Muhammad Tahir Jamal

Laser Scientist

Muhammad Tahir Jamal is a Laser Scientist at the CLF. He joined the CLF in October 2022, where he operated and maintained the Vulcan petawatt laser system, gaining hands-on expertise in laser pulse generation, chirped pulse amplification (CPA), pulse stretching and compression, and beam transport to experimental target areas. Following Vulcan’s decommissioning, he is now contributing to the development of its next-generation successor, Vulcan 20-20.

Jamal holds a PhD in Photonic Engineering and Health Technology from the Technical University of Denmark (DTU), where his dissertation focused on stability, noise, and beam shaping of diode lasers for Ti:Sapphire laser pumping. Prior to his PhD, he earned a Master’s in Photonics from the University of Eastern Finland and a Bachelor’s in Laser and Optoelectronics Engineering from Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute, Pakistan.

With postdoctoral experience at DTU Health Tech and Norlase, he has worked on diode-laser-based pulsed sources for optoacoustic endoscopy and high-power laser beam scanning systems. His research contributions include advancements in coherent beam combining, frequency conversion, and pump laser optimization, published in leading journals such as Optics Express and Applied Optics.

A recipient of prestigious awards, including the Marie Curie PhD Fellowship and multiple academic scholarships, Jamal is also actively engaged in scientific outreach, having organized events for SPIE and mentored students. Beyond research, he enjoys badminton, cycling, and volunteering for community initiatives.

Ultrafast High Power solid-state Lasers, OPCPAs, High power diode lasers, nonlinear Optics.

Coherent combining of high brightness tapered amplifiers for efficient non-linear conversion. / Albrodt, Philipp; Jamal, Muhammad Tahir; Hansen, Anders Kragh; Jensen, Ole Bjarlin; Blume, Gunnar; Paschke, Katrin; Crump, Paul; Georges, Patrick; Lucas-Leclin, Gaëlle. Opt. Express, Vol. 27, No. 2, 2019, p. 928-937.

Influence of pump beam shaping and noise on performance of a direct diode-pumped ultrafast Ti:sapphire laser. / Jamal, Muhammad Tahir; Hansen, Anders Kragh; Tawfieq, Mahmoud; Andersen, Peter Eskil; Jensen, Ole Bjarlin. Opt. Express, Vol. 28, No. 21, 2020, p. 31754-31762.

Practical, open-source, GPU accelerated, high-fidelity phase retrieval by simultaneous propagations. / Jamal, Muhammad Tahir; Hansen, Anders Kragh. Appl. Opt. 59, 10761-10767 (2020).