Jia-Ming Liu

DISTINGUISHED PROFESSOR AND NORTHROP GRUMMAN CHAIR
ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING

Associate Dean of Academic Personnel
Northrop Grumman Opto-Electronic Chair in Electrical Engineering

66-147K Engr. IV

Email: liu@seas.ucla.edu
Phone: (310) 206-2097

RESEARCH AND INTERESTS

Nonlinear optics, ultrafast optics, laser dynamics and chaos, semiconductor lasers, fiber lasers, optoelectronics, photonics, microwave photonics, graphene photonics, nanophotonics

NOTABLE PUBLICATIONS

Jia-Ming Liu and I-Tan Lin, Graphene Photonics (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2019), ISBN 978-1-108-47668-3, 260 pages. https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/graphene-photonics/61C926767D7020FABDD096DBECBBA828
Jia-Ming Liu, Principles of Photonics (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2016), ISBN 978-1-107-16428-4, 445 pages. https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/principles-of-photonics/92BB3CF0D5C6C17A6C3950252844F494
Lawrence E. Larson, Jia-Ming Liu, and Lev S. Tsimring, eds. Digital Communications Using Chaos and Nonlinear Dynamics (Springer, New York, 2006), ISBN 0-387-29787-1, 382 pages. https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9780387297873
Jia-Ming Liu, Photonic Devices (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2005), ISBN 978-0- 521-55195-3, 1104 pages. https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/photonic-devices/739EC94B86B35DEAB6C5AA4C12DE18A9
I.T. Lin and J.M. Liu, “Terahertz Frequency-Dependent Carrier Scattering Rate and Mobility of Monolayer and AA-stacked Multilayer Graphene,” IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, Vol. 20, 8400108, DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2013.2263116 (2014).
T.B. Simpson, J.M. Liu, M. AlMulla, N. Usechak, and V. Kovanis, “Limit Cycle Dynamics with Reduced Sensitivity to Perturbations,” Physical Review Letters, Vol. 112, 023901, DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.112.023901 (2014).
S.S. Lin, S.K. Hwang, and J.M. Liu, “Supercontinuum Generation in Highly Nonlinear Fibers Using Amplified Noise-Like Optical Pulses,” Optics Express, Vol. 22, pp. 41524160, DOI: 10.1364/OE.22.004152 (2014).
Y.P. Lai, I.T. Lin, K.H. Wu, and J.M. Liu, “Plasmonics in Topological Insulators,” Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology, Vol. 4, DOI: 10.5772/58558 (2014). Invited Paper.
I.T. Lin and J.M. Liu, “Enhanced Graphene Plasmon Waveguiding in a Layered GrapheneMetal Structure,” Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 105, 011604, DOI: 10.1063/1.4889915 (2014).
M. AlMulla and J.M. Liu, “Frequency-Stabilized Limit-Cycle Dynamics of an Optically Injected Semiconductor Laser,” Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 105, 011122, DOI: 10.1063/1.4890111 (2014).
I.T. Lin and J.M. Liu, “Optimization of Double-Layer Graphene Plasmonic Waveguides,” Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 105, 061116, DOI: 10.1063/1.4893380 (2014).
C.J. Lin, M. AlMulla, and J.M. Liu, “Harmonic Analysis of Limit-Cycle Oscillations Induced by Optical Injection to a Semiconductor Laser,” IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics, Vol. 50, pp. 815-822, DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2014.2346791 (2014).
Y.P. Lai, H.J. Chen, K.H. Wu, and J.M. Liu, “Temperature-Dependent CarrierPhonon Coupling in Topological Insulator Bi2Se3,”Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 105, 232110, DOI: 10.1063/1.4904009 (2014).
J.R. Kuo, S.S. Lin, J. Liu, S.H. Chen, C.C. Chio, J.J. Wang, and J.M. Liu, “Deep Brain Light Stimulation Effects on Glutamate and Dopamine Concentration,” Biomedical Optics Express, Vol. 6, pp. 23-31, DOI: 10.1364/BOE.6.000023 (2015).
M. AlMulla and J.M. Liu, “Linewidth Characteristics of Period-One Dynamics Induced by Optically Injected Semiconductor Lasers,” Optics Express, Vol. 28, pp. 14677‒14693 DOI: 10.1364/OE.391854 (2020). https://www.osapublishing.org/oe/abstract.cfm?uri=oe-28-10-14677
M. AlMulla and J.M. Liu, “Suppression of Intensity and Frequency Noise at Low-Sensitivity Operating Points of Period-One Dynamics of Optically Injected Semiconductor Lasers,” IEEE Access, Vol. 7, pp. 90357-90367, DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2019.2926858 (2019). https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/8755850
K.Y. Chang, W.C. Chen, S.S. Lin, S.K. Hwang, and J.M. Liu, “High-Power, Octave-Spanning Supercontinuum Generation in Highly Nonlinear Fibers Using Noise-Like and Well-Defined Pump Optical Pulses,” OSA Continuum, Vol. 1, pp. 851-863, DOI: 10.1364/OSAC.1.000851 (2018). https://www.osapublishing.org/osac/abstract.cfm?uri=osac-1-3-851
J.M. Liu, “Nicolaas Bloembergen as a Scientist and a Mentor,” Nature Photonics, Vol. 12, pp. 118-121, DOI: 10.1038/s41566-018-0116-5 (2018). https://www.nature.com/articles/s41566-018-0116-5
I.T. Lin, C. Fan, and J.M. Liu, "Propagating and Localized Graphene Surface Plasmon Polaritons on a Grating Structure," IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, Vol. 23, 4600704, DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2016.2596262 (2017). https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7524775
I.T Lin, J.M. Liu, H.C. Tsai, K.H. Wu, J.Y. Syu, C.Y. Su, "Family of Graphene-Assisted Resonant Surface Optical Excitations for Terahertz Devices," Scientific Report, Vol. 6, 35467, DOI:10.1038/srep35467 (2016). https://www.nature.com/articles/srep35467

AWARDS AND RECOGNITION

2020 Yushan Scholar, Ministry of Education, Taiwan
2019 Life Fellow of the IEEE
2018 Chair Professor in Optoelectronic Technology, National Chung Hsing University, Taiwan
2018 Connekt Chair, National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan
2018 National Chiao Tung University 60 Leading Alumni in 60 Years
2018 University Service Award, UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering
2017 Outstanding Research Award, Asia Pacific Society for Materials Research
2017 IEEE Quantum Electronics Award, IEEE Photonics Society
2016 Life Chair Professor, National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan
2010 Chair Professor, National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan
2009 Visiting Chair Professor, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan
2009 Distinguished Visiting Professor, City University of Hong Kong
2009 The Royal Society Kan Tong Po Professorship Award, Royal Society, London, UK
2009 Distinguished Alumnus Award, National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan
2008 Fellow of the IEEE
2006 Guggenheim Fellowship, John Simon Guggenheim Foundation
2004 Fellow of the American Physical Society
2001 Seed Research Initiative Award, UCLA Academic Senate
1999 Distinguished Lectureship Award, National Science Council, Taiwan
1998 MURI Award, US Department of Defense
1997 Distinguished Lectureship Award, National Science Council, Taiwan
1990 Fellow of the Optical Society of America
1989 GTE Patent Award
1988 GTE Patent Award
1987 NSF Engineering Initiation Award, National Science Foundation
1987 GTE Patent Award
1986 GTE Patent Award