Engineer Project
Resume:
Oo-Kaw Lim, PhD
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PROFILE
US Permanent Resident (Green Card holder).
Results-driven and self-motivated optical engineer who combines solid hands-on skills with 10 years of working
experience in novel optical systems, fiber-optic components and advanced imaging sensor developments. Adept at
spearheading technological innovations and delivering results on time. Demonstrated strong leadership ability and
excellent communication skills in a team setting.
EDUCATION
University of Wisconsin-Madison PhD, Physics (GPA: 3.94/4.00) 2006
National University of Singapore MSc, Computer Science 2000
BSc. (2nd Upper Honors), Physics
National University of Singapore 1996
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois
2009-2011 Research Associate, Center for Photonic Communication and Computing
Lead scientist in the $15 million Quantum Sensors Program funded by the Department of Defense (DARPA)
o Coordinated research collaborations and built strong relationship with industry partner to successfully transfer
the new near-infrared sensor technology.
o Leveraged good leadership and teamwork skills to ensure on-time accomplishment of project milestones.
o Developed great interpersonal skills through mentoring and working with 3 Physics PhD students.
Employed high speed optical phase modulation to generate phase-insensitive gains on an image in a degenerate
optical parametric amplifier.
2006-2009 Postdoctoral Associate, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Applied advanced optical measurement techniques with an InGaAs CCD array detector for image resolution
enhancement using optical parametric processes
o Engineered and characterized a near-infrared high-peak-power pulsed fiber laser system with a DFB laser, a
10-GHz (40dB extinction-ratio) Lithium Niobate modulator, a 5W Erbium-doped fiber amplifier and 100G
DWDM filters.
o Developed customized data acquisition software in Matlab to control opto-mechanical/electrical components
and a CCD array detector in the setup.
o Modeled the performance of optical subsystems with Zemax.
o Achieved 20-fold better optical resolution enhancement for a standard near-IR imaging sensor.
Developed a noiseless optical amplifier with highly nonlinear fibers, 10G/30G optoelectronic devices and optical fiber
filters
o Applied optical double-sideband modulation on a 30GHz intensity modulator to engineer 30GHz/10MHz
input analog signals.
o Employed four-wave-mixing processes in nonlinear fibers to enable noiseless phase-sensitive amplification of
weak input signals.
o Utilized fiber bragg grating filters to separate carrier from the analog signals for amplification and employed
narrowband fiber tunable filter to isolate signal for detection.
o Employed an electronic feedback system to stabilize the relative phase between the pump and the input
signals.
o The optical amplifier had the world s best noise figure performance.
University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin
2001-2006 Research Assistant, Department of Physics
Invented a photonic device that produces quantum-entangled and up-converted coherent light beams. Such beams are
useful to enhance the sensitivity of precision measurements and improve the limit of present lithography technology
o Engineered a high-speed and low-noise blue light photodetector that can measure up to 50mW optical power.
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o Developed a temperature stabilized system for frequency doubling of an infrared laser beam in a potassium
niobate bulk crystal. Machined special metal mount for housing the nonlinear crystal.
o Developed an analytical model for the device using nonlinear wave propagation equations in Mathematica.
o Designed and implemented servo control systems for laser frequency stabilization with Pound -Drever-Hall
locking technique.
Developed a 1W injection-locked single frequency Titanium-Sapphire laser seeded with a diode laser.
National University of Singapore, Singapore
1996-2000 Associate Scientist, Center for Remote Imaging, Sensing and Processing
Developed a 3D terrain model using satellite stereo images
o Employed simulated annealing method to numerically correlate data from two stereo radar images.
o Awarded grand champion in a national supercomputing competition.
Led a team of 6 multi-expertise scientists in a Singapore Ministry of Environment -funded $1 million forest fire
monitoring project with satellite imagery
o Reduced the number of Indonesia forest fires by 50% within a year of the project implementation.
o Developed software in C to streamline operation procedures and double project productivity.
o Published results cited 70+ times internationally and used by the Asian Development Bank for
recommendations on forest fire prevention in Southeast Asia.
SKILLS
Languages: Fluent in English, Mandarin and Malay.
Programming Languages: C, Python, C++, JAVA and Fortran90.
Technical Software: Matlab, Labview, Mathematica, Zemax, OptSim, IMAGINE and IDL.
Laboratory Equipment: Fiber Splicer, Optical Spectrum Analyzer, 20 GHz Signal Analyzer.
PATENT
Mark Saffman and O.-K. Lim, Apparatus and method of producing quantum-entangled, up-converted light beams, US
Patent No: 7,518,784 B2 (2009).
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Reviewer: IEEE Photonics Technology Letters and IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics.
Member: American Physical Society and Optical Society of America
SPECIAL LEADERSHIP ROLE
International Mandarin Varsity Debate, Beijing, China
1995 Anchor debater, National University of Singapore
Represented Singapore in the prestigious International University Debate. Led a team of five debaters to conduct
research and brainstorm strategies in current global issues. The debate was televised nationally in China and
Singapore.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
O.-K. Lim, Z. Dutton, G. Alon et al, Enhanced optical resolution in target detection with phase-sensitive versus phase-
insensitive pre-amplification, Proceedings of SPIE 8163, 816306 (2011).
O.-K. Lim, V. Grigoryan, M. Shin et al, Ultra-Low-Noise Inline Fiber-Optic Phase-Sensitive Amplifier for Analog
Optical Signals, Optical Fiber Communication Conference (OFC), OFC-2008-OML3 (2008).
O.-K. Lim and M. Saffman, Observation of twin beam correlations and quadrature entanglement by frequency doubling
in a two-port resonator, Europhysics Letters, 78, 40004 (2007).
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