Tao Zhou
Associate Professor, Physics
478 Tiernan Hall (TIER)
Education
Ph.D. ; Max-Planck Institute for Solid State Research ; ; 1998

B.S. ; Nanjing University ; ; 1989

2025 Fall Courses
PHYS 490 - INDEPENDENT STUDY

PHYS 690 - DIRECTED STUDY APPL PHYS

PHYS 701B - MASTER'S THESIS

PHYS 700B - MASTER'S PROJECT

PHYS 790A - DOCT DISSERTATION & RES

MTSE 792B - PRE-DOCTORAL RESEARCH

PHYS 701C - MASTER'S THESIS

PHYS 725 - INDEPENDENT STUDY I

PHYS 731 - QUANTUM MECHANICS II

PHYS 491 - INDEPENDENT STUDY II

PHYS 611 - ADV CLASSICAL MECHANICS

PHYS 726 - INDEPENDENT STUDY II

PHYS 792 - PRE-DOCTORAL RESEARCH

MTSE 790A - DOCTORAL DISSERTATION

Past Courses
PHYS 102A: GENERAL PHYSICS LAB

PHYS 111: PHYSICS I

PHYS 121A: PHYSICS II LAB

PHYS 121A: PHYSICS II LAB - HONORS

PHYS 203: EARTH IN SPACE

PHYS 203: THE EARTH IN SPACE

PHYS 234: PHYSICS III HONORS

PHYS 418: FUNDAMENTALS OF OPTICAL IMAGING

PHYS 418: FUNDMNTLS OF OPTICAL IMAGING

PHYS 433: ELECTROMAGNETISM II

PHYS 446: SOLID STATE PHYSICS

PHYS 480: TOPICS IN APPLIED PHYSICS

PHYS 611: ADV CLASSICAL MECHANICS

PHYS 641: STATISTICAL MECHANICS

PHYS 731: QUANTUM MECHANICS II

Journal Article
Y. Bian, Z. Zheng, P. Yang, J. Xiao, G. Wang, L. Liu, J. Liu, J. Zhu, Tao Zhou. 2014. "Silicon-slot-mediated guiding of plasmonic modes: The realization of subwavelength optical confinement with low propagation loss." IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics , vol. 20 , no. 4 , pp. 6579623.

Y. Bian, Z. Zheng, X. Zhao, J. Xiao, H. Liu, J. Liu, Tao Zhou, J. Zhu. 2013. "Gain-assisted light guiding at the subwavelength scale in a hybrid dielectric-loaded surface plasmon polariton waveguide based on a metal nanorod." Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics , vol. 46 , no. 33 .

Y. Bian, Z. Zheng, X. Zhao, L. Liu, Y. Su, J. Liu, J. Zhu, Tao Zhou. 2013. "Nanoscale light guiding in a silicon-based hybrid plasmonic waveguide that incorporates an inverse metal ridge." Physica Status Solidi (A) Applications and Materials Science , vol. 210 , no. 7 , pp. 1424.

Y. Bian, Z. Zheng, X. Zhao, L. Liu, Y. Su, J. Xiao, J. Liu, J. Zhu, Tao Zhou. 2013. "Dielectrics covered metal nanowires and nanotubes for low-loss guiding of subwavelength plasmonic modes." Journal of Lightwave Technology , vol. 31 , no. 12 , pp. 1973.

Y. Bian, Z. Zheng, X. Zhao, Y. Su, L. Liu, J. Liu, J. Zhu, Tao Zhou. 2013. "Highly confined hybrid plasmonic modes guided by nanowire-embedded-metal grooves for low-loss propagation at 1550 nm." IEEE Journal on selected topics in quantum electronics , vol. 19 , no. 3 , pp. 6262446.

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