About

Xiaobin Sun is a Ph.D. student at Photonics Laboratory under the supervision of Professor Boon Ooi at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST).

Research Interests

Sun's research interests include Semiconductor Optoelectronic device, Optical communication, including underwater optical wireless communications, visible-light communications.

Invited Talks:

Visible diode lasers for high bitrate underwater wireless optical communications
Boon S. Ooi, Xiaobin Sun, Omar Alkhazragi, Yujian Guo, Tien Khee Ng, Mohamed-Slim Alouini
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, M3I. 1 (OFC 2019).

Laser-based visible light communications and underwater wireless optical communications: a device perspective
Chao Shen, Omar Alkhazragi, Xiaobin Sun, Yujian Guo, Tien Khee Ng, Boon S. Ooi
SPIE Photonics West OPTO, San Francisco, California, United States, 2-7 February 2019.

Ultraviolet FSO to laser-based VLC–the role of group-III-nitride devices

Boon S. Ooi, Xiaobin Sun, Chao Shen, Yujian Guo, Guangyu Liu, and Tien Khee Ng

2018 Asia Communications and Photonics Conference (ACP 2018).

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Conference Papers:

Going beyond 10-meter, Gbit/s underwater optical wireless communication links based on visible lasers
C Shen, Y Guo, X Sun, G Liu, KT Ho, TK Ng, MS Alouini, BS Ooi
2017 Opto-Electronics and Communications Conference (OECC) and Photonics Global Conference (PGC).

Robust H∞ Pointing Error Control of Free Space Optical Communication Systems
W. Cai, I. N'Doye, X. Sun, A. Al-Awan, W. G. Alheadary, M. S. Alouini, B. Ooi, T. M. Laleg-Kirati​
2018 IEEE Conference on Control Technology and Applications (CCTA).

Scintillations of RGB laser beams in weak temperature and salinity-induced oceanic turbulence

Hassan M. Oubei, Xiaobin Sun, Tien Khee Ng, Omar Alkhazragi, Mohamed-Slim Alouini, and Boon S. Ooi

2018 IEEE Fourth Underwater Communications and Networking Conference (UComms).

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Education Profile

  • Doctor of Philosophy: 2017 – , King Abdullah University of Science & Technology, Saudi Arabia.
  • Master of Science: 2016 – 2017, King Abdullah University of Science & Technology, Saudi Arabia.
  • Bachelor of Science: 2012 – 2016, University of Science & Technology, Beijing.

Professional Memberships

  • M.Sc./Ph.D. Student, Photonics Laboratory, KAUST (​August 2016- Current).
  • Study and do research on semiconductor optoelectronic device and visible-light communication. 
  • Undergraduate student, School of Mathematics and Physics, University of Science and Technology, Beijing (September 2012-July 2016).
  • Study in Huangkun class, learn knowledge about semiconductor physics and devices.

Awards and Distinctions

  • ​Huangkun Scholarship, Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences.
  • Merit Student, University of Science and Technology Beijing.

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