School of Precision Instrument and Optoelectronics Engineering
Associate professor
None
光学工程
xiaoyan_zhou@tju.edu.cn
Room 603, Building 26C, 92 Weijin Road, Tianjin, China
Xiaoyan Zhou is currently an Associate Professor. She obtained her Bachelor and PhD degree from Tianjin University, and has worked as a Postdoctoral Research and Assistant Professor at Niels Bohr Institute (with Prof. Peter Lodahl), University of Copenhagen, Denmark. Her research interests include quantum photonics, photonic computing, micro-/nano-opto-electro-mechanical systems, and hybrid integration on silicon platform. She has published many peer-reviewed journal and conference papers, including Nature Nanotechnology, Science Advances, Optica, Laser and Photonics Reviews, Photonics Research, Photonics Insights, and has a h-index of 16 with a total citation>1000. She hosts a Young Researcher Project supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC). She is a member of OSA, and assistant editor for Frontiers in Photonics. She is also a frequent reviewer for many journals, includings Light: Science & Applications, ACS Photonics, Optics Letters, IEEE Journal of Lightwave Technology etc.
For a complet list of publication, please refer to https://scholar.google.dk/citations?user=7lX6fEIAAAAJ&hl=en
- Integrated hybrid amplifiers and lasers on silicon platform
- Micro/Nano-opto-electro-mechanical system (M/NOEMS)
- Photonic computing
- Quantum photonics
- She is a member of OSA, and assistant editor for Frontiers in Photonics. She is also a frequent reviewer for many journals, includings Light: Science & Applications、ACS Photonics、Optics Letters、IEEE Journal of Lightwave Technology etc..
- Photonics Insights青年编委
- 中国激光杂志社第三届青年编委会委员
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2021.1-Now
School of Precision Instrument and Opto-Electronics Engineering | Tianjin University | Associate Professor  -
2020.2-2020.12
Quantum Photonics Group (Center for Hybrid Quantum Networks) | Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen | Assistant Professor  -
2016.9-2020.1
Quantum Photonics Group (Center for Hybrid Quantum Networks) | Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen | Postdoc Researcher 
- Papers
- [1] X. Zhou*, L. Zhai*, and J. Liu, “Epitaxial quantum dots: a semiconductor launchpad for photonic quantum technologies.” Photonics Insights, 1(2), p.R07 (2023).
- [2] Z. Ma, X. Zhou*, L. Zhang*, "Phase regimes of parity-time-symmetric coupled-ring systems at exceptional points," Photon. Res. 10, 2374 (2022)
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- [3] X. Du, Y. Zhai, L. Midolo, L. Zhang*, and X. Zhou*, “Widely Tunable Single-Photon Frequency Conversion in a Nanomechanically Reconfigurable Si-Rich Nitride Waveguide,” J. Lightwave Technol. 40(23), 7640-7647 (2022).
- [4] B. Da Lio, C. Faurby, X. Zhou, M.L. Chan, R. Uppu, H. Thyrrestrup, S. Scholz, A. D. Wieck, A. Ludwig, P. Lodahl, and L. Midolo, A Pure and Indistinguishable Single-Photon Source at Telecommunication Wavelength. Advanced Quantum Technologies, 5(5), p.2200006 (2022)
- [5] X. Zhou*, P. Lodahl, L. Midolo*, “In-plane resonant excitation of quantum dots in a dual-mode photonic-crystal waveguide with high β-factor,” Quantum Sci. Technol. 7, 025023 (2022)
- [6] X. Chang, H. Zhang, Z. Ma, X. Zhou*, and L. Zhang*, "Mid-infrared Ge-based thermo-optic phase shifters with an improved figure of merit," Opt. Mater. Express 12, 1055-1064 (2022)
- [7] R. Uppu, L. Midolo, X. Zhou, J. Carolan, P. Lodahl*, “Single-photon quantum hardware: towards scalable photonic quantum technology with a quantum advantage,” Nature Nanotechnology 16, 1308-1317 (2021)
- [8] Y. Wang, R. Uppu, X. Zhou, C. Papon, S. Scholz, A. D. Wieck, A. Ludwig, P. Lodahl, and L. Midolo*, "Electroabsorption in gated GaAs nanophotonic waveguides," Applied Physics Letters 118, 131106 (2021)
- [9] Y. Guo, Y. Guo, C. Li, H. Zhang, X. Zhou, L. Zhang*. “Integrated Optical Phased Arrays for Beam Forming and Steering,” Applied Sciences 11, 4017(2021).
- [10] X. Zhou*, R. Uppu, Z. Liu, C. Papon, R. Schott, A. D. Wieck, A. Ludwig, P. Lodahl, and L. Midolo*, “On-chip nanomechanical filtering of quantum-dot single-photon sources.” Laser & Photonics Reviews 14, 1900404 (2020).
- [11] C. Papon (equal contribution), X. Zhou (equal contribution), H. Thyrrestrup, Z. Liu, S. Stobbe, R. Schott, A. D Wieck, A. Ludwig, P. Lodahl, and L. Midolo*, “Nanomechanical single-photon routing,” Optica 6, 524-530 (2019).
- [12] D. Ding, M. H. Appel, A. Javadi, X. Zhou, M. C. Löbl, I. Söllner, R. Schott, C. Papon, T. Pregnolato, L. Midolo, A. D. Wieck, A. Ludwig, R. J. Warburton, T. Schröder, and P. Lodahl*, “Coherent optical control of a quantum-dot spin-qubit in a waveguide-based spin-photon interface,” Physical Review Applied 11, 031002 (2019).
- [13] X. Zhou*, I. Kulkova, T. Lund-Hansen, S. L. Hansen, P. Lodahl, and L. Midolo, “High-efficiency shallow-etched grating on GaAs membranes for quantum photonic applications,” Applied Physics Letters, 113(25), 251103 (2018).
- [14] C. L. Dreeßen, C. Oullet-Plamondon, P. Tighineanu, X. Zhou, L. Midolo, A. S. Sørensen, and P. Lodahl*, “Suppressing phonon decoherence of high performance single-photon sources in nanophotonic waveguides,” Quantum Science and Technology 4(1), 015003 (2018).
- [15] M. Yang, L. Xu, J. Wang, H. Liu, X. Zhou*, G. Li, and L. Zhang*, “An Octave-Spanning Optical Parametric Amplifier Based on a Low-Dispersion Silicon-Rich Nitride Waveguide,” IEEE Journal of Selected Topics on Quantum Electronics 24(6), 1-7 (2018).
- [16] X. Zhou, L. Zhang*, and W. Pang, “Performance and noise analysis of optical microresonator-based biochemical sensors using intensity detection,” Optical Express 24, 18197-18208 (2016).
- [17] X. Zhou, L. Zhang*, J. Liu, X. Duan, A. M Armani, D. Zhang, H. Zhang, and W. Pang, “Integrated photonic gas sensor enhanced by optimized Fano effects in coupled microring resonators with an athermal waveguide,” Journal of Lightwave Technology 33, 4521 (2015).
- [18] H. Zhang, J. Liang, X. Zhou, H. Zhang, D. Zhang, and W. Pang*, “Transverse Mode Spurious Resonance Suppression in Lamb Wave MEMS Resonators: Theory, Modeling, and Experiment”, IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices 62, 3034 (2015).
- [19] X. Zhou, L. Zhang*, A. M. Armani, D. Zhang, X. Duan, J. Liu, H. Zhang, and W. Pang, “On-chip biological and chemical sensing with reversed Fano lineshape enabled by embedded microring resonators,” IEEE Journal of Selected Topics on Quantum Electronics 20, 5200110 (2014).
- [20] X. Zhou, L. Zhang*, W. Pang, H. Zhang, Q. Yang, and D. Zhang, “Phase characteristics of electromagnetically induced transparency analogue in coupled resonant systems,” New Journal of Physics 15, 103033 (2013).
- [21] X. Zhou, L. Zhang*, A. M. Armani, R. G. Beausoleil, A. E. Willner, and W. Pang, "Power enhancement and phase regimes in embedded microring resonators in analogy with electromagnetically induced transparency," Optical Express 21, 20179-20186 (2013).





