Xiaoyi Bao

Nonlinear effects in fibers

 

Rank: Full Professor, Canada Research Chair in Fiber Optics and Photonics

Department: Physics

Education

  • BSc Nankai University
  • MSc Nankai University
  • PhD Academica Sinica

Keywords: nonlinear effects in optical fibers, temperature, acoustic waves, vibration, birefringence, sound velocity, refractive index, structured fibers for devices and bio and chemical sensing, data storage, optical signal processing, fiber communications 
 

Research Topics

  • Fiber sensors for the health monitoring of civil structures, including temperature, strain, vibration, acoustic, chemical- and bio- sensing
  • Nonlinear optics in the fibers
  • Rayleigh, Brillouin and Raman scattering in fibers and their applications
  • Impairments (polarization of mode dispersion, polarization dependent loss, chromatic dispersion and nonlinear effects) in fiber optic networks
  • Emulation and characterization of the polarization mode dispersion, polarization dependent loss, and chromatic dispersion
  • Micro-fibers and devices
  • Fiber laser design and development