Joint International Research Laboratory of Photonics (JIRLOP) is a collective force of the world class research teams on photonics from Zhejiang University (ZJU), University of Rochester (UR) and KTH Royal Institute of Technology.JIRLOP is anindependent research entity consisting with board, academic advisory committee and principal investigators. The research of JIRLOPfocuses on photonic devices, integrated photonic and advanced photonic instrumentation. The vision of JIRLOP is to become a world leading laboratory of photonics and pursuing discoveries that improve our lives.