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Overview

Lianhe Li is a researcher affiliated with the University of Leeds in the United Kingdom. Their work is primarily situated within the fields of engineering and physics and astronomy, with a strong focus on electrical and electronic engineering, atomic and molecular physics and optics, and spectroscopy.

Their research topics encompass several areas related to photonics, lasers, and terahertz technologies. These include spectroscopy and laser applications, photonic and optical devices, terahertz technology and applications, advanced fiber laser technologies, semiconductor lasers and optical devices, strong light-matter interactions, and plasmonic and surface plasmon research.

Li's recent publications reflect these diverse interests. Selected papers include:

  • "Electrically pumped topological laser with valley edge modes" (2020, Nature)
  • "Mid-infrared photonics and optoelectronics in 2D materials" (2021, Materials Today)
  • "10 Gbit s−1 Free Space Data Transmission at 9 µm Wavelength With Unipolar Quantum Optoelectronics" (2021, Laser & Photonics Review)
  • "Short pulse generation from a graphene-coupled passively mode-locked terahertz laser" (2023, Nature Photonics)
  • "Millimeter wave photonics with terahertz semiconductor lasers" (2021, Nature Communications)

Among the frequent co-authors who have collaborated with Li are:

  • E. H. Linfield
  • A. G. Davies
  • Paul Dean
  • Miriam S. Vitiello
  • Joshua R. Freeman

Li's publications appear regularly in scientific venues such as:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Optics Express
  • ACS Photonics
  • Applied Physics Letters
  • 2022 47th International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz)

Best Publications

  • Electrically pumped topological laser with valley edge modes.

    Yongquan Zeng;Udvas Chattopadhyay;Bofeng Zhu;Bo Qiang

  • Negative capacitance effect in semiconductor devices

    M. Ershov;H.C. Liu;L. Li;M. Buchanan

  • Designer spoof surface plasmon structures collimate terahertz laser beams

    Nanfang Yu;Qi Jie Wang;Qi Jie Wang;Mikhail A. Kats;Jonathan A. Fan

  • Terahertz quantum cascade lasers with >1 W output powers

    Lianhe Li;Li Chen;Jingxuan Zhu;J. Freeman

  • Room-temperature nine-µm-wavelength photodetectors and GHz-frequency heterodyne receivers

    Daniele Palaferri;Yanko Todorov;Azzurra Bigioli;Alireza Mottaghizadeh

  • Growth and characterization of single quantum dots emitting at 1300 nm

    B Alloing;C Zinoni;V Val Zwiller;L Li

  • Terahertz imaging using quantum cascade lasers—a review of systems and applications

    P Dean;A Valavanis;J Keeley;K Bertling

  • Integrated Terahertz Graphene Modulator with 100% Modulation Depth

    Guozhen Liang;Xiaonan Hu;Xuechao Yu;Youde Shen

  • Effect of rapid thermal annealing on GaInNAs/GaAs quantum wells grown by plasma-assisted molecular-beam epitaxy

    Z. Pan;L. H. Li;W. Zhang;Y. W. Lin

  • Time-resolved and antibunching experiments on single quantum dots at 1300 nm

    C Zinoni;B Alloing;C Monat;V Val Zwiller

  • Efficient power extraction in surface-emitting semiconductor lasers using graded photonic heterostructures

    Gangyi Xu;Raffaele Colombelli;Suraj P. Khanna;Ali Belarouci

  • Conduction band offset and electron effective mass in GaInNAs/GaAs quantum-well structures with low nitrogen concentration

    Z. Pan;L. H. Li;Y. W. Lin;B. Q. Sun

  • Broadband superluminescent light emitting diode

    Lianhe Li;Andrea Fiore;Lorenzo Occhi;Christian Velez

  • Engineering of light confinement in strongly scattering disordered media

    Francesco Riboli;Niccolò Caselli;Silvia Vignolini;Silvia Vignolini;Silvia Vignolini;Francesca Intonti;Francesca Intonti

  • Multi-Watt high-power THz frequency quantum cascade lasers

    L.H. Li;L. Chen;J.R. Freeman;M. Salih

  • Wide emission spectrum from superluminescent diodes with chirped quantum dot multilayers

    L.H. Li;M. Rossetti;A. Fiore;L. Occhi

  • Terahertz saturable absorbers from liquid phase exfoliation of graphite.

    Vezio Bianchi;Tian Carey;Leonardo Viti;Lianhe Li

  • Kinetic modeling of N incorporation in GaInNAs growth by plasma-assisted molecular-beam epitaxy

    Z. Pan;L. H. Li;W. Zhang;Y. W. Lin

  • GaInAs/GaAs quantum-well growth assisted by Sb surfactant: Toward 1.3 μm emission

    J. C. Harmand;L. H. Li;G. Patriarche;L. Travers

  • Unusual capacitance behavior of quantum well infrared photodetectors

    M. Ershov;H. C. Liu;L. Li;M. Buchanan

Frequent Co-Authors

Edmund H. Linfield
Edmund H. Linfield University of Leeds
Andrea Fiore
Andrea Fiore Eindhoven University of Technology
Suraj P. Khanna
Suraj P. Khanna National Physical Laboratory
Raffaele Colombelli
Raffaele Colombelli University of Paris-Saclay
Carlo Sirtori
Carlo Sirtori École Normale Supérieure
Gilles Patriarche
Gilles Patriarche Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
H. C. Liu
H. C. Liu Shanghai Jiao Tong University
David A. Ritchie
David A. Ritchie University of Cambridge
Qi Jie Wang
Qi Jie Wang Nanyang Technological University
Romuald Houdré
Romuald Houdré École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

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