Biography
Zenghu Chang is a Distinguished Professor of Physics and Optics at the University of Central Florida, where he directs the Institute for the Frontier of Attosecond Science and Technology laboratory, http://fast.creol.ucf.edu/. He is a fellow of the American Physical Society.
Chang graduated from Xi’an Jiaotong University in 1982. He then earned a doctorate at the Xi’an Institute of Optics and Precision Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, in 1988. From 1991 to 1993, Chang visited the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory sponsored by the Royal Society fellowship. He worked at the University of Michigan after 1996. Then joined the physics faculty at Kansas State University in 2001, where he was later promoted to the Ernest & Lillian Chapin Professor.
Dr. Chang has published 150 papers in the field of ultrafast high power lasers, ultrafast XUV/X-ray science and strong field AMO physics. His notable contributions include inventing the Double Optical Gating for the generation of single isolated attosecond pulses. His group generated the shortest laser pulse, 67 as, which is the current world record. He is the author of the book “Fundamentals of Attosecond Optics.”
Florida Attosecond Science and Technology: http://fast.creol.ucf.edu/
Awards & Honors
Fellow of the American Physical Society
2007 Mercator Professorship, German Science Foundation (DFG)
1996 Hubert Schardin Gold Medal
1995 The First Class Award for Young Scientists, Chinese Academy of Sciences
1994 Young Expert of the Year with Outstanding Contributions, Ministry of Personnel, People Republic of China
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172. Eric Cunningham and Zenghu Chang, “Optical Gating with Asymmetric Field Ratios for Isolated Attosecond Pulse Generation.” IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics (Accepted, 2015). DOI:10.1109/JSTQE.2015.2426655
171. Xiaoming Yu, Zenghu Chang, P.B. Corkum, and Shuting Lei, “Fabricating nanostructures on fused silica using femtosecond infrared pulses combining with sub-nanojoule ultraviolet pulses,” Optics Letters 39, Issue 19, pp. 5638-5640 (2014). doi: 10.1364/OL.39.005638
170. Qi Zhang, Kun Zhao, and Zenghu Chang, “High resolution electron spectrometers for characterizing the contrast of isolated 25 as pulses,” Journal of Electron Spectroscopy and Related Phenomena 195, pp, 48–54 (2014). doi:10.1016/j.elspec.2014.05.008
169. Qi Zhang, Kun Zhao, Jie Li, Michael Chini, Yan Cheng, Yi Wu, Eric Cunningham, and Zenghu Chang, “Suppression of Driving Laser in High Harmonic Generation with a Microchannel Plate,” Optics Letters 39, Issue 12, pp. 3670-3673 (2014). doi: 10.1364/OL.39.003670
168. Michael Chini, Xiaowei Wang, Yan Cheng, Zenghu Chang, “Resonance Effects and Quantum Beats in Attosecond Transient Absorption of Helium,” Journal of Physics B 47, 124009 (2014). doi:10.1088/0953-4075/47/12/124009
167. [Book chapter] Qi Zhang, Kun Zhao, and Zenghu Chang, “Attosecond Extreme Ultraviolet Supercontinuum,” Robert Alfano, Supercontinuum, 3rd edition (In press). Springer.
166. Qi Zhang, Kun Zhao, and Zenghu Chang, “High resolution electron spectrometers for characterizing the contrast of isolated 25 as pulses,” Journal of Electron Spectroscopy and Related Phenomena, Optics Letters, (accepted) 2014.
165. Qi Zhang, Kun Zhao, Jie Li, Michael Chini, Yan Cheng, Yi Wu, Eric Cunningham, and Zenghu Chang, “Suppression of Driving Laser in High Harmonic Generation with a Microchannel Plate,” Optics Letters, (accepted) 2014.
164. Michael Chini, Xiaowei Wang, Yan Cheng, Zenghu Chang, “Resonance Effects and Quantum Beats in Attosecond Transient Absorption of Helium,” Journal of Physics B, (accepted) 2014.
163. Michael Chini, Xiaowei Wang, Yan Cheng, He Wang, Yi Wu, Eric Cunningham, Peng-Cheng Li, John Heslar, Dmitry A. Telnov, Shih-I Chu, and Zenghu Chang, “Coherent Phase-Matched VUV Generation by Field-Controlled Bound States,” Nature Photonics doi:10.1038/nphoton.2014.83, Published online on 11 May 2014.
162. Stephen R. Leone, C. William McCurdy, Joachim Burgdörfer, Lorenz S. Cederbaum, Zenghu Chang, Nirit Dudovich, Johannes Feist, Chris H. Greene, Misha Ivanov, Reinhard Kienberger, Ursula Keller, Matthias F. Kling, Zhi-Heng Loh, Thomas Pfeifer, Adrian N. Pfeiffer, Robin Santra, Kenneth Schafer, Albert Stolow, Uwe Thumm & Marc J. J. Vrakking, “What will it take to observe processes in ‘real time’?” Nature Photonics 8, No 3, 162 – 166 (2014).
161. Michael Chini, Kun Zhao and Zenghu Chang, “The Generation, Characterization, and Applications of Broadband Isolated Attosecond Pulses,” Nature Photonics 8, No 3, 178 – 186 (2014).
160. Xiaoming Yu, Qiumei Bian, Zenghu Chang, Paul B. Corkum, and Shuting Lei, “Femtosecond laser nanomachining initiated by ultraviolet multiphoton ionization,” Optics Express 21, Issue 20, pp. 24185-24190 (2013).
159. Xiaowei Wang, Michael Chini, Yan Cheng, Yi Wu, Xiao-Min Tong, and Zenghu Chang, “Sub-cycle laser control and quantum interferences in attosecond photoabsorption of neon,” Phys. Rev. A 87, 063413 (2013).
158. Yi Wu, Eric Cunningham, Jie Li, Huaping Zang, Michael Chini, Xiaowei Wang,YangWang, Kun Zhao, and Zenghu Chang, “Generation of High-Flux Attosecond Extreme Ultraviolet Continuum with a 10 Terawatt Laser,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 102, 201105 (2013).
157. [Book chapter] Michael Chini, He Wang, Baozhen Zhao, Yan Cheng, Shouyuan Chen, Yi Wu, and Zenghu Chang, “Attosecond Absorption Spectroscopy,” pp135-150, Progress in Ultrafast Intense Laser Science IX, by Kaoru Yamanouchi and Katsumi Midorikawa, ISBN: 9783642350511, Springer (2013).
156. X. Yu, Q. Bian, B. Zhao, Z. Chang, P.B. Corkum, and S. Lei, “Near-infrared femtosecond laser machining initiated by ultraviolet multiphoton ionization,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 102, 101111 (2013).
155. Michael Chini, Xiaowei Wang, Yan Cheng, Yi Wu, Di Zhao, Dmitry A. Telnov, Shih-I Chu, and Zenghu Chang, “Sub-cycle Oscillations in Virtual States Brought to Light,” Scientific Reports 3, 1105 (2013).
154. Xiaowei Wang, Michael Chini, Yan Cheng, Yi Wu, and Zenghu Chang, “In Situ Calibration of an Extreme Ultraviolet Spectrometer for Attosecond Transient Absorption Experiments,” Applied Optics 52, 323 (2013).
153. Qiumei Bian, Xiaoming Yu, Baozhen Zhao, Zenghu Chang, Shuting Lei, “Femtosecond laser ablation of indium tin-oxide narrow grooves for thin film solar cells,” Optics and Laser Technology 45, 395 (2013).
152. Reinhard Kienberger, Zenghu Chang and Chang Hee Nam, “10th anniversary of attosecond pulses,” Journal of Physics B-Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics 45, 070201 (2012).
151.Michael Chini, Baozhen Zhao, He Wang, Yan Cheng, S. X. Hu, and Zenghu Chang, “Subcycle ac Stark shift of helium excited states probed with isolated attosecond pulses,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 073601 (2012).
150. Xiaowei Wang, Michael Chini, Qi Zhang, Kun Zhao, Yi Wu, Dmitry A. Telnov, Shih-I Chu, and Zenghu Chang, “Mechanism of quasi-phase-matching in a dual-gas multijet array,” Physical Review A 86, 021802 (2012).
149. Kun Zhao, Qi Zhang, Michael Chini, Yi Wu, Xiaowei Wang, and Zenghu Chang, “Tailoring a 67 attosecond pulse through advantageous phase-mismatch,” Optics Letters 37, 3891 (2012).
148. Max Möller, Yan Cheng, Sabih D. Khan, Baozhen Zhao, Kun Zhao, Michael Chini, Gerhard G. Paulus, and Zenghu Chang, “Dependence of high-order-harmonic-generation yield on driving-laser ellipticity,” Phys. Rev. A 86, 011401 (2012).
147. [Book chapter] K.Zhao,Q.Zhang,M.Chini,andZ.Chang, Chapter 19, “Route to One Atomic Unit of Time – Development of a Broadband Attosecond Streak Camera,” Multiphoton Processes and Attosecond Physics, Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Multiphoton Processes (ICOMP12) and the 3rd International Conference on Attosecond Physics (ATTO3), Yamanouchi, Kaoru; Midorikawa, Katsumi (Eds.) Series: Springer Proceedings in Physics, Vol. 125, Part 2, 109 (2012). ISBN 978-3-642-28947-7
146.Yoann Pertot, Shouyuan Chen, Sabih D Khan, Luc Bertrand Elouga Bom, Tsuneyuki Ozaki and Zenghu Chang, “Generation of continuum high-order harmonics from carbon plasma using double optical gating,” J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys. 45, 074017 (2012).
145. Bin Zeng, Wei Chu, Guihua Li, Jinping Yao, Jielei Ni, Haisu Zhang,Ya Cheng, Zhizhan Xu, Yi Wu, and Zenghu Chang, “Direct generation of intense extreme-ultraviolet supercontinuum with 35-fs, 11-mJ pulses from a femtosecond laser amplifier,” Physical Review A 85, 033839 (2012).
144. Sabih D. Khan, Yan Cheng, Max Möller, Kun Zhao, Baozhen Zhao, Michael Chini, Gerhard G. Paulus , and Zenghu Chang, “Ellipticity dependence of 400 nm-driven high harmonic generation,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 99, 161106 (2011).
143. Qiumei Bian, Shouyuan Chen, Byung-Tai Kim, Nicholas Leventis, Hongbing Lu, Zenghu Chang, Shuting Lei, “Micromachining of polyurea aerogel using femtosecond laser pulses,”J. Non-Crystalline Solids 357, 186 (2011).
142. M. Möller, A. M. Sayler, T. Rathje, M. Chini, Zenghu Chang, and G. G. Paulus, “Precise, real-time, single-shot carrier-envelope phase measurement in the multi-cycle regime,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 99, 121108 (2011).
141. (Book chapter) Shouyuan Chen, Steve Gilbertson, He wang, Michael Chini, Kun Zhao, Sabih Khan, Yi Wu, and Zenghu Chang, “Attosecond pulse generation, characterization and application,” Advances in Multi-Photon Processes and spectroscopy, Vol. 20, pp. 127-174, S.H. Lin, A.A. Villaeys, and Y. Fujimura, World Scientific Publishing Company; 1 edition (May 2011), ISBN-10: 9814343986.
140. Ulrich, Birte; Vredenborg, Arno; Malakzadeh, Abdollah; Schmidt, Lothar; Havermeier, Tilo; Meckel, Moritz; Cole, Kyra; Smolarski, Mathias; Chang, Zenghu; Jahnke, Till; Doerner, Reinhard, “Imaging of the Structure of the Argon and Neon Dimer, Trimer and Tetramer,” The Journal of Physical Chemistry 115, 6936 (2011).
139. (Book) Zenghu Chang, Fundamentals of Attosecond Optics, CRC Press; 1 edition (February 16, 2011)ISBN-10: 1420089374
138. (Book chapter) Ximao Feng, Steve Gilbertson, Hiroki Mashiko, Sabih Khan, He Wang, Michael Chini, Yi Wu, and Zenghu Chang, “Chapter 5, Single Isolated Attosecond PulsesGeneration with Double Optical Gating,” Progress in Ultrafast Intense Laser Science VI, pp. 89-112. Series: Springer Series in Chemical Physics, Vol. 99, Yamanouchi, Kaoru; Gerber, Gustav; Bandrauk, Andre D. (Eds.), 1st Edition., 2010, XVI, 237 p., ISBN: 978-3-642-15053-1.
137. Steve Gilbertson, Michael Chini, Ximao Feng, Sabih Khan, Yi Wu, and Zenghu Chang, “Monitoring and Controlling the Electron Dynamics in Helium with Isolated Attosecond Pulses,”Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 263003 (2010).
136. Zenghu Chang and P. Corkum, “Attosecond photon sources: the first decade and beyond [Invited],” J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 27, B9-B17 (2010).
135. He Wang, Michael Chini, Shouyuan Chen, Chang-Hua Zhang, Feng He, Yan Cheng, Yi Wu, Uwe Thumm, and Zenghu Chang, “Attosecond Time-Resolved Autoionization of Argon,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 143002 (2010).
134. Steve Gilbertson, Sabih D. Khan, Yi Wu, Michael Chini, Zenghu Chang
“Isolated attosecond pulse generation without the need to stabilize the carrier-envelope phase of driving lasers,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 093902 (2010).
133. Qi Zhang, Kun Zhao, and Zenghu Chang,“Determining time resolution of microchannel plate detectors for electron time-of-flight spectrometer,” Rev. Sci. Instrum. 81, 073112 (2010).
132. B. Ulrich, A. Vredenborg, A. Malakzadeh, M. Meckel, K. Cole, M. Smolarski, Z. Chang, T. Jahnke, and R. Dörner, “Double ionization mechanisms of the argon dimer in intense laser fields,”Phys.Rev. A82, 013412 (2010).
131. Michael Chini, Steve Gilbertson, Sabih D. Khan, and Zenghu Chang, “Characterizing ultrabroadband attosecond lasers,” Opt. Express 18, 13006 (2010).
130. Steve Gilbertson, Yi Wu, Sabih D. Khan, Michael Chini, Kun Zhao, Ximao Feng, and Zenghu Chang, “Isolated attosecond pulse generation using multicycle pulses directly from a laser amplifier,” Phys. Rev. A 81, 043810 (2010).
Courses Taught
Attosecond Laser Physics, PHY5937
Frontier of Ultrafast Optics, OSE6938W
Atomic Physics, PHZ6234
