Chun Hong Kang

PhD Student

Research Interests: GaN, Photonics and optoelectronics

ChunHong.Kang@kaust.edu.sa | Personal Website | Download CV

Introduction

Chun Hong Kang is a Ph.D. Student in Electrical and Computer Engineering at Photonics Laboratory, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST). Prior to joining KAUST, he obtained his B.Eng. and M.Sc. in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS. His current research focuses on the development of high-speed optoelectronics materials and devices for their eventual applications in optical wireless communication, with over 30 authored/co-authored publications in peer-reviewed journals and conference proceedings.

Serving for the scientific community, he has also contributed as the technical reviewers for various refereed journals, e.g. Photonics Research, Applied Physics Letters, Photonics Journal, Optics Express, Optical Materials Express and Applied Optics. He is also a student member of IEEE, SPIE and OSA.

Research Interests

• Semiconductor optoelectronics materials and devices (e.g. photodetector, LED, laser, SLD)

• Nanomaterials

• Optical wireless communication

Selected Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLES

C. H. Kang, I. Dursun, G. Liu, L. Sinatra, X. Sun, M. Kong, J. Pan, P. Maity, E.-N. Ooi, T. K. Ng, O. F. Mohammed, O. M. Bakr, and B. S. Ooi, “High-speed colour-converting photodetector with all-inorganic CsPbBr3 perovskite nanocrystals for ultraviolet light communication,” Light: Science & Applications 8, 94 (2019).

C. H. Kang, G. Liu, C. Lee, O. Alkhazragi, J. M. Wagstaff, K.-H. Li, F. Alhawaj, T. K. Ng, J. S. Speck, S. Nakamura, S. P. DenBaars, and B. S. Ooi, “Semipolar (2021​) InGaN/GaN micro-photodetector for gigabit-per-second visible light communication,” Applied Physics Express 13, 0141001 (2020).

O. Alkhazragi, C. H. Kang, M. Kong, G. Liu, C. Lee, K.-H. Li, H. Zhang, J. M. Wagstaff, F. Alhawaj, T. K. Ng, J. S. Speck, S. Nakamura, S. P. DenBaars, and B. S. Ooi, “7.4-Gbit/s visible-light communication utilizing wavelength-selective semipolar micro-photodetector,” IEEE Photonics Technology Letters 32(13), 767-770 (2020).

C. H. Kang, A. Trichili, O. Alkhazragi, H. Zhang, R. C. Subedi, Y. Guo, S. Mitra, C. Shen, I. S. Roqan, T. K. Ng, M.-S. Alouini, and B. S. Ooi, “Ultraviolet-to-blue color-converting scintillating-fibers photoreceiver for 375-nm laser-based underwater wireless optical communication,” Optics Express 27(21), 30450-30461 (2019).

C. H. Kang, C. Shen, M. S. M. Saheed, N. M. Mohamed, T. K. Ng, B. S. Ooi and Z. A. Burhanudin, “Carbon nanotube-graphene composite film as transparent conductive electrode for GaN-based light-emitting diodes,” Applied Physics Letters 109, 081902 (2016).

K.-H. Li*, C. H. Kang*, J.-H. Min, N. Alfaraj, J.-W. Liang, L. Braic, Z. Guo, M. N. Hedhili, T. K. Ng, and B. S. Ooi, “Single-crystalline all-oxide α–γ–β heterostructures for deep-ultraviolet photodetection,” ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 12(48), 53932–53941 (2020).

(Invited review) T. K. Ng*, J. A. Holguin-Lerma*, C. H. Kang*, I. Ashry, H. Zhang, G. Bucci, and B. S. Ooi, “Group-III-nitride and halide-perovskite semiconductor gain media for amplified spontaneous emission and lasing applications,” Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics 54(14), 143001 (2021).

(Invited review) M. Kong, C. H. Kang, O. Alkhazragi, X. Sun, Y. Guo, M. Sait, J. A. Holguin-Lerma, T. K. Ng, and B. S. Ooi, “A survey on energy-autonomous solar cell receivers for satellite-air-ground-ocean optical wireless communication,” Progress in Quantum Electronics 74, 100300 (2020).

(Invited review) X. Sun, C. H. Kang, M. Kong, O. Alkhazragi, Y. Guo, M. Ouhssain, Y. Weng, B. H. Jones, T. K. Ng, and B. S. Ooi, “A review on practical considerations and solutions in underwater wireless optical communication,” Journal of Lightwave Technology 38(2), 421-431 (2020).

(Invited review) N. Alfaraj, J.-W. Min, C. H. Kang, A. A. Alatawi, D. Priante, R. C. Subedi, M. Tangi, T. K. Ng, and B. S. Ooi, “Deep-ultraviolet integrated photonic and optoelectronic devices: A prospect of the hybridization of group III–nitrides, III–oxides, and two-dimensional materials,” Journal of Semiconductors 40(12), 121801 (2019).

CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

(Selected as post-deadline paper) C. H. Kang, I. Dursun, G. Liu, L. Sinatra, X. Sun, M. Kong, J. Pan, P. Maity, E.-N. Ooi, T. K. Ng, O. F. Mohammed, O. M. Bakr, and B. S. Ooi, “High-speed ultraviolet-C photodetector based on frequency down-converting CsPbBr3 perovskite nanocrystals on silicon platform,” in IEEE Photonics Conference (IPC), San Antonio, Texas, USA, 29 September-3 October 2019.

C. H. Kang, G. Liu, C. Lee, O. Alkhazragi, J. M. Wagstaff, K.-H. Li, F. Alhawaj, T. K. Ng, J. S. Speck, S. Nakamura, S. P. DenBaars, and B. S. Ooi, “1.5-Gbit/s filter-free optical communication link based on wavelength-selective semipolar ( ) InGaN/GaN micro-photodetector,” in Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), San Jose, USA, 10-15 May 2020.

Education

2017 – Present: Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, KAUST, Saudi Arabia

2015 - 2017: M.Sc. in Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Malaysia

2010 - 2014: B.Eng. in Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Malaysia​

Professional Profile

• Graduate Researcher and Teaching Assistant, Center of Innovative Nanostructures and Nanodevices, UTP

• Research Intern, Photonics Laboratory, KAUST

Scientific and Professional Memberships

• Student Member of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

• Student Member of The Optical Society (OSA)

• Student Member of Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE)

• Graduate Engineer of Board of Engineers Malaysia (BEM)​

Awards

2014: Innovation Award, IEEE Circuits and Systems Society (CAS) Malaysia Chapter

2014: 3rd Place – Electronics Track, IEEE Malaysia FYP Competition, IEEE Malaysia Chapter

2015: MyBrain15 Scholarship for Graduate Studies, Ministry of Higher Education, Malaysia

2017: Postgraduate Outstanding Project – Material, Process and Devices, IEEE Electron Devices Society (EDS) Malaysia Chapter

2017: KAUST Fellowship for Graduate Studies, Saudi Arabia​

KAUST Affiliations

Computer, Electrical and Mathematical Sciences and Engineering (CEMSE) | Electrical and Computer Engineering