Zihao Zhi
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About
Zihao Zhi is a rising researcher in integrated photonics, with a focus on silicon-based and silicon nitride optical systems for advanced imaging and sensing. His work centers on developing optical phased arrays (OPAs) and optical switch arrays for LiDAR and structured light imaging—technologies critical to autonomous driving, 3D perception, and machine vision. Zhi’s most cited paper, “Silicon-based optical phased array with a reconfigurable aperture for ‘gaze’ scanning of LiDAR” (2024, 18 citations), introduces a novel approach to LiDAR by enabling dynamic aperture reconfiguration for more efficient gaze scanning, moving beyond conventional dense point cloud methods. This work addresses key challenges in high-definition 3D imaging for autonomous navigation and environmental mapping. His more recent paper on a silicon nitride optical switch array for intensity-wavelength encoded structured light imaging (2025) tackles limitations in existing SL systems, such as ambient light interference and eye-safety constraints, offering a path toward more robust and practical 3D sensors. Though early in his career, Zhi’s contributions are already shaping next-generation photonic devices, with potential impact across robotics, facial recognition, and industrial inspection.
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