Prof. Diaa A. M. Khalil
Prof., Faculty of Engineering at Ain Shams Univ
SPIE Involvement:
Conference Program Committee | Author | Instructor
Area of Expertise:
Optical MEMS , Integrated optics , Optical communication systems , Semiconductor laser
Profile Summary

Prof. Diaa Khalil has over 40 years of experience in micro photonics systems, including integrated optoelectronics and optical MEMS technology. He obtained his PhD from INPG France in 1993 and since 2004 he is a full Professor of photonics in the Faculty of Eng., Ain Shams University. He is inventor of about 20 granted patents in the US patent office and similar numbers in the Europe, China and Japan patent offices in addition to more than 20 patent applications. He is author and co-author of more than 400 publications, in international journals and conferences, in addition to 5 book chapters and 1 ebook published by SPIE. He is also a member in the editorial board of the journal, “Light: Science and Applications - Nature Publishing Group NPG. He supervised more than 80 MSc and PhD thesis in: Optics, Optoelectronics, Spectroscopy, Optical MEMS and integrated Optics.
He was the CTO of the Optical MEMS Division in Si-Ware Systems from 2007 to 2020, leading the development of a unique FTIR MEMS spectrometer, that gained the Prism award in the Photonics West Conf. 2014 in SF USA. He also worked with MEMScAP company as the head of the optical MEMS design group where he led the design and characterization of a 2×2 switch and introduced a novel VOA (Variable Optical Attenuator) achieving the world record of minimum PDL reported for wide dynamic range.
Prof. Diaa Khalil is a holder of the Egyptian state incentive prize in engineering sciences in 1998, and the Egyptian State Appreciation Prize in engineering science in 2021 and Ain Shams Appreciation prize in 2022. He is a senior member in the OSA, the SPIE, the IEEE Photonic Society, and URSI. He was the Head of the ECE Dept., in the Engineering school at Ain Shams and in 2017 He became the Vice dean of Research and Postgraduate and from 2019 to Feb. 2021, the Acting dean of the School of Engineering. From 2023 he became the CEO of the Innovator Support Fund reporting to the ministry of Higher education in Egypt.
Publications (108)

Proceedings Article | 13 March 2024 Presentation + Paper
Proceedings Volume 12859, 1285904 (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3001635
KEYWORDS: Biological samples, Refractive index, Absorption, Crystals, Reflection, Quantum enhancement, Spectroscopy, Modeling, Infrared spectroscopy, Quantum dots, Attenuated total reflectance, COVID 19

Proceedings Article | 12 March 2024 Poster + Paper
Radwa Abbas, Yasser Sabry, Diaa Khalil
Proceedings Volume 12889, 128890V (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3002222
KEYWORDS: Mirrors, Reflectivity, Gaussian beams, Spherical lenses, Semiconductor lasers, Reflection, Atmospheric propagation, Plane waves, Matrices, Beam propagation method

Proceedings Article | 12 March 2024 Poster + Paper
Proceedings Volume 12889, 128890U (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3001527
KEYWORDS: Waveguides, Silicon, Tunable filters, Optical gratings, Optical filters, Design, Single mode fibers, Silica, Finite-difference time-domain method, Waveguide modes

Proceedings Article | 12 March 2024 Presentation + Paper
Karim Khalil, Alaa Fathy, Yasser Sabry, Diaa Khalil, Ahmed Hisham Morshed
Proceedings Volume 12899, 128990G (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3002541
KEYWORDS: Mirrors, Spherical lenses, Microelectromechanical systems, Michelson interferometers, Beam splitters, Visibility, Optical path differences, Sensors, Micromirrors, Light sources

Proceedings Article | 12 March 2024 Poster + Paper
Mayar Magdy, Alaa Fathy, Hussein Kotb, Ahmed Samir, Diaa Khalil
Proceedings Volume 12899, 128990Q (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3005186
KEYWORDS: Prisms, Digital micromirror devices, Microlens array, Beam homogenizers, 3D printing, Light sources and illumination, Design, Light sources, Printing, Optical simulations

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Conference Committee Involvement (7)
MOEMS and Miniaturized Systems XXIV
27 January 2025 | San Francisco, California, United States
MOEMS and Miniaturized Systems XXIII
29 January 2024 | San Francisco, California, United States
MOEMS and Miniaturized Systems XXII
30 January 2023 | San Francisco, California, United States
MOEMS and Miniaturized Systems XXI
24 January 2022 | San Francisco, California, United States
MOEMS and Miniaturized Systems XX
6 March 2021 | Online Only, California, United States
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Course Instructor
SC1230: Optical MEMS Engineering
This course provides an overview of the Optical MEMS technology from an engineering point of view. First, the course will explain the main features of the Optical MEMS market showing the different segments and the characteristics of each segment. Then, the course will give an overview of the main technologies in this domain showing the pros and cons of each technology from an industrial point of view and indicating some of their success stories. The attendees will then go through the details of the analysis and design of optical MEMS components. This includes the optical propagation through micro structures as well as the mechanical design of some common actuators (Comb drive actuator, thermal actuator, etc.) to be able to understand and appreciate the compatibility and contradictions faced when performing such designs. The course will be suitable for a beginner engineer who wants to penetrate the field of Optical MEMS as it allows him to ramp-up rapidly and jump into the initial design of a working optical MEMS component in a very short time.
NON-SPIE: Applied Optical Engineering
NON-SPIE: Integrated Optics
NON-SPIE: Optical Communication Systems
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