Dr Wen Qi Zhang

Research Fellow Future Industries Institute

Mawson Lakes Campus (IW2-10)
tel +61 8 830 25791

email WenQi.Zhang@unisa.edu.au

Research Degree Supervisor

About me

Wen Qi Zhang received his BSc (Applied Physics) in 2004 from Shanghai University, P. R. China, and his Masters and PhD in Science in 2006 and 2012, respectively, from University of Adelaide in Australia. He stayed at the same university for a few more years as a post-doctoral research associate until 2016 when he joined University of South Australia. He is currently a research fellow at the Laser Physics and Photonics Devices Laboratory of University of South Australia.

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Research

Research focus

Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Optical Physics
Communications Technologies
Analytical Chemistry
Biochemistry and Cell Biology

Highlights

Nonlinear fourier transform for future telecommunication

Nonlinear optics

Modeling and simulating mode lock lasers

Waveguide femtosecond laser writing

Fibre optical sensors for cancer detection

Research

Outputs

Research outputs for the last seven years are shown below. Some long-standing staff members may have older outputs included. To see earlier years visit ORCID, ResearcherID or Scopus

Open access indicates that an output is open access.

Highlights

Year	Output
2019	Zhang, WQ, Gui, T, Zhang, Q, Lu, C, Monro, TM, Chan, TH, Lau, APT & Afshar Vahid, S 2019, 'Correlated eigenvalues of multi-soliton optical communications', Scientific Reports, vol. 9, no. 1, article no. 6399, pp. 1-17. Open access 20 17 3
2018	Zhang, WQ, Lancaster, DG, Monro, TM & Vahid, SA 2018, 'Synchronised dual-wavelength mode-locking in waveguide lasers', Scientific Reports, vol. 8, pp. 1-12. Open access 12 11 1
2015	Zhang, W, Skouroumounis, GK, Monro, TM & Taylor, D 2015, 'Distributed wireless monitoring system for ullage and temperature in wine barrels', Sensors, vol.15, no. 8, pp. 19495-19506. Open access 14 13 6
2009	Afshar V, S, Zhang, WQ, Ebendorff-Heidepriem, H & Monro, TM 2009, 'Small core optical waveguides are more nonlinear than expected: experimental confirmation', Optics Letters, vol. 34, no. 22, pp. 3577-3579. Open access 70 59

Journal Articles

Year	Output
2025	Zhang, WQ, Peterkovic, Z, Warren-Smith, SC & Afshar V, S 2025, 'Unseeded one-third harmonic generation in optical fibers', Optics and Laser Technology, vol. 181, pp. 1-7. Open access
2024	Zhang, WQ, Chan, TH & Afshar Vahid, S 2024, 'A neural network for forward and inverse nonlinear Fourier transforms for fibre optic communication', Optics and Laser Technology, vol. 176, article no. 110971, pp. 1-8.
2024	Zhang, WQ, Nguyen, LV, Reja, MI, Lancaster, DG & Warren-Smith, SC 2024, 'Multimode microstructured optical fiber hydrophone', IEEE Sensors Journal, vol. 24, no. 5, pp. 6251-6256. 1
2023	Baghapour, S, Nehema, J, Zhang, WQ, Warren-Smith, SC, Hickey, SM, Plush, SE & Afshar Vahid, S 2023, 'Surface functionalised optical fibre for detection of hydrogen sulphide', Biosensors, vol. 12, no.11, article no. 949, pp. 1-16. Open access
2023	Birajdar, S, Zhang, W, Santos, A, Hickson, K & Vahid, SA 2023, 'Real-time in vivo dose measurement using ruby-based fibre optic dosimetry during internal radiation therapy', Physical and Engineering Sciences in Medicine, vol 46, no. 3, pp. 1205-1213. Open access 1
2023	Dong, FA, Zhang, WQ, Atakaramians, S & Shahraam Afshar, V 2023, 'Nonreciprocity in optical fiber radiation modes induced by spin-momentum locking', Optics and Laser Technology, vol. 160, article no. 109060, pp. 1-9.
2022	Zhang, WQ, Chan, TH & Vahid, SA 2022, 'Serial and parallel convolutional neural network schemes for NFDM signals', Scientific Reports, vol. 12, article no. 7962, pp. 1-12. Open access 9 6
2022	Zhang, WQ, Sorvina, A, Morrison, JL, Darby, JR, Brooks, DA, Plush, SE & Afshar Vahid, S 2022, 'Development of an optical fiber-based redox monitoring system for tissue metabolism', Journal of Biophotonics, vol. 15, no. 4, article no. e202100304, pp. 1-11. Open access 2 2 1
2021	Zhang, WQ, Chan, TH & Afshar, S V 2021, 'Direct decoding of nonlinear OFDM-QAM signals using convolutional neural network', Optics Express, vol. 29, no. 8, pp. 11591-11604. Open access 9 9
2021	Zhang, WQ, Chan, TH & Afshar, VS 2021, 'A correlation propagation model for nonlinear fourier transform of second order solitons', Scientific Reports, vol. 11, no. 1, article no. 2434, pp. 1-9. Open access 1 1
2019	Chen, GY, Francois, A, Wu, X, Zhang, WQ, Codemard, CA, Xu, H, Monro, TM & Lancaster, DG 2019, 'Light-sheet skew-ray enhanced pump-absorption for sensing', Journal of Lightwave Technology, vol. 37, no. 9, pp. 2140-2146. Open access 7 6
2019	Zhang, WQ, Gui, T, Zhang, Q, Lu, C, Monro, TM, Chan, TH, Lau, APT & Afshar Vahid, S 2019, 'Correlated eigenvalues of multi-soliton optical communications', Scientific Reports, vol. 9, no. 1, article no. 6399, pp. 1-17. Open access 20 17 3
2018	Chen, GY, Piantedosi, F, Otten, D, Kang, YQ, Zhang, WQ, Zhou, X, Monro, TM & Lancaster, DG 2018, 'Femtosecond-laser-written microstructured waveguides in BK7 glass', Scientific Reports, vol. 8, article no. 10377, pp. 1-7. Open access 33 26 24
2018	Zhang, WQ, Lancaster, DG, Monro, TM & Vahid, SA 2018, 'Synchronised dual-wavelength mode-locking in waveguide lasers', Scientific Reports, vol. 8, pp. 1-12. Open access 12 11 1
2016	Khurmi, C, Hébert, NB, Zhang, WQ, Afshar V, S, Chen, G, Genest, J, Monro, TM & Lancaster, DG 2016, 'Ultrafast pulse generation in a mode-locked Erbium chip waveguide laser', Optics Express, vol. 24, article no. 275830, pp. 27177-27183. Open access 36 30 3
2016	Riesen, N, Zhang, WQ & Monro, TM 2016, 'Dispersion analysis of whispering gallery mode microbubble resonators', Optics Express, vol. 24, no. 8, pp. 8832-8847. Open access 21 19
2016	Riesen, N, Zhang, WQ & Monro, TM 2016, 'Dispersion in silica microbubble resonators', Optics Letters, vol. 41, no. 6, pp.1257-1260. Open access 28 24
2016	Yu, J, Feng, Y, Duan, L, Li, X, Hu, X, Zhang, T, Zhang, W, Wang, Y, Yang, Z & Zhao, W 2016, 'Quasi-all-fiber high-efficiency divided chirp-pulse amplification system based on active controlling', IEEE Photonics Journal, vol.8, no. 1, pp. 1-10. Open access 3 3
2015	Zhang, W, Skouroumounis, GK, Monro, TM & Taylor, D 2015, 'Distributed wireless monitoring system for ullage and temperature in wine barrels', Sensors, vol.15, no. 8, pp. 19495-19506. Open access 14 13 6
2014	Zhang, WQ, Lohe, M, Monro, TM, Bettotti, P, Pavesi, L & Afshar V, S 2014, 'Nonlinear self-polarization flipping in silicon sub-wavelength waveguides: distortion, loss, dispersion, and noise effects', Optics Express, vol. 22, no. 22, pp. 27643-27654. Open access 3 3
2013	Zhang, WQ, Manning, S, Ebendorff-Heidepriem, H & Monro, TM 2013, 'Lead silicate microstructured optical fibres for electro-optical applications', Optics Express, vol. 21, no. 25, pp. 31309-31317. Open access 8 7
2013	Zhu, X-P, Li, S-G, Du, Y, Han, Y, Zhang, W-Q, Ruan, Y-L, Ebendorff-Heidepriem, H, Afshar, S & Monro, TM 2013, 'High stability supercontinuum generation in lead silicate SF57 photonic crystal fibers', Chinese Physics B, vol. 22 no. 1, pp. 014215-1-014215-4. 14 7
2012	Afshar V, S, Lohe, M, Zhang, WQ & Monro, TM 2012, 'Full vectorial analysis of polarization effects in optical nanowires', Optics Express, vol. 20, no. 13, pp. 14514-14533. Open access 14 10
2012	Zhang, WQ, Lohe, MA, Monro, TM & Afshar V, S 2012, 'Nonlinear self-flipping of polarization states in asymmetric waveguides', IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, vol. 24, no. 16, pp. 1453-1456. Open access 5 3
2011	Zhang, WQ, Ebendorff-Heidepriem, H, Monro, TM & Afshar V, S 2011, 'Fabrication and supercontinuum generation in dispersion flattened bismuth microstructured optical fiber', Optics Express, vol. 19, no. 22, pp. 21135-21144. Open access 37 34
2011	Zhang, WQ, Lohe, M, Monro, TM & Afshar V, S 2011, 'Nonlinear polarization bistability in optical nanowires', Optics Letters, vol. 36 no. 4, pp. 588-590. Open access 10 7
2010	Zhang, WQ, Sharping, JE, White, RT, Monro, TM & Afshar V, S 2010, 'Design and optimization of fiber optical parametric oscillators for femtosecond pulse generation', Optics Express, vol. 18 no. 16, pp. 17294-17305. Open access 15 11
2009	Afshar V, S, Zhang, WQ, Ebendorff-Heidepriem, H & Monro, TM 2009, 'Small core optical waveguides are more nonlinear than expected: experimental confirmation', Optics Letters, vol. 34, no. 22, pp. 3577-3579. Open access 70 59
2009	Monro, TM, Ebendorff-Heidepriem, H, Zhang, WQ & Afshar Vahid, S 2009, 'Emerging nonlinear optical fibers: revised fundamentals, fabrication and access to extreme nonlinearity', IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics, vol. 45 no. 11, pp. 1357-1364. 13 8
2009	Zhang, WQ, Afshar V, S & Monro, TM 2009, 'A genetic algorithm based approach to fiber design for high coherence and large bandwidth supercontinuum generation', Optics Express, vol. 17 no. 21, pp. 19311-19327. Open access 57 50
2008	Ebendorff-Heidepriem, H, Foo, T-C, Moore, RC, Zhang, W, Li, Y, Monro, TM, Hemming, A & Lancaster, DG 2008, 'Fluoride glass microstructured optical fiber with large mode area and mid-infrared transmission', Optics Letters, vol. 33, no. 23, pp. 2861-2863. Open access 69 49
2008	Zhang, W, Afshar V, S, Ebendorff-Heidepriem, H & Monro, T 2008, 'Record nonlinearity in optical fibre', Electronics Letters, vol. 44, no. 25, pp. 1453-1455. 22 15

Conferences

Year	Output
2023	Baghapour, S, Nehema, J, Zhang, WQ, Warren-Smith, SC, Hickey, SM, Plush, SE & Sharaam, A V 2023, 'Hydrogen sulphide detection using a fibre optic platform', 28th International Conference on Optical Fiber Sensors, Optica Publishing Group, article no. Th6.5.
2023	Zhang, WQ, Nguyen, LV, Reja, MI, Lancaster, DG & Warren-Smith, S 2023, 'Machining learning assisted microstructured multimode optical fiber hydrophone', in (eds), 28th International Conference on Optical Fiber Sensors, OFS 2023, Optical Society of America, article no. Th6.35.
2020	Chan, TH, Zhang, W, Wahls, S, Lau, APT & Shahraam Afshar, V 2020, 'Modeling perturbation of scattering coefficients by using dominating noise subspace', 2020 IEEE Global Communications Conference, GLOBECOM 2020, IEEE, pp. 1-6.
2019	Afshar, VS, Zhang, W & Chan, T 2019, 'New approach to find nonlinear fourier transform of optical signals', AOS Australian Conference on Optical Fibre Technology, ACOFT 2019 and Australian Conference on Optics, Lasers, and Spectroscopy, ACOLS 2019, S P I E - International Society for Optical Engineering, vol. 11200, article no. 112002Y, pp. 1-2. Open access
2019	Chan, T, Zhang, W & Vahid Afshar, S 2019, 'Eigenvalue analysis of time separated signals using layer-peeling property', AOS Australian Conference on Optical Fibre Technology, ACOFT 2019 and Australian Conference on Optics, Lasers, and Spectroscopy, ACOLS 2019, SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, vol. 11200, article no. 112002W, pp. 1-2. Open access
2019	Lancaster, D, Hebert, N, Zhang, W, Piantedosi, F, Monro, T & Genest, J 2019, 'A multiple-waveguide mode-locked chip-laser architecture', Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe and European Quantum Electronics Conference, CLEO/Europe-EQEC 2019, IEEE, article no. 8872918, pp. 1. Open access 1
2019	Zhang, WQ, Chan, T & Afshar Vahid, S 2019, 'Nonlinear fourier transform of second order solitons with closely packed eigenvalues', AOS Australian Conference on Optical Fibre Technology, ACOFT 2019 and Australian Conference on Optics, Lasers, and Spectroscopy, ACOLS 2019, SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, vol. 11200, article no. 112002R, pp. 1-2.
2018	Zhang, W, Gui, T, Lu, C, Monro, T, Lau, A, Afshar, S & Chan, T 2018, 'Simple propagation model for nonlinear Fourier transform (NFT) based transmission', OSA, vol. Part F113-CLEOPR, pp. 1-2.
2017	Lancaster, DG, Khurmi, C, Bourbeau-Hebert, N, Genest, J, Chen, G, Zhang, W, Afshar, S & Monro, TM 2017, 'Mode-locked sub 200 fs laser pulses from an Er-Yb-Ce ZBLAN waveguide laser', Solid State Lasers XXVI: Technology and Devices, SPIE, vol. 10082, article no. 100821A, pp. 1-8. Open access
2017	Zhang, WQ, Afshar, S V, Lancaster, DG & Monro, TM 2017, 'A numerical study of single-pulse dual-wavelength mode-locked waveguide laser', Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Pacific Rim (CLEO-PR), IEEE, pp. 1-2.
2017	Zhang, WQ, Morrison, JL, Darby, JR, Plush, S, Sorvina, A, Brooks, D, Monro, TM & Afshar Vahid, S 2017, 'A fibre optic fluorescence sensor to measure redox level in tissues', Nanophotonics Australasia 2017, SPIE, vol. 10456, article no. 104564R, pp. 1-6.
2016	Khurmi, C, Chen, GY, Zhang, W, Monro, T & Lancaster, DG 2016, 'Mode-locked 305 fs laser pulses from an Er-Yb-Ce ZBLAN waveguide laser', Australian Conference on Optical Fibre Technology 2016, Optical Society of America, paper no. ATh4C.3.
2016	Riesen, N, Zhang, WQ & Monro, TM 2016, 'Dispersion engineering in whispering gallery mode microbubble resonators', Frontiers in Optics 2016, Optical Society of America, paper no. FF5H.4;pp. 1-2.
2016	Zhang, WQ, Chen, GY, Lancaster, DG & Monro, T 2016, 'Negative to positive refractive index change in borosilicate BK7 glass through MHz femtosecond laser writing', Australian Conference on Optical Fibre Technology 2016, Optical Society of America, paper no. AM5C.6.
2015	Chan, TH, Amir, K, Zhang, WQ, Zhang, Q & Afshar, VS 2015, 'Characterisation of noise and loss in optical fibres in nonlinear frequency domain', Australian and New Zealand Conference on Optics and Photonics 2015 (ANZCOP 2015), Engineers Australia, pp. 64-67.
2015	Ji, H, Ruan, Y, Ebendorff-Heidepriem, H, Zhang, WQ, Afshar Vahid, S & Monro, TM 2015, 'Microstructured suspended core fiber for cylindrical vector beams propagation', CLEO: Science and Innovations 2015, Optical Society of America, paper no. STu4L.5, pp. 1-2.
2013	Zhang, WQ, Lohe, M, Monro, TM, Bettotti, P, Pavesi, L & Afshar V, S 2013, 'Nonlinear self polarization-flipping in silicon waveguides', OptoElectronics and Communications Conference and Photonics in Switching 2013, IEEE, paper no. ThM1-3, pp. 1-2.
2012	Afshar V, S, Zhang, W, Lohe, M & Monro, TM 2012, 'Recent progress in theory of nonlinear pulse propagation in subwavelength waveguides', 12th International Conference on Numerical Simulation of Optoelectronic Devices, NUSOD 2012, IEEE, pp. 129-130.
2011	Zhang, WQ, Lohe, M, Monro, TM & Afshar, VS 2011, 'Nonlinear polarization self-flipping and optical switching', Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics/Pacific Rim 2011, IEEE, pp. 152-154. 2
2010	Afshar Vahid, S, Zhang, WQ & Monro, T 2010, 'Nonlinear optical processes in subwavelength optical waveguides--revised fundamentals and implications', Frontiers in Optics, Optical Society of America.
2010	Monro, T, Afshar V, S, Zhang, W & Ebendorff-Heidepriem, E 2010, 'Highly nonlinear soft-glass microstructured fibers and their application to signal processing', 15th OptoElectronics and Communications Conference (OECC2010), IEEE, pp. 156-157. Open access 1
2010	Zhang, WQ, Lohe, MA, Monro, TM & Afshar V, S 2010, 'New regimes of polarization bistability in linear birefringent waveguides and optical logic gates', Nonlinear photonics 2010, Optical Society of America, paper no. NThD4.
2010	Zhang, WQ, Monro, T & Afshar Vahid, S 2010, 'Nonlinear birefringence in sub-wavelength optical waveguides', Nonlinear Photonics, Optical Society of America.
2010	Zhang, WQ, White, RT, Ebendorff-Heidepriem, H, Monro, TM & Afshar Vahid, S 2010, 'Supercontinuum generation in dispersion-tailored bismuth microstructured optical fibre', 35th Australian Conference on Optical Fibre Technology (ACOFT), 2010, IEEE, pp. 1-4.
2009	Afshar V, S, Zhang, WQ & Monro, TM 2009, 'Experimental confirmation of a generalized definition of the effective nonlinear coefficient in emerging waveguides with subwavelength structures', Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO 2009, IEEE, paper no. CThBB6, pp. 1-2.
2009	Monro, T, Afshar V, S, Ebendorff-Heidepriem, H, Zhang, W & Ruan, Y 2009, 'Emerging optical fibers: new fiber materials and structures', Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics 2009, IEEE, paper no. CFH2 pp. 1-2. Open access
2009	Monro, T, Ebendorff-Heidepriem, H, Zhang, W & Afshar V, S 2009, 'Emerging nonlinear optical fibers: fabrication and access to new properties', IEEE/LEOS Winter Topicals Meeting, IEEE, pp. 241-242. Open access

External engagement & recognition

Collaborations

External engagement & recognition

Collaborations

Organisation	Country
Chinese Academy of Sciences	CHINA
Defence Science and Technology Group	AUSTRALIA
Delft University of Technology (TU Delft)	NETHERLANDS
Hong Kong Polytechnic University	HONG KONG
Laval University	CANADA
Shaanxi Normal University	CHINA
Shanghai Jiao Tong University	CHINA
SPI Lasers	UNITED KINGDOM
Tsinghua University	CHINA
University of Adelaide	AUSTRALIA
University of British Columbia	CANADA
University of California	UNITED STATES
University of Laval	CANADA
University of New South Wales	AUSTRALIA
University of South Australia	AUSTRALIA
University of Trento	ITALY
Yanshan University	CHINA

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Thesis title	Student status
A fibre-optic system for real-time, in-vivo measurement of the metabolic status of tissues	Current
A fibre-optical REDOX, PH and ROS sensor for cancer detection	Current
Development of fibre optic dosimetry for medical applications	Completed

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