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Yuqiang Ding

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Yuqiang Ding (丁玉强)
Ph.D. Candidate
CREOL, University of Central Florida
Office: Room 290, CREOL
Email: yuqiang.ding@ucf.edu
Phone: (407) 409-3289

Greetings! I'm a 4th 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. Y. Ding, Y. Zhang, Y. Ma, Y. Huang, and S. T. Wu, “Polarization conversion effect in cholesteric liquid crystal-based polarization volume gratings,” Opt. Express 32(25), 44426-44436 (2024).
  2. Y. Ding，X. Huang, Y. Ma, Y. Li, and S. T. Wu, “High-efficiency RGB Achromatic Liquid Crystal Diffractive Optical Elements,” Opto-Electron Adv. (Accepted, 2024).
  3. Y. Ding, Y. Gu, Q. Yang, Z. Yang, Y. Huang, Y. Weng, Y. Zhang, S.-T. Wu, “Breaking the in-coupling efficiency limit in waveguide-based AR displays with polarization volume gratings,” Light Sci. Appl. 13, 185 (2024).
  4. Z. Luo, Y. Ding, F. Peng, Z. He, Y. Wang, and S.-T. Wu, “Compact and High-Efficiency Liquid-Crystal-on-Silicon for Augmented Reality Displays,” Photonics 11, 699 (2024).
  5. 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).
  6. 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).
  7. 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).
  8. (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
  9. (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
  10. 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).
  11. 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).
  12. 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).
  13. 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).
  14. 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
  15. (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
  16. 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
  17. 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