Millions of years ago, a few twinkling Mars tore apart the sleeping night, and that light became the force that dragged humans out of the darkness. From the earliest drilling wood for fire to modern electric lights and lasers, the stars have moved into mulberry fields, but the pace of human beings chasing light has never stopped. Until today, there are still a large number of scientific researchers running the road of "chasing light", exploring the mystery of optics.
Recently, the "2022 China Optics Top Ten Progress" was officially released. The scientific research achievement "Optical Frequency Perfect Anomaly Reflector" by the team of Wang Zhanshan and Cheng Xinbin of the School of Physical Science and Engineering of Tongji University and the team of Zhou Lei of the Department of Physics of Fudan University was selected as "2022 Top Ten Advances in Chinese Optics" (applied research category).
This achievement achieves the world's highest efficiency and efficiency is better than 99% of the abnormal reflection of optical frequency at 1550 nm, which solves the problem of "stuck neck" in the practical application of optical metasurfaces, and is expected to promote the development of new beam scanning systems and other instruments and equipment. Dr. He Tao, the first completer of the achievements, is an outstanding young scientific research talent independently trained by Tongji, and both masters and doctoral students studied at the School of Physical Science and Engineering of Tongji University.
Masters lead, scientific research strives to be the first
Professor Wang Zhanshan
Professor Cheng Xinbin
As the founder of the Institute of Precision Optics Engineering Technology of Tongji University and the discipline leader of Tongji Optics, Professor Wang Zhanshan has been deeply engaged in the field of optics for decades, leading the team to overcome many technical links such as ultra-thin cylindrical glass substrate thermoforming, breaking foreign technology blockade and monopoly, and reaching or exceeding the international leading level in many key technical indicators, and taking the second prize of the National Technological Invention Award, the China Patent Gold Award, the first prize of the Ministry of Education Technological Invention Award and other honors.
Over the years, Professor Wang Zhanshan's team has not only accumulated a large number of space optical detector technologies for the mainland, but also cultivated a group of high-end technical talents. The teenagers who followed in the footsteps of Professor Wang Zhanshan to "chase stars" have grown into the scientific research and technical backbone of the research group, and Professor Cheng Xinbin is one of them. At present, he is the director of the Institute of Precision Optical Engineering Technology of Tongji University, and has won the second prize of the National Technological Invention Award and the China Patent Gold Award.
In the School of Physical Science and Engineering of Tongji University, there are many "light chasers" like them. Since its establishment in the 40s of the 20th century, the college has always practiced the purpose of "walking with the motherland and benefiting the world through science and education", and has brought together a high-level teaching team including 2 academicians of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, more than 10 national talents, as well as a national teaching team and an innovation team of the Ministry of Education.
Under their leadership, relying on scientific research platforms such as Shanghai Key Laboratory of Special Artificial Microstructured Materials and Technology, Key Laboratory of Advanced Microstructured Materials of the Ministry of Education, the college focuses on the field of "wave and material microstructure", and has formed the characteristic research directions of "phonoscience and thermal energy science", "photonic crystals and specific materials", "precision optics and applications", "microstructure physics and devices" and "acoustic foundation and application", leaving its footprint at the forefront of scientific research and creating world-renowned achievements.
The "Striver" all-sea deep-manned submersible developed by Professor Jiao Hongfei of the College won the gold medal of the "2022 China Excellent Industrial Design Award", which is the world's largest 10,000-meter manned submersible, with a total of more than 120 dives, ranking first in the world in the number and number of 10,000-meter deep dives.
The project "Photonic Crystal Based Scintillation Detection Technology Innovation" presided over by Professor Liu Bo won the first prize of scientific and technological progress of the Chinese Society of Radiation Protection, and the scintillation thin film neutron detector based on photonic crystal developed by the project has been successfully applied in major national scientific experiments for many times, and important key data have been obtained, which has contributed to improving the diagnostic ability of mainland strong pulse radiation field.
Professor Zhou Shiming's team and Professor Yuan Zhe's research group from the Center for Advanced Quantum Research, Department of Physics, Beijing Normal University, revealed the microscopic mechanism of four-degree symmetric anisotropic magnetoresistance of ferromagnetic metal materials for the first time through in-depth cooperation in theory and experiment, and the relevant results were published in Physical Review Letters.
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In the past five years, the school has led a number of national key research and development projects, published dozens of high-level papers in Science, Nature, PNAS, PRL and other journals, and many scholars have been selected as foreign academicians of the European Academy of Sciences, SPIE Fellows, and served as the editorial board of important journals at home and abroad.
At the same time, the college also actively participates in solving the major strategic needs of the country, writes the achievements on the motherland, and has achieved fruitful results in aerospace thermal insulation materials, aerospace and high-speed rail noise control, deep-sea exploration, etc., and has been commended by the Ministry of Education and Shanghai Municipality for making significant contributions to scientific and technological progress for many times.
Accumulate into a vessel, educate people to write brilliantly
The support of strong faculty has become the greatest strength for the development of the college. Throughout the journey, the college has continued the tradition of "poor reason, realistic and innovative" and has written a brilliant growth history——
In 1940, the Department of Mathematics and Physics of Tongji University was established;
In 1978, he won the first batch of master's programs in acoustics in China;
In 1997, the State Education Commission approved the establishment of a national teaching base for engineering physics courses;
In 2008, condensed matter physics was selected as a national key discipline (cultivation);
In 2020, applied physics was selected into the "Strong Foundation Program" and "Basic Discipline Top Program 2.0" of the Ministry of Education;
At present, the college has two undergraduate majors: applied physics and optoelectronic information science and engineering. Among them, the applied physics major is a national first-class undergraduate major construction point, divided into two professional directions: "condensed matter physics" and "acoustics", with obvious characteristics, and has a domestic first-class and even international leading level in many fields, and realizes the close combination of scientific research and application, scientific research guidance application, and application feeds back scientific research.
Relying on the scientific advantages of the college, the Optoelectronic Information Science and Engineering major has a professional laboratory for teaching covering an area of about 400 square meters, with equipment assets of more than 5 million yuan and scientific research instruments and equipment assets of more than 30 million yuan, creating a superior academic environment for students and helping them stand at the forefront of science and technology.
Foreign teachers teach students
In addition, the school also attaches great importance to foreign exchanges, actively cooperates with a number of well-known foreign universities and research institutions, carries out a number of double degree programs from undergraduate to doctoral level, and encourages students to participate in international academic conferences, short-term overseas visits and other academic exchanges, etc., to further expand students' international academic horizons. In the past five years, a total of more than 200 students have been organized to go abroad for joint training and academic exchanges, and more than 60 short-term study visits and competitions have been organized.
The students won the gold medal of the 13th International Collegiate Physics Competition
Under the careful cultivation of the college, a group of influential outstanding talents represented by Academician Zhu Hongyuan, Academician Wu Shishu, Academician Li Tongbao, Academician Zhang Yaoming, etc. have emerged here. From 2016 to 2021, the employment rate of graduates reached 100%, of which the average proportion of graduates entering the top 300 universities in the QS ranking reached 61.8%, and the average proportion of entering multinational companies in enterprises and institutions was 31.8%.
Growing up in the fertile soil of the School of Physical Science and Engineering of Tongji University, the predecessors have left footprints full of enthusiasm and brilliance, and this will also lead the "latecomers" to move forward fearlessly. If you also want to gain outstanding ability and firm confidence, climb higher and farther on the peak of scientific research, welcome to join the School of Physical Science and Engineering of Tongji University, we are waiting for you to open a better future together!
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Some sources: Tongji University official micro, Tongji Admissions, Tongji University School of Physical Science and Engineering official website, Microphysics, Changchun China Optical Science and Technology Museum, etc