Our group was founded in 2024, in the Photonics Department of IYTE, and aims to establish novel building blocks and insights within photonic integrated circuits. For this we intend to leverage computational techniques together with dedicated experimental setups.
Group members
Michaël Barbier, Ph.D. (Group Leader)
Education
Ph.D. Physics, University of Antwerp, Belgium (2012)
Areas of Interests
Michaëls' interest is in developing novel photonic integrated circuit elements, based on nanoparticles, and using computational models and inverse design algorithms for guidance.
Contact
michaelbarbier@iyte.edu.tr
Elvin Beğen, Master student Photonics Engineering
Education
B.Sc. Photonics, Izmir Institute of Technology, Türkiye (2024)
Areas of Interests
Within her master thesis Elvin investigates how FMCW-based Lidar systems can be improved with respect to detection efficiency.
Contact
elvinbegen@std.iyte.edu.tr
Former group members
Melike İnandı, Master student Photonics Engineering
Education
B.Sc. Photonics, Izmir Institute of Technology, Türkiye (2024)
Areas of Interests
Melike works on modeling laser-induced waterflow in a thin film colloids using computational methods. Her work is supported under the 1001 Tübitak project titled: 'Development of machine learning techniques to identify and predict dissipative pattern formation in a colloidal system'.
Contact
melikeinandi@std.iyte.edu.tr
Barkin Jurnal, Graduate in Photonics
Education
B.Sc. Photonics, Izmir Institute of Technology, Türkiye (2024)
Areas of Interests
Barkin did his National Internship (Tübitak, August 2024) within our group and continued working on numerical simulations supporting the modeling heat distribution in thin water films.
Contact
barkinjurnal@std.iyte.edu.tr
Berke C. Efe, Graduate in Physics
Education
B.Sc. Photonics, Izmir Institute of Technology, Türkiye (2024)
Areas of Interests
Berke works on modeling heat distribution in thin water films using computational methods. His work is supported under the 1001 Tübitak project titled: 'Development of machine learning techniques to identify and predict dissipative pattern formation in a colloidal system'.
Contact
berkeefe@std.iyte.edu.tr@std.iyte.edu.tr
Emircan Yılmaz, Graduate in Photonics
Education
B.Sc. Photonics, Izmir Institute of Technology, Türkiye (expected 2025)
Areas of Interests
Emircan performed his National Internship (Tübitak, September 2024) within our group where he looked at finite element method-based numerical simulations of the heat equation. Later on,
Contact
emircanyilmaz@std.iyte.edu.tr