Jorge A. Holguin-Lerma
PhD Student
"Currently a Postdoctoral Fellow at Yale University, USA"
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Introduction
Jorge A. Holguín-Lerma is a Ph.D. Student in Electrical Engineering at the KAUST Photonics Lab. He holds an M.S. in Materials Science and Engineering (KAUST, Saudi Arabia, 2016), and a college degree in Electromedical Engineering (ULSA Chihuahua, Mexico, 2012). Before joining KAUST he worked as Component Engineer at Honeywell.
Jorge has authored and co-authored 30+ journal papers and conference presentations. He has served as a technical referee for the journals Light: Science & Applications (Springer Nature), Applied Optics (OSA), Optics Letters (OSA), Optics Express (OSA), Photonics Journal (IEEE), Photonics Technology Letters (PTL), and Superlattices & Microstructures (Elsevier). He has served as the President of the KAUST OSA Student Chapter and he is a student member of SPIE, IEEE Photonics Society, and OSA. Jorge's recent outreach activities have directly impacted 350+ people with one-to-one engagement, public talks, and more.
Research Interests
Jorge's research interests include semiconductor laser diodes, superluminescent diodes, and their applications.
Selected Publications
Journal Articles
J. A. Holguín-Lerma*, M. Kong*, O. Alkhazragi, X. Sun, T. K. Ng, B. S. Ooi, “480-nm distributed-feedback InGaN laser diode for 10.5-Gbit/s visible-light communication.” Optics Letters, 2020. (https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.385954)
J. A. Holguín-Lerma, T. K. Ng, B. S. Ooi, "Narrow-line InGaN/GaN green laser diode with high-order distributed-feedback (DFB) surface grating." Applied Physics Express, 2019. (https://doi.org/10.7567/1882-0786/ab0a57)
Featured by Compound Semiconductor: “Narrowing the linewidth of the green laser”
Volume 25 Issue 5 JUNE 2019. (https://compoundsemiconductor.net/magazine)
Featured by Semiconductor Today: “Distributed feed-back gratings for indium gallium nitride laser diodes.”
(http://www.semiconductor-today.com/news_items/2019/may/kaust_030519.shtml)
A. A. Alatawi*, J. A. Holguín-Lerma*, C. H. Kang, C. Shen, R. C. Subedi, A. M. Albadri, A. Y. Alyamani, T. K. Ng, B. S. Ooi, "High-power blue superluminescent diode for high CRI lighting and high-speed visible light communication." Optics Express, 2018. (https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.26.026355)
Featured by KAUST Discovery Magazine, "Brighter blue lights for faster communication."
(https://discovery.kaust.edu.sa/en/article/775/brighter-blue-lights-for-faster-communication)
M. S. Alias, M. Tangi, J. A. Holguín-Lerma, E. Stegenburgs, A. A. Alatawi, I. Ashry, R. C. Subedi, D. Priante, M. K. Shakfa, T. K. Ng, B. S. Ooi, “Review of nanophotonics approaches using nanostructures and nanofabrication for III-nitrides ultraviolet photonic devices.” Journal of Nanophotonics, 2018. (https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JNP.12.043508)
Conferences and Proceedings
M. Kong*, J. A. Holguín-Lerma*, O. Alkhazragi, X. Sun, T. K. Ng, B. S. Ooi, “10-Gbit/s Sky-Blue Distributed Feedback Laser Diode-Based Visible Light Communication.” OFC, San Diego, CA. USA, 2020. (https://doi.org/10.1364/OFC.2020.T3C.3)
F. Hu*, J. A. Holguín-Lerma*, Y. Mao, C. Shen, X. Sun, M. Kong, T. K. Ng, B. S. Ooi, N. Chi, “3.8-Gbit/s visible light communication (VLC) based on 443-nm superluminescent diode and bit-loading discrete-multiple-tone (DMT) modulation scheme,” SPIE Photonics West. San Francisco, CA. USA, 2020. (https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2543983)
-Best Student Paper in Optical Communications
J. A. Holguín-Lerma, T. K. Ng, B. S. Ooi. “Narrow-line emission at green wavelengths—distributed feedback (DFB) grating on InGaN/GaN laser diodes”, ICNS-13, Bellevue, WA. USA, 2019
Education
2016 - Current Ph.D. Student in Electrical Engineering, KAUST. Thuwal, Saudi Arabia.
2014 - 2016 M.S. in Materials Science and Engineering, KAUST. Thuwal, Saudi Arabia.
2008 - 2012 Degree in Electromedical Engineering, ULSA Chihuahua. Chihuahua, Mexico.
Awards
2019 Optics and Photonics Education Scholarship by the SPIE. USA, 2019.
KAUST Fellowship for Graduate Studies. Saudi Arabia, 2014 and 2016.
Saint John Baptist De La Salle Medal, Class of 2012. Highest student distinction in ULSA Chihuahua. Mexico, 2013.
Gold Medal B on the XVII Mexican Chemistry Olympiad. Mexico, 2008.
Children’s Knowledge Olympics 2001-2002. Meeting with the President of Mexico. Recipient of the Mexican Government Scholarship. Mexico, 2002.
KAUST Affiliations
Computer, Electrical and Mathematical Sciences and Engineering (CEMSE) Division l Electrical Engineering