Published on 06/10/202507/10/2025 by Applied Scientist 62 / 100 Powered by Rank Math SEO SEO Score Prof. Haitao Zhang | Laser Coherent Combination | Best Researcher Award Professor | Tsinghua University | China Prof. Haitao Zhang is a distinguished tenured professor at the Department of Precision Instruments, Tsinghua University, and a leading expert in photonics and laser technology. He earned his Ph.D. in Optical Engineering and B.S. in Testing Technology and Instrumentation from Beijing Institute of Technology. Since joining Tsinghua University, he has advanced from postdoctoral researcher to full professor, also serving as a visiting scholar at Cornell University. Prof. Haitao Zhang research encompasses femtosecond and fiber laser technologies, planar waveguide solid-state lasers, femtosecond laser medical equipment, and optoelectronic information processing, including super-resolution imaging and optical wireless communication. His pioneering contributions to solid-state and fiber laser systems have significantly influenced precision instrumentation and medical laser applications. He has published over 160 scientific papers, accumulating 1,204 citations by 1,011 documents, with an h-index of 19, demonstrating his sustained impact on the global optics community. He serves as Vice Director of the Institute of Laser Engineering at Tsinghua University and as an executive member of professional committees under the Chinese Optical Society and Beijing Optical Society. Prof. Zhang has received multiple national and ministerial awards, including the Second Prize in Natural Science from China’s Ministry of Education and the First Prize in Science and Technology Progress for his work on super-luminescent fiber light. Additionally, he contributes to international research dissemination as a Guest Editor for Applied Sciences and Micromachines, leading special issues on femtosecond and fiber laser advancements. Profile: Scopus | ORCID Featured Publication Liu, X., Li, Y., Zhang, H.*, Gu, Y., Wu, W., & Zhang, T. (2023). Blood clot ablation effects based on burst-mode femtosecond laser. Acta Optica Sinica, 43(2). Zhang, H., Liu, X., Li, Y., Wu, W., Gu, Y., & Zhang, T. (2022). Study on the mechanism of thrombus ablation in vitro by burst-mode femtosecond laser. Journal of Biophotonics. Li, Z., Zhang, H., Chen, J., & Huang, Y. (2022). Robust optical and SAR image registration based on phase congruency scale space. IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters. Li, Z., Zhang, H., Huang, Y., & Li, H. (2022). A robust strategy for large-size optical and SAR image registration. IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, 14(13). Zhang, H., Zu, J., Liu, X., Chen, J., & Xu, H. (2022). High power all-fiber supercontinuum system based on graded-index multimode fibers. Applied Sciences, 12(11). Zhang, H., Zu, J., Deng, D., Xu, H., & Chen, J. (2022). Yb-doped fiber chirped pulse amplification system delivering 1 mJ, 231 fs at 1 kHz repetition rate. Photonics, 9(2). Zhang, H.*, Deng, D., Zu, J., Chen, J., & Li, D. (2021). Numerical model of chirped-pulse amplification in pulsed synchronously pumped low repetition rate fiber lasers. IEEE Photonics Journal, 13(3). Deng, D., Zhang, H.*, Zu, J., & Chen, J. (2021). Buildup dynamics of a pulsating dissipative soliton in an all-normal-dispersion PM Yb-doped fiber laser with a NALM. Optics Letters, 46(7). Haitao Zhang | Laser Coherent Combination | Best Researcher Award
Prof. Haitao Zhang is a distinguished tenured professor at the Department of Precision Instruments, Tsinghua University, and a leading expert in photonics and laser technology. He earned his Ph.D. in Optical Engineering and B.S. in Testing Technology and Instrumentation from Beijing Institute of Technology. Since joining Tsinghua University, he has advanced from postdoctoral researcher to full professor, also serving as a visiting scholar at Cornell University. Prof. Haitao Zhang research encompasses femtosecond and fiber laser technologies, planar waveguide solid-state lasers, femtosecond laser medical equipment, and optoelectronic information processing, including super-resolution imaging and optical wireless communication. His pioneering contributions to solid-state and fiber laser systems have significantly influenced precision instrumentation and medical laser applications. He has published over 160 scientific papers, accumulating 1,204 citations by 1,011 documents, with an h-index of 19, demonstrating his sustained impact on the global optics community. He serves as Vice Director of the Institute of Laser Engineering at Tsinghua University and as an executive member of professional committees under the Chinese Optical Society and Beijing Optical Society. Prof. Zhang has received multiple national and ministerial awards, including the Second Prize in Natural Science from China’s Ministry of Education and the First Prize in Science and Technology Progress for his work on super-luminescent fiber light. Additionally, he contributes to international research dissemination as a Guest Editor for Applied Sciences and Micromachines, leading special issues on femtosecond and fiber laser advancements. Profile: Scopus | ORCID Featured Publication Liu, X., Li, Y., Zhang, H.*, Gu, Y., Wu, W., & Zhang, T. (2023). Blood clot ablation effects based on burst-mode femtosecond laser. Acta Optica Sinica, 43(2). Zhang, H., Liu, X., Li, Y., Wu, W., Gu, Y., & Zhang, T. (2022). Study on the mechanism of thrombus ablation in vitro by burst-mode femtosecond laser. Journal of Biophotonics. Li, Z., Zhang, H., Chen, J., & Huang, Y. (2022). Robust optical and SAR image registration based on phase congruency scale space. IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters. Li, Z., Zhang, H., Huang, Y., & Li, H. (2022). A robust strategy for large-size optical and SAR image registration. IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, 14(13). Zhang, H., Zu, J., Liu, X., Chen, J., & Xu, H. (2022). High power all-fiber supercontinuum system based on graded-index multimode fibers. Applied Sciences, 12(11). Zhang, H., Zu, J., Deng, D., Xu, H., & Chen, J. (2022). Yb-doped fiber chirped pulse amplification system delivering 1 mJ, 231 fs at 1 kHz repetition rate. Photonics, 9(2). Zhang, H.*, Deng, D., Zu, J., Chen, J., & Li, D. (2021). Numerical model of chirped-pulse amplification in pulsed synchronously pumped low repetition rate fiber lasers. IEEE Photonics Journal, 13(3). Deng, D., Zhang, H.*, Zu, J., & Chen, J. (2021). Buildup dynamics of a pulsating dissipative soliton in an all-normal-dispersion PM Yb-doped fiber laser with a NALM. Optics Letters, 46(7).