Personal Description:

Ming Han received his BS and MS degrees in electronic engineering from Tsinghua University, Beijing China, in 1998 and 2000, respectively, and the Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech), Blacksburg, Virginia, in 2006. From 2006 to 2008, he stayed at Virginia Tech working as a Research Associate in the Center for Photonics Technology. In 2008, he joined the Department of Electrical Engineering of the University of Nebraska- Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska, as an Assistant Professor.

His research interests include optical biological and chemical sensing, optical measurement under harsh environment, fully or quasi-distributed fiber-optic sensors, micro/nano photonic devices and structures. His recent research focuses on developing pressure sensors for applications involving extreme temperatures and novel biosensors and lasers based on photonic crystal fibers.

Education:

• Ph.D., 2006 Electrical Engineering, Virginia Tech Blacksburg, Virginia
  
• M.S., 2000 Electronic Engineering, Tsinghua University Beijing, China
  
• B.S., 1998 Electronic Engineering, Tsinghua University Beijing, China

Research Interests:

• Optical physical sensing under harsh environment
• Optical biosensing and chemical sensing
• Distributed or highly-multiplexed fiber-optic sensing
• Micro/nano photonics devices and structures

Selected Publications:

• M. Han, Y.J. Wang, Y.M. Wang, and A. Wang, "Fully-distributed Fiber-Optic Physical and Biochemical Sensing Based on Transient and Traveling Long-Period Gratings," submitted to Optics Letters
• B. Dong, M. Han, L. Sun, J. Wang, and A. Wang, "Sulfur Hexafluoride-Filled Extrinsic Fabry-Perot Interferometric Fiber-Optic Sensors for Partial Discharge Detection in Transformers," IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, 20, 1566-1568 (2008)
• Y. Xu, M. Han, A. Wang, Z.W. Liu, and J.R. Heflin, "Second order parametric processes in nonlinear silica microspheres," Physical Review Letters, 100, 163905 (2008)
• Y.X. Wang, M. Han, and A. Wang, "Analysis of a high-speed fiber-optic spectrometer for fiber-optic sensor signal processing," Applied Optics, 46, 8149 (2007)
• M. Han, Y.J. Wang, and A. Wang, "Grating-assisted polarization optical time-domain reflectometry for distributed fiber-optic sensing," Optics Letters, 32, 2028- 2030 (2007)
• M. Han and A. Wang, "Temperature compensation of optical microresonators using a surface layer with negative thermo-optic coefficient," Optics Letters, 32, 1800-1802 (2007)
• X.P. Chen, M. Han, Y.Z. Zhu, B. Dong and A. Wang, "Implementation of loss-compensated recirculating delayed self-Heterodyne interferometer for ultra-Narrow laser linewidth measurement," Applied Optics, 45, 7712 (2006).
• Y.X. Wang, M. Han, and A. Wang, "A high speed fiber optic spectrometer for signal demodulation of inteferometric fiber optic sensors," Optics Letters, 31, 2408 (2006)
• M Han and A. Wang, "Mode power distribution effect in white-light multimode fiber extrinsic Fabry-Perot interferometric sensor systems," Optics Letters, 31, 1202 (2006).
• M. Han, X.W Wang, J.C. Xu, K. L. Cooper, and A. Wang, "Diaphragm-based extrinsic Fabry-Perot interferometric optical fiber sensor for acoustic wave detection under high background pressure," Optical Engineering, 44, 060506 (2005).
• M. Han and A. Wang, "Analysis of a loss-compensated recirculating delayed self-heterodyne interferometer for laser linewidth measurement," Applied Physics B-Lasers & Optics, 81, 53 (2005).
• M. Han, Y. Zhang, F.B. Shen, G.R. Pickrell, and A. Wang, "Signal-processing algorithm for white-light optical fiber extrinsic Fabry-Perot interferometric sensors," Optics Letters, 29, 1736 (2004).