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67
Citations
16982
World Ranking
1087
National Ranking
191

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  • 2014 - SPIE Fellow

Overview

Ai Qun Liu is affiliated with Nanyang Technological University in Singapore and specializes in engineering, with a primary focus on electrical and electronic engineering. Their research portfolio includes significant contributions to fields such as artificial intelligence, biomedical engineering, atomic and molecular physics and optics, and electronic, optical, and magnetic materials.

Their work encompasses a range of topics, including:

  • Photonic and Optical Devices
  • Neural Networks and Reservoir Computing
  • Quantum Information and Cryptography
  • Optical Network Technologies
  • Microfluidic and Bio-sensing Technologies
  • Orbital Angular Momentum in Optics
  • Metamaterials and Metasurfaces Applications

Notable recent publications by Ai Qun Liu include:

  • "An optical neural chip for implementing complex-valued neural network" (2021, Nature Communications)
  • "Space-efficient optical computing with an integrated chip diffractive neural network" (2022, Nature Communications)
  • "Metasurface Micro/Nano-Optical Sensors: Principles and Applications" (2022, ACS Nano)
  • "Advances in lithium niobate photonics: development status and perspectives" (2022, Advanced Photonics)
  • "Recent progress in quantum photonic chips for quantum communication and internet" (2023, Light Science & Applications)

They have also authored a book titled "Metasurfaces: Towards Tunable and Reconfigurable Meta-devices" published in 2022 under Microfluidics and Nanophotonics.

Ai Qun Liu frequently publishes in venues including:

  • Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Laser & Photonics Review
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • European Urology

Their frequent coauthors are:

  • Yuzhi Shi
  • L. C. Kwek
  • Hong Cai
  • Hui Zhang
  • L. K. Chin

In recognition of their professional contributions, Ai Qun Liu was named a SPIE Fellow in 2014.

Best Publications

  • Mechanism of multisoliton formation and soliton energy quantization in passively mode-locked fiber lasers

    D. Y. Tang;L. M. Zhao;B. Zhao;A. Q. Liu

  • High-Efficiency Broadband Meta-Hologram with Polarization-Controlled Dual Images

    Wei Ting Chen;Kuang-Yu Yang;Chih-Ming Wang;Yao-Wei Huang

  • An optical neural chip for implementing complex-valued neural network.

    H. Zhang;M. Gu;X. D. Jiang;J. Thompson

  • The Poisson distribution and beyond: methods for microfluidic droplet production and single cell encapsulation

    David J. Collins;Adrian Neild;Andrew deMello;Ai-Qun Liu

  • Context Contrasted Feature and Gated Multi-scale Aggregation for Scene Segmentation

    Henghui Ding;Xudong Jiang;Bing Shuai;Ai Qun Liu

  • An integrated silicon photonic chip platform for continuous-variable quantum key distribution

    Gong Zhang;Gong Zhang;J. Y. Haw;H. Cai;F. Xu

  • Switchable magnetic metamaterials using micromachining processes.

    Wei Ming Zhu;Ai Qun Liu;Xu Ming Zhang;Din Ping Tsai

  • Mechanical design and optimization of capacitive micromachined switch

    J.-M. Huang;K.M. Liew;C.H. Wong;S. Rajendran

  • Optical Anapole Metamaterial

    Pin Chieh Wu;Chun Yen Liao;Vassili Savinov;Tsung Lin Chung

  • Microelectromechanical Maltese-cross metamaterial with tunable terahertz anisotropy.

    W.M. Zhu;A.Q. Liu;A.Q. Liu;T. Bourouina;Din-ping Tsai;Din-ping Tsai

  • A STUDY OF THE STATIC CHARACTERISTICS OF A TORSIONAL MICROMIRROR

    Xuming Zhang;F. S. Chau;C. Quan;Y. L. Lam

  • Band gap opening of graphene by doping small boron nitride domains

    Xiaofeng Fan;Xiaofeng Fan;Zexiang Shen;A. Q. Liu;Jer-Lai Kuo

  • A high-brightness laser beam from a phase-locked multicore Yb-doped fiber laser array

    P.K. Cheo;A. Liu;G.G. King

  • Micromachined tunable metamaterials: a review

    A. Q. Liu;W. M. Zhu;D. P. Tsai;Nikolay I. Zheludev

  • Determining refractive index of single living cell using an integrated microchip

    X.J. Liang;A.Q. Liu;C.S. Lim;T.C. Ayi

  • Boundary-Aware Feature Propagation for Scene Segmentation

    Henghui Ding;Xudong Jiang;Ai Qun Liu;Nadia Magnenat Thalmann

  • A micromachined reconfigurable metamaterial via reconfiguration of asymmetric split-ring resonators

    Yuan Hsing Fu;Yuan Hsing Fu;Ai Qun Liu;Wei Ming Zhu;Xu Ming Zhang

  • Broadband Wide‐Angle Multifunctional Polarization Converter via Liquid‐Metal‐Based Metasurface

    Pin Chieh Wu;Weiming Zhu;Zhong Xiang Shen;Peter Han Joo Chong

  • Metalenses: Advances and Applications

    Ming Lun Tseng;Ming Lun Tseng;Hui Hsin Hsiao;Hui Hsin Hsiao;Cheng Hung Chu;Cheng Hung Chu;Mu Ku Chen;Mu Ku Chen

  • Open-loop versus closed-loop control of MEMS devices: choices and issues

    B Borovic;A Q Liu;D Popa;H Cai

  • Optofluidic waveguide as a transformation optics device for lightwave bending and manipulation

    Y. Yang;A. Q. Liu;L. K. Chin;Xuming Zhang

  • A review of MEMS external-cavity tunable lasers

    A Q Liu;X M Zhang

Frequent Co-Authors

Xuming Zhang
Xuming Zhang Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Din Ping Tsai
Din Ping Tsai City University of Hong Kong
Dim-Lee Kwong
Dim-Lee Kwong National University of Singapore
Chao Lu
Chao Lu Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Wee Ser
Wee Ser Nanyang Technological University
Arokiaswami Alphones
Arokiaswami Alphones Nanyang Technological University
Greg Sun
Greg Sun University of Massachusetts Boston
Zhongxiang Shen
Zhongxiang Shen Nanyang Technological University
Cheng-Wei Qiu
Cheng-Wei Qiu National University of Singapore
Jinghua Teng
Jinghua Teng Agency for Science, Technology and Research

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