Research progress in optics, imaging, metasurfaces, and optoelectronics at the Xi'an Institute of Optics and Precision Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences; only reports in which it is the actual research or event subject are included.
A team led by researcher Wang Quan at the Biomedical Spectroscopy Laboratory of the Xi'an Institute of Optics and Precision Mechanics used upconversion nanoparticles to achieve wireless near-infrared optogenetic pain relief. The research was recently highlighted in a special commentary in Nature Photonics. Optogenetics received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine on October 5, 2026.
Why we recommend it: The article applies upconversion nanoparticles to near-infrared wireless optogenetics, offering reference value for biophotonics applications
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Huawei and the Xi'an Institute of Optics and Precision Mechanics have signed a strategic cooperation agreement, making AI + optics a core focus, with Huawei pledging priority support in computing resources and AI teams. Earlier, on September 17, Huawei unveiled the Ascend 960 superpod using near-package optics (NPO) at Huawei Connect 2026, employing 5,500 in-house Hi-ONE optical engines.
Why we recommend it: The source text places the industry-academia partnership alongside the NPO superpod, showing Huawei's overall strategy in optical interconnects and AI optics
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A team led by Guojun Wu at the Xi'an Institute of Optics and Mechanics has proposed PGF-ULB, an underwater optical beacon detection and localization framework combining physics guidance and geometric constraints, for AUV optical docking in complex underwater environments.
A team led by Liu Hongjun at the Xi'an Institute of Optics and Precision Mechanics (XIOPM) has made progress in metasurface-based nonlinear frequency upconversion imaging in the mid-infrared.
Teams led by Fu Yuxi and Cao Huabao at the Xi'an Institute of Optics and Precision Mechanics have made new progress in high-repetition-rate, high-energy ultrafast thin-disk lasers.
The Ultrafast Optics Research Department at the Xi'an Institute of Optics and Precision Mechanics has made new progress in optical microscopic imaging through scattering media.
Teams led by Wang Binhao and Zhang Wenfu at the Xi'an Institute of Optics and Precision Mechanics have made a series of advances in silicon-based photonic interconnect chips.
Space-grade radiation-hardened erbium-doped fiber developed by teams led by Hou Chaoqi and Guo Haitao at the Xi'an Institute of Optics and Precision Mechanics has completed stable on-orbit verification for spaceborne laser communication.
Guo Haitao's team at the Xi'an Institute of Optics and Mechanics has mastered key full-chain technologies for mid- and long-wave infrared anti-resonant hollow-core fiber.