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Zihe Gao

Research Profile

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Assistant Professor

422 Broun Hall

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Education

Ph.D. Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
M.S. Physics, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
B.S. Physics, Nanjing University

Research Interests

Integrated photonics
Semiconductor lasers
Quantum optics
Optical sensing
Imaging systems

In The News

The speed of light: Assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering using photonics to accelerate data transmission

Zihe Gao was awarded $306,524 by the National Science Foundation to increase laser communication speeds by generating quantum states of light.

Auburn Engineering researchers advance to Stage 2 of NIH/NCATS Quantum Sensing Technology Challenge

Zihe Gao and Pengyu Chen created a cutting-edge imaging method for cancer detection that advanced to Stage 2 of the NIH/NCATS Quantum Sensing Technology Challenge.

SURE program provides undergraduates with a taste of electrical and computer engineering graduate school

In its second year, the Summer Undergraduate Research Experience gives undergraduates the chance to conduct meaningful, faculty-guided research while simulating the experience of graduate school.