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  Ziad A. El-Sahn Ziad Ahmed El-Sahn

 Assistant Professor
 Photonics Group
Electrical Engineering
Alexandria University
Alexandria 21544, Egypt
Electrical Engineering Building
Office: 4-4-F138
Phone: (+203) 592-1854
Fax: (+203) 592-1853
Email: ziad.elsahn@alexu.edu.eg

 


 
 
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WELCOME

Dr. Ziad A. El-Sahn completed his undergraduate studies and received his B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering from Alexandria University, Egypt in 2002. From 2002 to 2005 he was working as a research and teaching assistant at Alexandria University. In 2005, he received his M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering from Alexandria University with a thesis entitled "Random Access Protocols for Future Optical CDMA Networks". Afterwards, Dr. El-Sahn joined the Centre d'Optique, Photonique et Laser (COPL) at Université Laval, Québec, Canada, where he received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering in 2010 with a thesis entitled "Smooth Upgrade of Existing FTTH Access Networks: SAC-OCDMA and Dense SS-WDM Solutions". From 2010 to 2012 Dr. El-Sahn was a postdoctoral research fellow at the Photonics Systems Group (PSG) at McGill University, Montreal, Canada. During that period, Dr. El-Sahn has worked on optical access networks, and coherent optical transmission systems.

Dr. El-Sahn is an Assistant Professor at the Electrical Engineering Department, Alexandria University (currently on-leave). His main research is in optical communications and systems. Dr. El-Sahn is also the founder of the Photonics Group at Alexandria University, and he is a member at the SmartCI Center of Research Excellence at Alexandria University.

From 2017, Dr. El-Sahn has moved to Canada to join Infinera as a Senior Systems Design Engineer, where he is working on the design of digital signal processing (DSP) engines for current/next generation coherent optical systems. In late 2020, he was promoted to a Staff Systems Design Engineer, and continues to work in the design of optical coherent modems.

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EDUCATION

Ph.D., Université Laval, Québec, Canada, 2010

- Thesis: Smooth Upgrade of Existing FTTH Access Networks: SAC-OCDMA and Dense SS-WDM Solutions, [PDF]
- Supervisor: Prof. Leslie A. Rusch

M.Sc., Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt, 2005

- Thesis: Random Access Protocols for Future Optical CDMA Networks, [PDF]
- Supervisors: Prof. Hossam M. H. Shalaby and Prof. El-Sayed A. El-Badawy

B.Sc., Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt, 2002

- Cumulative Grade: Distinction with Degree of Honor (87.3347%)
- Department Rank: Third over a class of 316 students
- Graduation Project: 3G Multimedia Mobile Communications

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RESEARCH

Current Research Projects:

- Solutions for Next-Generation Passive Optical Networks
- Optical OFDM for IM/DD Applications
- Visible Light Communications and Indoor Localization
- Advanced DSP Techniques for Optical Communication Systems
- Space-Division Multiplexing for Optical Communication Systems
- Silicon Photonics and Integration

My other research interests include the following:

- FTTH Access Networks and Passive Optical Networks
- Coherent Transmission Systems: Single Carrier and OFDM
- Optical CDMA and WDM Solutions
- Optical IDMA Solutions
- Computer Networks and MAC Layer Protocols
- Teletraffic Engineering and Queuing Theory
- Digital Communication Theory
- Cellular Communications

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt: 2012 - Present (Full Time)

- Optical Communication Systems [EE482]
- Optical Devices [EE365]
- Acoustics [EE362]
- Semiconductor Devices [EE336]
- Communication Systems, SSP [CC541]
- Mobile and Wireless Communications, SSP [CC443]
- Microwave and Optical Transmission Media, SSP [CC445]

Zewail City of Science and Technology, Giza, Egypt: 2017 (Part Time)

- Information Theory and Coding [CIE425]

Nile University, Sheikh Zayed, Giza, Egypt: 2015 (Part Time)

- Fundamentals of Networking [CIT606] - Graduate

Pharos University, Alexandria, Egypt: 2013 - 2015 (Part Time)

- Analog Communications [EE251]
- Communication Technology for Power Engineers [EE254]

Université Laval, Québec, Canada: 2006 - 2007 (Part Time)

- Analyse des signaux
- Réseaux de transmission de données

Arab Academy for Science & Technology, Alexandria, Egypt: 2003 - 2005 (Part Time)

- Communication Systems (1): Analog communications
- Communications Systems (2): Random signals & noise analysis
- Communication Systems (3): Pulse modulation & source coding
- Communication Networks
- Solid State Devices
- Electronic Measurements

Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt: 2002 - 2005 (Full Time)

- Communications Systems
- Optical Devices and Engineering
- Microwave & Optical Transmission Media
- Microprocessors Interfacing & Applications
- Electronic Measurements
- Semiconductor Devices
- Modern Physics
- Acoustics

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LIST OF PUBLICATIONS

- Our research paper citations as specified in Scopus.
- Our research paper citations as specified in Google Scholar.

Journal Papers:

  1. H. Sun, M. Torbatian, M. Karimi, R. Maher, S. Thomson, M. Tehrani, Y. Gao, A. Kumpera, G. Soliman, A. Kakkar, M. Osman, Z. A. El-Sahn, C. Doggart, W. Hou, S. Sutarwala, Y. Wu, M. R. Chitgarha, V. Lal, H.-S. Tsai, S. Corzine, J. Zhang, J. Osenbach, S. Buggaveeti, Z. Morbi, M. I. Olmedo, I. Leung, X. Xu, P. Samra, V. Dominic, S. Sanders, M. Ziari, A. Napoli, B. Spinnler, K.-T. Wu, P. Kandappan, “800G DSP ASIC design using probabilistic shaping and digital sub-carrier multiplexing,” IEEE J. Lightwave Technol., vol. xx, no. x, pp. xx-xx, May 2020. [URL]

  2. N. M. Anwar, Z. A. El-Sahn, El-S. A. El-Badawy, and M. H. Aly, “A few mode EDFA with different pumping schemes: Performance evaluation,” Springer J. Optical and Quantum Electronics, vol. 52, Paper 109, pp. 1-22, February 2020. [URL]

  3. A. E. Elfiqi, A. A. I. Ali, Z. A. El-Sahn, K. Kato, and H. M. H. Shalaby, “Theoretical analysis of long-haul systems adopting mode-division multiplexing,” SPIE J. Optics Communications, vol. 445, pp. 10-18, August 2019. [PDF]

  4. S. Shawky, M. A. El-Shimy, Z. A. El-Sahn, M. R. M. Risk, and M. H. Aly, “Simple and highly accurate indoor visible light positioning system: regression- and interpolation-based approaches,” SPIE J. Optical Engineering, vol. 58, no. 5, pp. 055101(1-13), May 2019.

  5. D. Sallam, I. Ashry, A. ElRashidi, Z. A. El-Sahn, and M. H. Aly, “EDFA gain flattening using cascaded fiber Bragg gratings,” J. Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials – Rapid Communications, vol. 10, no. 5-6, pp. 317-321, May-June 2016. [PDF]

  6. J. M. Buset, Z. A. El-Sahn, and D. V. Plant, “Experimental demonstration of a 10 Gb/s RSOA-based 16-QAM subcarrier multiplexed WDM PON,” Opt. Express, vol. 22, no. 1, pp. 1-8, January 2014. [PDF]

  7. J. M. Buset, Z. A. El-Sahn, and D. V. Plant, “Experimental demonstration of a 10 Gb/s subcarrier multiplexed WDM PON,” IEEE Photonics Technol. Lett., vol. 25, no. 15, pp. 1435-1438, August 2013. [PDF]

  8. Q. Zhuge, X. Xu, M. E. Mousa-Pasandi, M. Morsy-Osman, M. Chagnon, Z. A. El-Sahn, and D. V. Plant, “Experimental study of the intra-channel nonlinearity influence on single-band 100G coherent optical OFDM systems,” IEEE Photonics Technol. Lett., vol. 25, no. 6, pp. 553-555, March 2013. [PDF]

  9. Q. Zhuge, M. Morsy-Osman, M. E. Mousa-Pasandi, X. Xu, M. Chagnon, Z. A. El-Sahn, C. Chen, and D. V. Plant, “Single channel and WDM transmission of 28 Gbaud zero-guard-interval CO-OFDM,” Opt. Express, vol. 20, no. 26, pp. B439-B444, December 2012. [PDF]

  10. M. Morsy-Osman, M. Chagnon, Q. Zhuge, X. Xu, M. E. Mousa-Pasandi, Z. A. El-Sahn, and D. V. Plant, “Ultrafast and low overhead training symbol based channel estimation in coherent M-QAM single-carrier transmission systems,” Opt. Express, vol. 20, no. 26, pp. B171-B180, December 2012. [PDF]

  11. Q. Zhuge, M. Morsy-Osman, X. Xu, M. E. Mousa-Pasandi, M. Chagnon, Z. A. El-Sahn, and D. V. Plant, “Pilot-aided carrier phase recovery for M-QAM using superscalar parallelization based PLL,” Opt. Express, vol. 20, no. 17, pp. 19599-19609 , August 2012. [PDF]

  12. Q. Zhuge, M. E. Mousa-Pasandi, M. Morsy-Osman, X. Xu, M. Chagnon, Z. A. El-Sahn,‎ and D. V. Plant, “Demonstration of dispersion-enhanced phase noise in RGI CO-OFDM systems,” IEEE Photonics Technol. Lett., vol. 24, no. 16, pp. 1446-1449, August 2012. [PDF]

  13. M. E. Mousa-Pasandi, Q. Zhuge, X. Xu, M. Morsy-Osman, Z. A. El-Sahn, M. Chagnon, and D. V. Plant, “Experimental demonstration of non-iterative interpolation-based partial ICI compensation in 100G RGI-DP-CO-OFDM transport systems,” Opt. Express, vol. 20, no. 14, pp.14825-14832, July 2012. [PDF]

  14. J. M. Buset, Z. A. El-Sahn, and D. V. Plant, “Bandwidth efficient bidirectional 5 Gb/s overlapped-SCM WDM PON with electronic equalization and forward-error correction,” Opt. Express, vol. 20, no. 13, pp. 14428-14436, June 2012. [PDF]

  15. Q. Zhuge, X. Xu, Z. A. El-Sahn, M. E. Mousa-Pasandi, M. Morsy-Osman, M. Chagnon, M. Qiu, and D. V. Plant, “Experimental investigation of the equalization-enhanced phase noise in long haul 56 Gbaud DP-QPSK systems,” Opt. Express, vol. 20, no. 13, pp.13841-13846, June 2012. [PDF]

  16. Z. A. El-Sahn, J. M. Buset, and D. V. Plant, “Overlapped-subcarrier multiplexing for WDM passive optical networks: experimental verification and mathematical analysis,” IEEE J. Lightwave Technol., vol. 30, no. 5, pp. 754-763, March 2012. [PDF]

  17. Z. A. El-Sahn, W. Mathlouthi, H. Fathallah, S. LaRochelle, and L. A. Rusch, “Dense SS-WDM over legacy PONs: Smooth upgrade of existing FTTH networks,” IEEE J. Lightwave Technol., vol. 28, no. 10, pp. 1485-1495, May 2010. [PDF]

  18. Z. A. El-Sahn, Y. M. Abdel-Malek, H. M. H. Shalaby, and El-S. A. El-Badawy, “Significance in adding a queuing subsystem to the R3T optical CDMA protocol,” IEEE Trans. Commun., vol. 56, no. 10, pp. 1601-1605, October 2008. [PDF]

  19. Z. A. El-Sahn, B. J. Shastri, M. Zeng, N. Kheder, D. V. Plant, and L. A. Rusch, “Experimental demonstration of a SAC-OCDMA PON with burst-mode reception: local versus centralized sources,” IEEE J. Lightwave Technol., vol. 26, no. 10, pp. 1192-1203, June 2008. [PDF]

  20. B. J. Shastri, Z. A. El-Sahn, M. Zeng, N. Kheder, L. A. Rusch, and D. V. Plant, “A standalone burst-mode receiver with clock and data recovery, clock phase alignment, and RS(255,239) codes for SAC-OCDMA applications,” IEEE Photonics Technol. Lett., vol. 20, no. 5, pp. 363-365, March 2008. [PDF]

  21. Z. A. El-Sahn, Y. M. Abdel-Malek, H. M. H. Shalaby, and El-S. A. El-Badawy, “Performance of the R3T random access optical CDMA protocol in noisy environment,” IEEE J. Sel. Topics Quantum Electron., vol. 13, no. 5, part 2, pp. 1396-1402, September 2007. [PDF]

  22. Y. M. Abdel-Malek, Z. A. El-Sahn, H. M. H. Shalaby, and El-S. A. El-Badawy, “New optical random access code-division multiple-access protocol with stop-and-wait automatic repeat request,” SPIE J. Optical Engineering, vol. 46, no. 6, pp. 065007(1-8), June 2007. [PDF]

  23. J. Penon, Z. A. El-Sahn, L. A. Rusch, and S. LaRochelle, “Spectral-amplitude-coded OCDMA optimized for a realistic FBG frequency response,” IEEE J. Lightwave Technol., vol. 25, no. 5, pp. 1256-1263, May 2007. [PDF]

  24. J. Faucher, S. Ayotte, Z. A. El-Sahn, M. Mukadam, L. A. Rusch, and D. V. Plant, “A standalone receiver with multiple access interference rejection, clock and data recovery, and FEC for 2-D λ-t OCDMA,” IEEE Photonics Technol. Lett., vol. 18, no. 20, pp. 2123- 2125, October 2006. [PDF]

Conference Papers:

  1. Y. Gao, Z. A. El-Sahn, D. Yao, H. Sun, P. Mertz, and K.-T. Wu, “21 Gbaud DP-8QAM transmission with artificial intelligence based nonlinear compensation over a 13212 km link,” in Proc. Suboptic Conference, Paper OP1-3, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, April 2019.

  2. Y. Gao, Z. A. El-Sahn, A. Awadalla, D. Yao, H. Sun, P. Mertz, and K.-T. Wu, “Reduced complexity nonlinearity compensation via principal component analysis and deep neural networks,” in Proc. Optical Fiber Communication (OFC), Paper Tu2A.49, San Diego, California, USA, March 2019.

  3. A. M. Hussein, Z. A. El-Sahn, and H. M. H. Shalaby, “Capacity of multi-core fiber with maximum-ratio combining optical receiver,” in Proc. Asia Communications and Photonics Conference (ACP), Paper Su2A.250, Hangzhou, China, October 2018.

  4. A. M. Abdelaziz, M. A. El-Shimy, and Z. A. El-Sahn, “Reduced complexity interleaved multi-carrier CDMA for indoor visible light communications,” in Proc. IEEE Photonics Conference, pp. 551-552, Lake Buena Vista, Florida, USA, October 2017.

  5. M. A. Elrabiaey, Z. A. El-Sahn, H. M. H. Shalaby, and, E.-S. A. Youssef, “Implementation of OCDMA using nested ring resonators,” in Proc. IEEE Photonics Conference, pp. 675-676, Lake Buena Vista, Florida, USA, October 2017.

  6. M. A. F. Banawan, Z. A. El-Sahn, M. B. Alghoniemy, and, H. M. H. Shalaby, “Hybrid phase shift keying-multipulse pulse-position modulated O-OFDM signals for NG-PONs,” in Proc. International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON), Paper Tu.P.3, Girona, Spain, July 2017.

  7. S. Shawky, M. A. El-Shimy, Z. A. El-Sahn, M. R. M. Rizk, and, M. H. Aly, “Improved VLC-based indoor positioning system using a simple regression approach with conventional RSS techniques,” in Proc. 13th International Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Conference (IWCMC), pp. 904-909, Valencia, Spain, June 2017. [PDF]

  8. R. G. A. Gallo, Z. A. El-Sahn, M. B. Alghoniemy, and, H. M. H. Shalaby, “Simulation of FDM-based next generation passive optical networks,” in Proc. 34th National Radio Science Conference (NRSC), pp. 394-399, Port Said, Egypt, March 2017. [PDF]

  9. A. A. Matrawy, M. A. El-Shimy, M. R. M. Rizk, and Z. A. El-Sahn, “Optimum angle diversity receivers for indoor single user MIMO visible light communication systems,” in Proc. Asia Communications and Photonics Conference (ACP), Paper AS2C.4, Wuhan, China, November 2016. [PDF]

  10. N. M. Anwar, H. A. Youssef, Z. A. El-Sahn, M. H. Aly, and El-S. A. El-Badawy, “On the performance of few-mode EDFAs with bidirectional pumping,” in Proc. Asia Communications and Photonics Conference (ACP), Paper AF2A.104, Wuhan, China, November 2016. [PDF]

  11. M. A. F. Banawan, Z. A. El-Sahn, and H. M. H. Shalaby, “MIMO equalization for multi-core fiber-based systems using the affine projection algorithm,” in Proc. Asia Communications and Photonics Conference (ACP), Paper ATh2C.5, Wuhan, China, November 2016. [PDF]

  12. H. M. Shehata and Z. A. El-Sahn, “Optical carrier phase estimation based on 8-PSK partitioning and modified Viterbi-Viterbi for 32-QAM,” in Proc. IEEE Photonics Conference, Paper MB1.1, Waikoloa, Hawaii, USA, October 2016. [PDF]

  13. A. S. Ghazy, H. A. I. Selmy, Z. A. El-Sahn, and H. M. H. Shalaby, “Optimal transceivers placements scheme in cooperative dynamic free space optical network,” in Proc. International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON), Paper Tu.P.21, Trento, Italy, July 2016. [PDF]

  14. M. A. F. Banawan, Z. A. El-Sahn, and H. M. H. Shalaby, “Layered PAM-DMT for next generation passive optical networks,” in Proc. International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON), Paper Tu.P.2, Trento, Italy, July 2016. [PDF]

  15. H. A. Youssef and Z. A. El-Sahn, “Optimized cladding-pumped few-mode EDFAs for space-division multiplexed systems,” in Proc. Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), Paper JTh2A.117, San Jose, California, USA, June 2016. [PDF]

  16. H. M. Shehata and Z. A. El-Sahn, “A novel optical carrier phase estimation technique based on Viterbi-Viterbi and QPSK partitioning for 16-QAM,” in Proc. Asia Communications and Photonics Conference (ACP), Paper AM3F.4, Hong Kong, November 2015. [PDF]

  17. M. A. F. Banawan, A. M. Hussein, Z. A. El-Sahn, and H. M. H. Shalaby, “Performance of space-division multiplexed systems adopting multi-core fibers and receiver diversity,” in Proc. Asia Communications and Photonics Conference (ACP), Paper ASu5D.2, Hong Kong, November 2015. [PDF]

  18. M. M. Mohammed and Z. A. El-Sahn, “Enhanced asymmetrically clipped optical OFDM for next generation PONs,” in Proc. Asia Communications and Photonics Conference (ACP), Paper ASu2A.073, Hong Kong, November 2015. [PDF]

  19. H. A. Youssef and Z. A. El-Sahn, “Performance of cladding-pumped few-mode EDFAs in optical space-division multiplexed systems,” in Proc. IEEE Photonics Conference, Paper WG2.2, Reston, Virginia, USA, October 2015. [PDF]

  20. M. M. Mohammed and Z. A. El-Sahn, “A spectrally efficient unipolar PAM single carrier frequency domain equalization for IM/DD systems,” in Proc. IEEE Photonics Conference, Paper MG1.1, Reston, Virginia, USA, October 2015. [PDF]

  21. A. A. I. Ali, A. E. El-Fiqi, Z. A. El-Sahn, H. M. H. Shalaby, and R. K. Pokharel, “Analytical formula of nonlinear interference in few-mode fibers in strong coupling regime,” in Proc. International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON), Paper We.D1.6, Budapest, Hungary, July 2015. [PDF]

  22. A. E. El-Fiqi, A. Ismail, Z. A. El-Sahn, H. M. H. Shalaby, and R. K. Pokharel, “Evaluation of nonlinear interference in few-mode fiber using the Gaussian noise model,” in Proc. Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), Paper JTh2A.53, San Jose, California, USA, May 2015. [PDF]

  23. M. M. Mohammed, A. E. El-Fiqi, and Z. A. El-Sahn, “Novel unipolar sign encoded OFDM for next generation PONs,” in Proc. Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), Paper JTh2A.52, San Jose, California, USA, May 2015. [PDF]

  24. A. E. El-Fiqi, A. Ismail, Z. A. El-Sahn, H. M. H. Shalaby, and R. K. Pokharel, “Nonlinear capacity of few-mode fibers using Gaussian noise model,” in Proc. International Japan-Egypt Conference on Electronics, Communications and Computers (JEC-ECC), pp. 106-107, Fukuoka, Japan, March 2015. [PDF]

  25. H. A. Youssef, Z. A. El-Sahn, and A. A. El-Zoghabi, “Performance of few-mode EDFAs in optical space-division multiplexed communication systems,” in Proc. Asia Communications and Photonics Conference (ACP), Paper ATh3A.81, Shanghai, China, November 2014. [PDF]

  26. E. A. El-Fiky, Z. A. El-Sahn, and H. M. H. Shalaby, “WDM-IDMA solution for NG-PON2 enabled by coherent technology and colorless ONUs,” in Proc. IEEE Photonics Conference, Paper MD1.2, La Jolla, California, USA, October 2014. [PDF]

  27. E. A. El-Fiky, Z. A. El-Sahn, and H. M. H. Shalaby, “Coherent PONs for next generation access: OIDMA versus OCDMA,” in Proc. International Conference on Computing, Networking and Communications (ICNC), pp. 1011-1015, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, February 2014. [PDF]

  28. E. A. El-Fiky, Z. A. El-Sahn, and H. M. H. Shalaby, “Coherent long reach OIDMA-PONs enabled by electronic dispersion compensation,” in Proc. Asia Communications and Photonics Conference (ACP), Paper AF2F.33, Beijing, China, November 2013. [PDF]

  29. J. M. Buset, Z. A. El-Sahn, and D. V. Plant, “Experimental demonstration of a 10 Gb/s 16-QAM SCM WDM PON with bandwidth-limited RSOA and IM/DD transceivers,” in Proc. European Conference on Optical Communication (ECOC), Paper Tu.3.F.5, London, UK, September 2013. [PDF]

  30. E. A. El-Fiky, A. M. Morsy, Z. A. El-Sahn, and H. M. H. Shalaby, “Coherent OIDMA technique for next generation long reach PONs,” in Proc. Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), Paper JTu4A.100, San Jose, California, USA, June 2013. [PDF]

  31. J. M. Buset, Z. A. El-Sahn, and D. V. Plant, “Demonstration of a symmetric 10 Gb/s QPSK subcarrier multiplexed WDM PON with IM/DD transceivers and a bandwidth-limited RSOA,” in Proc. Optical Fiber Communication (OFC), Paper NTh4F.1, Anaheim, California, USA, March 2013. [PDF]

  32. Q. Zhuge, X. Xu, M. E. Mousa-Pasandi, M. Morsy-Osman, Z. A. El-Sahn, M. Chagnon, and D. V. Plant, “8×256 Gb/s WDM transmission over 2880 km of SSMF with 64 Gbaud DP-QPSK signals,” in Proc. Asia Communications and Photonics Conference (ACP), Paper ATh2C.1, Guangzhou, China, November 2012. [PDF]

  33. Q. Zhuge, M. Morsy-Osman, M. E. Mousa-Pasandi, X. Xu, M. Chagnon, Z. A. El-Sahn, C. Chen, and D. V. Plant, “Experimental demonstration of 28 Gbaud QPSK and 16-QAM zero-guard-interval CO-OFDM transmissions,” in Proc. European Conference on Optical Communication (ECOC), Paper Tu.4.C.2, Amsterdam, Netherlands, September 2012. [PDF]

  34. M. Morsy-Osman, M. Chagnon, Q. Zhuge, X. Xu, M. E. Mousa-Pasandi, Z. A. El-Sahn, and D. V. Plant, “Training symbol based channel estimation for ultrafast polarization demultiplexing in coherent single-carrier transmission systems with M-QAM constellations,” in Proc. European Conference on Optical Communication (ECOC), Paper Mo.1.A.4, Amsterdam, Netherlands, September 2012. [PDF]

  35. Q. Zhuge, M. E. Mousa-Pasandi, M. Morsy-Osman, X. Xu, M. Chagnon, Z. A. El-Sahn, and D. V. Plant, “High performance, low overhead CO-OFDM for next generation fiber transmission systems (invited),” in Proc. Signal Processing in Photonic Communications (SPPCom), Paper SpTu2A.4, Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA, June 2012. [PDF]

  36. Z. A. El-Sahn, B. J. Shastri, J. M. Buset, and D. V. Plant, “A robust overlapped-SCM WDM PON with a standalone burst-mode OLT receiver,” in Proc. IEEE Photonics Conference, Paper TuE6, pp. 226-227, Arlington, Virginia, USA, October 2011. [PDF]

  37. J. M. Buset, Z. A. El-Sahn, and D. V. Plant, “Symmetric 2.5 Gb/s RSOA-based WDM-PON with electronic equalization and overlapped-subcarrier multiplexing,” in Proc. IEEE Photonics Conference, Paper TuE1, pp. 216-217, Arlington, Virginia, USA, October 2011. [PDF]

  38. D. V. Plant, Z. A. El-Sahn, J. M. Buset, and B. J. Shastri, “Overlapped subcarrier multiplexed WDM PONs enabled by burst-mode receivers (invited),” in Proc. Access Networks and In-House Communications (ANIC), Paper ATuA3, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, June 2011. [PDF]

  39. Z. A. El-Sahn, J. M. Buset, and D. V. Plant, “Bidirectional WDM PON enabled by reflective ONUs and a novel overlapped-subcarrier multiplexing technique,” in Proc. Optical Fiber Communication (OFC), Paper OMP7, Los Angeles, California, USA, March 2011. [PDF]

  40. Z. A. El-Sahn, W. Mathlouthi, H. Fathallah, S. LaRochelle, and L. A. Rusch, “A novel FBG-based self-seeded RSOA transmitter with noise mitigation for dense SS-WDM PONs,” in Proc. IEEE Photonics Society Annual Meeting, Paper WA4, pp. 349-350, Denver, Colorado, USA, November 2010. [PDF]

  41. Z. A. El-Sahn, M. Zeng, B. J. Shastri, N. Kheder, D. V. Plant, and L. A. Rusch, “Dual architecture uplink demonstration of a 7×622 Mbps SAC-OCDMA PON using a burst mode receiver,” in Proc. Optical Fiber Communication (OFC), Paper OMR3, San Diego, California, USA, February 2008. [PDF]

  42. N. Kheder, Z. A. El-Sahn, B. J. Shastri, M. Zeng, L. A. Rusch, and D. V. Plant, “Performance of incoherent SAC-OCDMA using a burst-mode receiver with CDR and FEC,” in Proc. IEEE LEOS Annual Meeting, Paper WX2, pp. 610-611, Orlando, Florida, USA, October 2007. [PDF]

  43. A. G. Mahgoub, Z. A. El-Sahn, H. M. Abdel-Baky, and El-S. A. El-Badawy “Enhancement of X-ray images for cargo and pallet search using FPCNN,” in Proc. 11th World Multi- Conference on Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics, (WMSCI), pp. 131-135, Orlando, Florida, USA, July 2007. [PDF]

  44. Z. A. El-Sahn, Y. M. Abdel-Malek, H. M. H. Shalaby, and El-S. A. El-Badawy, “Immunity of the R3T random access optical CDMA protocol against receiver noise,” in Proc. 24th National Radio Science Conference (NRSC),  pp. 1-8, Cairo, Egypt, March 2007. [PDF]

  45. Z. A. El-Sahn, J. Penon, and L. A. Rusch, “Simulation of real SAC-OCDMA under both S-ALOHA and R3T random access protocols,” in Proc. IEEE LEOS Annual Meeting, Paper ThW3, pp. 907-908, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, October 2006. [PDF]

  46. J. Faucher, S. Ayotte, Z. A. El-Sahn, M. Mukadam, L. A. Rusch, and D. V. Plant, “Receiver for 2D λ-t OCDMA with quantizer, CDR and FEC,” in Proc. European Conference on Optical Communication (ECOC), Paper Th3.6.3, Cannes, France, September 2006. [PDF]

  47. Z. A. El-Sahn, Y. M. Abdel-Malek, H. M. H. Shalaby, and El-S. A. El-Badawy, “The R3T optical random access CDMA protocol with queuing subsystem,” in Proc. 10th World Multi-Conference on Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics, (WMSCI), Paper S123OF, Orlando, Florida, USA, July 2006. [PDF]

  48. Y. M. Abdel-Malek, Z. A. El-Sahn, H. M. H. Shalaby, and El-S. A. El-Badawy, “Proposal of an optical CDMA random access protocol,” in Proc. 10th World Multi-Conference on Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics, (WMSCI), Paper S276AZ, Orlando, Florida, USA, July 2006. [PDF]

  49. Y. M. Abdel-Malek, Z. A. El-Sahn, H. M. H. Shalaby, and El-S. A. El-Badawy, “Proposed optical random access CDMA protocol with stop & wait ARQ,” in Proc. 5th Workshop on Photonics and its Application, pp. 62-78, Cairo, Egypt, May 2005. [PDF]

  50. Z. A. El-Sahn, Y. M. Abdel-Malek, H. M. H. Shalaby, and El-S. A. El-Badawy, “Performance limitations in the R3T optical random access CDMA protocol,” presented in part at IEEE Egyptian Student Branch Contest 2004, AAST, Cairo, Egypt, January 2005. [PDF]

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RESUME

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USEFUL LINKS

Education

- Alexandria University: http://www.alexu.edu.eg/

- Photonics Group, Alexandria University: http://eng.staff.alexu.edu.eg/~photonics/

- McGill University: http://www.mcgill.ca/

- Photonics Systems Group, McGill University: http://www.photonics.ece.mcgill.ca/

- Université Laval: http://www.ulaval.ca/

- COPL, Université Laval: http://www.copl.ulaval.ca/

- Optical Communications Laboratory, Université Laval: http://ocl.gel.ulaval.ca/

- Free Online Classes: http://www.coursera.org/

- MIT Open Courses: http://ocw.mit.edu/

Research

- ISI Web of Knowledge: http://apps.webofknowledge.com/ 

- IEEE Xplore: http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/

- Engineering Village: http://www.engineeringvillage.com/

- Optics Info Base: http://www.opticsinfobase.org/

- Scitopia: http://www.scitopia.org/

- Scopus: http://www.scopus.com/

- Springer Link: http://www.springerlink.com/

About Islam

- Discover Islam: http://www.sultan.org/

- Islam Story (History and News): http://www.islamstory.com/

- Islamic Invitation: http://www.islamic-invitation.com/

- Islamway (Quran and Lessons): http://www.islamway.com/

- Everything in Islam (Quran and Sounnah): http://www.al-islam.com/arb/

- Web Athan: http://www.webazan.com

- Qibla Locator: http://www.qiblalocator.com/

- Online Quran Reciter: http://tanzil.info/

- Encyclopedia of Sounnah and Hadeeth: http://www.dorar.net/

- Mosques in Montreal: By Google Maps

Varieties

- Easy Scheduling: http://www.doodle.com/

- Online Backup, File Sync and Sharing: http://www.dropbox.com/

- Online Project Management Tool: http://www.podio.com/

- Classroom Management: http://piazza.com/

- Online Virtual Classroom: http://www.wiziq.com/

- Currency Converter: http://www.xe.com/ucc/full/

- Acronym Dictionary: http://www.acronymfinder.com/

- Online Integrator (Mathematica): http://integrals.wolfram.com/

- Computational Knowledge Engine: http://www.wolframalpha.com/

- Smart Arabic Keyboard (Yamli): http://www.yamli.com/

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