Edgars Stegenburgs
PhD Student
"Dr. Edgars Stegenburgs is currently with DenseLight Semiconductors, Singapore, as a Senior Design Engineer."
Edgars.Stegenburgs@kaust.edu.sa | Linkedin
Introduction
Edgars Stegenburgs joined the Computer, Electrical and Mathematical Sciences and Engineering (CEMSE) Division of KAUST as an MS/PhD student and graduate researcher at Photonics Laboratory in January 2015.
Previously he was working in the Laser Centre of the University of Latvia as a natural sciences laboratory assistant under the supervision of Dr. Aigars Ekers in the Laser-manipulation laboratory. There he developed his bachelor thesis "Formation of bright and dark states in non-degenerate quantum systems and ultra-high vacuum system design for Rb atoms magneto-optical trap" and earned the Bachelor's Degree of Science in Physics from the University of Latvia in June 2014.
Research Interests
Semiconductor lasers, solid-state lighting applications
Optoelectronics and integrated photonic devices
Light-matter interaction, manipulation of light, laser cooling of atoms
Selected Publications
Journal Articles
Near-Infrared OAM Communication Using 3D-Printed Microscale Spiral Phase Plates
Edgars Stegenburgs, Andrea Bertoncini, Abderrahmen Trichili, Mohd Sharizal Alias, Tien Khee Ng, Mohamed-Slim Alouini, Carlo Liberale, and Boon S. Ooi
IEEE Communications Magazine, 57(8), 65-69 (2019)A polydimethylsiloxane-coated metal structure for all-day radiative cooling
Lyu Zhou, Haomin Song, Jian-Wei Liang, Matthew Singer, Ming Zhou, Edgars Stegenburgs, Nan Zhang, Chen Xu, Tien Khee Ng, Zongfu Yu, Boon S. Ooi, and Qiaoqiang Gan
Nature Sustainability, 2(8), 718-724 (2019)DOI: 10.1038/s41893-019-0348-5
Nature Sustainability research highlight: “Passive cooling in an urban setting” (2019).
(Invited review article) Review of nanophotonics approaches using nanostructures and nanofabrication for III-nitrides ultraviolet-photonic devices
Mohd Sharizal Alias, Malleswararao Tangi, Jorge A. Holguin-Lerma, Edgars Stegenburgs, Abdullah A. Alatawi, Islam Ashry, Ram Chandra Subedi, Davide Priante, Mohammad Khaled Shakfa, Tien Khee Ng, and Boon S. Ooi
Journal of Nanophotonics, 12(4), 043508, 1-56 (2018)Free-space optical channel characterization and experimental validation in a coastal environment
Wael G. Alheadary, Ki-Hong Park, Nasir Alfaraj, Yujian Guo, Edgars Stegenburgs, Tien Khee Ng, Boon S. Ooi, and Mohamed-Slim Alouini
Optics Express, 26(6), 6614-6628 (2018)High Reflectivity YDH/SiO2 Distributed Bragg Reflector for UV-C Wavelength Regime
Mohd Sharizal Alias, Abdullah A. Alatawi, Wong Kim Chong, Malleswararao Tangi, Jorge A. Holguin-Lerma, Edgars Stegenburgs, Mohammad Khaled Shakfa, Tien Khee Ng, Abdulrahman M. Albadri, Ahmed Y. Alyamani, and Boon S. Ooi
IEEE Photonics Journal, 10(2), 2200508, 1-8 (2018)Semipolar III-nitride quantum well waveguide photodetector integrated with laser diode for on-chip photonic system
Chao Shen, Changmin Lee, Edgars Stegenburgs, Jorge Holguin Lerma, Tien Khee Ng, Shuji Nakamura, Steven P. DenBaars, Ahmed Y. Alyamani, Munir M. El-Desouki, and Boon S. Ooi
Applied Physics Express, 10(4), 042201, 1-3 (2017)Semiconductor Today research highlight: “Semi-polar indium gallium nitride laser diode/waveguide photodiode combo” (2017).
Formation of bright and dark states in non-degenerate quantum systems and ultra-high vacuum system design for Rb atoms magneto-optical trap
Edgars Stegenburgs
Bachelor thesis, University of Latvia, Riga, 2014
Conferences & Proceedings
Producing OAM Information Carriers Using Micro-structured Spiral Phase Plates
Edgars Stegenburgs, Andrea Bertoncini, Abderrahmen Trichili, Mohd Sharizal Alias, Tien Khee Ng, Mohamed-Slim Alouini, Carlo Liberale, and Boon S. Ooi
Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), OSA Technical Digest, paper JTh2A.51 (2019)CLEO: 2019 (Micro- and Nano-Photonic Devices (JTh2A) section), San Jose, California, United States, May 5-10, 2019
All-day Radiative Cooling Using Beam-Controlled Architectures
Lyu Zhou, Haomin Song, Jian-Wei Liang, Matthew Singer, Ming Zhou, Edgars Stegenburgs, Nan Zhang, Tien Khee Ng, Zongfu Yu, Boon S. Ooi, and Qiaoqiang Gan
Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), OSA Technical Digest, paper ATh1I.2 (2019)CLEO: 2019 (Radiative Cooling & Photovoltaics (ATh1I) section), San Jose, California, United States, May 5-10, 2019
Metallic Blazed Grating TE Mode Resonance Conditions and Diffraction Efficiency Optical Transfer Function
Edgars Stegenburgs, Mohd Sharizal Alias, Tien Khee Ng, and Boon S. Ooi
17th International Conference on Numerical Simulation of Optoelectronic Devices (NUSOD), IEEE Xplore Digital Library, pp. 127-128 (2017)NUSOD 2017, paper TuP04, Copenhagen, Denmark, July 24-28, 2017
Design and Deployment of Mobile FSO Communication System
Wael Alheadary, Yujian Guo, Edgars Stegenburgs, Ki-Hong Park, Tien Khee Ng, Boon S. Ooi, and Mohamed-Slim Alouini
Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), OSA Technical Digest, paper AW4B.7 (2017)CLEO: 2017 (Lasers and Applications (AW4B) section), San Jose, California, United States, May 14-19, 2017
Blazed Grating Resonance Conditions and Diffraction Efficiency Optical Transfer Function
Edgars Stegenburgs, Mohd Sharizal Alias, Tien Khee Ng, and Boon S. Ooi
KAUST-NSF Research Conference on Interactive Electronics 2017, KAUST, Saudi Arabia, January 30 - February 1, 2017Peculiarities of Bright and Dark States Formation in Three-level Ladders of Na Hyperfine Levels
T. Kirova, N.N. Bezuglov, D.K. Efimov, K. Miculis, M. Bruvelis, A. Cinins, E. Stegenburgs, A. Ekers, M. Auzinsh, and I.I. Ryabtsev
3rd TLL/COLIMA Workshop on manipulation of light by matter and matter by light, Hsinchu, Taiwan, October 18-19, 2014Peculiarities of Bright and Dark States Formation in Three-level Ladders of Na Hyperfine Levels
T. Kirova, E. Stegenburgs, M. Bruvelis, A. Cinins, K. Miculis, A. Ekers, M. Auzinsh, D.K. Efimov, N.N. Bezuglov, and I.I. Ryabtsev
10th International Workshop Control of Quantum Dynamics of Atoms, Molecules and Ensembles by Light (CAMEL 10), Nessebar, Bulgaria, June 23-27, 2014Formation of Dark and Bright States in Hyperfine Levels of Na via Autler-Townes Effect
E. Stegenburgs, T. Kirova, M. Bruvelis, A. Cinins, K. Miculis, A. Ekers, D.K. Efimov, and N.N. Bezuglov
10th International Young Scientist Conference Developments in Optics and Communications, p. 61, Riga, Latvia, April 12, 2014Experimental Observation of the Formation of Multiple Dressed States in Sodium Hyperfine Level Systems
E. Stegenburgs, A. Leitis, A. Cinins, M. Bruvelis, D.K. Efimov, N.N. Bezuglov, A. Ekers, and T. Kirova
72nd Annual Scientific Conference of the University of Latvia, p. 33, Riga, Latvia, February 7, 2014
Education
2015 - Present:MS/PhD in Electrical Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Saudi Arabia
Electro-Physics track in Electrical Engineering. The Electro-Physics track encompasses technical areas of solid-state electronics, microsystems, electromagnetics and photonics.
2014: Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Physics, University of Latvia (UL), Latvia
Fundamental and modern physics from classical mechanics to quantum theory and mathematics. Programme contains experimental, theoretical and engineering physics.
Professional Profile
January 2015 - Present
Graduate Researcher, Photonics Laboratory, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Saudi Arabia
February 2013 - August 2014
Natural Sciences Laboratory Assistant, Laser Centre, University of Latvia (UL), Latvia
July 2013
Internship at Merseburg University of Applied Sciences, Germany - "Basic Experiments in Sensor Technology and Laser Physics"
Scientific and Professional Memberships
Member of IEEE (Photonics Society and Electron Devices Society)
Member of OSA (Optical Society of America)
Member of SPIE (International Society for Optics and Photonics)
Awards
2012 - 2014: Memorial Scholarship of Prof. Edgars Imants Silins, administrated by fund "Vitolu fonds".
2012 - 2014: Latvian government scholarship for bachelor's studies in physics at the University of Latvia.
KAUST Affiliations
Computer, Electrical and Mathematical Sciences and Engineering (CEMSE) Division l Electrical Engineering
