The School of Optoelectronic Engineering of Xidian University originated from the Department of Radio Physics established by the university in the 1960s. It is one of the first departments in China to set up the majors of laser technology and infrared technology. Through development stages such as the Department of Technical Physics, the School of Technical Physics, and the School of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, the School of Optoelectronic Engineering was established in 2022.Optics is both old and new. After over six decades of construction, reform, and development, the school has achieved fruitful results and made remarkable contributions. On the basis of developing the traditional advantages of laser and infrared technologies, the school has planned to expand into new research fields and form a teaching and research organizational structure of "four departments, one institute, and one center, " namely, the Department of Laser Technology, the Department of Infrared Technology, the Department of Optoelectronic Information, the Department of Optoelectronic Instruments, the Institute of Computational Imaging, and the Optoelectronic Technology Experimental Center. The school adheres to the construction of a high-quality teaching staff. Currently, there are 106 faculty members, including 1 National Outstanding Teacher, 3 national-level talents, 4 provincial and ministerial-level talents, 1 Science and Technology Innovation Team in Key Areas of Shaanxi Province, and 2 Teaching Teams in Shaanxi Province.
The school attaches great importance to talent cultivation, deepens the construction of majors, and expands its talent cultivation model. Currently, there are more than 1,600 students at all levels, including more than 1,300 undergraduates, 240 master's students, and 70 doctoral students. Currently, it has the authorization points for doctorate and master's degrees in the first-level discipline of "Optical Engineering”, the authorization point for the professional doctorate degree in "Electronic Information”, and the authorization point for the professional master's degree in "Optoelectronic Information Engineering”. A post-doctoral research station was established in the first-level discipline of Optical Engineering. Two undergraduate majors, "Electronic Science and Technology" and "Optoelectronic Information Science and Engineering,” were selected as national first-class undergraduate major construction sites. Two experimental classes for undergraduate education and teaching reform were established: the Excellent Engineer Training Experimental Class and the Optoelectronic Information Science and Engineering Teaching Reform Class. Two Experimental Teaching Demonstration Centers in Shaanxi Province and multiple practical education bases for college students were established. The school is committed to cultivating compound talents who uphold a sense of patriotism and national responsibility, possess the thinking of scientists, the spirit of engineers, and the vision of entrepreneurs. Graduates at all levels have actively engaged in the national defense and economic and social construction of the country. A large number of renowned scholars, industry leaders, technical backbones, and successful entrepreneurs, represented by academicians, chief engineers, and well-known entrepreneurs, have emerged.
Relying on the discipline platform, the school has improved its scientific research level. Currently, there are 1 National level Discipline Innovation and Intelligence Introduction Base for Optoelectronic Information Perception Science and Technology under Complex Environments”, three provincial and ministerial-level key laboratories and research centers such as the "Key Laboratory of New Laser Devices and Optical Information Processing”, 2 Key Laboratories in Xi'an (Computational Imaging, Infrared Technology and Systems), 1 Xi'an International Science and Technology Cooperation Base, and multiple university-level research centers and university-enterprise joint laboratories such as the "Weapon Base-Xidian University Joint Center in Advanced Concept Verification (Photonics)”. The school has deeply cultivated the fields of laser and infrared technologies. Various lasers developed by the school were at the leading level in the domestic industry in the same period, and the infrared omnidirectional warning system solution was the first of its kind at home and abroad. Based on the forefront of the discipline and addressing the major application needs of the country, the school has formed four distinctive disciplines: laser physics and technology, infrared technology and systems, computational imaging technology and applications, and integrated photonics.. It actively builds an academic community around academic organizations and conferences and continuously enhances the influence of discipline and academic cohesion. The school adheres to promoting organized scientific research and has continuously made breakthroughs in major and key projects, and scientific research funds have maintained rapid growth. In the past two years, the average annual scientific research fund has been nearly 100 million yuan. It has formed distinct research characteristics in the directions of computational optical imaging, high-repetition-rate solid-state lasers, ultrafast laser technology, Lidar and detection, and infrared target characteristics and simulation. It has successively won more than 20 national, provincial, ministerial, and department-level awards.
In terms of International exchanges, the School has actively hosted international conferences such as the Forum on Intelligent Photonic Technology and the Huashan Young Scholars International Forum. Nearly 100 renowned scholars from both home and abroad, including Academician Sune Svanberg of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences and the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering, and Professor Katarina Svanberg, President of the International Society for Optics and Photonics (SPIE), have been invited to the university to conduct academic exchanges. In the past three years, more than 100 teachers and students have been sent to world-renowned universities such as the University of Cambridge in the UK, Technical University of Munich in Germany, and Nanyang Technological University in Singapore for visiting studies, exchanges, or internships in international organizations. In terms of talent, overseas talent such as Academician Andreas Mandelis of the Royal Society of Canada and Professor Koichi Shimizu from Hokkaido University in Japan have been employed.
In recent years, the school has aimed at the forefront of the development of optical and optoelectronic technologies, combined with the major needs of the country, and has actively undertaken various major and key projects. It has been further planned and laid out in important and emerging fields of optics and photonics such as attosecond lasers, infrared industrial software, flow field monitoring, and optoelectronic instruments. It is committed to making positive contributions to talent cultivation, academic development, and scientific and technological innovations in the optoelectronic field.
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