Mehmetcan Akbulut

Mehmetcan Akbulut is an Associate Research Professor at the Wyant College of Optical Sciences, The University of Arizona. His office is located in GCRB 447.

• Research Focus: Photonics subsystems and systems development with applications in Directed Energy, Remote Sensing, Quantum Optical Networks, Optical Computing, Ultrafast & RF Photonics, and Biophotonics.
• Key Research Areas: High-energy fiber lasers, coherent beam combining, LIDAR systems, quantum communications, optical computing architectures, and photonic biosensors.

Recent publications highlight advancements in injection-locked fiber lasers, SBS suppression techniques, optical Ising machines, and frequency comb applications. His work intersects academic and applied research through collaborations like the Center for Quantum Networks and CIAN projects.

The Photonics & Systems Laboratory explores technologies for Directed Energy, wind shear sensing, distributed fiber sensing, and AI-driven biomedical imaging systems.