In China, Academician Zhou Bingkun was the first to carry out "Research on Crystal Fiber Growth and Crystal Fiber Devices", and seven results were identified as internationally pioneering or advanced. It has opened up new directions in optoelectronics technology and new methods for growing crystal materials. "Narrow linewidth tunable semiconductor lasers and related technologies" passed seven achievement appraisals, and the linewidth, frequency stability and tuning range reached the internationally advanced level. Contributed to the development of coherent optical communications. It has reached the international advanced level in research on "fiber high temperature sensors", fiber ring cavity fineness and ring lasers. The scientific research results achieved under his guidance have successively won the third prize of the National Science and Technology Progress Award, the fourth prize of the National Invention Award, and the first, second and third prizes of the National Education Commission Science and Technology Progress Award. "Laser Principles", which he edited as chief editor, won the National Excellent Textbook Award. In 1984, Academician Zhou Bingkun was the first to develop the "LD-pumped solid-state laser" in the world, achieving the world's highest efficiency (6.5%), narrowest linewidth, and most stable frequency solid-state laser at that time. He invented the "monolithic micro-YAG ring laser." In 1990, the "LD-pumped NYAB self-frequency doubling laser" was developed. The above work has created a new field of solid laser.
When the laser was invented in the United States in 1960, he participated in the development of the first batch of ruby ??lasers in the Soviet Union. He returned to China to form a laser research team and successfully developed laser positioning instruments, airborne altimeters, helium-cadmium lasers, etc. He won the National Science and Technology Conference Award in 1978. In 1980, he edited "Laser Principles", which won the National Excellent Teaching Material Award and the Special Prize for Excellent Teaching Materials of the Ministry of Electronics. In 1984, he completed the research and development work of "diode laser pumped YAG bulk laser" in the United States. After returning to China, he led the research group to develop "External Cavity Semiconductor Lasers", "Diode Laser Pumped Solid Self-Frequency Doubling Green Lasers", "Single Crystal Fiber Growers", "Fiber Ring Cavities and Their Applications", "Fiber Amplifiers and Lasers" ", "Optical fiber high-temperature sensor", "Optical arc transmission", "Wavelength division multiplexing optical fiber communication technology" and other research, won 6 national and ministerial awards, and more than 10 patents. He has published more than 90 papers at home and abroad. Trained 15 doctoral candidates.