01On-chip terahertz
devices
We integrate graphene with ultrafast emitters, detectors, and transmission lines to launch, guide, and control terahertz electronic waves on a chip.
WUHAN · CHINA
Quantum physics.
On a chip.
We combine quantum materials, on-chip terahertz spectroscopy, and nanoscale imaging to explore new ways to guide, detect, and control light and electronic waves.
Explore our research
Wuhan National Laboratory
for Optoelectronics
Huazhong University
of Science and Technology
武汉光电国家研究中心
01 / RESEARCH
From quantum matter
to integrated devices.
We connect quantum physics with chip design, nanofabrication, and ultrafast measurements. Students explore the physics of new materials and learn to build and probe their devices.
01On-chip terahertz
02AFM imaging of
on-chip waves
We are developing terahertz probes based on atomic force microscopy (AFM) to map local fields and wave propagation in quantum materials and chip-scale devices.
03Integrated
optoelectronics
We investigate how graphene and layered materials can be integrated into compact waveguides, modulators, and detectors with electrically tunable optical and electronic responses.
Research images are conceptual illustrations.
02 / PEOPLE
Curiosity, together.
Our group is based at the Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, HUST.
PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Wenyu Zhao 赵文宇
Professor · Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Professor Zhao’s research connects quantum materials, on-chip terahertz transport, and nanoscale light–matter interactions, with a focus on new optoelectronic devices and measurement methods.
OUR APPROACH
Build the device.
Probe the physics.
PhD Students
Gangling Niu牛广亮
Yuwei Zhuang庄宇维
Yibo Feng冯诣博
Lidong Zhang张立东
Ju Shang尚驹
Hejie Peng彭和杰
Master’s Students
Kan Fu付康
Leda Jia贾乐达
03 / SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Ideas into evidence.
Selected work on collective electronic excitations and light–matter interactions.
2026Graphene demon wave transistorNature Communications 17, 3106 (2026)
2024Terahertz phonon engineering with van der Waals heterostructuresNature 631, 771–776 (2024)
2023Observation of hydrodynamic plasmons and energy waves in grapheneNature 614, 688–693 (2023)
2021Efficient Fizeau drag from Dirac electrons in monolayer grapheneNature 594, 517–521 (2021)
2021Nanoimaging of Low-Loss Plasmonic Waveguide Modes in a Graphene NanoribbonNano Letters 21, 3106–3111 (2021)
04 / CONTACT
Let’s connect.
For research enquiries and academic collaboration,
contact Professor Wenyu Zhao.
for OptoelectronicsHuazhong University of
Science and TechnologyWuhan, Hubei 430074, China