Changbao Ma

More than 23 years of hands-on R&D, engineering and manufacturing experience in optics, fiber optics, guided-wave optics, silicon photonics, integrated optics, near-field optics, microphotonics, imaging, spectroscopy, nanophotonics, plasmonics and metamaterials. Strong modeling/computing, experimental/characterization/testing skills, robot control and process automation, (ultra) precision fixture design and development, manufacturing process development, multi-fiber attachment and automation, instrumentation/automation/system integration skills, working fabrication and electronics knowledge. Specialties: fiber optics, silicon photonics, silicon photonic transceiver development, photonic integrated circuits (PIC), planar light wave circuits (PLC), micro-/nano-photonics, integrated optics, guided-wave optics, grating, WDM, fiber/waveguide coupling, precision alignment and automation, near-field optics, diffractive optics, biophotonics, photonic crystals, plasmonics, metamaterials, microscopy, spectroscopy, super-resolution. Modeling: FDTD, FullWave, BPM, BeamProp, Comsol Multiphysics, Zemax, Microwave studio, Solidworks. Computing: Matlab, C#.Net, VB, Python. Experimental: optical testing and characterization; precision alignment; Instrument control and data acquisition (Matlab, C#.Net, VB). Fiber optic packaging, automated multi-fiber attachment, silicon photonic chip packaging, UV bonding, polishing, expanded beam optics (EBO) design, micro-optics injection molding tooling, ultra-high precision metrology. 56 academic and technical publications, 31 granted and filed US patents.