Engr. Dr. Muhammad Irfan

Assistant Professor

PhD, Postdoc. Gwangju Institute of Science & Technology, South Korea.

Research Interests

• Terahertz spectroscopy
• Ultrafast processes and pump probe measurement
• Characterization of Graphene, graphite and graphitic materials

Biography

• Dr. Muhammad Irfan is an Assistant Professor at Electrical Engineering Department, Khwaja Fareed University of Engineering and Information Technology. He received his MS and Ph.D. in Fall 2011 and 2016, respectively from Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST), South Korea, with a research focus on development of THz devices for future communication technologies. Dr. Irfan held a postdoctoral appointment at Quantum Computing center at GIST (September 2016-March 2017).

Awards and Honors

• 2014-2014         Outstanding global university project (GUP) research award
• 2011-2016         Korean Government Scholarship Program awarded for Ph.D. studies
• 2009-2011         Korean Government Scholarship Program awarded for M.S. studies

Publications

• Muhammad Irfan, Soo-Kyung Lee, Jong-Hyuk Yim, Yong Tak Lee, Young-Dahl Jho, ”Phase manipulation of THz waves by work function Engineering in metal-graphite structures”, Applied Physics Letters (Accepted) [arXiv preprint arXiv:1602.06263]
• Jong-Hyuk Yim, Muhammad Irfan, Eun-Hye Lee, Jin-Dong Song, Young-Dahl Jho, “Polarized Terahertz Waves Emitted from In0.2Ga0.8As Nanowires”, Journal of Nanoscience and NanoTechnology. 6024, 15 (2015) [IF=1.556]
• Sara Ashraf*, Muhammad Irfan*, Dongju Kim, Jae-Hyung Jang, W.-T.Han, Young-Dahl Jho, “Optical influence of annealing in nano- and submicron-scale ZrO2 powders, Ceramics International. 8513, 40 (2014) [*:equal contribution] [IF=2.605]
• Muhammad Irfan, Jong-Hyuk Yim, Dongju Kim, Jae-Hyung Jang, Jin-Dong Song, Young-Dahl Jho, “Propagation effects of THz waves in InAs-based heterostructures”, Journal of Nanoscience and NanoTechnology. 5228, 14 (2014) [IF=1.556]
• Muhammad Irfan, Jong-Hyuk Yim, Changyoung Kim, Sang Wook Lee, Young-Dahl Jho, Phase change in THz waves emitted from differently doped graphite: the role of carrier drift, Applied Physics Letters. 201108, 103 (2013) [IF=3.303]
• Jong-Hyuk Yim, Hoonil Jeong, Muhammad Irfan, Eun-Hye Lee, Jin-Dong Song,Young-Dahl Jho, “Directional terahertz emission from corrugated InAs structures, Optics Express. 19709, 21 (2013) [IF=3.488]
• Hyun-Dak Yoo, Muhammad Irfan, Jong-Hyuk Yim, Young-Dahl Jho, “Enhanced Terahertz Transmission through Graphene on Slit Antenna”, Conference on Lasers and Electro-optics Pacific Rim (CLEO-PR) 2015, Busan, South Korea
• Muhammad Irfan, Jong-Hyuk Yim, Soo-kyung Lee, Yong-Tak Lee, Young-Dahl Jho, “Phase manipulation of Terahertz waves based on rectified carrier drift in metal graphite junctions”, International Conference on the Physics of Semiconductors (ICPS) 2014, Texas, United States
• Muhammad Irfan, Jong-Hyuk Yim, Young-Dahl Jho, and Changyoung Kim, “ Identifying the Distinct Phases of THz Waves from K-valley Electrons in Graphite”, AIP Conf. Proc. 1566, 121 (2013)
• Muhammad Irfan, Young-Dahl Jho, and Changyoung Kim, “Distinctive Phases of THz Waves from Graphite”, Asia-Pacific Microwave Photonics conference (APMP) 2013, Gwangju, South Korea
• Muhammad Irfan, Jong-Hyuk Yim, Jin-Dong Song, Young-Dahl Jho,  “Propagation Effects of THz Waves in InAs-based Heterostructures”, International Conference on Nano Science and Nano Technology (ICNST) 2012 Gwangju, South Korea
• Muhammad Irfan, Young-Dahl Jho, and Changyoung Kim, “Identifying the Distinct Phases of THz Waves from K-valley Electrons in Graphite”, International Conference on the Physics of Semiconductors (ICPS) 2012, Zurich, Switzerland
• Muhammad Irfan, Young-Dahl Jho, Young-Bin Hong, and Jin-Dong Song: “Substrate-dependent phase shift of terahertz pulses in graphite”,. International Conference on Advanced Materials and Devices (ICAMD) 2011, Jeju, South Korea
• Muhammad Irfan, Young-Dahl Jho, and Changyoung Kim,” Comparative study of terahertz emission from InAs: lateral vs. reflective geometries”, Korean Physical Society (KPS) 2011, Busan, South Korea
• Muhammad Irfan, Jihoon Jeong, Keumhyun Yoon, YoungDahl Jho, and Changyoung Kim, “Terahertz radiation characteristics from graphite on various substrates: the phase variation”, AIP Conf. Proc. 1399, 761 (2011)
• Muhammad Irfan, Jihoon Jeong, Keumhyun Yoon, Young-Dahl Jho, and Changyoung Kim, “Terahertz radiation characteristics from graphite on various substrates: the phase variation”, International Conference on the Physics of Semiconductors (ICPS) 2010, Seoul, South Korea