Peking University extreme optical research team receives national award
Nov 05, 2021
Peking University, November 5, 2021:
On October 28th, the Extreme Optics Innovation Research Team from
Peking University (PKU) was awarded National Outstanding Professional
and Technical Talent Team on a commendation held in Beijing, where
Chinese Vice Premier Hu Chunhua attended and delivered a speech.
The 6th Commendation of National Outstanding Professional and Technical
Talent awarded 93 outstanding individuals and 97 groups. Jointly
implemented by four central and national ministries and commissions, the
award aims to honor innovative talents emerged in key academic and
technical fields closely entwined with the nation’s economic and social
developments.
In the past, Professor Wang Jisi from the PKU School of International
Studies was awarded National Outstanding Professional and Technical
Talent in the fifth commendation and the PKU Center for the Study of
Chinese Archaeology was awarded as a team in the fourth commendation.
Group photo of members from the PKU Extreme Optics Research and Innovation Team
About PKU Extreme Optics Innovation Research Team
The Extreme Optics Innovation Research Team was set up in 1995, when
Professor Gong Qihuang returned to China to teach in PKU School of
Physics. There are currently more than 20 members in the team. In 2006,
the team became the first team focusing on optics to be awarded
Innovative Research Group by the Department of Mathematical and Physical
Sciences of the National Natural Science Foundation of China.
Akin to starting from scratch, the team rapidly evolved into an academic
group that is of important global influence over a span of 20 years.
They successfully researched and developed the Optical Experimental
System for Femtosecond-Nano scale temporal-spatial resolution. The
team’s research efforts received recognition in academia, with relevant
results winning prizes such as the Second Prize in the National Award
for Natural Sciences, selected twice for First Prize in the Outstanding
Achievement Award for Research in Institutes of Higher Education
(Natural Science) in 2015 and 2020, and selected thrice in the “Ten
Major Scientific and Technological Progress of China's Colleges and
Universities” in 2012, 2014 and 2017. Furthermore, their research
achievement was also selected by the Optical Society of America as one
of the World’s Top 30 Major Optical Achievements of 2018.
Notably, the team places great emphasis on nurturing young talents. In
the past decade, a total of 15 young talents have been introduced and
their average age when they onboarded the team is 31.
In 2018, the Chinese Ministry of Education approved PKU’s establishment
of the Frontiers Science Center for Nano-optoelectronics. Vice President
of PKU Qihuang Gong served as the vice president of the center with his
team members becoming the backbone. The center conducts researches on
areas such as the physics and devices of Nano-optoelectronics, the
integration and testing of Nano-optoelectronics, as well as the
Nano-optoelectronics Chip and its applications. In November 2019, PKU
and Nantong City formally signed a contract to jointly build the PKU
Yangtze Delta Institute of Optoelectronics. The Extreme Optics
Innovation Research Team is also deeply involved in multiple areas such
as the establishment of the research institute leadership team,
construction of preliminary infrastructure, laboratory construction, as
well as academic activities, exhibiting strong vitality and innovation
capabilities.
Written by: Vissly Chan Shun Ling
Edited by: June Tan Rui Min
Source: PKU (Chinese)
