Khaled Abdel Wahab Kirah

Emeritus Professor at Engineering Physics and Mathematics

Career Information

Academic Information

Books

S. Abdellatif, K. Kirah, H. Ghali, and W. Anis, "Study of the Photovoltaic Behavior of Coaxial Nanowires", LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, ISBN-13: 978-3-659-88136-7, May 2016.

Articles

* MN Ali, YM Sabry, K A Kirah, D Khalil, “Analysis of metallic slotted micromirrors using modal decomposition and multiple reflections”, Journal of Optical Society of America B, 39 (2), 586-593, 2022.

* S. O. Abdellatif, K. Kirah & Frank Marlow, “Analytical model for transmission dips in self-assembled two-dimensional colloidal crystals”, Applied Optics Vol. 60, No. 33, 2021.

* L Amr, SO Abdellatif, K Kirah, HA Ghali, “Utilizing SEM measurements in modeling monocrystalline silicon solar cell degradation due to an effective dust layer”, 2021 International Telecommunications Conference (ITC-Egypt), 1-4

* Ahmed Mahrous, Khaled Kirah, Dalia Selim Louis, "Full simulation of an entangled based quantum secured direct communication system using MATLAB," Optical Engineering, 60(7), 073105 (2021), doi: 10.1117/1.OE.60.7.073105

* Hossam Abdel Rahman, Khaled Kirah, Ayman M. Bahaa-Eldin, Mohamed Sobh, "Simplified quantum secure direct communication system with decoy states based on linear optical devices," Optical Engineering 60(1), 015107 (2021), doi: 10.1117/1.OE.60.1.015107.

* Sameh O. Abdellatif, Khaled Kirah, Daniel Erni, and Frank Marlow, “Modeling Disorder in Two-dimensional Colloidal Crystals Based on SEM Measurements”, Applied Optics, 59(33), 10432-10440 (2020).

* Minatallah M. Hassan, Anwar M. Shabel, Sameh O. Abdellatif, Khaled A. Kirah, and Hani A. Ghali, " Toward low cost, stable and uniform high-power LED array for solar cells characterization", SPIE Optical Engineering + Applications, New Concepts in Solar and Thermal Radiation Conversion III, SPIE Proceedings 11496, 114960Q, 24 - 28 August 2020, doi:10.1117/12.2572874. http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.2572874

* Minatallah M. Hassan, Nathalie Nazih, Sameh O. Abdellatif, Khaled A. Kirah and Hani A. Ghali, “Investigating the Parasitic Resistance of Mesoporous-based Solar Cells with Respect to Thin-film and Conventional Solar Cells”, Proceedings. SPIE. 11474, Organic, Hybrid, and Perovskite Photovoltaics XXI, 24 - 28 August 2020, https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2572873

* Mohamed A Swillam, Aya O. Zaki, Khaled Kirah and Lamees A. Shahada, "On Chip Optical Modulator using Epsilon-Near-Zero Hybrid Plasmonic Platform", Scientific Reports 9(1), 2019.

* H. Abdel Rahman, K. Kirah, M. Sobh and A. Bahaa, “Quantum Cryptography Over Multi-Sites Networks”, 13 th International Conference on Computer Engineering & Systems (ICCES), Cairo, Egypt, December 18-19, 2018.

* Mohamed Fathi Sanad , Ahmed Shaker, Sameh O . Abdellatif, Iman E lmahallawi, Hani A. Ghali, and Khaled Kirah, "Carbon-Nanotube Based Thermoelectrical Paste for enhancing Solar Cell Efficiency", The 3rd International Conference on Power and Renewable Energy, Berlin, Germany, September 21-24, 2018.

* M. N. Ali, Y. M. Sabry, F. Marty, T. Bourouina, K. A. Kirah, D. Khalil, "In-plane coupled Fabry–Perot micro-cavities based on Si-air Bragg mirrors: a theoretical and practical study", Applied Optics 57 (18), 5112-5120 (2018).

* S Abdellatif, K Kirah, R Ghannam, ASG Khalil, W Anis, "Numerical investigation of whispering gallery modes in dielectric nanospheres for photovoltaic applications", 35th National Radio Science Conference (NRSC), Cairo, Egypt, 2018.

* S Abdellatif, S Josten, P Sharifi, K Kirah, R Ghannam, ASG Khalil, D Erni, F Marlow, "Optical investigation of porous TiO 2 in mesostructured solar cells", Physics and Simulation of Optoelectronic Devices XXVI, SPIE proceedings, vol 10526, p. 105260A, 2018.

* S Abdellatif, K Kirah, R Ghannam, ASG Khalil, W Anis, "Comprehensive study of various light trapping techniques used for sandwiched thin film solar cell structures", Physics, Simulation, and Photonic Engineering of Photovoltaic Devices VII, SPIE proceedings, vol. 10527, p. 1052715, 2018.

* S Abdellatif, P Sharifi, K Kirah, R Ghannam, ASG Khalil, D Erni, F Marlow, "Refractive index and scattering of porous TiO2 films", Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, 264, 84-91, 2018.

* S. A. Mohassieb, K. Kirah, E. Dorsam, A. S. G. Khalil, and H. M. El- Hennawy, "Effect of silver nanoparticle ink drop spacing on the characteristics of coplanar waveguide monopole antennas printed on flexible Substrates", IET Microwave and Antennas Propagation, Vol. 11 Iss. 11, pp. 1572-1577, 2017.

* S. A. Mohassieb, K. Kirah, E. Dorsam, A. S. G. Khalil, and H. M. El-Hennawy, "Inkjet Printing of a 20GHz Coplanar Waveguide Monopole Antenna Using Copper Oxide Nanoparticles on Flexible Substrates: Effect of Drop Spacing on Antenna Performance", Progress In Electromagnetics Research C, Vol. 73, 87–95, 2017.
• * M. N. Ali, Y. M. Sabry, F. Marty, T. Bourouina, D. Khalil, K. A. Kirah, "Theoretical and experimental analysis of the fabrication tolerance on deeply etched silicon/air Bragg micromirrors", 34th National Radio Science Conference (NRSC), Alexandria, Egypt, January 2017.

* AO Zaki, KA Kirah, MA Swillam, "Metal-capped silicon organic micro-ring electro-optical modulator", Proc. SPIE. 10107, Smart Photonic and Optoelectronic Integrated Circuits XIX, 101070Q. (April 28, 2017) doi: 10.1117/12.2254285.

* A. Zaki, K. Kirah, M. Swillam, "Silicon plasmonic microring modulator using embedded conducting oxides", Proc. SPIE 10107, Smart Photonic and Optoelectronic Integrated Circuits XIX, 101070O (February 20, 2017); doi:10.1117/12.2253628.


* S. Abdellatif, K. Kirah, R. Ghannam, A. S. G. Khalil, and W. Anis, "Modelling Various Solar Cells Materials Using Lorentzian-Drude Coefficients", International Journal of Recent Contributions from Engineering, Science & IT (iJES), Vol. 4, Issue 4, 2016.

* A. O Zaki, K. Kirah, and M. A. Swillam, "Integrated optical sensor using hybrid plasmonics for lab on chip applications", Journal of Optics, Vol. 18, Issue 8, pp. 85803-85810, 2016.

* A. O Zaki, K. Kirah, and M. A. Swillam, "Hybrid plasmonic electro-optical modulator", Applied Physics A, Vol. 122, Issue 4, 2016.

* S. Abdellatif, K. Kirah, R. Ghannam, A. S. G. Khalil, and W. Anis, " Enhancing the absorption capabilities of thin film solar cells using sandwiched light trapping structures", Applied Optics Vol. 54, Issue 17, pp.5534-5541(2015).

* H. Abdel Rahman, K. Kirah, H. Ghali, W. Anis, ”Simulation of an asymmetric contacted carbon nanotube for solar energy harvesting”, Applied Optics Vol. 53, Issue 6, pp. 1237–1241 (2014).

* S. Abdellatif, K. Kirah, “Nanowire Photovoltaic Efficiency Enhancement Using Plasmonic Coupled Nano-Fractal Antennas”, Optics Letters, Vol. 38, Issue 18, pp. 3680-3683 (2013).

* S Abdellatif, K. Kirah, “Numerical modeling and Simulation for a Radial p-i-n Nanowire Photovoltaic Device”, Energy Procedia 36, 488-491 (2013).

* S. Abdellatif, K. Kirah, H. Ghali, and W. Anis, “Spectral and spatial distribution effects on nanowires inside nanoring optical antennas for photovoltaic arrays”, Optical Material Express, Vol. 2, No. 10, pp. 1432-1436 (2012).

* K. Kirah, “Modeling of the Stress Induced Leakage Current in Short Channel n-MOSFET’s”, Electronic Letters, Vol. 48, No. 7, 29th March 2012, pp. 404-405.

* M. I. Ossaimee, S. H. Gamal, K. A. Kirah, O. A. Omar, "Studying of Ballistic Transport in Schottky Barrier Carbon Nanotube FETs", Electronic Letters, Vol. 44, No. 5, 28 February 2008, pp. 336-337.

* A. H. Phillips, N. A. I. Aly, K. Kirah, H. E. El-Sayes, "Transport Characteristics of Mesoscopic Radio-Frequency Single Electron Transistor", Chin. Phys. Lett., Vol. 25, No. 1 (2008) 250.

* M. Ossaimee, K. Kirah, W. Fikry, A. Girgis and O. A. Omar, “Simplified Quantitative Stress Induced Leakage Current (SILC) Model for MOS-Devices”, Microelectronics Reliability 46 (2006) 287-292.

* N. W. Duffy, K. Kirah, L. M. Peter and S. Ushiroda, “Frequency response analysis of the potential modulated microwave reflectivity response of p-type silicon during anodic dissolution in Ammonium Fluoride solutions”, Zeitschrift fuer Physikalische Chemie (Z. Phys. Chem.) 217 (2003) 333- 350.

* M. J. Case, N. W. Duffy, K. Kirah, L. M. Peter, S. R. Pennock, S. Ushiroda and A. B. Walker, “ Applications of microwave reflectance methods to the study of p-Si in fluoride solutions”, Journal of Electroanalytical Chimistry 538-539 (2002) 191-203.


* K. Kirah, A. Zikry, H. F. Ragaie, W. F. Fikry, “Modeling of the transient behavior of anodic oxides formed in Si/ HF electrolyte systems”, J. Of Electrochemical Society, Vol. 145, No. 1, January 1998.

Publications

1. Swillam, M.A., Zaki, A.O., Kirah, K., Shahada, L.A., " On Chip Optical Modulator using Epsilon-Near-Zero Hybrid Plasmonic Platform ", Scientific Reports, 2019
2. Rahman, H.A., Sobh, M.A., Kirah, K., Bahaa-Eldin, A.M., " Quantum Cryptography over Multi-Sites Networks ", Proceedings - 2018 13th International Conference on Computer Engineering and Systems, ICCES 2018, 2019
3. Mohamed, F.S., Ahmed, S., Sameh, O.A., Iman, E., Hani, A.G., Khaled, K., " Carbon-Nanotube Based Thermoelectrical Paste for Enhancing Solar Cell Effciency ", E3S Web of Conferences, 2018
4. Abdellatif, S., Kirah, K., Ghannam, R., Khalil, A.S.G., Anis, W., " Comprehensive study of various light trapping techniques used for sandwiched thin film solar cell structures ", Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, 2018
5. Ali, M.N., Sabry, Y.M., Marty, F., Bourouina, T., Kirah, K.A., Khalil, D., " In-plane coupled fabry?perot micro-cavities based on si-air bragg mirrors: A theoretical and practical study ", Applied Optics, 2018
6. Abdellatif, S., Kirah, K., Ghannam, R., Khalil, A.S.G., Anis, W., " Numerical investigation of whispering gallery modes in dielectric nanospheres for photovoltaic applications ", National Radio Science Conference, NRSC, Proceedings, 2018
7. Abdellatif, S., Josten, S., Sharifi, P., Kirah, K., Ghannam, R., Khalil, A.S.G., Erni, D., Marlow, F., " Optical investigation of porous TiO<inf>2</inf> in mesostructured solar cells ", Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, 2018
8. Abdellatif, S., Sharifi, P., Kirah, K., Ghannam, R., Khalil, A.S.G., Erni, D., Marlow, F., " Refractive index and scattering of porous TiO<inf>2</inf> films ", Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, 2018
9. Mohassieb, S.A., Kirah, K., Dörsam, E., Khalil, A.S.G., El-Hennawy, H.M., " Effect of silver nanoparticle ink drop spacing on the characteristics of coplanar waveguide monopole antennas printed on flexible substrates ", IET Microwaves, Antennas and Propagation, 2017
10. Mohassieb, S.A., Kirah, K., Dörsam, E., Khalil, A.S.G., El-Hennawy, H.M., " Inkjet printing of a 20 GHz coplanar waveguide monopole antenna using copper oxide nanoparticles on flexible substrates: Effect of drop spacing on antenna performance ", Progress In Electromagnetics Research C, 2017
11. Zaki, A.O., Kirah, K.A., Swillam, M.A., " Silicon plasmonic microring modulator using embedded conducting oxides ", Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, 2017
12. Ali, M.N., Sabry, Y.M., Marty, F., Bourouina, T., Khalil, D., Kirah, K.A., " Theoretical and experimental analysis of the fabrication tolerance on deeply etched silicon/air Bragg micromirrors ", National Radio Science Conference, NRSC, Proceedings, 2017
13. Zaki, A.O., Kirah, K., Swillam, M.A., " Hybrid plasmonic electro-optical modulator ", Applied Physics A: Materials Science and Processing, 2016
14. Zaki, A.O., Kirah, K., Swillam, M.A., " Integrated optical sensor using hybrid plasmonics for lab on chip applications ", Journal of Optics (United Kingdom), 2016
15. Abdellatif, S., Kirah, K., Ghannam, R., Khalil, A.S.G., Anis, W., " Enhancing the absorption capabilities of thin-film solar cells using sandwiched light trapping structures ", Applied Optics, 2015
16. Zaki, A.O., Kirah, K., Swillam, M.A., " High sensitivity hybrid plasmonic rectangular resonator for gas sensing applications ", Proceedings of Frontiers in Optics 2015, FIO 2015, 2015
17. Abdel Rahman, H., Kirah, K., Ghali, H., Anis, W., " Simulation of an asymmetric contacted carbon nanotube for solar-energy harvesting ", Applied Optics, 2014
18. Abdellatif, S., Kirah, K., " Nanowire photovoltaic efficiency enhancement using plasmonic coupled nano-fractal antennas ", Optics Letters, 2013
19. Abdellatif, S., Kirah, K., " Numerical modeling and simulation for a radial p-i-n nanowire photovoltaic device ", Energy Procedia, 2013
20. Kirah, K., " Simulation of a silicon nanowire array texturing structure for photovoltaic device ", Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, 2013
21. Kirah, K., " Modelling of stress-induced leakage current in short-channel n-MOSFETs ", Electronics Letters, 2012
22. Abdellatif, S., Kirah, K., Ghali, H., Anis, W., " Spectral and spatial distribution effects on nanowires inside nanoring optical antennas for photovoltaic arrays ", Optical Materials Express, 2012
23. Abdellatif, S., Kirah, K., Ghali, H., Anis, W., " A comparison between Si and GaAs nanowire-based photovoltaic devices ", Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, 2011
24. Kirah, K., " The study of a new spatial arrangement for carbon nanotube photovoltaic array ", Optics InfoBase Conference Papers, 2011
25. Kirah, K., " The study of a new spatial arrangement for carbon nanotube photovoltaic array ", 2011 Int. Quantum Electron. Conf., IQEC 2011 and Conf. Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO Pacific Rim 2011 Incorporating the Australasian Conf. Optics, Lasers and Spectroscopy and the Australian Conf., 2011
26. Rahman, H.A., Kirah, K., " Fractal topologies for efficient solar energy harvesting systems ", 2010 3rd International Conference on Thermal Issues in Emerging Technologies, Theory and Applications - Proceedings, ThETA3 2010, 2010
27. Rahman, H.A., Kirah, K., Ghali, H., Anis, W., " Simulation of carbon nanotube photovoltaic arrays ", Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, 2010
28. Ossaimee, M.I., Gamal, S.H., Kirah, K., Omar, O.A., " Ballistic transport in Schottky barrier carbon nanotube FETs ", Electronics Letters, 2008
29. Phillips, A.H., Aly, N.A.I., Kirah, K., El-Sayes, H.E., " Transport characteristics of mesoscopic radio-frequency single electron transistor ", Chinese Physics Letters, 2008
30. Ossaimee, M., Kirah, K., Fikry, W., Girgis, A., Omar, O.A., " Simplified quantitative stress-induced leakage current (SILC) model for MOS devices ", Microelectronics Reliability, 2006
31. Duffy, N.W., Kirah, K., Peter, L.M., Ushiroda, S., " Frequency response analysis of the potential modulated microwave reflectivity response of p-type silicon during anodic dissolution in ammonium fluoride solutions ", Zeitschrift fur Physikalische Chemie, 2003
32. Cass, M.J., Duffy, N.W., Kirah, K., Peter, L.M., Pennock, S.R., Ushiroda, S., Walker, A.B., " Applications of microwave reflectance methods to the study of p-Si in fluoride solutions ", Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry, 2002
33. Kirah, Kh., Zekry, A., Ragaie, H.F., Fikry, W.F., " Modeling of the transient behavior of anodic oxides formed in Si/HF electrolyte systems ", Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 1998

Research Projects

1- STDF Project ID: 26134, senior researcher
Title: Enhancement of Photovoltaic and Wind Turbine Performance for High Temperature and Low Wind Speed Environments

2- STDF: Project 31321: Principle Investigator, "Wireless Aquaponic Farming in Remote Areas: A smart adaptive socio-economic solution, WAFRA", March 2021- March 2023.