- HEC Approved PhD Supervisor
- Associate fellow of the Higher Education Academy, UK
On-going Research Projects:
- Principal Investigator (PI): SUPARCO-GIKI collaborative project “Development of Free-space optical (FSO)/ Laser satellite communication prototype with AI-assisted digital signal processing, and energy efficient self-powered photodetector-based receiver” worth PKR 4 Million.
- Principal Investigator (PI):DICE-GIKI project on “Development of Smart Management System for Electric Vehicles” worth PKR 0.58 Million.
Optoelectronics Research Group
The main research area(s) of Optoelectronics Research Group include:
Modeling, simulation, and experimental characterization of optoelectronic devices including transmitters (LED, LD, VCSEL), Receivers (pin photodiode, avalanche photodiode), Solar cells (heterojunction, perovskite, quantum dot).
Supervised/under-supervision Postgraduate Students:
- Mrs. Nadia Anwar (PhD in-progress with research on Perovskite solar cells and Photodetectors)
- Iqra Anjum (MS in-progress) with research on IR LEDs)
- Mr. Shah Rukh (MS in-progress with research on AI/ML for design of Perovskite Solar cells)
- Mr. Azaz Hassan (MS in-progress)
- S. Wageeha Shakir (MS completed in Dec 2024 )
- Anum Ali (MS completed in Dec 2024)
Selected Publications:
- W. Shakir, M. Usman, U. Habib, S. Ali, “221 nm far ultraviolet-C AlGaN laser diode with optimized p-AlN electron blocking epilayers”, Optical and Quantum Electronics (2024) (doi: https://10.1007/s11082-024-07788-4) (IF = 3.3)
Shakir, S. W., Usman, M., Habib, U., Ali, S., & Mustafa, L. (2024). High-Power and High-Efficiency 221 nm AlGaN Far Ultraviolet Laser Diodes. Journal of Solid State Science and Technology, 13(7), 076001.
- Anum; Usman, Muhammad; Habib, Usman; ali, shazma, “Optimization of III-Phosphide Light Emitting Diodes via Spacer and Electron Blocking Layers”, ECS Journal of Solid State Science and Technology, Vol 15, 2025.
- Anum Ali, Usman, Muhammad, Usman Habib, and Shazma Ali. “Epitaxial analysis of GaInP/AlGaInP red light-emitting diodes with ternary AlGaP quantum barriers for quantum efficiency enhancement.” Physica Scripta 99.6 (2024): 0659b1.
- Anwar, N., Anjum, I., Usman, M., Habib, U., Hadi, M.U. and Ijaz, M., 2024, July. Enhanced Responsivity and Detectivity for Perovskite Based Self-Powered Photodetector for Low Power VLC Applications. In 2024 14th International Symposium on Communication Systems, Networks and Digital Signal Processing (CSNDSP) (pp. 159-162). IEEE.
Saeed, S., Usman, M., Jahangir, M., Mustafa, L., Hidayat, W., Bashir, J., Anjum, I., Shakir, S.W., Habib, U. and Ali, S., 2024. Employment of thin p-AlAs to improve near-infrared laser diodes. Materials Science and Engineering: B, 302, p.117251.
- U. Habib. A.E. Aighobahi, T. Quinlan and N.J. Gomes, “Analog RoF Supported Increased RAU Spacing for 60GHz Distributed MIMO employing Spatial Diversity and Multiplexing”, IEEE/OSA Journal of Lightwave Technology (IEEE Journal, I.F 4.2), Vol. 36 (19), April 2018, pp. 4354-4360.
- U. Habib, M. Steeg, A. Stohr and N.J.Gomes, “Single RoF link and RF chain based 60GHz Multi-beam Transmission”, IEEE/OSA Journal of Lightwave Technology (IEEE Journal, I.F 4.2), Vol. 37 (9), Jan 2019, pp.1974-1980.
- U. Habib, B.G. Kim and Y.C.Chung, “RF-chirp phase dither for MPI mitigation in RoF-based 5G mobile fronthaul networks”, Optics Express, (OSA Journal, I.F 3.7), Vol. 28(21), Aug 2020, pp.32002-32009.
- Wang, U. Habib, Z. Yan, J. Wang, N.J. Gomes, Q. Sui, L. Zhan and C. Wang, “Highly Efficient Optical Beam Steering Using an In-Fiber Diffraction Grating for Full Duplex Indoor Optical Wireless Communication”, IEEE/OSA Journal of Lightwave Technology (IEEE Journal, I.F 4.2), Vol. 36 (19), April 2018, pp. 4618-4625
- Irfan, U. Habib, F. Muhammad, F. Ali, A.S. Alwadie and W. Glowacz, “Optical-Interference Mitigation in Visible Light Communication for Intelligent Transport Systems Applications”, MDPI Energies (ISI, SCIE, IET Inspec indexed IF 2.7),, Vol. 13(19), 2020, p.5064.
- I Ahmad, S Ullah, S Ullah, U Habib, S Ahmad, A Ghaffar, “Design and Analysis of a Photonic Crystal Based Planar Antenna for THz Applications”, MDPI Electronics (IET, JCR, Scopus, SCI I.F 2.41, Vol. 10 (16), Aug 2021, pp.1941
- Ali, M. Fazal, U. Habib, M. Yusuf and M. Usman, “Modeling and Minimization of FWM Effects in DWDM based Long-Haul Optical Communication Systems”, Photonic Network Communications Journal (Springer), JCR, Scopus, SCI I.F 1.125, Vol. 39 (4), August 2020
Electric Vehicle Group
Design, simulation and development of
- Battery Management System
- BLDC Motor Controller
- Thermal Management System
in partnership with
- National Institute of Electronics (https://nie.gov.pk/Automotive/Automotive_Lab.php)
- DICE Foundation (http://dicefoundation.org/dice-electric-car)
- Taraz Technologies (https://www.taraztechnologies.com/pelab/)
Selected Final Year Projects:
- Design of BLDC Motor and FOC based smart controller for EVs (2024/25, In progress)
- Development of BMS for EVs based on Data-driven prediction of SoC and SoC using Machine Learning (2024/25, In progress)
- Development of battery Thermal Management System for EVs (2024/25, In progress)
- Design of Motor Controller and Optical Sensor Network for EVs (2022/23, Won Faculty’s 1st Prize at the Industrial Open House 2023). Project was done in collaboration with NIE and DICE Foundation.
- Performance Analysis of NOMA-based OFDM-Visible Light Communication System (2023/24)
- Blind Equalization of OFDM based Radio-over-fiber transmission (2023/24)
Courses Taught:
- Selected Topics in Photonics Engineering (ES698) – Graduate Course
- Advanced Optoelectronics (ES624) – Graduate Course
- Optoelectronics (ES474)
- Foundation of Photonics (ES323) with lab (ES323L)
- Electrical Network Analysis (EE212/ES214)
- Circuit Analysis (EE211/ES211) with lab (ES211L)
- Differential Equation and Linear Algebra (MT102)
- Calculus II (MT201)
- Calculus I (MT101)
