Name: Zhaomin Tong

Position: Associate professor

Employment:

He received the Ph.D. degree from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) and the “Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-financed Students Abroad” in 2013. From 2013 to 2015, he worked as an associate professor at the School of Nano-science and Nano-Engineering (Suzhou), Xi'an Jiaotong University. Since January 2016, he worked in the Institute of Laser Spectroscopy, Shanxi University. He has published more than 30 academic papers, and more than 10 patents (includes 3 foreign patents) were filed (or granted). He is the PI for 3 national and local research projects. As a key research member, he participates in one of the National Key Research and Development Program of China.

Field of Research: Laser display technology; MEMS

Selected publications:

1. Z. Tong*, W. Cheng, S. Jia, and X. Chen, “Weak-scattering static diffuser by fast pumping dispersed-nanoparticles in a long distance using microfluidic flows for efficient laser speckle reduction”, Opt. Express, 26 (16), 20270-20280, 2018.

2. W. Cheng, Z. Tong*, S. Jia, and X. Chen, “Laser speckle reduction using motionless image conduits”, Opt. Rev., 25 (1), 143-148, 2018.

3. Z. Tong*, S. Song, S. Jia, and X. Chen, “Non-sequential speckle reduction method by generating uncorrelated laser sub-beams with equivalent intensity using a reflective spatial light modulator,” IEEE Photonics J., 9 (5), 7000508, 2017.

4. Z. Tong*, W. Shen, S. Song, W. Cheng, Z. Cai, Y. Ma, L. Wei, W. Ma, L. Xiao, S. Jia, and X. Chen, “Combination of micro-scanning mirrors and multi-mode fibers for speckle reduction in high lumen laser projector applications,” Opt. Express, 25 (4), 3795-3804, 2017.

5. Z. Tong* and X. Chen, “A ferroelectric liquid crystal spatial light modulator encoded with orthogonal arrays and its optimized design for laser speckle reduction,” Opt. Laser Eng., 90, 173-178, 2017.

Patents:

1. Z. Tong, W. Gao, X. Chen, M. Akram, G. Ouyang, and K. Wang, Speckle reduction, US 9235060

2. Z. Tong, W. Gao, X. Chen, M. Akram, G. Ouyang, and K. Wang, Speckle reduction , GB 2480228 A

3. X. Chen, Z. Tong, and M. Akram, Methods for reducing speckles and a light source used in said method, US 20150070659