Xiaoyi Bao FRSC (Chinese: 鲍晓毅) is a Chinese Canadian physicist, recognized for her contributions to the field of fiber optics. She is a professor at the University of Ottawa, where she holds the Canada Research Chair in Fiber Optics and Photonics. Bao was awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Lethbridge; the citation for the honour called her "a world-renowned scholar in her field."

Xiaoyi Bao
Alma materAnhui Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Known forPhysics, Fiber Optics
AwardsHonorary doctorate from the University of Lethbridge

Biography

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Bao completed bachelor's (1982) and master's degrees (1985) in optics from Nankai University in China.[1] She earned a PhD from the Anhui Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, in 1987.[1]

Bao was a professor at the University of New Brunswick from 1994 to 2000.[2] In 2000, she joined the Department of Physics at the University of Ottawa.[3] In 2003, she was named a Canada Research Chair in Fibre Optics and Physics.[2][4]

Bao's areas of research include the development of fiber sensors (e.g., for temperature, strain, pressure, refractive index, and vibration);[5] and the use of nonlinear optical effects (self-phase modulation, cross-phase modulation, four-wave mixing, and stimulated scattering) in fibers to design sensors, instrumentation, lasers, and devices.[6] Sensor systems using Xiaoyi's methods are being used in countries around the world.[7]

In 2015, Bao was awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Lethbridge; the citation for the honour called her "a world-renowned scholar in her field."[3]

Awards and honours

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Selected publications

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "2012 Award Recipient – FCCP". Federation of Chinese Canadian Professionals (Ontario). Retrieved 2019-12-24.
  2. ^ a b "5th Ed. Smart Materials and Surfaces - SMS Conference". SMS 2019. Retrieved 2019-12-24.
  3. ^ a b c "Leading fiber optics researcher Dr. Xiaoyi Bao to receive honorary degree | UNews". www.uleth.ca. Retrieved 2019-12-24.
  4. ^ Government of Canada, Industry Canada (2012-11-29). "Canada Research Chairs". www.chairs-chaires.gc.ca. Retrieved 2019-12-24.
  5. ^ Bao, Xiaoyi; Chen, Liang (2012-06-26). "Recent Progress in Distributed Fiber Optic Sensors". Sensors. 12 (7): 8601–8639. Bibcode:2012Senso..12.8601B. doi:10.3390/s120708601. ISSN 1424-8220. PMC 3444066. PMID 23012508.
  6. ^ "Home | Xiaoyi Bao". mysite.science.uottawa.ca. Retrieved 2019-12-24.
  7. ^ "The Optical Society: Xiaoyi Bao". The Optical Society. Retrieved 2019-12-22.
  8. ^ a b c "Xiaoyi Bao". University of Ottawa. Retrieved 2019-12-24.
  9. ^ "FELLOWS DIRECTORY | The Royal Society of Canada". rsc-src.ca. Retrieved 2019-12-24.
  10. ^ "OSA Fellow Profile".
  11. ^ "The 2010 CAP-INO Medal for Outstanding Achievement in Applied Photonics". Canadian Association of Physicists. 2010. Retrieved 2019-12-22.
  12. ^ "The 2013 CAP Medal for Outstanding Achievement in Industrial and Applied Physics". Canadian Association of Physicists. 2013. Retrieved 2019-12-22.
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