Full Name and Title: Prof. Dr. Hongqiang Li
Date of Birth: 27 December 1975
Nationality: Chinese
Country of Residence: China
Institution: Tianjin Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Detection Technology and Systems
School of Electronics and Information Engineering
Contact Details: Tiangong University,
No. 399 Bin Shui Xi Road, Xi Qing District, Tianjin 300387, P. R. of China
Tel: 86-22-83955164, Fax: 86-22-83955164, Mobile: 86-13902030668.
Email: lihongqiang@tiangong.edu.cn; lihongqiang@tiangong.edu.cn
Website: http://xxxy.tgu.edu.cn/2019/0122/c2630a38205/page.htm
Education and Training
Tiangong University; Automation; B. S. 1998
Tiangong University; Computer Application Technology; M. S. 2002
Tiangong University; Mechanical Engineering; Ph. D. 2011
University of Nice Sophia Antipolis; Senior Visiting Scholar, 11/2017-11/2017
University of Barcelona; Senior Visiting Scholar, 3/2018-6/2018
Research and Professional Experience
Lecturer of Information and Communication Engineering, TGU12/2003-12/2008
Associate Professor of Information and Communication Engineering,TGU12/2008-11/2013
Professor of Information and Communication Engineering, TGU 11/2013-present
Fiber Bragg grating sensing: We focus on the design and experimental validation of physical, mechanical, chemical and biomedical sensors in optical fiber Bragg grating.
Photonic integration: We focus on the miniaturisation of photonic devices, monolithic integration of photonic devices, heterogeneous and hybrid integration with silicon technology.
Wearable application: We focus on wearable fiber Bragg grating sensing and application, which can measure physiological parameters such as the body temperature, heart rate, pulse, blood pressure and heartbeat.
Awards and Honors
Excellent Teacher Award of TGU2007
Excellent Teacher Award of Hong kong Sangma Foundation 2009
Excellent Guide Teacher Award of Master's Thesis of TGU 2013
Teaching Achievement Award of China National Textile and Apparel Council 2013
Excellent Guide Teacher Award of Bachelor’s Thesis of TGU 2013-2014
Innovative Talents Training Program of Tianjin 2014
Excellent Guide Teacher Award of National Biomedical Electronics Innovation Design Contest 2014
Excellent Guide Teacher Award of Tianjin Undergraduate Micromouse Contest 2014
Excellent Guide Teacher Award of Tianjin Undergraduate MCU Contest 2014
Excellent Guide Teacher Award of Master's Thesis of Tianjin 2015
Professional Service
1. Journal Referee: IEEE Sensors Journal, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, Biomedical Signal Processing and Control, Circuits, Systems & Signal Processing, Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine, Electronics Letters, ACS Photonics, Fiber and Integrated Optics, IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, Journal of Lightwave Technology, IEEE Photonics Journal, Optical Engineering, Pattern Recognition Letters, IETE Technical Review, Transactions of the Institute of Measurement and Control
2. Reviewer: National Natural Science Foundation of China.
Journal Publications
Hongqiang Li, Enbang Li, Zhihui Liu, Kejia Wei. Wearable Sensors in Intelligent Clothing for Measuring Human Body Temperature Based on Optical Fiber Bragg Grating. Optics Express, 2012, 20(11), 11740-11752.
Xiaogang Yu, Changyun Miao, Hongqiang Li, Enbang Li, Zhihui Liu, Kejia Wei. Research on Demodulation System for Human Body Temperature Measurement of Intelligent Clothing Based on Arrayed Waveguide Grating. Spectroscopy and Spectral Analysis, 2012, 32(8): 2032-2036.
Fang Zhang, Zhitao Xiao, Jun Wu, Lei Geng, Hongqiang Li, Jiangtao Xi, Jinjiang Wang. Anisotropic Coupled Diffusion Filter and Binarization for The Electronic Speckle Pattern Interferometry Fringes. Optics Express, 2012, 20(20), 21905-21916.
Hongqiang Li, Changyun Miao, Enbang Li, Zhihui Liu, Kejia Wei. Enhanced Light Extraction of C-Band On-chip LED by Photonic Crystals for Arrayed Waveguide Grating Demodulation Integrated Microsystems. Laser Physics Letters, 2012, 9(12): 844-852.
Hongqiang Li, Enbang Li, Zhihui Liu, Kejia Wei, Xiaye Dong, Yaoting Bai. Design of 1×8 Si Nanowire AWG for On-chip AWG Demodulation Integration Microsystem. Optical Engineering, 2012, 51(12): 123001-123005.
Hongqiang Li, Xiaye Dong, Enbang Li, Zhihui Liu, Yaoting Bai. Design Optimization and Comparative Analysis of Silicon-Nanowire-Based Couplers. IEEE Photonics Journal, 2012, 4(5): 2017-2026.
Hongqiang Li, Xiaye Dong, Enbang Li, Zhihui Liu, Yaoting Bai. Highly Compact 2×2 Multimode Interface Coupler in Silicon Photonic Nanowires for Array Waveguide Gating Demodulation Integration Microsystem. Optics and Laser Technology, 2013, 47: 366-371.
Hongqiang Li, Yang Li, Enbang Li, Xiaye Dong, Yaoting Bai, Yu Liu, Wenqian Zhou. Temperature-Insensitive Arrayed Waveguide Grating Demodulation Technique for Fiber Bragg Grating Sensors. Optics and Laser Technology, 2013, 51: 77-81.
Hongqiang Li, Yaoting Bai, Xiaye Dong, Enbang Li, Yang Li, Wenqian Zhou, Yu Liu. Practical Fabrication and Analysis of an Optimized Compact Eight-Channel Silicon Arrayed-Waveguide Grating. Optical Engineering, 2013, 52(6): 0646021-0646025.
Hongqiang Li, Xiaye Dong, Yaoting Bai, Enbang Li, Yang Li, Yu Liu, Wenqian Zhou. Experimental Demonstration and Analysis of Compact Silicon-Nanowire-Based Couplers. Optical Engineering, 2013, 52(6): 0640031-0640036.
Hongqiang Li, Xiaofei Wang. Detection of Electrocardiogram Characteristic Points Using Lifting Wavelet Transform and Hilbert Transform. Transactions of the Institute of Measurement and Control, 2013, 35(5): 574-582.
Junfa Zhao, Tongqing Liao, Cheng Zhang, Ruixia Zhang, Changyun Miao, Hongqiang Li, Zhengrong Tong. Switchable Linear Cavity Dual-Wavelength Fiber Laser with Equalized Output by Optimizing Intracavity Loss. Optik, 2013, 124(12): 1092-1094.
Hongqiang Li, Beibei Cui, Meiling Zhang, Wenqian Zhou, Hongda Chen, Cheng Zhang, Yu Liu, Chunxiao Tang, Enbang Li. Integration of 1550 nm Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Laser with Gratings on SOI. Optics and Laser Technology, 2014, 64: 333-336.
Hongqiang Li, Yu Liu, Chunjiao Miao, Meiling Zhang, Wenqian Zhou, Chunxiao Tang, and Enbang Li. High-Performance Binary Blazed Grating Coupler Used in Silicon-Based Hybrid Photodetector Integration. Optical Engineering, 2014, 53(9): 0971061-0971067.
Hongqiang Li, Xiaofei Wang, Lei Chen, Enbang Li. Denoising and R-Peak Detection of Electrocardiogram Signal Based on EMD and Improved Approximate Envelope. Circuits, Systems, and Signal Processing, 2014, 33(4): 1261-1276.
Hongqiang Li, Yu Liu, Meiling Zhang, Wenqian Zhou, Cheng Zhang, Enbang Li, Changyun Miao, Chunxiao Tang. Highly Efficient Polarization-Independent Grating Coupler Used in Silica-Based Hybrid Photodetector Integration. Optical Engineering, 2014, 53(5): 0571051-0571056.
Hongqiang Li, Wentao Gao, Enbang Li and Chunxiao Tang. Investigation of Ultrasmall 1×N AWG for SOI-Based AWG Demodulation Integration Microsystem. IEEE Photonics Journal, 2015, 7(6): 7802707.
Zanyun Zhang, Beiju Huang, Zan Zhang, Hongwei Liu, Hongqiang Li, Hongda Chen. Misalignment-Tolerant Silicon Optical Modulator with Surface-Normal Optical Interface. IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, 2015, 27(10): 1052-1055.
Cheng Zhang, Junfa Zhao, Changyun Miao, Ziqi Shen, Hongqiang Li, Meiling Zhang. High-Sensitivity All Single-Mode Fiber Curvature Sensor Based on Bulge-Taper Structures Modal Interferometer. Optics Communications, 2015, 336: 197-201.
Cheng Zhang, Junfa Zhao, Changyun Miao, Hongqiang Li, Hua Bai, Meiling Zhang. Curvature and Temperature Sensor Based on Bulge-Taper Structures Interferometer with Embedded Fiber Bragg Grating. Optical Engineering, 2015, 54 (8): 087104
Hongqiang Li, Beibei Cui, Yu Liu, Hongwei Liu, Zanyun Zhang, Cheng Zhang, Chunxiao Tang, Enbang Li. Investigation of The Chip to Photodetector Coupler with Subwavelength Grating on SOI. Optics and Laser Technology, 2016, 76: 79-84.
Hongqiang Li, Xiuli Feng, Lu Cao, Enbang Li, Huan Liang, Xuelong Chen. A New ECG Signal Classification Based on WPD and ApEn Feature Extraction. Circuits, Systems, and Signal Processing, 2016, 35(1):339-352.
Hongqiang Li, Huan Liang, Chunjiao Miao, Lu Cao, Xiuli Feng, Chunxiao Tang, Enbang Li. Novel ECG Signal Classification Based on KICA Nonlinear Feature Extraction. Circuits, Systems, and Signal Processing, 2016, 35(4):1187-1197.
Hongqiang Li, Xiuli Feng, Lu Cao, Cheng Zhang, Chunxiao Tang, Enbang Li, Huan Liang, Xuelong Chen. Heartbeat Classification Using Different Classifiers with Nonlinear Feature Extraction. Transactions of the Institute of Measurement and Control, 2016, 38(9): 1033-1040.
Hongqiang Li, Xiangdong Ma, Danyang Yuan, Zanyun Zhang, Enbang Li, Chunxiao Tang. Heterogeneous Integration of a III-V VCSEL Light Source for Optical Fiber Sensing. Optics Letters, 2016, 41(18): 4158-4161.
Hongqiang Li, Danyang Yuan, Youxi Wang, Dianyin Cui, Lu Cao. Arrhythmia Classification Based on Multi-Domain Feature Extraction for an ECG Recognition System. Sensors, 2016, 16, 1744.
Zanyun Zhang, Beiju Huang, Zan Zhang, Chuantong Cheng, Hongwei Liu, Hongqiang Li, Hongda Chen. Integrated Silicon Photonic Interconnect with Surface-Normal Optical Interface. Optics Communications, 2016, 367: 206-213.
Hongqiang Li, Xuelong Chen, Lu Cao, Cheng Zhang, Chunxiao Tang, Enbang Li, Xiuli Feng and Huan Liang. Textile-based ECG acquisition system with capacitively coupled electrodes. Transactions of the Institute of Measurement and Control, 2017, 39(2): 141-148.
Zanyun Zhang, Beiju Huang, Zan Zhang, Chuantong Cheng, Hongwei Liu, Hongqiang Li, and Hongda Chen, "Highly efficient vertical fiber interfacing grating coupler with bilayer anti-reflection cladding and backside metal mirror," Optics & Laser Technology, 2017, 90, 136-143.
Hongqiang Li, Xiangdong Ma, Beibei Cui, Youxi Wang, Cheng Zhang, Junfa Zhao, Zanyun Zhang, Chunxiao Tang, Enbang Li. Chip-scale demonstration of hybrid III-V/silicon photonic integration for an FBG interrogator. Optica, 2017, 4(7): 692-700. (Chosen for the July cover of Optica)
Cheng Zhang, Shan Xu, Junfa Zhao, Hongqiang Li, Hua Bai, Changyun Miao. Multipoint refractive index and temperature fiber optic sensor based on cascaded no core fiber-fiber Bragg grating structures. Optical Engineering, 2017, 56(2): 027102.
Zanyun Zhang, Hua Zhu, Zan Zhang, Chuantong Cheng, Hongwei Liu, Beiju Huang, Hongqiang Li, Hongda Chen. Simulation of electrically tunable grating coupler for optical attenuation and spectrum-shift compensation. Optical Engineering, 2017, 56(10): 107107.
Cheng Zhang, Shan Xu, Junfa Zhao, Hongqiang Li, Hua Bai, Changyun Miao. Differential Intensity Modulation Refractometer Based on SNS Structure Cascaded Two FBGs. IEEE Photonics Journal, 2017, 9(3): 7103008.
Cheng Zhang, Shan Xu, Junfa Zhao, Hongqiang Li, Hua Bai, Changyun Miao. Intensity-modulated refractive index sensor with anti-light source fluctuation based on no-core fiber filter. Optics and Laser Technology, 2017, 97: 358-363.
Chunxiao Tang, Enbang Li, Hongqiang Li. Particle image velocimetry based on wavelength division multiplexing. Optics and Laser Technology, 2018, 98, 318-325.
Songkun Ji, Chenpeng Xue, Angel Valle, Paul S. Spencer, Hongqiang Li, and Yanhua Hong. Stabilization of Photonic Microwave Generation in Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Lasers with Optical Injection and Feedback. Journal of Lightwave Technology, 2018, 36(19): 4347-4353.
Hongqiang Li, Rui Xie, Yanhua Hong, Zanyun Zhang, Cheng Zhang, Chunxiao Tang, Enbang Li. Effect of polarization sensitivity on ultrasmall silicon-on-insulator-based arrayed waveguide grating for fiber Bragg grating sensor interrogation. Optical Engineering, 2018, 57(6): 065103.
Xiaojie Li, Xiaojie Duan, Guangxu Li, Teng Cao, Rui Xie, Yanhua Hong, Chunxiao Tang, Enbang Li, Cheng Zhang, Hongqiang Li*. Three-dimensional measurement of small-object surfaces on the basis of fiber optic interferometric fringe projection. Optical Engineering, 2018, 57(9): 094105.
Chenpeng Xue, Songkun Ji, Yanhua Hong, Ning Jiang, Hongqiang Li, and Kun Qiu. Numerical investigation of photonic microwave generation in an optically injected semiconductor laser subject to filtered optical feedback. Optics Express, 2019, 27(4), 5065-5082.
Zanyun Zhang, Hua Zhu, Qian Cheng, Beiju Huang, Chuantong Cheng, Hongqiang Li∗, Hongda Chen. Low polarization-dependent-loss double-layer grating coupler for three-dimensional photonic integration. Optics Communications, 2019, 445: 247-254.
Christian Driau, Cristian Fàbrega, Ismael Benito-Altamirano, Peter Pfeiffer, Olga Casals,Hongqiang Li, Joan Daniel Prades. How to implement a selective colorimetric gas sensor with off the shelf components? Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 2019, 293(15): 41-44.
Zanyun Zhang, Xia Chen, Qian Cheng, Ali Z. Khokhar, Xingzhao Yan, Beiju Huang, Hongda Chen, Hongwei Liu, Hongqiang Li, David J. Thomson, and Graham T. Reed. High-efficiency apodized bidirectional grating coupler for perfectly vertical coupling. Optics Letters, 2019, 44(20): 5081-5084.
Participations in Conferences
Cheng Zhang, Changyun Miao, Huichao Song, Hongqiang Li, Boya Shi, Fanjie Xu. Research on signal processing system in smart clothes based on FBG. SPIE Smart Structrures, Devices, and Systems IV 2008, Australia, 2008.12.10-12.12
Cheng Zhang, Changyun Miao, Hongqiang Li, Huichao Song, Fanjie Xu. Smart textile sensing system for human respiration monitoring based on fiber Bragg grating. SPIE International Symposium on Photoelectronic Detection and Imaging: Material and Device Technology for Sensors 2009, Beijing, P. R. of China, 2009.6.17-6.19
Cheng Zhang, Changyun Miao, Hua Gao, Jingmeng Gan, Hongqiang Li. Research on fiber Bragg grating heart sound sensing and wavelength demodulation method. SPIE International Conference on Advanced Sensor Systems and Applications IV 2010, Beijing, P. R. of China, 2010.10.18-10.20
Cheng Zhang, Changyun Miao, Hongqiang Li, Hua Gao, Jingmeng Gan. Design of distributed FBG vibration measuring system based on Fabry-Perot tunable filter. SPIE International Conference on Optical Instrument and Technology: Optoelectronic Measurement Technology and Systems 2011, Beijing, P. R. of China, 2011.11.6-11.9
Hongqiang Li, Xiaoqing Wei, Rui Xie, Meng Wang, Joan Daniel Prades, Cheng Zhang, Meiling Zhang, Changyun Miao, Enbang Li. Smart textile based on optical fibre Bragg grating sensors for monitoring human physiological parameters. Comfort and Smart Textile International Symposium, Nara, Japan, 2019.9.6-9.7
Recent Patents and Patent Applications Pending
National Patent of China Application No. 200910228858.2: The Implantation Method of Fiber Bragg Grating Temperature Sensor for Smart Clothing, Hongqiang Li et al., filed on November 30, 2009 and issued on May 8, 2013.
National Patent of China Application No. 200910069368.2: A Polymer Encapsulation Method of Fiber Bragg Grating Temperature Sensor for Smart Clothing, Hongqiang Li et al., filed on June 22, 2009.
National Patent of China Application No. 201010268637.0: A Human Temperature Measurement Model for Smart Clothing Based on Fiber Bragg Grating, Hongqiang Li et al., filed on September 1, 2010.
National Patent of China Application No. 201210118910.0: ECG Characteristics Detection Algorithm Based on Lifting Wavelet Transform and Improved Approximate Envelope, Hongqiang Li et al., filed on April 23, 2012.
National Patent of China Application No. 201310138633.4: Temperature-insensitive Arrayed Waveguide Grating Demodulation Technique for Smart Clothing, Hongqiang Li et al., filed on April 17, 2013 and issued on February 11, 2015.
National Patent of China Application No. 201310573144.1: An ECG Signal Feature Detection Algorithm, Hongqiang Li et al., filed on November 12, 2013.
National Patent of China Application No. 201310138650.8: An Array Waveguide Grating with Flat Spectral Response, Hongqiang Li et al., filed on April 17, 2013.
National Patent of China Application No. 201310138646.1: An Array Waveguide Grating Demodulation Integrated Microsystem, Hongqiang Li et al., filed on April 17, 2013.
National Patent of China Application No. 201310108132.1: R Wave Detection Algorithm Based on The Domain Average Mode Decomposition and Hilbert Envelope, Hongqiang Li et al., filed on April 1, 2013.
National Patent of China Application No. 201410288826.2: A Binary Blazed Grating Coupler and Its Application in Optical Detector Based on Silicon-Based Hybrid Integration, Hongqiang Li et al., filed on June 23, 2014.
National Patent of China Application No. 201410288829.6: A Design Method and Application of 1550 nm Long Wavelength Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Laser, Hongqiang Li et al., filed on June 23, 2014.
National Patent of China Application No. 201410192705.8: A Classification Method of ECG Signals Based on Wavelet Packet and Approximate Entropy, Hongqiang Li et al., filed on May 7, 2014.
National Patent of China Application No. 201920170206.7: A Non-contact ECG Signal Detection System, Hongqiang Li et al., filed on Jan 31, 2019.
National Patent of China Application No. 201910696876.7: An automatic feature extraction and classification method for ECG beat extraction, Hongqiang Li et al., filed on Jul 30, 2019.
National Patent of China Application No. 201910704486.X: An all-four silicon-based C-band semiconductor laser, Hongqiang Li et al., filed on Jul 31, 2019.
National Patent of China Application No. 201910401403.X: A flexible photonic skin, Hongqiang Li et al., filed on May 14, 2019.
Education Activities
Master’s Theses
Kejia Wei, “Research on the Key Technology of On-chip LED Light Source for Fiber Grating Demodulation System”, completed by March 2013 (Information and Communication Engineering).
Zhihui Liu, “Design of Si Nanowire Arrayed Waveguide Grating based on SOI”, completed by March 2013 (Information and Communication Engineering).
Xiaofei Wang, “Detection of Electrocardiogram Characteristic Points Using Lifting Wavelet Transform and Improved Envelope”, completed by March 2014 (Information and Communication Engineering).
Yang Li, “Research on Distributed Fiber Bragg Grating Temperature Demodulation System Based on Arrayed Waveguide Grating”, completed by March 2014 (Information and Communication Engineering).
Xiaye Dong, “Design of Integrated Couplers Based on Silicon-Nanowire”, completed by March 2014 (Information and Communication Engineering).
Yaoting Bai, “Study of Compact Si Nanowire Arrayed Waveguide Grating and Method to Flatten Spectrum”, completed by March 2014 (Information and Communication Engineering).
Wenqian Zhou, “Design of The Grating Coupler Between Hybrid Light Source and SOI Waveguide”, completed by March 2015 (Information and Communication Engineering).
Yu Liu, “Grating Coupler and Its Application in Silicon-based Hybrid Photodetector Integration”, completed by March 2015 (Information and Communication Engineering).
Xuelong Chen, “Textile-based ECG Acquisition System with Capacitively Coupled Electrodes”, completed by March 2016 (Electronics and Communication Engineering).
Jie Sun, “Research on Multi-Channel FBG Sensor Demodulation System Based on Arrayed Waveguide Grating”, completed by March 2016 (Electronics and Communication Engineering).
Wentao Gao, “High-performance Multi-channels Arrayed Waveguide Grating on SOI-based platform”, completed by March 2016 (Information and Communication Engineering).
Xiuli Feng, “ECG Beat Classification Algorithm Based on Nonlinear Feature Extraction”, completed by March 2016 (Information and Communication Engineering).
Huan Liang, “ECG Signals Based on Kernel Independent Component Analysis Feature Extraction and Classification Algorithms”, completed by March 2016 (Information and Communication Engineering).
Beibei Cui, “Design of The Integration of 1550 nm Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Laser with Gratings on SOI”, completed by March 2016 (Information and Communication Engineering).
Dianyin Cui, “Study of Wireless ECG Analysis and Processing System Based on LabView”, completed by March 2017 (Information and Communication Engineering).
Danyang Yuan, “ECG Signals Classification Based on Wavelet Packet Decomposition and Neural Networks”, completed by March 2017 (Electronics and Communication Engineering).
Xiangdong Ma, “Key technology research of on-chip bonding for fiber Grating demodulation photonic integrated and monolithic integrated Si-based Ge light source”, completed by March 2018 (Electronics and Communication Engineering).
Ding Zhao, “Design and relization of PIN type germanium waveguide photodetector”, to be completed by May 2020 (Electronics and Communication Engineering).
Rui Xie, “Array waveguide grating demodulated photonic integration and its application in wearable temperature monitoring device”, to be completed by March 2020 (Electronics and Communication Engineering).
Xiaoqing Wei, “Wearable application-oriented ECG signal processing algorithm and implementation”, to be completed by March 2020 (Information and Communication Engineering).
Meng Wang, “Study on the key technology of light source on long wavelength Si-based germanium chip”, to be completed by March 2020 (Electronics and Communication Engineering).