Education：
1962 B.S. in Physics, Peking University
1968 Ph.D. in Optical Materials, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure, Chinese Academy of Sciences 

Professional Experience: 

1977-1997  Professor, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure, Chinese Academy of Sciences 

1976  Proposed Nonlinear Optical (NLO) active group theory 

1980  Discovered a new NLO crystals β-BaB₂O₄ (BBO) 

1990  Fellow of the Third World Academy of Sciences 

1998  Professor, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences 

2002  Developed the KBe₂BO₃F₂- Prism-Coupled Device (KBBF-PCD)  

2003  Academician, Chinese Academy of Sciences 

2006  Developed Vacuum ultraviolet laser Angle resolution photoelectron spectrometer 

2008  Observed a new Electron coupled model under in high-temperature superconductor 

Honors and Awards: 

1986        Special prize of CAS S&T Progress Award 

1987        Third World Academy of Sciences Award for Chemistry 

1988        Tan Kah Kee science award foundation 

1991        First prize of the National Invention Award 

2007        Qiu Shi science & Technologies Foundation 

2008        First prize of Beijing technology 

Research Interests：

- Non-linear Optical Crystal  

- β-BaB2O4 (BBO) 

- KBe2BO3F2- Prism-Coupled Device (KBBF-PCD)  

Selected Recent Publications：

1.C.T.Chen, “An Ionic Grouping Theory of the Electro-Optical and Nonlinear Optical Effects of Crystals (I)”, Act.Phys, Sinica 25(2) (1976) 146-161. 

2.C.T.Chen, “A Localized Quantum Theoretical Treatment, Based on an Anionic Coordination Polyhedron Model, for the EO and SHG Effects in Crystals of the Mixed-Oxide types”, Sci. Sin. 22 (1979), 756-766. 

3.C.T.Chen, W.B.Chang, A.D.Jiang, G.M.You, “A new Ultraviolet SHG Crystal-BaB2O4”, Sci. Sin. B28 (1985), 235-243. 

4.C.T.Chen, Y.C.Wu, A.D.Jiang, B.C.Wu, G.M.You, R.K.Li, and S.J.Lin, “New Nonlinear Optical crystal: LiB3O5”, J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 6(4) (1989), 616-621. 

5.C.T.Chen, Vol.15. Development of New Nonlinear Optical Crystals in the Borate Series, Laser Science and Technology ,an International Handbook, edited by V.S.Letokhov, C.V.Shank,Y.R.Shen.and H.Walther (1993) (harwood academic publishers).89 

6.C.T.Chen, Y.Wang, Y.Xia, B.C.Wu, D.Y.Tang, K.Wu, W.Zeng, L.H.Yu, "New development of nonlinear optical crystals for the ultraviolet region with molecular engineering approach", J. Appl. Phys. 77(6), 2268-2272(1995). 

7.C.T.Chen, Y.Wang, B.C.Wu, K.Wu, W.Zeng, L.H.Yu, "Design and Synthesis of an Ultraviolet-Transparent Nonlinear Optical Crystal Sr2Be2B2O7", Nature, 373, 322-324  (1995). 

8.C.T.Chen, J.H.Lu, T.Togashi, T.Suganuma, T.Sekikawa, S.Watanabe, Z.Xu, J.Wang, "Second-harmonic generation from a KBe2BO3F2 crystal in the deep ultraviolet", Opt.Lett. 27(8), 637-639, (2002). 

9.T.Togashi, T.Kanai, T.Sekikawa, S.Watanabe, and C.T.Chen, C.Zhang, Z.Xu, J.Wang, "Generation of vacuum-ultraviolet light by an optically contacted, prism-coupled KBe2BO3F2 crystal", Opt. Lett. 28(4), 254-256 (2003).