Physics at IIUM

Kulliyyah of Science · International Islamic University Malaysia

Welcome to the Physics Department

We are a forward‑looking community of scholars, students, and collaborators driven by discovery and guided by Islamic principles. Here, you will build a rigorous command of physics while exploring how scientific inquiry and revelation can enrich each other.

Academic Programmes

Bachelor of Science in Physics (Honours)

A solid, concept‑to‑application undergraduate programme that spans classical mechanics, thermodynamics, electromagnetism, and quantum mechanics. You will sharpen critical thinking, problem‑solving, and computational skills and gain extensive hands‑on laboratory experience.

Signature features

• Concentrations — student are able to pick Bio-Physics, Instrument or Computational Physics as their concentrations.
• Practical Laboratory Work — modern facilities and project‑based experiments.
• Industrial Training — real‑world exposure through placements with our industry and research partners.

Postgraduate Studies (M.Sc. & Ph.D.)

Work closely with our academic staff on research that advances knowledge and benefits society. Postgraduate researchers contribute to publications, present at conferences, and collaborate across disciplines and institutions.

Research Excellence & Expertise

Our department is active in several frontier areas:

• Quantum Information & Quantum Cryptography — secure communication and computation informed by quantum mechanics.
• Photonics & Optical Biosensors — harnessing light for sensitive, selective detection in medical and environmental applications.
• Theoretical Nuclear Astrophysics — the reactions that power stars and forge the elements of the universe.
• Computational Physics, Simulation & Machine Learning — modelling complex systems and extracting insight from large datasets.

We welcome collaborations with universities, laboratories, industry, and government agencies.

Career Prospects

A physics degree from IIUM equips you with analytical, quantitative, and computational strengths valued across sectors:

• Research & Development — universities, national labs, and private R&D.
• Technology & Engineering — semiconductors, telecommunications, renewable energy, medical technology.
• Data Science & Finance — analytics, modelling, and risk assessment.
• Education — schools, colleges, and universities.
• Government & Policy — science and technology policymaking.

Physics at IIUM

Kulliyyah of Science · International Islamic University Malaysia

Research Groups at the IIUM Physics Department

Kulliyyah of Science · International Islamic University Malaysia

1. Quantum Information

This group applies the principles of quantum mechanics to information processing, security, and transmission.
By moving beyond classical bits to quantum bits (qubits), and leveraging superposition (a qubit existing in multiple states at once)
and entanglement (interconnected qubit states), it targets computational power and security unattainable with classical systems.

Applications

• Quantum Computing — tackling intractable problems (e.g., drug discovery, material design).
• Quantum Cryptography — communication channels secured by quantum principles.
• Quantum Sensing — ultra‑sensitive sensors for medicine, navigation, and science.

Academic Staff

• Assoc. Prof. Dr. Jesni Shamsul Shaari
• Dr. Iskandar Bahari
• Dr. Suhaili Kamaruddin

2. Optoelectronics

Optoelectronics studies and builds electronic devices that source, detect, and control light—bridging optics and electronics.
It draws on the quantum interaction of light with semiconductors, including the photoelectric effect (light generating current)
and electroluminescence (current generating light), governed by the material’s band structure.

Applications

• Communications — fiber‑optic networks.
• Lighting — energy‑efficient LEDs.
• Data Storage — Blu‑ray and DVD technologies.
• Energy — photovoltaic solar cells.

Academic Staff

• Assoc. Prof. Dr. Muhammad Zamzuri Abdul Kadir @ Jaafar
• Dr. Mohd Zamani Zulkifli
• Dr. Siti Fatimah Norizan
• Dr. Ahmad Fakhrurrazi Ahmad Noorden

3. Computational Physics

Computational physics uses simulations and numerical algorithms to solve complex problems—standing alongside theory and experiment
as a “third pillar” of science. Physical laws (e.g., Newton’s or Schrödinger’s) are translated into algorithms, with continuous systems
approximated discretely for tractable computation.

Applications

• Climate Science — modelling weather and climate change.
• Materials Science — simulating properties prior to fabrication.
• Astrophysics — galaxy formation and stellar evolution.
• Fluid Dynamics — designing more aerodynamic vehicles.

Academic Staff

• Dr. Ahmad Fakhrurrazi Ahmad Noorden
• Dr. Mohd Adli Md Ali
• Dr. Azni Abdul Aziz

4. Astrophysics

Astrophysics applies physical laws to the cosmos—exploring the origin, evolution, and fate of celestial objects and the universe.
It combines gravity for celestial motion, nuclear physics for stellar energy, thermodynamics for energy balance, and spectroscopy
to infer properties of distant objects.

Applications

• Fundamental Knowledge — insights into the universe’s origin and fate.
• Space Exploration — supporting the search for exoplanets and habitable worlds.
• Technology — advances in detectors, imaging, and GPS‑related systems.

Academic Staff

• Dr. Hafizah Noor Isa
• Dr. Azni Abdul Aziz

5. Biomaterial

Biomaterials are designed for medical use within biological systems—natural or synthetic—to repair, replace, or augment body tissues.
The field integrates materials science and mechanics to meet strength and elasticity requirements, while surface physics underpins
biocompatibility and reduces rejection.

Applications

• Medical Implants — artificial joints, dental implants, and stents.
• Tissue Engineering — scaffolds to promote new tissue growth.
• Drug Delivery — nanoparticles for targeted therapies.

Academic Staff

• Dr. Mohd Hazimin Mohd Salleh
• Dr. Samsun Baharin Mohamad
• Dr. Hafizah Noor Isa
• Dr. Siti Shafiqah Ahmad Shaharuddin

6. Biophotonics

Biophotonics employs light‑based technologies to study, diagnose, and treat medical conditions. Using absorption, fluorescence,
and scattering, it analyzes biological tissues. With lasers and spectroscopy, researchers probe molecular structure and function.

Applications

• Medical Diagnosis — imaging such as Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) and endoscopy.
• Therapeutics — laser surgery, photodynamic cancer therapy, dermatological treatments.
• Biosensing — sensitive detection of disease biomarkers.

Academic Staff

• Dr. Mohd Zamani Zulkifli
• Dr. Iskandar Bahari
• Dr. Mohd Hazimin Mohd Salleh
• Dr. Siti Fatimah Norizan
• Dr. Hafizah Noor Isa

IIUM Physics Department: Staff Publications

Kulliyyah of Science · International Islamic University Malaysia

This page lists recent publications (Journal Articles, Conference Proceedings, and Books) for the academic staff of the Department of Physics, Kulliyyah of Science.
For staff with no publications in the last three years, their five most recent publications are listed.

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Jesni Shamsul Shaari

Article

• Abdul Salam, N. R. S., Shamsul Shaari, J., & Mancini, S. (2024).
  Information disturbance tradeoff in bidirectional QKD. Physica Scripta, 99(10), 1–21.
• Shamsul Shaari, J., N. M. Nasir, R., & Mancini, S. (2021).
  Entropic bounds as uncertainty measure of unitary operators. Physics Letters A, 398.

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Muhammad Zamzuri Abdul Kadir @ Jaafar

Article

• Hairol Aman, M. A., Ahmad Noorden, A. F., Abdul Kadir@Jaafar, M. Z., Danial, W. H., & Daud, S. (2024).
  Efects of electron blocking layer thickness on the electrical and optical properties of AlGaN based deep ultraviolet light emitting diode.
  Journal of Electronic Materials, 53(8), 4802–4811.
• Hairol Aman, M. A., Ahmad Noorden, A. F., & Abdul Kadir@Jaafar, M. Z. (2024).
  Low parasitic carrier reservoir of AlGaN-based DUV-LED via controlled-polarization step-graded superlattice electron blocking layer for high luminescence lighting.
  Physica Scripta, 99(5).
• (2024). Reducing the quantum confined Stark effect through unidirectional graded quantum well for high luminescence intensity 280-nm deep-ultraviolet light-emitting diode.
  Jurnal Fizik Malaysia, 45(1), 10163–10175.
• (2023). High photoluminescence intensity of heterostructure AlGaN-based DUV-LED through uniform carrier distribution.
  Physica Scripta, 98(1).
• (2023). Integrating vernier spectrum with fano resonance for high sensitivity of an all-optical sensor.
  Journal of Computational Electronics.
• (2023). Numerical simulation of enhanced optical free spectral range through integrated Fano-microring configuration.
  Malaysian Journal of Science, 42(3), 13–19.

Dr. Ahmad Fakhrurrazi Ahmad Noorden

Article

• Ahmad Fajri, F. A., Kopp, F., Ahmad Noorden, A. F., & Iglesias, A. G. (2024).
  Advancing high-volume GaN manufacturing: precision simulation of electrical and geometrical deviations through current spreading.
  Engineering Research Express, 6(4).
• Nazmi, A. N., Ahmad Noorden, A. F., Isa, H. N., & Bahadoran, M. (2024).
  Configuration analysis of the quantum well epi-layer in the InGaAs-based near-infrared light-emitting diodes.
  European Physical Journal Plus, 139(2), 139–153.
• Azrisham, N. F., Hairol Aman, M. A., Nazmi, A. N., & Ahmad Noorden, A. F. (2024).
  High-sensitivity refractive index-based microring resonator all-optical sensor with Fano resonance spectrum.
  Jurnal Fizik Malaysia, 45(1), 10132–10143.
• Ahmad Fajri, F. A., Mukherjee, A., Naskar, S., Ahmad Noorden, A. F., & Abass, A. (2024).
  A scattered volume emitter micropixel architecture for ultra efficient light extraction from DUV LEDs.
  Scientific Reports, 14(1).

Dr. Azni Abdul Aziz

Article

• Ahmad Kamal, N. N., Nizam, S., & Abdul Aziz, A. (2024).
  The effects of nuclear level density model and alpha optical model potential to the excitation functions of novel therapeutic radionuclides.
  Applied Radiation and Isotopes, 203, 1–11.
• (2025). Mapping the airborne distribution of caesium-137 in the Asia-Pacific region using data from the Comprehensive Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty.
  Radiation Physics and Chemistry, 234.
• (2024). Reducing the quantum confined Stark effect through unidirectional graded quantum well for high luminescence intensity 280-nm deep-ultraviolet light-emitting diode.
  Jurnal Fizik Malaysia, 45(1), 10163–10175.

Conference Proceeding

• Ahmad Fajri, F. A., Ahmad Noorden, A. F., & Abdul Aziz, A. (2021).
  Doping effect numerical comparison of band gap energy and active region range for GaN and GaAs based semiconductor.
  Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 1892.

Dr. Hafizah Noor Isa

Article

• Nazmi, A. N., Hairol Aman, M. A., Ahmad Fajri, F. A., Ahmad Noorden, A. F., Isa, H. N., & Suzairi, D. (2023).
  Dopant concentrations analysis on electro-optic performances of gallium nitride-based ultraviolet light-emitting diode chip.
  Optical Engineering, 62(7).
• Yogeswaran, K., Azmi, L., Bhassu, S., Isa, H. N., & Aziz, M. A. (2023).
  Physical parameters influence the microbial quality of indoor air in research laboratories: a report from Malaysia.
  Kuwait Journal of Science, 50(4), 665–673.
• Isa, H. N. (2021).
  A gravitational-wave measurement of the Hubble constant following the second observing run of Advanced LIGO and Virgo.
  The Astrophysical Journal, 909(2), 1–18.

Dr. Iskandar Bahari

Article

• (2023). Integrating vernier spectrum with fano resonance for high sensitivity of an all-optical sensor.
  Journal of Computational Electronics.
• Abdul Khir, M. F., Mohd Zain, M. N., Iskandar, B., Soekardjo, S., & Saari, S. (2013).
  Experimental two way quantum key distribution with weak+vacuum decoy state.
  Malaysian Journal of Mathematical Sciences, 7(S)(1), 49–57.

Dr. Mohd Adli Md Ali

Article

• Nizam, S., Md Ali, M. A., & Abidin, M. R. (2023). Depression Detection on Malay Dialects Using GPT-3.

Conference Proceeding

• Yazli, A. Y., Mohd Shariff, K. K., Syed Abdul Rahman, S. A. M. A. J., & Md Ali, M. A. (2024).
  Multimodal vehicle classification based on radar and acoustic sensors using hybrid shallow CNN.
  In 2024 IEEE Symposium on Wireless Technology & Applications (ISWTA).
• Nizam, S., & MD Ali, M. A. (2022).
  Preliminary Result: AI-Generated Neutrophil Image using Deep Convolution GAN for Data Augmentation.
  In 4th International Conference on Biosciences and Medical Engineering (ICBME) 2022.

Dr. Mohd Hazimin Mohd Salleh

Article

• Jamaluddin, M. N. H., Mohd Salleh, M. H., & Mohamad, S. B. (2023).
  Investigation of strain gauge measurement on paper-based sensor with various thickness of carbon based conductive paint.
  Journal of Smart Sensor & Materials, 1(1).
• Ashraffarhan, A. M., Mohd Salleh, M. H., & Muhamad Tajudin, N. S. (2022).
  Analysis of soil nitrate ion selective slectrode (ISE) sensor using Arduino UNO.
  Journal of Science and Technology, 14(2), 31–39.

Conference Proceeding

• Azahan, S. N. F., Mohd Nasir, M. H., & Mohd Salleh, M. H. (2021).
  Naked Eye Colorimetric Glucose Detection Using Microplate Reader.
  Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 1892(012020), 1–5.

Dr. Mohd Zamani Zulkifli

Article

• (2024). Carbon conductive coated fiber Bragg grating sensor for voltage detection.
  Journal of Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials, 26(5–6), 206–212.
• (2024). Mode-locking in holmium doped fiber laser operating at 2.06 µm using manganese violet.
  Optical and Quantum Electronics, 56.
• Ahmad, H., Nizamani, B., Samion, M. Z., & Zulkifli, M. Z. (2024).
  Switchable dual- and single-wavelength mode-locked bismuth-doped fiber lasers at O-band.
  Optical Fiber Technology, 88.

Dr. Samsun Baharin Mohamad

Article

• Jamaluddin, M. N. H., Mohd Salleh, M. H., & Mohamad, S. B. (2023).
  Investigation of strain gauge measurement on paper-based sensor with various thickness of carbon based conductive paint.
  Journal of Smart Sensor & Materials, 1(1).

Dr. Siti Fatimah Norizan

Article

• Ahmad, H., Samion, M. Z., Sharbirin, A. S., Norizan, S. F., Aidit, S. N., & Ismail, M. F. (2018).
  Graphene-PVA saturable absorber for generation of a wavelength-tunable passively Q-switched thulium-doped fiber laser in 2.0 μm.
  Laser Physics, 28(5).
• Syed Husin, S. A., Muhammad, F. D., Norizan, S. F., Abdul Latif, A., Awang, N. A., & Zulkifli, M. Z. (2018).
  Narrow core standard single mode fiber for supercontinuum generation from graphene-based mode-locked pulses.
  Optik, 172, 347–352.
• Ahmad, H., Ghasemi, M., Amiri, I. S., Ariannejad, M. M., Norizan, S. F., Abdul Latif, A., & Soltanian, S. M. R. K. (2017).
  Gold cone metasurface MIC sensor with monolayer of graphene and multilayer of graphite.
  Plasmonics, 12(2), 497–508.

Dr. Siti Shafiqah Ahmad Shaharuddin

Article

• (2024). Structural and retrospective bio-dosimetric study of gamma-irradiated human fingernails.
  Radiation Physics and Chemistry, 223.
• (2022). Structural and defect changes in black carbon charcoal irradiated with gamma ray.
  Radiation Physics and Chemistry, 200.

Dr. Suhaili Kamaruddin

Article

• Kamaruddin, S., Shamsul Shaari, J., & Kolenderski, P. (2020).
  Counterfactual protocol within device independent framework and its insecurity.
  Scientific Reports, 10(1).
• Kamaruddin, S., & Shamsul Shaari, J. (2016).
  Optimal device independent quantum key distribution.
  Scientific Reports, 6.
• Kamaruddin, S., & Shamsul Shaari, J. (2015).
  Device-independent quantum key distribution using single-photon entanglement.
  EPL (Europhysics Letters), 110(2).