I study and develop optical wireless communication systems.

Education Profile

M.S./Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering at KAUST, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia, January 2018 - Present.

B.S. in Electrical Engineering at KFUPM, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, January 2014 - January 2018.

Professional Profile

Teaching assistant, Semiconductor Optoelectronic Devices, KAUST, (9/2020 - 12/2020).

Visiting Research Assistant, Key Laboratory for Information Science of Electromagnetic Waves, Fudan University, (September 2019).

Research intern, Photonics Laboratory, KAUST, (7-2017 - 8-2017).

Teaching assistant, Communications Laboratory, KFUPM, (2/2017 - 6/2017).

Honors and Awards

Qiyas Excellence Award for Scientific Distinction.

KFUPM Physics Olympiad - 1st place.

Omar Alkhazragi is an M.S./Ph.D. student at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST). He obtained the degree of Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering with First Honors from King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM) in 2018. He was a visiting student at KAUST during the summer of 2017.

Research Interests

Omar's research interests include optical wireless communications and Solid-state lighting.

Selected Publications

Omar Alkhazragi, Fangchen Hu, Peng Zou, Yinaer Ha, Yuan Mao, Tien Khee Ng, Nan Chi, and Boon S. Ooi, "2.4-Gbps Ultraviolet-C Solar-Blind Communication Based on Probabilistically Shaped DMT Modulation", in Optical Fiber Communication Conference (OFC) 2020, OSA Technical Digest (Optical Society of America, 2020), paper M3I.5. San Diego, California United States, 8–12 March 2020. DOI: 10.1364/OFC.2020.M3I.5 HDL: 10754/662172
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10754/662172
DOI
10.1364/OFC.2020.M3I.5
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Omar Alkhazragi, Xiaobin Sun, Viktor Zuba, El-Mehdi Amhoud, Hassan Oubei, Tien Khee Ng, Burton Jones, Mohamed-Slim Alouini, and Boon S. Ooi, "Spectrally resolved characterization of thermally induced underwater turbulence using a broadband white-light interrogator", IEEE Photonics Journal, 11(5) Art. No. 7905609 (2019). DOI: 10.1109/JPHOT.2019.2936428 HDL: 10754/656592
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10754/656592
DOI
10.1109/jphot.2019.2936428
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Omar Alkhazragi, Fangchen Hu, Peng Zou, Yinaer Ha, Chun Hong Kang, Yuan Mao, Tien Khee Ng, Nan Chi, and Boon S. Ooi, "Gbit/s ultraviolet-C diffuse-line-of-sight communication based on probabilistically shaped DMT and diversity reception", Optics Express 28(7), 9111-9122 (2020). DOI: 10.1364/OE.389262 HDL: 10754/662170
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10754/662170
DOI
10.1364/OE.389262
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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 (2019).
Handle
10754/660328
DOI
10.7567/1882-0786/ab58eb
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M. Hosne M. Shamim, Omar Alkhazragi, Tien Khee Ng, Boon S. Ooi, and Mohammed Zahed M. Khan, "Tunable Dual-Wavelength Self-injection Locked InGaN/GaN Green Laser Diode", IEEE Access, vol. 7, pp. 143324-143330, 2019. DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2019.2944693 HDL: 10754/656835
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10754/656835
DOI
10.1109/access.2019.2944693
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Yang Weng, Yujian Guo, Omar Alkhazragi, Tien Khee Ng, Jen-Hwa Guo, and Boon S. Ooi, "Impact of Turbulent-Flow-Induced Scintillation on Deep-Ocean Wireless Optical Communication", Journal of Lightwave Technology (2019). DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2019.2928465 HDL: 10754/656072
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10754/656072
DOI
10.1109/jlt.2019.2928465
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Chun Hong Kang, Abderrahmen Trichili, Omar Alkhazragi, Huafan Zhang, Ram Chandra Subedi, Yujian Guo, Somak Mitra, Chao Shen, Iman S. Roqan, Tien Khee Ng, Mohamed-Slim Alouini, and Boon S. Ooi, "Ultraviolet-to-blue color-converting scintillating-fibers photoreceiver for 375-nm laser-based underwater wireless optical communication", Optics Express 27, 30450-30461 (2019). DOI: 10.1364/OE.27.030450 HDL: 10754/658566
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10754/658566
DOI
10.1364/oe.27.030450
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Xiaobin Sun, Wenqi Cai, Omar Alkhazragi, Ee-Ning Ooi, Hongsen He, Anas Chaaban, Chao Shen, Hassan Makine Oubei, Mohammed Zahed Mustafa Khan, Tien Khee Ng, Mohamed-Slim Alouini, and Boon S. Ooi, "375-nm ultraviolet-laser based non-line-of-sight underwater optical communication", Optics Express, 26(10), 12870-12877 (2018). DOI: 10.1364/OE.26.012870 HDL: 10754/627756
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10754/627756
DOI
10.1364/oe.26.012870
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H. M. Oubei, X. Sun, T. K. Ng, O. Alkhazragi, M. Alouini and S. Boon Ooi, "Scintillations of RGB laser beams in weak temperature and salinity-induced oceanic turbulence", 2018 Fourth Underwater Communications and Networking Conference (UComms), 2018, pp. 1-4.
UComms 2018, Lerici, Italy, August 28-30, 2018 DOI: 10.1109/UComms.2018.8493227 HDL: 10754/629429
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10754/629429
DOI
10.1109/ucomms.2018.8493227
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Publications

Publications on Google Scholar
Publications on Orcid
Publication on KAUST Repository
Academic Advisors
KAUST CEMSE EE Photonics Boon Ooi

Boon Ooi

Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
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