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Lih Y. Lin
University of California, Los Angeles, PhD in EE, 1996
University of California, Los Angeles, MS in EE, 1993
National Taiwan University, MS in Physic, 1992
National Taiwan University, BS in Physics, 1990
[Biosketch]
[Honors]
[Research Interests]
[Teaching]
[Publications]
[Patents]
Biosketch
Lih Y. Lin joined the Electrical Engineering Department at the University of Washington
in 2003, where she is now a Professor. She received Ph.D. in electrical engineering from UCLA in 1996,
with thesis topics on high-power high-speed velocity-matched distributed photodetectors and
micromachined integrated optics. From 1996 to 2000, she works in AT&T Labs-Research as
a Senior Technical Staff Member. Her main research activities were in micromachined
technologies for optical switching and lightwave communication system. In March 2000, she
joined Tellium, Inc. as Director of Optical Technologies to work on high-port-count MEMS
optical crossconnects, where she had a sip of telecom start-up frenzy, was gladly
terminated, and happily found her next home back to academia. Her current research
interests are in nano-photonics, nanostructure-enhanced laser tweezers, bio-photonics, and
optical MEMS/NEMS.
Dr. Lin is a senior member of IEEE and a member of OSA. She has served on the technical program
committee and as chair and co-chairs of various technical conferences, including International Optical
MEMS and Nanophotonics Conference, OFC, CLEO Pacific Rim, IEEE LEOS Annual Meeting, OSA Annual Meeting, and OSA
Photonics in Switching Topical Meeting. She is now on the steering committee of the
International Optical MEMS and Nanophotonics Conference. She was the guest editor for Journal of Lightwave
Technology: Special Issue on Optical MEMS and its Future Trends, and IEEE
Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics: Special Issue on Optical Micro- and Nano-
Systems.
Honors
Invitee to the National Academy of Engineering 2005 Frontiers of Engineering Symposium.
MIT Technology Review 100 Award, 2003.
IEEE Eta Kappa Nu Outstanding Young Electrical Engineer, Finalist, 2001.
Outstanding Doctor of Philosophy (highest honor) of UCLA School of Engineering and
Applied Science, 1996.
Meritorious Paper Award, Government Microcircuit Applications Conference (GOMAC), March 1996.
GTE Graduate Fellowship, 1995-1996.
The Bor-Uei Chen Memorial Scholarship, Photonics Society of Chinese Americans, May 1995.
Research Interests
Nano-scale photonic devices and integrated systems
Nanostructure-enhanced laser tweezers
Bio-photonics
Optical MEMS/NEMS
Teaching
EE215 Introduction to Electrical Engineering
EE400 Introductory Quantum Physics for Engineers
EE484 Sensors and Sensor Systems
EE485 Introduction to Photonics
EE539 Integrated Photonics: From Micro- to Nano-scale
Publications
Selected from 53 journal papers and more than 120 conference publications:
Xiaoyu Miao, Benjamin K. Wilson, Guozhong Cao, Suzie H. Pun, and Lih Y. Lin, "Trapping
and rotation of nanowires assisted by surface plasmons," accepted by IEEE Journal of Selected
Topics in Quantum Electronics: Special Issue on Nanophotonics and Optical MEMS, 2009.
Lih Y. Lin, Chia-Jean Wang, Michael C. Hegg, and Ludan Huang, "Quantum dot nanophotonics
- From waveguiding to integration," Journal of Nanophotonics, 3(1):031603, 2009
(Invited review paper).
Benjamin K. Wilson, Mike Hegg, Xiaoyu Miao, Guozhong Cao and Lih Y. Lin, "Scalable
nano-particle assembly by efficient light-induced concentration and fusion," Optics Express,
16(22): 17276-17281, Oct. 2008.
Chang-Ching Tu and Lih Y. Lin, "High efficiency photodetectors fabricated by
electrostatic layer-by-Layer self-assembly of CdTe quantum dots," Applied Physics Letters,
93:163107, Oct. 2008.
Xiaoyu Miao, Benjamin K. Wilson, Suzie H. Pun and Lih Y. Lin, "Optical manipulation of
micron/submicron sized particles and biomolecules through plasmonics," Optics Express,
16(18): 13517-13525, Aug. 18, 2008.
Benjamin K. Wilson and Lih Y. Lin, "Variable wave plate via tunable form-birefringent
structures," Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems, 17(4): 1039-1046, Aug. 2008.
C. J. Wang, B. A. Parviz and L. Y. Lin, "Two dimensional array self-assembled quantum dot
sub-diffraction waveguides with low loss and low crosstalk," Nanotechnology, 19(23): 295201,
June 10, 2008.
Xiaoyu Miao, Benjamin K. Wilson and Lih Y. Lin, "Localized surface plasmon assisted
microfluidic mixing," Applied Physics Letters, 92:124108, March 2008.
Xiaoyu Miao and Lih Y. Lin, "Trapping and manipulation of biological particles through a
plasmonic platform," IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics:
Special Issue on Biophotonics, 13(6): 1655-1662, Nov./Dec. 2007.
Ludan Huang, Michael C. Hegg, Chia-Jean Wang, and Lih Y. Lin, "Fabrication of a
nanophotonic waveguide and photodetector integrated device," Micro and Nano Letters, 2(4):
103-106, Dec. 2007.
Michael C. Hegg and Lih Y. Lin, "Near-field photodetection with high spatial resolution
by nanocrystal quantum dots," Optics Express, 15(25): 17163-17170, Dec. 10, 2007.
Research highlight in Nature Photonics:
"Colloidal quantum dots – Filling the gap," Nature Photonics, 2(2): 65, February 2008.
Chia-Jean Wang and Lih Y. Lin, "Nanoscale waveguiding methods," Nanoscale Research
Letters, 2:219-229, May 1, 2007 (Invited paper on Nano Review).
Xiaoyu Miao and Lih Y. Lin, "Large dielectrophoresis force and torque induced by
localized surface plasmon resonance of a cap-shaped Au nanoparticle array," Optics Letters,
32(3): 295-297, Feb. 2007.
Ludan Huang, Chia-Jean Wang, and Lih Y. Lin, "A comparison of crosstalk effects
between colloidal quantum dot waveguides and conventional waveguides," Optics Letters, 32(3):
235-237, Feb. 2007.
Chia-Jean Wang, Ludan Huang, Babak A. Parviz, and Lih Y. Lin, "Sub-diffraction
photon guidance by quantum dot cascades," NanoLetters, 6(11): 2549-2553, Nov. 2006.
Research highlight in Nature Photonics: "Nanophotonics: Guiding the way - Quantum dots help to
guide light at the subdiffraction limit," Nature Photonics, 1(1): 8, Jan. 2007.
Chia-Jean Wang, Lih Y. Lin, and Babak A. Parviz, "Modeling and simulation for a
nano-photonic quantum dot waveguide fabricated by DNA-directed self-assembly," IEEE J.
Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, Vol. 11, no. 2, p. 500-509, 2005.
L. Y. Lin and E. L. Goldstein, "Opportunities and challenges for MEMS in
lightwave communications," IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics:
Review of Telecom Network Application of MEMS, Vol. 8, p. 163-172, 2002
(Invited paper).
L. Y. Lin, E. L. Goldstein, and R. W. Tkach, "Free-space micromachined optical switches
for optical networking," IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics:
Microoptoelectromechanical systems (MOEMS), 5(1): 4-9, 1999.
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, p. 525-527, 1998.
Book Chapter
Lih Y. Lin and Chia-Jean Wang, "Quantum-dot Nanophotonic Waveguides," in Nanophotonics
and Nanofabrications, Motoichi Ohtsu, Ed., John Wileys, 2009.
Chia-Jean Wang and Lih Y. Lin, "Sub-diffraction Quantum Dot Waveguides," in Quantum
Dots: Research, Technology and Applications, Randolf W. Knoss, Ed., Nova Science
Publishers, 2008.
Lih Y. Lin, "Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS) for Optical-Fiber
Communications," in WDM Technologies: Passive Optical Components, Achyut Dutta,
Niloy Dutta, and Masahiko Fujiwara, eds., Academic Press: 2003.
Patents
22 granted US patents. Below are selected patents:
"Optical switch and method for aligning optical switch components," by L. Y. Lin,
N. Bonadeo, and J. Dadap, filed Jan. 5, 2001, granted July 8, 2003, US patent 6,591,029.
"Method and apparatus for signal and switch monitoring in an optical cross connect,"
by L. Y. Lin, L. M. Lunardi, and E. L. Goldstein, granted April 29, 2003, US patent
6,556,318.
"Fiber-optic free-space micromachined matrix switches," by Lih Y. Lin, US patent
6,445,846, granted Sep. 3, 2002 (continuation of US patent 5,960,132).
"Monolithic integration of control elements and micro-mirror in an optical switch,"
by Lih Y. Lin, granted Oct. 22, 2002, US patent 6,470,110.
"Fiber-optic free-space micromachined matrix switches," by Lih Y. Lin, granted Sep.
28, 1999, US patent 5,960,132.
Pending:
"Multiple quantum dot waveguides," by Lih Y. Lin, Chia-Jean Wang, and Babak AmirParviz,
patent filed on May 18, 2007.
"New optical micro-manipulator and micro-rotator," by Lih Y. Lin, Xiaoyu Miao, and Suzie
Hwang Pun, patent filed on June 18, 2007.
