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Professor Emeritus:Nadia Hussein Rafat
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Engineering Mathematics and Physics
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| Email : | nhrafat***hotmail.com |
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| Home Page : | http://staff.eng.cu.edu.eg/nhrafat |
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| Qualifications |
|  B.Sc. (1985) "Electronics and Communications Engineering" Cairo University (Egypt) |
| M.Sc. (1990) "Engineering Physics Photovoltaic Solar Cells" Cairo University (Egypt) |
| Ph.D. (1995) "Engineering Physics Photovoltaic Solar Cells" Cairo University (Egypt) |
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| Fields of Interest : |
| Nano Technology |
| Optoelectronics |
| Photonic Crystals |
| Photovoltaic Solar Cells |
| Semiconductor Devices |
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| Recent Publications : |
| -2026-Angle-multiplexed metasurface-grating for ultra-compact spectrometers
MA Mousa, NH Rafat, AAE Saleh
Optics Letters 51 (8), 2128-2131 |
| -2025-Analytical modeling of solar cells having short lifetime materials: application to Kesterite solar cells
S Youssef, NM Ali, NH Rafat
Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications 33 (8), 890-904 |
| -2025-Mid-infrared supercontinuum generation for WDM applications using chalcogenide photonic crystal fiber
MA Allam, TA Ali, NH Rafat
Optical and Quantum Electronics 57 (8), 440 |
| -2025-Improving the efficiency of kesterite solar cells using semi-ellipsoidal nanostructures
S Youssef, NM Ali, NH Rafat
Next Energy 6, 100187 |
| -2024-Enhancing the performance of lead halide perovskite solar cells and reducing its toxicity using nanostructures
S Youssef, NM Ali, NH Rafat
Journal of Photonics for Energy 14 (3), 034501 |
| -2024-Broadband dispersion compensation and high birefringence photonic crystal fiber for CWDM/DWDM networks
MA Allam, TA Ali, NH Rafat
Optical and Quantum Electronics 56 (6), 1023 |
| -2023-New designs of 4× 2 photonic crystal encoders using ring resonators: SM Kamal et al.
SM Kamal, TA Ali, NH Rafat
Optical and Quantum Electronics 55 (3), 261 |
| -2022-Modeling of Perovskite solar cells containing hexagonal-shaped nanorods
NM Ali, TA Ali, NH Rafat
Optical and Quantum Electronics 54 (2), 97 |
| -2021-Toward spectrometerless instant Raman identification with tailored metasurfaces-powered guided-mode resonances (GMR) filters
MA Mousa, NH Rafat, AAE Saleh |
| -2021-Plasmonic sphere-cube nano dimer for silicon solar cells power absorbance enhancement, HH AbdelAziz, TA Ali, NH Rafat, Optical and Quantum Electronics, vol. 53, no. 9: Springer, pp. 1–13 |
| -2020-A comparison between different structures of perovskite nanorod solar cells, Nouran M Ali, Tamer A Ali, Nadia H Rafat, Optik, 202, 163645 |
| -2020-Plasmonic Yolk-Shell Nano Structures for Solar Cells Absorbance Enhancement, HH AbdelAziz, TA Ali, NH Rafat, IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering 956 (1), 012018 |
| -2019-Two-Dimensional Model for Perovskite Nanorod Solar Cells: A Dark Case Study,Nouran M Ali, Tamer A Ali, Nadia H Rafat, IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics , 9, pp. 166 -1677 |
| -2018-Effect of Nano-Graphite Dispersion on the Thermal Solar Selective Absorbance of Polymeric-Based Coating Material
IS El-Mahallawi, AA Abdel-Rehim, N Khattab, NH Rafat, H Badr
TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition, 523-533 |
| -2018-"New designs of a complete set of Photonic Crystals logic gates", HME Hussein, TA Ali, NH Rafat, Optics Communications 411, 175-181 |
| -2018-A review on the techniques for building all-optical photonic crystal logic gates, Hussein ME Hussein, Tamer A Ali, Nadia H Rafat, Optics & Laser Technology, 106, pp. 385-397 |
| -2017-"Modeling and simulation of nanorods photovoltaic solar cells: A review," NM Ali, NH Rafat, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 68, 212-220. |
| -2017-"Low voltage vacuum nanotriodes for optical frequencies rectification"، M Khalifa, AH Badawi, TA Ali, NH Rafat, AA Abouelsaood, Journal of Applied Physics 122 (12), 124501 |
| -2017-"Numerical simulation and a parametric study of inorganic nanowire solar cells", Nouran M Ali, Ashraf M Abdel Haleem, Nageh K Allam, Nadia H Rafat, International Journal of Numerical Modelling: Electronic Networks, Devices and Fields 30 (2) e2176 |
| -2016-"Statistical Design Centering Optimization of 1D Photonic Crystal Filters," AKSO Hassan, ASA Mohamed, MM Taha, NH Rafat, Progress In Electromagnetics Research M 49, 153-165. |
| -2016-"A Simulation Study for the use of Transistor Contacts for Sub-Terahertz Radiation Detection, " Nihal Ibrahim, Nadia Rafat, Salah Eldin Elnahwy, IET Microwaves, Antennas & Propagation, 10 (7), pp. 784-790. |
| -2016-"Enhanced Model of Conductive Filament-Based Memristor via Including Trapezoidal Electron Tunneling Barrier Effect",Amr Mahmoud Hassan, Hossam AH Fahmy, Nadia Hussein Rafat, IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology, 15 (3), pp. 484-491 |
| -2015-"Analysis of metal insulator metal plasmonic transmission lines for improved rectenna's coupling efficiency," IEH Sayed, NH Rafat, EA Soliman, 9th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP) |
| -2015-"Harvesting thermal infrared emission using nanodipole terminated by traveling wave rectifier," IEH Sayed, NH Rafat, EA Soliman,
9th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP) |
| -2015-"Multi-input intrinsic and extrinsic field effect transistor models beyond cutoff frequency," NY Ibrahim, Nadia H Rafat, SEA Elnahwy, Solid-State Electronics 103, 236-241 |
| -2015-"Optimal design of one-dimensional photonic crystal filters using minimax optimization approach," AKSO Hassan, ASA Mohamed, MMT Maghrabi, Nadia H Rafat, Applied Optics 54 (6), 1399-1409 |
| -2015-"Drift transport model of field effect transistors in saturation beyond cutoff," N Y Ibrahim, Nadia H Rafat, S Elnahwy, Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics 48 (13), 135102 |
| -2014-"Fundamentals of designing cylindrical high-order transformation optics invisibility cloaks using silver–silica metamaterials, " KS Elassy, Nadia H Rafat, ME Khedr, MH Aly, Applied Physics A 115 (2), 531-539 |
| -2014-"Dipole Nantennas Terminated by Traveling Wave Rectifiers for Infrared Solar Energy Harvesting," IE Hashem, Nadia H Rafat, EA Soliman, IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology 13 (4), 767 - 778 |
| -2014-"Analytical modeling of the radial pn junction nanowire solar cells," NM Ali, NK Allam, AMA Haleem, NH Rafat, Journal of Applied Physics 116 (2), 024308
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| -2014-"Nanocrescent antenna as a transceiver for optical communication systems," IE Hashem, Nadia H Rafat, EA Soliman, Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC), 2014 IEEE International Symposium on, 39-45 |
| -2013-"A Theoretical Study of Metal Insulator Metal Tunneling Diode Figures of Merit," IE Hashem, Nadia H Rafat, EA Soliman, IEEE J Quantum Electronics 49 (1), 72-79 |
| -2013-"Characterization of MIM diodes based on Nb/Nb 2 O 5," IE Hashem, Nadia H Rafat, EA Soliman, Nanoelectronics Conference (INEC), 2013 IEEE 5th International, 61-64 |
| -2013-"Modeling of field effect transistor channel as a nonlinear transmission line for Terahertz detection," NY Ibrahim, Nadia H Rafat, SEA Elnahwy, Journal of Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves 34 (10), 606-616 |
| -2012-"Complete band gaps of phononic crystal plates with square rods," SA El-Naggar, SI Mostafa, Nadia H Rafat, Ultrasonics 52 (4), 536-542 |
| -2012-"One-dimensional metallic-dielectric (Ag/SiO 2) photonic crystals filter for thermophotovoltaic applications," SI Mostafa, Nadia H Rafat, SA El-Naggar, Renewable Energy 45, 245-250 |
| -2011-"Design of photonic band gaps in one-dimensional SiO2/a-Si photonic crystals," SA El-Naggar, Nadia H Rafat, SI Mostafa, Journal of Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials 13 (7), 781 |
| -2011-"Modeling of a wide band pass optical filter based on 1D ternary dielectric–metallic–dielectric photonic crystals," Nadia H Rafat, SA El-Naggar, SI Mostafa, Journal of Optics 13 (8), 085101 |
| -2007-"Characterization of a coaxial mid-gap SB CNTFET inverter," AA Essawi, AH Fahmy, Nadia H Rafat, Microprocesses and Nanotechnology, 2007 Digest of papers, 102-103 |
| -2007-“Numerical simulation of the limiting efficiency of the graded bandgap solar cell”, N H Rafat , A M A Haleem,, S E-D Habib, Renewable Energy, vol. 32, pp.21-34. |
| -2006-“Photon Recycling in the Graded Bandgap Solar Cell,“ N H Rafat, A M A Haleem,, S E-D Habib, Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications, vol. 14, pp. 313-320. |
| -2006-"A simple analytical treatment of edge-illuminated VMJ silicon solar cells”, N H Rafat, Solar Energy, vol. 80, pp. 1588–1599. |
| -2003-“A Numerical Simulator for Graded-Bandgap Solar Cells” N H Rafat , A M A Haleem,, S E-D Habib, Proceeding of the 15th International Conference on Microelectronics ICM 2003, 9 - 11 December, Egypt, pp. 291-294. |
| -2002-“رؤية لمسار تطوير صناعة الإلكترونيات الدقيقة فى مصر “ S E-D Habib, N H Rafat, The First Egyptian Workshop on Advancements of Electronic Devices. Ain Shams Univ. 28th September 2002, Egypt, pp. 48 – 51. |
| -2000-“Investigation of The Photogenerated Current in V-Grooved Textured Thin Solar Cells Using Two Dimensional Optical Generation and Collection” , N H Rafat, S El Naggar, A A Abouelsaood and M Y Ghannam 16th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition , Glasgow 1 - 5 May 2000 |
| -1999-“ Analytical Study of Carrier Photogeneration and Photocurrent in Thin Silicon Solar Cells with specular and Diffuse Back reflection” M Y Ghannam, S El Naggar, N H Rafat and A A Abouelsaood , IEEE Trans. on Elect. Dev., 1999, vol. 46, No. 10, p. 2072. |
| -1999-“ A Detailed Analysis of Photogenerated Current Enhancement in Thin Silicon Solar Cells With a Diffused Back Reflector” S El Naggar, M Y Ghannam, N H Rafat and F M Tayel, Proceeding of the 11th international conference on microelectronics, 22 - 24 November, 1999, Kuwait. p. 197. |
| -1999-“Two-Dimensional Calculation of The Photogenerated Current in V-Grooved Front Surface Thin Silicon Solar Cells” N H Rafat, S El Naggar, M Y Ghannam, A A Abouelsaood and F M Tayel, Proceeding of the 11th international conference on microelectronics, 22 - 24 November, 1999, Kuwait. p. 201. |
| -1998-“ The Limiting Efficiency of Bandgap graded Solar Cells” N H Rafat and S E D Habib , Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells 1998, vol. 55, p. 341. |
| -1997-“ Novel Bandgap Grading Technique for Enhancing The Limit Efficiency of Solar Cells” S E D Habib, N H Rafat , J of Renewable Energy, 1997, vol. 10, 2-3 (Feb./ March), p. 129. |
| -1994-“ Back Surface Fields for n/p and p/n GaInP Solar Cells” N H Rafat, S M Bedair, P R Sharps, J S Hills, J S Hancock and M L Timmons, First World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion WCPEC, Hawaii, December 1994 |
| -1991-“ The Effects of Heavy Doping on The Optimum Base Drift Field in a p/n Junction Solar Cell” S Elnahwy, N Adeeb and N Rafat , Proceedings of the first international conference on Engineering Mathematics and Physics. Feb. 26 - 28, Cairo, Egypt. Vol. 3, p. 1189. |
| -1990-“ An Optimum Base Drift Field for a p/n Junction Solar Cell” S Elnahwy, N Adeeb and N Rafat , J. Phys. D: Appl. Physics., vol. 23, p. 112.
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| Recent Books : |
| -2016-Simulation-Driven Modeling and Optimization: Optimal Design of Photonic Crystal Nanostructures, Abdel-Karim SO Hassan, Nadia H Rafat, Ahmed SA Mohamed (pp. 233-260) |
| Graduate Students : |
| -2025-S Youssef - Modeling and Characterization of Thin film and Nanostructured Perovskite and Kesterite Solar Cells |
| -2024-Y M Eldamaty - Design of Tunable Guided Mode Resonance (GMR) Optical Filter For Chip Scale Spectrometry |
| -2024-S M Kamal - New Designs of Interference-Based all Optical Photonic Crystal Encoders and Half Adders |
| -2024-M A Allam - Design of Photonic Crystal Fiber for Dispersion Compensation and Supercontinuum Generation for CWDM/DWDM Systems |
| -2024-A W Shalaby - The Use of Quantum Dots in Enhancing the Efficiency of Solar Cells |
| -2024-S M Tawfik- Non-uniform Triple Silicon Quantum Dots Effects on the Single Electron Transistor Performance |
| -2023-J Vasani - Modelling and Simulation of Lamination Process in Photovoltaic Modules |
| -2023-H M Abdelbaset- HBT THZ Response Justified by Nonlinear Analytical Modeling and TCAD Simulation |
| -2022-A Welpulwar - Modelling of Optical Gains from Solar Cell Fingers and Interconnector Ribbons in PV Modules |
| -2021-M A Mousa, Design of Metasurface-Enabled Guided-Mode Resonance Filters for Near-Infrared Applications |
| -2020-N M Ali, MODELING AND SIMULATING PEROVSKITE NANOROD SOLAR CELLS, Cairo University |
| -2020-H H A Abdelaziz, ENHANCING THE LIGHT ABSORPTION OF THIN FILM SOLAR CELLS USING PLASMONIC NANO STRUCTURES |
| -2017-M Khalifa, "THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING OF VACUUM NANOELECTRONIC DEVICES"
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| -2017-H El-Sayed, DESIGN OF INTERFERENCE-BASED ALL OPTICAL PHOTONIC CRYSTAL LOGIC GATES
H El-Sayed |
| -2017-M Radwan A New Analytical Model for a Graded-Base Single Quantum Well Transistor Laser |
| -2016-A Ayodeji COMPARISON OF NOVEL AND STATE OF THE ART SOLAR CELLS |
| -2015-M Youssef Compact Model For Double Gate Tunnel Field- Effect Transistor |
| -2015-A M H Mahmoud Enhanced Model of Conductive Filament-based Memristor and its Application on Some Circuits
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| -2014-MMT Maghrabi-"Optimal Design of Photonic Crystal Structures"
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| -2014-NY Ibrahim-Modeling terahertz radiation detection using field effect transistors beyond cutoff |
| -2014-NM Ali-Nanorods in Solar Energy Harvesting |
| -2014-KS Elassy-Spectral Properties of Metamaterials |
| -2013-IE Hashem-Infrared Solar Energy Harvesting Using Nano-Rectennas |
| -2010-H Aifif-Some Proposed Quantum Dot Structures |
| -2009-M Danial-Polycrystalline Silicon Grain Boundaries Modeling and Solar Cell Simulation |
| -2008-AA Essawi-Study of Electronic Transport Through Carbon Nanotubes and Their Performance in Electronic Circuits |
| -2007-MN El Zeftawi-Simulation And Modeling Of Tunneling Carbon Nanotubes Field Effect Transistors (T-CNFETs) |
| -2003-AM Abdel Haleem-Limiting Efficiency and Simulation of the Graded Bandgap Solar Cell |
| -2000-Y ElBatawi-A Two Dimensional Optical Device Simulator with Application to MSM-PD |
| -1999-SElnagar-A Detailed Analysis of Current Enhancement in Thin Silicon Solar Cells Using Different Light Trapping Schemes |
| Awards : |
| -1993-1995-Fellowship at Electronics and Computer Engineering Department, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA. |
| Membership in Scientific Societies : |
| --IEEE Senior member |
| --OSA Senior member |
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