Chao Liu is an associate professor of optical engineering at the School of Instrumentation and Optoelectronic Engineering, Beihang University. His research interests are liquid photonic devices and imaging technology. He has presided over 8 national and provincial projects. Chao Liu authored 1 book and published 91 papers, including 4 ESI papers, 1 ESI hot paper. He holds 1 U.S patents and 32 Chinese invention patents. He received the First Prize for Natural Science from the Chinese Society for Image and Graphics (ranked 2nd). He received Ph.D. degree from Sichuan University in 2016. He works as a lecturer at Taiyuan University of Technology from 2016 to 2018 and was a postdoctoral at Beihang University from 2018 to 2021.
Chao Liu, Yu-Cheng Lin, Yi Zheng, Rong-Qiang Li, Zheng-Chao Wang, Xiao-Ke Lu, Xiao-Hao Zhang, Fan Chu, Hao-Ran Zhang, and Qiong-Hua Wang, Application of tunable liquid lens in imaging and display. Applied Physics Reviews 12, 041320 (2025)
Zhao-Song Li†, Chao Liu†, Xiao-Wei Li, Yi Zheng, Qian Huang, Yi-Wei Zheng, Ye-Hao Hou, Chen-Liang Chang, Da-Wei Zhang, Song-Lin Zhuang, Di Wang* and Qiong-Hua Wang*, Real-time holographic camera for obtaining real 3D scene hologram, Light: Science & Applications, 14, 74, 2025.
You-Ran Zhao, Zhao-Song Li, Yi Zheng, Di Wang, Xiao-Ke Lu, Yu-Cheng Lin, Hao-Ran Zhang, Chao Liu* and Qiong-Hua Wang*, Non-aqueous electrowetting liquid lens with centimeter-level large aperture based on dielectric failure suppression principle, Light: Science & Applications, 2025, 14:120.
Chao Liu†, Yi Zheng†, Di Wang, Qian Huang, Xiao-Wei Li, Fan-Chuan Lin, You-Ran Zhao, Yi-Wei Zheng, Xiao-Ke Lu, Xin-Ru Li, Xin-Ru Zheng, Xin Xie, Kun Song, Zhen-Fei Li, Wei Lu, Din Ping Tsai, Ruo-Nan Ji,* and Qiong-Hua Wang*, Multi-wavelength achromatic 3D meta-holography with zoom function. Advanced Science. 2025, 2501881.
Chao Liu, Yi Zheng, Rong-Ying Yuan, Zhao Jiang, Jin-Bo Xu, You-Ran Zhao, Xin Wang, Xiao-Wei Li, Yan Xing, and Qiong-Hua Wang*, Tunable liquid lenses: emerging technologies and future perspectives. Laser & Photonics Reviews, 2023, 17(11):2300274.
Chao Liu†, Zhao Jiang†, Xin Wang, Yi Zheng, Yi-Wei Zheng, and Qiong-Hua Wang*, Continuous optical zoom microscope with extended depth of field and 3D reconstruction. PhotoniX, 2022, 3:20.
Di Wang†, Chao Liu†, Chuan Shen, Yan Xing, and Qiong-Hua Wang*. Holographic capture and projection system of real object based on tunable zoom lens. PhotoniX, 2020, 1:6.
Yi Zheng†, Hao-Ran Zhang†, Xiao-Wei Li, You-Ran Zhao, Zhao-Song Li, Ye-Hao Hou, Chao Liu* and Qiong-Hua Wang*, Fast-zoom and high-resolution sparse compound-eye camera based on dual-end collaborative optimization. Opto-Electronic Advances. 2025, 8, 240285.
Yi Zheng, Xiao-Ke Lu, Jia-Ni Li, You-Ran Zhao, Yu-Cheng Lin, Hao-Ran Zhang, Rong-Qiang Li, Qiong-Hua Wang, and Chao Liu*, Adaptive compound eye imaging device based on electrowetting liquid aperture with adjustable shape. Advanced Intelligent Systems. 2025, 2500412.
Yi Zheng, Xin Wang, Zhao Jiang, Jin-Bo Xu, Rong-Ying Yuan, You-Ran Zhao, Hao-Ran Zhang, Chao Liu*, and Qiong-Hua Wang*, Adaptive multiscale microscope with fast zooming,extended working distance,and large field of view, Light: Advanced Manufacturing, 2024, 5, 8.
