RESEARCH INTERESTS

Nanophotonics, Nonlinear optics, Medical Photonics, Bio-electromagnetism, Daylighting Technologies, Urban Science

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

• Ph.D. Electrical and Electronic Engineering, School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (2014).

• BEng. (1^st Class Hons.) Electrical and Electronic Engineering (Photonics Major), School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (2010).

WORKING EXPERIENCE

• Assistant Professor, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Xiamen University Malaysia, Sepang, Malaysia (2018-present).

• Visiting Assistant Professor, Science and Math Cluster, Singapore University of Technology and Design, Singapore (2018-present).

• Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Lee Kuan Yew Center of Innovative Cities, Singapore University of Technology and Design, Singapore (2016-2018).

• Postdoctoral Research Fellow, SUTD-MIT International Design Center, Singapore University of Technology and Design, Singapore (2014-2016).

HONORS/AWARDS/GRANTS

• OSA Publishing Scientific Peer-Review Recognition 2017–2018

• Publons Peer Review Awards 2018 (Top 1% Reviewers in Physics)

• IOP Outstanding Reviewer Award 2017

• OSA Publishing Scientific Peer-Review Recognition 2016–2017

• Publons Peer Review Awards 2017

• OSA Publishing Scientific Peer-Review Recognition 2014–2015

• OCPA Best Poster Award (3rd place in photonics)

• Ph.D. Research Scholarship

• Qioptiq Gold Medal

• Micron Semiconductor Innovation Award

• ASEAN Scholarship

PROJECTS

Low dimensional and Dirac optics and plasmonics for green computing technologies

XMUM Research Fund XMUMRF/2019-C3/IECE/0003                         (2019-2020)

Innovative lighting solutions for sustainability and conservation in Singapore

LKYCIC-Ministry of National Development Singapore                            (2016-2018)

Design of ultrahigh nonlinear photonic and plasmonic devices

Ministry of Education Singapore ACRF Tier 2                                    (2014-2017)

Design of graphene-based plasmonic optoelectronic devices

SUTD-MIT International Design Center (IDG21200106 and IDD21200103)    (2013-2015)

Design of metal-based plasmonic optoelectronic devices

A*STAR–SERC No. 0921540098                                              (2011-2013)

REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATION

1. P. Xing, D. Ma, K. J. A. Ooi, J. W. Choi, A. M. Agarwal, D. T. H. Tan, CMOS compatible PECVD silicon carbide platform for linear and nonlinear optics, ACS Photonics (2019).

2. K. J. A. Ooi, Y. S. Ang, Q. Zhai, D. T. H. Tan, L. K. Ang, C. K. Ong, “Nonlinear plasmonics of three-dimensional Dirac semimetals,” APL Photonics 4, 034402 (2019). (Invited Paper)

3. D. T. H. Tan, K. J. A. Ooi, and D. K. T. Ng, “Nonlinear optics on silicon rich nitride – a high nonlinear figure of merit CMOS platform,” Photonics Res.6, B50–B56 (2018). (Invited Review)

4. K. J. A. Ooi, D. K. T. Ng, A. M. Agarwal, L. C. Kimerling, and D. T. H. Tan, “Giant optical parametric gains via ultra-silicon-rich nitride,” Opt. Photonics News28, 52 (2017). (Special Issue)

5. K. J. A. Ooi and D. T. H. Tan, “Nonlinear graphene plasmonics,” Proc. R. Soc. A473, 20170433 (2017). (Invited Review, Front Cover Article)

6. K. J. A. Ooi, Y. S.Ang, J. L. Cheng, L. K. Ang, and D. T. H. Tan, “Electronic scattering of graphene plasmons in the terahertz nonlinear regime,” IEEE J. Sel. Top. Quantum Electron. 23, 5100206 (2017).

7. K. J. A. Ooi, D. K. T. Ng, T. Wang, A. K. L. Chee, S. K. Ng, L. K. Ang, Q. Wang, A. M. Agarwal, L. C. Kimerling, and D. T.H. Tan, “Pushing the limits of CMOS optical parametric amplifiers with USRN:Si₇N₃ above the two-photon absorption edge,” Nat. Commun. 8, 13878 (2017).

8. K. J. A. Ooi, J. L. Cheng, J. E. Sipe, L. K. Ang, and D.T. H. Tan, “Ultrafast, broadband and configurable midinfrared all-optical switching in nonlinear graphene plasmonic waveguides,” APL Photonics 1, 046101 (2016). (Editor’s Pick)

9. K. J. A. Ooi, H. S. Chu, C. Y. Hsieh, D. T. H. Tan, and L. K. Ang, “Highly efficient mid-infrared on-chip electrical generation of graphene plasmons by inelastic electron tunnelling excitation,” Phys. Rev. Appl. 3, 054001 (2015).

10. K. J. A. Ooi, L. K. Ang, and D. T. H. Tan, “Waveguide engineering of graphene’s nonlinearity,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 105, 111110 (2014).

11. K. J. A. Ooi, H. S. Chu, P. Bai, and L. K. Ang, “Electro-optical graphene plasmonic logic gates,” Opt. Lett. 39, 1629–1632 (2014).

12. K. J. A. Ooi, H. S. Chu, P. Bai, and L. K. Ang, “Mid-infrared active graphene nanoribbon plasmonic waveguide devices,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 30, 3111–3116 (2013).

13. K. J. A. Ooi, P. Bai, H. S. Chu, and L. K. Ang, “Ultracompact vanadium dioxide dual-mode plasmonic waveguide electroabsorption modulator,” Nanophotonics 2, 13–19 (2013).

INVITED TALKS

1. K. J. A. Ooi, “Dirac Optics in Various Dimensions,” in IEEE INEC 2019, Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia, 3–5 July 2019.

2. K. J. A. Ooi, Y. S. Ang, Q. Zhai, D. T. H. Tan, L. K. Ang, C. K. Ong, “Dirac Optics in Various Dimensions,” in ICMAT 2019, Singapore, 23–28 June 2019.

3. K. J. A. Ooi, “Dirac Optics in Various Dimensions,” XMU & XMUM Joint Energy Forum, Xiamen University Siming Campus, Xiamen, China, 17 November 2018.

4. K. J. A. Ooi, “Dirac Optics in Various Dimensions,” SUTD EPD Seminar Series, Singapore University of Technology and Design, Singapore, 26 September 2018.

5. K. J. A. Ooi and D. T. H. Tan, “Plasmonics of Nanostructures, Graphene and Beyond,” in IEEE NMDC 2017, Singapore, 2–4 October 2017.

6. K. J. A. Ooi and D. T. H. Tan, “The Interaction of Nanostructures with Optical Fields,” in CLEO-PR 2017, Singapore, 31 July – 4 August 2017.

7. K. J. A. Ooi and L. K. Ang, “Graphene for Nanophotonic and Nanoplasmonic Applications” in the BIT’s 5th Annual World Congress in Nanoscience and Technology, Xi’an, China, 24–26 September 2015.

8. K. J. A. Ooi and L. K. Ang, “Electron beam excitation on doped graphene plasmon for generation of coherent radiation,” in the 41st IEEE conference of plasma science (ICOPS 2014), Washington DC, USA, 25–29 May 2014.

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