Basic information about the team
1.Head of the Team：Prof. Yujin Chen
Yujin Chen is a Longjiang Scholar Distinguished Professor and Doctoral Supervisor. He obtained his Doctor of Science degree from the Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences. He serves as a director for the Heilongjiang Optical Association, a senior member for the Chinese Society for Materials, and a life member for the Chinese Physical Society. In 2010, he was chosen as a recipient of the Ministry of Education's prestigious Outstanding Talent Support Program. In 2011, he was awarded the Outstanding Youth Fund of Heilongjiang Province.
As a project leader, he has presided over over 40 projects with varying funding sources, including five from the National Natural Science Foundation of China. In 2014, his project "Design and Construction of Metal Oxide Nano-Heterostructures and Their Synergistic Effects" was awarded the Second Prize for Natural Science in Heilongjiang Province. Additionally, in 2020, his project "High Frequency Dielectric Behaviour and Modulation Methods of Graphene" also received the Second Prize for Natural Science in Heilongjiang Province.
Presently, his primary focus is on researching micro-nano materials and devices, resulting in the publication of over 210 papers in esteemed journals such as Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., Adv. Mater., Adv. Energy Mater., Adv. Funct. Mater., Appl. Phys. Rev., Nano-Micro Lett., along with more than 20 ESI highly cited papers and accumulating over 20,000 citations
2.Members of the team：Prof. Jinhui Shi
Prof. Jinhui Shi was born in 1979. He is as a professor in Harbin Engineering University (HEU). He is the vice dean of School of Physics and Optoelectronics, the member of Optoelectronics Special Committee of Chinese Optical Society, the member of American Optical Society, the senior member of Chinese Optical Society and director of Heilongjiang Optical Society. In 2009 and 2013, he was a visiting research fellow in Optoelectronics Research Center, University of Southampton. From 2011 to 2014, he was a postdoctoral researcher in State Key Lab of Millimeter Waves, Southeast University in China, and worked with Prof. Tiejun Cui (IEEE Fellow, Academician of Chinese Academy of Science). From 2016 to 2018, he was a visiting researcher in metamaterial group, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Birmingham, and worked with Prof. Shuang Zhang. He won the first prize of the excellent master's tutor of HEU and the instructor of the national "winner of excellent results of Master of Engineering practice" (the award-winning student is Guangyu Nie).
He presided and participated in the National Natural Science Foundation of China, the cultivation project of the major research plan of the National Natural Science Foundation of China, the first class funded project of the China Postdoctoral Fund, the key project of the Natural Science Foundation of Heilongjiang Province, the special fund for scientific and technological innovation talents of Harbin City, the 863 project, optical current transformers and other projects. In 2009, He was responsible for the development of polarization maintaining and depolarizing films in the "Basic Theory Research of Electronic (Optical) Current Transformers for Ultra High Voltage Substations" project, which won the first prize in Heilongjiang Province's Natural Science Award. In 2021, he won the second prize of the Ministry of Education Technology Invention Award (ranked 5th). In 2019, he won the second prize in the Guangxi Natural Science category (ranking 2nd) and the Second Prize in Science and Technology in Heilongjiang Province's universities (ranked 1st). In 2021, he won the Special Prize in Science and Technology in Heilongjiang Province's universities (ranked 1st). Recently, he is mainly engaged in research on super-structured materials, Surface plasmon polariton Photonics and new micro/nano fiber devices. He has participated in publishing more than 160 academic papers in journals such as SA, LPR, PRB, APL, OL, etc., of which more than 100 were (as first and correspondence author in more than 80 papers), cited by SCI for more than 2000 times, Otherwise, he has participated in editing 2 books, applied for 20 invention patents, of which 15 have been authorized. He reports from keynote speakers and international conferences 10 times.
Head of The Group：
Professor Yujin Chen
Group Members：
Professor：Jinhui Shi,Jianlong Liu
Associate Professor: Qiuyun Ouyang,Renlai Zhou,Bo Lv,Wenjia Li
Lecturer: Yuxiang Li,Feng Yan,Yingying Zhao,Xiao Zhang
Research orientation
Aiming at the international frontiers and national strategic needs, the team has carried out a lot of basic and applied research work on electromagnetic wave functional materials and energy materials and devices based on the controllable preparation of various types of inorganic functional materials and organic/inorganic materials, and has achieved better research results in electromagnetic wave absorption, electrocatalysis and new energy batteries. In addition, metamaterials are sub-wavelength artificial electromagnetic materials, whose unique and novel physical properties and attractive application prospects have received extensive attention from the international academic community, triggering a worldwide research boom. The combination of metamaterials, electromagnetic wave regulation technology, and fiber optic technology can achieve multifunctional integrated applications, providing an effective way for electromagnetic wave regulation, Lab on fiber, and all optical intelligent regulation. Research directions include:
1. Electromagnetic materials with functional properties.
Electromagnetic wave absorbing materials have the potential to eliminate electromagnetic radiation, interference, and other hazards in daily life. In military applications, they can enhance the combat concealment and capability of stealth aircrafts, tanks, ships, and missiles. Therefore, the development of new broadband multi-functional electromagnetic wave absorbing materials that are thin, lightweight and possess strong absorption properties holds significant application value. Our research focuses on micromachining preparation, performance testing, and application of electromagnetic functional thin films and semiconductor components based on micro- and nano-materials. The key areas of investigation include the design and construction of electromagnetic functional films, electrical/magnetic/optical property testing of these films, as well as flexible/cuttable electromagnetic functional film applications.
2. Electrocatalytic materials and devices
The electrochemical hydrolysis strategy for hydrogen production offers not only cost-effectiveness but also high purity of the resulting hydrogen, making it a highly advantageous technology in the development of green energy. The team's research primarily focuses on electrocatalysis, seawater catalysis, and zinc-air batteries. Specifically, they have accumulated significant theoretical and experimental knowledge in the morphological control of non-precious metal nanomaterials, structural defects analysis, heterostructure construction, electrochemical testing and analysis, as well as modeling theoretical calculations. As a result of their efforts, they have achieved notable research outcomes.
3. Enhanced energy storage battery
The non-lithium secondary battery system's high level of safety and low cost characteristics provide significant advantages for its application in large-scale energy storage systems (ESS). The team has conducted systematic research on new high-performance electrode materials, structural design of energy storage materials, and mechanism research of non-Li secondary battery systems. Additionally, the team has undertaken fundamental studies on seawater batteries and light-charged metal ion batteries utilizing clean and renewable energy sources to achieve dual-carbon goals.
4. Novel Metamaterial and applications
Tunable and all-optical metamaterial will be studied. Active materials and coherence technology are used to control the transmission and absorption of electromagnetic waves for achieving tunable and optically controlled Metamaterial functional devices. All optical control absorber, all optical polarization control device and all optical wavefront modulator based on metamaterial have the characteristics of low energy consumption, dynamic tuning, fast response and easy tuning of working wavelength, and have broad application prospects. We will focus on research on spin orbit interactions of light, functional metamaterials, topological metamaterials, and information metamaterials. (Science Advances 3, e1701477, 2017; Opt. Express 26, 17236-17244, 2018; Phys. Rev. B 89, 165128, 2014; Appl. Phys. Lett. 105, 201909, 2014; Appl. Phys. Lett. 102, 191905, 2013)
5. Metasurface-integrated fiber devices
The optical field and the transmission of Surface plasmon polaritons (SPP) in optical fibers are modulated by super-structured surfaces. SPP is a special electromagnetic mode that exists at the interface between metals and media. It has the characteristics of local field enhancement and subwavelength confinement, and being a new type of information carrier that combines the advantages of photons and electrons. The main research focuses on the basic characteristics of fiber integrated optical field control devices, nano antennas, fiber microcavities, and SPP propagation and coupling in metal structures on the surface of fibers. New photon control technologies are developed to construct nano photon functional devices and move towards intelligent fiber integrated photonic devices. (Opt. Lett. 45, 177-180, 2020; Laser Photonics Rev. 13, 1800242, 2019; Optics Letters 42 (3), 563-566, 2017)
6. Terahertz metasurfaces
The terahertz (THz) wave is located between millimeter and infrared waves, and has important academic and applied research. Metamaterial provides a new material design concept to obtain "new media" with extraordinary electromagnetic properties, a new way for people to manipulate and control electromagnetic waves, and a new opportunity to fill the "terahertz gap". Metamaterial have great potential applications in terahertz polarizers, absorbers, filters and so on. Mainly researching is new terahertz polarization functional devices, tunable devices, information metamaterials, etc. Optics Letters, 44 (14), 3482-3485, 2019; Nanophotonics, 9 (10), 3235-3242, 2020; Journal of Applied Physics, 121, 033103, 2017; Sci Rep. 6, 23186, 2016)
7.Novel Physical Properties in Optical Metamaterials
This research focuses on exploring novel physical phenomena in micro and nano photon structures and seeking their potential applications in future photonic devices. The research encompasses various intriguing aspects, such as investigating the chiral propagation of light in artificially engineered optical materials with spin properties, exploring highly localized states in the continuous spectrum of photonic crystals, and studying topologically protected optical surface states to achieve non-scattering transmission. These discoveries of novel phenomena offer new insights and prospects for the field of photonics. These achievements provide valuable inspiration for the development of new light sources, optical field manipulation, and optical integration technologies. The research outcomes have been published in journals like Physical Review Letters and Light: Science and Applications. The research in this field will drive the advancement of photonics, paving the way for innovation and application of photonics technology, positively impacting the fields of optics and communications, and providing strong support for the creation of more intelligent, efficient, and advanced photonics devices.
8.Optoelectronic functional materials and devices.
Optoelectronic functional materials and devices have broad application prospects in the fields of photoelectric detection, photoelectric conversion, optical communication, biomedical imaging, laser protection and so on. In military, they can be applied in photoelectric reconnaissance, laser weapon protection. Therefore, the fabrication, performance testing and application researches of optoelectronic functional materials and devices have important significance and value for the rapid development of national economy, technological innovation, improvement of military reconnaissance and support capabilities. Our research focuses on design and fabrication the optoelectronic functional materials and devices with wide optical band response, high laser damage threshold, high nonlinear optical parameters, and to investigate their nonlinear optical performance, photoluminescence performance, and photoelectric conversion performance.
9.Ultrafast photonics and Nonlinear optics.
Femtosecond or attosecond pulse lasers have ultrashort action time and ultrahigh peak power. The chirped pulse amplification and coherent stacking technologies can be utilized to achieve ultrashort pulse laser with larger energy and higher peak power, which are widely applied in ultrafine processing of nano devices, material surface treatment, precision medicine treatment, detection and measurement of ultrafast physical processes, and extreme nonlinear optics. This research has become a hot regime. Our group study the novel mode-locking laser technique and its application, explore the dynamic evolution of intracavity soliton formation, optimize the output characteristics of ultrashort pulse laser, and achieve the ultrashort pulse laser system with high performance. The research focuses on the femtosecond laser technique and its application, novel mode-locked laser technique, and nonlinear optics.
Team advantage
The laboratory, currently staffed by a team of eight individuals, possesses comprehensive preparation and testing equipment for materials and energy devices, as well as experimental conditions for metamaterials, optical fiber preparation, microfabrication, system integration and optical characterization. Additionally, the laboratory has established a strong scientific research foundation in the areas of new materials and energies, metamaterials, specialized optical fiber devices and modulation of the optical field. Simultaneously, it possesses a robust foundation of domestic and international collaborations, encompassing the Institute of Physics at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, University of Wollongong in Australia, University of Electronic Science and Technology, University of Hong Kong, Tianjin University, Southeast University, Southern University of Science and Technology, University of Southampton in the United Kingdom, ITMO University in Russia as well as the Institute of Technology and Physics.
Enrollment intention
Prospective students are invited to join our team in condensed matter physics, where they can engage in research on electromagnetic functional materials and new energy materials, as well as delve into the fields of metamaterials, optical properties of micro-nano structures, and optical fiber micro-nano devices.
In the fields of electromagnetic functional materials and new energy materials, we aim to annually recruit 6-10 master's students;
In the areas of metamaterials, optical properties of micro-nano structures, and micro-nano devices of optical fibers, we seek to annually enroll 2-3 doctoral students and 12-15 master's students.
Recruitment for postdoctoral and academic staff
Research directions of Metamaterial, optical fiber optics, physics, plasmonics, etc.
Contact information
Professor Yujin Chen
College of Physics and Optoelectronics, Harbin Engineering University
Email：chenyujin@hrbeu.edu.cn
Professor Jinhui Shi
College of Physics and Optoelectronics, Harbin Engineering University
Email：shijinhui@hrbeu.edu.cn
