Associate professor, School of Instrumentation and Optoelectronic Engineering, Beihang University
Research interests: Liquid crystal technology
Email：chufan@buaa.edu.cn
Work Experience
01/2024-present, Associate Professor, School of Instrumentation and Optoelectronic Engineering, Beihang University
07/2020-01/2024, Post-doctoral Research Fellow, School of Instrumentation and Optoelectronic Engineering, Beihang University
Education History
09/2015-06/2020, Ph. D, School of Electronic Information, Sichuan University
09/2011-06/2015, B.S, School of Information Engineering, Huangshan University
Awards/Honors
Outstanding Graduates from Sichuan Province, 2020
Top 10 Academic Stars of Sichuan University, 2019
National Scholarship for Master's Students, 2017
Fundings
[1] National Natural Science Foundation of China Youth Fund Project “Large aperture and high optical power liquid crystal lens” (62105012), 2022~2024 (Project leader)
[2] National Key Research and Development Program of China “Key technologies for integrated imaging light field display” (2022YFB3606600), 2022~2025 (Sub-project leader)
Fields of Research Interests and Accomplishments
Dr. Chu’s research interests are in liquid crystal technology. His representative technical accomplishments are listed below.
[1] In terms of theory, a new short focus mechanism based on polymer protrusion liquid crystal lens is proposed, which shortens the focus of traditional liquid crystal lens from 24.5mm to 1.3mm. The articles formed by related achievements are highlighted on the official account of "China Optics"; A mechanism for reducing the driving voltage of blue phase liquid crystals by composite dielectric layers was proposed, which reduced the driving voltage of traditional blue phase liquid crystals from 200V to 35V, providing theoretical guidance for low-voltage blue phase liquid crystal lens technology.
[2] In terms of devices, four modes of 2D/3D switchable displays based on 1D/2D convertible liquid crystal lens arrays have been developed, overcoming the multi-mode 2D/3D switchable display technology that can be viewed horizontally, vertically, and in a ring on mobile display devices. The related achievements have been published on the homepage of the Optica; A 2D/3D switchable display based on tilted electrode liquid crystal lens array has been developed, breaking through the high optical efficiency of liquid crystal lens array technology. The article formed by the related achievements has been rated as an "Editor's Choice" article.
Papers and patents
Fan Chu published more than 40 papers cited by SCI (including 15 papers as the first/corresponding author). The published papers have been cited more than 480 times according to Google Scholar. The research results have been cited by top journals such as Light: Science & Applications, PhotoniX, and Photonics Research. He holds 11 Chinese invention patents.
Journal Papers
[1] Fan Chu, Yuqiang Guo, Yuxian Zhang, Di Wang, and Qiong-Hua Wang*, Accurate phase modulation scheme in a micropixel liquid crystal on silicon with multiple polymer walls. ACS Applied Optical Materials, 2023, online.
[2] Fan Chu, Yu-Qiang Guo, Yu-Xian Zhang, Wei Duan, Han-Le Zhang, Li-Lan Tian, Lei Li, and Qiong-Hua Wang*, Four-mode 2D/3D switchable display with a 1D/2D convertible liquid crystal lens array. Optics Express, 2021, 29(23), 37464-37475.
[3] Fan Chu, Di Wang, Chao Liu, Lei Li, and Qiong-Hua Wang*, Multi-view 2D/3D switchable display with cylindrical liquid crystal lens array. Crystals, 2021, 11(6), 715.
[4] Fan Chu, Li-Lan Tian, Rui Li, Xiao-Qing Gu, Xiang-Yu Zhou, Di Wang, and Qiong-Hua Wang*, Adaptive nematic liquid crystal lens array with resistive layer. Liquid Crystals, 47(04), 563-571, 2020.
[5] Fan Chu, Li-Lan Tian, Hu Dou, Rui Li, Wen-Yi Hou, and Qiong-Hua Wang*, Simulation study of single-cell-gap transflective liquid crystal display with nonuniform potential. Journal of the Society for Information Display, 2020, 28(02), 148-156.
[6] Fan Chu, Hu Dou, Li-Lan Tian, Rui Li, Wen-Yi Hou, Lei Li and Qiong-Hua Wang*, A simple transflective liquid crystal display with composite dielectric layer. Liquid Crystals, 2019, 46(12), 1790-1798.
[7] Fan Chu, Hu Dou, Li-Lan Tian, Lei Li and Qiong-Hua Wang*, Polarisation-independent blue-phase liquid crystal microlens array with different dielectric layer. Liquid Crystals, 2019, 46(08), 1273-1279.
[8] Fan Chu, Qiong-Hua Wang*, Hu Dou, Li-Lan Tian, Rui Li and Wen-Yi Hou, A single-cell-gap transflective liquid crystal display with a vertically aligned cell. Liquid Crystals, 2019, 46(08), 1183-1190.
[9] Fan Chu, Hu Dou, Gui-Peng Li, Ya-Li Song, Lei Li and Qiong-Hua Wang*, A polarisation-independent blue-phase liquid crystal lens array using gradient electrodes. Liquid Crystals, 2018, 45(05), 715-720.
[10] Fan Chu, Hu Dou, Ya-Li Song, Gui-Peng Li and Qiong-Hua Wang*, A transflective blue-phase liquid crystal display with alternate electrodes. Liquid Crystals, 2017, 44(08), 1316-1320.
[11] Fan Chu, Yuqiang Guo, Yu-Xian Zhang, Wei Duan, Qiong-Hua Wang*, Four-mode 2D/3D switchable display with a 1D/2D convertible liquid crystal lens array. SID Symposium Digest of Technical Papers, 2022, 53(S1), 940-940.
[12] Fan Chu, Hu Dou, Li-Lan Tian, Lei Li, and Qiong-Hua Wang*, A Polarization-independent blue phase liquid crystal lens array with multi-electrode. SID Symposium Digest of Technical Papers, 2018, 49(1), 1725-1727.
[13] Di Wang†, Yi-Long Li†, Fan Chu†, Nan-Nan Li, Zhao-Song Li,Sin-Doo Lee, Zhong-Quan Nie, Chao Liu, and Qiong-Hua Wang*, Color liquid crystal grating based color holographic 3D display system with large viewing angle, Light: Science & Applications, 2024, online.
[14] Di Wang, Nan-Nan Li, Yi-Long Li, Yi-Wei Zheng, Zhong-Quan Nie, Zhao-Song Li, Fan Chu*, and Qiong-Hua Wang*, Large viewing angle holographic 3D display system based on maximum diffraction modulation. Light:Advanced Manufacturing, 2023, 4(18), 1-11.
[15] Li-Lan Tian, Fan Chu*, Yuxian Zhang, Wu-Xiang Zhao, and Lei Li, Switchable 2D/3D display based on a liquid crystal lens array and the rotating specimen shooting method. Optics Letters, 2022, 47(15), 3664-3667.
[16] Li-Lan Tian, Yao Li, Yin Zhou, Lei Li, and Fan Chu*, Fast response electrically controlled liquid crystal lens array for high resolution 2D/3D switchable display, Optics Express, 2022, 30(21), 37946-37956.
[17] Li-Lan Tian, Fan Chu*, Wu-Xiang Zhao, Lei Li, and Qiong-Hua Wang, Fast responsive 2D/3D switchable display using a liquid crystal microlens array. Optics Letters, 2021, 46(23), 5870-5873.
[18] Fan Chu, Qiong-Hua Wang *, Liquid crystal lens array based on polymer protrusion, Chinese Journal of Liquid Crystals and Displays, 2023, 38(1), 10-17.
[19] Chao Liu, Yi Zheng, Fan Chu, Yi-Wei Zheng, and Qiong-Hua Wang*, Adaptive micro-projection system based on liquid lens, Optics and Laser Technology, 2023, 167, 109734.
[20] Yi-Long Li, Nan-Nan Li, Di Wang, Fan Chu, Sin-Doo Lee, Yi-Wei Zheng and Qiong-Hua Wang*, Tunable liquid crystal grating based holographic 3D display system with wide viewing angle and large size. Light: Science & Applications, 2022, 11(188), 1-10.
[21] Yu-Qiang Guo, Fan Chu, Bing-Xiang Li, Yu-Xian Zhang, Tian-Zi Shen, Wei Duan, Chao Liu, Yu-Bao Sun, Qiong-Hua Wang*, Unidirectional collective transport of microspheres in nematic liquid crystal by electrically tunable reorientation, Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2022, 357, 119136.
[22] Rui Li, Han-Le Zhang, Fan Chu, and Qiong-Hua Wang*, Compact integral imaging 2D/3D compatible display based on liquid crystal micro-lens array. Liquid Crystals, 2022, 49(04), 512-522.
[23] Yuxian Zhang, Hiroyuki Yoshida, Fan Chu, Yu-Qiang Guo, Zhou Yang, Masanori Ozakib and Qiong-Hua Wang*, Three-dimensional lattice deformation of blue phase liquid crystals under electrostriction, Soft Matter, 2022, 18(17), 3328-3334.
[24] Hu Dou, Lu Wang, Fan Chu, Sheng-Dong Zhang, and Qiong-Hua Wang*, A blue phase liquid crystal Fresnel lens with large transverse electric field component. Liquid Crystals, 2021, 48(5), 607-615.
[25] Rui Li, Fan Chu, Li-Lan Tian, Xiao-Qing Gu, Xiang-Yu Zhou, and Qiong-Hua Wang*, Liquid crystal lenticular lens array with extended aperture by using gradient refractive index compensation. Liquid Crystals, 2021, 48(3), 37-384.
[26] Rong-Ying Yuan, Xiao-Li Ma, Fan Chu, Guang-Xu Wang, Min-Yang He, Chao Liu, and Qiong-Hua Wang*, Optofluidic lenticular lens array for a 2D/3D switchable display. Optics Express, 2021, 29(23), 37418-37428.
[27] Li-Lan Tian, Fan Chu, Hu Dou, Lei Li, and Qiong-Hua Wang*, Short-focus nematic liquid crystal microlens array with a dielectric layer. Liquid Crystals, 2020, 47(1), 72-82.
[28] Li-Lan Tian, Fan Chu, Li Rui, Zhou Xiang Yu, Qiong-Hua Wang*, Li Lei, and Deng Huan, Transflective liquid crystal display using regular flat square electrodes. Liquid Crystals, 2020, 47(12), 1844-1851.
[29] Li-Lan Tian, Fan Chu, Wei Duan, Rui Li, Xiao-Qing Gu, Lei Li, and Qiong-Hua Wang*, Beam steering device based on blue phase liquid crystal. Optics Communications, 2020, 481(126525).
[30] Li-Lan Tian, Fan Chu, Rui Li, Xiao-Qing Gu, Xiang-Yu Zhou, and Qiong-Hua Wang*, Double-side in-plane-switching electrode blue-phase liquid crystal display with permittivity protrusion. SID Symposium Digest of Technical Papers, 2020, 51(1), 1901-1903.
[31] Rui Li, Fan Chu, Li-Lan Tian, Xiao-Qing Gu, Xiang-Yu Zhou, and Qiong-Hua Wang*, Short focal length tunable liquid crystal lenticular lens array based on fringe field effect. Journal Society for Information Display, 2020, 28(10), 793-800.
[32] Xiang-Yu Zhou, Fan Chu, Li-Lan Tian, Rui Li, Wen-Yi Hou, Xiao-Qing Gu, and Qiong-Hua Wang*, A single-cell-gap transflective blue-phase liquid crystal display based on fringe in-plane switching electrodes, Journal of the Society for Information Display, 2020, 28(9), 759-766.
[33] Xiao-Qing Gu, Fan Chu, Li-Lan Tian, Rui Li, Wen-Yi Hou, and Qiong-HuaWang*, Reflective liquid crystal display with fast response time and wide viewing angle. Optics Communications, 2020, 459, 124790.
[34] Hu Dou, Fan Chu, Lu Wang, Li-Lan Tian, Rui Li, Wen-Yi Hou, and Qiong-Hua Wang*, A polarization-free blue phase liquid crystal lens with enhanced tunable focal length range. Liquid Crystals, 2019, 46(6), 963-969.
[35] Li-Lan Tian, Fan Chu, Rui Li, Wen-Yi Hou, and Qiong-Hua Wang*, Reflective blue phase liquid crystal display with triangular dielectric layer. Liquid Crystals, 2019, 47(07), 1019-1024.
[36] Li-Lan Tian, Fan Chu, Hu Dou, and Qiong-Hua Wang*, Tunable blue phase liquid crystal lens array using composite dielectric layer. SID Symposium Digest of Technical Papers, 2019, 50(1), 1725-1727.
[37] Di Wang, Chao Liu, Fan Chu, and Qionghua Wang*, Full color holographic display system based on intensity matching of reconstructed image. Optics Express, 2019, 27(12), 16599-16612.
[38] Li-Lan Tian, Fan Chu, Hu Dou Lei Li, and Qiong-Hua Wang*, Transflective blue-phase liquid crystal display with dielectric protrusion. Liquid Crystals, 2019, 46(9), 1353-1358.
[39] Li-Lan Tian, Fan Chu, Hu Dou, Lei Li, and Qiong-Hua Wang*, Electrically tunable-focusing liquid crystal microlens array with simple electrode. 2019, Crystals, 9(8), 431.
[40] Rui Li, Fan Chu, Hu Dou, Li-Lan Tian, Wen-Yi Hou, Lei Li, and Qiong-Hua Wang*, A blue-phase liquid crystal lens array based on dual square ring-patterned electrodes. Liquid Crystals, 2019, 46(8), 1266-1272.
[41] Rui Li, Fan Chu, Hu Dou, Li-Lan Tian, Wen-Yi Hou, Lei Li, and Qiong-Hua Wang*, Double-layer liquid crystal lens array with composited dielectric layer. Liquid Crystals, 2019, 47(2), 248-254.
[42] Rui Li, Fan Chu, Hu Dou, Li-Lan Tian, and Qiong-Hua Wang*, High Reflectance Blue Phase LCoS with Positive and Negative Alternating Electrode. SID Symposium Digest of Technical Papers, 2019, 50(1), 1800-1801.
[43] Yuqiang Guo, Yifei Wang, Chi Zhang, Qihui Mu, Xiaoshuai Li, Hu Dou, Fan Chu, Hongmei Ma, Hui Zhanga, Yubao Sun*, and Qionghua Wang, Low voltage blue-phase liquid crystal display with insulating protrusion sandwiched between dual-layer electrodes. Liquid Crystals, 2019, 46(4), 523-534.
[44] Yuqiang Guo, Xiaoshuai Li, Qihui Mu, Yifei Wang, Chi Zhang, Hu Dou, Fan Chu, Hongmei Ma, Hui Zhang, Qiong-Hua Wang and Yubao Sun*, Single electro-optic curve for RGB colours in blue-phase liquid crystal display. 2019, Liquid Crystals, 46(6), 835-845.
[45] Hu Dou, Fan Chu, Yu-Qiang Guo, Li-Lan Tian, Qiong-Hua Wang*, and Yu-Bao Sun, Large aperture liquid crystal lens array using a composited alignment layer. Optics Express, 2018, 26(7), 9254-9262.
[46] Hu Dou, Fan Chu, Ya-Li Song, Gui-Peng Li and, Qiong-Hua Wang*, A multifunctional blue phase liquid crystal lens based on multi-electrode structure. Liquid Crystals, 2018, 45(4) 491-497.
[47] Li-Lan Tian, Fan Chu, Hu Dou, Xin Zhou, and Qiong-Hua Wang*, A transflective polymer-stabilised blue-phase liquid display with partitioned wall-shaped electrodes. Liquid Crystals, 2018, 45(2), 1259-1263.
[48] Gui-Peng Li, Hu Dou, Fan Chu, Ya-Li Song, and Qiong-Hua Wang*, Low voltage and high transmittance transflective blue-phase liquid crystal display with opposite polar electrodes. Liquid Crystals, 2018, 45(3), 410-414.
[49] Ya-Li Song, Gui-Peng Li, Fan Chu, Hu Dou, and Qiong-Hua Wang*, A transflective blue-phase liquid crystal display with polar opposite electrodes. Liquid Crystals, 2018, 45(10), 1535-1539.
[50] Yi-Wei Zheng, Di Wang, Yi-Long Li, Fan Chu, Qiong-Hua Wang*, Large angle holographic display technology based on liquid crystal spatial light modulator. Chinese Journal of Liquid Crystals and Displays, 2021, 36(6), 789-796.
[51] Wen-Yi Hou, Fan Chu, Li-Lan Tian, Rui Li, Xiao-Qing Gu, Xiang-Yu Zhou, Qiong-Hua Wang*, Eliminating fringe field effect using dielectric protrusionsin LCoS. Chinese Journal of Liquid Crystals and Displays, 2020, 35(1), 12-18.
Patents (Selected)
Liu C, Li S L, Nie Z Q, Tian Y T, Zhai A P, A mirror type optical navigation device based on electrowetting, Chinese Patent ZL201811542822.7
[1] Qiong-Hua Wang, Fan Chu, Hu Dou, A blue phase liquid crystal cylindrical lens, Chinese Patent ZL201710639938.4
[2] Qiong-Hua Wang, Fan Chu, Hu Dou, Li-Lan Tian, A dual dielectric layer blue phase liquid crystal lens array, Chinese Patent ZL201810314219.7
[3] Qiong-Hua Wang, Hu Dou, Fan Chu, Yuqiang Guo, Yubao Sun, A 1/2D switchable liquid crystal lens array, Chinese Patent ZL201710240131.0
[4] Qiong-Hua Wang, Hu Dou, Fan Chu, Yuqiang Guo, Yubao Sun, A large aperture liquid crystal lens array using composite dielectric layers, Chinese Patent ZL201710714951.9
[5] Qiong-Hua Wang, Hu Dou, Fan Chu, A blue phase liquid crystal lens with a large focusing range, Chinese Patent ZL201810874435.7
[6] Qiong-Hua Wang, Li-Lan Tian, Fan Chu, Hu Dou, A short focus liquid crystal lens, Chinese Patent ZL201910202648.X
[7] Qiong-Hua Wang, Rui Li, Fan Chu, Hu Dou, Li-Lan Tian, A blue phase liquid crystal lens array with square ring electrode embedding, Chinese Patent ZL201811112259
[8] Qiong-Hua Wang, Xiao-Qing Gu, Hu Dou, Fan Chu, LCoS microdisplays with low fringe field crosstalk, Chinese Patent ZL201910444584.4
[9] Di Wang, Qiong-Hua Wang, Chao Liu, Fan Chu, Yi-Long Li, A holographic true 3D display system and method based on adjustable liquid crystal grating, Chinese Patent ZL202011479541.9
[10] Huan Deng, Qiang Li, Wei He, Fan Chu, Yan-Fei Zhong, A forward projection 2D/3D fusion display device for improving image uniformity, Chinese Patent ZL202010820104.2
[11] Xiao-Wei Li, Qiang Li, Fan Chu, Huan Deng, A method for encrypting integrated imaging three-dimensional information based on two-dimensional codes, Chinese Patent ZL201910390392.X
[12] Di Wang, Qiong-Hua Wang, Chao Liu, Chu Fan, and Yi-Long Li, Tunable crystal grating-based holographic true 3D display system and method, US17/604,872
[13] Di Wang, Qiong-Hua Wang, Chao Liu, Chu Fan, and Yi-Long Li, Holographic true 3D display system and method based on adjustable liquid crystal grating, PCT/CN2021/070320
