On the Morning of May 20, Tsinghua International Center for Nano-optoelectronics Unveiling Ceremony and Special Symposium kicked off in Tsinghua University. Over 100 people, including Wang Xiqin, Vice President of Tsinghua University, Zhang Guanglian, Deputy Director of Beijing Municipal Science & Technology Commission, Liu Zhenjiang, Director of China-Singapore Tianjin Eco-City Science and Technology Bureau, and members of the Academic Committee of the Center: Academician Zhou Bingkun (Tsinghua University), Academician Zhu Shining (Nanjing University), Academician Zhu Shiyao (Zhejiang University), Academician Li Shushen (Chinese Academy of Sciences), Academician Gu Ying (Chinese PLA General Hosptial), Academician Gong Qihuang (Peking University), and members of the International Advisory Committee of the Center: Academician Yablonovitch (Berkeley), Academician Atwater (California Institute of Technology), Academician Arakawa (University of Tokyo), as well as guests from Beijing Municipal Science & Technology Commission, China-Singapore Tianjin Eco-City, Office of Scientific R&D, Tsinghua University, Department of Electronic Engineering, and Department of Physics, attended the ceremony to jointly witness this important moment.
Vice President Wang Xiqin delivers a speech on behalf of the university
Vice President Wang Xiqin delivered a speech on behalf of the university. He congratulated the establishment of the center and expressed sincere thanks to the guests, members of the Academic Committee of the Center as well as members of the International Advisory Committee. He said that Tsinghua University is striving to become a top university in the world and the Tsinghua International Center for Nano-optoelectronics is one of the strategic deployments of the university to move towards this goal. He fully affirmed the breakthroughs made by the center recently in nanoscopic light source, nano-waveguide optical amplifiers and other aspects and hoped that the center can produce a group of original and major scientific research results and develop into a world-class nano-optoelectronics research center in the future.
Zhang Guanglian, Deputy Director of Beijing Municipal Science & Technology Commission, delivers a speech on behalf of Beijing Municipal Science & Technology Commission
Deputy Director Zhang Guanglian congratulated the establishment of the center on behalf of Beijing Municipal Science & Technology Commission. He pointed out in his speech that the next 5-10 years are a critical period for the large-scale, systematic and innovative research on nano-optoelectronics. He hoped that the center can grasp this important opportunity to vigorously promote the cross-integration of nano-optoelectronics and other disciplines, promote the rapid development of the optoelectronics field in China and show Beijing's demonstrative role in national strategic development of the science and technology industry. He sincerely thanked Tsinghua University for its deep participation and vigorous support of Beijing's construction of national science and technology innovation center. And he also said that in the future, Beijing will definitely continue to serve the innovation work of Tsinghua University and the center as always.
Vice President Wang Xiqin, Deputy Director Zhang Guanglian, Academician Zhou Bingkun, Academician Zhu Shining, Academician Atwater and Professor Ning Cunzheng unveil the venter.
Vice President Wang Xiqin, Deputy Director Zhang Guanglian, Academician Zhou Bingkun, Honorary Director of the Academic Committee of the Center, Director Academician Zhu Shining, Academician Atwater from the International Advisory Committee of the Center, and Professor Ning Cunzheng, Director of the Center, jointly unveiled the Tsinghua International Center for Nano-optoelectronics, and Vice President Wang Xiqin, Chair of the Department of Electronic Engineering Huang Yidong and Deputy Party Committee Secretary of the Department of Physics Xue Ping presented the letter of appointment to members of the International Advisory Committee and Academic Committee of the Center present.
Vice President Wang Xiqin, Director and Deputy Director of the Center Professor Ning Cunzheng, Professor Huang Yidong and Professor Xue Ping present the letter of appointment to members of the International Advisory Committee and Academic Committee of the Center present.
Professor Ning Cunzheng, Director of the Center, makes a report titled "challenges and opportunities of nano-optoelectronics".
Professor Ning Cunzheng, Director of the Center, introduced the background for the establishment of the center. He firstly thanked leaders at all levels of Tsinghua University, the Department of Electronic Engineering and the Department of Physics for their vigorous support of the research on nano-optoelectronics and the preparation of the center in recent years, and introduced the great significance of nano-optoelectronics in many technical fields, especially the importance of nano-optoelectronic chips to the transmission of mass information such as big data, 5G communications, AI, and supercomputers in the future. Professor Ning then introduced that the optoelectronics is confronted with three challenges at present, including device miniaturization and low energy consumption, light wavelength and diversification of material energy gap as well as optoelectronic integration, and analyzed the advantages and solutions of nano-optoelectronics. He finally emphasized the original innovation model to be adopted by Tsinghua International Center for Nano-optoelectronics in the future, that is, starting from new physical principles and phenomena to conduct original research.
Professor Yablonovitch from University of California, Berkeley makes an academic report.
Professor Arakawa from University of Tokyo, Japan makes an academic report.
In the academic report on nano-optoelectronics subsequently, Professor Eli Yablonovitch from University of California, Berkeley, the United States, and Professor Yasuhiko Arakawa from University of Tokyo, Japan, respectively made reports on the Impact of Physics on Technology and Evolution of Quantum Dots: From Science to Practical Implementation. The two world-famous experts respectively talked about how they studied and invented original new devices through the basic physical phenomena and how they successfully industrialized their own creations and inventions finally.
After the unveiling ceremony, teachers and members of the International Advisory Committee and the Academic Committee of the center reported and introduced the research directions and progress. The experts fully affirmed the existing advantages of the center in the nano-optoelectronics field and put forward constructive opinions and suggestions on the future development of the center.
The establishment of the center represents the strategic deployment of Tsinghua University in this important research field. The center will focus on our own country, take a broad view of the international frontiers and the future of optoelectronics, continue to promote the basic research and application technology development and build itself into a research center with international influence to lead the development of the nano-optoelectronics field.
