Optics in Turkey

Abstract

Koç University, Istanbul, Turkey is playing a key role in leading efforts to advance optics research in the country. The Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK) is also playing a key role in supporting these efforts by coordinating research in all disciplines. The country has started participate in the European Commission Framework Program from 2004 to increase collaboration between researchers in Turkey and those in Europe. The university has emerged as one of the major sites for undertaking optics research in the country. Most of the optics research that takes place at the university is conducted in the department of physics and the department of electrical and electronics engineering. The Microphotonics Research Laboratory is another location for conducting experimental research in the field of silicon photonics, microcavity quantum electrodynamics, and laser spectroscopy.