1. SKILLS OF THE PROPOSER Type of partner: University
Koç University – Private research university
Located in Istanbul, Turkey
Times Higher Education Rankings:
Consistently 1st/2nd top scoring university in Turkey
40th out of 250 in universities younger than 50 worldwide in 2018
CONTACT PERSON: Asst. Prof. Emir Salih Magden (PhD: MIT)
Institution/Organisation: Koç University, Dept. Of Electrical and Electronics Eng.
Photonic Architecture Laboratories (PAL)
Web: pal.ku.edu.tr

2. SKILLS OF THE PROPOSER Competences & Skills
Silicon photonics focused research laboratory
Design, simulation, and testing of application oriented nanophotonic components: communications, sensing (medical/environmental), optical signal processing
Creative designs for novel photonic functionality with accurate & high-speed optical/electrical characterization
Example: First octave-wide integrated dichroic splitter
Magden et al. ‘‘Transmissive Silicon Photonic Dichroic Filters with Spectrally Selective Waveguides’’, Nature Communications 9, 3009 (2018)

3. SKILLS OF THE PROPOSER Work that can be performed
Theory, design, optimization, and layout of waveguide-based devices & systems, with coupled mode theory, eigenmode methods, and finite difference simulations with complex thermal/optical/electrical dependencies.
Computationally intensive device optimization tasks
Design for broadband/high-yield photonic components
Device/system level experimental characterization
Optical and/or electrical probing ( um)
High-speed (>50Gbps) transmission measurements
State-of-the-art setups with combinations of waveguide/fiber/free- space instruments