Ling Lu
CURRENT POSITION
Postdoctoral Associate 2010-present
Department of Physics at MIT
I am working with Prof. Marin Soljačić and Prof. John Joannopoulos.
ADDRESS Room 6C-417, MIT
77 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
PHONE (Office) 617-253-2895
EMAIL linglu@mit.edu
EDUCATION
Ph.D. Electrical Engineering 2003-2009
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA
I worked under the supervision of Prof. John O'Brien and collaborated closely with Prof. P. Daniel Dapkus' group.
Thesis: Photonic Crystal Nanocavity Lasers for Integration
M.S. Electrical Engineering 2003-2007
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA
M.A. Physics 2003-2006
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA
B.S. Physics 1999-2003
Fudan University, Shanghai, China
BOOK CHAPTERS
  1. Photonic Crystals: Fabrication, Band Structure and Applications, Edited by Venla E. Laine, Nova Publishers,(2010)
    Adam Mock, Ling Lu
    "Two-Dimensional Photonic Crystals with Glide-Plane Symmetry for Integrated Photonics Applications "
    [URL] [AMAZON]
  2. Recent Optical and Photonic Technologies, Edited by Ki Young Kim, IN-TECH, pp. 31-52 (2010)
    Adam Mock, Ling Lu
    "Two-Dimensional Photonic Crystal Micro-cavities for Chip-scale Laser Applications"
    [URL] [PDF]
JOURNAL PAPERS
  1. Ling Lu, Liang Fu, John D. Joannopoulos and Marin Soljačić
    "Weyl points and line nodes in gyroid photonic crystals"
    Nature Photonics, Vol. 7, No. 4, P. 294-299 (2013)
    featured on the journal cover
     
    News and Views (Photonic crystals: Achieving robust Weyl points)
    [URL] [PDF]
  2. Ling Lu, Lin Lee Cheong, Henry I. Smith, Steven G. Johnson, John D. Joannopoulos and Marin Soljačić
    "Three-dimensional photonic crystals by large-area membrane stacking"
    Optics Letters, Vol. 37, Issue 22, P. 4726-4728 (2012)
    Spotlight on Optics
    [URL] [PDF]
  3. Ling Lu, John D. Joannopoulos and Marin Soljačić
    "Waveguiding at the edge of a three-dimensional photonic crystal"
    Physical Review Letters, Vol. 108, Issue 24, pp. 243901, (2012)
    [URL] [PDF]
  4. Ling Lu, Adam Mock and John O'Brien
    "Efficient coupling between a photonic crystal nanocavity and a waveguide with directional end-facet emission"
    Journal of Optics, Vol. 14, Issue 5, pp. 055502, (2012)
    [URL] [PDF]
  5. Adam Mock, Ling Lu and John O'Brien
    "Space group theory and Fourier space analysis of two-dimensional photonic crystal waveguides"
    Physical Review B, Vol. 81, Issue 15, pp. 155115, (2010)
    [URL] [PDF]
  6. Ling Lu, Adam Mock, Eui Hyun Hwang, John O'Brien, P. Daniel Dapkus
    "High peak power efficient edge-emitting photonic crystal nanocavity lasers"
    Optics Letters, Vol. 34, Issue 17, pp. 2646-2648, (2009)
    [URL] [PDF]
  7. Ling Lu, Adam Mock, Mahmood Bagheri, Jiang-Rong Cao, Sang-Jun Choi, John O'Brien, P. Daniel Dapkus
    "Gain compression and thermal analysis of a sapphire-bonded photonic crystal microcavity laser"
    IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, Vol. 21, Issue 17, pp. 1166-1168, (2009)
    [URL] [PDF]
  8. Adam Mock, Ling Lu, Eui Hyun Hwang, John O'Brien and P. Daniel Dapkus
    "Modal analysis of photonic crystal double heterostructure laser cavities"
    IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, Vol. 15, Issue 3, pp.892-900, (2009)
    [URL] [PDF]
  9. Ling Lu, Adam Mock, Tian Yang, Min Hsiung Shih, Eui Hyun Hwang, Mahmood Bagheri, Andrew Stapleton, Stephen Farrell, John O'Brien and P. Daniel Dapkus
    "120 μW peak output power from edge-emitting photonic crystal double-heterostructure nanocavity lasers"
    Applied Physics Letters Vol. 94, Issue 11, p. 111101, (2009)
    featured on the journal cover
    [URL] [PDF]
  10. Ling Lu, Adam Mock, Mahmood Bagheri, Eui Hyun Hwang, John O'Brien and P. Daniel Dapkus
    "Double-heterostructure photonic crystal lasers with lower thresholds and higher slope efficiencies obtained by quantum well intermixing "
    Optics Express Vol. 16, Issue 22, pp. 17342-17347, (2008)
    [URL] [PDF]
  11. Adam Mock, Ling Lu, and J. D. O'Brien
    "Spectral properties of photonic crystal double heterostructure resonant cavities" Optics Express, Vol. 16, Issue 13, pp. 9391-9397 (2008)
    [URL] [PDF]
  12. Tian Yang, Ling Lu, Min-Hsiung Shih, J. D. O'Brien, Ganesh Balakrishnan and D. L. Huffaker
    "Room temperature InGaSb quantum well microcylinder lasers at 2μm grown monolithically on a silicon substrate"
    Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology B, Vol. 25, Issue 5, pp. 1622-1625 (2007)
    [URL] [PDF]
  13. M.H. Shih, Wan Kuang, Tian Yang, Mahmood Bagheri, Zhi-Jian Wei, Sang-Jun Choi, Ling Lu; John D. O'Brien and P. Daniel Dapkus
    "Experimental characterization of the optical loss of sapphire-bonded photonic crystal laser cavities"
    IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, Vol. 18, Issue 3, 535-537, (2006)
    [URL] [PDF]
  14. J.G. Cao, L. Lu, L.W. Zhou
    "Structure evolution of an ER fluid under electric and shear fields"
    International Journal of Modern Physics B, Vol. 17, Issue 1-2, pp. 209-212, (2003)
    [URL] [PDF]
CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS
  1. Ling Lu, Liang Fu, John D. Joannopoulos and Marin Soljačić
    "Weyl points and line nodes in 3D photonic crystals"
    QTh1A.2, Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), San Jose, California, USA (2013)
  2. Ling Lu, Liang Fu, John D. Joannopoulos and Marin Soljačić
    "Weyl points and line nodes in gyroid photonic crystals"
    F13, APS March Meeting, Baltimore, Maryland, USA (2013)
  3. Ling Lu, Lin Lee Cheong, Henry I. Smith, Steven G. Johnson, John D. Joannopoulos and Marin Soljačić
    "Design of Three-Dimensional Photonic Crystals for Large-Area Membrane Stacking"
    WH4, IEEE Photonics 2012, Burlingame, CA, USA (2012)
  4. Ling Lu, John Joannopoulos and Marin Soljačić
    "Electromagnetic Modes Localized at the Edges of a Three-Dimensional Photonic Crystal"
    TuH3, IEEE Photonics 2012, Burlingame, CA, USA (2012)
  5. Ling Lu, John Joannopoulos and Marin Soljačić
    "Waveguiding at the edge of a three-dimensional photonic crystal"
    F12, Session V, Villa conference on Optoelectronic Materials and Devices, Energy Materials Nanotechnology (EMN) meeting, Orlando, Florida, USA (2012, Invited)
  6. Ling Lu, Ashkan Seyedi, Adam Mock, Mahmood Bagheri, Dan Dapkus and John O'Brien
    "Integrated photonic crystal components"
    International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON), Stockholm, Sweden, (2010, Invited).
  7. John O'Brien, Adam Mock and Ling Lu
    "Modeling Photonic Crystal Microcavity Lasers"
    Session 2P5, Progress In Electromagnetics Research Symposium (PIERS), Cambridge, Massashusetts, USA (2010, Invited)
  8. Ling Lu, Adam Mock, Eui Hyun Hwang, John O'Brien and P. Daniel Dapkus
    "High Peak Power Efficient Edge-Emitting Photonic Crystal Nanocavity Lasers"
    ITuB3, Integrated Photonics and Nanophotonics Research and Applications (IPNRA), OSA Topical Meeting, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA (2009)
  9. John O'Brien, Ling Lu, Adam Mock and Mahmood Bagheri
    "Photonic crystal heterostructure lasers"
    We.D1.3, 11th International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON), Azores, Portugal (2009, Invited)
  10. Ling Lu, Mahmood Bagheri, Adam Mock, Jiang-Rong Cao, Sang-Jun Choi, John O'Brien and P. Daniel Dapkus
    "Gain Compression and Thermal Analysis of a Sapphire-Bonded Photonic Crystal Microcavity Laser under Various Duty Cycles"
    CTuH2, Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), Baltimore, California, USA (2009)
  11. Adam Mock, Ling Lu, Eui Hyun Hwang, John O'Brien and P. Daniel Dapkus
    "Numerical Investigation of Multiple Bound States in Photonic Crystal Double Heterostructure Resonant Cavities"
    TuDD4, Integrated Photonics and Nanophotonics Research and Applications (IPNRA), OSA Topical Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts, USA (2008)
  12. Ling Lu, Eui Hyun Hwang, John O'Brien and P. Daniel Dapkus
    "Double-Heterostructure Photonic Crystal Lasers with Reduced Threshold Pump Power and Increased Slope Efficiency Obtained by Quantum Well Intermixing "
    ITuB3, Integrated Photonics and Nanophotonics Research and Applications (IPNRA), OSA Topical Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts, USA (2008)
  13. Mahmood Bagheri, Min Hsiung Shih, Ling Lu, Raymond Sarkissian, Willam K. Marshall, Seung June Choi, John O'Brien and P. Daniel Dapkus
    "Microdisk Laser Linewidth and Spontaneous Emission Rate Enhancement"
    CTuGG4, Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) , San Jose, California, USA (2008)
  14. John D. O'Brien, M. Bagheri, L. Lu, T. Yang, M.-H. Shih, Adam Mock and P. D. Dapkus
    "Photonic crystal microcavity lasers"
    We.A2.1., International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks, Athens, Greece (2008, Invited)
  15. Ling Lu, Tian Yang, Adam Mock, Min Hsiung Shih, Eui Hyun Hwang, Mahmood Bagheri, Andrew Stapleton, Stephen Farrell, John O'Brien and P. Daniel Dapkus
    "60 microWatts of Fiber-Coupled Peak Output Power from an Edge-Emitting Photonic Crystal Heterostructure Laser"
    CMV3, Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) , Baltimore, Maryland, USA (2007)
    reported by "Laser Focus World" magazine, Oct. 2007
    the Chinese version in "laser.ofweek.com", Feb. 2008
  16. Tian Yang, Ganesh Balakrishnan, Ling Lu, Min-Hsiung Shih, J. D. O'Brien, D. L. Huffaker
    "Room Temperature InGaSb Quantum Well Microcylinder Lasers at 2μm Grown Monolithically on a Silicon Substrate"
    Lasers & Electro-Optics Society (LEOS), IEEE, Montreal, Quebec, Canada (2006).
  17. M. H. Shih, W. Kuang, T. Yang, M. Bagheri, Z.-J. Wei, S. J. Choi, L. Lu, J. D. O'Brien, P. D. Dapkus
    "Optical Loss Determination of Sapphire-Bonded Photonic Crystal Laser Cavities by Varying the Number of Photonic Crystal Cladding"
    Integrated Photonics Research and Applications (IPNRA), OSA Topical Meeting, San Diego, California (2005).
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