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Hind Althib, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

20082026

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Dr. Hind M. Althib is an Associate Professor of Theoretical Solid-State Physics in the Department of Physics, College of Science, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Saudi Arabia.

Her research focuses on the theoretical investigation of electronic and optical properties of semiconductor nanostructures, particularly quantum dots, quantum wells, and core–shell nanostructures. Her work involves computational modeling using the effective mass approximation, numerical methods, and quantum mechanical approaches to investigate quantum confinement, electronic states, and optical transitions in low-dimensional semiconductor systems.

Research interests

Her research interests include theoretical solid-state physics, semiconductor physics, condensed matter physics, quantum nanostructures, quantum confinement, and computational modeling of low-dimensional semiconductor systems.

Her emerging research interests extend to semiconductor-based quantum computing, particularly the theoretical modeling of coupled silicon/silicon-germanium (Si/SiGe) double quantum dots for potential spin-qubit applications.

Professional Information

Dr. Hind M. Althib is an Associate Professor in the Department of Physics, College of Science, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Saudi Arabia.

She previously served as Vice Dean of Graduate Studies for eight years, gaining extensive experience in academic administration, graduate education, and institutional development.

Her academic activities include teaching, research supervision, and participation in departmental and university committees, with contributions to research coordination and academic development.

Teaching

Her teaching activities focus on theoretical physics and quantum mechanics, including Advanced Quantum Mechanics:

1 1- Undergraduate

Extent of Contribution

Course/Rotation Title

#

Teaching PHYS 401 (Old plan)

Quantum mechanics 1

1

Teaching PHYS 510 (Old plan)

Quantum mechanics 2

2

Teaching PHYS 510

Advanced Quantum mechanics

3

Teaching PHYS 413

Advanced Quantum mechanics

4

Teaching PHYS 401

 

Modern Physics and Introduction to Quantum Mechanics

5

Teaching PHYS 403 (Old plan)

Electromagnetic theory 1

6

Teaching PHYS 403 (Old plan)

Electromagnetic theory 2

7

Teaching PHYS 403

Electromagnetic

8

Teaching PHYS 210

Electrodynamics

9

Teaching PHYS 201

Physics 2 (Mechanics and Waves)

10

Supervision PHYS 509 and PHYS 411

Project

11

Teaching PHYS 303 (Old plan)

Experimental physics 1

12

Teaching PHYS 552 (Old plan)

Selected Topics

13

Teaching PHYS 402 (Old plan)

Classical Mechanics 1

14

2-  Postgraduate:

Extent of Contribution

Course/Rotation Title

#

Teaching PHYS 603

Advanced Quantum Mechanics (Phd)

1

Teaching PHYS 503

Advanced Quantum Mechanics (Master)

2

Teaching PHYS 602

Electrodynamics

3

Teaching PHYS 610

Diffusion in Solid

4

Teaching PHYS 622

Advanced  Materials Science

5

Teaching PHYS 615

Ceramics 

6

Teaching  PHYS 542

Thermodynamics and statistical physics (Master)

7

Teaching PHYS 518

Computational physics (Master)

8

Teaching PHYS 541

Mathematical Physics ((Master)

9

Teaching PHYS 619

Mathematical Physics I (PhD)

10

Teaching PHYS 620

Mathematical Physics II (PhD)

11

Teaching PHYS 636

Statistical Physics (PhD)

12

 

Publications

Published Refereed Scientific Researches

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Name of Investigator(s)

Research Title

Publisher and Date of Publication

1.       

A Ed-Dahmouny, A Alkhaldi, M Jaouane, H M Althib, R Arraoui, A Fakkahi, N Zeiri, A Sali, CA Duque

Rectification in Tetrapod Quantum Dots

Springer Nature (2026)

 

2.       

A Ed-Dahmouny, A Alkhaldi, M Jaouane, H M Althib, R Arraoui, A Fakkahi, N Zeiri, A Sali, CA Duque

Hydrostatic Pressure and Temperature Effects on Nonlinear Optical Rectification in Tetrapod Quantum Dots

Springer Nature (2026)

 

3.       

M Jaouane, A Ed-Dahmouny,    H M Althib, A Alkhaldi, R Arraoui, A Fakkahi, H Azmi, A Sali

Finite element study of exciton energies and optical absorption in InAs/GaAs multi-quantum dots under electric fields

Micro and Nanostructures (2025)

4.       

A Ed‐Dahmouny, H M Althib, A Alkhaldi, A El Kharrim, M Jaouane, R Arraoui, A Fakkahi, N Zeiri, A Sali, CA Duque

Photoionization Cross‐Section in Tetrapod Quantum Dots: Impact of Pressure, Temperature, and Polarization Direction

Advanced Theory and Simulations (2025)

5.       

M Jaouane, A Ed-Dahmouny, NS Al-Shameri, R Arraoui, A Fakkahi, H Azmi, H M Althib, H El-Ghazi, A Sali, CA Duque

Optical properties of an exciton in core/shell/shell spherical quantum dot under an electric field

Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids (2025)

6.       

M Jaouane, R Arraoui, A Ed-Dahmouny, H M Althib, A Alkhaldi, A Fakkahi, H Azmi, K El-Bakkari, H El Ghazi, A Sali

Numerical modeling of the electronic structure of Si-doped n-type GaAs/AlGaAs double quantum wells under hydrostatic pressure and temperature variations

Discover Applied Sciences (2025)

7.       

M Jaouane, R Arraoui, A Ed-Dahmouny, A Fakkahi, H Azmi, K El-Bakkari, H M Althib, H El Ghazi, A Sali, F Ungan

Optical and electronic properties of confined exciton in a dot-in-rod structure

Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing (2025)

8.       

M Jaouane, A Ed‐Dahmouny,    H M Althib, R Arraoui, A Fakkahi, H Azmi, K El‐Bakkari, H El‐Ghazi, S Saadaoui, A Sali

Modeling n n‐Type GaAs/AlGaAs Double Quantum Well Properties with Schrödinger‐Poisson Equations

Advanced Theory and Simulations (2025)

9.       

A Ed-Dahmouny, H M Althib, R Arraoui, A Fakkahi, M Jaouane, H Azmi, J El-Hamouchi, K El-Bakkari, A Sali

Tuning the optoelectronic properties of GaAs/AlxGa1− xAs core/shell tetrapod quantum dots with a single dopant

Results in Physics (2025)

10.    

A Ed-Dahmouny, H M Althib, R Arraoui, M Jaouane, K El-Bakkari, A Fakkahi, H Azmi, A Mazouz, M Jaafar, N Zeiri, S Saadaoui, A Sali

Tunable energy spectrum and enhanced absorption in doped CdS/ZnSe spheroidal core/shell quantum dots under the magnetic field

Computational Materials Science (2025)

11.    

A Ed-Dahmouny, M Jaouane, R Arraoui, A Fakkahi, H M Althib, K El-Bakkari, N Zeiri, A Sali, N Es-Sbai, Mohammad N Murshed, CA Duque

Strain-induced modulations in nonlinear optical rectification of core/shell quantum dots within an MEH-PPV polymer matrix under electric field: a 3D finite-element modeling study

Discover Applied Sciences (2024)

12.    

M Jaouane, A Ed-Dahmouny, R Arraoui, H M Althib, A Fakkahi, H El Ghazi, A Sali, Mohammad N Murshed, N Zeiri

Delta-doping modulation of three quantum wells under the influence of an electric field

APL Materials (2024)

13.    

Aysevil Salman Durmuslar, EB Al, H M Althib, ME Mora-Ramos, FATİH Ungan

Effects of doping concentrations and position-dependent mass on the nonlinear optical properties of asymmetric double delta-doped GaAs quantum wells

Applied Physics B (2024)

14.    

Q Mahmood, Farhat Iqbal, Tahani H Flemban, Eman Algrafy, Hind Althib, MGB Ashiq, Murefah mana AL-Anazy, Hamid Ullah, Amani Rached, Tahani Alqahtani, T Ghrib

Study of ferromagnetism, and thermoelectric behavior of double perovskites K2Z (Cl/Br) 6 (Z= Ta, W, Re) for spintronic, and energy application

Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids  (2024)

 

15.    

 

Hind Althib

 

Resonant Tunneling of Electrons and Holes through the       InxGa1-xN/GaN Parabolic Quantum Well/LED Structure

Crystals (2022)

16.    

Hind Althib, Tahani H Flemban, AI Aljameel, Abeer Mera, MGB Ashiq, Q Mahmood, Bakhtiar Ul Haq, Syed Awais Rouf

First-principle study of electronic, optical and transport properties for (Zn/Cd) Sc2Se4 spinel chalcogenides

Bulletin of Materials Science (2021)

 

17.    

Tahani H Flemban, Hind Althib, S Bouzgarrou, Syed Awais Rouf, MH Alhossainy, AI Aljameel, Abeer Mera, MGB Ashiq, Q Mahmood

First Principle Analysis of Lead-free Variant Perovskites Iodides for Optical and Thermoelectric Applications

Journal of Materials Research and Technology (2021)

 

18.    

G Farid, G Murtaza, Tahani H Flemban, Hind Althib, Abeer A AlObaid, Tahani I Al-Muhimeed, Abeer Mera, Bakhtiar Ul Haq, Q Mahmood

Structural, Magnetic, and Dielectric Properties of Sn-Doped BiFeO3: Experiment and DFT Analysis

Journal of Superconductivity and Novel Magnetism (2021)

 

19.    

Q Mahmood, Umm-e Hani, Tahani I Al-Muhimeed, Abeer A AlObaid, Bakhtiar Ul Haq, G Murtaza, Tahani H Flemban, Hind Althib

Study of optical and thermoelectric properties of ZYbI3 (Z= Rb, Cs) for solar cells and renewable energy; Modelling by density functional theory

 

Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids (2021)

 

20.    

Muhammad Yaseen, Haris Shafiq, Javed Iqbal, Farwa Batool, Adil Murtaza, Munawar Iqbal, Hind Althib, Shahid M Ramay, Asif Mahmood

Pressure induced electronic, optical and thermoelectric properties of cubic SrZrO3: DFT investigation

Physica B: Condensed Matter (2021)

 

21.    

Muhammad Saeed, Zubaida Noor, Amel Laref, Hind Althib, Tahani H Flemban, G Murtaza

 

Insights into the structural, electronic and optical properties of MgA2B4 (A= Sc, Y; B= S, Se) spinel compounds: Direct energy band gap materials

Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing (2021)

 

22.    

Q Mahmood, Ghulam M Mustafa, Manal Morsi, Hind Albalawi, Tahani H Flemban, M Hassan, Hind Althib, MI Khan, T Ghrib

Theoretical investigations of optoelectronic and thermoelectric properties of halide based double perovskite halides: K2TeX6

Physica Scripta (2021)

 

23.    

Muhammad Saeed, Zubaida Noor, Roshan Ali, Amel Laref, Hind M Althib, Tahani H Flemban, Ghulam Murtaza

 

Prediction of novel X2ZnZ4(X = Sc, Y; Z = S, Se) spinels materials for renewable energy applications

 

International Journal of Energy Research (2021)

 

24.    

G Murtaza, Thamraa Alshahrani, RM Arif Khalil, Q Mahmood, Tahani H Flemban, Hind Althib, A Laref

 

Lead Free Double Perovsites Halides X2AgTlCl6 (X= Rb, Cs) for solar cells and renewable energy applications

 

Journal of Solid State Chemistry (2021)

 

25.    

Rehan Ullah, Ali H Reshak, Malak Azmat Ali, Afzal Khan, Ghulam Murtaza, Murefahmana AL‐Anazy, Hind Althib, Tahani H Flemban

 

Pressure‐dependent elasto‐mechanical stability and thermoelectric properties of MYbF3 (M = Rb, Cs) materials for renewable energy

 

International Journal of Energy Research (2021)

 

26.    

Malak Azmat Ali, Ali H Reshak, Ghulam Murtaza, Murefahmana AL‐Anazy, Hind Althib, Tahani H Flemban, Jiri Bila

 

Optoelectronic and transport properties of Rb/Cs2TeI6 defective perovskites for green energy applications

 

International Journal of Energy Research (2021)

 

27.    

Q Mahmood, MH Alhossainy, MS Rashid, Tahani H Flemban, Hind Althib, Thamraa Alshahrani, M Rashid, A Laref

 

First-principles study of lead-free double perovskites Rb2TeX6 (X= Cl, Br, and I) for solar cells and renewable energy

 

Materials Science and Engineering: B (2021)

 

28.    

Abdul Ahad Khan, Ali H Reshak, Zubaida Noor, Ghulam Murtaza, Murefah Mana Al‐Anazy, Hind Althib, Tahani H Flemban, Amel Laref, AM Mustafa Al Bakri, Jiri Bila

 

First‐principles calculations of structural, electronic, optical, and thermoelectric properties of ternary d‐metal sulfides Sc2CdS4 and Y2CdS4 compounds

 

International Journal of Energy Research (2021)

 

29.    

 

Hind Althib

Effect of Quantum Barrier Width and Quantum Resonant Tunneling Through InGaN/GaN Parabolic Quantum Well-LED Structure on LED Efficiency

 

Results in Physics (2021)

 

30.    

Thamraa Alshahrani, Ghulam M. Mustafa, Tahani H. Flemban, Hind Althib, Samah Al-Qaisi, Nessrin A. Kattan, Q. Mahmood

 

Probing of Optoelectronic and Transport Properties of Zinc Based ZnY2X4 (X = S, Se) Spinels for Renewable Energy

ECS Journal of Solid State Science and Technology (2020)

31.    

Q. Mahmood, Tahani H. Flemban, Hind Althib, Thamra Alshahrani, M.G.B. Ashiq, Baktiar Ul Haq, Yasmeen Tahir, Aroob Surrati, Nessrin A. Kattan, A. Laref

The study of optical and thermoelectric properties of lead-free variant iodes (K/Rb)2TiI6; Renewable energy

Journal of Materials Research and Technology

(2020)

32.    

M.K. El-Adawi,

H.M.Al-Theeb

Heating Two-Layer System with Pulsed Laser

International Journal of Science and Research (IJSR) (2015)

33.    

H. M. Al-Theeb and B. S. Yilbas

Analytic Solution of Laser Short-Pulse Heating of a Metallic Surface: Exponential Pulse Case

Lasers in Engineering

2012

34.    

H. M. Al-Theeb and B. S. Yilbas

Analytical solution for electron and lattice site temperatures due to laser induced non-equilibrium energy transport in metals

Canadian Journal of Physics 2011

35.    

El-Adawi MK, Al-Theeb HM

Heating one-dimensional homogeneous slab with pulsed laser in relation to the laser pulse parameters

The Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering 2008

 

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Education/Academic qualification

PhD, Laser short-pulse heating and modeling of nonequilibrium energy transport in lattice and electron sub-systems, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University

Award Date: 14 Mar 2010

Master, Theoretical study of laser-induced thermal effects in the irradiated solid targets considering the laser pulse parameters, College of Science

Award Date: 4 Oct 2004

Bachelor, College of Science

Award Date: 2 Jul 1995

Keywords

  • QC Physics
  • Theoretical Solid-State Physics
  • Semiconductor Nanostructures
  • Quantum Dots
  • Quantum Wells
  • Quantum Confinement
  • Electronic and Optical Properties
  • Effective Mass Approximation
  • Semiconductor Quantum Computing
  • Double Quantum Dots
  • Spin Qubits

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