Discipline

The Research Team of Ultra-precision Optical Manufacturing led by Professor Zhuang Songlin, the Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, and Professor Zhang Dawei, focus on the frontier interdisciplinary study of Optofluidics, Nano-photonics, ultrafast optics and life science, and have been actively engaged in innovations. The discipline of optical engineering, to which the research team is affiliated, has been selected as one of the disciplines supported by the Peak Discipline Construction Scheme of Shanghai, and Shanghai First-Class University and Discipline Program.

Infrastructure facilities

The laboratory for the Research Team of Ultra-Precision Optical Manufacturing, was originally the micro-Nano optical laboratory founded in 2005 by Professor Zhuang Songlin, the Academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering. With unremitting efforts of its team members (both faculty and students), it has developed into a comprehensive laboratory that covers multi-discipline like optics, electronics, chemistry, materials, biology and control theory. It boasts such large-scale equipment as super-resolution Raman spectral imaging system, reactive ion beam etching system, femtosecond/nanosecond laser etching system, laser holographic exposure system, photocatalytic system, vacuum deposition system, CCD/CMOS imaging evaluation system, nonlinear optical testing system, the electrochemical workstation, and optical functional materials performance test platform, etc., installed in the building of the optical instrument research institute, super cleaned laboratory in the new building of the School of Optical Engineering and Computer Science, micro-Nano optical engineering laboratory and other laboratories. Both the laboratory staff and equipment have reached a considerable scale, ranking to the first-class level at both home and abroad.

Academic leader

Professor Zhang Dawei, doctoral student supervisor, born in Shandong in June 1977, focuses on applied basic research in micro-Nano optical devices and systems in the fields of ultra-fast optics and life science. He earned his Ph.D.in 2005  in optical engineering from Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, the Chinese Academy of Sciences. From 2012 to 2014, he was a visiting scholar at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. He has hosted many national projects, including the Natural Science Foundation of China, research and development projects of national major scientific instruments and equipment, national key technology support program, and national key research and development program. He has published more than 100 papers in SCI journals and other famous journals and obtained more than 40 invention patents. Currently, he is Director of the Optical Instrument and System Engineering Center and Director of the Science and Technology Office of USST. He is vice secretary general and executive director of Chinese Society for Optical Engineering, and member of National Technical Committee 487 on Opto-electronic Measurement of Standardization Administration of China. For his outstanding work in transformation the grating manufacturing and application technologies, he has won 6 awards of provincial-level and national level, like awards from the Ministry of Education, Shanghai Machinery Industry Federation, and China Instrument Manufacturer Association, etc.

Team Members

Currently, the Research Team of Ultra-Precision Optical Manufacturing consists of 2 professors, 15 associate professors, 2 senior engineers, 3 lecturers, 2 laboratory assistants, 16 doctoral students (1 foreign student), and 80 postgraduates. Focusing on the cutting-edge technology, the team of vitality and solidarity, led by Professor Zhang Dawei, is striving to make greater progress.

Contact Information

Email of Professor Zhang Dawei: dwzhang@usst.edu.cn

Wechat: 13764694608

Public E-mail of research team: usstoedawei@163.com

At present, the research group mainly focuses on grating, filming and related fields. The research covered include:

(1) manufacturing and characterization study of various types of grating (holographic grating, echelle grating, reproduction grating, etc.);

(2) resonant grating waveguide biosensor based on resonance effect;

(3) design and fabrication of optical thin films elements based on high damage threshold;

(4) development and research of new photoelectric functional film material in the field of new energy, touch screen, display and detection, etc.;

(5) enhancement technique of ultraviolet band for broad band CCD receiver;

(6) optofluidic Nano-devices;

(7) ultra-high speed micro-Nano imaging technology;

(8) surface plasmon devices.

The Research Team of Ultra-Precision Optical Manufacturing is currently working on 18 projects, including the projects from National Natural Science Foundation of China, National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars, provincial and ministerial level projects, projects from the military industry, key projects of National Key R&D Plan, and projects from Shanghai municipality (10 of them are new projects in 2017)

With unremitting efforts from its members, the team has won 6 awards of provincial and ministerial-level, and national level from the Ministry of Education, Shanghai Machinery Industry Federation, and China Instrument Manufacturer Association, etc. In the past two years, they have published 55 papers in SCI journals, and have obtained 25 invention patents.