Prof. Chongzhao Wu is an Associate Professor at Shanghai Jiao Tong University. He received B.S. degree from Fudan University, Shanghai, China in 2010 and Ph.D. degree from Lehigh University, Pennsylvania, US in 2016. He performed postdoctoral research at Columbia University, New York, US. His research interests include terahertz and mid-infrared photonics, biomedical imaging and sensing, metasurfaces and optoelectronic devices. He has published in journals such as Optica, Advanced Science, ACS Photonics, Nanophotonics, APL Photonics, Nature, Nature Communications, Optics Express, and presented on CLEO, IEEE Photonics Conference, SPIE Photonics West, IRMMW-THz, IQCLSW. He serves as the Early Career Editorial Board of Photonics Insights. His research has been reported by Science Daily, Phys.org, Optics and Photonics News, US National Science Foundation (NSF). He is the recipient of Shanghai Jiao Tong University Excellence in Mentoring Award and Outstanding Teaching Award, Baker Institute Innovation Prize, Packard Fellowship, SPIE Travel Award, Rossin Doctoral Fellow, Sherman Fairchild Fellowship for Solid State Studies and Forbes 30 Under 30 in China 2019. The undergraduate course he is teaching has been honored as one of the top first-class courses at Shanghai Jiao Tong University. He is the PI of more than 14 research projects funded by National Natural Science Foundation of China, Natural Science Foundation of Shanghai, Shanghai Young Scholar Sailing Foundation et al. Student members from Prof. Chongzhao Wu’s group have been awarded the Outstanding Graduates Awards in Shanghai and Shanghai Jiao Tong University.

2006-2010 Bachelor - Fudan University, Shanghai, China

2010-2016 Ph.D. - Lehigh University, Pennsylvania, USA 

Terahertz and mid-infrared photonics, biomedical imaging and sensing, metasurfaces and optoelectronic devices.

Biomedical Sensors- BI455

C. Wu, S. Khanal, J. Reno, and S. Kumar, “Terahertz plasmonic laser radiating in an ultra-narrow beam”, Optica, 2016, 3, 734–740.

C. Wu, Y. Jin, J. Reno, and S. Kumar, “Large static tuning of narrow-beam terahertz plasmonic lasers operating at 78 K”, APL Photonics, 2017, 2.2, 026101.

Y. Jin, L. Gao, J. Chen, C. Wu, J. Reno, and S. Kumar, “High power surface emitting terahertz laser with hybrid second- and fourth-order Bragg gratings”, Nature Communications, 2018, 9: 1407.

Z. Zhang, D. Schwanz, B. Narayanan, M. Kotiuga, J. A. Dura, M. Cherukara, H. Zhou, J. W. Freeland, J. Li, R. Sutarto, F. He, C. Wu, J. Zhu, Y. Sun, K. Ramadoss, S. S. Nonnenmann, N. Yu, R. Comin, K. M. Rabe, S. K. R. S. Sankaranarayanan, and S. Ramanathan, “Perovskite nickelates as electric field sensors in salt water”, Nature, 2018, 553, 68-72.

Y. Wang, C. Chen, J. He, Y. Cao, X. Fang, X. Chi, J. Yi, J. Wu, Q. Guo, H. Masoomi, C. Wu, J. Ye, H. Gu, and H. Xu. “Precisely encoded barcodes through the structure-fluorescence combinational strategy: A flexible, robust, and versatile multiplexed biodetection platform with ultrahigh encoding capacities”, Small, 2021, 17, 2100315.

P. Tang, X. Chi, B. Chen, and C. Wu, “Predictions of resonant mode characteristics for terahertz quantum cascade lasers with distributed feedback utilizing machine learning”, Optics Express, 2021, 29, 15309-15326.

B. Chen, W. Wei, J. Shao, B. Xu, H. Zhu, G. Xu, and C. Wu. “Spatially, spectrally single-mode and mechanically flexible 3D-printed terahertz transmission waveguides”, IEEE Photonics Journal, 2022, 14, 1, 5906907.  

W. Wei, P. Tang, J. Shao, J. Zhu, X. Zhao, and C. Wu. “End-to-end design of metasurface-based complex-amplitude holograms by physics-driven deep neural networks”, Nanophotonics, 2022, 11, 12, 2921-2929.

B. Chen, B. Xu, J. Zhu, P. Tang, J. Shao, S. Yang, G. Ding, and C. Wu. “Hollow-core metallic waveguide-based molecular sensing in terahertz to mid-infrared spectral range”, IEEE Sensors Journal, 2023, 23, 23, 28923-28931.

H. Xu, J. Cheng, Q. Huang, M. Luo, D. Li, D. Zhu, G. Zhan, Q. Zheng, Y. Zhang, J. Shao, and C. Wu. "Flexible broadband metamaterial absorber in long-wave infrared with visible transparency fabricated by laser direct writing", Optics Letters, 2024, 49, 89-92.  

J.Zhu, W.Wei, B.Chen, P.Tang, X.Zhao and C.Wu. “A surface-enhanced infrared absorption sensor incorporating liquid-galinstan with three-dimensional metagratings”, ACS Photonics, 2024,11, 5, 1857–1865. (Featured as Front Cover)

B. Xu, W. Wei, P. Tang, J. Shao, X. Zhao, B. Chen, S. Dong and C. Wu. “A multi-foci sparse-aperture metalens”, Advanced Science, 2024, 11,19, 2309648. (Featured as Back Cover)

B. Chen, K. Zhou, J. Shao, X. Zhao, B. Xu, J. Zhu, B. Xue, Z. Tan, J. Cao, H. Li, and C. Wu. “A low-loss hollow-core waveguide bundle for terahertz imaging under cryogenic environment”, ACS Photonics, 2024.