Wenshan Cai

Professor Wenshan Cai holds appointments in Electrical and Computer Engineering and Materials Science at Georgia Tech. His research pioneers nanophotonic materials including optical metamaterials, plasmonic nanostructures, and chiral photonic systems.

Research breakthroughs include:

• First magnetic metamaterials across visible spectrum
• Ultrafast all-optical modulation via hot carriers
• Field-induced nonlinear processes in plasmonics

Authored foundational textbook 'Optical Metamaterials: Fundamentals and Applications'. Research applications span energy harvesting, biochemical sensing, and ultrafast optoelectronics.

Awards include OSA/SPIE Goodman Book Writing Award and ONR Young Investigator Award. Teaches nanophotonics and metamaterials courses.