/1995, Minor (secondary) degree in Computer Science, Department of
Computer Science and Technology, Nanjing University, China.
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2016 UROP Faculty Research Award, HKUST.
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2015 UROP Faculty Research Award, HKUST.
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2011 School of Science Research Award, HKUST.
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20th University of Colorado at Boulder Equity and Excellence Graduate Student
Award, April 2005, for outstanding service to the university community and commitment to promoting the principles of academic excellence, cultural pluralism and diversity in higher education.
1.
Chih-Sung Chuu and Shengwang Du, “Narrowband Biphotons: Generation,
Manipulation, and Applications,” Book Chapter in
Engineering the Atom-Photon
Interaction , edited by Ana Predojevic and Morgan W. Mitchell, Springer (2015): eBook ISBN 978-3-319-19231-4, Hardcover ISBN 978-3-319-19230-7.
2.
J. F. Chen, Heejeong Jeong, M. M. T. Loy, and Shengwang Du, Optical Precursors:
From Classical Waves to Single Photons , Springer Briefs in Physics, Springer (2013):
ISBN 978-981-4451-94-9.
1.
Teng Zhao, Sze Cheung Lau, Ying Wang, Yumian Su, Hao Wang, Aifang Cheng, Karl
Herrup, Nancy Y. Ip, Shengwang Du, and M. M. T. Loy, "Multicolor 4D fluorescence microscopy using ultrathin Bessel light sheets," Sci. Rep. 6 , 26159 (2016).
2.
Graham Vail, Aifang Cheng, Yu Ray Han, Teng Zhao, Shengwang Du, M. M. T. Loy,
Karl Herrup, and Mark R. Plummer, “ATM protein is located on presynaptic vesicles and its deficit leads to failures in synaptic plasticity,” Journal of Neurophysiology
116 , 201 (2016).
3.
Xinggui Gu, Engui Zhao, Teng Zhao, Miaomiao Kang, Chen Gui, Jacky W. Y. Lam,
Shengwang Du, Michael M. T. Loy, and Ben Zhong Tang, "A mitochondrion-specific
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photoactivatable fluorescence turn-on bioprobe for localization super-resolution microscope under physiological conditions without additives," Adv. Mater. 28 , 5064
(2016).
4.
Luwei Zhao, Yumian Su, and Shengwang Du, “Narrowband biphoton generation in the group delay regime,” Phys. Rev. A 93 , 033815 (2016).
5.
Luwei Zhao, Xianxin Guo, Yuan Sun, Yumian Su, M. M. T. Loy, and Shengwang Du,
“Shaping the biphoton temporal waveform with spatial light modulation,” Phys. Rev.
Lett. 115 , 193601 (2015).
6.
Siu-Tat Chui, Shengwang Du, and Gyu-Boong Jo, “Subwavelength transportation of light with atomic resonances,” Phys. Rev. A 92 , 053826 (2015).
7.
Shengwang Du, “Quantum-state purity of heralded single photons produced from frequency-anti-correlated biphotons,” Phys. Rev. A 92 , 043836 (2015).
8.
Xianxin Guo, Peng Chen, Chi Shu, M. M. T. Loy, and Shengwang Du, “Frequencybin Entanglement with tunable phase,” J. Opt. 17 , 105201 (2015).
9.
Peng Chen, Xianxin Guo, Chi Shu, M. M. T. Loy, and Shengwang Du, “Frequencyinduced phase-tunable polarization-entangled narrowband biphotons,” Optica 2 , 505
(2015).
10.
Chi Shu, Xianxin Guo, Peng Chen, M. M. T. Loy, and Shengwang Du, “Narrowband biphotons with polarization-frequency-coupled entanglement,” Phys. Rev. A 91 ,
043820 (2015).
11.
Teng Zhao, Ying Wang, Yuanliang Zhai, Xiaoxuan Qu, Aifang Cheng, Shengwang
Du, and M. M. T. Loy, “A user-friendly two-color super-resolution localization microscope,” Opt. Express 23 , 1879 (2015).
12.
Peng Chen, Chi Shu, Xianxin Guo, M. M. T. Loy, and Shengwang Du, “Measuring the biphoton temporal wave function with polarization-dependent and time-resolved two-photon interference,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 114 , 010401 (2015).
13.
Chang Liu, Yuan Sun, Luwei Zhao, Shanchao Zhang, M. M. T. Loy, and Shengwang
Du, “Efficiently loading a single photon into a single-sided Fabry-Perot cavity,” Phys.
Rev. Lett. 113 , 133601 (2014).
14.
Luwei Zhao, Xianxin Guo, Chang Liu, Yuan Sun, M. M. T. Loy, and Shengwang Du,
“Photon pairs with coherence time exceeding one microsecond,” Optica 1 , 84 (2014).
15.
Kaiyu Liao, Hui Yan, Junyu He, Shengwang Du, Zhi-Ming Zhang, Shi-Liang Zhu,
“Subnatural-linewidth polarization-entangled photon pairs with controllable temporal length,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 112 , 243602 (2014).
16.
Peng Chen, Weihua Wang, Nian Lin, and Shengwang Du, “Manipulating photon emission efficiency with local electronic states in a tunneling gap,” Opt. Express 22 ,
8234 (2014).
17.
Wenhao Guo, Shuigang Xu, Zefei Wu, Ning Wang, M. M. T. Loy, and Shengwang
Du, “Oxygen-assisted charge transfer between ZnO quantum dots and graphene,”
Small 9 , 3031 (2013). [Selected as Frontispiece: Small 9 , 3030 (2013)]
18.
Eun Oh and Shengwang Du, “Manipulating cold atoms with off-axis rotating traps,”
J. Korean Phys. Soc. 63 , 938 (2013).
19.
Daniel M. Farkas, Kai M. Hudek, Shengwang Du, and Dana Z. Anderson, “Efficient direct evaporative cooling in an atom chip magnetic trap,” Phys. Rev. A 87 , 053417
(2013).
20.
Dingdi Wang, Wenhao Guo, Shengwang Du, and Z. K. Tang, “Frozen iodine
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molecules in nano-pores of zeolite single crystals,” Mod. Phys. Lett. B 27 , 1330014
(2013). [ Invited review ]
21.
Shengwang Du, “Optical precursors,” Physics 42, 315 (2013).]
22.
Chang Liu, Shanchao Zhang, Luwei Zhao, Peng Chen, C.-H. F. Fung, H. F. Chau, M.
M. T. Loy, and Shengwang Du, “Differential-phase-shift quantum key distribution using heralded narrow-band single photons,” Opt. Express 21 , 9505 (2013).
23.
Shuigang Xu, Chun Cheng, Wenhao Guo, Yuheng He, Rui Huang, Shengwang Du, and Ning Wang, “Tuning the optical and electrical properties of hydrothermally grown ZnO nanowires by sealed post annealing treatment,” Solid State Comm. 160 ,
41 (2013).
24.
Dingdi Wang, Wenhao Guo, Juanmei Hu, Fang Liu, Lisheng Chen, Shengwang Du, and Zikang Tang, “Estimating Atomic Sizes with Raman Spectroscopy,” Sci. Rep. 3 ,
1486 (2013).
25.
Yi-Hsin Chen, Meng-Jung Lee, I-Chung Wang, Shengwang Du, Yong-Fan Chen,
Ying-Cheng Chen, and Ite A. Yu, “Coherent optical memory with high storage efficiency and large fractional delay,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 110 , 083601 (2013).
26.
Shanchao Zhang, Chang Liu, Shuyu Zhou, Chih-Sung Chuu, M. M. T. Loy, and
Shengwang Du, “Coherent control of single-photon absorption and reemission in a two-level atomic ensemble,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 109 , 263601 (2012).
27.
Shuigang Xu, Wenhao Guo, Shengwang Du, M. M. T. Loy, and Ning Wang,
“Piezotronic effects on the optical properties of ZnO nanowires,” Nano Lett. 12 , 5802
(2012).
28.
Shuyu Zhou, Shanchao Zhang, Chang Liu, J. F. Chen, Jianming Wen, M. M. T. Loy,
G. K. L. Wong, and Shengwang Du, “Optimal storage and retrieval of single-photon waveforms,” Opt. Express 20 , 24124 (2012).
29.
J. F. Chen* and Shengwang Du, “Narrowband photon pair generation and waveform reshaping,” Front. Phys. 7 , 494 (2012).
30.
Shanchao Zhang, J. F. Chen, Chang Liu, Shuyu Zhou, M. M. T. Loy, G. K. L. Wong, and Shengwang Du, “A dark-line two-dimensional magneto-optical trap of 85Rb atoms with high optical depth,” Rev. Sci. Instrum. 83 , 073102 (2012).
31.
Juanmei Hu, Dingdi Wang, Wenhao Guo, Shengwang Du, and Z. K. Tang,
“Reversible control of the orientation of iodine molecules inside the AlPO
4
-11 crystals,” J. Phys. Chem. C 116 , 4423 (2012).
32.
Chang Liu, J. F. Chen, Shanchao Zhang, Shuyu Zhou, M. M. T. Loy, G. K. L. Wong, and Shengwang Du, “Two-photon interferences with degenerate and nondegenerate paired photons,” Phys. Rev. A 85 , 021803(R) (2012). [Rapid Communication]
33.
Rui Huang, Shuigang Xu, Xiang Wang, Wenhao Guo, Chao Song, Jie Song,
Shengwang Du, and Ning Wang, “Effective control of photoluminescence from ZnO nanowires by a-SiNx:H decoration,” Opt. Lett. 37 , 211 (2012).
34.
Shanchao Zhang, Shuyu Zhou, M. M. T. Loy, G. K. L. Wong, and Shengwang Du,
“Optical storage with electromagnetically induced transparency in a dense cold atomic ensemble,” Opt. Lett. 36 , 4530 (2011).
35.
Rui Huang, Shuigang Xu, Wenhao Guo, Lin Wang, Jie Song, Tsz-Wai Ng, Jianan
Huang, Shuit-Tong Lee, Shengwang Du, and Ning Wang, “Nitrogen deep accepters in
ZnO nanowires induced by ammonia plasma,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 99 , 143112 (2011).
36.
Jian-Jun Song, Shengwang Du, and Bradley A. Foreman, “Atomic magnetometer
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based on double-dark-state system,” Phys. Lett. A 375 , 3296 (2011).
37.
Hui Yan, Shi-Liang Zhu, and Shengwang Du, “Efficient phase-encoding quantum key generation with narrow-band single photons,” Chin. Phys. Lett. 28 , 070307 (2011).
38.
Shanchao Zhang, J. F. Chen, Chang Liu, M. M. T. Loy, G. K. L. Wong, and
Shengwang Du, “Optical precursor of a single photon,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 106 , 243602
(2011). [Editors' Suggestion and Physcis Synopsis]
39.
Shaoqi Feng, Xianshu Luo, Shengwang Du, and Andrew W. Poon, “Electro-optical tunable time delay and advance in a silicon feedback-microring resonator,” Opt. Lett.
36 , 1278 (2011).
40.
Shengwang Du, “Atomic-resonance-enhanced nonlinear optical frequency conversion with entangled photon pairs,” Phys. Rev. A 83 , 033807 (2011).
41.
Yadong Xu, Shengwang Du, Lei Gao, and Huanyang Chen, “Overlapped illusion optics: A perfect lens brings a brighter feature,” New. J. Phys. 13 , 023010 (2011).
42.
Jianming Wen, Shengwang Du, Huanyang Chen, and Min Xiao, “Electromagnetically induced Talbot effect,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 98 , 081108 (2011).
43.
Wenhao Guo, Dingdi Wang, Juanmei Hu, Z. K. Tang, and Shengwang Du, “Raman spectroscopy of iodine molecules trapped in zeolite crystals,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 98 ,
043105 (2011).
44.
Hui Yan, Shanchao Zhang, J. F. Chen, M. M. T. Loy, G. K. L. Wong, and Shengwang
Du, “Generation of narrow-band hyperentangled nondegenerate paired photons,”
Phys. Rev. Lett. 106 , 033601 (2011).
45.
J. F. Chen, M. M. T. Loy, G. K. L. Wong, and Shengwang Du, “Optical precursors with finite rise and fall time,” J. Opt. 12 , 104010 (2010).
46.
Jianming Wen, Yan-Hua Zhai, Shengwang Du, and Min Xiao, "Engineering biphoton wave packets with an electromagnetically induced grating," Phys. Rev. A 82 , 043814
(2010).
47.
Jianming Wen, Shengwang Du, and Min Xiao, “Improving spatial resolution in quantum imaging beyond the Rayleigh diffraction limit using multiphoton W entangled states,” Phys. Lett. A 374, 3908 (2010).
48.
J. F. Chen, Heejeong Jeong, L. Feng, M. M. T. Loy, G. K. L. Wong, and Shengwang
Du, "Stacked optical precursors from amplitude and phase modulations," Phys. Rev.
Lett. 104 , 223602 (2010).
49.
J. F. Chen, Weixin Lu, Shuyuan Wang, M. M. T. Loy, G. K. L. Wong, and Shengwang
Du, “Two-photon free-induction decay with electromagnetically induced transparency,” Opt. Lett. 35 , 1923 (2010).
50.
J. F. Chen, Shanchao Zhang, Hui Yan, M. M. T. Loy, G. K. L. Wong, and Shengwang
Du, “Shaping biphoton temporal waveforms with modulated classical fields,” Phys.
Rev. Lett. 104 , 183604 (2010).
51.
J. F. Chen, Shuyuan Wang, Dong Wei, M. M. T. Loy, G. K. L. Wong, and Shengwang
Du, “Optical coherent transients in cold atoms: from free-induction decay to optical precursors,” Phys. Rev. A 81 , 033844 (2010).
52.
Jianming Wen, Eun Oh, and Shengwang Du, “Tripartite entanglement generation via four-wave mixings: narrowband triphoton W state,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 27 , A11
(2010).
53.
Heejeong Jeong and Shengwang Du, “Slow-light-induced interference with stacked optical precursors for square input pulses,” Opt. Lett. 35 , 124 (2010).
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54.
Dong Wei, J. F. Chen, M. M. T. Loy, G. K. L. Wong, and Shengwang Du, “Optical precursors with electromagnetically induced transparency in cold atoms,” Phys. Rev.
Lett. 103 , 093602 (2009). [Editors' Suggestion]
55.
Chinmay Belthangady, Shengwang Du, Chih-Sung Chuu, G.Y. Yin, and S.E. Harris,
“Modulation and measurement of time-energy entangled photons,” Phys. Rev. A 80 ,
031803(R) (2009). [Rapid Communication]
56.
Shengwang Du, Jianming Wen, and Chinmay Belthangady, “Temporally shaping biphoton wave packets with periodically modulated driving fields,” Phys. Rev. A 79 ,
043811 (2009).
57.
Heejeong Jeong and Shengwang Du, “Two-way transparency in the light-matter interaction: optical precursors with electromagnetically induced transparency,” Phys.
Rev. A 79 , 011802(R) (2009). [Rapid Communication]
58.
Shengwang Du and Eun Oh, “Three-wire magnetic trap for direct forced evaporative cooling,” Phys. Rev. A 79 , 013407 (2009).
59.
Shengwang Du, Jianming Wen, and Morton H. Rubin, “Narrowband biphoton generation near atomic resonance,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 25 , C98 (2008).
60.
Jianming Wen, Shengwang Du, Morton H. Rubin, and Eun Oh, “Two-photon beatings using biphotons generated from a two-level system,” Phys. Rev. A 78 , 033801 (2008).
61.
Shengwang Du, Chinmay Belthangady, Pavel Kolchin, G. Y. Yin, and S. E. Harris,
“Observation of optical precursors at the biphoton level,” Opt. Lett. 33 , 2194 (2008).
62.
Pavel Kolchin, Chinmay Belthangady, Shengwang Du, G. Y. Yin, and S. E. Harris,
“Electro-optic modulation of single photons,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 101 , 103601
(2008).[ Physical Review Focus]
63.
Shengwang Du, Pavel Kolchin, Chinmay Belthangady, G.Y. Yin, and S.E. Harris,
“Subnatural linewidth biphotons with controllable temporal length,” Phys. Rev. Lett.
100 , 183603 (2008).
64.
Jianming Wen, Shengwang Du, Yanpeng Zhang, Min Xiao, and Morton H. Rubin,
“Nonclassical light generation via a four-level inverted-Y system,” Phys. Rev. A 77 ,
033816 (2008).
65.
Frank Moscatelli, Cass Sackett, Shengwang Du, and Eun Oh, “Far-off-resonant ring trap near the ends of optical fibers,” Phys. Rev. A 76 , 043404 (2007).
66.
Jianming Wen, Shengwang Du, and Morton H. Rubin, “Spontaneous parametric down conversion in a three-level system,” Phys. Rev. A 76 , 013825 (2007).
67.
Shengwang Du, Eun Oh, Jianming Wen, and Morton H. Rubin, “Four-wave mixing in three-level systems: interference and entanglement,” Phys. Rev. A 76 , 013803 (2007).
68.
Jianming Wen, Shengwang Du, and Morton H. Rubin, “Biphoton generation in a twolevel atomic ensemble,” Phys. Rev. A 75 , 033809 (2007).
69.
Shengwang Du, Jianming Wen, Morton H. Rubin, and G. Y. Yin, “Four-wave mixing and biphoton generation in a two-level system,” Phys. Rev. Lett.
98 , 053601 (2007).
70.
Pavel Kolchin, Shengwang Du, Chinmay Belthangady, G.Y. Yin, and S.E. Harris,
“Generation of narrow-bandwidth paired photons: use of a single driving laser,” Phys.
Rev. Lett. 97 , 113602 (2006).
71.
Shengwang Du, Matthew B. Squires, Yutaka Imai, Leslie Czaia, R.A. Saravanan,
Victor Bright, Jakob Reichel, T. W. Hänsch, and Dana Z. Anderson, “Atom-chip
Bose-Einstein condensation in a portable vacuum cell,” Phys. Rev. A 70 , 053606
(2004).
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72.
Sheng-wang Du, Yuan-dong Dai, and Shi-guang Wang, “rf SQUID in the hysteresis mode used to detect the phase in the order parameter of high-temperature superconductors,” Chinese Journal of Low Temperature Physics 22 , 32, (2000).
73.
Shengwang Du, Yuan-dong Dai, and Shi-guang Wang, “To probe the phase of the order parameter in high-temperature superconductors by using r.f. SQUID,” ACTA
Physica Sinica 48 , 2364, (1999).
74.
Y.D. Dai, S.G. Wang, and S.W. Du, “Probing pairing symmetry of superconductors by using rf SQUID,” Solid State Communications 108 , 251, (1998).
75.
Ming Qi, Shengwang Du, and Xiaohua wang, “The Monte-Carlo simulation for detective performance of Si micro-strip detectors,” Journal of Nanjing University
(Natural Science) 33 , 527, (1997).
1.
Michael M T Loy, Shengwang Du, Teng Zhao, Sze Cheung Lau, Ying Wang, and
Yumian Su, “Methods and systems for generating non-diffracting light sheets for multicolor fluorescence microscopy,” US Provisional Application No., US
62/179,928 (filed on 22/05/2015); PCT/CN2016/073199 (filed on 02/02/2016).
2.
Teng Zhao, Michael M T Loy, and Shengwang Du, “A two-color super-resolution fluorescence localization microscope,” China Patent Pub. No.: CN 104515760 A
(2015).
3.
Michael M T Loy, Shengwang Du, Teng Zhao, and Ying Wang, “Methods for deepcell super-resolution biological imaging,” China Patent Pub. No.: CN 104458683 A
4.
(2015).
Shengwang Du, Shanchao Zhang, Shuyu Zhou, Guang Yu Yin, and Chinmay
Belthangady, “Two-dimensional magneto-optical trap for neutral atoms,” US Patent
No.: US 8,835,833 B2 (2014); China Patent No.: CN 102969038 B (2016).
5.
Jing Jing Yu and Shengwang Du, “Interchangeable LED Bulbs,” US Patent No.: US
8,823,270 B2 (2014).
1.
Luwei Zhao, Yumian Su, Xianxin Guo, and Shengwang Du, “Narrowband biphoton generation in the group delay regime,” The 37 th Progress In Electromagnetics
Research Symposium (PIERS), Session SC3: Atom-Light Interaction and
Applications, Shanghai, China, 8-11 August 2016. ( Invited )
2.
Shengwang Du, “Spatially modulated spontaneous four-wave mixing: parallel-toseries quantum conversion,” 7th International Symposium on cold atom physics
(ISCAP-VII), Session 9, Hangzhou, China, 18-21 June 2016. ( Invited )
3.
Luwei Zhao, Xianxin Guo, Yuan Sun, Yumian Su, M. M. T. Loy, and Shengwang Du,
“Biphoton generation driven by spatial light modulation: parallel-to-series conversion,” 47th Annual DAMOP Meeting, Session P9: P9.00003, Providence,
Rhode Island, USA, 23-27 May 2016.
4.
Teng Zhao, Ying Wang, Yuanliang Zhai, Aifang Cheng, Xiaoxuan Qu, Shengwang
Du, and M. M. T. Loy, “A robust two-color super-resolution localization microscope,”
SPIE Photonics West: BIOS, Conference 9714: Single Molecule Spectroscopy and
Superresolution Imaging IX, Paper 9714-38, San Francisco, California, USA, 13-18
February 2016.
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5.
Shengwang Du, Chi Shu, Xianxin Guo, Peng Chen, and M. M. T. Loy, “Narrowband biphotons with polarization-frequency coupled hyperentanglement,” 24th Annual
International Laser Physics Workshop (LPHYS'15), Seminar 7: Quantum Information
Science, S7.7, Shanghai, China, 21-25 August, 2015.
6.
Shengwang Du, Chang Liu, Yuan Sun, Luwei Zhao, Shanchao Zhang, and M. M. T.
Loy, “Loading a single photon into an optical cavity,” 46th Annual DAMOP Meeting,
Session J7: J7.00006, Columbus, Ohio, USA, 8-12 June, 2015.
7.
Chi Shu, Xianxin Guo, Peng Chen, M. M. T. Loy, and Shengwang Du, “Polarization-
Frequency Entangled Narrowband Photon Pairs,” 46th Annual DAMOP Meeting,
Session G7: G7.00004, Columbus, Ohio, USA, 8-12 June, 2015.
8.
Xianxin Guo, Peng Chen, Chi Shu, M. M. T. Loy, and Shengwang Du, “Temporal
Quantum-State Tomography of Narrowband Biphotons,” 46th Annual DAMOP
Meeting, Session T6: T6.00008, Columbus, Ohio, USA, 8-12 June 2015.
9.
Luwei Zhao, Xianxin Guo, Chang Liu, Yuan Sun, M. M. T. Loy, and Shengwang Du,
“Sub-MHz narrow-band biphoton generation,” The 35 th Progress In Electromagnetics
Research Symposium (PIERS): SC3: Quantum Optics, page 1200, Guangzhou,
China, 25-28 August, 2014.
10.
Shengwang Du, “Highly-efficient photon-atom quantum interface based on electromagnetically-induced transparency,” SPIE Photonics West: Optoelectronic
Devices and Materials (OPTO), Conference 8998: Advances in Slow and Fast Light
VII, Session 8: Quantum Optics in Slow and Fast Light II, Paper 8998-37, San
Francisco, California, USA, 1-6 February 2014 ( Invited ).
11.
Yi-Hsin Chen, Meng-Jung Lee, I-Chung Wang, Shengwang Du, Yong-Fan Chen,
Ying-Cheng Chen, and Ite A. Yu, “High-storage efficiency EIT-based optical memory,” SPIE Photonics West: Optoelectronic Devices and Materials (OPTO),
Conference 8998: Advances in Slow and Fast Light VII, Session 13: Effects and
Applications Related to Slow and Fast Light, Paper 8998-61, San Francisco,
California, USA, 1-6 February 2014 ( Invited ).
12.
Shengwang Du, “Generation and Application of Narrow-Band Photon Pairs,” The 4 th
Int’l Quantum Optics Workshop 2013, Jeju Island, S. Korea, 30 October – 02
November 2013 ( Invited ).
13.
Chang Liu, Shanchao Zhang, Luwei Zhao, Peng Chen, C. –H. F. Fung, H. F. Chau,
M. M. T. Loy, and Shengwang Du, “Single-Photon Differential-Phase-Shift Quantum
Key Distribution,” The Rochester Conferences on Coherence and Quantum Optics
(CQO) X and The Quantum Information and Measurement (QIM) 2, W6.40,
Rochester, New York, USA, 17-20 June 2013.
14.
Shanchao Zhang, Chang Liu, Shuyu Zhou, Chih-Sung Chuu, Michael M. T. Loy,
Shengwang Du, “Single-Photon Absorption and Reemission in Two-Level Cold
Atoms,” The Rochester Conferences on Coherence and Quantum Optics (CQO) X and The Quantum Information and Measurement (QIM) 2, W6.39, Rochester, New
York, USA, 17-20 June 2013.
15.
Shengwang Du, “Coherent Control of Single-Photon Absorption and Reemission in
Two-Level Atoms,” Quantum Optics and New Materials (V), Beijing Computation
Science Research Center, Beijing, China, 26-29 May 2013 ( Invited ).
16.
Wenhao Guo, Shuigang Xu, Ning Wang, M. M. T. Loy, and Shengwang Du, “Straininduced Piezoelectric Field Effects on the Optical Properties of ZnO Nanowires,”
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APS March Meeting, Session U22: Optical Properties of Nanowires, U22.00010,
Baltimore, Maryland, USA, 18-22 March 2013.
17.
Dingdi Wang, Juanmei Hu, Wenhao Guo, Shengwang Du, and Zikang Tang, “The
Orientation Control of Iodine Molecules inside Nano-scale Channels,” APS March
Meeting, Session N22: Artifically Structured Materials: Growth, Structure, and
Related Phenomena, N22.00011, Baltimore, Maryland, USA, 18-22 March 2013.
18.
Shengwang Du, “Single-Photon Optical Precursor,” SPIE Photonics West:
Optoelectronic Devices and Materials (OPTO), Advanced Quantum and
Optoelectronic Applications, Conference 8636: Advances in Slow and Fast Light VI,
Session 8: Quantum Optics, Paper 8636-40, San Francisco, California, USA, 2-7
February 2013 ( Invited ).
19.
Shengwang Du, “Efficient Quantum Light-Matter Interface Based on
Electromagnetically Induced Transparency in Cold Atoms,” Hong Kong Forum of
Physics 2012: Frontiers of Quantum Science and Technology, The University of Hong
Kong, Hong Kong, 12-13 December 2012 ( Invited ).
20.
Shengwang Du, "Efficient Optical Storage with Electromagnetically Induced
Transparency in Cold Atoms," The 5th International Symposium on Cold Atom
Physics, The Three Gorges, China, 23-27 June 2012.
21.
Shengwang Du, “Narrow-Band Biphoton and Single Photons,” Quantum Information
Workshop, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 18-22 June 2012.
22.
Shanchao Zhang, Shuyu Zhou, Chang Liu, J. F. Chen, Jianming Wen, M. M. T. Loy,
G. K. L. Wong, Shengwang Du, “Optical Storage with Electromagnetically Induced
Transparency in Cold Atoms at a High Optical Depth,” 43rd Annual DAMOP
Meeting, Session N5: N5.00008, Anaheim, California, USA, 4-8 June 2012.
23.
Chang Liu, J. F. Chen, Shanchao Zhang, Shuyu Zhou, Yoon-Ho Kim, M. M. T. Loy,
G. K. L. Wong, Shengwang Du, “Quantum Interference Between Nondegenerate
Photons,” 43rd Annual DAMOP Meeting, Session T6: T6.00003, Anaheim,
California, USA, 4-8 June 2012.
24.
Shengwang Du, “Quantum and Nonlinear Optics with Cold Atoms,” International
Conference on Frontiers of Cold Atoms and Related Topics, Hong Kong, 14-17 May,
2012. ( Invited )
25.
Wenhao Guo, Dingdi Wang, Juanmei Hu, Zikang Tang, and Shengwang Du,
“Temperature Dependence of Raman Spectroscopy of Molecular Iodine Trapped in
Zeolite Crystals,” APS March Meeting, Boston, MA USA, Bulletin of the American
Physical Society, APS March Meeting 2012, Volume 57, Number 1, Session H34:
Focus Session: Nano II: Nanoscale Materials and Properties I, H34.00011, February
27-March 2, 2012.
26.
Shengwang Du, “Generating and Manipulating Narrow-Band Biphotons,” Hong
Kong Forum of Physics 2011 : Novel Quantum Phenomena, The Centre of
Theoretical and Computational Physics, The University of Hong Kong, 14-16
December, 2011. ( Invited )
27.
Shengwang Du, J. F. Chen, G. K. L. Wong, and M. M. T. Loy, “Optical Coherent
Transients in Cold Atoms: From Free-Induction Decay to Optical Precursors,” the 7 th joint meeting of Chinese physicists worldwide (OCPA7)-International Conference on
Physics Education and Frontier Physics, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, B4-2, August 1-5,
2011.( Invited )
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28.
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.
29.
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.
30.
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 3 rd Guangdong – Hong Kong Joint Workshop on Physics, South
China University of technology, Guangzhou, China, Dec. 4-5, 2010.
31.
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 3 rd
Guangdong – Hong Kong Joint Workshop on Physics, South China University of technology, Guangzhou, China, Dec. 4-5, 2010.
32.
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 3 rd Guangdong –
Hong Kong Joint Workshop on Physics, South China University of technology,
Guangzhou, China, Dec. 4-5, 2010.
33.
Shengwang Du, “Narrow-Band Biphoton Generation near Atomic Resonance with
Controllable Waverforms,” the 5 th Asia Pacific Conference in Quantum Information
Science (APCQIS), Taiyuan, Shanxi, China, Aug. 22-24, 2010. ( Invited )
34.
Shengwang Du, “Narrow-Band Biphoton Generation and Quantum Waveform
Manipulation with Cold Atoms,” the 4 th International Symposium on Cold Atom
Physics (ISCAP-IV), Zhoushan Islands, Zhejiang, China, July 5-8, 2010. ( Invited )
35.
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.
36.
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, May 16-21, 2010.
( Invited )
37.
Shengwang Du, “Quantum Nonlinear Optics with Cold Atoms,” Invited talk, The 2 nd
Guangdong-Hong Kong Joint Workshop on Physics, Session: Cold Atom and BEC,
The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China, Dec. 10-11, 2009. ( Invited )
38.
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.
39.
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.
40.
Shengwang Du, Jianming Wen, and Chinmay Belthangady, “Shaping Paired Photons with Four-Wave Mixing and Slow Light,” OSA Topic Meeting: Slow and Fast Light,
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Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, StuC1, July 12-17, 2009.
41.
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.
42.
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).]
43.
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.
44.
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.
45.
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.
46.
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 19 th , 2007.
47.
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 19 th , 2007.
48.
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.
49.
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.
50.
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 25 th ,
2006. [in Slow and Fast Light, Technical Digest (CD) (Optical Society of America,
2006), paper TuA2.]
51.
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.
52.
Shengwang Du, Matthew B. Squires, Leslie Czaia, Dana Z. Anderson, R.A.
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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.]
53.
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).
1.
“Narrowband biphoton generation in the group delay regime,” The 37 th Progress In
Electromagnetics Research Symposium (PIERS), Session SC3: Atom-Light
Interaction and Applications, Shanghai, China, 10 August 2016. ( Invited )
2.
“Advanced optical microscopies for cell bioimaging,” Frontiers in Optical
Bioimaging Technologies, the University of Hong Kong, 21 July 2016 ( Invited ).
3.
“Advanced optical microscopies for cell bioimaging,” College of Engineering and
Applied Sciences, Nanjing University, 07 July 2016.
4.
“Spatially modulated spontaneous four-wave mixing: parallel-to-series quantum conversion,” 7th International Symposium on cold atom physics (ISCAP-VII),
Session 9, Hangzhou, China, 21 June 2016 ( Invited ).
5.
“Advanced optical microscopies for cell bioimaging,” Faculty of Dentistry, the
Unviersity of Hong Kong, 12 May 2016.
6.
“Advanced optical microscopies for cell bioimaging,” Hong Kong Optical
Engineering Society 2016 Colloquium at Hong Kong University, 13 April 2016.
7.
“Advanced optical microscopies for cell bioimaging,” Max Planck Society –
Croucher Foundation Joint Workshop on Molecular Systems and Engineering
Sciences, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, 07 April, 2016.
8.
“Advanced optical microscopies for cell bioimaging,” Asia University & China
Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, 25 March 2016.
9.
“Narrow-band biphotons: generation, manipulation, and applications,” 2016 Optical
10.
Physics Spring School, Fudan University, Shanghai, China, 21 March 2016 ( Invited ).
“Optical microscopies for 21
2016. st century,” Foshan University, Guangdong, 01 February
11.
“NBI super-resolution microscope,” Croucher Symposium in Advanced Imaging:
From system biology to single cell & single molecule analysis, the University of
Hong Kong, 07 August 2015.
12.
“Narrowband biphotons with polarization-frequency coupled hyperentanglement,”
24th Annual International Laser Physics Workshop (LPHYS'15), Seminar 7: Quantum
Information Science, S7.7, Shanghai, China, 23 August 2015.
13.
“Narrowband biphotons with polarization-frequency coupled hyperentanglement,”
Summer Meeting of Precision Measurement Physics Based on Atoms and Molecules
(AMPMP), Yantai, China, 06-10 August 2015.
14.
“Coherent control of heralded single photons,” Special SSO Seminar, Department of
Applied Physics, Yale University, 16 June 2016 ( Invited ).
15.
“Loading a Single Photon into an Optical Cavity,” 46th Annual DAMOP Meeting,
Session J7: J7.00004, Columbus, Ohio, USA, 10 June 2015.
16.
“Narrowband Biphotons with Frequency-Bin Entanglement,” Workshop on Quantum
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Materials and Quantum Technologies, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, 23 April
2015.
17.
“Coherent Control of Single Photons,” Workshop on Quantum Technology: A New
Frontier in Engineering, the University of Chicago Center in Hong Kong, 31 March
2015 ( Invited ).
18.
“Generation and Manipulation of Narrowband Photon Pairs: Single Photons under
Control,” Département de Physique, Universite pierre et Marie Curie, 04 July, 2014.
19.
“A Single Photon Meets the Speed Limit,” Département de Physique, Laboratoire
Kastler Brossel, École Normale Supérieure – Paris, 03 July 2014.
20.
“Highly-Efficient Photon-Atom Quantum Interface Based on EIT,” Xi’an Jiaotong
University, 17 April 2014.
21.
“Highly-efficient photon-atom quantum interface based on electromagneticallyinduced transparency,” SPIE Photonics West: Optoelectronic Devices and Materials
(OPTO), Conference 8998: Advances in Slow and Fast Light VII, Session 8:
Quantum Optics in Slow and Fast Light II, Paper 8998-37, San Francisco, California,
USA, 1-6 February 2014 ( Invited ).
22.
“Narrow-Band Entangled Photon Pairs: Single Photons under Control,” Department of Physics, Zhejiang University, 27 December 2013 ( invited ).
23.
“Generation and Application of Narrow-Band Photon Pairs,” The 4 th Int’l Quantum
Optics Workshop 2013, Jeju Island, S. Korea, 30 October – 02 November 2013
( Invited ).
24.
“Coherent Control of Single-Photon Absorption and Reemission in Two-Level
Atoms,” Quantum Optics and New Materials (V), Beijing Computation Science
Research Center, Beijing, China, 26-29 May 2013 ( Invited ).
25.
“Speed Limit of a Single Photon,” Conference on Molecular, Atomic, Nuclear and
Particle Physics (MANPP), Beijing, China, 14-16 August 2013.
26.
“Single-Photon Optical Precursor,” SPIE Photonics West: Optoelectronic Devices and
Materials (OPTO), Advanced Quantum and Optoelectronic Applications, Conference
8636: Advances in Slow and Fast Light VI, Session 8: Quantum Optics, Paper 8636-
40, San Francisco, California, USA, 2-7 February 2013 ( Invited ).
27.
“Single Photons under Control,” XJTU-HKUST Joint Workshop (Physics and
Chemistry), Xi'an Jiao Tong University, Xi'an, 15 January 2013.
28.
“Efficient Quantum Light-Matter Interface Based on Electromagnetically Induced
Transparency in Cold Atoms,” Hong Kong Forum of Physics 2012: Frontiers of
Quantum Science and Technology, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 12-13
December 2012. ( Invited )
29.
“A Single Photon Meets the Speed Limit,” Department of Physics, Zhejiang
University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China, 22 Oct. 2012.
30.
"Efficient Optical Storage with Electromagnetically Induced Transparency in Cold
Atoms," The 5th International Symposium on Cold Atom Physics, The Three Gorges,
China, 23-27 June 2012.
31.
“Narrow-Band Biphoton and Single Photons,” Quantum Information Workshop, The
Chinese University of Hong Kong, 18-22 June 2012.
32.
“Quantum and Nonlinear Optics with Cold Atoms,” International Conference on
Frontiers of Cold Atoms and Related Topics, Hong Kong, 14-17 May, 2012.
33.
“Generating and Manipulating Narrow-Band Biphotons,” Hong Kong Forum of
Shengwang Du page 13 of 17

Physics 2011 : Novel Quantum Phenomena, The Centre of Theoretical and
Computational Physics, The University of Hong Kong, 14-16 December, 2011.
( Invited )
34.
“Optical Coherent Transients in Cold Atoms: From Free-Induction Decay to Optical
Precursors,” the 7 th joint meeting of Chinese physicists worldwide (OCPA7)-
International Conference on Physics Education and Frontier Physics, Kaohsiung,
Taiwan, B4-2, August 1-5, 2011.( Invited )
35.
“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.
36.
“Optical Precursor and the Information Velocity of Light,” School of Physical
Science and Technology, Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, China, June 2, 2011.
37.
“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.
38.
“Optical Precursor: What is the Information Velocity of Light?” JILA, University of
Colorado at Boulder, USA, May 11, 2011.
39.
“Narrow-Band Biphoton Generation near Atomic Resonance,” (invited) Quantum
Optics Workshop, Korea research Institute of Standards and Science (KRISS),
Daejeon, Korea, Nov. 30, 2010.
40.
“Optical Precursor and Information Velocity,” Department of Physics, Pohang
University of Science and Technology, Pohang, Korea, Nov. 29, 2010.
41.
“Narrow-Band Biphoton Generation near Atomic Resonance with Controllable
Waverforms,” (invited) the 5 th Asia Pacific Conference in Quantum Information
Science (APCQIS), Taiyuan, Shanxi, China, Aug. 22-24, 2010.
42.
“Optical Precursor,” School of Physics, Nanjing University, Nanjing, Aug. 06, 2010.
43.
“Narrow-Band Biphoton Generation and Quantum Waveform Manipulation with
Cold Atoms,” (invited) the 4 th International Symposium on Cold Atom Physics
(ISCAP-IV), Zhoushan Islands, Zhejiang, China, July 5-8, 2010.
44.
“Manipulating Quantum Waveform of Entangled Photons,” (invited) Workshop on
Quantum Engineering and Physics of Quanutm Coherence Device, South China
Normal University, Guangzhou, China, 19-24 June, 2010.
45.
“Optical Precursors: Slow Light, Fast Light, and Information Velocity,” School of
Physics and Quantum Electronics Institute, Peking University, Beijing, China, 10 &
11 June, 2010.
46.
“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.
47.
“Information Propagating through a Dispersive Medium—Observation of Optical
Precursors,” School of Environment and Material Engineering, Yantai University,
Yantai, China, April 02, 2010.
48.
“Quantum Nonlinear Optics with Cold Atoms,” Invited talk, The 2 nd Guangdong-
Hong Kong Joint Workshop on Physics, Session: Cold Atom and BEC, The
University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China, Dec. 10, 2009.
49.
“Velocities of Light in a Dispersive Medium—When Photons Talk to Atoms,”
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Department of Physics, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong
Kong, China, Nov. 26, 2009.
50.
“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.
51.
“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.
52.
“Permanent Magnetic Nano Tweezers for Single Atom Manipulation,” The 7th Cross-
Strait Workshop on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Guiyang, China, July 26 -
August 1, 2009.
53.
“Narrowband Triphoton W State Generation via Four-Wave Mixings,” OSA Topic
Meeting: Nonlinear Optics, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, NTuA3, July 14, 2009.
54.
“Shaping Paired Photons with Four-Wave Mixing and Slow Light,” OSA Topic
Meeting: Slow and Fast Light, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, StuC1, July 14, 2009.
55.
“Generating and Manipulating Narrowband Biphoton Quantum Waveform,”
Colloquium, Department of Physics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Nov. 20,
2008.
56.
“Generating and Manipulating Narrowband Biphoton Quantum Waveform,”
Department of Physics, Nanjing University, Oct. 06, 2008.
57.
“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.
58.
“Generation of Subnatural Linewidth Biphotons,” SPIE Photonics West, Invited paper
6904-16, San Jose, California, January 22 nd , 2008.
59.
“Quantum State Manipulation of Atoms and Photons,” School of Natural Science,
University of California, Merced, January 16 th , 2008.
60.
“Quantum State Manipulation of Atoms and Photons,” Department of Physics, the
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, December 6
16 th th , 2007.
61.
DARPA OAWG II / Slow Light II Review Meeting, Alexandria, VA, November 14 th
, 2007.
-
62.
“Generation of Subnatural Linewidth Biphotons,” Department of Physics, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Nov. 13, 2007.
63.
“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 19 th , 2007.
64.
“Generation of Subnatural Linewidth Biphotons,” Frontiers in Optics, post deadline session PDP-C2, San Jose, California, September 19 th , 2007.
65.
Invited seminar series talks on atom chip and quantum optics, Institute of Optoelectronics, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China, Dec. 18 th
-20 th , 2006.
66.
“Generation of Narrow Bandwidth Paired Photons: Use of a single driving laser”,
OSA Topic Meeting: Slow and Fast Light, OSA Headquarters, Washington, DC, July
25 th , 2006. [in Slow and Fast Light, Technical Digest (CD) (Optical Society of
Shengwang Du page 15 of 17

America, 2006), paper TuA2.]
67.
“BEC Atom Chip & Paired Photon Generation in Cold Atoms: Quantum state manipulation of atoms and photons”, Department of Physics, Nanjing University,
Nanjing, China, May 19 th 2006.
68.
“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 17 th 2006.
69.
“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 16 th 2006.
70.
“BEC Atom Chip & Paired Photon Generation in Cold Atoms: Quantum state manipulation of atoms and photons”, Quantum Electronics Institute, Peking
University, Beijing, China, May 11 th 2006.
71.
“Cold-Atom Quantum Optical Sources”, JILA, University of Colorado at Boulder,
April 19 th 2006.
72.
“A Portable BEC Atom-Chip System—towards practical atom matter wave sensors”,
Invited talk, US NRL (Naval Research Laboratory), Washington DC, Oct 8 th , 2004
73.
“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.]
74.
“Bose-Einstein Condensation in a Portable Atom-Chip Cell”, PINS meeting , JILA,
University of Colorado at Boulder, April 22 nd , 2004.
75.
“Bose-Einstein Condensation in a Portable Atom-Chip Cell”, MURI Review , Stanford
University, March 2004.
76.
“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.

Editorial Board (Topical Editor), Journal of the Optical Society of America B:
Optical Physics (JOSA B), 10/12/2013 – Present.

Reviewer for journals: Physical Review Letters (PRL), Physical Review A (PRA),
Nature, Nature Communications, Scientific Reports, Optics Letters (OL), Optics
Express, Journal of the Optical Society of America B (JOSAB), New Journal of
Physics, Europhysics Letters (EPL), European Physical Journal D (EPJD),
International Journal of Physical Sciences, Solid State Communication (SSC),
Chinese Physics Letters (CPL), Semiconductor Science and Technology, Journal of
Physics B: Atomic, Molecular & Optical Physics, IEEE Photonics, Journal of
Chemical Physics (JCP), International Laser Physics Letters, and Journal of
Biomedical Optics (JBO).

Advisory Committee, International Symposium on Cold Atom Physics (ISCAP),
China, 2016-present.

Program Committee, The 7th International Symposium on Cold Atom Physics
(ISCAP), 2016.
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
Co-Chair: Organizing Committee & Chair: Academic Committee, 17th Asian Physics
Olympiad (APhO), 2015-2016.

The 35 th
Progress in Electromagnetics Research Symposium (PIERS) 2014:
Organizer and Chair of session SC3: Quantum Optics.

Council member, The Chinese Association of Young Scientists and Technologists,
2014-present.

Council member, Association of Mainland Overseas Returned Scholars in Hong
Kong, 2013-present.
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Council member, The Physical Society of Hong Kong, 2014-present.

Organizing Committee, Conference on Molecular, Atomic, Nuclear and Particle
Physics (MANPP), Beijing, China, 14-16 August 2013.

Hong Kong Forum of Physics 2013: Novel Quantum Systems, 12-14 December 2013,
Organizing Committee.

Hong Kong Forum of Physics 2012: Frontiers of Quantum Science and Technology,
12-13 December 2012, Organizing Committee.

Hong Kong Forum of Physics 2011: Novel Quantum Phenomena, 14-16 Dec 2011,
Organizing Committee.

The 14th Conference of The Physical Society of Hong Kong, 11 June 2011,
Organizing Committee.

Member of Quantum Optics of Atoms, Molecules and Solids Subcommittee for the
CLEO:QELS 2011. (also served as a session chair.)

Session Chair for Optics, the 3 rd Guangdong – Hong Kong Joint Workshop on
Physics, 2010.

Reviewer for US NSF (National Science Foundation) AMO (Atomic, Molecular, and
Optical Physics) and QIS (Quantum Information Science) programs.

Reviewer for Georgian NSF.

Reviewer for Israel Science Foundation (ISF).

Reviewer for Qatar National Research Fund (QNRF).

Session Chair, SPIE Photonics West, San Jose, California, January 19-24, 2008.
:
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Physics Society of Hong Kong (PSHK).
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American Physical Society (APS).
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Optical Society of America (OSA).
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Society of Photographic Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE).
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