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Compound Semiconductor features "Researchers Simplify Fabrication Of Nanowire UV-LEDs On Silicon"
"KAUST team demonstrates dislocation-free AlGaN nanowires that spontaneously coalesce to allow device fabrication without planarisation."
SPIE Newsroom features "Perovskite nanocrystals as color converters for record-breaking visible light communications"
"Cesium lead bromide perovskite nanocrystals are used to generate white light that can be used as both an efficient lighting source and for ultrafast data transfer."
KAUST Innovation & Economic Development technology license and video: A Laser-Based Illumination Technology for Indoor Horticulture Applications
"KAUST's Laser Horticulture is a single source light solution for indoor agriculture that saves water, energy and performs longer."
Advanced Science News Research Highlight: "Thermal-Transport Biosensor Distinguishes Different Types of Cancer"
"Scientists from KAUST in Saudi Arabia succeeded in differentiating between two different types of cancer (cervical and breast cancers), and also between subtypes of the same cancer (basal and luminal cancer cells) by measuring their thermal-transport properties."
http://www.advancedsciencenews.com/thermal-transport-biosensor-distinguishes-different-types-cancer/
KAUST 7th Commencement: Dr. Ahmad Ali Al-Jabr, Dr. Hala H. Al-Hashim, Dr. Amanda Ooi, and Master Edgars Stegenburgs
Dr. Ahmad Ali Al-Jabr, Dr. Hala H. Al-Hashim, Dr. Amanda Ooi, and Master Edgars Stegenburgs graduates from KAUST Class of 2016!
https://www.kaust.edu.sa/en/news/kaust-celebrates-seventh-commencement
Dr. Khan and KFUPM students visited the Photonics Laboratory
The visit was a part of KFUPM EE420 (Optical Fiber Communication) senior level course field trip.
IEDM 2016 session "Optoelectronic Integration" chaired by Prof. Ooi and Chao Shen presents his work
During the 62nd IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM) conference 2016 Prof. Ooi chairs a session and Chao Shen presents his work.
http://ieee-iedm.org/session-22-optoelectronics-displays-imagers-optoelectronic-integration/
Nature Middle East Research Highlight: "Sifting through cells using heat"
"Laser-beam-induced heat and a nano-wrap reveal heat diffusion patterns in living cells."
Prof. Ooi joined the Saudi Arabia convoy in UNFCCC Marrakech Climate Change Conference 2016
"The 2016 United Nations Climate Change Conference is held under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and is expected to be attended by delegates from 196 countries."
http://unfccc.int/meetings/marrakech_nov_2016/meeting/9567.php
EE Times Europe News: "Nanowire LED fills the green-yellow gap in white light"
"KAUST and KACST have come up with a novel way to fill the “green-yellow gap” typically seen in white-LED implementations based on multiple phosphors."
http://www.electronics-eetimes.com/news/nanowire-led-fills-green-yellow-gap-white-light
Chao Shen wins the 2nd place in 2016 IEEE Photonics Society Student and Young Professional Poster Competition
Congratulations! The poster competition is part of IPC 2016 (IEEE Photonics Conference).
http://www.ipc-ieee.org/program/Student-and-Young-Professional-Poster-Competition-and-Reception
Celebrating Global Recognition - KAUST ranks #1 in Citations per Faculty in 2016/17 QS Rankings
KAUST ranks #1 in Citations per Faculty and #19 for the largest growth in high-quality research contributions among the world's universities.
https://www.natureindex.com/supplements/nature-index-2016-rising-stars/tables/institutions
Phys.org features "Improved nanoscale patterning using aniodine or xenon difluoride gas"
"A technique developed by scientists at KAUST has made more controlled fabrication of optoelectronic devices produced from a hybrid of organic and inorganic materials possible."
http://phys.org/news/2016-07-nanoscale-patterning-aniodine-xenon-difluoride.html
Ahmad Ali Al-Jabr defended his thesis and graduated with a PhD degree. Congratulations!
Ahmad Ali Al-Jabr has successfully defended his PhD thesis "Development of Strain-Induced Quantum Well Intermixing Technique on InGaP/InAlGaP Laser Structures and Demonstration of First Orange Laser Diode".
https://cemse.kaust.edu.sa/events/Pages/PhD-Defense-Ahmad-Al-Jabr.aspx
ACS C&EN, Phys.org, IET E&T, Laser Focus World, OPN, Futurism, AlJazeera, EE Times, Lux Review, and others features "Bandwidth record for data communication using laser-based visible light"
"In this bandwidth hungry era, there will be a continuous push by consumers for VLC systems with higher bitrates," Ooi said. "We believe that white light generated by semiconductor lasers will one day replace the LED white light bulb for energy-efficient lighting."
http://cen.acs.org/articles/94/web/2016/06/Perovskite-phosphor-boosts-visible-light.html
Prof. Boon Ooi and Lab members attended CLEO:2016 in San Jose, USA
Prof. Boon Ooi, Chao Zhao, Chao Shen and Hassan Oubei at CLEO:2016 in San Jose, USA.
Semiconductor Today’s editorial features "Quantum well/barrier intermixing blue-shift of InGaP"
KAUST has developed a quantum well intermixing technique to blue-shift indium gallium phosphide (InGaP) quantum well bandgaps to give 628nm red, 602nm orange and 585nm yellow electroluminescence.
http://www.semiconductor-today.com/news_items/2016/may/kaust_040516.shtml
Incubic/Milton Chang Travel Grant at CLEO awarded to Photonics Lab Student
Chao Shen is rewarded with Incubic/Milton Chang travel grant for CLEO:2016.