Professor Tien-chang Lu’s research work includes the design, epitaxial growth, process, and characterization of optoelectronic devices. He has been engaged in the low-pressure MOCVD epitaxial technique associated with various material systems as well as the corresponding process skills. He is also interested in the structure design and simulations for optoelectronic devices using computer-aided software. Especially, Prof. Lu has been engaging in GaN-related research and has several breakthroughs, such as the first current injection blue VCSEL, photonic crystal surface emitting lasers and microcavity exciton-polariton light emitters.
Prof. Lu has authored and co-authored more than 200 international journal papers. He is a recipient of The Exploration Research Award of Pan Wen Yuan Foundation 2007, Excellent Young Electronic Engineer Award 2008, Young Optical Engineering Award 2010, International Micro-Optics Conference Contribution Award 2011, and Dr Ta-Yu Wu’s Memorial Award 2012.