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Optical fibers doped with perovskite nanocrystals bring new opportunities for photodetectors for high-speed, free-space and underwater data links.

​IEEE Photonics Technology Letters publishes an editorial by Prof. Boon S. Ooi as the new Editor in Chief.​

Prof. Boon S. Ooi has been appointed Editor-in-Chief (EiC) of the IEEE Photonics Technology Letters beginning January 1, 2022.

New date palm weevil detection method developed at KAUST could turn the tide against the pest and support agricultural growth

An article by ​Prof. Boon S. Ooi and Prof. Carlos Duarte in GreenBiz. "Many mysteries remain around the ocean, despite its critical importance to the planet’s future. KAUST scientists are working on new ways to explore under the waves, including wearable, flexible electronics and underwater wireless communication."

Giant clam inspired photo-conversion for high-speed communication work highlighted in the September issue of Photonics Focus Magazine

​Semipolar micro-photodetector used for visible-light communication paper has been awarded an IOP Top Cited Paper Award (Saudi Arabia).

"High-speed colour-converting photodetector with all-inorganic CsPbBr3 perovskite nanocrystals for ultraviolet light communication" is selected as outstanding paper in 2020 for Light: Science & Applications (LSA).

https://www.nature.com/lsa/news#2020Prize

Huafan Zhang and four KAUST students and young researchers take part in the 70th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetin​

https://www.kaust.edu.sa/en/news/kaust-researchers-attend-70th-lindau-nobel-meeting

The paper "​Wide-field-of-view optical detectors using fused fiber-optic tapers​" is listed as a top downloaded paper in Optics Letters for three consecutive months

https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.423437

​The KAUST Photonics Laboratory, led by Professor Boon Ooi, has been awarded the KAUST HSE Department’s Safety Culture Award in recognition of the Lab's tremendous growth in terms of safety throughout the year

https://cemse.kaust.edu.sa/news/kaust-photonics-lab-wins-hse-laboratory-safety-recognition-award

Chun Hong Kang has been selected as an IOP Publishing "Outstanding Reviewer" for Semiconductor Science and Technology in 2020

https://publishingsupport.iopscience.iop.org/questions/reviewer-awards/

The tutorial "​InGaN-based nanowires development for energy harvesting and conversion applications," published March 26, 2021, has been selected as an Editor's Pick in Journal of Applied Physics.

https://aip.scitation.org/doi/10.1063/5.0035685

Spotlight Summary by Prof. Boon S. Ooi Published by the Optical Society (OSA)

https://www.osapublishing.org/spotlight/summary.cfm?id=441073

Tien Khee Ng recognized as IET and IOP Fellow .

https://www.theiet.org/membership/become-a-member/fellow-membership

A news article by Meiwei Kong, Jorge Holguin-Lerma, Tien Khee Ng, and Boon S. Ooi published in Compound Semconductor on accelerating visible light communication using lasers

https://compoundsemiconductor.net/article/112505/Lasers_Accelerating_visible_light_communication

Photonics Lab's Ph.D. student Jorge Holguín-Lerma has recently been named a recipient of the 2020 IEEE Photonics Society Graduate Student Scholarship

https://cemse.kaust.edu.sa/news/jorge-holguin-lerma-receives-2020-ieee-photonics-society-graduate-student-scholarship

​Optical fibers wrapped around date palm trunks could help detect this tree’s most destructive pest early enough to save it.

P​hotonis Lab Student Wins ​SPIE Photonics West 2020 Best Student Paper Award​​

https://cemse.kaust.edu.sa/news/kaust-phd-student-takes-home-spie-photonics-west-2020-best-student-paper-award

KAUST Professor Boon S. Ooi was recently elected as a Fellow of the U.S. National Academy of Inventors for his groundbreaking research work.

​Malleswararao Tangi Receives the Humboldt Research Fellowship for Experienced Researchers

https://www.humboldt-foundation.de/web/humboldt-fellowship-experienced.html

Study on ​Deep-Ultraviolet Optoelectronic Devices Enabled by the Hybrid Integration of Next-Generation Semiconductors and Emerging Device Platforms

https://cemse.kaust.edu.sa/events/event/deep-ultraviolet-optoelectronic-devices-enabled-hybrid-integration-next-generation

Study of PA-MBE grown III-nitride nanowires for strain engineering optoelectronics, nano-energy harvesting devices and piezotronics.​​​

Dr. Tien Khee gives a seminar on hybrid integration of materials for ultraviolet detection​

https://cemse.kaust.edu.sa/events/event/hybrid-integration-materials-ultraviolet-detection

Study of III-nitride Nanowire Growth and Devices on Unconventional Substrates​

https://cemse.kaust.edu.sa/events/event/study-iii-nitride-nanowire-growth-and-devices-unconventional-substrates

Fatimah Alhawaj won the Top Scientific Paper Award of the SRSI 2019 program for her paper entitled "Group-III Nitride Micro-Photodetector for High-Speed Visible Light Communication Link".​

Study of ultraviolet AlGaN nanowires light-emitting diodes​​​

https://cemse.kaust.edu.sa/events/event/study-ultraviolet-algan-nanowires-light-emitting-diodes

​​​Congratulations to Dr. Yuan Mao on his elevation to the grade of IEEE Senior member.​​​​

The international society for optics and photonics awards Jorge Holguín-Lerma.​

https://www.kaust.edu.sa/en/news/kaust-ph-d-student-awarded-2019-optics-and-photonics-education-scholarship