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High Performance Mixed-signal and RF Circuits
Modern information and communication technologies (ICTs) have entered a mobile and intelligent era. Mixed-signal and radio frequency (MS/RF) integrated circuits (ICs) are critical for emerging ICTs such as wireless local area network (WLAN), passive optical network (PON), satellite communication, wireless access techniques, which are rapidly penetrating all aspects of our lives. Especially in t...
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Quantum Information Technologies
Being a core pillar of modern physics, quantum physics, roaring through its emerging, developing, and maturing stage during the very last century, has influenced profoundly, and is continuously reshaping the landscape of human life. Achievements of quantum physics includes, if not mentioning countless others, the invention of laser, semiconductor, and atomic clock. Quantum information technolog...
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Silicon Photonics and Large Capacity Optical Communication System
The low cost, ultra high speed, large capacity and long distance fiber transmission have been the targets of people's pursuit with the explosive growth of information demand. In addition, every milestone in optical communications relies on breakthroughs in basic optoelectronic devices. At present, one of the trends in optical communications is that, like the electrical integrated circuits and o...
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Electromagnetic Radiation and Information Perception
Extensive efforts have been made to explore high-power vacuum electronic devices and super-resolution electromagnetic imaging technologies. Vacuum electronic devices use free-space electrons to excite electromagnetic-wave radiation between microwave to terahertz band, and play key roles in satellite, radar, wireless communication, and a series of other applications. High efficiency, high reliab...
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Carbon Based Electronics
Carbon Based Electronics: Carbon nanotube based electronic devices, photoelectronic devices and system integrationExtensive efforts have been made to explore alternative channel materials to push the Moore’s Law forward. Carbon nanotubes (CNTs), as an ultrathin and one-dimensional semiconductor material, have ultra-high carrier mobility (for both electrons and holes), large saturation speed, l...