Dr. Md. Jarez Miah

ড: মো: জরেজ মিয়া

Associate Professor

Research Interest

Machine learning and deep learning algorithms, Image processing, Computer vision, Semiconductor lasers.

Education

• PhD in Engineering, Technical University of Berlin, Germany.
• M.Sc. in Communications Technology, Ulm University, Germany.
• B.Sc. in Electrical and Electronic Engineering (EEE), Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), Bangladesh.

Selected Publications

Journal Publications

• M. J. Miah, A. Boni, D. Martin, A. Ginolas, M. Elattar, P. Della Casa, S. Grützner, S. Strohmaier, A. Knigge, G. Tränkle, and P. Crump, Thermal lens manipulation using edge-heaters in laser bars for improved efficiency and divergence. IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, vol. 37, no. 9, pp. 545–548, May 2025.
• P. Crump, A. Boni, M. Elattar, S. Khamari, I. Marko, S. Sweeney, S. Arslan, B. King, M. J. Miah, D. Martin, A. Knigge, P. Della Casa, and G. Tränkle, Power and efficiency scaling of GaAs-based high-power laser diodes. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics. . IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, vol. 31, no. 2, p. 1502512, Apr 2025.
• C.-K. Wu, X.-E. Xue, S.-C. Tian, M. J. Miah, A. Strittmatter, and D. Bimberg, Brightness improvement of edge-emitting lasers by combining vertical broad-area HiBBEE and laterally inhomogeneous waveguides. APL Photonics, vol. 9, no. 12, p. 126113, Dec 2024.
• C.-K. Wu, X.-E. Xue, S.-C. Tian, M. J. Mia, A. Strittmatter, and D. Bimber, Improvement of beam quality of high-power edge-emitting lasers using inhomogeneous waveguides.. Optics Express, vol. 32, no. 14, pp. 24802–24810, Jul 2024.
• M. J. Miah, D. Martin, A. Ginolas, M. Elattar, P. Della Casa, S. Grützner, S. Strohmaier, A. Knigge, G. Tränkle, and P. Crump, Micro-structured lateral thermal-lens for increased output power and narrowed beam divergence in kilowatt-class 9xx nm diode laser bars. Applied Physics Letters, vol. 124, no. 24, p. 241104, Jun 2024.
• M. J. Miah, A. Boni, S. Arslan, D. Martin, P. Della Casa, and P. Crump, Optimizing vertical and lateral waveguides of kW-class laser bars for higher peak power, efficiency and lateral beam quality. IEEE Photonics Journal, vol. 14, no. 3, p. 1525505, Apr 2022.
• P. Crump, M. J. Miah, M. Wilkens, J. Fricke, H. Wenzel, and A. Knigge, 60% efficient monolithically wavelength-stabilized 970-nm DBR broad-area lasers. IEEE Photonics Journal, vol. 14, no. 3, p. 1524305, Apr 2022.
• P. Crump, M. Elattar, M. J. Miah, M. Ekterai, M. M. Karow, D. Martin, A. Maaßdorf, S. McDougall, C. Holly, S. Rauch, S. Gruetzner, S. Strohmaier, and G, Tränkle, Experimental studies into the beam parameter product of GaAs high-power diode lasers. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, vol. 28, no. 1, p. 1501111, Jul 2021.
• M. J. Miah, S. Strohmaier, G. Urban, and D. Bimberg, Beam quality improvement of high-power semiconductor lasers using laterally inhomogeneous waveguides. Appl. Phys. Lett., vol. 113, no. 22, p. 221107, Jan 2018.
• M. J. Miah, V. P. Kalosha, D. Bimberg, J. Pohl, and M. Weyers, Astigmatism-free high-brightness 1060 nm edge-emitting lasers with narrow circular beam profile. Opt. Exp., vol. 24, no. 26, pp. 30514–30522, Jan 2016.
• M. J. Miah, V. P. Kalosha, R. Rosales, and D. Bimberg, Novel types of photonic band crystal high power and high brightness semiconductor lasers. Front. of Optoelectron., vol. 9, no. 2, pp. 225–237, Jan 2016.
• M. J. Miah, T. Kettler, V. P. Kalosha, K. Posilovic, D. Bimberg, J. Pohl, and M. Weyers, High temperature operation of 1060 nm high-brightness photonic band crystal lasers with very low astigmatism. IEEE J. Select. Top. Quant. Electron., vol. 21, no. 6, p. 4900206, Jan 2015.
• R. Rosales, V. P. Kalosha, K. Posilovic, M. J. Miah, D. Bimberg, J. Pohl, and M. Weyers, High brightness photonic band crystal semiconductor lasers in the passive mode locking regime. Appl. Phys. Lett., vol. 105, no. 16, p. 161101, Jan 2014.
• M. J. Miah, T. Kettler, K. Posilovic, V. P. Kalosha, D. Skoczowsky, R. Rosales, D. Bimberg, J. Pohl, and M. Weyers, 1.9 W continuous-wave single transverse mode emission from 1060 nm edge-emitting lasers with vertically extended lasing area. Appl. Phys. Lett., vol. 105, no. 15, p. 151105, Jan 2014.
• M. J. Miah, A. Al-Samaneh, A. Kern, D. Wahl, P. Debernardi, and R. Michalzik, Fabrication and characterization of low-threshold polarization-stable VCSELs for Cs-based miniaturized atomic clocks. IEEE J. Select. Top. Quant. Electron., vol. 19, no. 4, p. 1701410, Jan 2013.
• A. Al-Samaneh, M. Bou Sanayeh, M. J. Miah, W. Schwarz, D. Wahl, A. Kern, and R. Michalzik, Polarization-stable vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers with inverted grating relief for use in microscale atomic clocks. Appl. Phys. Lett., vol. 101, no. 17, p. 171104, Jan 2012.

Conference Publications

• M. K. Ahmed, A. Hye, and M. J. Miah, An efficient framework integrating machine learning and deep learning techniques for predicting air quality index category in Dhaka city. International Conference on Quantum Photonics, Artificial Intelligence, and Networking (QPAIN), pp. 1-6, Rangpur, Bangladesh, 2025, Sep 2025.
• M. R. Mahamud, M. J. Miah, and N. I. Bithi, Controllable image enhancement using adaptive scaling in deep super-resolution networks. International Conference on Quantum Photonics, Artificial Intelligence, and Networking (QPAIN), pp. 1-6, Rangpur, Bangladesh, 2025 [ Won the Best Paper Award (first prize) ], Sep 2025.
• N. I. Bithi, M. J. Miah, and M. R. Mahamud, SigmaFusionNet: A residual-enhanced hybrid CNN for accurate Gaussian noise prediction in medical X-ray images. International Conference on Quantum Photonics, Artificial Intelligence, and Networking (QPAIN), pp. 1-5, Rangpur, Bangladesh, 2025, Sep 2025.
• M. R. Mahamud, M. J. Miah, and N. I. Bithi, Effective super-resolution through multi-order degradation simulation and efficient training strategies. International Conference on Quantum Photonics, Artificial Intelligence, and Networking (QPAIN), pp. 1-6, Rangpur, Bangladesh, 2025, Sep 2025.
• P. Crump, A. Boni, M. Elattar, S. K. Khamari, I. P. Marko, S. J. Sweeney, S. Arslan, B. King, M. J. Miah, D. Martin, A. Knigge, P. Della Casa, and G. Tränkle, Experimental studies of GaAs-based broad area diode lasers using highly asymmetric epitaxial structures with high modal gain: finding a path to exceeding 80% conversion efficiency at 25 °C. Proceedings of SPIE, vol. 13385, p. 1338547, San Francisco, California, USA, Jan 2025.
• M. J. Miah, A. Boni, D. Martin, A. Ginolas, M. Elattar, P. Della Casa, S. Grützner, S. Strohmaier, A. Knigge, G. Tränkle, and P. Crump, Improved efficiency and beam divergence in kW-class diode laser bars with edge-heaters.. 2024 IEEE Photonics Conference (IPC), pp. 1-2, Rome, Italy, Nov 2024.
• P. Crump, A. Boni, M. Elattar, S. K. Khamari, I. P. Marko, S. J. Sweeney, S. Arslan, B. King, M. J. Miah, D. Martin, A. Knigge, P. Della Casa, and G. Tränkle, Scaling towards 80% conversion efficiency at 25 °C in GaAs-based broad area lasers. European Semiconductor Laser Workshop, ESLW 2024, paper-132, Kassel, Germany, Sep 2024.
• A. Siddiqua, A. M. Oni, and M. J. Mia, A transfer learning approach for neurodegenerative disease classification from brain MRI images: distinguishing Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, and control cases.. 6th International Conference on Electrical Engineering and Information & Communication Technology 2024, pp. 347-351, Dhaka, Bangladesh, May 2024.
• M. J. Miah, D. Martin, A. Ginolas, M. Elattar, P. Della Casa, S. Grützner, S. Strohmaier, A. Knigge, G. Tränkle, and P. Crump, Thermal lens engineering for high brightness edge emitters. 2023 IEEE Photonics Conference (IPC), pp. 1-2, Orlando, FL, USA, Nov 2023.
• M. J. Miah, M. M. Karow, M. Elattar, D. Martin, P. Della Casa, S. Grützner, S. Strohmaier, Tailored in-plane thermal profiles for narrower lateral far-field in kilowatt-class 9xx nm diode laser bars. Proceedings of SPIE, vol. 12403, paper 12403-18, San Francisco, California, USA, Jan 2023.
• P. Crump, M. Elattar, M. J. Miah, J. Fricke, O. Brox, D. Martin, P. Della Casa, A. Maaßdorf , H. Wenzel, A. Knigge, and G. Tränkle, Progress in efforts to increase power in GaAs-based high-power diode lasers. 28th International Semiconductor Laser Conference (ISLC), Matsue, Japan, Oct 2022.
• P. Crump, M. Elattar, M. J. Miah, M. Ekterai, M. M. Karow, D. Martin, P. Della Casa, A. Maaßdorf, S. McDougall, C. Holly, S. Rauch, S. Gruetzner, S. Strohmaier, A. Knigge, and G. Tränkle, Progress in experimental studies into the beam parameter product of GaAs-based high-power diode lasers. Proceedings of SPIE, vol. 11983, p. 1198307, San Francisco, California, USA, Feb 2022.
• M. J. Miah, A. Boni, D. Martin, A. Knigge, P. Della Casa, and P. Crump, Kilowatt-class, 1-cm diode laser bars at 910-940 nm with improved power, conversion efficiency and beam quality. Proceedings of SPIE, vol. 11983, p. 1198304, San Francisco, California, USA, Feb 2022.
• P. Crump, M. J. Miah, J. Fricke, M. Wilkens, S. Kreutzmann, H. Wenzel, and A. Knigge, 970 nm DBR broad-area semiconductor lasers with 60% conversion efficiency. 27th International Semiconductor Laser Conference (ISLC), paper-WP3.3, Potsdam, Germany, Oct 2021.
• M. J. Miah, A. Boni, D. Martin, P. Della Casa, P. Crump, Highly asymmetric epitaxial designs for increased power and efficiency in kW-class GaAs-based diode laser bars. 27th International Semiconductor Laser Conference (ISLC), paper-TuP2.1, Potsdam, Germany, Oct 2021.
• M. J. Miah, V. P. Kalosha, and D. Bimberg, 1060 nm lasers based on asymmetric extended vertical waveguide for high brightness, narrow and astigmatism-free circular beam emission. IEEE Photonics Conference (IPC), paper TuC2.3, pp. 323–324, Hawaii, USA, Oct 2016.
• D. Bimberg, V. P. Kalosha, M. J. Miah, and R. Rosales, High brightness and peak power ps-pulses from 1060-nm HIBBEE- lasers. Conference on Nonlinear Dynamics in Semiconductor Lasers, NDSL16, Berlin, Germany, Jun 2016.
• M. J. Miah, T. Kettler, K. Posilovic, V. P. Kalosha, D. Skoczowsky, D. Bimberg, J. Pohl, and M. Weyers, High power 1060 nm photonic band crystal lasers with narrow beam divergence and low astigmatism. 79th Annual Meeting of the German Physics Society (DPG), paper HL 93.8, Berlin, Germany, May 2015.
• R. Rosales, V. P. Kalosha, T. Kettler, K. Posilović, M. J. Miah, D. Bimberg, J. Pohl, M. Weyers, and K. Lauritsen, High peak power pulse generation from PBC lasers. IEEE Photonics Conference (IPC), paper TuD3.3, pp. 238–239, San Diego, CA, USA, Oct 2014.
• M. J. Miah, T. Kettler, K. Posilovic, V. P. Kalosha, D. Skoczowsky, D. Bimberg, J. Pohl, and M. Weyers, High-power 1060-nm edge-emitting lasers with narrow beam divergence. International Nano-Optoelectronics Workshop (iNOW), St. Petersburg, Russia, Aug 2014.
• R. Rosales, T. Kettler, K. Posilović, V. P. Kalosha, M. J. Miah, D. Bimberg, K. Lauritsen, J. Pohl, and M. Weyers, Optical pulse generation in photonic band crystal lasers. Conference on Nonlinear Dynamics in Semiconductor Lasers, NDSL14, Berlin, Germany, May 2014.
• R. Rosales, D. Arsenijević, K. Posilović, V. P. Kalosha, M. J. Miah, D. Bimberg, J. Pohl, and M. Weyers, Optical pulse generation in photonic band crystal mode locked lasers. High Power Diode Laser and Systems Conference (HPD), pp. 24–25, Coventry, UK, Oct 2013.
• M. J. Miah, A. Al-Samaneh, D. Wahl, and R. Michalzik, Dynamic characteristics of inverted grating relief VCSELs for Cs-based microscale atomic clocks. Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe, CLEO/Europe 2013, paper CB-8.4-THU, one page, Munich, Germany, May 2013.