Chun Hong Kang

About

Chun Hong Kang received his Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST). He holds a B.Eng. (Honors) and M.Sc. in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS. His current research is centered on advancing optoelectronic devices, sub-components, and integrated systems, with a particular focus on their practical applications in optical fiber sensing and optical wireless communication for oil & gas, agriculture, and underwater domains. He has contributed to over 80 publications in peer-reviewed journals and conference proceedings, and holds multiple U.S. and international patents. Dr. Kang has also received multiple academic awards and recognitions, including the SPIE Optics and Photonics Education Scholarship, IOP Top Cited Paper Award, IOP Outstanding Reviewer Awards, Outstanding Paper Award, and Highly Cited Paper Award by Light: Science & Applications (Nature Publishing Group).

In addition to his research contributions, he also regularly served as the technical reviewer for various peer-reviewed journals from OPTICA, IEEE, AIP, ACS, IOP & Wiley. He is also a member of IEEE, SPIE, and OPTICA.

Research Interests

• Optoelectronics materials and devices
• Luminescent materials
• Optical-based sensing and wireless communication

Selected Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLES

• (Invited Perspective) C. H. Kang, Y. Wang, O. Alkhazragi, H. Lu, T. K. Ng, B. S. Ooi, "Down-converting luminescent optoelectronics and their applications," APL Photonics 8(2), 020903 (2023).
• C. H. Kang, O. Alkhazragi, L. Sinatra, S. Alshaibani, Y. Wang, K.-H. Li, M. Kong, M. Lutfullin, O. M. Bakr, T. K. Ng, and B. S. Ooi, “All-inorganic halide-perovskite polymer-fiber-photodetector for high-speed optical wireless communication,” Optics Express 30(6), 9823-9840 (2022). (*Selected as an Editors’ Picks)
• A. Tankimanova*, C. H. Kang*, O. Alkhazragi*, H. Tang*, M. Kong, L. Sinatra, M. Lutfullin, D. Li, S. Ding, B. Xu, O. M. Bakr, K. Wang, X. Sun, T. K. Ng, and B. S. Ooi, "Colloidol PbS quantum dots for visible-to-near-infrared optical-internet-of-things," IEEE Photonics Journal 13(2), 7901011 (2021). (*Equal contributing authors)
• 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). (*Selected for "Top Cited Paper Award (Saudi Arabia) in 2020" by IOP Publishing)
• 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). (*Equal contributing authors)
• 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 color-converting photodetector with all-inorganic CsPbBr₃ perovskite nanocrystals for ultraviolet light communication,” Light: Science & Applications 8, 94 (2019). (*Selected for "Outstanding Paper Award in 2020" & "ESI Highly Cited Paper Award" by Light: Science & Applications - Nature Publishing Group)
• 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).
• (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). (*Equal contributing authors)
• (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

• C. H. Kang, I. Ashry, B. Yang, C. Birnie, D. Wamriew, E. M. Diallo, B. Ma, C. Wei, M. Ravasi, B. S. Ooi, and T. Finkbeiner, “Real-time monitoring of lab-scale hydraulic fracturing using fiber-optic distributed acoustic sensing (DAS),” in SPIE Optics + Photonics, San Diego, California, U.S.A, 3 – 7 August 2025.
• (Highlighted Talk) C. H. Kang, I. Ashry, J. Marin, T. Ariff, A. Rjeb, W. Gunawan, T. K. Ng, and B. S. Ooi, “On the large-scale field experiment of machine learning-aided fiber-optic distributed acoustic sensing for early detection of red palm weevils,” in Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S.A, 5 – 10 May 2024.
• (Top-Scored Paper) C. H. Kang, O. Alkhazragi, L. Sinatra, S. Alshaibani, Y. Wang, K.-H. Li, M. Kong, M. Lutfullin, O. M. Bakr, T. K. Ng, and B. S. Ooi, "Wide-field-of-view perovskite quantum-dots fibers array for easing pointing, acquisition and tracking in underwater wireless optical communication," in Optical Fiber Communication Conference (OFC) 2022, San Diego, California, USA, 6 - 10 March 2022.
• (Post-deadline paper) C. H. Kang, O. Alkhazragi, L. Sinatra, S. Alshaibani, K.-H. Li, M. Kong, M. Lutfullin, O. M. Bakr, T. K. Ng, and B. S. Ooi, "All-inorganic halide-perovskite-polymer luminescent fibers for high-bitrate ultraviolet free-space optical communication," in IEEE Photonics Conference (IPC), Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, 18 - 21 October 2021.
• (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 (20-21) InGaN/GaN micro-photodetector,” in Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), San Jose, USA, 10-15 May 2020.

Education Profile

2017 – 2021: 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 Memberships

• Member, IEEE
• Treasurer, IEEE Photonics Society Westen Saudi Arabia Section
• Member, OPTICA
• Member, SPIE

Awards and Distinctions

• 2023: Outstanding Reviewer Award by Nanotechnology (IOP Publishing)
• 2023: ESI Highly Cited Paper Award by Light: Science & Applications (Nature Publishing Group)
• 2022: Top-Scored Paper in OFC'22
• 2021: CEMSE Research Excellence Award
• 2021: Optics and Photonics Education Scholarship by SPIE
• 2020: Outstanding Paper Award in 2020 by Light: Science & Applications (Nature Publishing Group)
• 2020: Top Cited Paper Award (Saudi Arabia) by IOP Publishing
• 2020: Outstanding Reviewer award by Semiconductor Science and Technology (IOP Publishing)
• 2017: Postgraduate Award for Outstanding Project in Material, Process and Product by IEEE Electron Devices Society (EDS) Malaysia Chapter
• 2015: MyBrain15 Scholarship for Graduates Studies by Malaysia's Ministry of Higher Education
• 2014: Innovation Award by IEEE Circuits and Systems Society (CASS) Malaysia Chapter