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Chao Wang has published more than 60 Journal articles and Conference papers. Find his publication and citation profile in the ResearcherID and Google Scholar Citations.

Journal Publications

  1. C. Wang and J. P. Yao, “A nonuniformly spaced microwave photonic filter using a spatially discrete chirped fiber Bragg grating,” IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, under revision.
  2. C. Wang and J. P. Yao, “Phase-coded millimeter-wave waveform generation using a spatially discrete chirped fiber Bragg grating,” IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, vol. 24, no. 17, pp. 1493-1495, Sep. 2012.
  3. K. Goda, A. Ayazi, D. R. Gossett, J. Sadasivam, C. K. Lonappan, E. Sollier, A. Fard, S. C. Hur, J. Adam, C. Murray, C. Wang, N. Brackbill, D. Di Carlo and B. Jalali, “High-throughput single-microparticle imaging flow analyzer," Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 10.1073/pnas.1204718109, Jul. 2012. (Highlighted in Nature Biotechnology, Time Magazine, Optics & Photonis News and Scientific American, covered in UCLA Newsroom)
  4. Z. Tan, C. Wang, E. D. Diebold, N. K. Hon and B. Jalali, "Real-time wavelength and bandwidth-independent optical integrator based on modal dispersion," Optics Express, vol. 20, no. 13, pp. 14109-14116, Jun. 2012.
  5. K. Goda, A. Mahjoubfar, C. Wang, A. Fard, J. Adam, D. R. Gossett, A. Ayazi, E. Sollier, O. Malik, E. Chen, Y. Liu, R. Brown, N. Sarkhosh, D. Di Carlo and B. Jalali, “Hybrid dispersion laser scanner,” Scientific Reports, vol. 2, 445, Jun. 2012. (Highlighted in Nature Photonics)
  6. Z. Tan, C. Wang, K. Goda, O. Malik and B. Jalali, "Jammed-array wideband sawtooth filter," Optics Express, vol. 19, no. 24, pp. 24563-24568, Nov. 2011. (Highlighted in Laser Focus World)
  7. E. D. Diebold, N. K. Hon, Z. Tan, J. Chou, T. Sienicki, C. Wang and B. Jalali, "Giant tunable optical dispersion using chromo-modal excitation of a multimode waveguide," Optics Express, vol. 19, no. 24, pp. 23809-23817, Nov. 2011.
  8. C. Wang and J. P. Yao, “Ultrafast and ultrahigh-resolution interrogation of a fiber Bragg grating sensor based on interferometric temporal spectroscopy,” IEEE/OSA Journal of Lightwave Technology, vol. 29, no. 19, pp. 2927-2933, Oct. 2011.
  9. W. Liu, M. Li, C. Wang, and J. P. Yao, "Real-time interrogation of a linearly chirped fiber Bragg grating sensor with improved resolution and signal-to-noise ratio," IEEE/OSA Journal of Lightwave Technology, vol. 29, no. 9, pp. 1239-1247, May 2011.
  10. C. Wang and J. P. Yao, "Complete characterization of an optical pulse based on temporal interferometry using an unbalanced temporal pulse shaping system," IEEE/OSA Journal of Lightwave Technology, vol. 29, no. 5, pp. 789-800, Mar. 2011.
  11. Z. Li, C. Wang, M. Li, H. Chi, X. Zhang and J. P. Yao, “Instantaneous microwave frequency measurement using a special fiber Bragg grating,” IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters, vol. 21, no. 1, pp. 52-54, Jan. 2011.
  12. M. Li, C. Wang, W. Li and J. P. Yao, “An unbalanced temporal pulse shaping system for chirped microwave waveform generation,” IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques, vol. 58, no. 11, pp. 2968-2975, Nov. 2010.
  13. C. Wang, M. Li and J. P. Yao, “Continuously tunable photonic microwave frequency multiplication by use of an unbalanced temporal pulse shaping system,” IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, vol. 22, no. 17, pp. 1285-1287, Sep. 2010.
  14. C. Wang and J. P. Yao, "Large time-bandwidth product microwave arbitrary waveform generation using a spatially discrete chirped fiber Bragg grating," IEEE/OSA Journal of Lightwave Technology, vol. 28, no. 11, pp.1652-1660, Jun. 2010.
  15. M. H. Asghari, C. Wang, J. P. Yao and J. Azaña, “High-order passive photonic temporal integrators,” Optics Letters, vol. 35, no. 8, pp. 1191-1193, Apr. 2010.
  16. H. Xia, C. Wang, S. Blais, and J. P. Yao, “Ultrafast and precise interrogation of fiber Bragg grating sensor based on wavelength-to-time mapping incorporating higher-order dispersion,” IEEE/OSA Journal of Lightwave Technology, vol. 28, no. 3, pp. 254-261, Feb. 2010.
  17. C. Wang and J. P. Yao, "Fourier transform ultrashort optical pulse shaping using a single chirped fiber Bragg grating," IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, vol. 21, no. 19, pp. 1375-1377, Oct. 2009.
  18. C. Wang and J. P. Yao, “Chirped microwave pulse generation based on optical spectral shaping and wavelength-to-time mapping using a Sagnac-loop mirror incorporating a chirped fiber Bragg grating,” IEEE/OSA Journal of Lightwave Technology, vol. 27, no. 12, pp 3336-3341, Aug. 2009.
  19. S. Yang, C. Wang, H. Chi, X. Zhang, S. Zheng, X. Jin, and J. P. Yao, "Photonic analog-to-digital converter using Mach-Zehnder modulators having identical half-wave voltages with improved bit resolution," Applied Optics, vol. 48, no. 25, pp. 4458-4467, Aug. 2009.
  20. C. Wang and J. P. Yao, “Simultaneous optical spectral shaping and wavelength-to-time mapping for photonic microwave arbitrary waveform generation,” IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, vol.21, no. 12, pp. 793-795, Jun. 2009.
  21. C. Wang and J. P. Yao, “Chirped microwave pulse compression using a photonic microwave filter with a nonlinear phase response,” IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques, vol. 57, no. 2, pp. 496-504, Feb. 2009.
  22. C. Wang and J. P. Yao, “Photonic generation of chirped microwave pulses using superimposed chirped fiber Bragg gratings,” IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, vol. 20, no. 11, pp. 882-884, Jun. 2008.
  23. C. Wang and J. P. Yao, “Photonic generation of chirped millimeter-wave pulses based on nonlinear frequency-to-time mapping in a nonlinearly chirped fiber Bragg grating,” IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques, vol. 56, no. 2, pp. 542-553, Feb. 2008.
  24. C. Wang, F. Zeng, and J. P. Yao, "All-fiber ultrawide band pulse generation based on spectral shaping and dispersion-induced frequency-to-time conversion," IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, vol. 19, no. 3, pp. 137-139, Feb. 2007.
  25. Y. Liu, C. Wang, T. Sun, Y. Li, Z. Wang, C. Zhang, G. Kai, X. Dong, “Distributed hybrid-fiber Raman amplifiers with a section of nonlinear microstructured optical fiber”, Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, vol. 48, no. 11, pp. 2267 – 2271, Nov. 2006.
  26. C. Zhang, G. Kai, Z. Wang, T. Sun, C. Wang, Y. Liu, J. Liu, W. Zhang, S. Yuan, and X. Dong, “Design of tunable bandgap guidance in high index filled microstructured fibers,” Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics., vol. 23, no. 4, pp. 782–786, Apr. 2006.
  27. Z. Wang, G. Kai, Y. Liu, J. Liu, C. Zhang, T. Sun, C. Wang, W. Zhang, S. Yuan, and X. Dong, "Coupling and decoupling of dual-core photonic bandgap fibers," Optics Letters, vol. 30, no. 19, pp. 2542-2544, Oct. 2005.
  28. C. Zhang, G. Kai, Z. Wang, T. Sun, C. Wang, Y. Liu, W. Zhang, J. Liu, S. Yuan, and X. Dong, "Transformation of a transmission mechanism by filling the holes of normal silica-guiding microstructure fibers with nematic liquid crystal," Optics Letters, vol. 30, no. 18, pp. 2372-2374, Sep. 2005.
  29. T. Sun, G. Kai, Z. Wang, C. Wang, C. Zhang, Y. Liu, J. Liu, W. Zhang, S. Yuan, X. Dong, “Multi-wavelength erbium-doped fiber laser based on a microstructure fiber Bragg grating,” Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, vol. 46, no. 2 , pp. 162 – 164, May 2005.
  30. H. Zhang, L. Yu, Y. Liu, C. Wang, Y. Li, Q. Dou, L. Liu, S. Yuan and X. Dong  “Noise figure improvement of a double-pass erbium-doped fiber amplifier by using a Hi-Bi fiber loop mirror as ASE rejecter”, Optics Communications, vol. 244, pp. 383-388, Jan. 2005.

Conference Publications

  1. C. Wang, “Dispersive Fourier transformation for microwave photonics applications”, 34th Progress in Electromagnetics Research Symposium (PIERS), 12-15 Aug. 2013, Stockholm, Sweden. (Invited Paper)
  2. H. Chen, K. Goda,C. Wang, and B. Jalali “Ultrafast Surface Inspection using Hybrid Dispersion Laser Scanner,” 2013 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 9-14 June 2013, San Jose, CA, USA, paper CTu3O.2.
  3. A. Fard, C. Wang*, O. Malik, G. Fu, A. Quach, K. Goda and B. Jalali, "Near-100 MHz Optical Coherence Tomography at 800 nm," 1st International Symposium on Optical Coherence Tomography for Non-Destructive Testing (OCT4NDT), 13-14 Feb. 2013, Linz, Austria.
  4. A. Mahjoubfar, K. Goda, C. Wang, A. Fard, J. Adam, D. R. Gossett, A. Ayazi, E. Sollier, O. Malik, E. Chen, Y. Liu, R. Brown, N. Sarkhosh, D. Di Carlo and B. Jalali, "3D ultrafast laser scanner," 2013 SPIE Photonics West, 2-7 Feb. 2013, San Francisco, California, USA, paper 8611-22.
  5. A. Ayazi, K. Goda, C. K. Lonappan, J. Adam, J. Sadasivam, D. R. Gossett, E. Sollier, A. Fard, S. C. Hur, C. Murray, C. Wang, N. Brackbill, D. Di Carlo and B. Jalali, "Real-time image processor for detection of rare cells and particles in flow at 37 million line scans per second," 2013 SPIE Photonics West, 2-7 Feb. 2013, San Francisco, California, USA, paper 8587-38.
  6. E. D. Diebold, N. K. Hon, Z. Tan, J. Chou, T. Sienicki, C. Wang and B. Jalali, "Giant tunable optical dispersion using chromo-modal excitation of a multimode waveguide," 2012 SPIE Optics+Photonics, 12-16 Aug. 2012, San Diego, California, USA.
  7. C. Wang and J. P. Yao, "High-resolution microwave frequency measurement based on temporal channelization using a mode-locked laser," 2012 IEEE International Microwave Symposium (IMS), 17-22 Jun. 2012, Montreal, Canada.
  8. C. Wang*, K. Goda, M. Ibsen, and B. Jalali, "Dispersive Fourier transformation in the 800 nm spectral range," 2012 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 6-11 May 2012, San Jose, CA, USA.
  9. Z. Tan, C. Wang*, K. Goda, O. Malik and B. Jalali, "All-optical passive periodic sawtooth filter and its application to fast interrogation of fiber Bragg grating sensor array," 2012 Optical Fiber Communication Conference & Exposition and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference (OFC/NFOEC), 4-8 Mar. 2012, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
  10. C. Wang* and J. P. Yao, "Nonuniformly spaced photonic microwave delay-line filter using a spatially discrete chirped fiber Bragg grating," 2011 IEEE International Topical Meeting on Microwave Photonics, 18-22 Oct. 2011, Singapore.
  11. C. Wang* and J. P. Yao, "Complete pulse characterization based on temporal interferometry using an unbalanced temporal pulse shaping system," 2010 IEEE International Topical Meeting on Microwave Photonics, 5-9 Oct. 2010, Montreal, Canada. (Best Student Paper Award)
  12. C. Wang* and J. P. Yao, "Advanced fiber Bragg gratings for photonic generation and processing of arbitrary microwave waveforms," 2010 IEEE International Topical Meeting on Microwave Photonics, 5-9 Oct. 2010, Montreal, Canada. (Invited Paper) The PPT slides can be downloaed here.
  13. C. Wang* and J. P. Yao, "Superimposed oppositely chirped FBGs for ultrafast FBG sensor interrogation with significantly improved resolution," 2010 OSA Bragg Gratings, Photosensitivity, and Poling (BGPP) Topical Meeting, 21-24 Jun. 2010, Karlsruhe, Germany.
  14. C. Wang and J. P. Yao, "Nonlinearly chirped microwave pulse generation using a spatially discrete chirped fiber Bragg grating," 2009 IEEE International Topical Meeting on Microwave Photonics,14-16 Oct. 2009, Valencia, Spain.
  15. M. H. Asghari, C. Wang, J. P. Yao and J. Azaña, "Demonstration of FBG-based first and second-order photonic temporal integrators with optimized energetic efficiencies," 2009 IEEE/Photonics Society Annual Meeting, 4-8 Oct. 2009, Belek-Antalya, Turkey.
  16. C. Wang* and J. P. Yao, "Microwave and millimeter-wave arbitrary waveform generation and processing using fiber-optics-based techniques," 2009 Asia-Pacific Microwave Photonics Conference, 22-25 Apr. 2009, Beijing, China. (Best Student Paper Award)
  17. C. Wang* and J. P. Yao, "Fourier-transform pulse shaping using a single chirped fiber Bragg grating," 2009 Asia-Pacific Microwave Photonics Conference, 22-25 Apr. 2009, Beijing, China.
  18. S. Pan, C. Wang, J. P. Yao, “Generation of a stable and frequency-tunable microwave signal using a polarization modulator and a wavelength-fixed notch filter,” 2009 Optical Fiber Communication Conference & Exposition and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference (OFC/NFOEC), 22-26 Mar. 2009, San Diego, CA, USA.
  19. C. Wang*, H. Chi and J. P. Yao, "Photonic generation and processing of millimeter-wave arbitrary waveforms," 2008 IEEE/LEOS Annual Meeting, 9-13 Nov. 2008, Newport Beach, CA, USA. (Invited Paper)
  20. C. Wang* and J. P. Yao, "Microwave arbitrary waveform generation based on optical spectral shaping and wavelength-to-time mapping using a chirped fiber Bragg grating," 1st Microsystems and Nanoelectronics Research Conference (MNRC 2008), 14-15 Oct. 2008, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
  21. C. Wang and J. P. Yao, "Photonic microwave matched filters for chirped microwave pulse compression," 2008 IEEE International Topical Meeting on Microwave Photonics, 1-4 Oct. 2008, Gold Coast City, Queensland, Australia.
  22. C. Wang and J. P. Yao, "All-optical electrical chirped pulse generation with tunable chirp rate based on a nonlinearly chirped fiber Bragg grating," 2007 IEEE International Topical Meeting on Microwave Photonics, 3-5 Oct. 2007, Victoria, BC, Canada.
  23. C. Wang* and J. P. Yao, "All-optical high-frequency electrical chirped pulse generation using a nonlinearly chirped fiber Bragg grating," 2007 International Symposium on Signals, Systems and Electronics (ISSSE 2007), 30 Jul. - 2 Aug. 2007, Montreal, QC, Canada.
  24. C. Wang* and J. P. Yao, "All-optical electrical chirped pulse generation based on nonlinear wavelength-to-time conversion in a chirped fiber Bragg grating," Photonics North 2007, 4-7 Jun. 2007, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
  25. H. Zhang, L. Yu, Y. Liu, C. Wang, L. Liu, L. Xiong, S. Yuan, X. Dong, “A novel method to improve noise figure for double-pass L-band EDFA,” 2004 Asia-Pacific Optical Communications, 7-11 Nov. 2004, Beijing, China.
  26. Z. Wang, Y. Liu, G. Kai, J. Liu, C. Wang, C. Zhang, T. Sun, X. Dong, “A novel Er3+-doped honeycomb photonic bandgap fiber for highly efficient amplification,” 2004 Asia-Pacific Optical Communications, 7-11 Nov. 2004, Beijing, China.

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Book Chapters

  1. C. Wang and J. P. Yao, “Fiber Bragg Gratings for Microwave Photonics Applications,” in Microwave Photonics, Second Edition, (CRC Press, March 2013).