
刘超 北京航空航天大学仪器科学与光电工程学院 副教授/博士生导师
研究方向:液体光子器件与成像技术
联系邮箱:chaoliu@buaa.edu.cn
工作经历
2021.01—至今 北京航空航天大学 仪器科学与光电工程学院 副教授
2018.11-2021.01 北京航空航天大学 仪器科学与光电工程学院 博士后
2016.08-2018.11 太原理工大学 物理与光电工程学院 讲师
教育经历
2011.09-2016.07 四川大学 电子信息学院 光学工程 博士研究生
2007.09-2011.07 山西大同大学 物理与电子科学学院 物理学 本科
获奖及荣誉
2024年 获中国图象图形学学会自然科学一等奖(排2)
教学和人才培养
[1]本科生课程《液体光子器件》、《光机工程基础》
[2]研究生课程《光机系统设计》
科研项目
[1]国家自然科学基金青年科学基金项目(B类)“液体透镜成像技术”(62622502),2027~2029年(项目负责人)
[2]国家自然科学基金面上项目“厘米级孔径的快速大变焦比电润湿液体透镜技术”(62575012),2026~2029年(项目负责人)
[3]国家自然科学基金面上项目“基于液体透镜的大视场连续光学变焦显微成像技术”(62175006),2022~2025年(项目负责人)
[4]国家重点研发计划“彩色电子纸显示材料与器件”(2021YFB3600600),2022~2025年(子课题负责人)
[5]国家自然科学基金区域创新发展联合基金项目“面向电润湿光电器件的两相液体封装及其润湿机理研究”(U23A20368),2024~2027年(合作单位负责人)
科研成果
在液体光子器件与成像技术方面取得了重要成果:
[1]揭示了微液滴低压快速驱动机理,理论上解释了电润湿介电失效原理,研制了2~10mm不同孔径的电润湿液体透镜;突破了电磁驱动的液体透镜技术,研制了10mm-15mm不同孔径的电磁液体透镜。
[2]研制了基于液体透镜的10×-60×、10×-100×连续光学变焦显微镜以及大视场连续变焦显微镜,实现了无抖动、快速倍率切换和高分辨显微成像。
[3]研制了基于电润湿液体透镜的变焦相机、变焦望远镜、变焦内窥镜、变焦微投影镜头和变焦枪瞄等高性能成像设备,实现了无机械移动的快速变焦功能。
著作、论文与专利
合著专著1部,发表学术论文100余篇,其中ESI高被引论文8篇,ESI热点论文2篇;授权美国发明专利3件,中国发明专利33件,软件著作权登记2件。
1. 合著专著
[1]王琼华,刘超,王迪,李磊. 《液体光光子器件》. 科学出版社. 2021年.
2. 代表论文
[1]Di Wang#, Qian Huang#, Chao Liu#, Yi Zheng, Yu-Cheng Lin, Fan-Chuan Lin, Yi-Long Li, Xin-Ru Zheng, Yi-Wei Zheng, Xin Xie, Kun Song, Shao-Wei Wang, Wei Lu, Ruo-Nan Ji*, Bao-Hua Jia* and Qiong-Hua Wang*, A 0.18 cubic centimeter 3D metaholographic zoom micro-projector, Nature Communications. 2025, 16:10735.
[2]Chao Liu#, Zhao Jiang#, Xin Wang, Yi Zheng, Yi-Wei Zheng, and Qiong-Hua Wang*, Continuous optical zoom microscope with extended depth of field and 3D reconstruction. PhotoniX, 2022, 3:20.
[3]Zhao-Song Li#, Chao Liu#, Xiao-Wei Li, Yi Zheng, Qian Huang, Yi-Wei Zheng,Ye-Hao Hou, Chen-Liang Chang, Da-Wei Zhang, Song-Lin Zhuang, Di Wang and Qiong-Hua Wang, Real-time holographic camera for obtaining real 3D scene hologram. Light: Science & Applications, 2025, 14:74.
[4]Dong-Xu Yu, Zhao Jiang, Yi Zheng, Hao-Ran Zhang, Rong-Qiang Li, You-Ran Zhao, Xiao-Ke Lu, Yu-Cheng Lin, Chao Liu* and Qiong-Hua Wang*, Large zoom ratio and adaptive aberration correction microscope using 4DPSF-aware Physical Degradation-guided Network, Light: Science & Applications, 2026, 15:140.
[5]You-Ran Zhao, Zhao-Song Li, Yi Zheng, Di Wang, Xiao-Ke Lu, Yu-Cheng Lin, Hao-Ran Zhang, Chao Liu* and Qiong-Hua Wang*, Non-aqueous electrowetting liquid lens with centimeter-level large aperture based on dielectric failure suppression principle, Light: Science & Applications, 2025, 14:120.
[6]Chao Liu, Yi Zheng, Rong-Ying Yuan, Zhao Jiang, Jin-Bo Xu, You-Ran Zhao, Xin Wang, Xiao-Wei Li, Yan Xing, and Qiong-Hua Wang*, Tunable liquid lenses: emerging technologies and future perspectives. Laser & Photonics Reviews, 2023, 17(11):2300274.
[7]Chao Liu, Yu-Cheng Lin, Yi Zheng, Rong-Qiang Li, Zheng-Chao Wang, Xiao-Ke Lu, Xiao-Hao Zhang, Fan Chu, Hao-Ran Zhang, and Qiong-Hua Wang*, Application of tunable liquid lens in imaging and display, Applied Physics Reviews. 2025, 12, 041320.
[8]Chao Liu#, Yi Zheng#, Di Wang, Qian Huang, Xiao-Wei Li, Fan-Chuan Lin, You-Ran Zhao, Yi-Wei Zheng, Xiao-Ke Lu, Xin-Ru Li, Xin-Ru Zheng, Xin Xie, Kun Song, Zhen-Fei Li, Wei Lu, Din Ping Tsai, Ruo-Nan Ji*, and Qiong-Hua Wang*, Multi-wavelength achromatic 3D meta-holography with zoom function. Advanced Science. 2025, 2501881.
[9]Di Wang#, Chao Liu#, Chuan Shen, Yan Xing, and Qiong-Hua Wang*. Holographic capture and projection system of real object based on tunable zoom lens. PhotoniX, 2020, 1:6.
[10]Yi Zheng, Xin Wang, Zhao Jiang, Jin-Bo Xu, Rong-Ying Yuan, You-Ran Zhao, Hao-Ran Zhang, Chao Liu*, and Qiong-Hua Wang*, Adaptive multiscale microscope with fast zooming,extended working distance,and large field of view, Light: Advanced Manufacturing, 2024, 5, 8.
[11]Yi Zheng#, Hao-Ran Zhang#, Xiao-Wei Li, You-Ran Zhao, Zhao-Song Li, Ye-Hao Hou, Chao Liu* and Qiong-Hua Wang*, Fast-zoom and high-resolution sparse compound-eye camera based on dual-end collaborative optimization. Opto-Electronic Advances. 2025, 8, 240285.
[12]Fan-Chuan Lin#, Jiang-Hao Xiong#, Rui-Yi Zhao, Qian Huang, Zhao-Song Li, Yi-Long Li, Zu-Jian Wang, Qiong-Hua Wang, Di Wang, and Chao Liu*, Large-size and wide-viewing-angle holographic near-eye 3D display system based on liquid crystal holographic lens. Laser & Photonics Reviews, 2026.
3、部分授权专利
[1]Chao Liu, Qiong-Hua Wang, Zhao Jiang, Yi Zheng, and Di Wang, Continuous zoom stereoscopic microscope with adjustable stereoscopic angle,美国专利号:US 12,498,555B2
[2]Di Wang, Qiong-Hua Wang, Chao Liu, Chu Fan, and Yi-Long Li, Tunable crystal grating-based holographic true 3D display system and method,美国专利号:US 11860385B2
[3]刘超,李世隆,聂仲泉,田彦婷,翟爱平,一种基于电润湿驱动的反射镜式光导航器件及方法,2021.03.30,中国,专利号:ZL201811542822.7
[4]刘超,王琼华,王迪,王光旭,江钊,一种可见光和红外光自适应切换的液体光开关,2021.06.15,专利号:ZL202010142298.5
[5]刘超,王琼华,王迪,一种基于自适应变焦相机的全息实时获取与投影系统,2021.08.10,专利号:ZL201911375160.3
[6]刘超,王琼华,王迪,一种自适应变倍望远镜,2021.10.22,专利号:ZL201910956274.0
[7]刘超,王琼华,江钊,郑奕,王迪,一种体视角可调的连续变焦体视显微镜, 2022.03.08, 专利号:ZL202110456676.1
[8]刘超,王琼华,郑奕,江钊,徐近博,一种基于复眼结构的大视场连续变倍显微系统及方法,2023.05.02,专利号:ZL202210491350.7
[9]王琼华,刘超,徐近博,江钊,王迪,一种高稳定和光程可调的电润湿液体透镜,2022.04.26,专利号:ZL202110170943.9
[10]王琼华,刘超,王迪,姚黎晓,李磊, 一种基于电湿润效应的全反射液体光开关, 2017.03.22,中国,专利号:ZL201510016631.7
4、学术任职
[1]中国感光学会立体影像技术专委会 副主任委员
[2]中国图象图形学学会三维成像与显示专委会 委员
[3]中国光学学会全息与光信息专委会 委员
[4]《应用光学》、《PhotoniX》青年编委
Chao Liu is an associate professor of optical engineering at the School of Instrumentation and Optoelectronic Engineering, Beihang University. He is a recipient of National Science Fund for Excellent Young Scientists. His research interests are liquid photonic devices and imaging technology. He has presided over 8 national and provincial projects. Chao Liu authored 1 book and published more than 100 papers, including 8 ESI papers, 2 ESI hot paper. He holds 2 U.S patents and 33 Chinese invention patents. He received the First Prize for Natural Science from the Chinese Society for Image and Graphics (ranked 2nd). He received Ph.D. degree from Sichuan University in 2016. He works as a lecturer at Taiyuan University of Technology from 2016 to 2018 and was a postdoctoral at Beihang University from 2018 to 2021.
Email: chaoliu@buaa.edu.cn
Research interest: Liquid photonic devices and imaging technology
Chao Liu
Associate professor, School of Instrumentation and Optoelectronic Engineering, Beihang University
Research interests: Liquid photonic device and imaging technology
Email:chaoliu@buaa.edu.cn
Work Experience
01/2021-present, Associate Professor, School of Instrumentation and Optoelectronic Engineering, Beihang University
11/2018-01/2021, Post-doctoral Research Fellow, School of Instrumentation and Optoelectronic Engineering, Beihang University
06/2016-11/2018, Lecturer, College of Physics and Optoelectronics, Taiyuan University of Technology
Education History
09/2011-06/2016, Ph. D, School of Electronic Information, Sichuan University
09/2007-06/2011, B.S, School of Physics and Electronic Science, Shanxi Datong University,
Awards/Honors
2024 First Prize for Natural Science from the Chinese Society for Image and Graphics (ranked 2nd)
Fundings (Selected)
[1]National Science Fund for Excellent Young Scientists “Liquid lens imaging technology” (62622502), 2027~2029 (Project leader)
[2]National Natural Science Foundation of China project “Centimeter aperture electrowetting liquid lens technology with fast response and large zoom ratio” (62575012), 2026~2029 (Project leader)
[3]National Natural Science Foundation of China project “Large field of view continuous optical zoom microscopy imaging based on liquid lens” (62175006), 2022~2025 (Project leader)
[4]National Key Research and Development Program of China “Materials and devices for color electronic paper display” (2021YFB3600600), 2022~2025 (Sub-project leader)
[5]Beijing Natural Science Foundation “Research on adaptive zoom microscopic imaging” (4222069), 2022~2024 (Project leader)
Fields of Research Interests and Accomplishments
Dr. Liu’s research interests are in liquid photonic devices and imaging technology. His representative technical accomplishments are listed below.
[1]The low voltage and rapid driving mechanism of microdroplets was revealed, the principle of electrowetting dielectric failure was explained theoretically, and electrowetting liquid lenses with different apertures of 2~10mm were developed. The electromagnetic driven liquid lens technology has been broken through, and electromagnetic liquid lenses with different apertures of 10mm-15mm have been developed.
[2]Continuous optical zoom microscopes and large field continuous zoom microscopes based on liquid lenses have been developed to achieve jitter free, fast magnification switching and high-resolution microscopic imaging.
[3]High performance imaging equipment such as zoom camera, zoom telescope, zoom endoscope, zoom micro-projection lens and zoom rifle scope based on electrowetting liquid lens have been developed to realize rapid zoom function without mechanical movement.
Books, Papers and patents
Chao Liu authored 1 book and published more than 100 papers. He holds 1 U.S patent and 33 Chinese invention patents.
1. Book
[1]Wang Q H, Liu C, Wang D, Li L, Liquid Photonic Device, Science Press (Beijing), 2021 (in Chinese).
2. Journal Papers
[1]Di Wang#, Qian Huang#, Chao Liu#, Yi Zheng, Yu-Cheng Lin, Fan-Chuan Lin, Yi-Long Li, Xin-Ru Zheng, Yi-Wei Zheng, Xin Xie, Kun Song, Shao-Wei Wang, Wei Lu, Ruo-Nan Ji*, Bao-Hua Jia* and Qiong-Hua Wang*, A 0.18 cubic centimeter 3D metaholographic zoom micro-projector, Nature Communications. 2025, 16:10735.
[2]Chao Liu#, Zhao Jiang#, Xin Wang, Yi Zheng, Yi-Wei Zheng, and Qiong-Hua Wang*, Continuous optical zoom microscope with extended depth of field and 3D reconstruction. PhotoniX, 2022, 3:20.
[3]Zhao-Song Li#, Chao Liu#, Xiao-Wei Li, Yi Zheng, Qian Huang, Yi-Wei Zheng,Ye-Hao Hou, Chen-Liang Chang, Da-Wei Zhang, Song-Lin Zhuang, Di Wang and Qiong-Hua Wang, Real-time holographic camera for obtaining real 3D scene hologram. Light: Science & Applications, 2025, 14:74.
[4]Dong-Xu Yu, Zhao Jiang, Yi Zheng, Hao-Ran Zhang, Rong-Qiang Li, You-Ran Zhao, Xiao-Ke Lu, Yu-Cheng Lin, Chao Liu* and Qiong-Hua Wang*, Large zoom ratio and adaptive aberration correction microscope using 4DPSF-aware Physical Degradation-guided Network, Light: Science & Applications, 2026, 15:140.
[5]You-Ran Zhao, Zhao-Song Li, Yi Zheng, Di Wang, Xiao-Ke Lu, Yu-Cheng Lin, Hao-Ran Zhang, Chao Liu* and Qiong-Hua Wang*, Non-aqueous electrowetting liquid lens with centimeter-level large aperture based on dielectric failure suppression principle, Light: Science & Applications, 2025, 14:120.
[6]Chao Liu, Yi Zheng, Rong-Ying Yuan, Zhao Jiang, Jin-Bo Xu, You-Ran Zhao, Xin Wang, Xiao-Wei Li, Yan Xing, and Qiong-Hua Wang*, Tunable liquid lenses: emerging technologies and future perspectives. Laser & Photonics Reviews, 2023, 17(11):2300274.
[7]Chao Liu, Yu-Cheng Lin, Yi Zheng, Rong-Qiang Li, Zheng-Chao Wang, Xiao-Ke Lu, Xiao-Hao Zhang, Fan Chu, Hao-Ran Zhang, and Qiong-Hua Wang*, Application of tunable liquid lens in imaging and display, Applied Physics Reviews. 2025, 12, 041320.
[8]Chao Liu#, Yi Zheng#, Di Wang, Qian Huang, Xiao-Wei Li, Fan-Chuan Lin, You-Ran Zhao, Yi-Wei Zheng, Xiao-Ke Lu, Xin-Ru Li, Xin-Ru Zheng, Xin Xie, Kun Song, Zhen-Fei Li, Wei Lu, Din Ping Tsai, Ruo-Nan Ji*, and Qiong-Hua Wang*, Multi-wavelength achromatic 3D meta-holography with zoom function. Advanced Science. 2025, 2501881.
[9]Di Wang#, Chao Liu#, Chuan Shen, Yan Xing, and Qiong-Hua Wang*. Holographic capture and projection system of real object based on tunable zoom lens. PhotoniX, 2020, 1:6.
[10]Yi Zheng, Xin Wang, Zhao Jiang, Jin-Bo Xu, Rong-Ying Yuan, You-Ran Zhao, Hao-Ran Zhang, Chao Liu*, and Qiong-Hua Wang*, Adaptive multiscale microscope with fast zooming,extended working distance,and large field of view, Light: Advanced Manufacturing, 2024, 5, 8.
[11]Yi Zheng#, Hao-Ran Zhang#, Xiao-Wei Li, You-Ran Zhao, Zhao-Song Li, Ye-Hao Hou, Chao Liu* and Qiong-Hua Wang*, Fast-zoom and high-resolution sparse compound-eye camera based on dual-end collaborative optimization. Opto-Electronic Advances. 2025, 8, 240285.
[12]Fan-Chuan Lin#, Jiang-Hao Xiong#, Rui-Yi Zhao, Qian Huang, Zhao-Song Li, Yi-Long Li, Zu-Jian Wang, Qiong-Hua Wang, Di Wang, and Chao Liu*, Large-size and wide-viewing-angle holographic near-eye 3D display system based on liquid crystal holographic lens. Laser & Photonics Reviews, 2026.
3. Patents (Selected)
[1]Di Wang, Qiong-Hua Wang, Chao Liu, Chu Fan, and Yi-Long Li, Tunable crystal grating-based holographic true 3D display system and method,US 11860385B2
[1]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
[2]Liu C, Wang Q H, Wang D, Wang G X, Jiang Z, A liquid optical switch with adaptive switching between visible and infrared light, Chinese Patent ZL202010142298.5
[3]Liu C, Wang Q H, Wang D, A real-time holographic acquisition and projection system based on adaptive zoom camera, Chinese Patent ZL201911375160.3
[4]Liu C, Wang Q H, Wang D, An adaptive zoom telescope, Chinese Patent ZL201910956274.0
[5]Liu C, Wang Q H, Jiang Z, Zheng Y, Wang D, A continuous zoom stereomicroscope with adjustable viewing angle, Chinese Patent ZL202110456676.1
4. Professional Society (Selected)
[1]Member of the three-dimensional imaging and display special committee of the Chinese Society of Image Graphics (CSIG)
[2]Member of the holographic and optical information special committee of the Chinese Optical Society (COS)