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Email: ata.haq@lums.edu.pk

    Dr. Ata Ulhaq

    Assistant Professor

    Department Of Physics

    Till the end of last century, quantum mechanics was considered as a theory only to be demonstrated in certain controlled sophisticated lab setups. However, advancement in fabrication technology and innovative sample design has made it possible to develop devices whose functionality is based on fundamental properties of quantum systems like the principle of superposition and entanglement. These developments have given rise to a revolutionary field of quantum technologies. It’s a technology paradigm which directly utilizes counterintuitive quantum mechanical properties as resources to design and develop devices and systems. Quantum technology is bound to effect communication, cryptography, computation, metrology/sensing and simulations in a major way.

    Dr. Ata Ulhaq is an experimental Physicist, who work on growth and study of structures, which exhibit clear quantum character. His work is concentrated on developing specialized light sources using nanoscale structures, which can generate quantum light. Such sources form an essential part of quantum communication and cryptography schemes. Another major stream of his work is optical control of isolated spins in nanoscale structures. Spin is a quintessential quantum entity and solid state devices based on initialization and control of spin are one of the central ingredient of proposed quantum computation, metrology and simulation schemes.

    Dr. Ata Ulhaq and Dr Ammar Ahmed Khan has recently built a state-of-the-art NanoQuantum Photonics lab at LUMS. The lab is capable of performing advanced spectroscopic investigations on single nanoscale structures. Current work includes optical sin polarization and quantum light generation in atomically thin two dimensional semiconducting materials. These quantum light sources are being integrated into liquid crystal based devices to form switchable quantum light sources. The lab is also involved in growth of optically efficient colloidal quantum dot systems. Future plans include development of telecommunication technology compatible quantum LEDs.

    TitlePublicationAuthorYear
    Facile synthesis of g-C3N4(0.94)/CeO2(0.05)/Fe3O4(0.01) nanosheets for DFT supported visible photocatalysis of 2-ChlorophenolScientific ReportsRashid J., Parveen N., Iqbal A., Awan S.U., Iqbal N., Talib S.H., Hussain N., Akram B., Ulhaq A., Ahmed B., Xu M.2019
    Measurement of the spin temperature of optically cooled nuclei and GaAs hyperfine constants in GaAs/AlGaAs quantum dotsNature MaterialsChekhovich E.A., Ulhaq A., Zallo E., DIng F., Schmidt O.G., Skolnick M.S.2017
    Vanishing electron g factor and long-lived nuclear spin polarization in weakly strained nanohole-filled GaAs/AlGaAs quantum dotsPhysical Review BUlhaq A., Duan Q., Zallo E., Ding F., Schmidt O.G., Tartakovskii A.I., Skolnick M.S., Chekhovich E.A.2016
    Mollow quintuplets from coherently excited quantum dotsOptics Letters2013
    Detuning-dependent Mollow triplet of a coherently-driven single quantum dotOptics ExpressUlhaq A., Weiler S., Roy C., Ulrich S.M., Jetter M., Hughes S., Michler P.2013
    Phonon-assisted incoherent excitation of a quantum dot and its emission propertiesPhysical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials PhysicsWeiler S., Ulhaq A., Ulrich S.M., Richter D., Jetter M., Michler P., Roy C., Hughes S.2012
    Cascaded single-photon emission from the Mollow triplet sidebands of a quantum dotNature Photonics2012
    Resonance fluorescence emission from single semiconductor quantum dots coupled to high-quality microcavitiesQuantum Optics with Semiconductor NanostructuresUlrich S.M., Ulhaq A., Michler P.2012
    Highly indistinguishable photons from a quantum dot in a microcavityPhysica Status Solidi (B) Basic ResearchWeiler S., Ulhaq A., Ulrich S.M., Reitzenstein S., Loffler A., Forchel A., Michler P.2011
    Emission characteristics of a highly correlated system of a quantum dot coupled to two distinct micropillar cavity modesPhysical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials PhysicsWeiler S., Ulhaq A., Ulrich S.M., Reitzenstein S., Loffler A., Forchel A., Michler P.2010
    Linewidth broadening and emission saturation of a resonantly excited quantum dot monitored via an off-resonant cavity modePhysical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials PhysicsUlhaq A., Ates S., Weiler S., Ulrich S.M., Reitzenstein S., Loffler A., Hofling S., Worschech L., Forchel A., Michler P.2010
    Non-resonant cavity-quantum dot couplingJournal of Physics: Conference SeriesUlhaq A., Ates S., Ulrich S.M., Reitzenstein S., Loffler A., Forchel A., Michler P.2010
    Non-resonant dot-cavity coupling and its potential for resonant single-quantum-dot spectroscopyNature Photonics2009
    In situ laser microprocessing of single self-assembled quantum dots and optical microcavitiesApplied Physics LettersRastelli A., Ulhaq A., Kiravittaya S., Wang L., Zrenner A., Schmidt O.G.2007
    Fabrication and characterization of microdisk resonators with In(Ga)As/GaAs quantum dotsPhysica Status Solidi (C) Current Topics in Solid State PhysicsRastelli A., Ulhaq A., Deneke C., Wang L., Benyoucef M., Coric E., Winter W., Mendach S., Horton F., Cavallo F., Merdzhanova T., Kiravittaya S., Schmidt O.G.2006