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Chang, Yin-Jung Professor


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Biography

Dr. Yin-Jung Chang was born and raised in Hualien City, Taiwan, R.O.C.. He received the Ph.D. in electrical engineering and computer science from Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA in 2006.

From 1998 to 2000 he served in the R.O.C. Army as a platoon leader/communication officer in a mobilized infantry brigade in southern part of Taiwan. From 2000 to 2002 he was a research engineer in Applied Electromagnetic Lab, Microelectronics and Information System Research Center at National Chiao-Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan, R.O.C.. During his Ph.D. study, Dr. Chang worked on the board-level optical interconnects covering both theoretical analysis based on rigorous electromagnetics and the development of an experimental prototype for 1-by-4 high-speed demonstration at 10 Gb/s. From May to August 2006, he was a summer intern in IBM T. J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, NY, USA, focusing on the optoelectronic packaging for the 160-Gb/s bidirectional parallel optical transceiver module in IBM/DARPA “Terabus” project. After a short postdoctoral research, also at Georgia Tech, Dr. Chang joined Portland Technology Development, Intel Corp. in Hillsboro, OR, USA, in early 2007 as a senior yield engineer working on the 22-nm technology node. In August 2008, he joined the Dept. of Optics and Photonics (DOP) at National Central University, Taiwan, R.O.C. and is currently an associate professor.

Dr. Chang was instrumental in the funding and development of the optoelectronic/photonics educational program in the DOP. This includes the development of the Semiconductor Physics in Optoelectronics, Physical Foundations of Semiconductor Optoelectronics, and Electromagnetic Principles of Photonics courses. His current research interests are integrated optics based on surface plasmon polaritons, nano optics, nanostructured optoelectronic physics and devices, solar energy conversion, electromagnetic problems in optics/photonics, and optical interconnects. Dr. Chang has been publishing his work mostly in top-notched optics/electrical engineering journals.

Education

Ph.D., School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA, 2006

Work Experience

Times Higher Education's Global Academic Reputation Survey

Contributor Jan. 2022

Secondary Review Committee of the Photonics Program, Ministry of Science and Technology, R.O.C.

Committee Member Jan. 2022 –

Taiwan Stock Exchange Corp., Taiwan, Republic of China (R.O.C.)

Case Reviewer Jul. 2018 – Aug. 2018

Appeals Committee of the Photonics Program, Ministry of Science and Technology, R.O.C.

Committee Member Aug. 2018 – Jul. 2021

Silicon and Photonic Integrated Circuits Research Program, Minister of Science and Technology, R.O.C.

Co-PI Aug. 2018 – Now

Dept. of Optics and Photonics, Nat. Central Univ., Chungli, Taiwan, R.O.C.

Professor Aug. 2018 – Now

Dept. of Optics and Photonics, Nat. Central Univ., Chungli, Taiwan, R.O.C.

Associate Professor Aug. 2012 – Jul. 2018

Dept. of Optics and Photonics, Nat. Central Univ., Chungli, Taiwan, R.O.C.

Assistant Professor Aug. 2008 – Jul. 2012

Portland Technology Development, Intel Corp., Hillsboro, OR, USA

Yield Engineer Apr. 2007 – Jun. 2008

School of ECE, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA

Post Doctoral Fellow Jan. 2007 – Mar. 2007

IBM T. J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, NY, USA

Summer Intern May. 2006 – Aug. 2006

School of ECE, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA

Graduate Research Assistant Aug. 2002 – Dec. 2006

Applied EM Research Lab, Nat. Chiao-Tung Univ., Hsinchu, Taiwan, R.O.C.

Research Engineer Aug. 2000 – Jun. 2002

Military Service, Taiwan, R.O.C.

Platoon Leader/Communication Officer Oct. 1998 – Jul. 2000

Research Interests

Nanostructured Photonic Physics and Devices, Nanoplasmonics, Electromagnetic Problems in Optics/Photonics, Short-Reach Optical Interconnects, Microwave Engineering, and Antennas

Research Groups Nanophotonics ．Optical Communications ．Theoretical Optics ．Thin-Film Optics

Current Research Areas

Hot-Carrier-Based Photon Energy Conversion - Physics and Devices
Optical Nanocircuitry based on Surface Plasmon Polaritons
Nanoscale Dielectric Research
Diffractive Optics
Silicon Photonics

Distinctions

2021 Outstanding Lecturer Award, National Central University, Taiwan, Republic of China (R.O.C.).
2020 Outstanding Lecturer Award of College of Sciences, National Central University, Taiwan, R.O.C.

2019 Outstanding Lecturer Award of College of Sciences, National Central University, Taiwan, R.O.C.

2018 Outstanding Lecturer Award of College of Sciences, National Central University, Taiwan, R.O.C.

Invited speaker, BIT's 2nd World Congress of Smart Materials, Singapore, Mar. 03-06, 2016.

2014 Outstanding Lecturer Award of College of Sciences, National Central University, Taiwan, R.O.C.

2011 Outstanding Research Award, National Central University, Taiwan, R.O.C.

2011 Outstanding Lecturer Award of College of Sciences, National Central University, Taiwan, R.O.C.

2006 IAB Outstanding Student Poster Award, Packaging Research Center, Georgia Institute of Technology, GA, USA.

Selected Publications

Journal Papers

No.	Title
1	Y.-J. Chang*, K.-H. Shih, and K. Muthuramalingam, “Aluminum-based concurrent photonic and plasmonic energy conversion driven by quasi-localized plasmon resonance,” Opt. Express, vol. 28, pp. 37669-37685, Dec. 2020.

2	K.-H. Shih and Y-J. Chang*, “Internal photoemission for photovoltaic using p-type Schottky barrier: Band structure dependence and theoretical efficiency limits,” J. Appl. Phys., vol. 123, p. 023107, Jan. 2018.

3	Y-J. Chang* and R.-W. Feng, “Hybrid plasmonic mode converter – Theoretical formulation and design with a graphical approach” Appl. Opt., vol. 56, pp. 5501-5510, Jul. 2017.

4	Y-J. Chang* and R.-W. Feng, “Embedded-Silicon-Strip-to-Hybrid-Plasmonic Waveguide Polarization Mode Converter” IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett., vol. 29, pp. 759-762, May 2017.

5	Y-J. Chang* and K.-H. Shih, “Solar energy conversion via internal photoemission in aluminum, copper, and silver: Band structure effects and theoretical efficiency estimates” J. Appl. Phys. 119, 183101, 2016.

Research Projects

Position	Project	Project Duration	Funding Agent	Grant (NT$)
PI	Photoelectric conversions based on internal photoemission in periodic subwavelength metal-dielectric multilayered structures	2014-08-01 - 2017-07-31	Ministry of Science and Technology, R.O.C. (Taiwan)
Co-PI	Germination Project for Research Achievements, NTHU (3/3)(102-3011-P-007-001-)	2013-11-01 - 2014-10-31	Ministry of Science and Technology, R.O.C. (Taiwan)
Co-PI	Germination Project for Research Achievements, NTHU (2/3)(101-3011-P-007-001-)	2012-11-01 - 2013-10-31	National Science Council, R.O.C. (Taiwan)
PI	Strong Coupling in Lossy Optical Nanocircuitry – Take Novel Plasmonic Waveguide Polarization Splitter as an Example (101-2221-E-008-078-)	2012-08-01 - 2013-10-31	National Science Council, R.O.C. (Taiwan)
PI	Polarization-Insensitive Subwavelength 90-degree Waveguide Bends in Metal/Multi-Insulator Configuration (NSC-100-2221-E-008-061)	2011-08-01 - 2012-10-31	National Science Council, R.O.C. (Taiwan)

Laboratory

Photonics Laboratory

Nano-Optics Laboratory