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Alan Wang

Assistant Professor
Electrical & Computer Engineering
Web Page: 
http://web.engr.oregonstate.edu/~wang/wang.htm
Learn more about Alan Wang
Education: 
  • Ph.D., Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, 2006
  • M.S., Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2003
  • B.S., Tsinghua University, 2000
Biography: 

Alan Xiaolong Wang received his B.S. degree from Tsinghua University, and M.S. degree from the Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, P.R. China, in 2000 and 2003, respectively, and his Ph.D. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin in 2006.

From January 2007 to August 2011, he was with Omega Optics, Inc., Austin, Texas, where he served as the Chief Research Scientist with more than 4 million dollars of research grants from various government agencies, including National Science Foundation (NSF), Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR), Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA), Army Research Office (ARO), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and National Institute of Health (NIH). Since September 2011, he has been an assistant professor at Oregon State University in the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.

Research group: 
Materials and Devices
Research Interests: 

Alan Wang's research interests include:

  1. Nano-photonic devices: Photonic Crystals and Surface Plasmonics
  2. Optical sensing for biomedical research and environmental protection: Raman Scattering & Infrared absorption
  3. Board level optical interconnects and on-chip optical interconnects
  4. Silicon photonics: guided wave modulators, switches, and power efficient devices
  5. Innovative micro- and nano- fabrication technology
  6. RF photonic devices and systems
Teaching: 
ECE 583 GUIDED WAVE OPTICS

Publications

2011
Wang, X., C. - Y. Lin, S. Chakravarty, J. Luo, A. K. - Y. Jen, and R. T. Chen, "Effective in-device r_33 of 735 pm/V on electro-optic polymer infiltrated silicon photonic crystal slot waveguides", Optics Letters, vol. 36, issue 6, pp. 882 - 884, 2011.
Lai, W. - C., S. Chakravarty, X. Wang, C. Lin, and R. T. Chen, "Photonic crystal slot waveguide absorption spectrometer for on-chip near-infrared spectroscopy of xylene in water", Applied Physics Letters, vol. 98, issue 2, pp. 023304, 2011.
2010
Lin, C. - Y., X. Wang, S. Chakravarty, B. - S. Lee, W. Lai, J. Luo, A. K. - Y. Jen, and R. T. Chen, "Electro-optic polymer infiltrated silicon photonic crystal slot waveguide modulator with 23 dB slow light enhancement", Applied Physics Letters, vol. 97, issue 9, pp. 093304, 2010.
Xinyuan, D., X. Wang, X. Lin, D. Ding, D. Pan, and R. Chen, "Highly flexible polymeric optical waveguide for out-of-plane optical interconnects", Optics Express, vol. 18, issue 15, pp. 16227, 2010. Abstract
Dou, X., X. Wang, H. Huang, X. Lin, D. Ding, D. Z. Pan, and R. T. Chen, "Polymeric waveguides with embedded micro-mirrors formed by Metallic Hard Mold", Optics Express, vol. 18, issue 1, pp. 378, 2010. Abstract
Lin, C. - Y., X. Wang, S. Chakravarty, B. - S. Lee, W. - C. Lai, and R. T. Chen, "Wideband group velocity independent coupling into slow light silicon photonic crystal waveguide", Applied Physics Letters, vol. 97, issue 18, pp. 183302, 2010.
Wang, X., B. - S. Lee, C. - Y. Lin, D. An, and R. T. Chen, "Electroptic Polymer Linear Modulators Based on Multiple-Domain Y-Fed Directional Coupler", Journal of Lightwave Technology, vol. 28, issue 11, pp. 1670 - 1676, 06/2010. Abstract
2009
Wang, X., S. Chakravarty, B. - S. Lee, C. Lin, and R. T. Chen, "Ultraefficient control of light transmission through photonic potential barrier modulation", Optics Letters, vol. 34, issue 20, pp. 3202, 2009. Abstract
Chen, X., X. Wang, S. Chakravarty, and R. T. Chen, "Electrooptically-Active Slow-Light-Enhanced Silicon Slot Photonic Crystal Waveguides", IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, vol. 15, issue 5, pp. 1506 - 1509, 09/2009. Abstract
2008
Wang, X., W. Jiang, L. Wang, H. Bi, and R. T. Chen, "Fully Embedded Board-Level Optical Interconnects From Waveguide Fabrication to Device Integration", Journal of Lightwave Technology, vol. 26, issue 2, pp. 243 - 250, 01/2008. Abstract
2007
Wang, X., L. Wang, W. Jiang, and R. T. Chen, "Hard-molded 51 cm long waveguide array with a 150 GHz bandwidth for board-level optical interconnects", Optics Letters, vol. 32, issue 6, pp. 677, 2007. Abstract

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