课题组围绕光功能玻璃和器件，主要研究包括：

1、闪烁体玻璃和光纤（X光、伽马光，中子探测），目前承担科技部重点研发课题，自然基金委面上项目，黑龙江省科技委重点项目等

2、激光玻璃/光纤/薄膜材料（近-中红外宽带光源、固体激光、光纤激光器、放大器），目前承担科委和企业委托项目

3、片上集成光波导器件（微球、微盘、微环、微纳激光器），目前参与国家重点研发项目

4、无机力致发光材料和器件，目前承担企业委托项目
课题组设备包括：
1、稳态荧光光谱仪：稳态荧光测试（200nm-5um，可见PMT及近红外InGaAs）、激发光谱、荧光量子效率、纳秒和微秒荧光寿命、时间分辨光谱
2、紫外可见分光度计（190-3300 nm）：透过光谱、吸收光谱、反射（漫反射）光谱（有温控装置，可测变温透光光谱）。
3、X射线激发荧光光谱测试系统（200-900 nm）：配有温控水冷装置。
4、热释光谱仪：热释光谱测试
5、自主搭建光路进行光放大测试
6、力致发光力学测试系统：可测试紫外-可见-近红外波段的力致发光材料的拉伸、压缩和循环往复性能，配有深度制冷近红外相机和高速可见相机进行发光的原位拍摄，另外配有温控水冷设备，可进行变温力致发光测试。
7、固体样品的折射率（椭偏仪，300-1700nm）和密度测试。
8、高性能集群：擅长第一性原理VASP计算无机材料的结构缺陷（结构预测、缺陷转变能级、异质结构建）、光学性质等。
9、磁光玻璃测试系统
10、极化炉高温高电压测试系统

围绕光功能玻璃和光纤器件设计、制备和性能调控，发表一作和通讯作者论文70余篇，开发了已知最高光产额的Ce3+掺杂氟氧微晶玻璃闪烁体；开发了具有超宽带近红外增益的有源光纤，可将通讯宽带提高4倍；开发了兼具高密度和高亮度的闪烁玻璃，成为国家大科学装置候选材料；受邀为光学材料领域核心期刊撰写综述文章7篇，研究成果被选为杂志封面和热点，被Optica网站推荐。

[1]高志刚，肖静，任晶，掺杂双相纳米晶复合光子玻璃的研究进展，激光与光电子学进展， 58[15]，1516001（2021）
 
[2]任晶，卢小送，王鹏飞，硫系发光微晶玻璃研究进展，光子学报, （2019）48(11): 1148007
 
[3]孙博超，隋泽萱，王慈，赵雷，高志刚，任晶，纳米晶复合玻璃闪烁体：机遇与挑战，硅酸盐学报，（2022）50（4），1143-1159
 
[29]Wenhao Li ¹, Puxian Xiong *, Xiaoxin Zheng , Luyue Niu _, Lugui Cui , Qingyu Wang , Bruno Viana , Pieter Dorenbos , Jianzhong Zhang  * and Jing Ren *. Micro-strain Responsive Near-infrared Mechanoluminescence for Potential Nondestructive Artificial Joint Stress Imaging, Advanced Materials, 202505360 (2025)

[28]Wenhao Li , Aowen Chen , Puxian Xiong *, Luyue Niu , Xiaoxin Zheng , Shuo Liu , Jianzhong Zhang * and Jing Ren*. Mechanoluminescence from Visible to Second Near-Infrared Region Based on Sr3Sn2O7 Matrix[J]. Advanced Optical Materials, 202501987. (2025)

[27]Wenhao Li, Sheng Wu, Jing Ren*, Puxian Xiong, Defects in Inorganic Mechanoluminescent Phosphors: Insights and Impacts, Adv. Funct. Mater., 2506198 (2025)
[26] Zexuan Sui, Sen Qian*, Luyue Niu, Peng Hu, Zhehao Hua, Xiaoxin Zheng, Xinyuan Sun, Gao Tang, Hua Cai, Dong Yang, Weichang Li, Minghui Zhang, Jifeng Han, Jing Ren*, Glass scintillator: A window to future high energy radiation detection, The Innovation, 6(5): 100878 (2025)
[25] Chuang Liu, Hao Liu, Chunshuai Hua, Zexuan Sui, Luyue Niu, Sen Qian, Xinyuan Sun, Xiaoxin Zheng, Jing Ren*, Jianzhong Zhang, Sn2+-Doped High-Density Gadolinium Borosilicate Glass Scintillator for X-Ray Imaging, Adv. Opt. Mater. 2403243 (2025)
[24] Sikai Wang, Jingdao Yang, Chuang Liu, Wenhao Li, Xiaoxin Zheng, * Xusheng Qiao, Xinyuan Sun, Sen Qian, Jifeng Han, Junxiao Wu, Xuhui Xu, Jing Ren,* Jianzhong Zhang,* KTb3-xGdxF10 Nano-Glass Composite Scintillator with Excellent Thermal Stability and Record X-Ray Imaging Resolution, Laser Photon. Rev. 2401611 (2025)
[23] Zhigang Gao, Lugui Cui, Yushi Chu, Luyue Niu, Lehan Wang, Rui Zhao, Yulong Yang, Xiaofeng Liu, Jing Ren*, and Guoping Dong*, Robust low threshold full-color upconversion lasing in rare-earth activated nanocrystal-in-glass microcavity, Light Sci. Appl. 14:14 (2025) 
[22] Jing Xiao*, Zhaoyang Yin, Zhenyu Tang, Zhigang Gao, Lian Zhang and Jing Ren*, Optical up-conversion devices based on organic and inorganic quantum dot materials, J. Mater. Chem. C, 12, 7833 (2024) (front cover)

[21] W. Li, S. Wang, M. Jin, L. Wang, J. Nan, C. Wang*, P. Xiong, Q. M. Hu, L. Liu, J. Ren*, J. Zhang*, Near-infrared Dual-Modal Sensing of Force and Temperature in Total Knee Replacement Using Mechanoluminescent Phosphor of Sr3Sn2O7: Nd, Yb, Small, 20(25), 2310180 (2024)

[20] L. Niu, C. Liu, K. Zhang, C. Wang *, L. Liu, Y. Chu, J. Ren *, J. Zhang * Net gain at the near-infrared from CsPbBr3 quantum dots sensitized Nd3+-activated tellurite glass under solar excitation, Adv. Opt. Mater. 12(15), 2302953 (2024)
[19] S. Wang, C. Hua, L. Wang, C. Wang*, L. Liu, J. Ren,* J. Zhang*, Double Gain of Efficient Ultraviolet-C Phosphor and Fast Scintillator based on Pr3+-doped KY3F10 Nano-Glass Composites, Adv. Opt. Mater. 12(7), 2302086 (2024) (selected as Hot Topic)
[18] C. Luo, Y. Jing, Z. Hua, Z. Sui, C. Wang, P. Hu, L. Zheng, S. Qian*, L. Yang, X. Sun, G. Tang, H. Cai, Y. Zhu, H. Ban, J. Han, Z. Wang, X. Qiao, J. Ren,* and J. Zhang*, Band Gap and Defect Engineering Enhanced Scintillation from Ce3+-Doped Nanoglass Containing Mixed-Type Fluoride Nanocrystals, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 15, 39, 46226-46235 (2023)

[17] Ci Wang, Hai-Zheng Shi, Wen-Hao Li, Qing-Miao Hu, Lu Liu, Jing Ren*, Interface-Mediated Mechanoluminescence Enhancement from Heterojunction Phosphors: Experiment and Theory, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 15, 25, 30891–30901 (2023)
[16] C. Fan, W. Li, J. Nan, P. Hu, S. Qian, Y. Zhu, Y. Sun, Q. Hu, Z. Hua, C. Wang*, J. Ren,* and J. Zhang, Experimental and theoretical study of defect-driven scintillation from γ-Ga2O3 nanophosphor-embedded transparent glass-ceramics, Phys. Rev. B 108, 155414 (2023)

[15] Y. Chu, Q. Hu, Y. Zhang, Z. Gao, Z. Fang, L. Liu, Q. Yan, Y. Liu, S. Sun, G. Peng, E. Lewis, J. Ren,* and J. Zhang,* Topological Engineering of Photoluminescence Properties of Bismuth- or Erbium-Doped Phosphosilicate Glass of Arbitrary P2O5 to SiO2 Ratio, Adv. Opt. Mater. 6 (13) (2018) 1800024 (front cover)
[14] Z. Gao, S. Guo, X. Lu, J. Orava, T. Wagner, L. Zheng, Y. Liu, S. Sun, F. He, P. Yang, J. Ren,* and J. Yang,* Controlling Selective Doping and Energy Transfer between Transition Metal and Rare Earth Ions in Nanostructured Glassy Solids, Adv. Opt. Mater. 6 (13) (2018) 1701407
[13] Z. Gao, B. Sun, Y. Ji, X. Lu, H. Tian, J. Ren,* S. Guo, J. Zhang *, J. Yang *, X. Meng, and K. Tanaka, Photonic engineering of superbroadband near-infrared emission in nanoglass composites containing hybrid metal and dielectric nanocrystals, Photon. Res. 8(5), 698-706 (2020)
[12]B. Sun, Y. Xie, Y. Zhao, X. Li, J. Chen, Y. Song, L. Zhao, Z. Li, H. Zhao, J Ren*, and J. Zhang,* A Highly Robust Ce3+-Doped and Gd3+-Mixed KLaF4 Nano-Glass Composite Scintillator, J. Mater. Chem. C (2021), 9, 17504–17510
[11] Z. Gao , L. Niu , F. ZHANG , S. Wang , J. Xiao *, J. Chen , L. Zhang , J. Ren,* and K. Tanaka, Plasmonic Metal Enhanced Broadband Near-Infrared Emission from Transparent Nano-Glass Composite Containing Hybrid Ag-metal/γ-Ga2O3:Ni2+ Nanocrystals, J. Mater. Chem. C (2021), 9, 15918 - 15926
[10] Z. Gao, X. Lu, Y. Chu, S. Guo, L. Liu, Y. Liu, S. Sun, J. Ren,* and J. Yang,* The distribution of rare earth ions in a γ-Ga2O3 nanocrystal-silicate glass composite and its influence on the photoluminescence properties, J. Mater. Chem. C (2018), 6, 2944 (front cover)
[9] Q. Hu, Z. Gao, X. Lu, J. Ren,* F. He, Z. Fang, Y. Liu, S. Sun, P. Yang and P. Wang,* Bane to boon: intrinsic defect sensitized photoluminescence from Mn2+ or rare-earth ion doped fluorosilicate photonic glasses, J. Mater. Chem. C (2017), 5, 11806
[8] Y. Zhang, X. Li, Z. Lai, R. Zhang, E. Lewis, A. Azmi, Z. Gao, X. Lu, Y. Chu, Y. Liu, Q. Chai, S. Sun, J. Ren*, and J. Zhang*, Largest Enhancement of Broadband Near-Infrared Emission of Ni2+ in Transparent Nanoglass Ceramics: Using Nd3+ as a Sensitizer and Yb3+ as an Energy-Transfer Bridge, J. Phys. Chem. C (2019), 123(15), 10021-10027
[7] J. Ren*, X. Lu, C. Lin*, and R. K. Jain*, Luminescent ion-doped transparent glass ceramics for mid-infrared light sources [invited], Opt. Express 28(15), 21522-21548 (2020) (invited review，one of the 15 mostly cited articles during 20-21)
[6] Luyue Niu, Sikai Wang, Zexuan Sui, Yushou Song, Lei Zhao, Lu Liu, Jing Ren*, and Jianzhong Zhang, Highly stable CsPbBr3 perovskite quantum dot-doped tellurite glass nanocomposite scintillator, Opt. Lett. 46(14), 3448-3451 (2021)
[5] X. Lu, J. Li, L. Yang, J. Ren*, M. Sun, A. Yang, Z. Yang, R. K. Jain, and P. Wang*, Ultrabroad 2.5-5.5 μm mid-Infrared emission from Co2+/Fe2+ codoped nano-chalcogenide glass composite, Opt. Lett. 45(9), 2676-2679 (2020)
[4] Z. Gao, Z. Lai, K. Lu, S. Guo, L. Liu, F. He, P. Yang, J. Ren*, J. Zhang, and J. Yang,* Efficient green upconversion luminescence in highly crystallized ultratransparent nano-glass ceramics containing isotropic KY3F10 nanocrystals, Opt. Lett. 44 (19), 4674-4677 (2019)（recommended by Optica）
[3] Z. Gao, K. Lu, K. Lu, X. Li, Z. Han, S. Guo, L. Liu, F. He, P. Yang, J. Ren*, J. Zhang, and J. Yang,* Ultrabright single-band red upconversion luminescence in highly transparent fluorosilicate glass ceramics containing KMnF3 perovskite nanocrystals, Opt. Lett. 44 [12], 2959-2961 (2019)
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