About Osman M. Bakr Osman M. Bakr Professor, Material Science and Engineering infrared imaging renewable energy technologies optoelectronics solar cells photodetectors Osman M. Bakr is a professor of Material Science and Engineering at KAUST, specializing in the physics and chemistry of nanomaterials with unique optical, electronic, and magnetic properties. His research focuses on the development of hybrid nanomaterials for solar cells, batteries, and photonic devices. Articles Related News May 2025 Saudi research institutes achieve record-breaking performance in data security 1 min read · Tue, May 27 2025 News Clip News Press Releases quantum computing data security microelectronics advanced semiconductors QRNG Micro-LEDs A new quantum random number generator is almost 1000 times faster than other generators and much smaller, promising to change data management and cybersecurity in several industries including health, finance and defense May 2022 Fiber glow brings more go for underwater communications 1 min read · Tue, May 24 2022 News communications material science flexible electronics electrical engineering KAUST scientists have developed an optical-based wireless network system that has significant potential for faster underwater optical communications. August 2021 Outstanding KAUST research acknowledged by leading photonics journal 2 min read · Sun, Aug 8 2021 News optics photonics photodetector optical engineering Optical wireless communications radio frequency communication KAUST professors Boon Ooi and Osman Bakr and their respective research groups have recently had their collaborative research recognized by one of the major journals for optics and photonics, Light: Science & Applications (LSA). The teams’ paper— titled "High-speed color-converting photodetector with all-inorganic CsPbBr3 perovskite nanocrystals for ultraviolet light communication—" was awarded as an “Outstanding Paper of Light: Science & Applications in 2020.” February 2017 SPIE Newsroom features "Perovskite nanocrystals as color converters for record-breaking visible light communications" 1 min read · Wed, Feb 22 2017 News Cesium lead bromide perovskite nanocrystals are used to generate white light that can be used as both an efficient lighting source and for ultrafast data transfer. https://doi.org/10.1117/2.1201611.006756
Saudi research institutes achieve record-breaking performance in data security 1 min read · Tue, May 27 2025 News Clip News Press Releases quantum computing data security microelectronics advanced semiconductors QRNG Micro-LEDs A new quantum random number generator is almost 1000 times faster than other generators and much smaller, promising to change data management and cybersecurity in several industries including health, finance and defense
Fiber glow brings more go for underwater communications 1 min read · Tue, May 24 2022 News communications material science flexible electronics electrical engineering KAUST scientists have developed an optical-based wireless network system that has significant potential for faster underwater optical communications.
Outstanding KAUST research acknowledged by leading photonics journal 2 min read · Sun, Aug 8 2021 News optics photonics photodetector optical engineering Optical wireless communications radio frequency communication KAUST professors Boon Ooi and Osman Bakr and their respective research groups have recently had their collaborative research recognized by one of the major journals for optics and photonics, Light: Science & Applications (LSA). The teams’ paper— titled "High-speed color-converting photodetector with all-inorganic CsPbBr3 perovskite nanocrystals for ultraviolet light communication—" was awarded as an “Outstanding Paper of Light: Science & Applications in 2020.”
SPIE Newsroom features "Perovskite nanocrystals as color converters for record-breaking visible light communications" 1 min read · Wed, Feb 22 2017 News Cesium lead bromide perovskite nanocrystals are used to generate white light that can be used as both an efficient lighting source and for ultrafast data transfer. https://doi.org/10.1117/2.1201611.006756
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