Cunzheng Fan
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Introduction
Cunzheng Fan is currently a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Photonics Laboratory in the Division of Computer, Electrical, and Mathematical Sciences & Engineering (CEMSE) at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST). He obtained a B.S. and Ph.D. in Engineering from Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST) in 2018 and 2023, respectively, and became a postdoctoral fellow in HUST in 2024. His research focuses on Distributed Optical Fiber Sensing. He has published over 20 publications in journals and conference proceedings. He also serves the scientific community as a reviewer for several international journals, such as the Journal of Lightwave Technology, iScience, Optics Letters, Optics Express, Optics and Laser Technology, among others.
Research Interests
Fiber-optic Distributed Acoustic/Strain/Temperature Sensing Technology and Applications
Education
Ph.D. in Optical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China, September 2018 - December 2023.
B.S in Optoelectronic Information Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China, September 2014 - September 2018.
Selected Publications
[1] Cunzheng Fan, Hao Li, Keqing Zhang, et al. 300 km ultralong fiber optic DAS system based on optimally designed bidirectional EDFA relays. Photonics Research, 2023, 11(6): 968-977.
[2] Tenghua Ai, Cunzheng Fan*, Yuejuan Lv, et al. Self-Correction-Iterative Method Enabled 15000uε Ultra-Large Dynamic Range Distributed Strain Sensing System. Photonics Research, accepted, doi:10.1364/PRJ.585912.
[3] Ke Ai, Cunzheng Fan*, Shuolong Zhu, et al. Hardware-free low-frequency drift compensation method for interferometric fiber-optic vibration sensing[J]. Optics & Laser Technology, 2026, 197: 114830.
[4] Ke Ai, Cunzheng Fan*, Junfeng Chen, et al. Time-Delay-Interferometry-Based 600km Millihertz Fiber-optic Forward Transmission Vibration Sensor[J]. Journal of Lightwave Technology, 2025, 43(22): 10344-10353.
[5] Cunzheng Fan, Hao Li, Baoqiang Yan, et al. High-precision distributed detection of rail defects by tracking the acoustic propagation waves. Optics Express, 2022, 30(22): 39283-39293.
[6] Cunzheng Fan, Hao Li, Tao He, et al. Large dynamic range optical fiber distributed acoustic sensing (DAS) with differential-unwrapping-integral algorithm. Journal of Lightwave Technology, 2021, 39(22): 7274-7280.
[7] Cunzheng Fan, Zhengxuan Shi, Yuran Tao, et al. Research on spiral winding distributed fiber optic vector acoustic sensor technology. Infrared and Laser Engineering, 2025, 54(4): 20250045. (Invited)
[8] Tenghua Ai, Yuejuan Lv, Ke Ai, Hao Li, Cunzheng Fan*, Zhijun Yan, Qizhen Sun. OFDR High-Performance Distributed Strain Sensing System Based on Image Filtering. Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, 2025, 62 (13): 1306005
[9] Qizhen Sun*, Cunzheng Fan, Hao Li, et al. Progress of research on optical fiber distributed acoustic sensing technology in the petroleum industry. Geophysical Prospecting for Petroleum, 2022,61(01):50-59+77. (Invited review)
Awards
The First Prize for Scientific and Technological Progress of Hubei Province, 2025
The First Prize for Science and Technology of China Railway Construction Corporation, 2024
The Second Prize for Technological Invention of the Chinese Society of Optical Engineering, 2025
Photonics Global Student Achievement Award, 2023
KAUST Affiliations
Computer, Electrical and Mathematical Sciences and Engineering (CEMSE) Division | Electrical Engineering
