Jia-Ming Liu

Jia-Ming Liu is Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Associate Dean of the Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science, at the University of California, Los Angeles. He is the author of Principles of Photonics (Cambridge, 2016), and Photonic Devices (Cambridge, 2005), and a fellow of the Optical Society of America, the American Physical Society, the IEEE, and the Guggenheim Foundation. He received his Ph.D. degree in applied physics from Harvard University in 1982.

Research and Teaching Interests:
Nonlinear optics, ultrafast optics, laser dynamics and chaos, semiconductor lasers, optoelectronics, photonics, nonlinear and ultrafast processes

Awards and Recognitions:

2008         IEEE Fellow
2006          Guggenheim Fellowship for .unusually distinguished achievement and exceptional promise for future accomplishment.
2003          Fellow, American Physical Society
1990          Fellow, Optical Society of America

Selected Publications:

• I.T. Lin and J.M. Liu, “Terahertz Frequency-Dependent Carrier Scattering Rate and Mobility of Monolayer and AA-stacked Multilayer Graphene,” IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, Vol. 20, 8400108, DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2013.2263116 (2014).


• T.B. Simpson, J.M. Liu, M. AlMulla, N. Usechak, and V. Kovanis, “Limit Cycle Dynamics with Reduced Sensitivity to Perturbations,” Physical Review Letters, Vol. 112, 023901, DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.112.023901 (2014).


• S.S. Lin, S.K. Hwang, and J.M. Liu, “Supercontinuum Generation in Highly Nonlinear Fibers Using Amplified Noise-Like Optical Pulses,” Optics Express, Vol. 22, pp. 41524160, DOI: 10.1364/OE.22.004152 (2014).


• Y.P. Lai, I.T. Lin, K.H. Wu, and J.M. Liu, “Plasmonics in Topological Insulators,” Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology, Vol. 4, DOI: 10.5772/58558 (2014). Invited Paper.


• I.T. Lin and J.M. Liu, “Enhanced Graphene Plasmon Waveguiding in a Layered GrapheneMetal Structure,” Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 105, 011604, DOI: 10.1063/1.4889915 (2014).


• M. AlMulla and J.M. Liu, “Frequency-Stabilized Limit-Cycle Dynamics of an Optically Injected Semiconductor Laser,” Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 105, 011122, DOI: 10.1063/1.4890111 (2014).


• I.T. Lin and J.M. Liu, “Optimization of Double-Layer Graphene Plasmonic Waveguides,” Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 105, 061116, DOI: 10.1063/1.4893380 (2014).


• C.J. Lin, M. AlMulla, and J.M. Liu, “Harmonic Analysis of Limit-Cycle Oscillations Induced by Optical Injection to a Semiconductor Laser,” IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics, Vol. 50, pp. 815-822, DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2014.2346791 (2014).


• Y.P. Lai, H.J. Chen, K.H. Wu, and J.M. Liu, “Temperature-Dependent CarrierPhonon Coupling in Topological Insulator Bi2Se3,” Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 105, 232110, DOI: 10.1063/1.4904009 (2014).


• J.R. Kuo, S.S. Lin, J. Liu, S.H. Chen, C.C. Chio, J.J. Wang, and J.M. Liu, “Deep Brain Light Stimulation Effects on Glutamate and Dopamine Concentration,” Biomedical Optics Express, Vol. 6, pp. 23-31, DOI: 10.1364/BOE.6.000023 (2015).