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D-Index
59
Citations
11839
World Ranking
1784
National Ranking
303

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2018 - SPIE Fellow
  • 2017 - OSA Fellows Perry Ping  Shum Nanyang Technological University, Singapore “for technical leadership and significant contributions to optical fiber design, modeling and applications” (Technical Leadership)

Overview

Ping Shum is affiliated with the Southern University of Science and Technology in China. Their research primarily spans the fields of Engineering and Physics and Astronomy, with a particular focus on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, Biomedical Engineering, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, and Statistical and Nonlinear Physics.

The scientist's work covers key topics including Advanced Fiber Optic Sensors, Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies, Photonic and Optical Devices, Photonic Crystal and Fiber Optics, Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications, Optical Coherence Tomography Applications, and Optical Network Technologies.

Among Ping Shum's recent scholarly contributions are the following papers:

  • "Thermally drawn advanced functional fibers: New frontier of flexible electronics" (2020), published in Materials Today
  • "Ultrasensitive Exhaled Breath Sensors Based on Anti-Resonant Hollow Core Fiber with In Situ Grown ZnO-Bi2O3 Nanosheets" (2021), published in Advanced Materials Interfaces
  • "Recent progress on two-dimensional layered materials for surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy and their applications" (2021), published in Materials Today Physics
  • "Real-time dynamics of soliton triplets in fiber lasers" (2020), published in Photonics Research
  • "Phase-tailored assembly and encoding of dissipative soliton molecules" (2023), published in Light Science & Applications

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Ping Shum include Thomas Siegert, Jamie Moesch, Karen Hawkins, Stephen E. Ralph, and Liyang Shao.

The scientist commonly publishes in venues such as IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, Optics Express, Journal of Lightwave Technology, Optics Letters, and IEEE Sensors Journal.

Ping Shum has received professional recognitions including designations as an SPIE Fellow in 2018 and an OSA Fellow in 2017, the latter accompanied by a citation for technical leadership and significant contributions to optical fiber design, modeling, and applications.

Best Publications

  • Temperature-insensitive strain sensor with polarization-maintaining photonic crystal fiber based Sagnac interferometer

    Xinyong Dong;Hwa-yaw Tam;Ping Shum

  • Soliton interaction in a fiber ring laser

    D. Y. Tang;B. Zhao;L. M. Zhao;Hwa Yaw Tam

  • A selectively coated photonic crystal fiber based surface plasmon resonance sensor

    Xia Yu;Ying Zhang;Shanshan Pan;Ping Shum

  • Measurements of refractive index sensitivity using long-period grating refractometer

    Joo Hin Chong;Ping Shum;H Haryono;A Yohana

  • A simplified model and optimal design of a multiwavelength backward-pumped fiber Raman amplifier

    Xiang Zhou;Chao Lu;Ping Shum;T.H. Cheng

  • Single-Longitudinal-Mode Erbium-Doped Fiber Ring Laser Based on High Finesse Fiber Bragg Grating Fabry–PÉrot Etalon

    X.P. Cheng;P. Shum;C.H. Tse;J.L. Zhou

  • Refractive index sensing based on higher-order mode reflection of a microfiber Bragg grating

    Yu Zhang;Bo Lin;Swee Chuan Tjin;Han Zhang

  • Strain-insensitive and high-temperature long-period gratings inscribed in photonic crystal fiber

    Y. Zhu;P. Shum;H.-W. Bay;M. Yan

  • Nanostructural zinc oxide and its electrical and optical properties

    C. X. Xu;X. W. Sun;B. J. Chen;P. Shum

  • Design and implementation of Bluetooth energy meter

    B.S. Koay;S.S. Cheah;Y.H. Sng;P.H.J. Chong

  • Stable room-temperature multi-wavelength lasing realization in ordinary erbium-doped fiber loop lasers.

    Yan-Ge Liu;Xinyoung Dong;Ping Shum;Shuzhong Yuan

  • Theoretical analysis of modulation response and second-order harmonic distortion in vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers

    S.F. Yu;W.N. Wong;P. Shum;E.H. Li

  • A novel temperature-insensitive fiber Bragg grating sensor for displacement measurement

    Xinyong Dong;Xiufeng Yang;Chun-Liu Zhao;Lei Ding

  • Instantaneous Microwave Frequency Measurement Using Photonic Technique

    Junqiang Zhou;Songnian Fu;S. Aditya;P.P. Shum

  • Fabrication and Characterization of a Highly Temperature Sensitive Device Based on Nematic Liquid Crystal-Filled Photonic Crystal Fiber

    D. J. J. Hu;Jun Long Lim;Ying Cui;K. Milenko

  • Low-loss all-solid photonic bandgap fiber

    Guobin Ren;Ping Shum;Liren Zhang;Xia Yu

  • Multi-wavelength linear-cavity tunable fiber laser using a chirped fiber Bragg grating and a few-mode fiber Bragg grating.

    Dae Seung Moon;Un-Chul Paek;Youngjoo Chung;Xinyong Dong

  • Multiwavelength Raman fiber laser with a continuously-tunable spacing

    Xinyong Dong;P. Shum;N. Q. Ngo;C. C. Chan

  • Temperature-insensitive tilt sensor with strain-chirped fiber Bragg gratings

    Xinyong Dong;C. Zhan;Kun Hu;Ping Shum

  • Photonic generation of tunable microwave signals by beating a dual-wavelength single longitudinal mode fiber ring laser

    J.L. Zhou;L. Xia;X.P. Cheng;X.P. Dong

Frequent Co-Authors

Songnian Fu
Songnian Fu Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Chao Lu
Chao Lu Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Xinyong Dong
Xinyong Dong Guangdong University of Technology
Chi Chiu Chan
Chi Chiu Chan Shenzhen University
Hwa-Yaw Tam
Hwa-Yaw Tam Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Xinliang Zhang
Xinliang Zhang Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Siu Fung Yu
Siu Fung Yu Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Xiao Wei Sun
Xiao Wei Sun Southern University of Science and Technology
Dexiu Huang
Dexiu Huang Huazhong University of Science and Technology

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