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Guifang Li

Guifang Li

Professor of Optics & Photonics, Physics, ECE
CREOL A239
407-823-6811
li@creol.ucf.edu

Optical Fiber Communications

Biography

Guifang Li received his Ph.D. degree from The University of Wisconsin at Madison and is Professor of Optics and Electrical & Computer Engineering at UCF. He was the director of the NSF IGERT program in Optical Communications and Networking at UCF. He is the recipient of the NSF CAREER award and the Office of Naval Research Young Investigator award. Dr. Li is a Fellow of IEEE, the Optical Society of America, SPIE and the National Academy of Inventors. Dr. Li is the Editor-in-Chief of Advances in Optics and Photonics.

His research interests include optical communication and networking, RF photonics and all-optical signal processing. He has collaborated widely with academic institutions and industry. 

Awards

  • IEEE Photonics Society Fellow
  • Optical Society of America (OSA) Fellow
  • International Society for Optics and Photonics (SPIE) Fellow
  • 2015 National Academy of Inventors Fellow
  • 2014 IEEE IPS Distinguished Lecturer Award
  • 2006 Presidential Major Research Equipment Award

Research Group

High-capacity optical communication through linear and nonlinear channels including free space and optical fiber using synergy of advanced optical and electronic techniques.

Scientists

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Minghua Cao
Minghua.Cao@ucf.edu
He Wen
He Wen
he.wen@creol.ucf.edu

Students

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Dhruvkumar Desai
Optics Ph.D.
Shengli Fan
Shengli Fan
Optics Ph.D.
Alireza Fardoost
Alireza Fardoost
Optics Ph.D.
Fatemeh Ghaedi Vanani
Fatemeh Ghaedi Vanani
Optics Ph.D.
Rachel Sampson
Rachel Sampson
Optics Ph.D.
Seth Smith-Dryden
Seth Smith-Dryden
Optics Ph.D.
Shree Thapa
Optics Ph.D.
Ning Wang
Ning Wang
Optics Ph.D.
Yuanhang Zhang
Yuanhang Zhang
Optics Ph.D.

Publications

S. Smith-Dryden, S.L. Fan, B.E.A. Saleh and G.F. Li "Optical Diffraction Tomography by Use of Optimization and Phase-Based Fidelity Criterion" IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, 27(4) (2021)

Z. Zhu, J. Ulseth, G. Li, and S. Pang "Training of mixed-signal optical convolutional neural networks with reduced quantization levels" IEEE Access, 2169-3536 (2021) (2021)

Y.T. Huang, H.S. Chen, N.K. Fontaine, Y.H. Zhang, H.Z. Huang, M. Mazur, J.C. Alvarado-Zacarias, R. Ryfe, D.T. Neilson, G.F. Li, R. Amezcua-Correa, O.E. Carpenter, Y.X. Song and M. Wang "Optical Broadcasting Employing Incoherent and Low-Coherence Spatial Modes for Bi-Directional Optical Wireless Communications" Journal of Lightwave Technology, 39(3), pp. 833-838 (2021)

H. Wen, Y.H. Zhang, R. Sampson, N.K. Fontaine, N. Wang, S.L. Fan and G.F. Li "Scalable non-mode selective Hermite-Gaussian mode multiplexer based on multi-plane light conversion" Photonics Research, 9(2), pp. 88-97 (2021)

X. Tong, H.N. Liu, G.F. Li and L. Zhang "Waveguide-Based Photonic Antenna Tweezer for Optical Trapping" IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, 27(1) (2021)

S.L. Fan, S. Smith-Dryden, G.F. Li and B.E.A. Saleh "Iterative optical diffraction tomography for illumination scanning configuration" Optics Express, 28(26), A. 413230 (2020)

Y.H. Zhang, N.K. Fontaine, H.S. Chen, R. Ryf, D.T. Neilson, J. Carpenter and G.F. Li "An ultra-broadband polarization-insensitive optical hybrid using multiplane light conversion" Journal of Lightwave Technology, 38(22), pp. 6286-6291 (2020)

A. Fardoost, F.G. Vanani, H. Wen and G.F. Li "Few-mode frequency-modulated LiDAR receivers" Optics Letters, 45(11), pp. 3127-3130 (2020)

H.Y. Liu, H. Wen and G.F. Li "Applications of weakly-coupled few-mode fibers (Invited)" Chinese Optics Letters, 18(4), A. 040601 (2020)

Z.X. Di, Z.Q. Yang, Y.P. Liu, G.J. Peng, L. Zhang and G.F. Li "Measurement of principal modes in few-mode fibers by S^2 method" IEEE Photonics Journal, 12(2) (2020)

N. Wang, J.C. Alvarado-Zacarias, M.S. Habib, H. Wen, J.E. Antonio-Lopez, P. Sillard, A. Amezcua-Correa, A. Schülzgen, R. Amezcua-Correa and G.F. Li "Mode-selective few-mode Brillouin fiber lasers based on intramodal and intermodal SBS" Optics Letters, 45(8), pp. 2323-2326 (2020)

Y.P. Liu, G.Y. Yang, N. Wang, L. Ma, J.C. Alvarado-Zacarias, J.E. Antonio-Lopez, P. Sillard, A. Amezcua-Correa, R. Amezcua-Correa, X.Y. Fan, Z.Y. He and G.F. Li "Observation on temperature and strain dependency of Brillouin dynamic grating in a few-mode fiber with a ring-cavity configuration" Optics Letters, 45(8), pp. 2152-2155 (2020)

H. Wen, H.Y. Liu, Y.H. Zhang, R. Sampson, S.L. Fan and G.F. Li "Scalable Hermite-Gaussian mode-demultiplexing hybrids" Optics Letters, 45(8), pp. 2219-2222 (2020)

S.L. Fan, S. Smith-Dryden, G.F. Li, and B.E.A. Saleh "Reconstructing complex refractive-index of multiply-scattering media by use of iterative optical diffraction tomography" Optics Express, 28(5), pp. 6846-6858 (2020)

Z. Jafari, J. Wang, Y.H. Guo, M.H. Yang, A. Zarifkar, H.N. Liu, G.F. Li, and L. Zhang "Efficient supercontinuum generation enabled by dispersion engineering in a dual-core waveguide" Optics Communications, 457, A. 124664 (2020)

M.X. He, Y.H. Guo, C.S. Li, X. Tong, H.A. Liu, G.F. Li and L. Zhang "Metasurface-based wide-angle beam steering for optical trapping" IEEE Access, 8, pp. 37275-37280 (2020)

M. Teng, A. Honardoost, Y. Alahmadi, S. S. Polkoo, K. Kojima, H. Wen, C.K. Renshaw , P. LiKamWa, G. F. Li, S. Fathpour, R. Safian and L. M. Zhuang "Miniaturized silicon photonics devices for integrated optical signal processors" IEEE/OSA Journal of Lightwave Technology, vol. 38, pp. 6-17, January 2020 (invited) (2020)

Y.Y. Gao, D.W. Ge, J. Cui, J.C. Jia, Y.Q. He, Z.Y. Chen, G.F. Li, and J.H. Li "Prototype system for real-time IM/DD MDM transmission based on multiple-ring-core FMF and degenerate-mode-selective reception" Optics Express, 27(26), pp. 38281-38288 (2019)

L.J. Xu, M.H. Yang, Y.H. Guo, H.N. Liu, G.F. Li, and L. Zhang "Ultrafast Pulse Manipulation in Dispersion-Flattened Waveguides With Four Zero-Dispersion Wavelengths" Journal of Lightwave Technology, 37(24), pp. 6174-6182 (2019)

N. Wang, I. Kim, O. Vassilieva, T. Ikeuchi, H. Wen, J.E. Antonio-Lopez, J.C. Alvarado-Zacarias, H.Y. Liu, S.L. Fan, M.S. Habib, R. Amezcua-Correa, and G.F. Li "Low-crosstalk few-mode EDFAs using retro-reflection for single-mode fiber trunk lines and networks" Optics Express, 27(24), pp. 35962-35970 (2019)

Alumni

PhD

Shengli Fan, Optics Ph.D., Fall 2020
Ning Wang, Optics Ph.D., Fall 2020
Huiyuan Liu, Optics Ph.D., Fall 2019
Bin Huang, Optics Ph.D., Fall 2017
Cen Xia, Optics Ph.D., Summer 2015
Neng Bai, Optics Ph.D., Summer 2013
Likai Zhu, Optics Ph.D., Fall 2011
Xiaoxu Li, Optics Ph.D., Fall 2009
Gilad Goldfarb, Optics Ph.D., Fall 2008
Kevin A. Croussore, Optics Ph.D., Fall 2007
Inwoong Kim, Optics Ph.D., Spring 2006
Mohammed Al-Mumin, Optics Ph.D., Spring 2001
Weiming Mao, Electrical Engineering Ph.D., Spring 2001

MS

Samuel Nunez, Optics M.S., Fall 2019
Christian Carboni, Optics M.S., Spring 2016
Gregor Matz, Optics M.S., Fall 2014
Erdem Erden, Optics M.S., Fall 2011
Gregory Eskridge, Optics M.S., Fall 2009
Andreas Schmidt, Optics M.S., Fall 2008
Ivan Carlos Vivanco, Optics M.S., Summer 2007
Corey LaPine, Optics M.S., Spring 2000

CREOL, The College of Optics and Photonics

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