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Mohd Zamani Bin Zulkifli

Academic Qualifications

  • Doctor of Philosophy - Doctor of Philosophy, Universiti Malaya (UM)
  • Master of Science - Masters Degree, Universiti Malaya (UM)
  • Bachelor of Science (Honour)-Instrumentation Science - Bachelor Degree, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM)

Mohd Zamani Bin Zulkifli (Assoc. Prof. Dr.)

Associate Professor
IIUM Kuantan Campus

KULLIYYAH OF SCIENCE

Other's position:

Deputy Dean, Kulliyyah of Science

mzz@iium.edu.my
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Area of Specialisation


  • Natural Science ~ Physical Sciences ~ Advancement of Physical Sciences Knowledge ~ Optoelectronics and Lasers - Optical fiber devices


Teaching Responsibilities


ANALOG ELECTRONICS 2024/2025
APPLIED SPECTROSCOPY 2020/2021
DATA ACQUISITION AND INTERFACING 2025/2026
ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISM I 2022/2023 2021/2022 2020/2021 2019/2020 2018/2019
ELECTRONICS 2024/2025
EXPERIMENTAL PHYSIC II 2024/2025 2023/2024
INSTRUMENTATION 2025/2026 2024/2025 2023/2024 2022/2023 2021/2022 2020/2021 2019/2020
LASERS AND ITS USES 2021/2022 2019/2020
PHOTONICS TECHNOLOGIES 2025/2026
PHYSICS PROJECT 2025/2026
PHYSICS PROJECT I 2025/2026
PRINCIPLE OF MEASUREMENT 2024/2025
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY 2023/2024


Supervision


Analysis Technique For Optical Fibre Sensor System By Using Neural Network Regression Model.
Ph.D In Progress Main Supervisor
The Development Of Collagen Biphotonic Sensor From Bovine, Chicken, And Fish Using Fiber Bragg Grating And Microfiber.
Ph.D In Progress Main Supervisor
The Development Of Collagen Biphotonic Sensor From Bovine, Chicken, And Fish Using Fiber Bragg Grating And Microfiber.
Ph.D In Progress Main Supervisor
Investigation Of Radioisotope Levels Using Fiber Dosimeter And Health Risk In The Proposed Uranium Deposit At Tunduru In Ruvuma, Tanzania.
Ph.D In Progress Main Supervisor
Microfiber Based Optical Sensor For The Detection Of Biological And Chemical Constituents .
Ph.D In Progress Main Supervisor
Optical Fibre Based Natural Daylight Transmission System And Its Applications .
Ph.D In Progress Main Supervisor
Laser-Induced Effects On Physio-Biochemical, Cytogenetic And Anatomical Responses In Chilli (Capsicum Annuum L.) Plants..
Ph.D In Progress Co-supervisor
Thermal Anemometer Based On Fiber Bragg Grating For Wind Speed Monitoring.
Master Completed 2025 Main Supervisor
Thermal Anemometer Based On Fiber Bragg Grating For Wind Speed Monitoring.
Master Completed 2025 Main Supervisor
Fabrication Of Whispering Gallery Mode (Wgm) Microresonator For Temperature Sensor .
Master Completed 2024 Main Supervisor
Fiber Optic Current Sensor (Focs) Based On Vibration Of Magnetic Fluid On Microfibre .
Master Completed 2024 Co-supervisor
Heart Rate Detection Sensor Using A Laser-Based Vibratory.
Master Completed 2023 Main Supervisor
Fabrication Of Optical Microfiber Knot Resonator For Sensor Application.
Master Completed 2023 Main Supervisor
Characterizing The Performance Of Mirrorless Concentric Large Core Bundled Plastic Optical Fiber Displacement Sensor For Liquid Concentration Detection.
Master Completed 2021 Main Supervisor
Optimization Of Light-Emitting Diode (Leds) For Different Parameters Across Varying Distances In Lifi Systems For Next-Generation Wireless Communication.
Master In Progress Main Supervisor


Research Projects


Completed
2024 - 2024 UV Spectroscopy for dental application
2023 - 2025 Optical Fiber Based Natural Daylight Transmission System for Dead Zones in Algae Cultivation Tanks
2022 - 2026 Laser Generation using Non-linear Effects in Whispering Gallery Mode (WGM) Microresonator for 5G Optical Devices
On-Going
2025 - Present Ultra-sensitive Nonlinear Fiber Optic Bio-sensor using Degenerate Four Wave Mixing Technique in D-shaped Photonic Crystal Fiber
2021 - Present Awareness Programme of Optics and Photonics for First Years Degree Students through Arduino Optical Fiber Lighting
2020 - Present Awareness Programme of Optics and Photonics for School Students through Side Emitting Optical Fiber Lighting


Publications


Articles

2025 Fabrication of Whispering Gallery Mode (WGM) microresonator using core-to-core alignment fusion splicer for high sensitive temperature sensor trough optimum coupling gap with high q-factor. Results in Optics, 21 () pp. 1-9
2025 Hot-wire anemometer based on fiber Bragg grating coated with carbon conductive paint. Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials, Rapid Communications, 19 (5-6) pp. 227-234
2025 Studying the influence of deposition methods on ultrashort pulse generation. Photonics and Nanostructures - Fundamentals and Applications, 63 () pp. 1-8
2024 Carbon conductive coated fiber Bragg grating sensor for voltage detection. JOURNAL OF OPTOELECTRONICS AND ADVANCED MATERIALS, 26 (5-6) pp. 206-212
2024 Mode-locking in holmium doped fiber laser operating at 2.06 µm using manganese violet. Optical and Quantum Electronics, 56 (7) pp.
2024 Performance comparison of a 3-D printed fiber bragg grating (FBG) load cell sensor based on the influence of different infill density and pattern. IEEE Sensors Journal, 24 (8) pp. 12400-12412
2024 Switchable dual- and single-wavelength mode-locked bismuth-doped fiber lasers at O-band. Optical Fiber Technology, 88 () pp.
2024 Tunable wide spacing all-fiber dual-wavelength holmium-doped fiber laser using a Lyot filter operating above 2 μm. Laser Physics, 34 () pp. 1-6
2023 Optical fiber Bragg grating-based pressure sensor for soil monitoring applications. Optical Engineering, 62 (8) pp.
2021 1.56 μm and 1.93 μm synchronized mode-locked fiber laser with graphene saturable absorber. Infrared Physics and Technology, 112 () pp. 1-6
2021 Elucidating the Capabilities of Mirrorless Large Core Bundled Plastic Fiber Optic Displacement Sensor for Paracetamol Detection. Hindawi Journal of Sensors, 2021 () pp. 1-16
2020 Color detection using non-target reflectivity plastic optical fiber displacement sensor. Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, () pp.
2020 Configurable triple wavelength semiconductor optical amplifier fiber laser using multiple broadband mirrors. Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, 62 (1) pp. 46-52
2020 Octave spanning supercontinuum generation with a few-mode fiber. Laser Physics, 30 (7) pp.
2020 Passively Q-switched S+/S band fiber laser with copper telluride saturable absorber. Laser Physics Letters, 17 (9) pp.
2020 Stable multiwavelength semiconductor optical amplifier-based fiber laser using a 2-mode interferometer. Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, 62 (10) pp. 3363-3368
2020 Temporal and amplitude modulation at C-band region using Bi2Te3-based optical modulator. Journal of Modern Optics, 67 (7) pp. 638-646
2020 Tunable passively Q-switched thulium doped fluoride fibre (TDFF) laser using reduced graphene oxide-silver (rGO-Ag) as saturable absorber. Journal of Modern Optics, 67 (11) pp. 1022-1030
2020 Tunable passively Q-switched ultranarrow linewidth erbium-doped fiber laser. Results in Physics, 16 () pp.
2020 Tunable S+/S band Q-switched thulium-doped fluoride fiber laser using tungsten ditelluride (WTe2). Results in Physics, 17 () pp.
2019 Compact L-band switchable dual wavelength SOA based on linear cavity fiber laser. Optik, () pp.
2019 Dual-mode output in half open cavity random fibre laser. Optics Communications, () pp.
2019 Surface roughness and the sensitivity of D-shaped optical fibre sensors. Journal of Modern Optics, 66 (11) pp. 1244-1251
2019 Tunable Q-switched erbium-doped fiber laser in the C-band region using nanoparticles (TiO2). Optics Communications, 435 () pp. 283-288
2019 Zinc-oxide nanoparticle-based saturable absorber deposited by simple evaporation technique for Q-switched fiber laser. Chinese Physics B, 28 (8) pp. 1-5
2018 1500-nm Q-switched fibre laser with carbon nanotubes. Quantum Electronics, 48 (10) pp. 941-944
2018 70 nm, broadly tunable passively Q-switched thulium-doped fiber laser with few-layer Mo0.8W0.2S2 saturable absorber. Optical Fiber Technology, () pp.
2018 A self-pulsing ring cavity ultra-long Raman fiber laser. Laser Physics, 28 (11) pp. 1-5
2018 Enhancing temperature sensitivity using cyclic polybutylene terephthalate- (c-PBT-) coated fiber bragg grating. Journal of Sensors, 2020 () pp. 1-6
2018 Narrow core standard single mode fiber for supercontinuum generation from graphene-based mode-locked pulses. Optik, 172 () pp. 347-352
2018 Q-switched thulium/holmium fiber laser with gallium selenide. Optik, () pp.
2017 Multiband dual polarized OFDM signal: generation and distribution over fiber. Optik, 131 () pp. 899-905
2017 Multiwavelength Brillouin fibre laser in two-mode fiber. Journal of Modern Optics, 64 (17) pp. 1744-1750
2017 Q-switched Raman fiber laser with titanium dioxide based saturable absorber. Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials, Rapid Communications, 11 (3 - 4) pp. 127-130
2017 S-band Q-switched fiber laser using MoSe2 saturable absorber. Optics Communications, 382 () pp. 93-98
2016 Broadband supercontinuum generation with femtosecond pulse width in erbium-doped fiber laser (EDFL). Laser Physics, 26 (11) pp. 1-8
2016 Broadband tuning in a passively Q-switched erbium doped fiber laser (EDFL) via multi wall carbon nanotubes/polyvinyl alcohol (MWCNT/PVA) saturable absorber. Optics Communications, 365 () pp. 54-60
2016 Broadband tuning in a passively Q-switched erbium doped fiber laser (EDFL) via multiwall carbon nanotubes/polyvinyl alcohol (MWCNT/PVA)saturable absorber. Optics Communications, 365 () pp. 54-60
2016 D-shaped polarization maintaining fiber sensor for strain and temperature monitoring. Sensors, 16 (9) pp. 1-12
2016 Humidity sensor based on microfiber resonator with reduced graphene oxide. Optik, 127 (5) pp. 3158-3161
2016 Q-switched raman fiber laser with molybdenum disulfide-based passive saturable absorber. Chinese Physics Letters, 33 (7) pp. 1-4
2016 S-band Q-switched fiber laser using molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) saturable absorber. Laser Physics Letters, 13 (3) pp. 1-7
2016 Single-mode D-shaped optical fiber sensor for the refractive index monitoring of liquid. Journal of Modern Optics, 63 (8) pp. 750-755
2015 Dual wavelength single longitudinal mode Ytterbium-doped fiber laser using a dual-tapered Mach-Zehnder interferometer. Journal of the European Optical Society Rapid Publications, 10 () pp. 1-5
2015 Effect of the doped fibre length on soliton pulses of a bidirectional mode-locked fibre laser. Quantum Electronics, 45 (8) pp. 713-716
2015 Multi-wavelength erbium/Raman gain based random distributed feedback fiber laser. Laser Physics, 26 (1) pp. 1-5
2015 Noncontact optical displacement sensor using an adiabatic u-shaped tapered fiber. IEEE Sensors Journal, 15 (10) pp. 5388-5392
2015 Passively mode-locked laser using an entirely centred erbium-doped fiber. Laser Physics, 25 (4) pp. 1-4
2015 Single mode EDF fiber laser using an ultra-narrow bandwidth tunable optical filter. Optik, 126 (2) pp. 179-183
2015 Switchable dual‑wavelength CNT‑based Q‑switched using arrayed waveguide gratings (AWG). Applied Physics B, 118 (2) pp. 269-274
2014 All-incoherent wavelength conversion in highly nonlinear fiber using four wave mixing. Optical Engineering, 53 (9) pp. 1-4
2014 Closely spaced dual-wavelength fiber laser using an ultra narrow bandwidth optical filter for low radio frequency generation. Applied Optics, 53 (19) pp. 4123-4127
2014 Four-wave mixing analyses for future ultra fast wavelength conversion at 0.64 Tb∕s in a semiconductor optical amplifier. Optical Engineering, 53 (11) pp. 1-8
2014 Mode-locked L-band bismuth–erbium fiber laser using carbon nanotubes. Applied Physics B, 115 () pp.
2014 Multiwall carbon nanotube polyvinyl alcohol-based saturable absorber in passively Q-switched fiber laser. Applied Optics, 53 (30) pp. 7025-7029
2014 Q-Switching and mode-locking in highly doped Zr2O3–Al2O3–Er2O3-doped fiber lasers using graphene as a saturable absorber. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, 20 (1) pp.
2014 S-band SLM distributed bragg reflector fiber laser. Laser Physics, 24 (1) pp. 1-4
2014 Supercontinuum generation from a sub-megahertz repetition rate femtosecond pulses based on nonlinear polarization rotation technique. Journal of Modern Optics, 61 (16) pp. 1333-1338
2014 Tunable single stokes extraction from 20 GHz Brillouin fiber laser using ultranarrow bandwidth optical filter. Applied Optics, 53 (29) pp. 6944-6949
2013 Distributed feedback multimode brillouin–raman random fiber laser in the S-band. Laser Physics Letters, 10 (5) pp. 1-4
2013 Extraction of a single Stokes line from a Brillouin fibre laser using a silicon oxynitride microring filter. Laser Physics, 23 (9) pp. 1-4
2013 Graphene-based mode-locked spectrum-tunable fiber laser using mach–zehnder filter. IEEE Photonics Journal, 5 (5) pp. 1-10
2013 Highly stable graphene-assisted tunable dual-wavelength erbium-doped fiber laser. Applied Optics, 52 (4) pp. 818-823
2013 Narrow spacing dual-wavelength fiber laser based on polarization dependent loss control. IEEE Photonics Journal, 5 (6) pp. 1-6
2013 Q-switched pulse generation from an all-fiber distributed Bragg reflector laser using graphene as saturable absorber. Chinese Optics Letters, 11 (7) pp. 1-4
2013 S – C – L triple wavelength superluminescent source based on an ultra-wideband SOA and FBGs. Quantum Electronics, 43 (10) pp. 923-926
2013 S + C + L Band tunable wavelength conversion using FWM dual‐wavelength fiber laser in a highly nonlinear fiber. Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, 55 (2) pp. 379-382
2013 S-band multiwavelength Brillouin/Raman distributed bragg reflector fiber lasers. Applied Optics, 52 (16) pp. 3753-3756
2013 Temperature-insensitive bend sensor using entirely centered erbium doping in the fiber core. Sensors, 13 (7) pp. 9536-9546
2013 Tunable graphene-based Q-switched erbium-doped fiber laser using fiber Bragg grating. Journal of Modern Optics, 60 (3) pp. 202-212
2013 Tunable S-band output based on Raman shift in dispersion shifted fiber. Journal of Modern Optics, 60 (9) pp. 737-740
2013 Ultra-narrow linewidth single longitudinal mode Brillouin fiber ring laser using highly nonlinear fiber. Laser physics letters, 10 (10) pp. 1-5
2013 Wideband tunable Q-switched fiber laser using graphene as a saturable absorber. Journal of Modern Optics, 60 (18) pp. 1563-1568
2012 Enhancement of brillouin stokes generation in the s-band region using a combination s-band depressed cladding erbium Doped fiber and semiconductor optical amplifier. Laser Physics, 22 (3) pp. 598-604
2012 Graphene-based saturable absorber for single-longitudinal-mode operation of highly doped erbium-doped fiber laser. IEEE Photonics Journal, 4 (2) pp. 467-475
2012 Graphene-oxide-based saturable absorber for all-fiber Q-switching with a simple optical deposition technique. IEEE Photonics Journal, 4 (6) pp. 2205-2213
2012 High power dual-wavelength tunable fiber laser in linear and ring cavity configurations. Chinese Optics Letters, 10 (1) pp. 1-4
2012 Passively q-switched 11 channels stable brillouin erbium-doped fiber laser with graphene as the saturable absorber. IEEE Photonics Journal, 4 (5) pp. 2050-2056
2012 S-band multiwavelength ring Brillouin/Raman fiber laser with 20 GHz channel spacing. Applied Optics, 51 (11) pp. 1811-1815
2012 Supercontinuum from Zr-EDF using Zr-EDF mode-locked fiber laser. Laser Physics Letters, 9 (1) pp. 44-49
2012 Synchronous tunable wavelength spacing dual-wavelength SOA fiber ring laser using Fiber Bragg grating pair in a hybrid tuning package. Optics Communications, 285 () pp. 1326-1330
2012 Temperature sensing using frequency beating technique from single-longitudinal mode fiber laser. IEEE Sensors Journal, 12 (7) pp. 2496-2500
2012 Tunable radio frequency generation using a graphene-based single longitudinal mode fiber laser. Journal of Lightwave Technology, 30 (13) pp. 2097-2102
2012 Tunable single longitudinal mode S-band fiber laser using a 3 m length of erbium-doped fiber. Journal of Modern Optics, 59 (3) pp. 268-273
2012 Wide-band fanned-out supercontinuum source covering O-, E-,S-,C-,L-and U-bands. Optics & Laser Technology, 44 (7) pp. 2168-2174
2011 An ultra-wideband tunable multi-wavelength Brillouin fibre laser based on a semiconductor optical amplifier and dispersion compensating fibre in a linear cavity configuration. Quantum Electronics, 41 (7) pp. 602-605
2011 Dual-wavelength tunable fibre laser with a 15-dBm peak power. Quantum Electronics, 41 (8) pp. 709-714
2011 Flat and compact switchable dual wavelength output at 1060 nm from ytterbium doped fiber laser with an AWG as a wavelength selector. Optics & Laser Technology, 43 (3) pp. 550-554
2011 Four-wave mixing in dual wavelength fiber laser utilizing SOA for wavelength conversion. Optik, 122 (9) pp. 754-757
2011 Gain-flattened s-band depressed cladding erbium doped fiber amplifier with a flat bandwidth of 12 nm using a Tunable Mach–Zehnder Filter. Laser Physics, 21 (9) pp. 1633-1637
2011 High gain s-band semiconductors optical amplifier with double-pass configuration. Laser Physics, 21 (7) pp. 1208-1211
2011 Investigation of the effects of SOA locations in the linear cavity of an O-band Brillouin SOA fiber laser. Journal of Modern Optics, 58 (7) pp. 580-586
2011 Operation of Brillouin fiber laser in the O-band region as compared to that in the C-band region. Laser Physics, 21 (1) pp. 210-214
2011 S-band multiwavelength Brillouin Raman Fiber Laser. Optics Communications, 284 (20) pp. 4971-4974
2011 Stable power multi-wavelength fibre laser based on four-wave mixing in a short length of highly non-linear fibre. Journal of Optics, 13 (7) pp. 1-5
2011 Tunable high power fiber laser using an AWG as the tuning element. Laser Physics, 21 (4) pp. 712-717
2011 Tunable microwave photonic frequencies generation based on stimulated Brillouin scattering operating in the L-band region. Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, 53 (8) pp. 1710-1713
2011 Tunable microwave photonic frequencies generation based on stimulated Brillouin scattering operating in the L-band region. Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, 53 (8) pp. 1710-1713
2011 Wavelength conversion based on four-wave mixing in a highly nonlinear fiber in ring configuration. Laser Physics Letters, 8 (10) pp. 742-746
2011 Wavelength conversion based on FWM in a HNLF by using a tunable dual-wavelength erbium doped fibre laser source. Journal of Modern Optics, 58 (7) pp. 566-572
2010 120 nm wide band switchable fiber laser. Optics Communications, 283 (21) pp. 4333-4337
2010 A compact O-plus C-band switchable quad-wavelength fiber laser using arrayed waveguide grating. Laser Physics Letters, 7 (8) pp. 597-602
2010 A simple linear cavity dual-wavelength fiber laser using AWG as wavelength selective mechanism. Laser Physics, 20 (11) pp. 2006-2010
2010 Highly efficient and high output power of erbium doped fiber laser in a linear cavity configuration. Laser Physics, 20 (10) pp. 1894-1898
2010 Multi-wavelength fiber laser in the S-band region using a Sagnac loop mirror as a comb generator in an SOA gain medium. Laser Physics Letters, 7 (9) pp. 673-676
2010 O-band to C-band wavelength converter by using four-wave mixing effect in 1310 nm SOA. Journal of Modern Optics, 57 (21) pp. 2147-2153
2009 17-channels S-band multiwavelength Brillouin/Erbium Fiber Laser co-Pump with Raman source. Laser Physics, 19 (12) pp. 2188-2193
2009 Bidirectional S –band continuous wave operation in a depressed-cladding erbium doped fiber amplifier. Journal of Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials, 11 (5) pp. 547-553
2009 Controllable wavelength channels for Multiwavelength Brillouin Bismuth/Erbium based Fibre Laser. Progress In Electromagnetics Research Letters, 9 () pp. 9-18
2009 Dual wavelength fibre laser with tunable channel spacing using an SOA and dual AWGs. Journal of Modern Optics, 56 (16) pp. 1768-1773
2009 Dual-wavelength erbium fiber laser in a simple ring cavity. Fiber and Integrated Optics, 28 (6) pp. 430-439
2009 Flat output and switchable fiber laser using AWG and broadband FBG. Optics Communications, 282 (13) pp. 2576-2579
2009 High power and compact switchable bismuth based multiwavelength fiber laser. Laser Physics Letters, 6 (5) pp. 380-383
2009 Switchable semiconductor optical fiber laser incorporating AWG and broadband FBG with high SMSR. Laser Physics Letters, 6 (7) pp. 539-543
2009 Tunable dual wavelength fiber laser incorporating AWG and optical channel selector by controlling the cavity loss. Optics Communications, 282 (24) pp. 4771-4775
2008 Bismuth-based Brillouin / erbium fiber laser. Journal of Modern Optics, 55 (8) pp. 1345-1351
2008 Gain improvement in a dual-stage S-band EDFA by filtration of forward C-band ASE. Journal of Modern Optics, 55 (18) pp. 3035-3040
2008 High‐sensitivity pressure sensor using a polymer‐embedded FBG. Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, 50 (1) pp. 60-61
2008 Self-calibrating automated characterization system for depressed cladding EDFA applications Using LabVIEW software with gPIB. IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, 57 (11) pp. 2677-2681
2008 SOA based fiber ring laser with Fiber Bragg Grating. Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, 50 (12) pp. 3101-3103
2006 A linear cavity S-band Brillouin/Erbium fiber laser. Laser Physics Letters, 3 (7) pp. 369-371
Conference or Workshop Items

2023 Investigation of strain measurement on paper-based strain sensor using carbon electrical conductive paint. In: 7th International Conference on Advancement in Science and Technology 2021,