Contact

Edward Zhiyi Zhang, Ph.D.
E-mail:   ezzhang AT medphys.ucl.ac.uk

EDUCATION

• BEng (Electrical and Electronic Engineering), Hunan University, China (1982)
• MSc (Measurement & Instrumentation), Shanghai University of Technology, China (1985)
• PhD (Measurement & Instrumentation), City University, London, UK (1994)

RESEARCH INTERESTS

• Fibre optic sensor and fluorescence thermometry
• Optical fibre amplifiers and telecommunications
• Photoacoustic technology for biomedical applications (most recently

PUBLICATIONS

1. E Z Zhang, S Wilson, D Crippa, R Di Muro and A Maroney, Tm-doped fiber amplifiers in the 1480nm region with 980nm/1550nm pumps, Proc. of OAA’2001 (OSA topical meeting of Optical Amplifiers and Their Applications), July 2001
2. Z. Zhang, K.T.V. Grattan and A.W. Palmer and B.T. Meggitt, Thulium-doped intrinsic fiber optic sensor for high temperature measurements (>1100°C), Rev. of Sci. Instruments, 69(8), pp.3210-3214 (1998)
3. Z. Y. Zhang, K T V Grattan, A W Palmer, T Sun and B T Meggitt, Rare earth doped intrinsic fiber optic sensors for high temperature measurement up to 1100°C, OFS 12th - 12th International Conference on Optical Fiber Sensors, paper number: OThC38 (1997).
4. Z Y Zhang, K T V Grattan, A W Palmer and V Fernicola, L Crovini, Temperature dependence of YAG:Cr3+ fluorescence lifetime over the region 77 to 900K, Physical Review B51 (5), pp.2656-2660 (1995).
5. K T V Grattan and Z Y Zhang, Fiber Optic Fluorescence Thermometry, (London, New York: Chapman & Hall, 1995).
6. Z Y Zhang, K T V Grattan and A W Palmer, Temperature dependence of fluorescence lifetime in Cr3+-doped insulating crystals, Physical Review B48 (11), pp.7772-7778 (1993).
7. Z Y Zhang, K T V Grattan and A W Palmer, Phase-locked detection of fluorescence lifetime, Rev. of Sci. Instruments 64 (9), pp.2531-2540 (1993).