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Guangyu Liu elevated to the rank of Senior Member of IEEE
Congratulations to Dr. Guangyu Liu on her elevation to the grade of IEEE Senior member.
Brighter blue lights for faster communication
High-performance blue-light-emitting diodes could boost white lighting and high-speed data transmission.
https://discovery.kaust.edu.sa/en/article/775/brighter-blue-lights-for-faster-communication
Nasir Alfaraj represents KAUST and Saudi Arabia at the 2018 Chicago Forum on Global Cities
Photonics Lab Ph.D. student Nasir Alfaraj was recently selected to represent KAUST and Saudi Arabia at the 2018 Chicago Forum on Global Cities in Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
https://www.kaust.edu.sa/en/news/ph-d-student-at-chicago-forum-on-global-cities
Special Section on Semiconductor UV Photonics for SPIE's Journal of Nanophotonics
Dr. Tien Khee Ng guest-edited a special issue on Semiconductor UV Photonics for SPIE's Journal of Nanophotonics.
https://www.spiedigitallibrary.org/journals/journal-of-nanophotonics/volume-12/issue-04
Semiconductor Today features "KAUST demonstrates nanowire GRINSCH diode for efficient UV-LED/laser applications
AlGaN-based light-emitting devices are promising ultraviolet light sources to replace the existing UV gas lasers and UV lamps containing toxic substances (mercury). However, the performance of AlGaN-based UV emitters have been limited."
http://www.semiconductor-today.com/news_items/2018/jul/kaust_230718.shtml
Tien Khee Ng elevated to the rank of Senior Member of the Optical Society (OSA)
The Optical Society of America announced the approval of Dr. Tien Khee Ng as a new Senior Member.
Semiconductor Today features "Semi-polar III-nitride integration for visible light communication”
"Researchers used semi-polar InGaN quantum wells to create a laser diode integrated with a semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA) for visible light communication (VLC), smart lighting, and underwater wireless optical communications (UWOC)."
http://www.semiconductor-today.com/news_items/2018/mar/kaust_190318.shtml
KAUST Discovery, Phys.org, and eeNews LEDLighting features "Cleaning nanowires to get out more light"
"A simple chemical surface treatment improves the performance of nanowire ultraviolet light-emitting diodes."
https://discovery.kaust.edu.sa/en/article/476/cleaning%250ananowires-to-get-out-more-light
Semiconductor Today features "III-nitride microphotodetector for visible light communication"
"KAUST in Saudi Arabia claims a record 3.2 Gbps data-rate performance for visible light communications at 405 nm wavelength."
http://www.semiconductor-today.com/news_items/2018/feb/kaust_220218.shtml