Dr Linh Nguyen

Dr Linh Nguyen
  • Biography/ Background

    I was born in Hanoi, Vietnam. After graduating with a Bs. degree in Applied Physics from Hanoi University of Science in 2002 I moved to South Korea to pursue the PhD in Information and Communications from Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST), under a prestigious IITA fellowship from the government of South Korea, graduating in 2009. My graduate work focused on the development of fibre-optics devices for applications in fibre sensor, fibre laser and all-optical signal processing. In early 2010 I moved to Edith Cowan University (ECU) in Western Australia. At ECU I brought in complimentary knowledge to the existing researches within the group, initiated a research program in developing fibre-optics sensors for applications in Desalination and seawater-related industries, secured seed fundings and my work at ECU led to a successful major category-1 grant from the Australia Centre of Excellence in Desalination. I joined the Institute for Photonics & Advanced Sensing (IPAS), School of Physical Sciences at the University of Adelaide in 2011, first as an Australian Research Council (ARC) Super Science Fellow leading a project toward development of rapid protein sensing and blood typing platform at crime scenes, and ccurrently as a Chief investigator of a project on the development of tools for in-field surveillance of pathogens.

    My experiences and interests range from fabrication (MCVD, DT) and characterisation of specialty optical fibres to development of fibre devices (grating, sensor, laser, micro-machined fibre etc) for diverse applications in fiber sensors, fiber lasers, all-optical signal processing, biochemical sensing, bio forensics, nano-/micro-engineered optical fibers…  

     

    Qualifications

    2009: Doctor of Philosophy (GIST, Information and Communications)

    2005: Master (GIST, Information and Communications)

    2002: Bachelor (Hanoi National University, Applied Physics)

     

    Awards and Research income (my cash share excluding in-kind contribution)

    UoA, Faculty of Science Travel grant (2015, $1200)

    CRC for Plant Biosecurity (CI, 2014-2017, $300,000)

    ARC Super Science Fellowship (Fellow, 2011-2014, salary and $120,000 operational expenses)

    ECU Early Career Researcher grant (CI, 2011, $25,000)

    Nortel Development Fund Grant (CI, 2010, $25,000)

    Dasan award (for research achievement, 2009, $3,000) 

    IITA Fellowship from the Government of South Korea (2005-2009, $60,000)

     

    Professional Activities

    Reviewer: Optics Letters, Optics Express, JOSA B, IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE/OSA Journal of Lightwave Technology, Sensor and Actuator A, IEEE Photonics Journal, Journal of Modern Optics, Optics and Laser in Engineering, Sensors etc... 

    Member of IEEE.

     

    Research metrics: Total number of journal papers: 13; total number of citations: 374; average citation per paper: 29; invited talks: 2; patent: 1 

     

     

    Publications

    Refereed International Journals

    1.     L. V. Nguyen, S. C. Warren-Smith, H. Ebendorff-Heidepriem, and T. M. Monro, "Interferometric high temperature fiber sensor using suspended core optical fibers” Opt. Express, 24(8), 8967-8977, (2016)

    2.     S. C. Warren-Smith, L. V. Nguyen, C. Lang, H. Ebendorff-Heidepriem, and T. M. Monro, “Temperature sensing up to 1300oC using suspended-core microstructured optical fiber,s” Opt. Express, 24(4), 3714-3719, (2016)

    3.     E. P. Scharrner, G. Tsiminis, A. Francois, R. Kostecki, S. C. Warren-Smith, L. V. Nguyen, S. Heng, T. Reynolds, E. Klantsataya, K. J. Rowland, A. D. Abell, H. Ebendorff-Heideprime, T. M. Monro, "Taming the light in microstructured optical fibers for sensing," Intl. J Appl. Glass. Sci., 6(3), 229-239, (2015), Review paper

    4.     L. V. Nguyen, K. Hill, S. C. Warren-Smith, and T. Monro, “Interferometric-type optical biosensor based on exposed core microstructured optical fiber,” Sens. Actuators B: Chemical, 211, 320-327, (2015) 

    5.     S. C. Warren-Smith, R. Kostecki, L. V. Nguyen, and T. M. Monro, “Fabrication, splicing, Bragg grating writing and polyelectrolyte fucntionalisation of exposed microstructured optical fibers,” Opt. Express, 22(24), 14488-14499, (2014)   

    6.     L. V. Nguyen, S. Giannetti, S. C. Warren-Smith, A. Cooper, S. Selleri, A. Cucinotta, T. M. Monro, “Genotying single nucleotide polymorphism using different molecular beacon multiplexed within a suspended core optical fiber,” Sensors, 14(8), (2014)

    7.     L. V. Nguyen, S. C. Warren-Smith, A. Cooper, and T. Monro, “Molecular beacon immobilized within suspended core fiber for specific DNA detection,” Opt. Express, 20(28), 29378-29385, (2012)

    8.     L. V. Nguyen, M. Vasiliev, and K. Alameh, “Three-wave Fiber Fabry-Perot Interferometer for Simultaneous Measurement of Temperature and Water Salinity of Seawater,” IEEE Photon. Technol. Letts. 23 (7), 450-452, (2011)

    9.     L. V. Nguyen, and Y. Chung, “All-optical signal gating using Ytterbium doped fiber and a pair of Thermally expanded core fibers,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 95 (16), 161111, (2009)

    10.   L. V. Nguyen, D. Hwang, D. S. Moon, and Y. Chung, “Simultaneous measurement of temperature and strain using fiber Lyot filter incorporated with a fiber Bragg grating in linear configuration,” Meas. Sci. Technol. 20 (3), 034006, (2009)

    11.   L. V. Nguyen, D. Hwang, D. S. Moon, and Y. Chung, “Tunable comb-filter using thermally expanded core fiber and ytterbium doped fiber and its application to multi-wavelength fiber laser,” Opt. Commun. 281 (23), pp. 5793-5796 (2008)

    12.   L. V. Nguyen, D. Hwang, S. Moon, D. S. Moon, and Y. Chung, “High temperature fiber sensor with high sensitivity based on core diameter mismatch,” Opt. Express 16 (15), pp. 11369-11375 (2008)

    13.   D. Hwang, L. V. Nguyen, D. S. Moon, and Y. Chung, “Intensity based optical fiber strain sensor using long period grating and core mode blocker,” Meas. Sci. Technol. 20 (3), 034020, (2009)

    14.   S. Ju, V.-L. Nguyen, P. R. Watekar, B.-H. Kim, C. Jeong, S. Boo, C. J. Kim, and W.-T. Han, “Fabrication and Optical Characteristics of a Novel Optical Fiber Doped with the Au Nano-particles,” J.  Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 6 (11), pp. 3555-3558, 2006.

     

    Refereed International conferences

     

    1.     L. V. Nguyen, S. C. Warren-Smith, H. Ebendorff-Heidepriem, and T. M. Monro, "High temperature fiber sensor using the interference effect within a suspended core microstructured optical fibers” SPIE Photonics Europe, April 3-7, Brussels, paper 9899-53, (2016)

    2.     L. V. Nguyen, K. Hill, S. C. Warren-Smith, and T. Monro, “A novel label-free biosensing platform based on interferenfce effect in an exposed core optical fiber,” CLEO/EUROPE - EQEC, 21-25 June, 2015, Munich, invited  

    3.     L. V. Nguyen, S. C. Warren-Smith, A. Cooper, and T. Monro, “Interferometric fiber sensor using exposed core microstructured optical fiber for refractive index based biochemical sensing," Proc. SPIE (OFS 23, Santander, Spain), vol. 9157, paper 91574P, (2014)

    4.     L. V. Nguyen, S. C. Warren-Smith, A. Cooper, and T. Monro, “DNA detection using molecular beacons in soft-glass microstructured optical fibers," Proc. SPIE (OFS 22, Beijing, China), vol. 8421, paper 84215M, (2012)

    5.     K. Alameh, L. V. Nguyen, H. N. Nguyen, F. Xiao, and M. Vasiliev, “Fiber-Optic sensor network for real-time water-quality monitoring,” in Proc. The 3rd International Desalination Workshop (IDW 2010), Jeju, Republic of Korea, invited

    6.     L. V. Nguyen, M. Vasiliev, and K. Alameh, “Water salinity fiber sensor using a liquid-fillable composite in-fiber Fabry-Perot cavity”, in Proc. The 7th International Symposium on High Capacity Optical Networks and Enabling Technologies (HONET 2010), Cairo, Egypt

    7.     N. Khurram, L. V. Nguyen, K. Alameh, and Y. Chung, “Cladding mode analyses of Photonics Crystal Fiber for Refractive index sensors using Finite Element Method,” CLEO/QELS 2010, San Jose, USA, paper JWA59

    8.     L. V. Nguyen, and Y. Chung, “Compact in-reflection fiber interferometer using Thermally expanded core fiber and single mode fiber for applications in temperature and refractive index fiber sensors,” Proc. SPIE (OFS 20, Edinburgh, the UK), vol. 7503, paper 75033P, 2009

    9.     L. V. Nguyen, D. Hwang, D. S. Moon, and Y. Chung, “Measurement of resonant nonlinear index of ytterbium doped fiber using a pair of thermally expanded core fibers,” OFC/NFOEC 2009, San Diego, USA, paper OThD6.

    10.   L. V. Nguyen, D. Hwang, H.-M. Kim, J. Im, and Y. Chung, "EDF-based multi-wavelength fiber laser with adjustable number of channels using a novel comb-filter," OECC /ACOFT 2008 Sydney, Australia, paper ThP-23.

    11.   L. V. Nguyen, D. Hwang, D. S. Moon, and Y. Chung, "Simultaneous measurement of strain and temperature using a Lyot fiber filter and a fiber Bragg grating in linear configuration," Proc. SPIE (OFS 19, Perth, Australia), vol. 7004, paper 70044D, 2008.

    12.   D. Hwang, L. V. Nguyen, D. S. Moon, and Y. Chung, "Intensity based optical fiber strain sensor using long period grating and core mode blocker," Proc. SPIE (OFS 19), vol. 7004, paper 70044E, 2008.

    13.   D. Hwang, C. Shim, B. Kim, L. V. Nguyen, M. J. Kim, I. B. Kwon, and Y. Chung, "Intensity based optical strain sensor composed by PCF core mode blocker and long period fiber grating pairs on DCF," OECC 2009 HongKong, China, paper ThLP-52.

    14.   S. Ju, V.-L. Nguyen, P. R. Watekar, B.-H. Kim, C. Jeong, S. Boo, C. J. Kim, and W.-T. Han, “Fabrication of novel optical fiber doped with Au nano-particles and its optical characteristics,” 2005 International Conference on Nanoscience and Nanotechnoloy, pp. P4-8, 2006.

     

    Patents

     

    1.     K. Alameh and L. V. Nguyen, "An optical sensor for measuring a property of a fluid," WO 2012/058716 

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