研究经历：1986.9-1997.7进行基础研究
1997.8-2005.2从事国防科学中的基础应用研究与技术发展(R&D)
2005.2-至今主要集中在激光等离子体物理和非线性物理领域的基础与应用研究
研究背景：在激光等离子体物理研究方面，已开展强流粒子束在稠密度等离子中输运的关键物理与关键模拟技术研究、超高强激光辐照CH 靶高能质子产生与加速的研究、超相对论电子与正电子束在等离子中的尾场加速等研究。现主要研究方向为：高能量密度物理相关问题研究、特别是惯性约束聚变中的快点火物理理论与模拟研究。 在非线性物理的研究工作中，过去近二十年来的研究主要集中在非线性基础理论与应用方面。在理论研究方面，已开展过的工作包括研究无穷维动力系统中的斑图动力学、时空混沌、混沌同步化与控制、混沌数字序列等方面；在基础应用方面，已从事过的工作有:非线性科学在国防科技中的工程应用研究(包括研发非线性信号处理理论与算法、实时信号处理软件、硬件测量系统)，特别是非线性在地振波传感器、水下声音、直升机声音、雷达信号、通信信号、EM波及ECG信号等研究领域的应用，混沌在现代数字通信中的系统设计问题，以及TW激光在大气中成丝等问题。
发表论文：C.T.Zhou(周沧涛), X.T.He and M.,Laser-produced energetic electron transport in overdense plasmas by wire guiding, APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS 92(8), 151502 (2008).
C.T.Zhou, X.T.He and M.Intense-laser generated relativistic electron transport in coaxial two-layer targets, APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS 92(8), 071502 (2008).
C.T.Zhou, T.X. Cai, C.H.Lai, X.G.Wang and Y.C.Lai, Model-based detector and extraction of weak signal frequencies from chaotic data, CHAOS 18 (1): 013104-(1-12) (2008).
C.T.Zhou and X.T.He, Influence of a large oblique incident angle on energetic protons accelerated from solid-density plasmas by ultraintense laser pulses, APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS 90(3), 031503 (2007). C.T.Zhou and X.T.He, Intense laser-driven energetic proton beams from solid density targets, OPTICS LETTERS, 32(16), 2444 (2007).
C.T.Zhou, M.and X.T.He, Density effect on proton acceleration from carbon-containing high-density thin foils irradiated by high-intensity laser pulses, JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS, 101(10), 103302(2007).
C.T.Zhou, M., X.T.He, Y.H.Liu, B.Qiao, Interaction of short-pulse ultrarelativistic electron bunch with plasmas, EUROPHYSICS LETTERS 79(3), 35001(2007).
C.T.Zhou, M. and X.T.He, Electron acceleration by high current-density relativistic electron bunch in plasmas, LASER AND PARTICLE BEAMS 25(2), 313(2007).
C.T.Zhou, T.X.Cai and T.F.Cai, Nonlinear real-life signal detection with a supervised principal components analysis, CHAOS 17(1), 013108 (2007).
C.T.Zhou, M. X.T.He, X-wave solutions of complex Ginzburg-Landau equations, PHYSICAL REVIEW E 73 (2): 026209-(1-10) (2006).
C.T.Zhou, X.T.He, and M., A comparison between ultrarelativistic electron and positron bunches propagating in plasmas, PHYSICS OF PLASMAS 13 (9): 092109-(1-5) (2006).
C.T.Zhou, M., X.T.He, L.Y.Chew and X.G.Wang, A note on chaotic unimodal maps and applications, CHAOS 16 (3): 033113-(1-7) (2006).
C.T.Zhou, Stabilizing long-period orbits via symbolic dynamics in simple limiter controllers, CHAOS 16 (1): 013109-(1-11) (2006).C.T.Zhou, Synchronization in nonidentical complex Ginzburg-Landau equations, CHAOS 16 (1): 013124-(1-7) (2006)