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60
Citations
15434
World Ranking
1611
National Ranking
654

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2018 - Member of the National Academy of Engineering For product and process inventions and commercial innovations in optical fiber design and transmission systems.
  • 2015 - IEEE Fellow For contributions to optical fiber technology
  • 2009 - OSA Fellows For significant contributions to advances in optical fiber technology, including both theoretical understanding and practical applications.

Overview

Ming-Jun Li is affiliated with Corning in the United States and has a research focus within the field of engineering. Their work predominantly spans electrical and electronic engineering, with contributions also in artificial intelligence, atomic and molecular physics and optics, biomedical engineering, and mechanical engineering.

The scientist's research covers various main topics, including:

  • Optical Network Technologies
  • Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices
  • Photonic and Optical Devices
  • Advanced Photonic Communication Systems
  • Photonic Crystal and Fiber Optics
  • Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies
  • Advanced Memory and Neural Computing

Ming-Jun Li's recent published papers are as follows:

  • "Sending-or-Not-Sending with Independent Lasers: Secure Twin-Field Quantum Key Distribution over 509 km" (2020) in Physical Review Letters
  • "600-km repeater-like quantum communications with dual-band stabilization" (2021) in Nature Photonics
  • "Implementation of quantum key distribution surpassing the linear rate-transmittance bound" (2020) in Nature Photonics
  • "Multi-dimensional data transmission using inverse-designed silicon photonics and microcombs" (2022) in Nature Communications
  • "Single-Mode VCSEL Transmission for Short Reach Communications" (2020) in Journal of Lightwave Technology

The scientist frequently collaborates with colleagues such as Xin Chen, Jason E. Hurley, Jeffery S. Stone, Kangmei Li, and Hao Dong.

Preferred venues for publication include:

  • Photonics
  • Journal of Lightwave Technology
  • Optical Fiber Technology
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Optical Fiber Communication Conference (OFC) 2022

Ming-Jun Li has received several awards recognizing contributions to optical fiber technology and related innovations. These include:

  • Member of the National Academy of Engineering (2018) for product and process inventions and commercial innovations in optical fiber design and transmission systems
  • IEEE Fellow (2015) for contributions to optical fiber technology
  • OSA Fellow (2009) for significant contributions to advances in optical fiber technology, including both theoretical understanding and practical applications

Best Publications

  • Measurement-Device-Independent Quantum Key Distribution Over a 404 km Optical Fiber.

    Hua-Lei Yin;Teng-Yun Chen;Zong-Wen Yu;Hui Liu

  • Secure Quantum Key Distribution over 421 km of Optical Fiber.

    Alberto Boaron;Gianluca Boso;Davide Rusca;Cédric Vulliez

  • Provably secure and practical quantum key distribution over 307 km of optical fibre

    Boris Korzh;Charles Ci Wen Lim;Raphael Houlmann;Nicolas Gisin

  • Sending-or-Not-Sending with Independent Lasers: Secure Twin-Field Quantum Key Distribution over 509 km.

    Jiu-Peng Chen;Chi Zhang;Yang Liu;Cong Jiang

  • Mode division multiplexing using an orbital angular momentum mode sorter and MIMO-DSP over a graded-index few-mode optical fibre

    Hao Huang;Giovanni Milione;Martin P. J. Lavery;Guodong Xie

  • Mode-division multiplexed transmission with inline few-mode fiber amplifier.

    Neng Bai;Ezra Ip;Yue-Kai Huang;Eduardo Mateo

  • Bend resistant multimode optical fiber

    Dana Craig Bookbinder;Ming-Jun Li;Daniel Aloysius Nolan

  • Large effective area fiber

    Scott Robertson Bickham;Dana Craig Bookbinder;Xin Chen;Ming-Jun Li

  • Large numerical aperture bend resistant multimode optical fiber

    Scott Robertson Bickham;Ming-Jun Li

  • Self-organized instability in graded-index multimode fibres

    Logan G. Wright;Zhanwei Liu;Daniel A. Nolan;Ming-Jun Li

  • 146λ × 6 × 19-Gbaud Wavelength-and Mode-Division Multiplexed Transmission Over 10 × 50-km Spans of Few-Mode Fiber With a Gain-Equalized Few-Mode EDFA

    Ezra Ip;Ming-Jun Li;Kevin Bennett;Yue-Kai Huang

  • Low bend loss coated optical fiber

    Xin Chen;Joohyun Koh;Ming-Jun Li;Anping Liu

  • Highly birefringent hollow-core photonic bandgap fiber

    Xin Chen;Ming-Jun Li;N. Venkataraman;M.T. Gallagher

  • Large Effective Area Low Attenuation Optical Fiber

    Scott Robertson Bickham;Ming-Jun Li

  • Al/Ge co-doped large mode area fiber with high SBS threshold.

    Ming-Jun Li;Xin Chen;Ji Wang;Stuart Gray

  • 600-km repeater-like quantum communications with dual-band stabilization

    Mirko Pittaluga;Mirko Pittaluga;Mariella Minder;Mariella Minder;Marco Lucamarini;Marco Lucamarini;Mirko Sanzaro

  • SDM transmission of real-time 10GbE traffic using commercial SFP + transceivers over 0.5km elliptical-core few-mode fiber.

    Ezra Ip;Giovanni Milione;Ming-Jun Li;Neda Cvijetic

  • Implementation of quantum key distribution surpassing the linear rate-transmittance bound

    Xiao-Tian Fang;Pei Zeng;Hui Liu;Mi Zou

  • A compact fiber-optic SHG scanning endomicroscope and its application to visualize cervical remodeling during pregnancy

    Yuying Zhang;Meredith L. Akins;Kartikeya Murari;Jiefeng Xi

  • Ultra-Low Bending Loss Single-Mode Fiber for FTTH

    M.-J. Li;P. Tandon;D.C. Bookbinder;S.R. Bickham

Frequent Co-Authors

Kevin P. Chen
Kevin P. Chen University of Pittsburgh
Ting Wang
Ting Wang Washington University in St. Louis
Zuyuan He
Zuyuan He Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Paul R. Ohodnicki
Paul R. Ohodnicki University of Pittsburgh
Guifang Li
Guifang Li University of Central Florida
Stephen J. Mihailov
Stephen J. Mihailov National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Alan E. Willner
Alan E. Willner University of Southern California
Gang-Ding Peng
Gang-Ding Peng University of New South Wales

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