Welcome to NPLab webpage
NPlab is led by Dr. Weidong Zhou at the University of Texas at Arlington. We are at the forefront of advancing lasers, detectors, and sensors to deliver unprecedented performance and novel functionalities, driving innovation in integrated silicon photonics and flexible optoelectronics. Our groundbreaking research is funded by leading agencies such as the Department of Defense (DoD), the National Science Foundation (NSF), and the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Explore our site to learn more about our projects, publications, and opportunities to collaborate.
Recent Publication
Complete 2π phase control by photonic crystal slabs Opt. Express 29, 40795-40804 (2021)
Photonic Crystal Nanobeam Cavities with Lateral Fins Nanophotonics (2021)
A Portable Micro-Gas Chromatography with Integrated Photonic Crystal Slab Sensors on Chip Biosensors (2021)
Controllable finite ultra-narrow quality-factor peak in a perturbed Dirac-cone band structure of a photonic-crystal slab Appl. Phys. Lett. 119, 031105 (2021)
Design of GaN-Based PCSEL With Temperature-Insensitive Lasing Wavelength IEEE Photonics Journal 13(4), 1-6 (2021)
Buried InP/Airhole Photonic-Crystal Surface-Emitting Lasers Phys. Status Solidi A, 218: 2000416 (2021)
Bioresorbable Multilayer Photonic Cavities as Temporary Implants for Tether-Free Measurements of Regional Tissue Temperatures BME Frontiers (2021)
More Publications ➜Recent News
October 2021
A powerful tool for photonics research
A powerful tool for photonics research. UTA researcher earns grant to purchase equipment for advanced nanophotonics research.
November 2020
Professor Zhou was elected a fellow of OSA
April 2020
Congratulations to PhD student Akhil Kalapala for receiveing prestigious UTA Student Employee Award of Excellence (2019-2020)
February 2020
Invited talk No. 80: W. D. Zhou, “Transfer printing automation for heterogeneous 3D photonic integration (Invited)”, Photonics West, San Francisco
March 2019
UTA researcher working to determine minimum energy use possible in lasers
December 2018
Special Issue on Emerging Areas in Integrated Photonics
November 2018
UTA researcher developing bioresorbable sensing platform for brain implant
Flexible Transient Optical Waveguides and Surface-Wave Biosensors (Journal Cover)
