Yuqiang Ding

Greetings! I'm a 3rd year Ph.D. student under the supervision of Prof. Shin-Tson Wu at CREOL, University of Central Florida.

My current research interests include novel liquid crystal optical elements and optical system design in AR/VR displays.

Education

Year	Title	Where
08/2021-Present	Ph. D. in Optics	CREOL, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida, USA
09/2017-06/2021	B. S. in Optics	School of Information and Science Engineering, Shandong University, Qingdao, Shandong, China

Publications

1. Z. Luo, Y. Ding，F. Peng, G. Wei, Y. Wang, and S. T. Wu, “Ultracompact and high-efficiency liquid- crystal-on-silicon light engines for augmented reality glasses,” Opto-Electron Adv. 7, 240039 (2024).
2. Z. Yang, Z. Luo, Y. Ding, Y. Qian, S.-C. Chen, C.-L. Lin, and S. T. Wu, “Advances and challenges in microdisplays and imaging optics for virtual reality and mixed reality,” Device 2, 100398 (2024).
3. (Distinguished paper) Y. Ding, Z. Luo, G. Borjigin, and S. T. Wu, “High-efficiency and ultracompact pancake optics for virtual reality,” J. Soc. Inf. Display. 32, (2024). DOI: 10.1002/jsid.1298
4. (Distinguished paper) Q. Yang, Y. Ding and S. T. Wu, “Full-color, wide FoV single-layer waveguide for AR displays,” J. Soc. Inf. Display. 32, 1-8 (2024). DOI:10.1002/jsid.1288
5. Z. Luo, Y. Ding, Y. Qian, and S. T. Wu, “Ghost image analysis for pancake virtual reality systems,,” Opt. Express 32(10), 17211-17219 (2024).
6. G. Borjigin, Y. Ding, J. Semmen, H. Tajvidi Safa, H. Kakeya, and S. T. Wu, “Coarse Integral Volumetric Imaging Display with Time and Polarization Multiplexing,” Photonics 11, 7 (2024).
7. Y. Ding, Z. Luo, G. Borjigin, and S. T. Wu, “Breaking the optical efficiency limit of virtual reality with a nonreciprocal polarization rotator,” Opto-Electron Adv. 7(3), 230178 (2024).
8. Y. Ding, Q. Yang, Y. Li, Z. Yang, Z. Wang, H. Liang, and S. T. Wu, “Waveguide-based augmented reality displays: perspectives and challenges,” eLight 3, 24 (2023).
9. Z. Luo, Y. Ding, Y. Rao, and S. T. Wu, “High-efficiency folded optics for near-eye displays,” J. Soc. Inf. Disp. 31, xxx (Accepted, 2023). DOI: 10.1002/jsid.1207
10. (Distinguished paper)Y. Ding, Y. Li, Q. Yang, and S. T. Wu, “Design optimization of polarization volume gratings for full-color waveguide-based AR displays,” J. Soc. Inf. Disp. 31, xxx (Accepted, 2023). DOI: 10.1002/jsid.1206
11. Q. Yang, Y. Li, Y. Ding and S. T. Wu, “ Compact foveated AR displays with polarization selective planar lenses,” ACS Appl. Opt. Mater. (2023). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaom.2c00203
12. Y. Ding, F. Ding, and X. Hu, "Exploring the gap between thermal operations and enhanced thermal operations.," Physical Review A 103.5 (2021): 052214. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.103.052214

Conference Proceedings

Honors & Awards

Year	Award
04/2024	JSID Best Paper Award
04/2024	SID Distinguished Paper Award
01/2024	Third Place of SPIE Photonics West AR/VR/MR Optical Design Challenge
04/2023	SID Distinguished Paper Award
08/2021	ORC Doctoral Fellowship, University of Central Florida
10/2020	National Inspirational scholarship of China
10/2019	National scholarship of China

Leadership & Service

Year	Position
2023-Now	President of Society for Information Display (SID) UCF Student Branch
2022-2023	Treasurer of Society for Information Display (SID) UCF Student Branch