Biosketch：

2015.9-present: Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Physics, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China.

2014.9-2015.4: Research Assistant, Department of Physics, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China.

2014.2-2014.8: Postgraduate Visiting Internship Student, Department of Physics, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China.

2009.9-2015.6: Ph.D in Micro-electronics and Solid-state Electronics, College of Electronic Science and Engineering, Jilin University, China.

2005.9-2009.7: B.Sc in Electronic Information Science and Technology, College of Electronic Science and Engineering, Jilin University, China.

Research Area:

Light-matter interaction in wave functional materials including photonic crystals, metamaterials, nanomaterials, and plasmonics, and the corresponding applications in optoelectronic devices, such as in light-emitting devices for efficient light extractions and in solar cells for light trappings.

Selected Publications:

1. Xu-Lin Zhang, Jun-Feng Song, G. Q. Lo, and D. L. Kwong, “The observation of super-long range surface plasmon polaritons modes and its application as sensory devices”, Optics Express 18, 22462 (2010).

2. Xu-Lin Zhang, Jing Feng, Jun-Feng Song, Xian-Bin Li, and Hong-Bo Sun, “Grating amplitude effect on electroluminescence enhancement of corrugated organic light-emitting devices”, Optics Letters 36,3915 (2011).

3. Xu-Lin Zhang, Jun-Feng Song, Xian-Bin Li, and Hong-Bo Sun, “FDTD study on the invisibility performance of two-dimensional cylindrical cloak with off-plane incidence”, Journal of Lightwave Technology 30, 1835 (2012).

4. Xu-Lin Zhang, Jun-Feng Song, Xian-Bin Li, Jing Feng, and Hong-Bo Sun, “Optical Tamm states enhanced broad-band absorption of organic solar cells”, Applied Physics Letters 101, 243901 (2012).

5. Xu-Lin Zhang, Jun-Feng Song, Xian-Bin Li, Jing Feng, and Hong-Bo Sun, “Anti-reflection resonance in distributed Bragg reflectors-based ultrathin highly absorbing dielectric and its application in solar cells”, Applied Physics Letters 102, 103901 (2013).

6. Xu-Lin Zhang, Jun-Feng Song, Xian-Bin Li, Jing Feng, and Hong-Bo Sun, “Strongly localized evanescent optical Tamm states at metal-DBR interface”, Journal of Lightwave Technology 31, 1654 (2013).

7. Xu-Lin Zhang, Jun-Feng Song, Xian-Bin Li, Jing Feng, and Hong-Bo Sun, “Light trapping schemes in organic solar cells: A comparison between optical Tamm states and Fabry-Perot cavity modes”, Organic Electronics 14, 1577 (2013).

8. Xu-Lin Zhang, Jun-Feng Song, Jing Feng, and Hong-Bo Sun, “Spectral engineering by flexible tunings of optical Tamm states and Fabry-Perot cavity resonance”, Optics Letters 38, 4382 (2013).

9. Xu-Lin Zhang, Jun-Feng Song, Jing Feng, and Hong-Bo Sun, “Eliminating angular dispersion in microcavity by employing metamaterials with hyperbolic dispersion as reflectors”, IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics 50, 348 (2014).

10. Xu-Lin Zhang, Jing Feng, Xiao-Chi Han, Yue-Feng Liu, Qi-Dai Chen, Jun-Feng Song, and Hong-Bo Sun, “Hybrid Tamm plasmon-polariton/microcavity modes for white top-emitting organic light-emitting devices”, Optica 2, 579 (2015).