Professor Kenneth Kin-Yip Wong from the University of Hong Kong visited the Photoacoustic Imaging Laboratory at the Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, on April 26, 2024, at the invitation of Researcher Chengbo Liu. During his visit, he delivered an academic lecture titled "Shortwave Infrared Lasers (SWIRL) for Versatile Optical Imaging Applications."Through continuous innovation and application of photonics technologies, Professor Kenneth Kin-Yip Wong and his team have achieved breakthrough advancements in multi-temporal scale and multi-functional optical imaging as well as shortwave infrared wavelength laser sources.

Professor Wong engaged in discussions with faculty and students at the Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences

During his lecture, Professor Kenneth Kin-Yip Wong presented his team’s significant research achievements in the field of optical imaging. The presentation began with an introduction to femtosecond/picosecond pulsed laser sources tailored for two-photon/three-photon microscopy. His team then demonstrated the successful development of nanosecond pulsed laser sources compatible with photoacoustic microscopy (PAM). Additionally, the lecture covered wavelength-swept laser sources required for time-stretched microscopy and optical coherence tomography (OCT).

Personal Profile：

Kenneth Kin-Yip Wong is the Chair and Professor in the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at the University of Hong Kong. He holds a Master of Science and a Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University. His research focuses on photonics parametric processing, ultrafast optical communications, and imaging technologies including spectroscopy, microscopy, and tomography.Professor Wong has published over 450 journal and conference papers and received numerous awards, including the Best Teacher Award, Outstanding Young Researcher Award, Outstanding Teaching Award (Team), and Outstanding Research Student Supervisor Award. He serves as a member of the Publications Committee of SPIE and an Associate Editor for IEEE Photonics Technology Letters and Optica (formerly OSA Optics Express). A Fellow of IEEE, SPIE, and Optica, he also previously chaired the IEEE Hong Kong Section.