Team
The EKO – Integrated Quantum Optics and Sensing Research Group brings together researchers and students working on integrated quantum photonics, quantum light sources, quantum communication, and quantum sensing. Founded in 2024, the group combines diverse backgrounds across theory, simulation, device design, and experimental quantum technologies.
Ozan Arı
Asst. Prof.
Department of Photonics, Institute of Nuclear Sciences, Hacettepe University
Principal Investigator and Group Lead
M.Sc. & Graduate Researchers
M. Safa Dal
M.Sc. Student
Integration of solid state emitters with SiN based micro/nano photonic structures
Dilanur Atak
Graduate Researcher
Design and optimization of nano-photonic structures for integrated quantum photonic devices
Undergraduate Researchers
Can Onur Öncü
Undergraduate Researcher
Signal analysis and statistical tests for quantum cryptography
Elif Sıla Borazan
Undergraduate Researcher
Design and optimization of nano-photonic structures for integrated quantum photonic devices
Seljan Mammadli
Undergraduate Researcher
Design and optimization of integrated micro/nano photonic components
Saltuk Buğrahan Akça
Undergraduate Researcher
Design and optimization of integrated micro/nano photonic components
Mehmet Karataş
Undergraduate Researcher
Design and optimization of integrated micro/nano photonic components
Visiting Students and Interns
Eda Aydemir
Summer Intern
Algorithm optimization for Quantum Application-Specific Integrated Circuits (Q-ASICs)
Alumni
- İclal Aktitiz - Ankara University, M.Sc. Student
- Tuna Özdür - Sabancı University, PhD Student
- Kaan Çulha - TÜBİTAK BİLGEM
- Merve Turgut - Sabancı University, M.Sc. Student
- Bilge Akbaba - 2024
- Zeynep Deniz Aydoğan - 2024
- Esin Yiğitbaşı - 2024