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Journal Publications

 

"Universal Features of Coherent Photonic Thermal Conductance in Multi-layer Photonic Band Gap Structures"

W. T. Lau, J. -T. Shen, and S. Fan, Physical Review B80 155135 (pdf) (2009).

Featured in October 9, 2009 issue of Physical Review Focus, and Physical Review B Editors' Suggestions in October 2009.

 

"Tuning Coherent Radiative Thermal Conductance in Multilayer Photonic Crystals"

W. T. Lau, J. -T. Shen, G. Veronis, S. Fan, and P. V. Braun, Applied Physics Letters 92 103106 (pdf / html / a brief introduction), (2008).

 

"Spatial Coherence of the Thermal Electromagnetic Fields in the Vicinity of a Dielectric Slab"

W. T. Lau, J. -T. Shen, G. Veronis, and S. Fan, Physical Review E76 016601 (pdf), (2007).

 

"Anomalous Modal Structure in a Waveguide with a Photonic Crystal Core"

X. Yu, W. T. Lau, and S. Fan, Optics Letters 31 742 (pdf), (2006).

 

"Creating Large Bandwidth Line Defect by Embedding High-Index Dielectric Waveguides into Photonic Crystal Slabs"

W. T. Lau, and S. Fan, Applied Physics Letters 81 3915 (pdf / html), (2002).

 

 

Conference Proceedings

 

"Suppressing Coherent Photonic Thermal Conductance with Multilayer Photonic Crystals"

W. T. Lau, J. -T. Shen, and S. Fan, International Conference on Metallurgical Coatings and Thin Films (ICMCTF), (2009).

 

"Photonic Thermal Conductance Using Multilayer Photonic Crystals"

W. T. Lau, J. -T. Shen, and S. Fan, Material Research Society (MRS) Spring Meeting, (2009).

 

"Ultra-small Coherent Photonic Thermal Conductance"

W. T. Lau, J. -T. Shen, G. Veronis, and S. Fan, Proceeding SPIE 7223 722317, (2009). 

 

"Tunable and Coherent Radiative Thermal Conductance in Multilayer Photonic Crystals"

W. T. Lau, J. -T. Shen, G. Veronis, P. V. Braun, and S. Fan, Optical Society of America, Proceeding CLEO/QELS 10183344, (2008).

 

"Spatial Coherence of the Thermal Electromagnetic Fields in the Vicinity of a Dielectric Slab"

W. T. Lau, J. -T. Shen, G. Veronis, and S. Fan, Proceeding SPIE 6901 690109, (2008).

 

"In-plane Photonic Crystal and Nanophotonic Devices"

S. Fan, Z. Wang, X. Yu, W. T. Lau, H. Shin, Proceeding CLEO/QELS 4628083, (2006).

 

"Controlling Diffraction and Waveguide Modes by Exploiting Spatial Dispersions in Photonic Crystals"

S. Fan, X. Yu, J. Shin, and W. T. Lau, Proceeding SPIE 6128 61280Z, (2006).

 

"Fabrication and characterization of tightly confining AlGaAs waveguides and microcavities for nonlinear optical applications"

L. Scaccabarozzi, Z. Wang; X. Yu, M. M. Lee, W. T. Lau, M. F. Yanik, S. Fan; M. M. Fejer, J. S. Harris, Jr. Proceeding SPIE 5728 299, (2005).

 

"Tightly confining AlGaAs waveguides and microcavities for optical frequency conversion"

L. Scaccabarozzi, Z. Wang; X. Yu, W. T. Lau; M. F. Yanik, S. Fan; M. M. Fejer; J. S. Harris, Jr. Proceeding SPIE 5355 111, (2004).

 

"Creating Large Bandwidth Line Defect by Embedding High-Index Dielectric Waveguides into Photonic Crystal Slabs"

W. T. Lau, and S. Fan, Proceeding SPIE 5000 118, (2002).

 

 

Seminars and Talks

 

 Manipulation of Thermal Electromagnetic Fields Using Nanophotonic Devices", W. T. Lau, J. -T. Shen, G. Veronis, and S. Fan 

Department of Physics, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, (2008).

Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, (Departmental Seminar: abstract), (2008).

Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (abstract), (2008).

 

 

Patents

 

Creating large bandwidth line defects by embedding dielectric waveguides into photonic crystal slabs”

W. T. Lau, and S. Fan, US Patent: 6957003, International classification: G02B006/20.