Contact Information
- lichao@gatech.edu
- Research Group
- http://ramanlab.gatech.edu/

Chao Li
Graduate Research Assistant
Education
Ph.D., Physics, Georgia Institute of Technology, Aug. 2016 - May 2022.
B.S., Physics, with highest honor, Jilin University, 2012 - 2016.
Non-degree visiting honors student program, Georgia Institute of Technology, spring 2015.
Research assistant, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, summer 2014.
Honors & Awards
Outstanding Doctoral Thesis Research in Beam Physics Award, American Physical Society, February 2023.
DAMOP Student Travel Grant, American Physical Society, May 2019.
FGSA Travel Award for Excellence in Graduate Research, American Physical Society, May 2019.
Dean’s Scholarship (8/221), the Highest Honor Granted to Undergraduates, College of Physics, Jilin University, June 2016.
Research
Atomic physics, quantum photonics ...
Papers
Li, C., Chai, X., Zhuo, L., Wei, B., Lotfi, A., Ayazi, F., & Raman, C. (2022). Stimulated Laser Cooling Using Microfabrication. arXiv preprint arXiv:2208.12784.
Wei, B., Crawford, A., Andeweg, Y., Zhuo, L., Li, C., & Raman, C. (2022). Collimated versatile atomic beam source with alkali dispensers. Appl. Phys. Lett. 120, 144001 (2022).
Li, C., Wei, B., Chai, X., Yang, J., Daruwalla, A., Ayazi, F., & Raman, C. (2020). Robust characterization of microfabricated atomic beams on a six-month time scale. Physical Review Research, 2(2), 023239.
Li, C., Chai, X., Wei, B., Yang, J., Daruwalla, A., Ayazi, F., & Raman, C. (2019). Cascaded collimator for atomic beams traveling in planar silicon devices. Nature communications, 10(1), 1-8. US Patent 11,205,524, 2021.
Talks & Presentations
“Progress towards chip-scale transverse laser cooling of thermal atomic beams,” poster, 23rd Annual Southwest Quantum Information and Technology (SQuInT) Workshop, virtual, October 2021.
“Progress towards chip-scale transverse laser cooling of thermal atomic beams,” poster, 52nd Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, virtual, May 2021.
Other Publications
Chip-Scale Atomic Beam System, 2022
https://licensing.research.gatech.edu/technology/chip-scale-atomic-beam-system
Integrated Alkali Dispenser Collimator, 2022
https://licensing.research.gatech.edu/technology/integrated-alkali-dispenser-collimator
Atomic Beams Shoot Straighter via Cascading Silicon Peashooters, 2019
https://rh.gatech.edu/news/620781/atomic-beams-shoot-straighter-cascading-silicon-peashooters