Title：Optics as a versatile tool to explore material physics and enable novel applications

Location：Yuquan Campus，Teaching Building 12，Room 201

Time：Monday, 4:00pm ，Dec.30^th,2019

Abstract:

After a brief introduction to Houston and American Physical Society, I will give you a quick overview of my current research of using optical techniques to explore physics and enable novel applications. Examples include solar water splitting, photocatalytic ammonia generation, magnetic alignment of graphene, effective media theory for atomically thin materials, and origins of luminescence centers in low dimensional lead halide perovskites. I will then focus on two recent works. I will first show you graphene laser propulsion and the discovery and applications of photoacoustic laser streaming. I will then share with you a revolutionary optical technique to map and measure the thermal conductivity of semiconductors.

About the Speaker:

Dr. Jiming Bao (包吉明) is a professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Houston. He graduated from Zhejiang University with B.S. and M.S. in Physics in 1992 and 1995, respectively. He obtained his Ph.D. in Applied Physics in 2003 from the University of Michigan under Roberto Merlin; he then did post-doctoral research in Federico Capasso’s group at Harvard University before joining the University of Houston in 2008 as an assistant professor. Dr. Bao has published more than 120 papers with total citations more than 10,000. His current research covers many interdisciplinary topics; more information can be found from Dr. Bao’s group website at http://nano.ee.uh.edu/. Dr. Bao is a Fellow of the Optical Society of America (OSA) and American Physical Society (APS)