About author:Likai Zhu (likai.zhu@oclaro.com) received his BSc and MSc degrees in electrical engineering from Tianjin University, China, in 2003 and 2006. He worked with Dr. Guifang Li in the Optical Fiber Communications Group of CREOL, University of Central Florida, and received his PhD degree in optics. Currently, he is working in research and development of optical fiber communication systems at Oclaro Inc. Dr. Zhu is the author or coauthor of 14 journal papers, eight conference proceedings, and four patents.
Guifang Li (li@creol.ucf.edu) is professor of optics, electrical & computer engineering and physics at the University of Central Florida. In 1991, he received his PhD degree in electrical engineering from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. His research interests include optical communications and networking, RF photonics, and all-optical signal processing. He is the recipient of the NSF CAREER award, the Office of Naval Research Young Investigator award, and the UCF Research Incentive Award 2006. He is a fellow of SPIE and the Optical Society of America and was an associate editor for Optical Networks. He is currently the deputy editor of Optics Express and an associate editor of IEEE Photonics Technology Letters. He was the principal investigator of the NSF Instrumentation and Laboratory Improvement Program entitled "A National Model for Photonics Proficiency in Undergraduate Electrical Engineering" and the NSF Combined Research and Curriculum Development Program in Optical Communications and Networking. Dr. Li was also the director of the National Science Foundation Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT) in Optical Communications and Networking. He received the UCF Teaching Incentive Program (TIP) Award in 2004.
