Qinghua Song

Qinghua Song is an Associate Professor in Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University, China. He received his Bachelor degree from Xi’an Jiaotong University in 2013 and Ph.D degree from University Paris-Est in 2017. Then he worked as a postdoc in Nanyang Technological University in Singapore from 2017-2018 with Prof. Zhongxiang Shen. After that, he worked as a postdoc in CNRS-CRHEA in France from 2019-2021 with Patrice Genevet. His research mainly focuses on optical metasurfaces, photonic crystals, non-Hermitian optics, topological photonics, etc. He has published >30 papers as first/corresponding author in Nature, Science, Nature Communications (6), Science Advances (3), Physical Review Letters, Advanced Materials, etc.

2014-2017，Ph.D. in Electronics, Optronics and Systems, Université Paris-Est.

2009-2013，B.S. in Vehicle Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University.

2023.12-now, Associate Professor, Tsinghua SIGS, Tsinghua University.

2021.08-2023.12, Assistant Professor, Tsinghua SIGS, Tsinghua University.

2019.04-2021.07, Postdoctoral Fellow, CNRS-CRHEA, France.

2017.08-2018.06, Postdoctoral Fellow, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.

Journal Guest Editor：Frontiers in Photonics

Journal Reviewer：PNAS, Light: Science & Applications, Advanced Optical Materials, Microsystems & Nanoengineering, IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, Journal of Lightwave Technology, etc.

We are seeking highly motivated PhD Students and Postdoctoral Fellows with the background of optics and photonics, electromagnetic field, condensed matter physics, topological photonics, nano-structures, etc. to work in our group. Please send your CV to this email if you are interested: song.qinghua@sz.tsinghua.edu.cn.

Metasurface

Meta-Hologram

Non-Hermitian physics

Topological photonics

Tunable Metasurface

Compact Antenna Design

After joining SIGS (selected publication):

[16] Qin, H., Su, Z., Zhang, Z., Lv, W., Yang, Z., Chen, W., Gao, X., Wei, H., Shi, Y., Li, B., Zhou, J., Fleury, R.*, Qiu, C.-W.*, Song, Q.*, Disorder-assisted real-momentum topological photonic crystal, Nature, 639 (8055), 602-608, 2025.

[15] Qin, H., Yang, Z., Huang, P.-S., Mu, X., Huang, S.-H., Shi, Y.*, Zhao, W., Li, B., Zhou, J., Zúñiga-Pérez, J., Genevet, P.*, Wu, P. C.*, Song, Q.*, Sphere of arbitrarily polarized exceptional points with a single planar metasurface, Nature Communications, 16, 2656, 2025.

[14] Yu, Z., Gao, X., Yao, J., Li, H., Shi, Y., Li, B., Xie, Z., Yuan, X.*, Lai, P.*, Song, Q.*, Spin-orbit-locking vectorial metasurface holography. Advanced Materials, 37, 2415142, 2025.

[13] Lv, W., Qin, H., Su, Z., Zhang, C., Huang, J., Shi, Y., Li, B., Genevet, P., Song, Q.*, Robust generation of intrinsic C points with magneto-optical bound states in the continuum. Science Advances, 10 (46), eads0157, 2024.

[12] Yang, Z., Huang, P.-S., Lin, Y.-T., Qin, H., Zúñiga-Pérez, J., Shi, Y., Wang, Z., Cheng, X., Tang, M.-C., Han, S., Kanté, B., Li, B., Wu, P. C.*, Genevet, P.*, Song, Q.*, Creating pairs of exceptional points for arbitrary polarization control: asymmetric vectorial wavefront modulation. Nature Communications, 15, 232, 2024.

[11] Huang, S.-H., Su, H.-P., Chen, C.-Y., Lin, Y.-C., Yang, Z., Shi, Y.*, Song, Q.*, Wu, P. C.*, Microcavity-assisted multi-resonant metasurfaces enabling versatile wavefront engineering. Nature Communications, 15, 9658, 2024.

[10] Yu, Z., Li, H., Zhao, W., Huang, P.-S., Lin, Y.-T., Yao, J., Li, W., Zhao, Q., Wu, P. C., Li, B., Genevet, P.*, Song, Q.*, Lai, P.*, High-security learning-based optical encryption assisted by disordered metasurface. Nature Communications, 15, 2607, 2024.

[9] Li, Y., Cao, L., Luo, W., Zhang, H.*, Cai, H.*, Karim, M. F., Gao, F., Fitzsimons, J.*, Song, Q.*, Liu, A. Q.*, Experimental quantum homomorphic encryption using a quantum photonic chip. Physical Review Letters, 132, 200801, 2024.

[8] Yu, Z., Gao, X., Yao, J., Wang, Z., Zhong, T., Shi, Y., Li, B., Lai, P.*, Li, X.*, Song, Q.*, A spatial-frequency patching metasurface enabling super-capacity perfect vector vortex beams. eLight, 4, 21, 2024.

[7] Qin, H., Su, Z., Liu, M., Zeng, Y., Tang, M.C., Li, M., Shi, Y., Huang, W., Qiu, C.W.*, Song, Q.*, Arbitrarily polarized bound states in the continuum with twisted photonic crystal slabs. Light: Science & Applications, 12, 66, 2023.

[6] Qin, H., Shi, Y. *, Su, Z., Wei, G., Wang, Z., Cheng, X., Liu, A.Q., Genevet, P. *, Song, Q.*, Exploiting extraordinary topological optical forces at bound states in the continuum. Science Advances, 8(49), eade7556, 2022.

Before joining SIGS (selected publication):

[5] Song, Q., Odeh, M., Zúñiga-Pérez, J., Kanté, B., Genevet, P.*, Plasmonic topological metasurface by encircling an exceptional point. Science, 373(6559), 1133-1137, 2021.

[4] Song, Q.*, Novel metasurface phase-modulation mechanism. Light: Science & Applications, 10, 184, 2021.

[3] Song, Q., Khadir, S., Vézian, S., Damilano, B., Mierry, P. D., Chenot, S., Brandli, V., Genevet, P.*, Bandwidth-unlimited polarization-maintaining metasurfaces. Science Advances, 7(5), eabe1112, 2021.

[2] Song, Q., Baroni, A., Wu, P. C., Chenot, S., Brandli, V., Vézian, S., Damilano, B., Mierry, P., Khadir, S., Ferrand, P., Genevet*, P., Broadband decoupling of intensity and polarization with vectorial Fourier metasurfaces. Nature Communications, 12, 3631, 2021.

[1] Song, Q., Baroni, A., Sawant, R., Ni, P., Brandli, V., Chenot, S., Vézian, S., Damilano, B., Mierry, P. D., Khadir, S., Ferrand, P., Genevet, P.*, Ptychography retrieval of fully polarized holograms from geometric-phase metasurfaces. Nature Communications, 11, 2651, 2020.