OPTICAL FIBER METROLOGY AND SENSORS LABORATORY
(FiSENS LAB)
FiSENS Lab is accepting enthusiastic grad/undergrad students who are interested in developing novel technologies for sensing applications.
Please contact Dr. Kıvılcım Yüksel if you are interested.
(kivilcimyuksel [at] iyte.edu.tr)
Research Topics & Publications
- Optical fiber metrology
- Distributed and quasi-distributed optical fibre sensors
- OFDR, Phase-OTDR, OTDR
- Applications of Fiber Bragg Gratings
- Chemical (SRI), Physical (temperature, strain, pressure)
- Photonics Integrated Circuits
- Development of innovative concepts for low cost intelligent traffic management and transportation systems
- Optical access networks, Passive Optical Networks (PONs)
- Physical layer monitoring of PONs, Fiber to the home (FTTH) technologies.
Full List of our PUBLICATIONS:
Theses
Interested in realising a Master Degree in Fiber Optics?
Contact us: kivilcimyuksel@iyte.edu.tr
THESES SUPERVISED IN OUR LAB
- Büşra DURAK, Fiber Optic Sensor-Assisted Microwave Heating System, September 2022-ongoing.
- Aybüke OZCELIK. Photonic Integrated Circuits and Sensor Applications, IYTE, January 2021-2023.
Şamil SIRIN. Fiber Optic Current Sensor Interrogated By Phase-Sensitive Optical Time- Domain Reflectometer, IYTE, September 2019-2022.
Ertunga Burak KOCAL Development of a Simulation Tool for FBG-based Phase-OTDR Vibration Sensors, IYTE, September 2018-2021.
Melike DEMIREL Framework for evaluating security and maintenance issues in optical fiber access networks: case for Turkey, IYTE, December 2018-canceled.
Hurriyet YUCE CAKIR. Potential Applications of Inorganic Optical Elements and Polymeric Systems, IYTE, 2018-2022.
Cansu IDE. Analysis and implementation of long period fiber grating and Fresnel reflection-based sensors for refractive index measurement of liquids, IYTE, July 2017.
Anil YILMAZ. Analysis and implementation of optical fiber sensors for process monitoring of composie materials, IYTE, December 2016.
Gizem SOYLU. Exploiting second harmonic generation for microelectronics interface characterization, IYTE, July 2016.
Deniz OZCAN PALA. Analysis and modeling of a novel approach for the interrogation unit of fiber Bragg gratings sensors using optical frequency- domain reflectometry techniques, IYTE, July 2014.
Graduation Projects
Interested in realising a graduation project in Photonic Technology?
Contact us: kivilcimyuksel@iyte.edu.tr
PAST GRADUATION PROJECTS
- 2024. Communication Protocol for FBG Interrogator Using Python”
( by Dogukan Irfan CERCI)
- 2024. Mechanical Design and Optimization of a Rain Sensor for Automotive Applications
(by Elif Yıldırım, Ali Özçelik)
- 2022. Implementation of a Phase Demodulation Algorithm for Optical Reflectometry Systems
(by Arda Metin Akdar, E. Taşdeviren)
- 2022. Feasibility analysis of a sensor-assisted industrial heating system
(by Eylül ÇAKIR, Barış Deniz GÖKMEN)
- 2021. (co-advisor) Analysis of Phase-OTDR Sensing System based on Deep Learning
(by Ceyhun Efe KAYAN)
- 2021. Analysis of the Imperfections Associated with Current Sensing System Based on POTDR (Poster of the project)
(by Engin Yunus Güner)
- 2021. Development of an Interactive Education Tool: Polarization State Trace along an Optical System
(by Ege Kızgın)
- 2020. Unidirectional wireless data transfer between multiple devices using visible light spectrum. (Poster of the project.)
(by Arda Şahin)- Tubitak 2209
- 2019. Development of a Li-Fi (Light Fidelity) Prototype
(by Florent Dransart, HELHa, Belgium)-Erasmus Internship Programme
- 2019. Development of a simulation tool for optical fibre vibration sensor
(by Şamil Şirin)-Tübitak-2209
- 2019. Design and Implementation of a Computer-Aided Calibration System for Fiber Bragg Grating Sensors
(by Hazal Kahraman)-Tübitak 2209
- 2019.Analysis and implementation of Li-Fi System
(by Onur Ateş)-Tübitak 2209
- 2018. Fundamentals of Optical Fiber Sensing Schemes based on Coherent OTDR
(by Doğuş Karabulut)
- 2017. Analysis and Implementationof a New Sensor InterrogationApproachBasedon Fiber CavityRing-Downand OTDR
(by Nazlıcan Yılmaz, Büşra Akbulut)
- 2016. Analysis and implementation of opticalfiber sensors for monitoring of composite materials
(by Ali Yılmaz, UMONS, Belgium)-Erasmus Internship Programme
- 2016. Analysis and implementation of a refractive index sensor based on Optical Time Domain Reflectometer
(by Remzi Altunörs and Çağla Demir)
- 2015. Analysis and implementation of a tool for the physical-layer monitoring of optical access networks (TRA method)
(by Serkan Ormancı)
- 2014. Theoretical Study of the Birefringence Effect in FBGs Using Transfer Matrix Method
(by Anıl Yılmaz)
Courses
Technical elective courses on Photonics.
COURSE LIST
- EE-513. Fiber Optic Sensors (Syllabus-2019, 2020, 2021)
- EE-511. Fiber Optic Communications (Syllabus-2021)
- EE-412. Lightwave Communications (Syllabus-2020, 2021, 2022)
- EE-411. Fundamentals of Photonics (Syllabus-2021)
- EE-491. Graduation Project (List-2021)
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- EE-221. Concepts of Modern Physics (core course, Syllabus-2019)
- EE-313. Microelectronics (core course, Syllabus-2020)
- PHOT-505. Applied Photonics (Project, Spring 2020)
Alumni
Where are they working now?
AFTER OBTAINING A MASTER’S DEGREE
- Şamil ŞİRİN (2019 – 2024): System Engineer, ASELSAN (Ankara, TR).
- Aybüke ÖZÇELİK (2021-2023): TÜBİTAK, BİLGEM (Ankara, TR).
- Ertunga Burak KOÇAL (2018-2021): Software consultant at Knowit (Sweden).
Cansu İDE ÇETİN (2014-2017): Research and development engineer at Optify (The Netherlands).
Formerly worked at Ermaksan and Nanotam upon graduation.
Anıl YILMAZ (2013-2016): System Safety Engineer at Volvo Cars (Sweden)
Deniz ÖZCAN PALA (2012-2014): International Projects Team Leader at Kentkart (Izmir, TR)
AFTER REALISING A GRADUATION PROJECT AT OUR LAB
- Ceyhun efe Kayan (2021): PhD student, Drexel University (USA).
- Arda Şahin (2020): System design engineer at ASELSAN (Ankara, TR).
Hazal Kahraman (2019): System design engineer at ASELSAN (Ankara, TR).
- Şamil Şirin (2019): Research assistant at Izmir Institute of Technology (Izmir, TR)
Doğuş Karabulut (2018): Data scientist at Veriff (Estonie).
Nazlıcan Yılmaz (2017): System engineer at ASELSAN (Ankara, TR)
Büşra Akbulut (2017): Product and support engineer at OSIsoft (Germany).
Çağla Demir (2016): Information security engineer at NETSMART (Istanbul, TR)
VIDEOS FROM GRADUATES
Erasmus Internships
Between 2013 -2023, about 20 undergraduate students from our department (Electronics Engineering Department) realized their summer internships (between 2 and 3 months) on photonics technology at the state-of-the-art laboratories of UMONS (Electromagnetism and Telecommunications Department).
Collaborations
News
January 2025
PhD Thesis Defense Seminar by Mr Béni J. Pierre Fourier Sandah
Composition of the jury: Prof. B. Maes (UMONS/FS, president), Prof. K. Yüksel (IYTE – Turkey, member), Dr J.-C. Beugnot (FEMTO-ST – France, member), Dr Y. Hernandez (MULTITEL, member), Prof. V. Moeyaert (UMONS/FPMs, secretary), Prof. M. Dossou (Université d’Abomey-Calavi – Benin, co-supervisor), Prof. M. Wuilpart (UMONS/FPMs, supervisor).
The whole jury got together in Mons on the 28th of January 2025 to attend the private defense related to the PhD thesis of Mr Béni J. Pierre Fourier Sandah, entitled “Study and mitigation of crosstalk and fading effects in fibre Bragg grating-assisted direct-detection phase optical time-domain reflectometry“.
The meeting began by an oral presentation of Mr Sandah, focusing on the context of his work, its objectives and the main scientific contributions brought by the research. The presentation was followed by a three-hour session of questions and answers, after which the jury deliberated.
January 2025
Graduation Project Poster and Demo Session
The results of the graduation project entitled “Communication Protocol for FBG Interrogator Using Python” presented by Dogukan Irfan CERCI.
December 2024
PhD Thesis Defense Seminar by Şeyma Arslanyürek
Research assistant Şeyma Arslanyürek successfully defended his thesis titled “Evanescent Field-Based Optical Force Techniques for the Manipulation of Spherical and Non-spherical Nanoparticles” on December 13, 2024.
Dr. Yüksel took part in the thesis evaluation process both as a member of the thesis monitoring committee and as a jury member.
This study was conducted under the supervision of Prof. Dr. M. Salih Dinleyici and achieved precise, practical, and three-dimensional manipulation of nanoparticles at the nanoscale using Gaussian Evanescent Waves (GEW).
As part of the thesis, interference patterns were created through phase modulation between GEW sources, enabling the development of innovative filtering and guidance mechanisms. The proposed systems successfully manipulate both spherical and non-spherical particles and provide functional nanoparticle manipulation through reconfigurable modules.
November 2024
Seminar about Fiber Optic Sensor Applications
With the support of the IZTECH Optics and Photonics Society and the IEEE IZTECH Photonics Society, we welcomed Mr. Erkan Özkan from SAMM Teknoloji, who provided detailed insights into the company’s mission, vision, and current and planned R&D activities.
November 2024
Best Course Design Award for EE412 Optical Communications
Dr. Kıvılcım Yüksel gave an interview about the course ‘EE412, Optical Communications.’
October 2024
New paper published in Sensors
The results of our IraSME project have been published!
It has set a great example for both international cooperation between SMEs as well as academia-industry cooperation models.
Fisens Lab would like to thank each author of our article for their contribution.
Oğuz Deniz Merdin, Damien Kinet, Murat Merdin, Corentin Guyot, Christophe Caucheteur
October 2024
Dr. Yüksel gave a talk at IZPHOTECH’24
The IZPHOTECH’24, organized in collaboration with the IZTECH Department of Photonics, the IZTECH Optical and Photonics Society (IZTECH OPS), and the IEEE Photonics Student Chapter, and supported by Optica and the IEEE Photonics Society, took place on October 21-22, 2024, with significant participation.
Dr. Kıvılcım Yüksel contributed to the event, which brought together academic and industrial stakeholders in the field of Photonic Science and Technologies, with her speech on Fiber Optic Sensors. We would like to sincerely thank all speakers and participants who contributed to the realization of this scientific event.
September 2024
Dr. Yüksel Selected for List of Top-Cited Scientists
Dr. Yüksel listed on Stanford University’s list of the world’s most influential scientists (on the single recent year impact list, 2023) due to her impactful international publications in Optoelectronics & Photonics, Enabling & Strategic Technologies.
The Updated Science-wide Author Databases of Standardized Citation Indicators, compiled annually by Prof. John P.A. Ioannidis and his team at Stanford University, aim to bring together the world’s most influential scientists. This list is prepared by considering indicators including number of publications, citations, h-index, and hm-index. While the career-long metrics honor researchers who have consistently demonstrated exceptional performance over time, the single recent-year metrics highlight researchers who have gained significant attention more recently. H-index is a metric representing the number of citations for a researcher’s most-cited publication. Hm-index is a metric that, by weighting citations, highlights a researcher’s more impactful works.
August 2024
IZTECH Scientific Project Kick-off Meeting
Project Title: Optimization of Heat Transfer with Food Quality Criteria in Food Thawing Process by Pulsed Radio Frequency
In the proposed project, it is aimed to perform the minimum thawing time and minimum quality losses with RF technology, which is an innovative and fast thawing technique. Thawing of foods is a process with a high potential to create problems in terms of food safety. Especially in restaurants, food factories, workplace/school/hospital cafeterias, since meals are prepared for crowded groups, the issue of food safety is very important and it is preferred that the thawing process be carried out in the most reliable and fast way in these businesses. With the RF device to be designed with the proposed project, a device that will be very useful for the sectors in question will be designed to perform the thawing process in a short time and with high safety.
Our Lab will be collaborating with the researchers from Mechanical Engineering and Food Engineering Departments.
July 2024
Best Course Design Award for EE412 Optical Communications
Dr. Kıvılcım Yüksel was awarded the third prize for the course ‘EE412, Optical Communications.’
Under the leadership of our Rector Prof. Dr. Yusuf Baran and our Vice Rector for Education Prof. Dr. Gamze Tanoğlu, in collaboration with the Institute’s Directorate of Education and UZEM, the third ‘IZTECH Best Course Design Awards’ have been announced.
July 2024
Expert visit for FOSASMICROHEAT (IraSME) Project
The TUBITAK expert visit was successfully carried out at the IZTECH Campus area, Technology Development Zone, MET facilities. First, the project results were demonstrated in practice. Then, the referee questions were answered at the meeting held with the participation of all project members.
IraSME is a network for national and regional funding schemes to promote transnational cooperative research and development projects between SMEs and research organisations. TÜBITAK (Turkey) and SPW (Wallonia/Belgium) were involved in evaluating the proposal.
The project consortium is composed of MET Advanced Technology Systems, Optical Fiber Metrology and Sensors Laboratory and B-Sens Creating Sensing Solutions.
June 2024
PhD Thesis Defense Seminar by Enes ATAC
One of our PhD students, Enes Ataç, successfully defended his thesis titled “A QUANTUM ENTANGLEMENT-BASED APPROACH FOR NANOSCALE DIELECTRIC FILM CHARACTERIZATION” on June 28, 2024. Under the guidance of his thesis advisor, Prof. Dr. Mehmet Salih Dinleyici, this study aims to characterize ultra-thin dielectric films, which are of great importance for fiber optic sensors, beyond classical limits using a quantum-based system. We sincerely congratulate Enes Ataç on this achievement and wish him continued success in his future endeavors.
June 2024
Graduation Project Poster and Demo Session
The results of the graduation project entitled “Mechanical Design and Optimization of a Rain Sensor for Automotive Applications” presented.
The project was reliazed in the framework of an industry – university collaboration.
June 2024
Research Seminar
Şamil Şirin gave a talk on “Microwave Photonic Radar Systems”.
Location: Engineering Faculty, D-Block, Seminar Room (first floor)
Date & Time: Friday, 7 June 2024 at 10.00 am.
March 2024
We are searching for 2 Doctoral Candidates at FiSENS Lab
Within the scope of “WATER4ALL”, one of the projects supported by the European Commission through the COFUND call in the Horizon Europe Marie S. Curie Area, coordinated by Izmir Institute of Technology (IZTECH) and funded by TUBITAK Co-Financing, Doctoral Candidates (DCs) are sought.
The Sustainable Water Management (SWM) doctoral training programme, WATER4ALL, brings together complementary expertise of a diverse group of researchers from four leading universities in Türkiye to offer unique interdisciplinary, intersectoral and international research and training opportunities for 20 highly competitive Doctoral Candidates (DCs).
The deadline of application is 15 June 2024. The accepted researchers’ salaries and expenses will be co-funded by the European Commission and TUBITAK.
Details and Announcement Text (English):
https://water4all.iyte.edu.tr
Applicants must not have been in Türkiye for more than 12 months in the last 3 years (by the closing date of the call) (regardless of whether Turkish or foreign).
With this call, 20 successful applicants will begin their doctoral programme at the start of the academic year 2024-2025, i.e. October 2024.
January 2024
Thesis Proposal Seminar
Büşra Durak gave a talk on “Fiber Bragg Grating Sensors in Industrial Heating Systems”
December 2023
Screen technologies tutorial
Dr Serap YİĞEN gave a tutorial on state of the art screen technologies (LCD, OLED, QLED, ledWall, …), Optical Design issues dealt with in her team, trends and perspectives of consumer electronics applications.
November 2023
14th International Conference on
Electrical and Electronics Engineering 2023
We attended ELECO 2023, Sensors and Instrumentation track, Fiber optic based communications and sensor applications session with an oral presentation:
Fiber Bragg Grating sensors in Industrial Heating Systems
This work was carried out as a part of the FOSASMICROHEAT (Fiber Optic Sensor Assisted Safe Industrial Microwave Heating System) project that was financially supported by TUBITAK 1071 (Türkiye), (project no: 121N476 and 121N535) and SPW, (Wallonia / Belgium), (project no: 2110128) in the frame of the 27th IraSME call.
November 2023
Dr. Yüksel visited XLIM Research Institute, France
Kıvılcım Yüksel won the 2023 research scholarship of the French Embassy in Türkiye. The aim of the mission carried out within the scope of the French Embassy Mobility scholarships is to enable Turkish researchers to interact with French research teams.
This program, which is an advanced research scholarship, aims to create new scientific collaborations between France and Türkiye.
In this context, Dr Yüksel visited the XLIM Research Institute, Fiber Photonics group in Limoges, France, for 4 weeks and carried out research and education activities.
During her stay, she also gave a masterclass on Fiber Optic Sensors and Applications in addition to various seminars presenting both IZTECH and our department.
October 2023
Fiber Optic Sensors and Industrial Applications Workshop 2023
Excited to organize our IRASME R&D Project Workshop on 27th October 2023!
We discussed the advancements in Fiber Optic Sensors, Industrial Heating Systems, and the innovative use of Microwaves in Food Processing.
Collaborating with partners like , B-SENS – Creative Sensing Solutions, UMONS and MET Advanced Technology Systems, it was an enlightening experience.
We would like to thank Prof. Dr. Canan VARLIKLI for her valuable consultancy and Optics and Photonics society of IZTECH for their technical support.
October 2023
We participated Lasers and Industrial Applications Workshop
Lasers and Their Industrial Applications Workshop 2 was held with the sponsorship of Durmazlar Holding. During the workshop, representatives from Durma Next, Aselsan, OzOptics, Lumos Lazer, Şişecam, LISA Laser Products, and Scansonics shared their knowledge on topics such as laser electronics, machine learning in photonics, industrial applications of lasers, and related subjects.
We would like to thank Durmazlar and Prof. Dr. Canan VARLIKLI for providing this opportunity to IZTECH students.
August 2023
NanoTR-17
17th International Nanoscience & Nanotechnology Conference was held at IYTE.
As Fisens lab members, we had the chance to follow valuable presentations. A session was moderated by Dr Yüksel at the event, where we took part in the organizing committee.
July 2023
New members joined our team
Beste Ünlütürk, Tuğçe İncemen, and Cem Demir joined our Laboratory as undergraduate scholars.
We wish each of them productive work.
July 2023
Master Thesis defense
Our sincere congrats to Aybüke Özçelik who successfully defended her master thesis.
We wish all the best in her future!
Thesis title:
Design and Modeling of Ring Resonators: Feasibility Study for Temperature Sensor
June 2023
University-industry cooperation protocol between IZTECH and SAMM
We hosted SAMM Teknoloji Inc, which provides production, design (R&D), installation and support services in the fiber optic systems, IoT, Industrial Heating and Electrical and Electronics sectors, on our campus.
After the university-industry cooperation protocol was signed between SAMM and İYTE, SAMM officials visited;
- Optical Fiber Metrology & Sensors,
- Machine Intelligence Research & Applications,
- Photonics & Lightwave Laboratories.
We held a technical meeting focusing on the processing of fiber optic-based vibration sensor data with artificial intelligence algorithms. We expect that the development of new projects will turn into high value-added products between the two institutions.
We would like to thank SAMM officials, Mr. Bülent Toksöz (R&D and Technology Director), Mr. Erkan Özkan (R&D Manager), our department professor Dr. Abdurrahman Gümüş and our esteemed rector Prof Dr Yusuf Baran for his full support regarding university-industry collaborations.
May 2023
Human Resources Excellence in Research (HRS4R label)
The European Commission has granted İzmir Institute of Technology the Human Resources Excellence in the Field of Research Award (HRS4R).
Dr. Kıvılcım Yüksel contributes to the implementation phase of HRS4R as an active member of Supervision working group.
April 2023
X. Condensed Matter Physics Izmir Meeting
We participated to Condensed Matter Physics Izmir Meeting that was held by Department of Physics, IZTECH.
Hande Toffoli Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi (Düzensiz Ortamlarda Reaksiyon Dinamiği Teorisi: BiNiX Üçlü Metal Alaşımları Kullanılarak CH4 gazından H2 eldesi)
Hasan Yılmaz Bilkent Üniversitesi – UNAM
(Dalga yüzü şekillendirme ile karmaşık fotonik sistemlerde ışık saçılımı kontrolü)
Cüneyt Şahin Bilkent Üniversitesi – UNAM
Geniş Bant Aralıklı Yarı (İletkenlerde Geçiş Metali Merkezlerinin Elektronik ve Spin Özellikleri)
Yeşim Moğulkoç Ankara Üniversitesi (İki Boyutlu Manyetik Heteroyapılar)
February 2023
New paper published in Applied Optics
Intensity and phase stacked analysis of a Φ-OTDR system using deep transfer learning and recurrent neural networks
In this study, a two-stage feature extraction methodology that combines the capabilities of these neural network architectures with transfer learning is proposed to classify vibrations applied to an optical fiber by a piezoelectric transducer. First, the differential amplitude and phase information is extracted from the phase-sensitive optical time domain reflectometer.
Phase-OTDR recordings and stored in a spatiotemporal data matrix. Then, a state-of-the-art pre-trained CNN without dense layers is used as a feature extractor in the first stage. In the second stage, LSTMs are used to further analyze the features extracted by the CNN. Finally, a dense layer is used to classify the extracted features. To observe the effect of different CNN architectures, the proposed model is tested with five state-of-the-art pre-trained models (VGG-16, ResNet-50, DenseNet-121, MobileNet, and Inception-v3). The results show that using the VGG-16 architecture in the proposed framework manages to obtain a 100% classification accuracy in 50 trainings and got the best results on the phase-OTDR dataset. The results of this study indicate that pre-trained CNNs combined with LSTM are very suitable to analyze the differential amplitude and phase information represented in a spatiotemporal data matrix, which is promising for event recognition operations in DAS applications.
January 2023
Our senior undergraduate students presented their posters and demonstrated project artefacts.
A project entitled “Implementation of a Phase Demodulation Algorithm for Optical Reflectometry Systems” was realised and successfully demonstrated.
December 2022
Dr. Gaurav Kumar Bharti from Chandigarh University, India gave a Series of Lectures
Seminar titles are as follows:
- Photonics and Optical Switches- An Introduction
- Nonlinear Optics and Silicon Photonics-An Introduction
- Design and Modelling of an all-optical logic switch using Ring Resonator
- Modelling and Simulation of optical sensors using photonic crystals.
- Hands-on session for the simulation of photonic circuits using FDTD simulation platform
December 2022
We welcome Dr. Gaurav Kumar Bharti
Dr Bharti is a recipient of “Transformative Researcher of the Year Award-2022 for EE Department” which was awarded by Chandigarh University. Currently, he is an Assistant Professor in Electrical Engineering Department of Chandigarh University.
His current research interests include Photonics, Optical Sensor, Optical Signal Processing and Nonlinear Optics.
He is the active member of IEEE, IEEE Photonics Society, IEEE Sensors Council, IEEE Nanotechnology Council, OPTICA (Formerly OSA), SPIE and other professional bodies. He is the founder and past Chairman of the IEEE NIT Agartala student branch. Currently, he is a Chapter Advisor of IEEE Photonics Society Chandigarh University Student Branch Chapter.
December 2022
New paper published in Optical Fiber Technology
In this paper, the parasitic components (i.e., multi-reflections, Rayleigh scattering, photodetector noise, and phase variations due to external perturbations) are analysed and based on this analysis, a new signal to noise ratio (SNR) definition is provided suitable for the FBG-assisted Phase-OTDR system. A detailed analysis of performance parameters in the presence of multi reflection crosstalk (including its first- and second-order components) and spectral shadowing crosstalk is presented. SNR was calculated for different reflectivity and spacing lengths showing that the maximum number of cascaded FBGs can be significantly increased by using lower FBG reflectivity.
It was also observed that the spacing length distance does not have a significant impact on the maximum number of FBGs that can be interrogated. By comparing single-pulse and double-pulse configurations, the use of double pulse was shown to provide higher SNR values when the number of FBGs is around 100 FBGs. The multi-reflection crosstalk when combined with the spectral-shadowing effect was demonstrated to create secondary crosstalk components making the interpretation of spectral analysis more difficult.
November 2022
New paper published in Optical Fiber Technology
Current Sensing Using a Phase-Sensitive Optical Time Domain Reflectometer: Feasibility Study
A novel method for distributed current sensing using an FBG-assisted Phase-OTDR with Mach-Zehnder Interferometer is proposed. The detrimental effect of the intrinsic linear birefringence of the sensing fiber is solved by calibration. An FBG pair is written at the two ends of the spun fiber coil to eliminate phase fading and increase the measurement accuracy. A simulation tool was developed to reveal the feasibility of the approach by investigating the impact of the detector noise as well as the effects of bending- and FBG-induced linear birefringence on the sensing performance.
November 2022
ASELSAN representatives were at IZTECH Campus
IZTECH Photonics Department hosted representatives of ASELSAN Laser Systems Directorate giving valuable presentations. They introduced ASELSAN and shared with us the work of the Microelectronics and Electro-Optics Sector Presidency (MGEO) Laser Systems Design Department in particular.
October 2022
We celebrated the 21st October Wold Photonics Day
October 20, Thursday
09:30 – 10:00 Opening
10:00 – 11:00 Sheng-Lung Huang – Optical Coherence Tomography: Technologies and Challenges (National Taiwan University) 11:00 – 12:00 Atilla Aydınlı – Evolution of Laser Technologies
12:00 – 14:00 BREAK
14:00 – 15:00 Elias Stathatos – All printed third generation solar cells and modules made of perovskites under ambient conditions
(University of Peloponnese)
15:00 – 16:00 Serap Güneş – Recent Developments in Emerging PV Technologies (Yıldız Technical University)
16:00 – 17:00 Mehmet Öğüt – Applications of Photonics in remote sensing (NASA JPL)
17:00 – 18:00 Sudip Shekhar – Scaling up silicon photonic-based accelerators:Challenges and opportunities (University of British Columbia)
October 21, Friday
10:00 – 11:00 Serhat Tozburun – Photothermal Coagulation of the Superficial Layer of the Esophagus (9 Eylül University)
11:00 – 12:00 Wim Bogaerts – Programmable Photonics (Ghent University and IMEC)
12:00 – 14:00 BREAK
14:00 – 15:00 Richard Zeltner – Sensing using optically trapped micro particles (Menlo Systems GmbH)
15:00 – 16:00 Hasan Göktaş – Photonic-MEMS for Programable Photonic Integrated Circuits (Izmir Institute of Technology) 16:00 – 17:00 Amr Helmy – Efficient Plasmonic Circuits for Data Communications (University of Toronto)
October 2022
We participated Lasers and Industrial Applications Workshop
Purpose of the workshop:
To follow the developments in global laser technologies and their applications.
To help accelerate the development of laser technologies.
To determine the status of the technology infrastructure as well as, the needs and capabilities of the sector.
To identify needs for the development of lasers and their components.
To bring together researchers and industry players to make economic predictions on global and domestic laser technologies.
September 2022
Silicon Photonics certificate
Şamil Şirin and Aybüke Özçelik have gotten a professional certificate in
Phot1x: Silicon Photonics Design, Fabrication and Data Analysis,
a course offered by UBCx, an online learning initiative of The University of British Columbia through edX. Silicon Photonics is a promising study area which combines the advantages of already-existing silicone technology for electronic chips with light-based high-speed communication.
July 2022
Master Thesis defense
Our sincere congrats to Şamil Şirin who successfully defended his master thesis.
We wish all the best in his future!
Thesis title:
Fiber optic current sensor interrogated by Phase-sensitive OTDR.
We would like to thank to Prof.Dr. Marc Wuilpart and honorable members (Dr. Sinan Balcı and Dr. Özhan Ünverdi) of the jury for their valuable contributions.
March 2022
OZ Optics Ltd. was at IzTECH
OZ Optics President Ömür Sezerman and OZ Optics Turkey General Manager Onur KOCA visited IzTECH Photonics Department on March 29, 2022. Joined by our faculty, graduate and undergraduate students, the meeting started with department presentation by Prof. Canan Varlikli and continued with a panel discussion with Mr. Sezerman and Mr. Koca.
As a graduate faculty member of IzTECH Photonics Department, Dr. Yüksel gave a presentation about the activities of Optical Fiber Metrology and Sensors Lab.
January 2022
Thesis Proposal Seminar
Aybüke Özçelik gave a talk on “Fiber Optic Sensor-Assisted Microwave Heating System”
July 2021
Congratulations to Ertunga Burak Koçal to got his master degree
Development of Simulation Tool for FBG-based Phase-OTDR Vibration Sensors
July 2021
Transnational cooperative research and development project support from IraSME
The project titled “FOSASMICROHEAT” which our consortium submitted during the 27th IraSME call for proposals has been approved.
This call was organised by IraSME, a network for national and regional funding schemes to promote transnational cooperative research and development projects between SMEs and research organisations. TÜBITAK (Turkey) and SPW (Wallonia/Belgium) were involved in evaluating the proposal.
The project consortium is composed of MET Advanced Technology Systems, Optical Fiber Metrology and Sensors Laboratory and B-Sens Creating Sensing Solutions.
January 2021
Term Project Seminars in the framework of graduate course
EE513 (Fiber Optic Sensors)
- A Market Research of Fiber Optic Sensors
by Ceren Özkal
- A review of Surface Plasmon Resonance (SPR)-based fiber optic biosensors
by Enes Ataç
- An Overview of Optical Fiber Sensors in Large-Scale Particle Accelerator Facilities
by Anıl Karatay
July 2020
An overview of FBG-assisted Phase-OTDR Techniques presented at ICTON’2020
An invited talk was given by Dr. Kıvılcım Yüksel about Recent Advances in FBG-assisted Phase-OTDR technique and its applications.
The 22nd Conference on Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON) was held in remote online version due to Covid-19 pandemic.
June 2020
Şamil Şirin gave a research seminar on fiber optic current sensors
Şamil Şirin realised his Master Thesis Proposal seminar June 26 2020, 11:00am.
Project title is “Development of a Simulation Tool for Fiber Optic Current Sensors”.
March 2020
Arda Şahin has been awarded TÜBİTAK 2209 support
Arda Şahin has been awarded TÜBİTAK 2209 support (research project supporting programme for university students) with his project called “Data Communication System Between Two Devices Through Visible Light Spectrum”.
The project is consulted by Dr. Kıvılcım Yüksel and aimed to enhance the performance parameters of a Li-Fi (Light Fidelity) prototype previously developed at the Department. Second aim of the project will be implementing a Medium Access Control to increase the number of users supported by the system.
February 2020
Our paper has been accepted for a poster presentation at the International Conference on Optical Fiber Sensors (OFS 2020)
Combined Effect of Multi-Reflection and Spectral Shadowing Crosstalk in Phase-OTDR System Using Fiber Bragg Grating Array.
The multi-reflection crosstalk when combined with the spectral-shadowing effect has been shown to make the interpretation of spectral analysis more difficult in Phase-OTDR sensing system based on weak fiber Bragg grating array.
The International Conference on Optical Fiber Sensors (OFS), established in 1983, is acknowledged as the world’s leading conference on all topics related to photonic sensing technologies. OFS provides a forum for reporting and exchanging ideas on the latest advances in research and development on fiber-optic and photonic sensing.
January 2020
Şamil Şirin joined EE Department and our Lab as research assistant
Şamil Şirin completed the B.S. degree in 2019 in İzmir Institute of Technology, Electronics Engineering Department.
He is currently pursuing a master degree and working as a research assistant.
December 2019
Ligth Fidelity (Li-Fi) demo realised
Li-Fi Prototype has been successfully designed and implemented by Florent Dransart (HELHA, Belgium) in the framework of Erasmus student exchange programme.
Set-up demo video:
December 2019
We participated to Technology Days organised by Izmir Universities Platform
November 2019
Şamil Şirin gave a talk on “Development of a simulation tool for vibration sensors based on Phase-OTDR interrogator” at ASYU’2019
November 2019
Dr. Yüksel organised and chaired a special session at ASYU’2019
Conference on Innovations in Intelligent Systems and Applications (ASYU 2019) was organized by Yaşar University, in cooperation with Yildiz Technical University. The topics of interest mainly cover Artificial Intelligence, Deep Learning, Fuzzy Logic, Smart Systems, Machine Learning, and Data Mining.
July-August 2019
Dr. Yüksel was at UMONS (Belgium)
A fruitful collaboration was realised on the interrogation of FBG sensors by Phase-OTDR.
June 2019
Tubitak 2209-A Grant obtained for three graduation projects
Hazal Kahraman, Şamil Şirin and Onur Ateş completed their projects supported by TÜBİTAK 2209 Grant Program for undergraduate students.
October 2019
Ertunga Burak Koçal joined EE Department and our Lab as research assistant
Ertunga B. Koçal completed the B.S. degree in 2018 in İzmir Institute of Technology, Electronics Engineering Department.
He is currently pursuing a master degree and working as a research assistant.
June 2017
Dr. Yüksel’s project proposal for TUBITAK BIDEB-2219 International Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Program was granted
In the framework of this collaboration with UMONS, Development of a phase-OTDR interrogator based on coherent detection scheme was accomplished.
The short-term mission blossomed significantly and we have published the results, in the form of journal paper and conference presentations.
October 2016
Dr. Yüksel became an academic board member of Photonics Department of IZTECH
October 2012
Dr. Yüksel became an academic collaborator of Electromagnetism and Telecommunication Department of Mons University (UMONS, Belgium)