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
Students
Publications
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)
H.Y. Liu, B. Huang, J.C. Alvarado-Zacarias, H. Wen, H.S. Chen, N.K. Fontaine, R. Ryf, J.E. Antonio-Lopez, R. Amezcua-Correa, and G.F. Li "Turbulence-resistant FSO communication using a few-mode pre-amplified receiver" Scientific Reports, 9, 16247 (2019)
Y.H. Guo, Z. Jafari, L.J. Xu, C.J. Bao, P.C. Liao, G.F. Li, A.M. Agarwal, L.C. Kimerling, J. Michel, A.E. Willner, and L. Zhang "Ultra-flat dispersion in an integrated waveguide with five and six zero-dispersion wavelengths for mid-infrared photonics" Photonics Research, 7(11), pp. 1279-1286 (2019)
Y.Y. Gao, J. Cui, D.W. Ge, J.C. Jia, C.Y. Du, C. Xia, Y. Liu, Z.B. Li, Y.Q. He, Z.Y. Chen, J.H. Li, and G.F. Li "A degenerate-mode-selective coupler for stable DSP free MDM transmission" Journal of Lightwave Technology, 37(17), pp. 4410-4420 (2019)
H. Wen, H. Liu, Y. Zhang, P. Zhang, and G.F. Li "Mode demultiplexing hybrids for mode-division multiplexing coherent receivers" Photonics Research, 7(8), pp. 917-925 (2019)
Y. Zhang, M.A. Al-Mumin, H. Liu, C. Xu, L. Zhang, P.L. LiKamWa, and G.F. Li "An integrated few-mode power splitter based on multimode interference" Journal of Lightwave Technology, 37(13), pp. 3000-3008 (2019)
A. Fardoost, H. Wen, H. Liu, F.G. Vanani, and G.F. Li "Optimizing free space to few-mode fiber coupling efficiency" Applied Optics, 58(13), pp. D34-38 (2019)
Y. Wang, N. Zhao, Z. Yang, Z. Zhang, B. Huang and G.F. Li "Few-mode SDM receivers exploiting parallelism of free space" IEEE Photonics Journal, 11(1), pp. 1-11 (2019)
Alumni
PhD
Huiyuan Liu, Optics Ph.D., Fall 2019Bin 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 2019Christian 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
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