Abstract:

        Single-pixel spectroscopy and imaging feature greatly reduced complexity and cost. Photonic time stretch (PTS) enables continuously running ultrafast single-pixel spectroscopy and imaging with unprecedented speed of tens of millions frames per second. In this seminar, I will introduce this new type of spectroscopy and imaging technique and its versatile utilities in biomedical, manufacturing and scientific applications. Emerging big data challenges in ultrafast imaging are discussed and our recent work on photonic data compression will be presented as well. 

Short Bio:

        Dr Chao Wang is a currently Senior Lecturer in the School of Engineering and Digital Arts at the University of Kent, where he first joined as a Lecturer in 2013. From 2011 to 2012, he was a NSERC Postdoctoral Fellow in the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), USA. He received his B.Eng degree in Opto-electrical Engineering from Tianjin University in 2002, M.Sc degree in Optics from Nankai University in 2005, and Ph.D degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Ottawa, Canada, in 2011.

        His main research interests include microwave photonics, ultrafast imaging and optical communications. His research activities have been well funded by EU Marie-Curie Actions, H2020, the Royal Society, the EPSRC, and Catapult of UK. He has authored more than 100 peer-reviewed journal publications and international conference papers. He was the receipt of SPIE Scholarship in Optical Science and Engineering (2008), Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship (2009), IEEE Photonics Society Graduate Student Fellowship (2009), IEEE MTT Society Graduate Fellowship (2010), NSERC Postdoctoral Fellowship (2011), and EU Marie-Curie CIG Award (2014).