Mehmetcan Akbulut

Associate Research Professor of Optical Sciences
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Office: GCRB 447

Mailing Address:
Wyant College of Optical Sciences
The University of Arizona
1630 E. University Blvd.
P.O. Box 210094
Tucson, AZ 85721-0094

Welcome to the Photonics & Systems Laboratory. Our research focuses on Photonics related Subsystems and Systems development and Applications. Some of the applications includes Directed Energy, Remote Sensing & LIDAR, Classical and Quantum Optical Telecommunications & Networking, Optical Computing, Ultrafast & RF Photonics, Biophotonics. Learn more about our research and available opportunities. 

Our research focuses on multiple areas of Photonics related Subystems and Systems. Here are some of the highlights of our work:

  • High Energy and High Peak/Average Power Fiber Lasers for Directed Energy and Beam Control
    • Multi-kW class fiber lasers
    • Coherent Transform-Limited Eye-safe Fiber Lasers
    • Laser beam combining for power and energy scaling
  • LIDAR/LADAR and (Active) Remote Sensing
    • Advanced LADAR systems for security applications
    • Coherent Doppler LIDAR for Wind Shear and Wake-Vortex sensing
    • Distributed Sensing over Fiber (DAS, DTS, etc.)
  • Quantum Optical Networks
  • Classical Optical Fiber/Free Space Communications and Networking
  • Ultrafast & RF Photonics
    • RF tone generation using low-noise lasers
    • Frequency Comb Sources and Metrology
  • Optical Computing
    • Optical Ising Machine
    • Analog Optical Communications for Graphical Inference
  • Biophotonics including Novel Photonic Sensors for Cancer Detection
    • Hyperspectral Imaging with AI for skin cancer detection