Education: 

         Oct. 2008-July 2009

            As a visitor and researcher at INESC Porto-Porto University-Portugal

            Jan.  2005- Jan 2010

PhD in Photonics, Laser and Plasma Research Institute, University of Shahid Beheshti, Iran,

Thesis: “ High pressure and temperature measurement using Fabry-Perot and photonic crystal

fiber based sensor ”

            Sept. 2000-Jun. 2003

M. Sc. in Atomic and Molecular Physics, University of Shahid Beheshti, Iran,

Thesis: “ Fiber Optic Strain Sensor ”

Sept.1996-Jun. 2000  

B. Sc. in Applied Physics, University of Amir-Kabir, Iran,

 

Research Interest:

1-     Microstructures optical  Fibers (Photonic crystal fiber, ARROW fiber, suspended core fiber)

2-     Optical fiber sensors (Interferometric and polarimetric techniques , optical gyroscope)

3-     Fiber lasers and nonlinear effects

4-     Spectroscopic techniques for gas sensing

5-     surface Plasmon resonance based Sensors

Teaching Experience:

Undergraduate: Physics 1, 2, 3, Optics, Optics lab, Spectroscopy, Laser, Electromagnetic 1.

Graduate: Laser Spectroscopy, Photonic crystals

ISI Journal Publication:

1- S. H. Aref, et al., “Pressure and Temperature Characterization of Two Interferometric Configurations Based on Suspended-Core Fibers”, Opt. Comm, Vol. 285, Pages 269–273, Feb. 2012.

2- S. H. Aref, et al., “Pressure and Temperature Characterization of Two Interferometric Configurations Based on Suspended-Core Fibers”, Submitted to IEEE Sensors Journal, Oct. 2010.

3- S. H. Aref, et al., “Spectral Characterization of a Photonic Band-Gap Fiber for Sensing Applications”, Applied Optics, Vol. 49, No. 10, pp. 1870-1875, April 2010.

4- S. H. Aref, et al., “Modal Interferometer Based on Hollow core photonic crystal fiber for Strain and Temperature Measurement”, Opt. Express, Vol. 17, No. 21, pp. 18669- 18675, October 2009.

5- S. H. Aref, et al., "Modal Interferometer Based on ARROW Fiber for Strain and Temperature Measurement”, IEEE Photonics tech. lett. Vol. 21, No. 21, pp. 1636-1638, November 2009.

6- O. Frazão, S. H. Aref, et al., “Fabry–Perot Cavity Based on a Suspended-Core Fiber for Strain and Temperature Measurement”,  IEEE Photonics tech. lett. Vol. 21, No. 17, pp. 1229-1231, September 2009.

7- S. H. Aref, et al.,  “An improved fiber optic pressure and temperature sensor for downhole application”, Meas. Sci. Technol. Vol. 20, 2009, (034009).

8- S. H. Aref, et al., “Fiber optic fabry-perot pressure sensor with low sensitivity to temperature changes for downhole application” Opt. Comm., Vol. 269, pp. 322-330, 2007.

Papers Presented in International Conferences or Workshops:

1- S. H. Aref, et al., “All-Fiber Interferometric Configurations Based on Suspended-Core Fibres for Pressure Measurement,” EWOFS 2010, Portugal, Porto, September 2010.

2- S. H. Aref, et al., “Sensing Characteristics of Hollow-Core Photonic Crystal Fibre Modal Interferometers”, 20^th International Optical Fiber Sensor Conference (OFS-20), 2009.

3- S. H. Aref, et al., “Strain and Temperature Characterization of Interferometric Sensors Based on ARROW Fibers”, 20^th International Optical Fiber Sensor Conference (OFS-20), 2009.

4- S. H. Aref, H. Latifi, “Fabrication and test of high-pressure sensor with high-pressure sensitivity and improvement in temperature compensation”, 19^th International Optical Fiber Sensor Conference (OFS-19), Perth Australia, 14-15 April, 2008.

5- H. Latifi, S. H.Aref, M. I. Zibaii, “Development of an improved extrinsic fiber Fabry-Perot for temperature sensing”, 19^th International Optical Fiber Sensor Conference (OFS-19), Perth Australia, 14-15 April, 2008.

6- S. H. Aref, “Fiber optic Fabry–Perot pressure sensor with low sensitivity to temperature   changes for downhole application”, winter college on Fiber optics, Fiber lasers and sensors”, ICTP, Trieste, Italy, 12-23 Feb 2007.

7- S. H. Aref, et al., “New method to solve temperature cross sensitivity of high pressure optical fiber fabry-perot sensor”, 18^th International Optical Fiber Sensor Conference (OFS-18), Cancun, Mexico, O ctober 23-27, 2006.

8- H. Latifi, S. H.Aref, M. Afshari, and M. I. Zibaii, “High pressure measurement by optical fiber fabry-perot sensor for downhole application”, 18^th International Optical Fiber Sensor Conference (OFS-18), Cancun, Mexico, October 23-27, 2006.

9- S. Toroghi, H. Latifi, M. Afshari, and S. H. Aref, “A new structure of fiber Bragg grating with an increased sensitivity to pressure and decreased sensitivity to temperature”, Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 6162, 61620Q (2006), International Conference on Lasers, Applications, and Technologies (LAT 2005).

  Papers Presented in National Conferences or Workshops:

1- M. I. Zibaii, H. Latifi, S. H. Aref, “Design and experimental construction of an extrinsic fiber optic fabry perot flow sensor“,13^thAnnual Conference on Photonics, pp. 70-73, 2007.

2- S. H. Aref, M. I. Zibaii, M. Afshari, and H. Latifi, “Design, construction and experimental test of fiber Bragg grating sensor for high pressure and temperature measurement”, The 12^thAnnual Conference on Photonics, pp. 57-60, 2006.

3- M. I. Zibaii, H. Latifi, S. H. Aref and S. Toroghi, “Fabrication and experimental test of an extrinsic fiber optic fabry-perot strain sensor”, The 12^thAnnual Conference on Photonics, pp. 349-352, 2006.

4- S. Toroghi, M. Afshari, S. H. Aref, and H. Latifi, “Fabrication and Test of an Optical Fiber Extrinsic Fabry-Perot Temperature Sensor”, The 11^th Annual Conference on Photonics, 2005.

5- H. Aref, H. Latifi, F. E. Seraji and M. Afshari, “Laboratory setup for demodulation of an Optical Fiber Mach-Zhender Interferometer as an Acoustic Sensor by Homodyne Technique”, The 10^thAnnual Conference on Photonics, pp. 111-113, 2004.

6- M. Afshari, H. Latifi, F. E. Seraji and S. H. Aref, “Fabrication of an Optical Fiber Michelson Interferometer Strain Sensor”, The 10^th Annual Conference on Photonics, pp. 67-70, 2004.