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

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

The Optical Society of America announced the approval of Dr. Tien Khee Ng as a new Senior Member.​​​​

https://www.osa.org/en-us/about_osa/newsroom/news_releases/2018/the_optical_society_announces_2018_class_of_senior/

"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

By Dr. Tien Khee Ng.

https://cemse.kaust.edu.sa/events/Pages/EE-graduate-seminar-Tien%20Khee.aspx

"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

"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

"High-speed communication systems based on ultraviolet radiation are now in sight."​

https://discovery.kaust.edu.sa/en/article/444/unleashing-ultraviolet-brings-visible%250aimprovement

Prof. Qiaoqiang Gan and Dr. Tien Khee Ng presented research seminars on "Fresh Water Generation Using Solar Energy" and "Research at KAUST Photonics Laboratory".​

"Boon Ooi, professor of electrical engineering in the University’s Computer, Electrical and Mathematical Sciences and Engineering Division, was recently elected as a Fellow of the Optical Society of America (OSA)."

https://www.kaust.edu.sa/en/news/boon-ooi-elected-osa-fellow

"Solution-processed semiconductors have come to rival traditional laser materials at visible wavelengths."

https://www.osapublishing.org/spotlight/summary.cfm?id=371454

"Modulating the signal of an ultraviolet LED emitting at 294nm, researchers from KAUST have demonstrated a high-speed near-solar-blind communication link with a data rate of 71 Mbit/s. Using UV-B light has several benefits..."

http://www.eenewseurope.com/news/researchers-prove-non-line-sight-ultraviolet-li-fi-71mbits

An underwater wireless optical communications system for streaming high-quality, live video.​

https://discovery.kaust.edu.sa/en/article/409/no-strings-attached-for-underwater-video-system

Flatter materials have fewer imperfections, which makes for better solar cells and light sensors.

https://discovery.kaust.edu.sa/en/article/394/fewer-defects-from-a-2d-approach

This year the conference is taking place October 1-5, 2017 at the Hilton Orlando Lake Buena Vista, Florida, USA. Congratulations to Chao Shen.​

http://www.ipc-ieee.org/

"First demonstration of near-ultraviolet (NUV) laser diodes (LDs) and red-green-blue (RGB) phosphors for white visible light communication (VLC)."

http://www.semiconductor-today.com/news_items/2017/aug/usb_090817.shtml

New study shows the thermodynamic entropy behaviour of InGaN/GaN nanowires.

https://compoundsemiconductor.net/article/101555/KAUST_team_reveals_thermodynamic_disorder_in_GaN-based_nanowires

Tien Khee Ng presented an invited talk and chaired a Micro/nano Optics, Nanophotonics session at the 6th Conference on Advances in Optoelectronics and Micro/Nano-optics at Nanjing, China (April 23-26, 2017).

http://www.aom2017.com/show.asp?navid=7

"Thomas Alva Edison’s incandescent light bulb, patented in 1879, has served us well for more than a century. But, in the modern eco-conscious environment, it is fantastically wasteful – turning 98% of the electricity into heat rather than light."

http://www.soci.org/chemistry-and-industry/cni-data/2016/9/what-a-bright-idea

"Researchers based in Saudi Arabia and USA have integrated a waveguide photodetector (WPD) with a 405nm laser diode (LD) using free-standing semi-polar gallium nitride (GaN) technology."

http://www.semiconductor-today.com/news_items/2017/mar/kaust_240317.shtml