Dr. Shakir Ullah is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Physics, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan. He completed a two-year postdoc at the Institute of Nuclear Sciences, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey. He earned his PhD in Quantum Physics from the Department of Physics, COMSATS University Islamabad, Islamabad Campus, Pakistan. Dr. Shakir mainly works in quantum information, quantum computation, and quantum optics. Particularly, the areas of his research interest include quantum correlations, quantum teleportation, quantum plasmonics, quantum heat engines, second harmonic generation, four-wave mixing, parametric conversion, optomechanical systems, Gaussian Boson Sampling, computational complexity, and other related topics.
Designation: Assistant Professor
Research Area: Quantum Information, Quantum Computation, and Quantum Optics
Email: shakir@qau.edu.pk
Postdoc Research Fellow (Nov 2021 – Oct 2023)
Institute of Nuclear Science, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Mehmet Emre TASGIN
PhD in Physics (Feb 2016 – Jul 2021)
COMSATS University Islamabad, Islamabad Campus, Pakistan
Thesis Title: Quantification of Quantum Correlations using Active Quantum Systems
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Fazal Ghafoor
MS in Physics (Feb 2014 – Jan 2016)
COMSATS University Islamabad, Islamabad Campus, Pakistan
Thesis Title: Violations of Bell’s Inequality via Beam Splitter using general Two-Mode Gaussian State of Radiation Field
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Fazal Ghafoor
BS in Physics (Sep 2009 – Aug 2013)
Islamia College Peshawar, Pakistan
Thesis Title: Approach from Classical Mechanics to Quantum Mechanics
Supervisor: Dr. Rashid Ahmad
Assistant Professor (Oct 2024 – present)
Department of Physics, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan
Assistant Professor - Visiting Faculty (Nov 2023 – Jul 2024)
Department of Physics, Bacha Khan University, Charsadda, Pakistan
Postdoc Research Fellow (Nov 2021 – Oct 2023)
Institute of Nuclear Science, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey
Lecturer - Visiting Faculty (Sep 2020 – Jul 2021)
Department of Physics, International Islamic University, Islamabad, Pakistan
Lecturer - Visiting Faculty (Sep 2020 – Feb 2021)
Bilquis Postgraduate College for Women, PAF Nur Khan, Rawalpindi, Pakistan
Research Assistant (Nov 2016 – Oct 2019)
Department of Physics, COMSATS University Islamabad, Islamabad Campus, Pakistan
Visiting Researcher (Feb 2023 – Apr 2023)
Department of Physics, COMSATS University Islamabad, Islamabad Campus, Pakistan
Visiting Researcher (May 2022 – Jun 2022)
Department of Physics, Recep Tayyip Erdogan University, Rize, Turkey
Graduate Visiting Student Researcher (Jan 2020 – Jul 2020)
Institute for Quantum Science and Technology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
Certificate of Appreciation, for Presenting an Outstanding Seminar (08 June 2022)
Department of Physics, Recep Tayyip Erdogan University, Rize, Turkey
Best Scientific Poster Award (13th – 15th Oct 2021)
Pakistan International Conference on Quantum Information & Computation, NUST & NCP, Pakistan
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) of Canada – DGC
University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
(Jan 2020 – Jul 2020)
Gul Tiaz, Haleema Sadia Qureshi, Shakir Ullah, and Fazal Ghafoor, “Controlled multiple spectral hole burning via a tripod-type atomic medium,” New Journal of Physics 26, 013047 (2024).
Haleema Sadia Qureshi, Shakir Ullah, and Fazal Ghafoor, “Coherence controlled generation of Gaussian quantum discord in a quantum beat laser,” Physica Scripta 98, 045113 (2023).
Haleema Sadia Qureshi, Shakir Ullah, and Fazal Ghafoor, “Time-dependent quantum teleportation via a parametric converter,” Journal of Physics B: Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics 55, 145501 (2022).
Haleema Sadia Qureshi, Shakir Ullah and Fazal Ghafoor, “Generation and Control of Bipartite Entanglement in a Correlated Spontaneous-Emission Laser,” Journal of Russian Laser Research 42, 501-511 (2021).
Haleema Sadia Qureshi, Shakir Ullah, and Fazal Ghafoor, “Continuous variable quantum teleportation via entangled Gaussian state generated by a linear beam splitter,” Journal of Physics B: Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics 53, 135501 (2020).
Haleema Sadia Qureshi, Shakir Ullah, and Fazal Ghafoor, “Bipartite Gaussian quantum steering, entanglement, discord and their interconnection via a parametric down-converter,” Applied Optics 59, 2701-2708 (2020).
Shakir Ullah, Haleema Sadia Qureshi, and Fazal Ghafoor, “Hierarchy of temporal quantum correlations using a correlated spontaneous emission laser,” Optics Express 27, 26858-26873 (2019).
Shakir Ullah, Haleema Sadia Qureshi, and Fazal Ghafoor, “Quantum steering of two-mode Gaussian state using a quantum beat laser,” Applied Optics 58, 7014-7021 (2019).
Shakir Ullah, Haleema Sadia Qureshi, Gul Tiaz, Fazal Ghafoor, and Farhan Saif, “Coherence control of entanglement dynamics of two-mode Gaussian state via Raman driven quantum beat laser using Simon’s criterion,” Applied Optics 58, 197-204 (2019).
Gul Tiaz, Haleema Sadia Qureshi, Shakir Ullah, and Fazal Ghafoor, “Wavevector mismatch and Doppler-free three-dimensional atom localization,” Laser Physics 29, 095202 (2019).
Haleema Sadia Qureshi, Shakir Ullah, and Fazal Ghafoor, “Hierarchy of quantum correlations using a linear beam splitter,” Scientific Reports 8, 16288 (2018).
Rasim Volga Ovali, Shakir Ullah, Mehmet Gunay, and Mehmet Emre Tasgin, “Environmental-induced work extraction,” arXiv (2023). https://arxiv.org/abs/2301.00574v1
Shakir Ullah, Mehmet Emre Tasgin, Rasim Volga Ovali, and Mehmet Gunay, “Electrically-programmable frequency comb for compact quantum photonic circuits,” arXiv (2023). https://arxiv.org/abs/2308.00439
Quantum information processing through entanglement, Department of Physics, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan (23 Oct 2024).
Continuous variable quantum teleportation via entangled Gaussian state generated by a linear beam splitter, 1st International Conference on Sciences for Future Trends (ICSFT), The University of Lahore, Sargodha Campus, Pakistan (07 – 08 Dec 2024).
Entanglement dynamics of two-mode Gaussian state via Raman-driven quantum beat laser, Conference on Quantum Information, Society for Promotion of Science & Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan (20 – 21 May 2022).
Shakir Ullah, Haleema Sadia Qureshi, and Fazal Ghafoor, “Continuous variable quantum teleportation via entangled Gaussian state generated by a linear beam splitter”, Quantum Optics and Information Meeting (KOBIT-6), Turkey (03 – 04 Feb 2022).
Shakir Ullah, Haleema Sadia Qureshi, and Fazal Ghafoor, “Quantum steering of a two-mode Gaussian state using a quantum beat laser”, Pakistan International Conference on Quantum Information & Computation (PICQIC), NUST & NCP, Pakistan (13 – 15 Oct 2021).
APS Satellite March Meeting 2025 - Global Satellite Session Pakistan: Highlight from the 2nd Joint National Centre for Physics (20 Mar 2025).
49th International Nathiagali Summer College - Activity-I (Quantum Technologies), Nathiagali, Pakistan (24 Jun – 28 Jun 2024).
Quantum Horizons: Developments and Opportunities, Summer Research School, Gebze, Turkey (01 – 15 Jul 2022).
47th International Nathiagali Summer College - Activity-IV (Advances in Quantum Technologies), Nathiagali, Pakistan (26 Jun – 02 Jul 2022).
1st National Symposium on Physics, Hazara University, Mansehra, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan (27 – 29 Mar 2019).
Pak – China Symposium on Quantum Optics, Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences (PIEAS), Islamabad, Pakistan (09 – 11 Apr 2018).
1st National Conference on Advances in Physics, University of Malakand, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan (06 – 07 Nov 2017).
TUD – CIIT International mini-School on Quantum and Ultrafast Optics: Theory and Experiment, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Islamabad, Pakistan (04 – 06 Oct 2017).
42nd International Nathiagali Summer College - Activity-IV (Quantum Information and Devices), National Center for Physics, Islamabad, Pakistan (17 – 29 Jul 2017).
International Symposium on Light and Life, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Islamabad, Pakistan (14 – 16 Oct 2015).
