Research Scope and Interests
Solid-state Lighting
Lighting
consumes over 20% of all electricity produced which corresponds to
over 25
Quads of primary fuel (with an associated 410 million tons of carbon
emissions), at an annual
cost of ~$300 billion. In the U.S. alone, it is
estimated that over $120 billion in energy savings could be realized
by 2020 if the efficiency target of 200 lumens per watt can be
achieved. This will also enable a significant reduction in the
generation of green house gases. Solid-state lighting, in the form
of light emitting diodes
(LEDs), with a theoretical limit of ~ 300 lumens per watt, has the
ability to meet this target.
Plasmonics
“Plasmonics” is an emerging field of research that deals with surface plasmon resonance related science and technology. Under certain conditions, the energy carried by the photons is transferred to collective excitations of free electrons in metals, called surface plasmons, at the interface. The energy transfer occurs only at specific resonance wavelengths of light when the momentum of the photon and the plasmon are matched. Plasmonics holds the promise of merging photonics and electronics at the nano-scale and enabling both technologies to overcome size and speed limitations.
Research Links
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Undergraduate Projects
The Nanophotonics lab is offering research fund for up to (3) EE/PHYS undergraduate students to work on SSL-related projects. The funds are provided by the TIC-SSL-KAUST.
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Graduate Projects
The Nanophotonics lab is offering research fund for PhD and MS EE students to work on SSL-related projects. The funds are provided by the TIC-SSL-KAUST. Students will have the chance to work on state-of-the-art GaN LED structures. Training on equipment and fabrication processes is facilitated through visits to KAUST Photonics.
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On-going Projects Technology Innovation Center on Solid-State Lighting at KAUST
Funded by King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST). Grant value SR 50,000,000. Duration: 5 years.
Objective: The establishment
of an interdisciplinary innovation center on Solid-State
Lighting at KAUST to address the future energy efficient lighting
technology, to educate
21st century workforce in the new lighting
technology, and to
spearhead
economic
investment in this
high-growth technology in the Kingdom.
Completed Projects Emerging Nanohotonics & Plasmonics Tech for the 21st Century
Funded by the PMI2 Program, the British Council, Project Number: RC GS 246. In Collaboration with Professor A. Rahman, City University London (UK). Grant value SR 300,000. Duration: May 2009-February 2012.
Completed Projects Modulation of Surface-Plasmon Polaritons
Sabbatical leave at Photonics Laboratory, KAUST, Saudi Araiba, Project Number: IN101042. Grant value SR 380,000. Duration: September 2011-August 2012.
Completed Projects Investigation of Soil Moisture using Advanced GPR Data Analysis
Funded by King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST), Project Number: AT 29 107. Grant value SR 660,000. Duration: Oct 2010-Sept 2013.