Ross D MURCH, Head of Department and Professor
Khaled BEN LETAIEF, Chair Professor; Director, HK Telecom Institute of IT and Center for Wireless IT Xiren CAO, Chair Professor
Philip C H CHAN, Chair Professor; Director, Microelectronics Fabrication Facility Hoi Sing KWOK, Chair Professor and Director, Center for Display Research Kei May LAU, Chair Professor and Director, Photonics Technology Center
Man Sun CHAN, Professor; Director of HKUST and SIMIT Nano-Device Joint Laboratory; Deputy Director of Micro-Fabrication Facility
Roger S K CHENG, Professor Vladimir G CHIGRINOV, Professor Chin Tau LEA, Professor
Zexiang LI, Professor
Howard C LUONG, Professor Li QIU, Professor
Jianan QU, Professor
Bertram Emil SHI, Professor
Johnny K O SIN, Professor; Director, Microelectronics Fabrication Facility; Director, Semiconductor Product Analysis and Design Enhancement Center
Danny H K TSANG, Professor Man WONG, Professor
Ping Keung KO, Professor Emeritus
Oscar C. AU, Associate Professor; Advisor/Ex-Director, Computer Engineering; Director, Multimedia Technology Research Center
Amine BERMAK, Associate Professor Kevin J CHEN, Associate Professor Pascale N FUNG, Associate Professor Ho-Chi HUANG, Associate Professor Wing Hung KI, Associate Professor Vincent K N LAU, Associate Professor Philip K T MOK, Associate Professor
Wai Ho MOW, Associate Professor; Associate Director of Wireless IC System Design Center; Co-director of Self-Financed ELET MPhil Program
Andrew Wing On POON, Associate Professor Chi Ying TSUI, Associate Professor
Albert Kai Sun WONG, Visiting Associate Professor Bing ZENG, Associate Professor
Jack LAU, Adjunct Associate Professor
Peng CHEN, Visiting Assistant Professor
Volkan KURSUN, Assistant Professor and Director - Nanoelectronic Circuits and Gigascale Systems Laboratory Matthew R MCKAY, Assistant Professor
Daniel PALOMAR, Assistant Professor Ling SHI, Assistant Professor
Kam Tim WOO, Visiting Assistant Professor Jiang XU, Assistant Professor
Weichuan YU, Assistant Professor Jie YUAN, Assistant Professor
Pengcheng SHI, Adjunct Assistant Professor
Ross D MURCH
Head of Department and Professor (2358 7044 ; [email protected])
PhD, University of Canterbury (1990)
Current Research Activities:
Wireless communication systems; MIMO antenna systems; antenna design; ultra wide band (UWB) systems; wireless LANs.
Active Projects as Principal Investigator:
Cooperative Communication for Next Generation Wireless Systems
RGC - General Research Fund HK$310,677 01 Jan 2009
Representative Research Publications:
Weng, Lingfan, Murch, Ross D (2009) "Cooperation strategies and resource allocation in multi-user OFDMA systems", IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, Vol 58, Issue 6, pp2331-2342, June 2009.
Chiu, Chi-Yuk, Yan, Jie-Bang, Murch, Ross D, Yun, Jane Xing, Vaughan, Rodney G (2009) "Design and Implementation of a 6-Port Volumetric Vector Sensor Antenna", IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, Accepted June 2009.
Mak, Angus Ck, Rowell, Corbett R, Murch, Ross D (2009) "Low Cost Reconfigurable Landsdorfer Planar Antenna Array", IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, accepted May 2009.
Cheng, Wang, Murch, Ross D (2009) "On the Sum-rate Scaling Law of Downlink MU-MIMO Decomposition Transmission with Fixed Quality Imperfect CSITCommunications, Vol 8, Issue 1, pp113-117, January 2009", IEEE Transactions on Wireless
Communications, Vol 8, Issue 1, pp113-117, January 2009.
Chiu, Chi-Yuk, Murch, Ross D (2008) "Compact 4-port Antenna suitable for Portable MIMO Devices", IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, Vol 7, 2008, pp142-144.
Mak, Angus C K, Rowell, Corbett R, Murch, Ross D (2008) "Isolation Enhancement between two closely packed antennas", IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, Vol 56, No 11, Nov, 2008, pp3411-3419.
Chu, Xiaoli, Murch, Ross D (2008) "Pilot-Channel-Assisted Log-Likelihood-Ratio Selective Rake Combining for Low-Rate Ultra-Wideband Communications", IEEE Transactions on Communications, Vol 56, No 8, August 2008, pp1313-1323, Vol 56, No 8, August 2008, pp1313-1323.
Yan, Jie-Bang, Murch, Ross D (2008) "Semi-Helical Bondwire On-Chip Antenna", IEEE Antennas and Propagation Symposium, 5-11 July 2008, San Diego, USA.
Khaled BEN LETAIEF
Chair Professor; Director, HK Telecom Institute of IT and Center for Wireless IT (2358 7064 ; [email protected])
PhD, Purdue University (1990)
Assistant Professor, University of Melbourne (1990-93)
Current Research Activities:
Mobile communications; OFDM; space-time processing; broadband wireless networks; multiuser detection; wireless multimedia; CDMA systems.
Active Projects as Principal Investigator:
Traffic scheduling and rate adaptation for IEEE 802.11n MIMO wireless networks
RGC - General Research Fund HK$369,600 01 Jan 2008
Cooperative diversity for ad-hoc wireless networks
RGC - General Research Fund HK$960,048 01 Jan 2007
Single Carrier Frequency Division Multiple Access for Broadband Uplink Communications
RGC - General Research Fund HK$289,966 01 Jan 2009 Making Hong Kong a high-technology leader in wireless communications product innovations and services through world-class fundamental and applied research
UGC - Targets of Opportunity and Others HK$2,500,000 12 May 2007
Wireless IC System Design Center
Nansha Research Centers HK$10,226,000 01 Jul 2006
Cooperation and cross-layer design in cognitive radio systems
National Natural Science Foundation of China / Research Grants Council Joint Research Scheme HK$500,500 30 Apr 2007
Representative Research Publications:
Wei, Chen, Zhi, Chen, Ben Letaief, Khaled (2009) "AsOR: An energy efficient multi-hop opportunistic routing protocol for wireless sensor networks over Rayleigh fading channels", IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, Vol. 8, no. 3, March 2009.
Ben Letaief, Khaled, Zhang, Wei (2009) "Cooperative communications for cognitive radio networks", Proceedings of the IEEE, Vol. 97, No. 5, pp. 878-893, May 2009.
Li, Wei, Fan, Pingyi, Ben Letaief, Khaled (2009) "Joint processing of topology control and channel assignment in wireless ad hoc networks", Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing, Vol. 9, No.2, pp. 269-281, Feb. 2009.
Chen, Wei, Dai, Lin, Ben Letaief, Khaled, Cao, Zhigang (2008) "A unified cross-layer framework for resource allocation in cooperative networks", IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 7, no. 8, pp. 3000 - 3012, Aug. 2008.
Zhang, Wei, Ben Letaief, Khaled (2008) "Cooperative spectrum sensing with transmit and relay diversity in cognitive radio networks", IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 7, no. 12, pp. 4761 - 4766, Dec. 2008.
Huang, Weilan, Ben Letaief, Khaled, Zhang, Jingyao (2008) "Cross layer multi-packet reception based medium access control and resource allocation for space-time coded MIMO/OFDM", IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 7, no. 9, pp.
3372 - 3384, Sep. 2008.
Zhang, Wei, Ben Letaief, Khaled (2008) "Full-rate distributed space-time codes for cooperative communications", IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 7, no. 7, pp. 2446 - 2451, Jul. 2008.
Dai, Lin, Ben Letaief, Khaled (2008) "Throughput maximization of ad-hoc wireless networks using adaptive cooperative diversity and truncated ARQ", IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 56, no. 11, pp. 1907 - 1918, Nov. 2008.
Xiren CAO Chair Professor
(2358 7048 ; [email protected])
PhD, Harvard University (1984)
Manager and Consultant Engineer, Digital Equipment Corporation (1986-93)
Current Research Activities:
Discrete event system theory and applications; optical communications; signal processing; queuing theory; optimization.
Active Projects as Principal Investigator:
Policy iteration and aggregation method in optimization of queueing systems
RGC - General Research Fund HK$418,000 01 Jan 2008
Stochastic control with Lebesgue sampling
RGC - General Research Fund HK$534,000 31 Dec 2006
Event-Based Optimization for Continuous-Time Markov Systems
RGC - General Research Fund HK$358,660 01 Jan 2009
Representative Research Publications:
Zhang, Junyu, Cao, Xi-Ren (2009) "Continuous-Time Markov Decision Processes with nth-Bias Optimality Criteria", Automatica.
Cao, Xi-Ren (2009) "On-Line Policy Gradient Estimation with Multi-Step Sampling", Discrete Dynamic Systems: Theory and Applications.
Cao, Xi-Ren (2009) "Optimal Control with Lebesgue Sampling and Time Aggregation", IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control.
Xia, Li, Chen, Xi, Cao, Xi-Ren (2009) "Policy Iteration of Customer-Average Performance in Queueing Systems", Automatica.
Cao, Xi-Ren (2009) "Stochastic Learning and Optimization - A Sensitivity-Based Approach", Annual Review in Control, invited review, 2009.
Cao, Xi-Ren, Zhang, Junyu (2008) "Event-Based Optimization of Markov Systems", IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, Vol.
53, 1076-1082, 2008.
Zhang, Kan-Jian, Xu, Yan-Kai, Chen, Xi, Cao, Xi-Ren (2008) "Policy Iteration Based Feedback Control", Automatica, Vol. 44, 1055-1061, 2008.
Cao, Xi-Ren, Zhang, Junyu (2008) "The nth-Order Bias Optimality for Multi-chain Markov Decision Processes", IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, Vol. 53, 496-508, 2008.
Philip C H CHAN
Chair Professor; Director, Microelectronics Fabrication Facility (2358 6952 ; [email protected])
PhD, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (1978)
Program Manager, Technology Development (1981-90) and Principal Engineer, Design Technology (1990-91), Intel Corporation
Current Research Activities:
VLSI devices, circuits and systems; microelectronics; electronic packaging; integrated sensors.
Active Projects as Principal Investigator:
Carbon nanotube field-effect transistors (CNFET) with parallel aligned carbon nanotube channels
RGC - General Research Fund HK$789,782 01 Jan 2008
Investigation of carbon nanotube as the filing material for integrated circuit contacts and vias
UGC - Government's Matching Grant Scheme HK$424,000 01 Sep 2006
Electronics, wireless and information technology
UGC - Strategic Initiatives HK$8,100,000 05 May 2008
Representative Research Publications:
Yu, J., Tang, Z.A., Yan, G.Z., Chan, Philip C.H., Huang, Z.X. (2009) "An Experimental Study on Micro-gas Sensors with Strip Shape Tin Oxide Thin Films", Sensors and Actuators B-Chemical, Vol. 139, No. 2, pp. 346-352.
Chen, Longquan, Xiao, Zhiyong, Chan, Philip C.H., Lee, Yi-Kuen (2009) "Dual-scaled Stable Superhydrophobic Nano-flower Surfaces", Transducer 2009, Denver, USA, June 21-25, 2009, pp. 441-444.
Chai, Yang, Xiao, Zhiyong, Chan, Philip C.H. (2009) "Electron-Shading Effect on the Horizontal Aligned Growth of Carbon Nanotubes Using Plasma-Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition", Applied Physics Letters, 043116 (2009), pp. 94.
Chai, Yang, Xiao, Zhiyong, Chan, Philip C.H. (2009) "Fabrication and Characterization of the Horizontally Aligned Carbon Nanotubes for the Interconnect Application", IEEE Electronic Components and Technology Conference (ECTC), San Diego, USA, May 26-29, 2009, pp. 1465-1469.
Zhang, Min, Chan, Philip C.H., Chai, Yang, Liang, Qi, Tang, Zikang (2009) "Novel Local Silicon-Gate Carbon Nanotube Transistors for Integration to Silicon-on-Insulator Technology", IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology, Vol. 8, No. 2, pp. 260-268.
Huo, Xiao, Xiao, Guowei, Chen, Kevin J, Chan, Philip C.H. (2009) "Silicon-on-organic Integration of a 2.4 GHz VCO using High O Copper inductors and Solder-bumped Flip-chip Technology", IEEE Transactions on Components and Packaging Technologies, Vol. 32, No. 1, pp. 191-196.
Chai, Yang, Chan, Philip C.H., Fu, Yunyi, Chuang, Y.C., Liu, C.Y. (2008) "Electromigration Studies of Cu/Carbon Nanotube Composite Interconnects Using Blech Structure", IEEE Electron Device Letters, Vol. 29, No. 9, 2008, pp. 1001-1003.
Chai, Yang, Chan, Philip C.H. (2008) "High Electromigration-Resistant Copper/Carbon Nanotube Composite for Interconnect Application", International Electron Device Meeting (IEDM), San Francisco, USA, Dec 15-17, 2008, pp. 607-610.
Hoi Sing KWOK
Chair Professor and Director, Center for Display Research (2358 7056 ; [email protected])
PhD, Harvard University (1978)
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, State University of New York at Buffalo (1986-92)
Current Research Activities:
Display technologies; thin film materials; organic light emitting devices.
Active Projects as Principal Investigator:
New Generation Transflective LCD with High Optical Effciency
RGC - General Research Fund HK$566,986 01 Oct 2008
Liquid crystal display without color filters
RGC - General Research Fund HK$1,541,800 01 Sep 2007
Next generation display technology
Nano and Advanced Materials Institute Limited & Industries HK$8,174,500 23 Apr 2008 Active matrix organic light emitting diode displays
Ministry of Science and Technology HK$1,066,337 01 Mar 2003
Representative Research Publications:
Chigrinov, Vladimir, Kozenkov, V., Kwok, Hoi Sing (2008-2009) Photoalignment of Liquid Crystalline Materials, Physics and Applications, Wiley Inter-Science, New York, 240pp.
Yu, Xiaoming, Zhou, Gui Jiang, Lam, Ching Shan, Wong, Wai Yeung, Zhu, Xiu Ling, Sun, Jiaxin, Wong, Man, Kwok, Hoi Sing (2008) "A yellow-emitting iridium complex for use in phosphorescent multiple-emissive-layer white organic light-emitting diodes with high color quality and efficiency", Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, vol 693, pp 1518-1527.
Yeung, Fion S.Y., Ho, Jacob Y L, Li, Yuet Wing, Kwok, Hoi Sing (2008) "Liquid Crystal Alignment Layer With Controllable Anchoring Energies", IEEE Journal of Display Technology, Vol. 4, pp 24-27.
Li, Yuet Wing, Lee, Chung Yung, Kwok, Hoi Sing (2008) "Liquid crystal dynamic flow control by bidirectional alignment surface", Applied Physics Letters, vol 94, pp 061111.
Kwok, Hoi Sing, Yeung, Fion S.Y. (2008) "Nano-structured liquid-crystal alignment layers (Invited Paper)", Journal of Society for Information Display, vol 16, pp. 911-918.
Li, Yuet Wing, Kwok, Hoi Sing, Tan, Li (2008) "Passive-matrix-driven field-sequential-color displays", Journal of Society for Information Display, vol 16, pp 429-434.
Li, Yuet Wing, Ho, Jacob Y L, Yeung, Fion S.Y., Kwok, Hoi Sing (2008) "Simultaneous Determination of Large Pretilt Angles and Cell Gap in Liquid Crystal Displays", IEEE Journal of Display Technology, Vol. 4, pp 13-17.
李, 陽, 孟, 志國, 吳, 春亞, 王, 文, 郭, 海成, 張, 芳, 熊, 紹珍 (2008) "多晶硅薄膜陽極微腔有機發光器件及其簡化制備流程的研究", 《半導 體學報》, vol 29, pp 144-48.
Kei May LAU
Chair Professor and Director, Photonics Technology Center (2358 7049 ; [email protected])
PhD, Rice University (1981)
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Massachusetts, Amherst (1982-2000)
Current Research Activities:
Compound semiconductor materials and devices for photonic and high-frequency applications; organometallic chemical vapor deposition.
Active Projects as Principal Investigator:
High-Mobility p-channel Heterostructure Field Effect Transistors
RGC - General Research Fund HK$904,417 01 Jan 2009 Metamorphic InP-based devices on gaas substrates by MOCVD
RGC - General Research Fund HK$816,750 01 Oct 2006
Integrated III-nitride transistors and microsensors
RGC - Collaborative Research Fund HK$4,900,000 30 Jun 2008
Investigation of growth methods of GaN based LED Wafers
Innovation and Technology Commission & Industries HK$2,184,600 01 May 2008
Representative Research Publications:
Chen, Peng, Chen, W. V., Yu, P.K. L., Tang, Chak Wah, Lau, Kei May, Mawst, L., Paulson, C., Kuech, T.F., Lau, S.S. (2009)
"Effects of hydrogen implantation damage on the performance of InP/InGaAs/InP p-i-n photodiodes transferred on silicon", Appl. Phys., Lett. 94, article no. 012101.
Tang, Chak Wah, Li, Haiou, Zhong, Zhenyu, Ng, Kai Lun, Lau, Kei May (2009) "Hetero-epitaxy of III-V Compounds lattice-matched to InP by MOCVD for Device Applications", Indium Phosphide and Related Materials, International Conference, 10-14 May 2009 , pp. 114 - 117.
Lau, Kei May, Tang, Chak Wah, Li, Haiou, Zhong, Zhenyu (2008) "AlInAs/GaInAs mHEMTs on Silicon Substrates by MOCVD", Proceeding IEDM, San Francisco, CA Dec 15-17.
Li, B.K., Chen, Kevin J, Lau, Kei May, Ge, W.K., Wang, J.N. (2008) "Characterization of fluorine-plasma-induced deep centers in AlGaN/GaN heterostructure by persistent photoconductivity", Phys. Stat. Sol. (c), vol. 5, No. 6, pp. 1892-1894.
Ng, Kar Wei, Huang, J.M., Lau, Kei May (2008) "Growth and characterizations of GaN-based LEDs grown on wet-etched stripe-patterned sapphire substrates", IEEE/TMS J. Electronic Materials, vol. 37(10), pp.1560- 1564.
Zhong, Zhenyu, Lau, Kei May (2008) "High quality GaAs film on Si (100) with excellent surface morphology grown by MOCVD", 2008 Electronic Material Conference (EMC2008), University California, Santa Barbara, CA, June 25-27, 2008.
Jha, S.K., Surya, C., Chen, Kevin J, Lau, Kei May, Jelencovic, E. (2008) "Low-frequency noise properties of double channel AlGaN/GaN HEMTs", Solid-State Electronics, 52, pp. 606-611.
Lee, Y.J., Kuo, H.C., Lu, T.-C., Wang, S.-C., Ng, Kar Wai, Lau, Kei May, Yang, Z.-P., Chang, A.S.-P., Lin, S.-Y. (2008) "Study of GaN-based light-emitting diodes grown on chemical wet-etching-patterned sapphire substrate with V-shaped pits roughening surfaces", IEEE J. of Lightwave Technology, Vol. 26, Issue 11, pp.1455 - 1463.
Man Sun CHAN
Professor; Director of HKUST and SIMIT Nano-Device Joint Laboratory; Deputy Director of Micro-Fabrication Facility
(2358 8519 ; [email protected] ; http://www.ece.ust.hk/~mchan)
PhD, University of California, Berkeley (1995) Visiting Professor, University of California at Berkeley Current Research Activities:
Nanometric device technology; SOI technology; Non-Volatile Memory, compact device modeling (BSIM); biosensors; RF circuits; power management circuit
Active Projects as Principal Investigator:
Nano Phase-Change Random Access Memory (PCRAM) Cell Design and Modeling
RGC - General Research Fund HK$448,894 01 Jan 2009
Silicon nanowire transistor fabrication and modeling
RGC - General Research Fund HK$996,300 01 Sep 2007
Providing the basic methods and tools required for developing circuit simulation models, and applying them for developing a circuit simulation model for multi-gate MOSFETs
UGC - Government's Matching Grant Scheme HK$1,426 01 Jul 2008
Providing the basic methods and tools required for developing circuit simulation models, and applying them for developing a circuit simulation model for multi-gate MOSFETs
New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization HK$726,240 01 Oct 2005
Representative Research Publications:
Law, J. K. Y., Yeung, C. K., Hofmann, B, Ingebrandt, S, Rudd, J. A., Chan, Mansun (2009) "The Use of Microelectrode Array (MEA) to Study the Protective Effects of Potassium Channel Openers on Metabolically-Compromised HL-1 Cardiomyocytes", Physiological Measurements, vol. 30, pp. 155-167.
Ng, Ricky M. Y., Wang, Tao, Liu, Feng, Zuo, Xuan, He, Jin, Chan, Mansun (2009) "Vertically Stacked Silicon Nanowire Transistors Fabricated by Inductive Plasma Etching and Stress Limited Oxidation", IEEE Electron Device Letters, Vol. 30, No. 5, pp.
520-522.
Man, Tsz Yin, Mok, Philip K T, Chan, Mansun (2008) "A 0.9-V Input Discontinuous-Conduction-Mode Boost Converter with CMOS-Control Rectifier", IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, Vol. 43, Issue, 9, pp. 2036-2046.
Chan, Mansun (2008) "A CMOS Active-Pixel Sensor Based DNA Micro-Array with Nano-Metallic Particles Detection Protocol", 2008 International Conference on Solid-State and Integrated Circuit Technology, China, Oct. 20-23, 2008, pp.H5.3.
Leung, Wing Yan, Man, Tsz Yin, Chan, Mansun (2008) "A High-Power-LED Driver with Power-Efficient LED-Current Sensing Circuit", 2008 European Solid-State Circuits Conference, Scotland, pp. 354-357, September 15-19, 2008.
Li, Lin, Chan, Mansun (2008) "Scaling Analysis of Phase Change Memory (PCM) Driving Devices", 2008 IEEE Conference on Electron Devices and Solid-State Circuits, Hong Kong, December 8-10, 2008, pp. 5A.4.
Chan, Mansun (2008) "Stacked CMOS Technology", Wafer Level 3-D ICs Process Technology, C. S. Tan, R. J. Gutmann, and R. L.
Reif, pp. 31-48.
Law, J. K. Y., Yeung, C. K., Ingebrrandt, S, Rudd, J. A., Chan, Mansun (2008) "Using the Microelectrode Array (MEA) to Study Hyperpolarising Field Potentials of Non-Excitable Cells", 6th International Meeting on Substrate-Integrated Micro-Electrode Arrays, Germany, July 8 - 11, 2008.
Roger S K CHENG Professor
(2358 7072 ; [email protected])
PhD, Princeton University (1991)
Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Colorado, Boulder (1991-95)
Current Research Activities:
Wireless communications; Multiuser MIMO OFDM systems; Resource Allocation; information theory and coding; digital VLSI implementation of communication algorithm.
Representative Research Publications:
Yang, Yin, Cheng, Roger S K (2009) "Dynamic decode-and-forward and amplify-and-forward cooperative strategy using distributed space-time code in a MIMO system with multiple relays", IEEE International Conference on Communications 2009, Dresden, Germany, 14-18/6.
Zhang, R., Au, Edward K., Cheng, Roger S K (2008) "Impacts of CFO, IQ imbalance and phase nooise on the system performance in OFDM systems", International Conference on Communications Systems (ICCS 2008), IEEE, 19- 21 Nov 2008, Guangzhou, China pp. 1041-5.
Lo, Ernest S., Chan, Peter W.C., Lau, Vincent K N, Cheng, Roger, Ben Letaief, Khaled, Murch, Ross, Mow, Wai Ho (2007) "Adaptive Resource Allocation and Capacity Comparision of Downlink Multiuser MIMO-MC-CDMA and MIMI-OFDMA", IEEE Transaction on Wireless Communications, pp.1083-93, March.
Chan, Peter W.C., Cheng, Roger (2007) "Capacity Maximization for Zero-forcing MIMO-OFDMA Downlink System with Multisuer Diversity", IEEE Transaction on Wireless Communication, pp.1880-1889, May.
Chan, Peter W. C., Lo, Ernest. S., Lau, Vincent K. N., Cheng, Roger S., Letaief, K. B., Murch, Ross D., Mow, W.
H. (2007) "Performance Comparison of Downlink Multiuser MIMO-OFDMA and MC-CDMA with Transmit Side Information --- Multi-Cell Analysis", IEEE Transaction on Wireless Communications, pp. 2193 - 2203, June 2007.
So, K.C., Cheng, Roger (2006) "Achievable Diversity Order by Space-Time Trellis Coding Combined with MLED and OFDM over Frequency Selective Fading Channels", IEEE Transaction on Wireless Communications, vol. 5, pp. 1217-22.
So, K.C., Cheng, Roger (2006) "Layered maximum likelihood detection for MIMO systems in frequency selective fading channels",
IEEE Transaction on Wireless Communications, vol. 5, pp. 752-62.
Tao, M., Cheng, Roger (2004) "Generalized Layered Space-Time Codes For High Data Rate Wireless Communications", IEEE Trans. Wireless Communications, vol. 3, pp. 1067-75.
Vladimir G CHIGRINOV Professor
(2358 8522 ; [email protected])
PhD, Russian Academy of Sciences (1978)
Leading Scientist, Shubnikov Institute of Crystallography, Moscow (1996- )
Current Research Activities:
Electrooptical effects in liquid crystals (LCs); LC surface alignment; optical elements and materials for LC devices (LCDs); modeling and optimization of LCD response; new LCD configurations; LC application in fiber optics.
Active Projects as Principal Investigator:
Liquid Crystal Applications in Photonics
RGC - General Research Fund HK$340,019 01 Sep 2008
Novel Photoaligned Optically Rewritable Liquid Crystal Displays and Photonics Devices
RGC - General Research Fund HK$802,700 01 Sep 2009
New Optically Rewritable Electronic Paper Liquid Crystal Displays
UGC - Research Infrastructure Grant HK$400,000 01 Jun 2008
Representative Research Publications:
Chigrinov, Vladimir (2009) "Liquid crystal applications in photonics", Photonics West Conference, 7232-24,San Jose, CA, USA, January 2009.
Pozhidaev, E. P., Chigrinov, Vladimir, Hegde, G., Xu, P. (2009) "Multistable electro-optical modes in ferroelectric liquid crystals", J. SID, 17/1, pp. 53-59, 2009.
Dubtsov, A., Pasechnik, S., Shmeliova, D., Tsvetkov, V, Chigrinov, Vladimir (2009) "Special optical geometry for measuring twist elastic module K22 and rotational iscosity γ1 of nematic liquid crystals", Appl. Phys. Lett, 94, 181910-1-181910-3.
Kwok, Hoi Sing, Chigrinov, Vladimir (2008) "Development of Photoalignment Technologies", 22ndt ntern. Liq. Cryst. Conf, Plenary lecture, Jeju, Korea, July 2008.
Pozhidaev, E. P., Hegde, G., Xu, P., Chigrinov, Vladimir, Kwok, Hoi Sing (2008) "Electrically Controlled Birefringent Colors of Smectic C* Deformed Helix Ferroelectric Liquid Crystal Cells", Ferroelectrics, Vol. 365, pp. 35-38.
Hegde, G., Xu, P., Pozhidaev, E. P., Chigrinov, Vladimir, Kwok, Hoi Sing (2008) "Electrically controlled birefringence colours in deformed helix ferroelectric liquid Crystals", Liq. Cryst, Vol. 35, No. 9, pp. 1137-1144.
Pozhidaev, E. P., Chigrinov, Vladimir, Hegde, G., Kwok, Hoi Sing (2008) "Inherent Continuous, Hysteretic Free and Memorized Gray Scale of FLC Display Cells Based on Bi- and Multistability Effects", Ferroelectrics, Vol. 364, pp. 95-101.
Muravsky, A., Murauski, A., Chigrinov, Vladimir, Kwok, Hoi Sing (2008) "Light Printing of Grayscale Pixel Images on Optical Rewritable Electronic Paper", Jpn. J. Appl. Phys., 47, No. 8, pp. 6347-6353.
Chin Tau LEA Professor
(2358 7090 ; [email protected])
PhD, University of Washington (1982)
Professor of Electrical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology (1991-96)
Current Research Activities:
Current Research Activities: