 2018年至今，天津大学，精密仪器与光电子工程学院，教授
 2015-2018年，东京大学，理学院，助理教授
 2013-2015年，香港中文大学，工学院，博士后研究员
 2013年3-6月，加州大学洛杉矶分校，访问学生（Bahram Jalali教授课题组）
 2013年，香港中文大学，电子工程，博士（导师：曾汉奇 教授，OSA/IEEE Fellow）
 2009年2-5月，香港城市大学，访问学生（潘裕斌教授课题组）
 2009年，南开大学，光学，硕士（导师：宋峰 教授）
 2006年，南开大学，物理学，学士

1. 国家自然科学基金青年科学基金（61805175），2019/01-2021/12，主持
2. 日本学术振兴会(JSPS)科研费若手研究（18K13798），2018/04-2021/03，主持
   
3. 天津大学“北洋学者英才计划”项目，2018，主持
   

1. X. Wang #, *, Zhenzhou Cheng #, K. Xu, H. K. Tsang * and J. Xu *, “High responsivity graphene/silicon heterostructure waveguide photodetectors,” Nature Photonics, vol. 7, pp. 888-891, 2013; (ESI Highly Cited Paper)
2. C. Hoang *, K. Hayashi, Y. Ito, N. Gorai, X. Shi, Q. Sun, Zhenzhou Cheng, K. Ueno, K. Goda and H. Misawa *, “Interplay of hot electrons from localized and propagating plasmons,” Nature Communications, vol. 8, Article number: 771, 2017;
3. Y. Han *, J. Wang, H. Wang, S. Wang, H. Hu, T. Xiao *, Zhenzhou Cheng * and T. Liu, “Solution processable transition metal dichalcogenides-based hybrids for photodetection,” Nano Materials Science (In press);
4. Z. Xing, C. Li, Y. Han, H. Hu, Zhenzhou Cheng *, J. Wang * and T. Liu, “Waveguide-integrated graphene spatial mode filters for on-chip mode-division multiplexing,” Optics Express, vol. 27, no.14, pp. 19188-19195, 2019;
5. Z. Xing, C. Li, Y. Han, H. Hu, Zhenzhou Cheng * and T. Liu, “Design of on-chip polarizers based on graphene-on-silicon nanowires,” Applied Physics Express, vol. 12, no.7, pp. 072001, 2019;
6. T. Xiao, Zhenzhou Cheng * and K. Goda *, “Giant optical activity in an all-dielectric spiral nanoflower,” Small, vol. 14, no. 31, pp. 1800485, 2018; (Inside Front Cover)
7. J. Wang #, Zhenzhou Cheng #, *, Z. Chen, X. Wan, B. Zhu, H. K. Tsang, C. Shu * and J. Xu, “High-responsivity graphene-on-silicon slot waveguide photodetectors,” Nanoscale, vol. 8, pp. 13206-13211, 2016;
8. T. Xiao #, Z. Zhao #, W. Zhou #, M. Takenaka, H. K. Tsang, Zhenzhou Cheng * and K. Goda, “High-Q germanium optical nanocavity,” Photonics Research, vol. 6, no. 9, pp. 925-928, 2018; (Top Downloads from September 2018)
9. T. Xiao #, Z. Zhao #, W. Zhou #, C. Chang, S. Set, M. Takenaka, H. K. Tsang, Zhenzhou Cheng * and K. Goda, “Mid-infrared high-Q germanium microring resonator,” Optics Letters, vol. 43, no. 12, pp. 2885-2888, 2018; (Top Downloads from June 2018)
10. Y. Yan, J. Wang, L. Wang * and Zhenzhou Cheng *, “Wavelength tunable L band polarization-locked vector soliton fiber laser based on SWCNT-SA and CFBG,” Optics Communications, vol. 412, pp. 55-59, 2018;
11. J. Kang #, Zhenzhou Cheng #, *, W. Zhou #, T. Xiao, K. Gopalakrisna, M. Takenaka, H. K. Tsang and K. Goda, “Focusing subwavelength grating coupler for mid-infrared suspended membrane germanium waveguides,” Optics Letters, vol. 42, no. 11, pp. 2094-2097, 2017; (Today's Top Downloads)
12. T. Xiao #, Z. Zhao #, W. Zhou #, M. Takenaka, H. K. Tsang, Zhenzhou Cheng * and K. Goda, “Mid-infrared germanium photonic crystal cavity,” Optics Letters, vol. 42, no. 15, pp. 2882-2885, 2017; (Today's Top Downloads)
13. T. Xiao #, Zhenzhou Cheng #, * and K. Goda*, “Graphene-on-silicon hybrid plasmonic-photonic integrated circuits,” Nanotechnology, vol. 28, pp. 245201, 2017;
14. A. Phatak, Zhenzhou Cheng *, C. Qin and K. Goda, “Design of electro-optic modulators based on graphene-on-silicon slot waveguides,” Optics Letters, vol. 41, no. 11, pp. 2501-2504, 2016; (Today's Top Downloads)
15. Zhenzhou Cheng * and K. Goda, “Design of waveguide-integrated graphene devices for photonic gas sensing,” Nanotechnology, vol. 27, pp. 505206, 2016;
16. Zhenzhou Cheng *, C. Qin, F. Wang *, H. He and K. Goda *, “Progress on mid-IR graphene photonics and biochemical applications,” Frontiers of Optoelectronics, vol. 9, no. 2, pp. 259-269, 2016; (Invited review)
17. J. Wang #, Zhenzhou Cheng #, *, C. Shu and H. K. Tsang, “Optical absorption in graphene-on-silicon nitride microring resonators,” IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, vol. 27, no. 16, pp. 1765-1767, 2015;
18. J. Wang #, Zhenzhou Cheng #, *, Z. Chen, J. Xu, H. K. Tsang and C. Shu, “Graphene photodetector integrated on silicon nitride waveguide,” Journal of Applied Physics, vol. 117, pp. 144504, 2015;
19. Zhenzhou Cheng and H. K. Tsang *, “Experimental demonstration of polarization insensitive air-cladding grating couplers for silicon-on-insulator waveguides,” Optics Letters, vol. 39, no. 7, pp. 2206-2209, 2014; (Today's Top Downloads)
20. Zhenzhou Cheng , Z. Li, K. Xu and H. K. Tsang *, “Increase of the grating coupler bandwidth with a graphene overlay,” Applied Physics Letters, vol. 104, pp. 111109, 2014;
21. Zhenzhou Cheng , H. K. Tsang *, X. Wang, K. Xu and J. Xu, “In-plane optical absorption and free carrier absorption in graphene-on-silicon waveguides,” IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, vol. 20, no. 1, pp. 4400106, 2014;
22. Zhenzhou Cheng , H. K. Tsang *, K. Xu and Z. Shi, “Spectral hole burning in silicon waveguides with a graphene layer on top,” Optics Letters, vol. 38, no. 11, pp. 1390-1392, 2013;
23. Zhenzhou Cheng *, X. Chen, C. Y. Wong, K. Xu and H. K. Tsang, “Broadband focusing grating couplers for suspended membrane waveguides,” Optics Letters, vol. 37, no. 24, pp. 5181-5183, 2012;
24. Zhenzhou Cheng g *, X. Chen, C. Y. Wong, C. K. Y. Fung, K. Xu, Y. M. Chen and H. K. Tsang, “Focusing subwavelength grating coupler for mid-infrared suspended membrane waveguide,” Optics Letters, vol. 37, no. 8, pp. 1217-1219, 2012;
25. Zhenzhou Cheng *, X. Chen, C. Y. Wong, K. Xu and H. K. Tsang, “Apodized focusing subwavelength grating couplers for suspended membrane waveguides,” Applied Physics Letters, vol. 101, pp. 101104, 2012;
26. Zhenzhou Cheng *, X. Chen, C. Y. Wong, K. Xu and H. K. Tsang, “Mid-Infrared suspended membrane waveguide and ring resonator on silicon-on-insulator,” IEEE Photonics Journal, vol. 4, no. 5, pp. 1510-1519, 2012;
27. Zhenzhou Cheng *, X. Chen, C. Y. Wong, C. K. Y. Fung, K. Xu, Y. M. Chen and H. K. Tsang, “Mid-infrared grating couplers for silicon-on-sapphire waveguides,” IEEE Photonics Journal, vol. 4, no. 1, pp. 104-113, 2012;
28. Zhenzhou Cheng, F. Song *, C. Zou, R. Su, X. Yu, W. Zang, J. Tian and S. Jiang, “Numerical investigation of gain characteristics of Er3+/Yb3+ co-doped fiber amplifiers,” Optical and Quantum Electronics, vol.40, no. 13, pp. 1021-1031, 2008;
29. W. Zhou, Zhenzhou Cheng, X. Chen, K. Xu, X. Sun, and H. K. Tsang *, “Subwavelength Engineering in Silicon Photonic Devices,” IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, vol. 25, no. 3, pp. 2900113, 2019; (Invited review)
30. J. Wang, L. Zhang *, Y. Chen, Y. Geng, X. Hong, X. Li * and Zhenzhou Cheng, “Saturable absorption in graphene-on-waveguide devices,” Applied Physics Express, vol. 12, no. 3, pp. 032003, 2019;
31. T. Liu, Z. Guan, X. Li, Zhenzhou Cheng, Y. Han, J. Yang, K. Li, J. Zhao and H. Hu *, “Polarimetric underwater image recovery for color image with crosstalk compensation,” Optics and Lasers in Engineering, vol. 124, pp. 105833, 2020;
32. H. Wang, H. Hu *, L. Zhao, Z. Guan, J. Jiang, K. Liu, Zhenzhou Cheng and T. Liu, “Joint noise reduction for contrast enhancement in Stokes polarimetric imaging,” IEEE Photonics Journal, vol. 11, no. 2, pp. 6901010, 2019;
33. Z. Guan, F. Goudail, M. Yu, X. Li, Q. Han, Zhenzhou Cheng, H. Hu * and T. Liu, “Contrast optimization in broadband passive polarimetric imaging based on color camera,” Optics Express, vol. 27, no. 3, pp. 2444-2454, 2019;
34. X. Li, H. Hu *, L. Zhao, H. Wang, Q. Han, Zhenzhou Cheng and T. Liu, “Pseudo-polarimetric method for dense haze removal,” IEEE Photonics Journal, vol. 11, no. 1, pp. 6900611, 2019;
35. X. Li, F. Goudail, H. Hu *, Q. Han, Zhenzhou Cheng and T. Liu, “Optimal ellipsometric parameter measurement strategies based on four intensity measurements in the presence of additive Gaussian and Poisson noise,” Optics Express, vol. 26, no. 26, pp. 34529-34546, 2018;
36. G. Kovacevic *, T. Shirahata, B. Wu, P. Yuan, T. Xiao, L. Jin, T. Inoue, S. Maruyama., Zhenzhou Cheng, S. Y. Set and S. Yamashita *, “Patterned graphene on SiN waveguides for mode locking of fiber lasers,” Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, vol. 57, no. 10, pp. 102701, 2018;
37. W. Zhou, Zhenzhou Cheng, X. Sun and H. K. Tsang *, “Tailorable dual-wavelength-band multiplexing in a TE-mode focusing subwavelength grating coupler,” Optics Letters, vol. 43, no. 12, pp. 2985-2988, 2018;
38. W. Zhou, Zhenzhou Cheng, X. Wu, X. Sun and H. K. Tsang *, “Fully suspended slot waveguide platform,” Journal of Applied Physics, vol. 123, pp. 063103, 2018;
39. J. Wang, Zhenzhou Cheng and X. Li *, “Progress on Waveguide-Integrated Graphene Optoelectronics,” Advances in Condensed Matter Physics, vol. 2018, Article ID 9324528, 2018; (Invited review)
40. Y. Zhang, L. Wang *, Zhenzhou Cheng and H. K. Tsang *, “Forward stimulated Brillouin scattering in silicon microring resonators,” Applied Physics Letters, vol. 111, pp. 041104, 2017;
41. W. Zhou, Zhenzhou Cheng, X, Wu, B. Zhu, X. Sun and H. K. Tsang *, “Fully suspended slot waveguides for high refractive index sensitivity,” Optics Letters, vol. 42, no. 7, pp. 1245-1248, 2017; (Today's Top Downloads)
42. W. Zhou, Zhenzhou Cheng, B. Zhu, X. Sun and H. K. Tsang *, “Hyperuniform-disordered network polarizers,” IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, vol. 22, no. 6, pp. 4901307, 2016;
43. Y. Zhang, Zhenzhou Cheng, L. Liu, B. Zhu, J. Wang, W. Zhou, X. Wu and H. K. Tsang *, “Enhancement of self-phase modulation induced spectral broadening in silicon suspended membrane waveguides,” Journal of Optics, vol. 18, no. 5 pp. 055503, 2016;
44. S. Liu, K. Xu *, Q. Song, Zhenzhou Cheng and H. K. Tsang, “Design of mid-infrared electro-optic modulators based on aluminum nitride waveguides,” Journal of Lightwave Technology, vol. 34, no. 16, pp. 3837-3842, 2016;
45. K. Xu *, X. Wu, J. Y. Sung, Zhenzhou Cheng, C. W. Chow, Q. H. Song and H. K. Tsang, “Amplitude and phase modulation of UWB monocycle pulses on a silicon photonic chip,” IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, vol. 28, no. 3, pp. 248-251, 2016;
46. C. Lei, B. Guo, Zhenzhou Cheng and K. Goda *, “Optical time-stretch imaging: principles and applications,” Applied Physics Reviews, vol. 3, no. 1, pp. 011102, 2016; (Invited review)
47. Z. Chen, Zhenzhou Cheng, J. Wang, K. Yan, X. Wan, J. -B. Xu *and H. K. Tsang, “Broadband and high responsivity photodetector based on graphene/silicon heterostructure,” Advanced Optical Materials, vol. 3, pp. 1207-1214, 2015;
48. C. Y. Wong*, F. W. Tong, Zhenzhou Cheng, K. Xu, Y. Chen and H. K. Tsang, “Stabilization of a multiwavelength Erbium-doped fiber laser using a nonlinear silicon waveguide,” Applied Physics B-Laser and Optics, vol. 114, no. 3, pp. 367-371, 2014;
49. K. Xu *, J. -Y. Sung, C. Y. Wong, Zhenzhou Cheng, C. W. Chow and H. K. Tsang, “Optical nyquist filters based on silicon coupled resonator optical waveguides,” Optics Communications, vol. 329, pp. 23-27, 2014;
50. K. Xu *, Zhenzhou Cheng, C. Y. Wong and H. K. Tsang, “UWB monocycle pulse generation based on colourless silicon photonic integrated circuit,” Electronics Letters, vol. 49, no. 20, pp. 1291-1293, 2013;
51. K. Xu *, L. Yang, J. Y. Sung, Y. Chen, Zhenzhou Cheng, C. W. Chow, C. H. Yeh and H. K. Tsang, “Compatibility of silicon Mach-Zehnder modulators for advanced modulation formats,” Journal of Lightwave Technology, vol. 31, no. 15, pp. 2550-2554, 2013;
52. K. Xu *, Zhenzhou Cheng, C. Y. Wong and H. K. Tsang, “Tunable integrated variable bit-rate DPSK silicon receiver,” Optics Letters, vol. 37, no. 22, pp. 4738-4740, 2012;
53. K. Xu *, L. Wang, K. P. Lei, Zhenzhou Cheng, Y. M. Chen, C. Y. Wong, C. Shu and H. K. Tsang, “Demodulation of 20 Gbaud/s differential quadrature phase-shift keying signals using wavelength-tunable silicon microring resonators,” Optics Letters, vol. 37, no. 16, pp. 3462-3464, 2012;
54. C. Y. Wong*, Zhenzhou Cheng, X. Chen, K. Xu, C. Y. M. Chen and H. K. Tsang, “Characterization of mid-infrared silicon-on-sapphire microring resonators with thermal tuning,” IEEE Photonics Journal, vol. 4, no. 4, pp. 1095-1102, 2012;
55. X. Chen, K. Xu, Zhenzhou Cheng, C. K. Y. Fung and H. K. Tsang *, “Wideband subwavelength gratings for coupling between silicon-on-insulator waveguides and optical fibers,” Optics Letters, vol. 37, no. 17, pp. 3483-3485, 2012;
56. K. Xu *, K. P. Lei, M. G. Lo, Zhenzhou Cheng, C. Shu and H. K. Tsang, “Bit rate variable DPSK demodulation using silicon microring resonator with electro-optic wavelength tuning,” IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, vol. 24, no. 14, pp. 1221-1223, 2012;
57. K. Xu *, Y. M. Chen, C. Li, X. Chen, Zhenzhou Cheng, C. Y. Wong and H. K. Tsang, “An ultracompact OSNR monitor based on an integrated silicon microdisk resonator,” IEEE Photonics Journal, vol. 4, no. 5, pp. 1365-1371, 2012;
58. K. Xu *, H. K. Tsang, G. K. P. Lei, Y. M. Chen, L. Wang, Zhenzhou Cheng, X. Chen and C. Shu, “OSNR monitoring for NRZ-PSK signals using silicon waveguide two-photon absorption,” IEEE Photonics Journal, vol. 3, no. 5, pp. 968-974, 2011;
59. X. Yu, F. Song *, W. Wang, L. Luo, L. Han, Zhenzhou Cheng, L. Han, H. Yu, T. Sun and J. Tian, “Effects of Ce3+ on the spectroscopic properties of transparent phosphate glass ceramics co-doped with Er3+/Yb3+,” Optics Communications, vol.282, pp.2045-2048, 2009;
60. X. Yu, F. Song *, C. Zou, L. Luo, C. Ming, W. Wang, Zhenzhou Cheng, L. Han, T. Sun and J. Tian, “Temperature dependence of luminescence behavior in Er3+/Yb3+ co-doped transparent phosphate glass ceramics,” Optical Materials, vol.31, no. 11, pp. 1645-1649, 2009;
61. F. Song *, Zhenzhou Cheng, C. Zou, L. Han, X. Yu, J. Zhang, S. Jiang, P. Han and J. Tian, “Compact high power broadband Er(3+)-Yb(3+)-codoped superfluorescent fiber source,” Applied Physics Letters, vol.93, no. 9, pp. 091108, 2008;
62. X. Yu, F. Song *, W. Wang, L. Luo, L. Han, Zhenzhou Cheng, T. Sun, J. Tian and E. Y. B. Pun, “Comparison of optical parameters and luminescence between Er3+/Yb3+ codoped phosphate glass ceramics and precursor glasses,” Journal of Applied Physics, vol.104, no. 11, pp. 113105, 2008;