Photonics and Display Group

Fang Du

Engineer

Kent Optronics, Inc. (New York)

Email: amydu@kentoptronics.com
 

Education

08/2000-05/2005

Ph.D. student, School of Optics/CREOL, University of Central FL, Orlando, FL

09/1994-03/1997

M.S. in Optical Engineering, Nanjing University of Science & Technology, Nanjing, China.

09/1990-07/1994

B.S. in Precision Instrument, Nanjing University of Science & Technology, Nanjing, China.

Professional Experience

Recent Publications

1.         F. Du and S. T. Wu, “Curing Temperature effects on liquid crystal gels”, Appl. Phys. Lett., 83: 1310-1312 (Aug. 18, 2003).

2.       F. Du, S. Gauza and S. T. Wu, “Influence of curing temperature and high birefringence on the properties of polymer-stabilized liquid crystals”, Optics Express 11: 2891-2896 (Nov. 3, 2003).

3.        Y. Q. Lu, F. Du and S. T. Wu, “Polarization switch using thick holographic polymer-dispersed liquid crystal grating”, J. Appl. Phys., 95: 810-815 (Feb. 1, 2004).

4.        Y. Q. Lu, F. Du, Y. H. Lin and S. T. Wu, “A variable optical attenuator based on polymer stabilized twisted nematic liquid crystal”, Optics Express 12: 1221-1227 (Apr. 5, 2004).

5.        F. Du, Y. Q. Lu and S. T. Wu, “Electrically tunable liquid crystal photonic crystal fiber”, Appl. Phys. Lett., 85: 2181-2183 (Sept. 20, 2004 )

6.        F. Du, Y. Q. Lu, S. Gauza and S. T. Wu, “Polymer stabilized cholesteric liquid crystal for polarization independent variable optical attenuator applications”, Jpn. J. Appl. Phys., 43: 7083-7086 (Oct. 2004)

7.        Y. Q. Lu, X. L., Y. H. Wu, F. Du, and S. T. Wu, “Dual-frequency addressed hybrid-aligned nematic liquid crystal”, Appl. Phys. Lett. 85: 3354-3356 (Oct. 18, 2004).

8.        Y. Q. Lu, F. Du, Y. H. Wu and S. T. Wu, “Liquid Crystal Based Fourier Optical Spectrum Analyzer without Moving Parts”, 44, 291-293 (Jan. 2005)

9.         Y. H. Wu, X. Liang, Y. Q. Lu, F. Du, Y. H. Lin, and S. T. Wu “Variable optical attenuator using polymer-stabilized dual-frequency liquid crystal" Appl. Opt. 44, 4394-4397 (July 10, 2005).

Conference Presentations

1.        S. Gauza, F. Du, J. R. Wu and S. T. Wu, “High Birefringence and Wide Nematic Range Liquid Crystal Mixtures”, Proc. SPIE, 5213, 1-8 (2003) (invited paper)

2.        S. Gauza, F. Du, J.R. Wu and S. T. Wu, et al “High Birefringence and Low Viscosity LC Mixtures”, SID Tech. Digest 34, 1054-7 (2003)

3.        F. Du and S. T. Wu, “A high contrast low voltage scattering polarizer by polymer network liquid crystal”, presented at OSA annual meeting (2003)

4.        F. Du, S. Gauza and S.T. Wu, “Polymer-stabilized liquid crystal for variable optical attenuator applications”, presented at Optics in the Southeast (2003).

5.        F. Du, Y. Q. Lu, S. Gauza and S. T. Wu, “Polymer stabilized cholesteric liquid crystal for polarization independent optical devices”, presented at OSA annual meeting (2004)

6.        F. Du, Y. Q. Lu and S. T. Wu, “A Novel Optical Switch Based On Electrically Tunable Liquid Crystal Photonic Crystal Fiber”, MRS Fall Meeting (2004).

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