Tao Liu
taoliu@ntsc.ac.cn
Education
1999-2004 Ph.D. in Physics Shanxi University
1995-1999 Bachelor's Degree in Physics Shanxi University
Experience
2022-Present Scientist, Hefei National Laboratory
2010-Present Professor, National Time Service Center, CAS
2010-2010 Postdoc, Copenhagen University
2004-2009 Postdoc, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light
Overview of Academic Research
Prof. Tao Liu’s research interest is the systematic study on time-frequency generation and transfer, for resolving the outstanding challenges in fiber-optic time-frequency transfer and the development of ultra-stable lasers.
His/her major achievements include:
* Independent development of ultra-high-finesse optical reference cavities
* Development of an engineering prototype for a hertz-level (Hz-level), self-locking, narrow-linewidth laser.
* Achieving tens of picoseconds precision on a thousand-kilometer field-deployed communication optical fiber
Research Directions/Fields:
Optical fiber time transfer
Optical fiber frequency transfer
Development of ultrastable lasers
Major Honors and Awards
2023 Science and Technology Award for Boosting Socioeconomic Development, Chinese Academy of Sciences
2023 First Prize, Science and Technology Progress Award, China Satellite Navigation Positioning Association (CSGPC)
2023 Second Prize, China Electronics Society Science and Technology Award
Representative Publications
1.Bo Liu et al. Report on 3,143.6-km Time and Frequency Transfer Fiber Link with Ps-level Stability, Chinese Physics Letters 42(1) (2025)
2.Dongdong Jiao et al. Development of Fully Self-Controllable High-Finesse Optical Reference Cavities, Chinese Physics Letters 42(1) (2025)
3.Qian Zhou et al. Robust Transfer of Optical Frequency over 500km Fiber Link with Instability of 10-21, Chinese Physics Letters 41(8) (2024)