Minhao Pu

Minhao Pu is a Senior Researcher at the Department of Electrical and Photonics Engineering, Technical University of Denmark (DTU), affiliated with the Nanophotonic Devices Centre of Excellence for Silicon Photonics for Optical Communications. His work contributes to UN Sustainable Development Goals in clean energy and technological innovation, focusing on advanced photonic integrated circuits for next-generation optical systems.

His research spans Integrated Photonics, Nonlinear Optics, and Quantum Information Processing, with expertise in microresonators, waveguide technologies, and nonlinear phenomena like four-wave mixing. Recent work emphasizes chip-scale platforms using AlGaAs-on-insulator and silicon carbide for applications in optical communications and quantum technologies, addressing critical challenges in efficiency and scalability.

Publications from 2025 demonstrate leadership in wavelength conversion, supercontinuum generation, and soliton dynamics, highlighting trends toward integrated solutions that eliminate data rate limitations while enabling novel functionalities in compact photonic devices.

Pu actively mentors PhD students and leads major research initiatives, including projects on silicon carbide microcombs and on-chip second-harmonic generation for optical atomic clocks. His collaborative network includes key DTU researchers like K. Yvind and L. K. Oxenlowe, driving innovation in nonlinear photonic circuits.

As part of DTU's Nanophotonic Devices Centre of Excellence, he develops cutting-edge silicon photonics platforms for optical communications, with future work targeting quantum information processing and ultra-efficient optical signal conversion.