Ph.D Research (Ongoing) : Wide Bandgap Materials for Quantum Photonics Applications (WIDE Lab)

Topic: Topological Photonic Platform using Wide Bandgap Materials (GaN,AlN etc.)

Research Group Funded By: NSF,  ARO,  DoD , DoE, W.M Keck Foundation.

Supervisor: Dr. Yuji Zhao (Professor, ECE, Rice University)

Period: August 2024- Continued

Research Interests:

Wide Bandgap Semiconductors, Topological Photonics, Integrated Photonic Devices, Photonic Device Modelling, Plasmonic Sensors, 2D materials

Journal Articles:

(1)   Rahad, R.; Haque, M. A.; Mahadi, M. K.; Mohsin, A. S. M.; Faruque, Md. O.; Afrid, S. Mohd. T.-S.; Emon, Md. J. H.; Sagor, R. H.    Highly Sensitive Optically Tunable Transition Metal Nitride-Based Plasmonic Pressure Sensor With CMOS-Compatibility at Compact   Subwavelength Dimensions. IEEE Sensors J. 2024, 24 (14), 22271–22278. https://doi.org/10.1109/JSEN.2024.3404479.

(2)   Rahad, R.; Sobhani, Md. M.; Emon, Md. J. H.; Afrid, S. Mohd. T.-S.; Mahadi, M. K.; Mohsin, A. S. M.; Faruque, Md. O.; Sagor, R. H. An Alternative Plasmonic Material-Based CMOS-Compatible Temperature Sensor. Optics Communications 2024, 569, 130749. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.optcom.2024.130749.

(3)   Rahad, R.; Joy, J. D.; Rahman, Md. S.; Emon, M. J. H.; Haque, M. A. Miniaturized Plasmonic Sensor With Dual-Function Capability for Pressure and Flow Rate Detection at Subwavelength Levels. IEEE Sensors J. 2025, 25 (4), 6176–6182. https://doi.org/10.1109/JSEN.2025.3525968.

(4)   Hafiz, F.; Emon, M. J. H.; Hossain, M. A.; Mukta, Md. S. H.; Islam, S.; Shatabda, S. Design of a Microprocessors and Microcontrollers Laboratory Course Addressing Complex Engineering Problems and Activities. Comp Applic In Engineering 2025, 33 (2), e70006. https://doi.org/10.1002/cae.70006.

(5)   Rafi, M. R. I.*; Emon, M. J. H.*; Shawkat, M. S. A.; Subrina, S. Phonon Transport in Pristine and Doped Plumbene Nanoribbon: An Equilibrium Molecular Dynamics Study. Physica B: Condensed Matter 2025, 713, 417369. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physb.2025.417369.

(6)   Chang, C.; Kook, K. D.; Lin, C.; Zhang, X.; Yang, Y.; Luo, S.; He, Z.; Li, T.; Xu, M.; Lau, L.; Emon, M. J. H.; Rahad, R.; Ajayan, P.; Lou, J.; Kumar, S.; Zhao, Y. Mitigation of Self-Heating in AlGaN/GaN HEMTs Using Transferred LPCVD-Grown h-BN. Applied Physics Letters 2025, 127 (8), 083501. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0283264.

(7)   Li, T.*; Emon, M. J. H.*; Rahad, R.*; Chatterjee, A.*; Dalakoti, V.*; Liu, J.*; Yu, H.*; Mi, Z.; Huang, S.; Zhao, Y. Ultrawide Bandgap Semiconductors for Photonic Applications: Recent Advances in Epitaxial Ga2 O3 , hBN, and ScAlN [Invited]. Opt. Mater. Express 2025, 15 (10), 2383. https://doi.org/10.1364/OME.569135.

(8)   Rahman, M. S.; Joy, J. D.; Rahad, R.; Chowdhury, M. H.; Reja, M. I.; Chowdhury, A.; Emon, M. J. H. Refractory Transition Metal Nitride-Based CMOS-Compatible Plasmonic Sensor for Brain Tissue Differentiation and Tumor Detection. IEEE Trans. Compon., Packag. Manufact. Technol. 2025, 1–1. https://doi.org/10.1109/TCPMT.2025.3611959.

(9)   Rahman, Md. S.; Rahad, R.; Rahman, D. M.; Emon, Md. J. H.; Rahad, R. Highly Sensitive Temperature Sensor Based on Tunable Stoichiometric Alternative Plasmonic Material Using Multiple Thermo-Responsive Analytes. Measurement 2025, 119127. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.measurement.2025.119127.

(10) Emon, M. J. H.*; Hussain, S. M.*; Islam, A.*; Ahmed, S. S*. Integration of IoT, Machine Learning, and Sensors for Intelligent Environmental Monitoring and Agricultural Development. Journal of Computer Networks and Communications 2025, 2025 (1), 6611890. https://doi.org/10.1155/jcnc/6611890. 

Conference Proceedings and Talks:

• Emon, M.J.H et.al, "III-N Quantum Valley Hall Topological Photonic Structure for Robust Transmission in UV-Visible Spectrum", Electronic Materials Conference (EMC), USA, 2025

• Rahad, R., Li, T., Emon, M.J.H et.al, "Theoretical Modeling of β-Ga2O3 Micro-ring Resonators for UV-visible Optical Sensing", Electronic Materials Conference (EMC), USA, 2025

• Li,T. et.al, "Visible Spectrum Topological Photonic Crystal Cavities on the III-N Wide Bandgap Platform",

 Conference on Laser and Electro-Optics (CLEO), USA, 2025

• Lau, L., Luo, S., Emon, M.J.H et.al, "Device Modeling of a Quasi-Vertical GaN Trench MOSFET",

 Electronic Materials Conference (EMC), USA, 2025

*(Denotes Equal Contribution)