Faculty Research: Lih Lin

Degrees:
1996, PhD, Electrical Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles

Awards and Professional Activities:
Awards and Honors:

- MIT Technology Review 100 Award, Sep., 2003.

- IEEE Eta Kappa Nu Outstanding Young Electrical Engineer, Finalist, 2001.

- Outstanding Doctor of Philosophy (highest honor), UCLA School of Engineering and Applied Science, 1996

- Meritorious Paper Award, Government Microcircuit Applications Conference (GOMAC), 1996

- GTE Fellowship, 1995~1996



Professional Activities

- Steering committee, International Conference on Optical MEMS, 1999-2001, 2004-2006.

- Conference co-chair, 5th International Conference on Optical MEMS, Okinawa, Japan, Sept. 2001.

- Conference sub-committee chair/co-chair:

* Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, Pacific Rim, Taipei, Taiwan, December 2003.

* OSA Annual Meeting: Symposium on Optical Crossconnects, Long Beach, CA, October 2001.

* Asia-Pacific Optical and Wireless Communications Conference, Beijing, China, November 2001.

* OSA Annual Meeting: Symposium on Optical MEMS, October 1999.

- Technical program committee:

* SPIE’s International Symposium on Nanosensing, Philadelphia, PA, Oct. 2004

* International Conference on Optical MEMS, 1999 - 2004

* OSA Photonics in Switching Topical Meeting, Korea, July 2002.

* IEEE LEOS Annual Meeting: Special Symposium on Optical MEMS, November 2001.

* OSA Photonics in Switching Topical Meeting, Monterey, CA, June 2001.

* IEEE/LEOS Summer Topical Meetings: Optical MEMS, Monterey, CA, July 1998.

- Chief guest editor, Journal of Lightwave Technology, special issue on optical MEMS and its future trends, March 2003.

- Short Course:

* “Optical switching: Technologies and applications,” Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, Long Beach, CA, May 2002.

* Organizer of the three-day UCLA short course “Optical-layer networking: Architectures and enabling technologies,” July 2001. Lecturer of its Part III: “MEMS for optical-layer networking”.

* “Optical switching: Technologies and applications,” Optical Fiber Communication (OFC) conference, Anaheim, CA, March 2001.

Areas of Research:

Nano-MEMS	Quantum Structures
Photonics	Self-Assembled Systems
Nanomaterials

Selected Publications:
35 publications in refereed scientific journals

89 invited and contributed papers at conferences

1 book chapter

21 granted US patents



Representative publications:

1. Wang, C.-J. and Lin, L.Y., “Sub-diffraction limit nano-photonic waveguides by quantum dot array structure ― Modeling and simulation,” SPIE’s International Symposium on Nanosensing, Philadelphia, PA, Oct. 25-28, 2004. (Invited presentation)

2. Wang, C.-J, Lin, L.Y., Parviz, B.A., “DNA-directed self-assembled waveguides for nano-photonics,” International Optical MEMS Conference, Kagawa, Japan, Aug. 22-26, 2004.

3. Lih Y. Lin, “Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS) for Optical-Fiber Communications,” Chapter 5 in WDM Technologies: Passive Optical Components, Achyut Dutta, Niloy Dutta, and Masahiko Fujiwara, eds., Academic Press: 2003.

4. Lih Y. Lin and Evan L. Goldstein, "The Roles of MEMS Optical Switches in Fiber-Optic Networks – What and When," ITCom, Active and Passive Optical Components for WDM Communications III, Orlando, FL, Sep. 7-11, 2003. (Invited)

5. Lih Y. Lin and Evan L. Goldstein, “Opportunities and challenges for MEMS in lightwave communications,” IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics on Review of Telecom Network Application of MEMS, Vol. 8, no. 1, p. 163-172, 2002 (Invited).

6. Chuan Pu, Lih Y. Lin, Evan L. Goldstein, Nicolas Frigo, and Robert W. Tkach, “Micro-machined integrated optical polarization-state rotator,” IEEE Photonics Technol. Lett, Vol. 12, no. 10, p. 1358-1360, 2000.

7. Lih Y. Lin, Evan L. Goldstein, Nicholas J. Frigo, and Robert W. Tkach, "Micromachined polarization-state controller and its application to polarization-mode dispersion compensation," Optical Fiber Communication Conference, Baltimore, MD, Mar. 5-10, 2000.

8. Lih Y. Lin, Evan L. Goldstein, and Leda M. Lunardi, “Integrated signal-monitoring and connection-verification in MEMS optical crossconnects,” IEEE Photonics Technol. Lett., Vol. 12, no. 7, p. 885-887, 2000.

9. L. Y. Lin, E. L. Goldstein, and R. W. Tkach, "On the expandability of free-space micromachined optical crossconnects," Journal of Lightwave Technology, Vol. 18, no. 4, p. 482-489, 2000.

10. L. Y. Lin, E. L. Goldstein, and R. W. Tkach, "Free-space micromachined optical switches for optical networking," IEEE J. Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics: Microoptoelectromechanical systems (MOEMS), Vol. 5, no. 1, p. 4-9, 1999.

11. L. Y. Lin, E. L. Goldstein, and R. W. Tkach, “Free-space micromachined optical switches with sub-millisecond switching time for large-scale optical crossconnect,” IEEE Photonics Technol. Lett., Vol. 10, no. 4, p. 525-527, 1998.

12. L. Y. Lin, M. C. Wu, T. Itoh, T. A. Vang, R. E. Muller, D. L. Sivco, and A. Y. Cho, “High-power, high-speed photodetectors  Design, Analysis, and experimental demonstrations,” IEEE Trans. of Microwave Theory and Tech.: Special issue on Microwave and Millimeter Wave Photonics II., Vol. 45, no. 8, p. 1320-1331, 1997.

13. L. Y. Lin, S. S. Lee, K. S. J. Pister, and M. C. Wu, “Micro-machined three-dimensional micro-optics for integrated free-space optical system,” IEEE Photonics Tech. Lett., Vol. 6, No. 12, p. 1445-1447, 1994.

Research Keywords:
Nano-photonics, photonic waveguide, photonic integrated circuits, sub-diffraction limit, quantum dots, optical manipulation, optical rotation, polarization control, optical MEMS, photonic device, self-assembly, optical modeling, optical system design.

Experticed Keywords:
Photonics, Nano-photonics, Optical MEMS, Integrated optics, Optical micro-manipulation.