Short Biography

Fan Chu is an associate professor of optical engineering at the School of Instrumentation and Optoelectronic Engineering, Beihang University. His research interests are liquid crystal technology. He has presided 3 national projects. He published more than 40 papers cited by Science Citation Index. He holds more than 10 Chinese patents and 2 international patents. He received Ph.D. degree from Sichuan University in 2020. He served as a post-doctoral research fellow at Beihang University from 2020to 2024.

Research Area

1. Liquid crystal technology

Courses

1. Crystal Optical devices

2. Liquid Crystal device technology for 3D display

3. 2D/3D switchable display technology based on liquid crystal lens array

Papers & Books 

1. Yi‑Wei Zheng†, Fan Chu†, Fan‑Chuan Lin, Yi‑Xiao Hu, Yi‑Long Li, Yi Zheng, Di Wang* and Qiong‑Hua Wang*, Wide-viewing-angle color holographic 3D display system with high brightness encoding, PhotoniX, 2025, 6, 3.

2. Yuan-Yi Huang, Yan Xing, Xue-Rui Wen, Min-Yang He, Fan Chu*, and Qiong-Hua Wang*, Dual-plane augmented reality integral imaging 3D display system based on reflective polarizer and holographic optical element. Optics & Laser Technology, 2025, 190, 113173.

3. Di Wang^†, Yi-Long Li^†, Fan Chu^†, Nan-Nan Li, Zhao-Song Li,Sin-Doo Lee, Zhong-Quan Nie, Chao Liu, and Qiong-Hua Wang*, Color liquid crystal grating based color holographic 3D display system with large viewing angle, Light: Science & Applications, 2024, 13, 16.

4. Fan Chu, Yuqiang Guo, Yuxian Zhang, Di Wang, and Qiong-Hua Wang*, Accurate phase modulation scheme in a micropixel liquid crystal on silicon with multiple polymer walls. ACS Applied Optical Materials, 2024, 2, 1330-1337.

5. Di Wang, Nan-Nan Li, Yi-Long Li, Yi-Wei Zheng, Zhong-Quan Nie, Zhao-Song Li, Fan Chu*, and Qiong-Hua Wang*, Large viewing angle holographic 3D display system based on maximum diffraction modulation. Light:Advanced Manufacturing, 2023, 4, 18.

6. Li-Lan Tian, Fan Chu*, Yuxian Zhang, Wu-Xiang Zhao, and Lei Li, Switchable 2D/3D display based on a liquid crystal lens array and the rotating specimen shooting method. Optics Letters, 2022, 47(15), 3664-3667.

7. Li-Lan Tian, Yao Li, Yin Zhou, Lei Li, and Fan Chu*, Fast response electrically controlled liquid crystal lens array for high resolution 2D/3D switchable display, Optics Express, 2022, 30(21), 37946-37956.

8. Fan Chu, Yu-Qiang Guo, Yu-Xian Zhang, Wei Duan, Han-Le Zhang, Li-Lan Tian, Lei Li, and Qiong-Hua Wang*, Four-mode 2D/3D switchable display with a 1D/2D convertible liquid crystal lens array. Optics Express, 2021, 29(23), 37464-37475.

9. Fan Chu, Di Wang, Chao Liu, Lei Li, and Qiong-Hua Wang*, Multi-view 2D/3D switchable display with cylindrical liquid crystal lens array. Crystals, 2021, 11(6), 715.

10. Fan Chu, Li-Lan Tian, Rui Li, Xiao-Qing Gu, Xiang-Yu Zhou, Di Wang, and Qiong-Hua Wang*, Adaptive nematic liquid crystal lens array with resistive layer. Liquid Crystals, 47(04), 563-571, 2020.