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King Fahd University of Petroleum &  Minerals

Dhahran, Saudi Arabia

 

        NanoPhotonics & Plasmonics Research

 

 

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Research Scope and Interests

Poster

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.

 

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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.