Quantum and Photonics Communications
The QPC group at NUST SEECS
Optical Network Technology (ONT) Lab: Software Defined Optical Network (SDON) Testbed,
a cutting-edge facility designed to explore and advance the capabilities of optical
networking technology.
- Our testbed is equipped with state-of-the-art components, including 2x Transponders (AS7716 24SC CASSINI) from Edgecore, and 2x Reconfigurable Add/Drop Multiplexers (ROADM-20) from Lumentum.
LAB
Optical Network Technology (ONT) Lab: Software Defined Optical Network (SDON) Testbed, a cutting-edge facility designed to explore and advance the capabilities of optical networking technology. Our testbed is equipped with state-of-the-art components, including 2x Transponders (AS7716 24SC CASSINI) from Edgecore, and 2x Reconfigurable Add/Drop Multiplexers (ROADM-20) from Lumentum. The computational backbone comprises 2x high-performance nodes featuring Core i7 9th Gen, 32GB RAM, 512GB SSD, and 2TB HDD, along with an additional server powered by Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2650, 128GB RAM, and a 2TB HDD. This robust infrastructure is complemented by a 25KM fiber spool to facilitate extended reach testing. The lab also houses an array of optical accessories, including Optical Power Meters, Variable Attenuators, DAC Cables, and Port Cleaners, providing a comprehensive environment for optical experimentation and research.
Collaborative Minds
Introducing Our Team
Dr. Salman Abdul Ghafoor
Lab Director
Dr. Usman Zabit
Lab Director
Dr. Arsalan Ahmad
Lab Director
Research
- Fiber optic communication system
- Free space optical communication systems
- Photonic sensors
- Optical networks
- Photonic integrated circuits
- Quantum technologies
Faria, Jawad Mirza, Abdulah Jeza Aljohani, Muhammad Ijaz, Salman Ghafoor, "Combined
transmission of PPM and WSK modulated optical signal over free space optical link enabling
physical layer security", Optik, Vol. 302, No. 171748, May, 2024. IF: 3.1
2. Muhammad Iqbal, Salman Ghafoor, Arsalan Ahmad, Abdulah Jeza Aljohani, Jawad Mirza,
Imran Aziz, Luca Poti, "Symbol error rate minimization using deep learning approaches for
short-reach optical communication networks", Frontiers in Physics, Vol. 12, No.
1387284, May 2024. IF: 3.1
3. Jawad Mirza, Salman Ghafoor, Ahmad Almogren, Umair Salaria, Benish Kanwal, Imran Aziz and
Ahmad Atieh, "Pair Induced Quenching in High Concentration Holmium-Doped Fiber Amplifiers",
Physica Scripta, Vol. In, No. Press, Mar, 2024. IF: 2.9
4. Waqas Rauf Khattak, Ahmad Salman, Salman Ghafoor, Seemab Latif, "Multi-modal LSTM
network for anomaly prediction in piston engine aircraft", Heliyon, Vol. 10, No. 3, Feb, 2024. IF: 4
5. Muhammad Riaz-ud-din, Salman Ghafoor, Faisal Shafait, "Sparse Representations Optimization
with Coupled Bayesian Dictionary and Dictionary Classifier for Efficient Classification", Applied
Sciences, Vol. 14, No. 1, Jan 2024. IF: 2.7
6. Hafiz Mati Ur Rahman, Rida Hanif, Salman Ghafoor, Arsalan Ahmad, "Open Networking Engine
(ONE): An Orchestration Tool for Open Optical Line System", IEEE Access, Vol. 12, No. 8940-
8956, Jan 2024. IF: 3.9
7. Jawad Mirza, Aadil Raza, Ahmad Atieh, Salman Ghafoor*, Abdullah G. Alharbi and Waqas A.
Imtiaz, "Performance Enhancement of Er-Yb: Co-doped Waveguide Amplifier Employing
Backward Pumping in the Presence of Energy Transfer Upconversion", Arabian Journal for
Science and Engineering, Vol. In, No. Press, Nov, 2023. IF: 2.9
8. Jawad Mirza, Ahmad Atieh, Salman AlQahtani and Salman Ghafoor, "A high power and repetition
rate wavelength tunable actively mode-locked Holmium-doped fiber laser for bidirectional
transmission between two HAPS", Optical and Quantum Electronics, Vol. 55, No. 1248, Oct 2023.
IF: 3.0
9. Saeed Iqbal, Aadil Raza, Mohammad Kaleem, Muhammad Iqbal, Muhammad Adeel and Salman
Ghafoor, "A Full Duplex LG Modes enabled Millimeter-wave based FSO Communication System
for Disaster Zone", Wireless Networks, Vol. In, No. Press, Oct, 2023. IF: 3.0
10. Benish Kanwal, Ahmad Atieh, Salman Ghafoor, Muhammad Sajid, Jawad Mirza, "Pumping
Scheme for Holmium-doped Fiber Amplifiers Using Traditional 1480 nm Pumps Exploiting
Cascaded Lasers Implemented Using FBGs", Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, Vol. 66,
No. 1, Sep, 2023. IF: 1.5
11. Ridwanullahi Isa, Jawad Mirza, Salman Ghafoor, Mohammed Zahed Mustafa Khan and Khurram
Karim Qureshi, "Junction Temperature Optical Sensing Techniques for Power Switching
Semiconductors: A Review", Micromachines, Vol. 14, No. 8, Aug, 2023. IF: 3.4
12. Jawad Mirza, Ahmad Atieh, Muhammad Ilyas Menhas, Salman Ghafoor, , Musab Magam, Laiq
Jamal, Khurram Karim Qureshi , "Design of an Efficient Thulium-doped Fiber Amplifier for Dual-
hop Earth to Satellite Optical Wireless Links", Ain Shams Engineering Journal, Vol. 14 , No. 7, Jul,
2023. IF: 4.79
13. Benish Kanwal, Ahmad Atieh, Salman Ghafoor, Muhammad Sajid, and Jawad Mirza, "Design and
performance of a repetition rate controllable and wavelength tunable L + U-band actively mode-
locked erbium fiber laser", Journal of the Optical Society of America B, Vol. 40, No. 6, PP. 1644-
1651, Jun, 2023.
14. Salman Ghafoor, Sher Afraz, Aadil Raza and Muhammad Fasih Uddin Butt, "Electroabsorption
Modulator Based Relay for the Transmission of DPSK Modulated Signals over the Free Space
Optical Link", Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering, Vol. 48, No. 5, May, 2023. IF: 2.8
15. Salman Ghafoor, Abdulah Jeza Aljohani, Jawad Mirza, Awais Khan, Shahid Bashir, "A novel
technique for secure transmission of two channels using a single optical pulse position modulated
signal for free space optical communication", Optical and Quantum Electronics, Vol. 55, No. 4,
Feb 2023. IF: 2.8
16. Awais Khan, Shahid Bashir, Salman Ghafoor, Hatem Rmili, Jawad Mirza and Ammar Ahmad,
"Isolation enhancement in a compact four-Element MIMO Antenna for Ultra-Wideband
Applications", CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol. 75, No. 1, Feb 2023. IF: 3.86
17. Aadil Raza, Saeed Iqbal, Muhammad Iqbal, Jawad Mirza, Salman Ghafoor and Ahmad Atieh,
"400 Gbps/λ PAM-4 data transmission over FSO link by employing space division multiplexing for
data center interconnects using LG modes enabled VCSELs", Optical and Quantum Electronics,
Vol. 55, No. 283, Feb 2023. IF: 2.8
18. Abu Sufyan, Mohsin Jamil, Salman Ghafoor, Qasim Awais, Hafiz Ali Ahmad, Ashraf Ali Khan,
Hassan Abouobaida, "A robust nonlinear controller for Three Phase Grid-Connected Inverter with
an LCL Filter", Energies, Vol. 15, No. 24, Dec, 2022. IF: 3.25
19. Ahmad Atieh, Benish Kanwal, Salman Ghafoor, Muhammad Sajid and Jawad Mirza, "Design and
Analysis of Redundant Optical Comb for Data Center Networks", Optical and Quantum
Electronics, Vol. 55, No. 1, Dec 2022. IF: 2.8
20. Salman Ghafoor*, Jawad Mirza, Tasleem Kousar and Khurram Karim Qureshi, "A Novel 60 Gbps
Bidirectional Free Space Optical Link Based on a Single Laser Source for Employment in Data
Centers", Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering, Vol. 47, No. 11, Nov 2022. IF: 2.8
21. Benish Kanwal, Ammar Armghan, Salman Ghafoor, Ahmad Atieh, Muhammad Sajid, Tasleem
Kausar, Jawad Mirza and Yun Lu, "Design and Analysis of an O+E-Band Hybrid Optical Amplifier
for CWDM Systems", Micromachines, Vol. 13, No. 11, PP. 1952, Nov, 2022. IF: 3.52
22. Jawad Mirza, Salman Ghafoor, Ahmad Salman, Nazish Habib, Khurram Karim Qureshi, "Design
of L+U-band Erbium Doped Fiber Amplifier based on a Single S-band Forward Pump Source",
International Journal of Communication Systems, Vol. 35, No. 13, Sep, 2022. IF: 1.88
23. Jawad Mirza, Salman Ghafoor, Ammar Armghan, Osama El-Hamrawy, Laiq Jamal, Musab.
Magam, Sheikh Sharif Iqbal *, Khurram Karim Qureshi, "Performance Enhancement of Ytterbium-
doped Fiber Amplifier Employing a Novel Dual-stage in-band Asymmetrical Pumping",
Micromachines, Vol. 13, No. 9, Sep 2022. IF: 3.52
24. Abdullah G. Alharbi, Jawad Mirza, Mehak Raza and Salman Ghafoor, "Performance
Enhancement of Praseodymium Doped Fiber Amplifiers", CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua,
Vol. 73, No. 3, Jul, 2022. IF: 3.86
25. Jawad Mirza, Ahmad Atieh, Benish Kanwal and Salman Ghafoor, "Novel pumping scheme of
Holmium doped fiber amplifiers operating around 2 µm using 1.48 µm lasers exploiting cascaded
fiber lasers", Optik, Vol. 262, No. 169238, May 2022. IF: 2.443
26. Zaheer Ahmad, Jawad Mirza, Abdulah Jeza Aljohani, Ahmad Salman, Salman Ghafoor, "A Mach-
Zehnder Modulator Based Novel Regenerator for Employment in Relays Used in Free Space
Optical Communication", Transactions on Emerging Telecommunications Technologies, Vol. 33,
No. 4, Apr, 2022. IF: 2.638
27. Abdullah G. Alharbi, Firdous Kanwal, Salman Ghafoor, Nazish Habib, Benish Kanwal, Ahmad
Atieh, Tasleem Kausar, Jawad Mirza, "Performance Optimization of Holmium Doped Fiber
Amplifiers for Optical Communication Applications in 2-2.15 μm Wavelength Range", Photonics,
Vol. 9, No. 4, Apr, 2022. IF: 2.676
28. Jawad Mirza, Salman Ghafoor, Anila Kousar, Benish Kanwal and Khurram Karim Qureshi,
"Design of a Continuous Wave Ytterbium Doped Tunable Fiber Laser Pump for Thulium Doped
Fiber Amplifiers", Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering, Vol. 47, No. 3, PP. 3541 – 3549,
Mar, 2022. IF: 2.33
29. Jawad Mirza, Salman Ghafoor, Ahmad Atieh, Benish Kanwal, and Khurram Qureshi, "A Widely
Tunable and Switchable Multi-wavelength Erbium Doped Fiber Laser Based on a Single Ring
Cavity", Journal of the Optical Society of America B, Vol. 39, No. 4, Feb, 2022. IF: 2.1
30. Jawad Mirza, Abdulah Jeza Aljohani, Aadil Raza, Saeed Iqbal, Salman Ghafoor , "A Multi-hop
Free Space Optical Link Based on a Regenerative Relay", Alexandria Engineering Journal, Vol.
61 , No. 2, Feb, 2022. IF: 3.73
31. Salman Ghafoor, Muhammad Usama Khan, Aamir Gulistan, Ahmad Salman and S. M. Hassan
Zaidi, "All-Optical 40 Channels Regenerator Based on Four-Wave Mixing", Telecommunication
Systems, Vol. 79, No. 1, PP. 123-131, Jan 2022. IF: 2.31
32. Jawad Mirza, Salman Ghafoor, Kamran Siddiqi, Benish Kanwal, "Performance Analysis of Fiber
Nonlinearity Based Optical 2R-regenerators", Wireless Personal Communications, Vol. 121, No.
1, Nov 2021. IF: 1.67
33. Jawad Mirza, Salman Ghafoor, Nazish Habib, Firdos Kanwal, and Khurram Karim Qureshi,
"Performance Evaluation of Praseodymium Doped Fiber Amplifiers", Optical Review, Vol. 28, No.
PP. 611-618, Oct, 2021. IF: 0.89
34. Jawad Mirza, Salman Ghafoor, Waqas Ahmad, Ahmad Salman and Khurram Karim Qureshi,
"Integrating Ultra-Wideband and Free Space Optical Communication for Realizing a Secure and
High Throughput Body Area Network Architecture Based on Optical Code Division Multiple
Access", Optical Review, Vol. 28, No. 5, PP. 525-537, Oct, 2021. IF: 0.89
35. Jawad Mirza, Waqas A. Imtiaz, Abdulah Jeza Aljohani, Salman Ghafoor, "A High Bit Rate Free
Space Optics Based Ring Topology Having Carrier-less Nodes", IET Communications, Vol. 15,
No. 11, PP. 1530-1538, Jul, 2021. IF: 1.54
36. Saeed Iqbal, Aadil Raza, Muhammad Fasih Uddin Butt, Jawad Mirza, Muhammad Iqbal, Salman
Ghafoor and Mohammed El-Hajjar, "Millimeter-wave Enabled PAM-4 Data Transmission over
Hybrid FSO-MMPOF Link for Access Networks", Optical Review, Vol. 28, No. 3, PP. 278-288,
Jun, 2021. IF: 0.89
37. Jawad Mirza, Ahmad Atieh, Abdulah J. Aljohani and Salman Ghafoor, "Design and Optimization
of a Microwave Photonic Filter Exploiting Differential Mode Group Delay of a Multimode Fiber",
Optical Review, Vol. 28, No. 2, PP. 199-206, Apr, 2021. IF: 0.89
38. Jawad Mirza, Aadil Raza, Ahmad Atieh, Saeed Iqbal and Salman Ghafoor, "Self Restorable Intra
Data Center Interconnect Based on Multi-Mode Fiber and Free Space Optics", Optical
Engineering, Vol. 60, No. 3, PP. 036113, Mar, 2021. IF: 1.084
39. Awais Khan, Shahid Bashir, Salman Ghafoor, Khurram Karim Qureshi, "Mutual coupling reduction
using ground stub and EBG in a compact wideband MIMO-Antenna", IEEE Access, Vol. 9, No. 1,
Mar 2021. IF: 3.367
40. Muhammad Usama Khan, Abdulah Jeza Aljohani, Aamir Gulistan, Salman Ghafoor, "All-Optical
Multi-Wavelength Regenerator Based on Four-Wave Mixing", Optical Engineering, Vol. 60, No. 3,
Mar, 2021. IF: 1.084
41. Ammar Khalid, Abdulah Aljohani, Salman Ghafoor, "A Novel Wideband Radio Frequency
Measurement Based on Photonic Signal Processing", Microwave and Optical Technology Letters,
Vol. 63, No. 4, Feb, 2021. IF: 1.392
42. Abdulah Aljohani, Jawad Mirza, Salman Ghafoor, "A Novel Regeneration Technique for Free
Space Optical Communication Systems", IEEE Communications Letters, Vol. 25, No. 1, Jan,
2021. IF: 3.43
43. Jawad Mirza, Waqas A. Imtiaz, Abdulah Jeza Aljohani, Ahmad Atieh, Salman Ghafoor, "Design
and Analysis of a 32 x 5 Gbps Passive Optical Network Employing FSO Based Protection at the
Distribution Level", Alexandria Engineering Journal, Vol. 59, No. 6, PP. 4621-4631, Dec, 2020. IF:
3.73
44. Jawad Mirza, Salman Ghafoor, Ashiq Hussain, "A Full Duplex Ultra-wideband over Free-Space
Optics Architecture Based on Polarization Multiplexing and Wavelength Re-use", Microwave and
Optical Technology Letters, Vol. 62, No. 12, Dec, 2020. IF: 1.392
45. Saeed Iqbal, Muhammad Iqbal, Aadil Raza, Jawad Mirza, Salman Ghafoor, Mohammed El-Hajjar,
Muhammad Fasih Uddin Butt, "Linearly polarized modes enabled PAM-4 data transmission over
few-mode fiber for data center interconnect", Electronics Letters, Vol. 56, No. 21, Oct 2020. IF:
1.314
46. Jawad Mirza, Salman Ghafoor, Ashiq Hussain, "A Full-Duplex Ultra-Wideband Over Multimode
Fiber Link for Internet of Things Based Smart Home Applications", Transactions on Emerging
Telecommunications Technologies, Vol. 31, No. 10, Oct, 2020. IF: 2.638
47. Saeed Iqbal, Aadil Raza, Fasih Ud Din, Salman Ghafoor and Muhammad El Hajjar, "A Full Duplex
Radio over Fiber Architecture Employing 12 Gbps 16 × 16 Optical MIMO for Next Generation
Communication Networks", Transactions on Emerging Telecommunications Technologies, Vol.
31, No. 8, PP. 1-15, Aug, 2020. IF: 2.638
48. Jawad Mirza; Benish Kanwal and Salman Ghafoor, "Microwave Photonic Notch Filter Based on
Polarization Multiplexing and Cross Gain Modulation in a Semiconductor Optical Amplifier",
Electronics Letters: https://doi.org/10.1049/el.2019.3157, Vol. 56, No. 4, PP. 189-192, Nov, 2019.
IF: 1.343
49. Afnan Riaz, Salman Ghafoor, Rizwan Ahmad, "Integration of Millimeter-Wave and Optical Link for
Duplex Transmission of Hierarchically Modulated Signal Over a Single Carrier and Fiber for
Future 5G Communication Systems", Telecommunication Systems, Vol. 72, No. 2, PP. 221, Oct,
2019. IF: 1.707
50. Faizan Umar, Jawad Mirza, Salman Ghafoor, "Microwave Photonic Filtering Based on Optical
Carrier Suppression Modulation", Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, Vol. 62, No. 1, PP.
60-66, Sep, 2019. IF: 0.933
51. Jawad Mirza, Salman Ghafoor, Ashiq Hussain, "All-Optical Regenerative Technique for Width
Tunable Ultra-Wideband Signal Generation", Photonic Network Communications. DOI:
10.1007/s11107-018-0818-0, Vol. 38, No. 1, PP. 98, Aug, 2019. IF: 1.328
52. Jawad Mirza, Salman Ghafoor; Ashiq Hussain, "All-Optical Generation and Transmission of
Multiple UWB Signals Over Free Space Optical Link", Optical Engineering, Vol. 58, No. 5, PP.
056103-8, May 2019. IF: 1.209
53. Salman Ghafoor, "Polarization Multiplexing based Ultra-Wideband over Fiber Communication
Employing Direct Modulation and Carrier Re-use", IEEE Communication Letters, Vol. 23, No. 6,
PP. 1008-1011, Apr, 2019. IF: 3.457
54. Yichuan Li, Salman Ghafoor, K. Satyanarayana, Mohammed El-Hajjar, Lajos Hanzo, "Analogue
Wireless Beamforming Exploiting the Fiber-Nonlinearity of Radio Over Fiber Based C-RANs",
IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, DOI: 10.1109/TVT.2019.2893589, Vol. 68, No. 3,
PP. 2802-2813, Mar, 2019. IF: 5.339
55. Tayyab Mehmood, Hina Qayyum, Salman Ghafoor, "Polarization Multiplexing based Duplex
Radio-Over-Fiber Link for Milli-meter Wave Signal Transmission to a Ring of Multiple Radio
Access Units", Frontiers of Information Technology & Electronic Engineering, DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1631/FITEE.1700056, Vol. 20, No. 2, PP. 300-306, Feb 2019. IF: 1.379
56. Tayyab Mehmood, Salman Ghafoor, "Millimeter-Wave Signal Generation and Transmission to
Multiple Radio Access Units by Employing Nonlinearity of the Optical Link", Journal of
Communication Systems. https://doi.org/10.1002/dac.3830, Vol. 32, No. 1, PP. 1-11, Jan 2019.
IF: 1.717
57. Jawad Mirza, Salman Ghafoor and Ashiq Hussain, 2, "All-optical 2R-regeneration and continuous
wave to pulsed signal wavelength conversion based on fiber nonlinearity", Optical and Quantum
Electronics. DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/s11082-018-1633-7, Vol. 50, No. 10, PP. 366, Oct, 2018.
IF: 1.168
58. Aadil Raza, Kangping Zhong, Salman Ghafoor, Saeed Iqbal, Muhammad Adeel, Shahid Habib,
Muhammad Fasih Uddin Butt, and Chao Lu, "SER estimation method for 56 GBaud PAM-4
transmission system", Chinese Optics Letters, Vol. 16, No. 4, PP. 040604, Apr, 2018. IF: 1.94
59. Aadil Raza, Salman Ghafoor, Muhammad Fasih Uddin Butt, "MIMO Enabled Integrated MGDM-
WDM Distributed Antenna System Architecture based on Plastic Optical Fibers for Millimeter-
Wave Communication", Photonic Network Communications, Vol. 35, No. 2, PP. 265-273, Apr,
2018. IF: 1.21
60. Muhammad Ahmad Farooq, Salman Ghafoor, "Raman Amplification by Employing Data
Modulated Pump Signals for Bi-Directional Communication", Microwave and Optical Technology
Letters, Vol. 60, No. 3, PP. 778-784, Mar, 2018. IF: 0.948
61. Hira Ali Jamal, Salman Ghafoor, "A Novel Time and Wavelength Interleaved Optical Pulsed
Signal for a High Resolution Photonic Analogue to Digital Converter", Journal of Optical and
Quantum Electronics. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11082-018-1358-7, Vol. 50, No. 2, PP. 1-10, Feb,
2018. IF: 1.168
62. Bilal Aziz, Tayyab Mehmood, Salman Ghafoor, "UWB over Fiber Transmission to Multiple Radio
Access Units using All-Optical Signal Processing", Springer Photonic Network Communications,
Vol. 34, No. 2, PP. 280-287, Oct, 2017. IF: 1.21
63. V. A. Thomas, Salman Ghafoor, M. El-Hajjar, Lajos Hanzo, "The "Rap" on ROF: Radio over Fiber
Using Radio Access Point for High Data Rate Wireless Personal Area Networks", IEEE
Microwave Magazine, Vol. 16, No. 9, PP. 64-78, Oct, 2015. IF: 1.13
64. Aamir Gulistan, Salman Ghafoor, "Self-phase modulation-based multiple carrier generation for
radio over fiber duplex baseband communication", Springer Photonic Network Communications,
Vol. 29, No. 2, PP. 133-137, Apr 2015. IF: 0.8
65. V A Thomas, Salman Ghafoor, Mohammed El-Hajjar, Lajos Hanzo, "Baseband Radio over Fiber
Aided Millimeter-Wave Distributed Antenna for Optical/Wireless Integration", IEEE
Communications Letters, Vol. 17, No. 5, PP. 1012-1015, Mar, 2013. IF: 1.23
66. V. A. Thomas, Salman Ghafoor, Mohammed El-Hajjar, Lajos Hanzo, "A Full-Duplex Diversity-
Assisted Hybrid Analogue/Digitized Radio Over Fibre for Optical/Wireless Integration", IEEE
Communications Letters, Vol. 17, No. 2, PP. 409-412, Jan, 2013. IF: 1.23
67. Salman Ghafoor, V. A. Thomas, Lajos Hanzo, "Duplex Digitized Transmission of 64-QAM Signals
Over a Single Fibre Using a Single Pulsed Laser Source", IEEE Communications Letters, Vol. 16,
No. 8, PP. 1312-1315, Sep, 2012. IF: 1.23
68. Salman Ghafoor, Lajos Hanzo, "Sub-Carrier-Multiplexed Duplex 64-QAM Radio-over-Fiber
Transmission for Distributed Antennas", IEEE Communications Letters, Vol. 15, No. 12, PP. 1368,
Jan, 2011. IF: 1.232
69. X. Xu, R. Zhang, Salman Ghafoor, Lajos Hanzo, "Imperfect Digital Fibre Optic Link Based
Cooperative Distributed Antennas with Fractional Frequency Reuse in Multicell Multiuser
Networks", IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, Vol. 60, No. 9, PP. 4439, Jan, 2011. IF:
1.92
- US Patent 11,239,913: Method for regenerating optical signals over free space optical
links. - US Patent 11,223,432: System and method for determining unknown radio frequencies.
- Holmium-doped fiber amplifier with efficient low cost cascaded fiber laser pumping and a
method therefor. A Atieh, MJ Mirza, SA Ghafoor. US Patent Applied. 18/092,187. - Systems and methods for integrating ultra-wideband and free space optical
communications. KK Qureshi, J Ahmad, S Ghafoor. US Patent Applied. 17/886,150. - Method and system of producing a redundant optical comb and applications thereof. A
Atieh, MJ Mirza, SA Ghafoor. US Patent Applied. 18/337, 013.
- University of Southampton, United Kingdom
- Manchester Metropolitan University, United Kingdom
- Iowa State University, United States of America
- Université de Toulouse, Toulouse, France
- National Inter-University Consortium for Telecommunications (CNIT), Pisa, Italy
- University of Malaga, Spain
- King Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia
- King Fahad University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia
- Optical Networking Technologies (ONT) Lab