silicon-based photodetectors

Double honors for Professor Yating Wan

3 min read · Thu, Feb 13 2025

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KAUST Professor Yating Wan receives the 2025 Sony Women in Technology and IEEE Young Investigator Awards.

Hybrid integration of materials for ultraviolet detection

Tien Khee Ng, Principal Research Scientist, Photonics Laboratory

Oct 20, 12:00 - 13:00

B9 L2 H1 R2322

semiconductors electronics optoelectronics AlInGaN-based lasers LED silicon-based photodetectors solving technological challenges ultraviolet detection Optical communications

Semiconductors are pervasive in consumer electronics and optoelectronics, and the related optical devices are deemed disruptive that Nobel Prize in Physics in 2014 was awarded to the inventors of blue light-emitting diodes (LEDs), which “has enabled bright and energy-saving white light sources”. While AlInGaN-based lasers and LEDs, and silicon-based photodetectors are currently matured, unconventional usage based on the materials has demonstrated their further potential, including solar-hydrogen generation, indoor-horticulture, and high-speed communication.