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  • 2020 - OSA Fellows Nan Chi Fudan University, China For pioneering developments in visible light communication, coherent optical transmission and optical packet/burst switching

Overview

Nan Chi is affiliated with Fudan University in China and is primarily engaged in research within the field of engineering. Their work encompasses several subfields, including electrical and electronic engineering, artificial intelligence, atomic and molecular physics and optics, condensed matter physics, and ocean engineering.

The scientist's research topics cover a range of areas focused on photonics and optical communication technologies. Key topics include optical network technologies, optical wireless communication technologies, advanced photonic communication systems, photonic and optical devices, semiconductor lasers and optical devices, neural networks and reservoir computing, and GaN-based semiconductor devices and materials.

Nan Chi has contributed to multiple research publications, frequently collaborating with coauthors such as Junwen Zhang, Jianyang Shi, Chao Shen, Guoqiang Li, and Ziwei Li.

Publications appear mainly in several recurring venues, among them:

  • Journal of Lightwave Technology
  • Optics Express
  • Chinese Optics Letters
  • Photonics Research
  • Laser & Photonics Review

Notable recent papers include:

  • Visible Light Communication in 6G: Advances, Challenges, and Prospects, 2020, IEEE Vehicular Technology Magazine
  • 240 Gb/s optical transmission based on an ultrafast silicon microring modulator, 2022, Photonics Research
  • A two-dimensional mid-infrared optoelectronic retina enabling simultaneous perception and encoding, 2023, Nature Communications
  • Highly Efficient and Stable Self-Powered Mixed Tin-Lead Perovskite Photodetector Used in Remote Wearable Health Monitoring Technology, 2022, Advanced Science
  • A metasurface-based full-color circular auto-focusing Airy beam transmitter for stable high-speed underwater wireless optical communications, 2024, Nature Communications

Nan Chi has received recognition as an OSA Fellow in 2020 for pioneering developments in visible light communication, coherent optical transmission, and optical packet/burst switching.

Best Publications

  • Visible Light Communication in 6G: Advances, Challenges, and Prospects

    Nan Chi;Yingjun Zhou;Yiran Wei;Fangchen Hu

  • Demonstration of 575-Mb/s downlink and 225-Mb/s uplink bi-directional SCM-WDM visible light communication using RGB LED and phosphor-based LED

    Yuanquan Wang;Yiguang Wang;Nan Chi;Jianjun Yu

  • 8-Gb/s RGBY LED-Based WDM VLC System Employing High-Order CAP Modulation and Hybrid Post Equalizer

    Yiguang Wang;Li Tao;Xingxing Huang;Jianyang Shi

  • Visible light communications: demand factors, benefits and opportunities [Guest Editorial]

    Nan Chi;Harald Haas;Mohsen Kavehrad;Thomas D.C. Little

  • IST-LASAGNE: towards all-optical label swapping employing optical logic gates and optical flip-flops

    F. Ramos;E. Kehayas;J.M. Martinez;R. Clavero

  • 4.5-Gb/s RGB-LED based WDM visible light communication system employing CAP modulation and RLS based adaptive equalization.

    Yiguang Wang;Xingxing Huang;Li Tao;Jianyang Shi

  • 1.6 Gbit/s phosphorescent white LED based VLC transmission using a cascaded pre-equalization circuit and a differential outputs PIN receiver.

    Xingxing Huang;Zhixin Wang;Jianyang Shi;Yiguang Wang

  • A 400G optical wireless integration delivery system

    Xinying Li;Jianjun Yu;Junwen Zhang;Ze Dong

  • Gaussian kernel-aided deep neural network equalizer utilized in underwater PAM8 visible light communication system.

    Nan Chi;Yiheng Zhao;Meng Shi;Peng Zou

  • Fiber-wireless transmission system of 108 Gb/sdata over 80 km fiber and 2×2multiple-input multiple-output wireless links at 100 GHz W-band frequency.

    Xinying Li;Ze Dong;Jianjun Yu;Nan Chi

  • Enabling Technologies for High-Speed Visible Light Communication Employing CAP Modulation

    Nan Chi;Yingjun Zhou;Shangyu Liang;Fumin Wang

  • Enhanced Performance of a High-Speed WDM CAP64 VLC System Employing Volterra Series-Based Nonlinear Equalizer

    Yiguang Wang;Li Tao;Xingxing Huang;Jianyang Shi

  • 2.0-Gb/s Visible Light Link Based on Adaptive Bit Allocation OFDM of a Single Phosphorescent White LED

    Xingxing Huang;Siyuan Chen;Zhixin Wang;Jianyang Shi

  • Enhanced performance of visible light communication employing 512-QAM N-SC-FDE and DD-LMS

    Yuanquan Wang;Xingxing Huang;Junwen Zhang;Yiguang Wang

  • Faster than fiber: over 100-Gb/s signal delivery in fiber wireless integration system.

    Jianjun Yu;Xinying Li;Nan Chi

  • Multichannel 120-Gb/s Data Transmission Over 2 $\, imes\,$ 2 MIMO Fiber-Wireless Link at W-Band

    Junwen Zhang;Jianjun Yu;Nan Chi;Ze Dong

  • Common-anode LED on a Si substrate for beyond 15 Gbit/s underwater visible light communication

    Yingjun Zhou;Xin Zhu;Fangchen Hu;Jianyang Shi

  • 11 × 5 × 9.3Gb/s WDM-CAP-PON based on optical single-side band multi-level multi-band carrier-less amplitude and phase modulation with direct detection.

    Junwen Zhang;Jianjun Yu;Fan Li;Nan Chi

  • Network Architecture of a High-Speed Visible Light Communication Local Area Network

    Yiguang Wang;Nan Chi;Yuanquan Wang;Li Tao

  • Experimental demonstration of 10 Gb/s multi-level carrier-less amplitude and phase modulation for short range optical communication systems

    Li Tao;Yiguang Wang;Yuliang Gao;Alan Pak Tao Lau

Frequent Co-Authors

Jianjun Yu
Jianjun Yu Fudan University
Junwen Zhang
Junwen Zhang Fudan University
Xinying Li
Xinying Li Beijing Institute of Technology
Ze Dong
Ze Dong Huaqiao University
Christophe Peucheret
Christophe Peucheret University of Rennes
Gee-Kung Chang
Gee-Kung Chang Georgia Institute of Technology
Siyuan Yu
Siyuan Yu Sun Yat-sen University
Dexiu Huang
Dexiu Huang Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Leif Katsuo Oxenløwe
Leif Katsuo Oxenløwe Technical University of Denmark
Chao Lu
Chao Lu Hong Kong Polytechnic University

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