China's Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics

Wuhan National Laboratory for optoelectronics (WNLO), coestablished by the Ministry of Education, Hubei Provincial Government, and Wuhan Municipal Government, is one of the first five national laboratories authorized by the Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China. WNLO is not only a major component of the state scientific and technological innovation system in China but also the innovation and research base of Wuhan Optics Valley of China (OVC). The outstanding achievements that WNLO has made are due to the 41 pioneering research teams with character and spirit, whose research disciplines cover nine cutting edge and strategic research areas, including fundamental photonics, integrated optoelectronics and micronanofabrication, laser science and technology, optical network and communication, optoelectro measurement and instrument, optoelectrical information storage, biomedical photonics and optoelectronic medical devices, organic optoelectronics, and advanced optoelectronic materials and nanotechnology. In this article, we give four examples of the major research activities currently at the WNLO including: nonvolatile phase-change random access memory, micro/nanometrology and surface biomimetics, silicon nanophotonics, and nanobiophotonics.