Overview
Background
Dr Xiao Guo is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at The University of Queensland. He received his PhD from UQ in 2022. His research focuses on scanning near-field optical microscopy (s-SNOM) and light–matter interactions in nanomaterials and nanostructures across the mid-infrared to terahertz spectrum. Since 2022, he has completed 50+ independent peer reviews for internationally recognised journals, including Nature Communications, Light: Science & Applications, and ACS Photonics. He lectures ELEC3100: Fundamentals of Electromagnetic Fields and Waves at UQ. He has delivered invited talks at NFO-17 and a 50-minute invited seminar at IRMMW-THz 2024.
His community service includes interim session chair (THz) at ISUPTW 2024 (IEEE Photonics Society), Technical Program Committee member for the 4th and 5th International Conference on Advanced Optics & Photonics Research in Engineering, Youth Editorial Board member of PhotoniX Life, and external grant reviewer for a European funder. His invited review on terahertz near-field optical microscopy in Applied Physics Reviews was recognised as an ESI Highly Cited Paper (top 1%) in 2024 and 2025. He is a member of the Institute of Physics (IOP), the American Chemical Society (ACS), and the Australian Institute of Physics (AIP).
Personal website: xiaoguo1995.github.io/
Availability
- Dr Xiao Guo is:
- Available for supervision
Fields of research
Qualifications
- Bachelor (Honours) of Applied Physics, Northeastern University (东北大学)
- Masters (Coursework) of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Hong Kong
- Doctor of Philosophy of Electrical Engineering, The University of Queensland
Works
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Featured
2024
Journal Article
Terahertz nanoscopy: advances, challenges, and the road ahead
Guo, Xiao, Bertling, Karl, Donose, Bogdan C., Brünig, Michael, Cernescu, Adrian, Govyadinov, Alexander A. and Rakić, Aleksandar D. (2024). Terahertz nanoscopy: advances, challenges, and the road ahead. Applied Physics Reviews, 11 (2) 021306. doi: 10.1063/5.0189061
Featured
2023
Journal Article
Near-field localization of the boson peak on tantalum films for superconducting quantum devices
Guo, Xiao, Degnan, Zachary, Steele, Julian A., Solano, Eduardo, Donose, Bogdan C., Bertling, Karl, Fedorov, Arkady, Rakić, Aleksandar D. and Jacobson, Peter (2023). Near-field localization of the boson peak on tantalum films for superconducting quantum devices. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 14 (20), 4892-4900. doi: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.3c00850
Featured
2023
Journal Article
Terahertz nanospectroscopy of plasmon polaritons for the evaluation of doping in quantum devices
Guo, Xiao, He, Xin, Degnan, Zachary, Chiu, Chun-Ching, Donose, Bogdan C., Bertling, Karl, Fedorov, Arkady, Rakić, Aleksandar D. and Jacobson, Peter (2023). Terahertz nanospectroscopy of plasmon polaritons for the evaluation of doping in quantum devices. Nanophotonics, 12 (10), 1865-1875. doi: 10.1515/nanoph-2023-0064
Featured
2021
Journal Article
Optical constants from scattering-type scanning near-field optical microscope
Guo, Xiao, Bertling, Karl and Rakić, Aleksandar D. (2021). Optical constants from scattering-type scanning near-field optical microscope. Applied Physics Letters, 118 (4) 0036872, 041103. doi: 10.1063/5.0036872
2025
Journal Article
Wood/PHAs biocomposites with mechanical properties comparable to conventional plastics: model-based prediction and experimental validation
Mathel, Vincent, Aziz, Shazed, Guo, Xiao, Bertling, Karl, Rakić, Aleksandar D., Heitzmann, Michael T. and Vandi, Luigi-Jules (2025). Wood/PHAs biocomposites with mechanical properties comparable to conventional plastics: model-based prediction and experimental validation. Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, 194 108916, 108916. doi: 10.1016/j.compositesa.2025.108916
2024
Conference Publication
Terahertz Laser Feedback Imaging of Marble Cultural Heritage Structures
Bertling, Karl, Torniainen, Jari, Guo, Xiao, Bandyopadhyay, Aparajita, Chanda, Puspita, Sengupta, Amartya, Dean, Paul, Li, Lianhe, Indjin, Dragan, Davies, A. Giles, Linfield, Edmund H. and Rakić, Aleksandar D. (2024). Terahertz Laser Feedback Imaging of Marble Cultural Heritage Structures. 2024 Conference on Optoelectronic and Microelectronic Materials and Devices, Melbourne, VIC Australia, 2-5 December 2024.
2024
Conference Publication
Attocube Near-field Optical Nanoscopy Workshop --- Terahertz nanoscopy: advances, challenges, and the road ahead
Guo, Xiao, Bertling, Karl, Donose, Bogdan C., Brünig, Michael, Cernescu, Adrian, Govyadinov, Alexander A. and Rakić, Aleksandar D. (2024). Attocube Near-field Optical Nanoscopy Workshop --- Terahertz nanoscopy: advances, challenges, and the road ahead. 17th International Conference on Near-field Optics, Nanophotonics, and Related Techniques, Melbourne, VIC Australia, 2-6 December 2024.
2024
Conference Publication
Terahertz scattering-type scanning near-field optical microscopy of collective excitations for quantum technologies
Guo, Xiao, He, Xin, Degnan, Zachary, Chiu, Chun-Ching, Bertling, Karl, Donose, Bogdan, Steele, Julian A,, Solano, Eduardo, Brünig, Michael, Fedorov, Arkady, Jacobson, Peter and Rakić, Aleksandar D. (2024). Terahertz scattering-type scanning near-field optical microscopy of collective excitations for quantum technologies. 17th International Conference on Near-field Optics, Nanophotonics, and Related Techniques, Melbourne, VIC Australia, 2-6 December 2024.
2024
Journal Article
A novel tape-free sample preparation method for human osteochondral cryosections for high throughput hyperspectral imaging
Fan, Xiwei, Donose, Bogdan, Jones, Michael W M, Howard, Daryl, Torniainen, Jari, Bertling, Karl, Guo, Xiao, Kewish, Cameron M, Lee, Kah Meng, Sun, Antonia Rujia, Rakic, Aleksandar, Crawford, Ross, Afara, Isaac O. and Prasadam, Indira (2024). A novel tape-free sample preparation method for human osteochondral cryosections for high throughput hyperspectral imaging. Histochemistry and Cell Biology, 163 (1) 16, 16. doi: 10.1007/s00418-024-02338-1
2024
Conference Publication
Terahertz near-field optical nanoscopy of collective excitations for quantum technologies
Guo, Xiao, Bertling, Karl, He, Xin, Degnan, Zachary, Chiu, Chun-Ching, Donose, Bogdan C., Steele, Julian A., Solano, Eduardo, Brünig, Michael, Fedorov, Arkady, Jacobson, Peter, Cernescu, Adrian, Govyadinov, Alexander A. and Rakić, Aleksandar D. (2024). Terahertz near-field optical nanoscopy of collective excitations for quantum technologies. 12th International Symposium on Ultrafast Phenomena and THz Waves, Guangzhou, China, 15-18 November 2024.
2024
Conference Publication
Near-field terahertz nanoscopy of superconducting quantum devices
Jacobson, Peter A., Guo, Xiao, Degnan, Zachary, Steele, Julian, Donose, Bogdan, Bertling, Karl, Fedorov, Arkady and Rakic, Aleksandar (2024). Near-field terahertz nanoscopy of superconducting quantum devices. Spintronics XVII, San Diego, CA, United States, 4 October 2024. SPIE. doi: 10.1117/12.3027536
2024
Conference Publication
Near-field nanoscopy of terahertz collective excitations for silicon-based quantum technologies
Guo, Xiao, He, Xin, Degnan, Zachary, Chiu, Chun-Ching, Bertling, Karl, Donose, Bogdan C., Fedorov, Arkady, Jacobson, Peter and Rakić, Aleksandar D. (2024). Near-field nanoscopy of terahertz collective excitations for silicon-based quantum technologies. 2024 49th International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz), Perth, WA, Australia, 1 - 6 September 2024. Piscataway, NJ, United States: Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers. doi: 10.1109/irmmw-thz60956.2024.10697801
2024
Conference Publication
Terahertz nanoscopy
Guo, Xiao, Bertling, Karl, Brünig, Michael and Rakic, Aleksandar D. (2024). Terahertz nanoscopy. 2024 49th International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves, Perth, WA, Australia, 1-6 September 2024.
2022
Other Outputs
Light-matter interactions at the nanoscale: a case for terahertz near-field spectroscopy in semiconductor nanodevices
Guo, Xiao (2022). Light-matter interactions at the nanoscale: a case for terahertz near-field spectroscopy in semiconductor nanodevices. PhD Thesis, School of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/04f4869
2022
Conference Publication
Terahertz nanoscopy: a non-destructive characterization tool for nanomaterials and nanostructures
Guo, Xiao, Bertling, Karl, Donose, Bogdan C., He, Xin, Degnan, Zach, Solemanifar, Armin, Zhang, Xueqin, Laycock, Bronwyn, Virdis, Bernardino, Fedorov, Arkady, Jacobson, Peter and Rakić, Aleksandar D. (2022). Terahertz nanoscopy: a non-destructive characterization tool for nanomaterials and nanostructures. The 2022 Conference on Optoelectronic and Microelectronic Materials and Devices, Adelaide, SA Australia, 11-16 December 2022.
2022
Conference Publication
Challenges and advances in THz scattering SNOM
Rakic, Aleksandar D., Guo, Xiao, Bertling, Karl and Donose, Bogdan (2022). Challenges and advances in THz scattering SNOM. 2nd International nanoscale Analytics Workshop , Munich, Germany, 18-21 May 2022.
2022
Journal Article
Probing peptide nanowire conductivity by THz nanoscopy
Solemanifar, Armin, Guo, Xiao, Donose, Bogdan C, Bertling, Karl, Laycock, Bronwyn and Rakić, Aleksandar D. (2022). Probing peptide nanowire conductivity by THz nanoscopy. Nanotechnology, 33 (6) 065503, 065503. doi: 10.1088/1361-6528/ac34a6
2021
Conference Publication
Advances and challenges in THz scattering SNOM
Guo, Xiao, Donose, Bogdan, Bertling, Karl, He, Xin, Degnan, Zach, Solemanifar, Armin, Laycock, Bronwyn, Fedorov, Arkady, Jacobson, Peter and Rakic, Aleksandar (2021). Advances and challenges in THz scattering SNOM. 8th Australian THz Workshop, Sydney, NSW Australia, 3 December 2021.
2021
Conference Publication
Near-field terahertz nanoscopy of coplanar microwave resonators
Jacobson, Peter, Guo, Xiao, He, Xin, Degnan, Zach, Donose, Bogdan, Bertling, Karl, Fedorov, Arkady and Rakic, Aleksandar (2021). Near-field terahertz nanoscopy of coplanar microwave resonators. Australian Institute of Physics Summer Meeting, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 6th-9th December 2021.
2021
Journal Article
Near-field terahertz nanoscopy of coplanar microwave resonators
Guo, Xiao, He, Xin, Degnan, Zach, Donose, Bogdan C., Bertling, Karl, Fedorov, Arkady, Rakić, Aleksandar D. and Jacobson, Peter (2021). Near-field terahertz nanoscopy of coplanar microwave resonators. Applied Physics Letters, 119 (9) 091101, 1-6. doi: 10.1063/5.0061078
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