Dr. Muzamil Shah

Website: https://thequbit.pk
Email: muzamil@qau.edu.pk
Cell: +923449277751

Education

• PhD Physics, Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS), Lahore, Pakistan
  (September 2015 - August 2021)
  Dissertation topic: Magneto-optic effects in 2D quantum materials.
• M. Phil Physics, Quaid-I-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan
  (September 2010 - January 2013)
  Thesis title: Coulomb Drag in Graphene
• M. Sc Physics, Quaid-I-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan
  (January 2008 - January 2010)
• B. Sc Math, Physics and Electronics, University of Peshawar, Pakistan
  (September 2005 - November 2007)

Research Interests

Condensed matter physics theory and topological photonics:

Quantum transport in quantum 2D materials, spin and valley polarized magneto-optics, spin-orbitronics in TMDs, band structure engineering in atomically thin materials, proximity induced properties in few-layer stacks, many-body phenomena in few-layer thin materials, Faraday and Kerr rotation, Goos-Hanchen and Imbert-Fedorov shifts, photonic spin Hall effect in 2D quantum materials.

Publications

• "Quantum magnetotransport in monolayer Pt2HgSe3", M. Shah, K. Sabeeh and I. Khan, M. S. Anwar, R. Asgari, Phys. Rev. B 112, 195415 (2025).. (First Author)
• "Faraday rotation in antiferromagnetic silicene", M. I. Sarwar, M. Shah, M. Raza, K. Sabeeh and I. Khan, Journal of Applied Physics 138, 154304 (2025). (First Author)
• "Tunable Goos-Hänchen shift in Floquet topological insulator thin films", N. Ali, M. Shah, M. Jan, and Q. Abbass, Optical and Quantum Electronics 57, 581 (2025). (Corresponding Author)
• "Tunable photonic spin Hall effect on a hyperbolic crystal coated with graphene monolayer", M. Iqbal, M. Shah, A. Hayat, and Q. Abbass, Optik 339, 172540 (2025). (Corresponding Author)
• "Coherent control of photonic spin Hall effect in a Cavity", M. Shah, S. Qamar, and M. Waseem Optics Express 33 (19), 39359–39372 (2025). (First Author)
• "Loss-free enhancement of photonic spin Hall shift by electromagnetically induced transparency", A. Khan, K. Du, L. Gao, M. Shah, Xinxing Zhou, and D. Gao Phys. Rev. A 111 (6), 063523 (2025). (Corresponding Author)
• "Enhanced photonic spin Hall effect in atomic-ensemble-based cavity optomechanics", A. Munir, M. Shah, and C. Wang Phys. Rev. A 111, 053719 (2025). (Main Author)
• "Quantum transport in buckled Xene materials", I. Khan, M. Shah, and M. Shah, Opt. Mat. Express 15, 1294-1306 (2025). (Corresponding Author)
• "Goos-Hanchen shifts in transition metal dichalcogenides", M. Raza, S. Ali, M. Shah, Physics Letters A 531, 130167 (2025). (Corresponding Author)
• "Gain-assisted control of the photonic spin Hall effect", M. Waseem M. Shah, G. Xianlong, Phys. Rev. A, 110, 033104 (2024). (Corresponding Author)
• "Photonic spin Hall effect in Haldane model materials", M. Shah, M. S. Anwar, R. Asgari, G. Xianlong, Phys. Rev. B 109, 235418, (2024). (First Author)
• "Impact of the Fizeau drag effect on Goos-Hanchen shifts in graphene", R. U. Din, M. Shah, R. Asgari, G. Xianlong, Phys. Rev. B 109, 115403 (2024). (First Author)
• "Topological pumping in an inhomogeneous Aubry-André model", M. Sajid, N. A. Khan M. Shah, Chinese Journal of Physics (2024). (Corresponding Author)
• "Probing photonic spin Hall effect with Fizeau drag in graphene", R. U. Din, M. Shah, H. Ali, S. Haddad, Results in Physics, (2024). (Main Author)
• "Spin and valley-polarized Faraday rotation in irradiated monolayer buckled Xene materials", M. Shah, M. Shah, N. A. Khan, M. Jan, M. Sajid, H. M. Abo-Dief, and E. Alzahrani, Optical Materials Express, 14, 1676–1689 (2024). (First Author)
• "Analysis of far-field radiation pattern by a current loop in hyperbolic material", M. Shah, Journal of the Optical Society of America A, 41, 1353-1357 (2024). (Main Author)
• "Tunable quantized spin Hall effect of light in graphene", M. Shah, M. Shah, N. A. Khan, M. Sajid, M. Jan, G. Xianlong, Results in Physics 3, 107676 (2024). (Corresponding Author)
• "Far-zone analytical expressions for electromagnetic waves produced by a uniform-current loop placed in a uniaxial dielectric-magnetic material", A. Hayat, H. Nighat, M. Shah, A. M. Tighezza, Optics Continuum 3, 484 (2024). (Main Author)
• "Magneto-optical conductivity and giant Faraday-Kerr rotation in Floquet topological insulators", M. Shah, M. Q. Mehmood, Y. S. Ang, M. Zubair, and Y. Massoud, Phys. Rev. B 107, 235115 (2023). (First Author)
• "Photonic spin Hall effect in uniaxially strained graphene", M. Shah, A Hayat, M Sajid, NA Khan, M Jan, Physica Scripta 98 (12), 125943 (2023). (First Author)
• "Surface plasmon resonances in anisotropic strained graphene", M. Shah, A. A. Ghatar, A. Hayat, O. Akhavan, and D. Jahani, Journal of the Optical Society of America B 9, 2315-2320 (2023). (First Author)
• "Conductance distributions in correlated disordered metals", NA Khan, M Jan and M. Shah, Annals of Physics, 169387 (2023). (Main Author)
• "Quantum walks in an inhomogeneous off-diagonal Aubry-Andre-Harper model", M. Sajid, M. Shah, N. A. Khan, M. Jan, Physics Letters A, 469, 128763 (2023). (Corresponding Author)
• "Optical Goos-Hanchen effect in uniaxially strained graphene", D. Jahani, O. Akhwan, A. Hayat, and M. Shah, Journal of the Optical Society of America A 40 (1) (2023). (Corresponding Author)
• "A Study to Investigate Monolayer-Silicene's Ability to Realize Tuneable Beam Shifts", M. Shah, M. Q. Mehmood and Y. Massoud, Frontiers in Optics + Laser Science (2022). (First Author)
• "Optical conductivity of ultra thin Floquet topological insulators", M. Shah and N. A. Khan, M. Sajid, J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 55, 415103 (2022). (First Author)
• "Topological Kerr effect in the graphene family materials", M. Shah and M. S. Anwar, Opt. Express 30, 23011–23024 (2022). (First Author)
• "Entanglement-based Measure of Non-Markovianity in Relativistic Frame", N. A. Khan, M. Jan, M. Shah, M. Sajid, Q. Zaman, M. Ali and D. Khan, Optik 260, 169016 (2022). (Main Author)
• "Quantum speed limit time in a relativistic frame", N. A. Khan, M. Jan, M. Shah, D. Khan, Annals of Physics, 168831 (2022). (Main Author)
• "Quantization of Goos-Hänchen shift in monolayer graphene under partial and total internal reflection conditions", M. Shah, A. Akbar, N. A. Khan, Q. Zaman and M. Shah, Journal of the Optical Society of America B 39 (4), 1082–1090 (2022). (First Author)
• "Topological Imbert-Fedorov Shifts in Silicene", A. Akbar, M. Shah, and M. Shah, Journal of the Optical Society of America B 3, 722–728 (2022). (Corresponding Author)
• "Electrically tunable Goos-Hänchen shift in two-dimensional quantum materials", M. Shah, Opt. Mater. Express 12, 421–435 (2022). (Corresponding Author)
• "Probing topological quantum phase transitions via photonic spin Hall effects in spin-orbit coupled 2D quantum materials", M. Shah, J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 55, 105105 (2021). (Corresponding Author)
• "Surface states dependent giant quantized photonic spin Hall effect in a magnetic topological thin film", M. Shah and M. Sajid, Physica E 138, 115113 (2021). (First Author)
• "Magnetic Field and Fermi Energy Modulated Quantized Imbert-Fedorov Shifts in Graphene", M. Shah, M.Shah and M. Sajid, Journal of the Optical Society of America B 9, 2736–2741 (2021). (First Author)
• "Magnetically Tunable Goos-Hanchen Shifts in Topological Quantum Materials", M. Shah M. Shah and A. Akbar, CLEO Virtual Conference (2021). (First Author)
• "Quantized Goos-Hänchen shifts on the surface of hybridized topological insulator thin films", M. Shah and M.S. Anwar, Physica E, p.114819 (2021). (First Author)
• "Valley and spin polarized quantized spin dependent photonic shifts in topological silicene", M. Shah and M.S. Anwar, Physics Letters A, 127342 (2021). (First Author)
• "Transitional Faraday and Kerr effect in hybridized topological insulator thin films", M. Shah, A. Akbar, M. Sajid and M.S. Anwar, Opt. Mat. Express 11, 525–538 (2021). (First Author)
• "Magneto-optic modulation of lateral and angular shifts in spin-orbit coupled members of the graphene family", M. Shah and M.S. Anwar, Optics Continuum 3, 878 (2020). (First Author)
• "Quantized and Topological Photonic Spin Hall Effects in the Graphene Family in the Presence of Magnetic Fields", M. Shah and M.S. Anwar, OSA Optical Sensors and Sensing Congress (2020). (First Author)
• "Magneto-optical effects in the Landau level manifold of 2D lattices with spin-orbit interaction", M. Shah and M.S. Anwar, Opt. Express 27, 23217–23233 (2019). (First Author)

Selected Invited Talks and Poster Presentations

• "Quantum Transport in Monolayer-Jacutingaite'', 6th Annual International Conference on Advances in Materials Science (AIMS), Dec 03--04, 2025 at Department of Physics, Division of Science and Technology, University of Education, Lahore Pakistan.
• "Your smartphone is a mobile lab'', Dec 04, 2025 at Government Degree college  Patooki District Kasur Pakistan.
• "Probing Topological Phase Transitions in Monolayer Jacutingaite through Magneto-Optics'', The 9th “International Symposium on Light Matter Interaction (ILMI), Nov 20--21, 2025 at National Centre for Physics Islamabad Pakistan.
• "Quantum transport in 2D Jacutingaite", 50th International Nathiagali Summer College on Physics and Contemporary Needs, 23rd to 28th July, 2025 at Nathiagali Pakistan.
• "From Classical Hall Effect to Photonic Spin Hall Effect", May 30, 2025 at Fatima Jinnah Women University Rawalpindi.
• "Photonic Spin Hall Effect in 2D Quantum Materials", April 25, 2025 at NILOP Islamabad.
• "Photonic Spin Hall Effect in 2D Quantum Materials", 3rd International Conference on Recent Trends in Natural Science (RTNS-2024), April 25-26, 2024 at University of Education, Lahore Jauharabad Campus.
• "Proximity-induced topological phases in a twisted heterostructure of transition metal dichalcogenide and CrI3", Workshop on Twistronics and Moiré Materials: Bridging Theory and Experiments, 16 January 2024 to 19 January 2024 at The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Italy.
• "Photonic Spin Hall Effect in 2D Quantum Materials", 48th International Nathiagali Summer College on Physics and Contemporary Needs, 10th to 22nd July, 2023 at Nathiagali Pakistan.
• "Valleytronics in 2D Quantum Materials", One day workshop on Quantum Science and Technology, August 21, 2023 at Center for Mathematical Sciences and Department of Physics and Applied Mathematics PIEAS Pakistan.
• "Magneto-optic Effects in 2D Quantum Materials", 5th National Symposium on Laser Matter Interaction, September 14-15, 2021 at National Centre for Physics (NCP), Islamabad.
• "Magnetically Tunable Goos-Hanchen Shifts in Topological Quantum Materials", Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO 2021) 10-14 May 2021.
• "How to do plotting and fitting in Mathematica", Riphah international university Lahore, 13 December 2020.
• "Quantized and Topological Photonic Spin Hall Effects in the Graphene Family in the Presence of Magnetic Fields", OSA Optical Sensors and Sensing Congress 22-26 June 2020.
• "Goos-Hanchen shifts in 2D quantum materials", Symposium on Quantum and Nano-Optics at Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) on April 12, 2018.
• "Single-Photon Quantum Memory: A Proposal", National Workshop on Mathematical Aspects of Quantum Information Science at Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) on 22-23 May, 2013.

Workshops and Conferences Attended

• APS Global Physics Summit 2025 March 16-21 2025
• Workshop on Twistronics and Moiré Materials: Bridging Theory and Experiments On Jan 15-19, 2024 at the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Italy.
• International Conference on Quantum Photonics On November 24-27, 2023 at Jinhua, China.
• 48th International Nathiagali Summer Colleges (INSC) on Physics and Contemporary Needs On July 17-22, 2023, Nathiagali, KPK, Pakistan.
• Workshop on Quantum Science and Technology 21 August, 2023 at Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences (PIEAS), Islamabad.
• 6th National Symposium on Laser Matter Interaction (LMI) 12-13 September, 2022 at National Centre for Physics, Islamabad.
• 3rd International Workshop on 2D Materials and Quantum Effect Devices 19-21 July, 2022 at Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences (PIEAS), Islamabad.
• Workshop on Quantum Algorithms May 23–27, 2022 at Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS), Lahore.
• Pakistan International Conference on Quantum Information and Computation (PICQIC-21), October 13-15, 2021 at National Centre for Physics (NCP), Islamabad.
• 5th National Symposium on Laser Matter Interaction (LMI) 14-15 September 2021 at National Centre for Physics, Islamabad.
• OSA Optical Sensors and Sensing Congress 22 June– 26 June 2020, OSA Virtual Event.
• International School on Physics and Allied Disciplines (ISPAD) March 11-15, 2019 at National Centre for Physics (NCP), Islamabad.
• COMSTECH-CIIT Joint International Workshop on Rational Design of Materials for Energy Needs: Computation and Experimentation May 22 to 26, 2017 at COMSTECH Secretariat, 33-Constitution Avenue, G-5/2, Islamabad, Pakistan.
• International Scientific Spring-March 07-11, 2016 at National Centre for Physics (NCP), Islamabad.
• International Conference On Solid State Physics- December 13-17, 2015 at Center of Excellence of Solid State Physics, University of the Punjab, Lahore.
• International Scientific Spring - March 16-20, 2015 at National Centre for Physics (NCP), Islamabad.
• Regional Workshop on Active Learning in Optics and Photonics December 7-11, 2015, at National Centre for Physics (NCP), Islamabad.
• International Conference and Workshop on Nano Science and Technology, Department of Physics Quaid I Azam University, Islamabad Pakistan on October 01-05, 2012.
• International School on New Trends in Quantum Information Theory September 12-13, 2014 at Department of Physics Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS), Lahore.
• International Symposium on Nanomaterials-potential Applications and Challenges October 31, 2013 at Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS), Lahore.
• 38th International Nathiagali Summer Colleges (INSC) on Physics and Contemporary Needs On July 01-06, 2013.
• First National Workshop/Conference on Computational Tools April 8-12, 2013, at National Centre for Physics (NCP), Islamabad.
• Workshop on Nano-Scale Electronics Devices and Systems Department of Physics Quaid-I-Azam University, Islamabad Pakistan on 21 May-01 June, 2012.

Memberships of Learned Societies

• Member American Physical Society (APS), USA
• Member Optical Society of America (OSA), USA
• Member of the International Society for Optics and Photonics (SPIE), USA
• Life Member Pakistan Physical Society (PPS), Pakistan
• Life Member Khwarizmi Science Society (KSS), Pakistan

Academic Appointments

• Assistant Professor Oct 2024 – Present
  Department of Physics, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad
• Postdoctoral Fellow Feb 2023 – Jan 2025
  Department of Physics, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua, China
• Post-doc Physicist Nov 2021 – Jun 2022
  Syed Babar Ali School of Science & Engineering, LUMS, Pakistan
• Lecturer of Physics July 2021 – Jan 2022
  Beaconhouse National University (BNU), Lahore Pakistan.
• Lecturer of Physics August 2019 – January 2020
  National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences (FAST), Lahore Pakistan
• Research Associate Jan 2016 – August 2021
  Syed Babar Ali School of Science & Engineering, LUMS, Pakistan
• Lab Instructor June 2013 – Jan 2016
  Syed Babar Ali School of Science & Engineering, LUMS, Pakistan
• Research Associate Nov 2012 – June 2013
  Syed Babar Ali School of Science & Engineering, LUMS, Pakistan
• Research Assistant Sep 2011 – Nov 2012
  Quaid-I-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan.

Selected Courses Taught

• Optics and waves PH-102 (2025)
• Teaching of experimental physics PH-310 (2025)
• Calculus 1 (2024)
• Calculus 3 (2014)
• 1st Year Physics Lab (2015)
• 1st Year Physics Lab (2016)
• General Physics (Mechanics, electricity and magnetism) (2019)
• Applied Physics (2021-2022)

Computing Skills

Mathematica, Matlab, CST, Origin, Microsoft Office.

Organization of Scientific Activities as Organizer

• Two-day Experimental Physics Boot Camp @ Physlab LUMS Lahore 28th February-March 1st 2025.
• 18th National Symposium on Frontiers in Physics Organized by Pakistan Physical Society and hosted jointly by Quaid-e-Azam University and National Centre for Physics. 11th - 13th February 2025.
• First regional E-conference in physics with the collaboration of the international union for pure and applied physics (IUPAP) (18-21 Jan 2022).
• Lahore Science Mela (2017, 2018, 2019). These festivals have attracted around 50,000 visitors over a span of six days.
• Fourth Regional Lab Immersion Program (2016).
• International School on New Trends in Quantum Information Theory, LUMS (September 2014).
• Third National Lab Immersion Program (2014).
• Second National Lab Immersion Program (2013).

• Probing topological quantum phase transitions via photonic spin Hall effects in spin-orbit coupled 2D quantum materials
  M Shah - Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics 55 (10), 105105, 2022 - Citations: 39
• Electrically tunable Goos-Hänchen shift in two-dimensional quantum materials
  M Shah - Optical Materials Express 12 (2), 421-435, 2022 - Citations: 36
• Magneto-optic modulation of lateral and angular shifts in spin-orbit coupled members of the graphene family
  M Shah, MS Anwar - OSA Continuum 3 (4), 878-892, 2020 - Citations: 28
• Gain-assisted control of the photonic spin Hall effect
  M Waseem, M Shah, G Xianlong - Physical Review A 110 (3), 033104, 2024 - Citations: 27
• Magneto-optical effects in the Landau level manifold of 2D lattices with spin-orbit interaction
  M Shah, MS Anwar - Optics Express 27 (16), 23217-23233, 2019 - Citations: 26
• Valley and spin polarized quantized spin dependent photonic shifts in topological silicene
  M Shah, MS Anwar - Physics Letters A 401, 127342, 2021 - Citations: 25
• Photonic spin Hall effect in Haldane model materials
  M Shah, MS Anwar, R Asgari, G Xianlong - Physical Review B 109 (23), 235418, 2024 - Citations: 24
• Optical Goos–Hänchen effect in uniaxially strained graphene
  D Jahani, O Akhavan, A Hayat, M Shah - Journal of the Optical Society of America A 40 (1), 21-26, 2022 - Citations: 18
• Quantized Goos-Hänchen shifts on the surface of hybridized topological insulator thin films
  M Shah, M Sajid, MS Anwar - Physica E: Low-dimensional Systems and Nanostructures 134, 114819, 2021 - Citations: 18
• Magnetic field and Fermi energy modulated quantized Imbert–Fedorov shifts in graphene
  M Shah, M Sajid, M Shah - Journal of the Optical Society of America B 38 (9), 2736-2741, 2021 - Citations: 18
• Transitional Faraday and Kerr effect in hybridized topological insulator thin films
  M Shah, A Akbar, M Sajid, M Sabieh Anwar - Optical Materials Express 11 (2), 525-538, 2021 - Citations: 18
• Quantization of Goos–Hänchen shift in monolayer graphene under partial and total internal reflection conditions
  M Shah, A Akbar, NA Khan, Q Zaman, S Iqbal, W Ali, M Javed, M Shah - Journal of the Optical Society of America B 39 (4), 1082-1090, 2022 - Citations: 15
• Surface states-dependent giant quantized photonic spin Hall effect in a magnetic topological insulator thin film
  M Shah, M Sajid - Physica E: Low-dimensional Systems and Nanostructures 138, 115113, 2022 - Citations: 14
• Tunable quantized spin Hall effect of light in graphene
  M Shah, M Shah, NA Khan, M Sajid, M Jan, G Xianlong - Results in Physics 60, 107676, 2024 - Citations: 13
• Surface plasmon resonances in anisotropic strained graphene
  M Shah, A Alidoust Ghatar, A Hayat, O Akhavan, D Jahani - Journal of the Optical Society of America B 40 (9), 2315-2320, 2023 - Citations: 13
• Magneto-optical conductivity and giant Faraday-Kerr rotation in Floquet topological insulators
  M Shah, MQ Mehmood, YS Ang, M Zubair, Y Massoud - Physical Review B 107 (23), 235115, 2023 - Citations: 12
• Impact of the Fizeau drag effect on Goos-Hänchen shifts in graphene
  RU Din, M Shah, R Asgari, G Xianlong - Physical Review B 109 (11), 115403, 2024 - Citations: 9
• Topological Imbert–Fedorov shifts in silicene
  A Akbar, M Shah, M Shah - Journal of the Optical Society of America B 39 (3), 722-728, 2022 - Citations: 9
• Photonic spin Hall effect in uniaxially strained graphene
  M Shah, A Hayat, M Sajid, NA Khan, M Jan - Physica Scripta 98 (12), 125943, 2023 - Citations: 8
• Enhanced photonic spin Hall effect in atomic-ensemble-based cavity optomechanics
  A Munir, M Shah, C Wang - Physical Review A 111 (5), 053719, 2025 - Citations: 7