Journal
Publications
"Exponential
Suppression of Thermal Conductance Using Coherent Transport and Heterostructures"
W.
T. Lau, J. -T. Shen, and S. Fan, Physical Review B
82 113105 (pdf)
(2010).
"Thermal
Rectification Through Vacuum"
C.
R. Otey, W. T. Lau, and S. Fan, Physical
Review Letters 104 154301 (pdf)
(2010).
"Universal
Features of Coherent Photonic Thermal Conductance in Multilayer Photonic Band
Gap Structures"
W.
T. Lau, J. -T. Shen, and S. Fan, Physical
Review B 80 155135 (pdf)
(2009).
Featured
in Physical
Review Focus 24 st. 14 (October 9 2009), and Physical Review B
Editors'
Suggestions in October 2009.
"Tuning
Coherent Radiative Thermal Conductance in Multilayer Photonic Crystals"
W.
T. Lau, J. -T. Shen, G. Veronis, S. Fan, and P. V. Braun, Applied
Physics Letters 92 103106 (pdf
/ html / a
brief introduction), (2008).
"Spatial
Coherence of the Thermal Electromagnetic Fields in the Vicinity of a Dielectric
Slab"
W.
T. Lau, J. -T. Shen, G. Veronis, and S. Fan, Physical
Review E 76 016601 (pdf),
(2007).
"Anomalous
Modal Structure in a Waveguide with a Photonic Crystal Core"
X. Yu, W. T. Lau, and S. Fan, Optics
Letters 31 742 (pdf),
(2006).
"Creating
Large Bandwidth Line Defect by Embedding High-Index Dielectric Waveguides into
Photonic Crystal Slabs"
W. T. Lau, and S. Fan,
Applied
Physics Letters 81 3915 (pdf
/ html), (2002).
Conference
Proceedings
"Minimizing
Coherent Photonic Thermal conductance Using Multi-layer Photonic
Crystals Heterostructures"
W.
T. Lau, J. -T. Shen, and S. Fan, Proceeding IQEC-2009-IThA4,
(2009).
"Suppressing Coherent Photonic Thermal Conductance
with Multilayer Photonic
Crystals"
W.
T. Lau, J. -T. Shen, and S. Fan, International Conference on
Metallurgical Coatings and Thin Films (ICMCTF), (2009).
"Photonic
Thermal Conductance of Multilayer Photonic Crystals"
W.
T. Lau, J. -T. Shen, and S. Fan, Material Research Society
(MRS) Spring Meeting, (2009).
"Ultra-small
Coherent Photonic Thermal Conductance"
W.
T. Lau, J. -T. Shen, G. Veronis, and S. Fan, Proceeding
SPIE 7223 722317, (2009).
"Tunable
and Coherent Radiative Thermal Conductance in Multilayer Photonic Crystals"
W.
T. Lau, J. -T. Shen, G. Veronis, P. V. Braun, and S. Fan, Optical Society of
America, Proceeding
CLEO/QELS 10183344, (2008).
"Spatial
Coherence of the Thermal Electromagnetic Fields in the Vicinity of a Dielectric
Slab"
W.
T. Lau, J. -T. Shen, G. Veronis, and S. Fan, Proceeding
SPIE 6901 690109, (2008).
"In-plane
Photonic Crystal and Nanophotonic Devices"
S. Fan,
Z. Wang, X. Yu, W. T. Lau, H. Shin, Proceeding
CLEO/QELS 4628083, (2006).
"Controlling
Diffraction and Waveguide Modes by Exploiting Spatial Dispersions in Photonic
Crystals"
S.
Fan, X. Yu, J. Shin, and W.
T. Lau, Proceeding
SPIE 6128 61280Z, (2006).
"Fabrication
and characterization of tightly confining AlGaAs waveguides and microcavities
for nonlinear optical applications"
L.
Scaccabarozzi, Z. Wang; X.
Yu, M. M. Lee, W. T. Lau, M. F. Yanik, S. Fan; M. M. Fejer, J. S. Harris, Jr.
Proceeding
SPIE 5728 299, (2005).
"Tightly
confining AlGaAs waveguides and microcavities for optical frequency
conversion"
L.
Scaccabarozzi, Z. Wang; X.
Yu, W. T. Lau; M. F. Yanik, S. Fan; M. M. Fejer; J. S. Harris, Jr. Proceeding
SPIE 5355 111, (2004).
"Creating
Large Bandwidth Line Defect by Embedding High-Index Dielectric Waveguides into
Photonic Crystal Slabs"
W. T. Lau, and S. Fan, Proceeding
SPIE 5000 118, (2003).
Seminars
and Talks
"Treating Heat
as Waves in Photonic Microstructures"
Seminars
Department of Physics, The University of Hong Kong (2010).
Department
of Physics, Hong
Kong University of Science and Technology [abstract]
(2010).
Department
of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, [abstract]
(2008).
Group Meeting Talks
Department of Electrical and Computer
Engineering, University of Toronto (2010).
Department
of Mechanical Engineering,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2009).
Department
of Physics, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, (2008).
Department
of Electronic and Computer Engineering, Hong Kong University of Science and
Technology [abstract]
(2008).
Media Coverage
"Photonic Thermos",
Physical Review Focus 24 st. 14,
October 9, 2009.
Physical Review B Editors' Suggestions
in October 2009
"Scientists Create
Material More Insulating than the Vacuum",
Physorg.com on December
10, 2009.
Award
Croucher
Foundation Fellowship (pdf)
(2010-2012).
Patent
"Creating
large bandwidth line defects by embedding dielectric waveguides into photonic
crystal slabs"
W.
T. Lau, and S. Fan, US
Patent: 6957003, International classification: G02B006/20.
Ph.D Thesis
"Manipulation of Thermal
Electromagnetic Fields in Nanophotonic Structures" (2009).