Assoc. Prof. Selçuk Aktürk

Assoc. Prof. Selçuk Aktürk
Istanbul Technical University
Faculty of Science and Letters
Engineering Physics Department
Maslak 34469 Istanbul, Turkey
[email protected]
http://www.fizik.itu.edu.tr/akturks/
Work phone: (90) 212 285 3205
Cell phone: (90) 530 558 6513
Education
PhD:
BS:
Georgia Institute of Technology, School of Physics, Atlanta, GA USA (May 2005)
Bilkent University, Department of Physics, Ankara, Turkey (June 2001)
Work Experience
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Associate Professor: Engineering Physics Department, Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey (January 2011
– present).
Associate Chair: Engineering Physics Department, Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey (January 2013 –
March 2014).
Associate Dean: Faculty of Science and Letters, Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey (August 2011 – 2012).
Assistant Professor: Engineering Physics Department of, Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey (April 2009 –
January 2011).
Postdoctoral Fellow: Laboratoire d’Optique Appliquée, ENSTA – Ecole Polytechnique, Palaiseau, France (November
2006 – May 2009).
Research Scientist: Swamp Optics, Atlanta, Ga USA (January 2006 – October 2006)
Postdoctoral Fellow: Ultrafast Optics Lab, Georgia Institute of Technology, School of Physics, Atlanta, Ga USA (May
2005 – October 2006).
Research Fellow: Swamp Optics, Atlanta, Ga USA (May 2005-December 2006).
Graduate Assistant: Ultrafast Optics Lab, Georgia Institute of Technology, School of Physics Atlanta, Ga USA (August
2002- May 2005).
Teaching Experience
FİZ 101E (Mechanics)
FİZ 102E (Electricity and Magnetism)
PHY 104 (Fluids, Waves and Thermodynamics)
FİZ 132E (Electricity and Magnetism, advanced)
FİZ 201E (Modern Physics)
FİZ 457E (Optics I)
FİZ 458E (Optics II)
FİZ 532E (Lasers and Photonics)
FİZ 596 (Seminar)
Graduate Students
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PhD
Kamuran Türkoğlu (2009-2013)
Ramazan Şahin (2011-2015)
Tansu Ersoy (2010-)
Berna Yalızay (2011-)
Yağız Morova (2015 - )
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MS
Berna Yalızay (2009-2011)
Burak Soylu (2009-2011)
Bircan Sazak Dinc (2010-2012)
Tuğba Tunay (2012 - 2015)
Yağız Morova (2012 - )
Ceran Altıngöz (2012 - )
Çetin Yaman (2015 - )
Research Grants
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TÜBİTAK 1001: “Laser Cleaning of Historical Artworks” April 2015 (36 months), Budget 590,000 TL.
TÜBİTAK 2532 “Effects of Spatio- Temporal Couplings in Femtosecond Laser Pulses to Light-Matter Interactions in
Transparent Media” April 2015 (24 months), Budget 360,000 TL.
Projem İstanbul (Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality): “Tarihi Sanat Eserlerinin Femtosaniye Lazerle Temizlenmesi”,
April 2011 (12 months), Budget 9000 TL
TUBİTAK 1001: “Material Processing with Shaped Femtosecond Laser Beams”, November 2010 (24 months), Budget
240,000 TL.
İTÜ-BAP: “Fabrication of metal nanoparticle arrays using femtosecond lasers”, July 2010 (18 months). Budget 43,000
TL.
TÜBA GEBİP: “Applications of femtosecond laser micromachining”, June 2010 (36 months), Budget 50,000 TL.
NSF SBIR Phase I: “Compressing and Measuring Ultrashort Laser Pulses in Imaging and Spectroscopy”. January
2006 (18 months), Budget 100,000 USD.
Awards
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TUBITAK (The Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey) Young Scientist Prize (2013)
International Commission for Optics, and ICTP, the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics,
Gallieno Denardo Award (2012)
Feyzi Akkaya Foundation (FABED) Eser Tümen Young Scientist Award (2010)
Turkish Academy of Sciences, Young Scientist Award Programme -TÜBA GEBİP- (2010)
Berthold Leibinger Innovationspreis 2010 finalist
SPIE & Laurin Publishing Prism Award, for invention of single-prism pulse compressor (2009)
Newport Research Excellence Award (2005)
Photonics Spectra Circle of Excellence Award (2005)
Amilio Fellow graduate student at Georgia Tech School of Physics (2004).
Full Scholarship at Bilkent University (1996-2001).
Scholarship from TUBITAK (The Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey) (1996-1998).
Professional Activities
Scientific society membership:
Optical Society of America (OSA)
Society of Photographic Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE)
Reviewer for scientific journals: Physical Review Letters, Physical Review A, Optics Express, Optics Letters, Journal of Optical
Society of America A, Journal of Optical Society of America B, Journal of Optics A, Optics Communications, Optics & laser
Technology, Modern Physics Letters B
Panel member for funding agencies:
TÜBİTAK (TBAG, MFAG, EEAG, TEYDEB, SBAG, BİDEB)
T.C. Ministry of Development
Conference organization and committee member:
Frontiers in Optics 2012, 2013
Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) 2013, 2014
Ulusal Optik, Elektro-Optik ve Fotonik Çalıştayı (Fotonik 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014)
LEOS Annual Meeting 2008
IEEE Photonics Society Annual Meeting 2009
International Conference on Nanomaterials and Nanosystems 2009
Patents
1.
2.
3.
S. Akturk, "Method and device for generation of accelerating Airy beams," PCT/EP2010/054385 (pending).
S. Akturk, C. Arnold, B. Prade, and A. Mysyrowicz, "Liquid-immersion axicon for generation of uniform and tunable
line foci," PCT/EP2009/066166, EP2194404-A1; WO2010063730-A2; WO2010063730-A3.
S. Akturk, R. Rasier, “Göz Lenslerinde Odak Noktasi Sayisi Artirma Sistemi” TPE 2015/02944 (pending).
Citation Record (Google Scholar): As of April 2015, Total citation: 1484, h-index:23
Peer-Reviewed Journal Publications
1.
T. Ersoy, T. Tunay, M. Uğuryol, G. Mavili, and S. Akturk, "Femtosecond laser cleaning of historical paper with sizing,"
Journal of Cultural Heritage 15, 258–265 (2015).
2.
R. Sahin, S. Akturk, and E. Simsek, "Quantifying the quality of femtosecond laser ablation of graphene," Appl. Phys.
A 116, 555–560 (2014).
3.
R. Sahin, E. Simsek, and S. Akturk, "Nanoscale patterning of graphene through femtosecond laser ablation," Applied
Physics Letters 104, 053118 (2014).
4.
A. Jonáš, B. Yalizay, S. Akturk, and A. Kiraz, "Free-standing optofluidic waveguides formed on patterned
superhydrophobic surfaces," Applied Physics Letters 104, 091123 (2014).
5.
R. Sahin, Y. Morova, E. Simsek, and S. Akturk, "Bessel-beam-written nanoslit arrays and characterization of their
optical response," Applied Physics Letters 102, 193106 (2013).
6.
A. S. Kabas, T. Ersoy, M. Gülsoy, and S. Akturk, "Femtosecond laser etching of dental enamel for bracket bonding,"
J. Biomed. Opt 18, 098003–098003 (2013).
8.
A. K. Türkoğlu, T. Ersoy, F. Canbaz, and S. Akturk, "Effects of waveguide behavior during femtosecond-laser drilling
of metals," Applied Physics A 108, 935–941 (2012).
9.
T. Ersoy, B. Yalizay, and S. Akturk, "Self-reconstruction of diffraction-free and accelerating laser beams in scattering
media," Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer 113, 2470–2475 (2012).
10.
B. Yalizay, T. Ersoy, B. Soylu, and S. Akturk, "Fabrication of nanometer-size structures in metal thin films using
femtosecond laser Bessel beams," Applied Physics Letters 100, 031104–031104–3 (2012).
11.
P. G. Kazansky, Y. Shimotsuma, M. Sakakura, M. Beresna, M. Gecevičius, Y. Svirko, S. Akturk, J. Qiu, K. Miura, and
K. Hirao, "Photosensitivity control of an isotropic medium through polarization of light pulses with tilted intensity front," Opt.
Express 19, 20657–20664 (2011).
12.
E. Simsek and S. Akturk, "Plasmonic Enhancement During Femtosecond Laser Drilling of Sub-wavelength Holes in
Metals," Plasmonics 6, 767–772 (2011).
3.
H. Cankaya, S. Akturk, and A. Sennaroglu, “Direct generation of 81nJ pulses and external compression to a
subpicosecond regime with a 4.9 MHzchirped-pulse multipass-cavity Cr4+:forsterite oscillator,” Opt. Lett. 36, 1572–1574
(2011).
14.
B. Yalizay, B. Soylu, and S. Akturk, "Optical element for generation of accelerating Airy beams," J. Opt. Soc. Am. A
27, 2344–2346 (2010).
15.
C. L. Arnold, B. Zhou, S. Akturk, S. Chen, A. Couairon, and A. Mysyrowicz, "Pulse compression with planar hollow
waveguides: a pathway towards relativistic intensity with table-top lasers," New J. Phys. 12, 073015 (2010).
16.
S. Akturk, X. Gu, P. Bowlan, and R. Trebino, "Spatio-temporal couplings in ultrashort laser pulses," Journal of Optics
12, 093001 (2010).
17.
B. Zhou, S. Akturk, B. Prade, Y.-B. Andre, A. Houard, Y. Liu, M. Franco, C. D’Amico, E. Salmon, Z. Hao, N. Lascoux,
and A. Mysyrowicz, "Revival of femtosecond laser plasma filaments in air by a nanosecond laser," Opt. Express 17, 11450–
11456 (2009).
18.
R. Trebino, P. Bowlan, P. Gabolde, X. Gu, S. Akturk, and M. Kimmel, "Simple Devices for Measuring Complex
Ultrashort Pulses," Laser Photonics Rev. 3, 314–342 (2009).
19.
C. Arnold, S. Akturk, M. Franco, A. Couairon, and A. Mysyrowicz, "Compression of Ultrashort Laser Pulses in Planar
Hollow Waveguides: a Stability Analysis," Opt. Express 17, 11122–11129 (2009).
20.
S. Akturk, C. L. Arnold, B. Zhou, and A. Mysyrowicz, "High-energy ultrashort laser pulse compression in hollow planar
waveguides," Opt. Lett. 34, 1462–1464 (2009).
21.
S. Akturk, C. Arnold, B. Prade, and A. Mysyrowicz, "Generation of high quality tunable Bessel beams using liquid
immersion axicon," Opt. Commun. 282, 3206–3209 (2009).
22.
C. D’Amico, A. Houard, S. Akturk, Y. Liu, M. Franco, B. Prade, A. Mysyrowicz, A. Couairon, J. Le Bloas, and V. T.
Tikhonchuk, "Forward THz radiation emission by femtosecond filamentation in gases: theory and experiment," New J. Phys.
10, 013015 (2008).
23.
S. Akturk, B. Zhou, B. Pasquiou, M. Franco, and A. Mysyrowicz, "Intensity distribution around the focal regions of real
axicons," Opt. Commun. 281, 4240–4244 (2008).
24.
S. Akturk, B. Zhou, M. Franco, A. Couairon, and A. Mysyrowicz, "Generation of long plasma channels in air by
focusing ulrashort laser pulses with an axicon," Opt. Commun. 282, 129–134 (2008).
25.
S. Akturk, C. D’Amico, and A. Mysyrowicz, "Measuring ultrashort pulses in the single-cycle regime using frequency
resolved optical gating," J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 25, A63–A69 (2008).
26.
S. Akturk, A. Couairon, M. Franco, and A. Mysyrowicz, "Spectrogram representation of pulse self compression by
filamentation," Opt. Express 16, 17626–17636 (2008).
27.
Y. Liu, A. Houard, B. Prade, S. Akturk, and A. Mysyrowicz, "Terahertz Radiation Source in Air Based on
Bifilamentation of Femtosecond Laser Pulses," Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 135002 (2007).
28.
D. Lee, S. Akturk, P. Gabolde, and R. Trebino, "Experimentally simple, extremely broadband transient-grating
frequency-resolved-optical gating arrangement," Opt. Express 15, 760–766 (2007).
29.
P. Gabolde, D. Lee, S. Akturk, and R. Trebino, "Describing first-order spatio-temporal distortions in ultrashort pulses
using normalized parameters," Opt. Express 15, 242–251 (2007).
30.
S. Akturk, C. D’Amico, M. Franco, A. Couairon, and A. Mysyrowicz, "A simple method for determination of nonlinear
propagation regimes in gasses," Opt. Express 15, 15260–15267 (2007).
31.
S. Akturk, C. D’Amico, M. Franco, A. Couairon, and A. Mysyrowicz, "Pulse shortening, spatial mode cleaning, and
intense terahertz generation by filamentation in xenon," Phys. Rev. A 76, 063819 (2007).
32.
P. Bowlan, P. Gabolde, A. P. Shreenath, K. McGresham, S. Akturk, and R. Trebino, "Crossed-beam spectral
interferometry: a simple, high-spectral-resolution method for completely characterizing complex ultrashort pulses in real time,"
Opt. Express 14, 11892–11900 (2006).
33.
S. Akturk, X. Gu, M. Kimmel, and R. Trebino, "Extremely simple single-prism ultrashort-pulse compressor," Opt.
Express 14, 10101–10108 (2006).
34.
S. Akturk, X. Gu, P. Gabolde, and R. Trebino, "The general theory of first-order spatio-temporal distortions of
Gaussian pulses and beams," Opt. Express 13, 8642 – 8661 (2005).
35.
P. O’Shea, S. Akturk, M. Kimmel, and R. Trebino, "Practical issues in ultrashot-pulse measurements with
“GRENOUILLE,”" Appl. Phys. B-Lasers and Optics 79, 683–691 (2004).
36.
X. Gu, S. Akturk, and R. Trebino, "Spatial chirp in ultrafast optics," Opt. Commun. 242, 599–604 (2004).
37.
X. Gu, S. Akturk, A. Shreenath, Q. Cao, and R. Trebino, "The measurement of ultrashort light pulses - simple
devices, complex pulses (Invited Paper)," Opt. Review 11, 141–152 (2004).
38.
S. Akturk, M. Kimmel, and R. Trebino, "Extremely simple device for measuring 1.5-µm ultrashort laser pulses," Opt.
Express 12, 4483–4489 (2004).
39.
S. Akturk, M. Kimmel, P. O’Shea, and R. Trebino, "Extremely simple device for measuring 20 fs pulses," Opt. Letters
29, 1025–1027 (2004).
40.
S. Akturk, X. Gu, E. Zeek, and R. Trebino, "Pulse-front tilt caused by spatial and temporal chirp," Opt. Express 12,
4399–4410 (2004).
41.
S. Akturk, M. Kimmel, P. O’Shea, R. Trebino, S. Naumov, E. Sorokin, and I. Sorokina, "Measuring several-cycle 1.5µm pulses using frequency-resolved optical gating," Opt. Express 11, 3461–3466 (2003).
42.
S. Akturk, M. Kimmel, P. O’Shea, and R. Trebino, "Measuring pulse-front tilt in ultrashort pulses using
GRENOUILLE," Opt. Express 11, 491–501 (2003).
43.
S. Akturk, M. Kimmel, P. O’Shea, and R. Trebino, "Measuring spatial chirp in ultrashort pulses using single-shot
Frequency-Resolved Optical Gating," Opt. Express 11, 68–78 (2003).
Book Chapters
1.
S. Akturk and X. Gu, "Spatio-temporal optics," in Ultrafast Optics, R. Trebino and J. Squier, eds.
http://www.physics.gatech.edu/gcuo/ultratext.html
2.
X. Gu, S. Akturk, A. Shreenath, Q. Cao, and R. Trebino, "The Measurement of Ultrashort Light Pulses in
Microfabrication Applications," in 3D Laser Microfabrication, S. J. Hiroaki Misawa, ed. (Wiley, 2006), pp. 57-84.
3.
X. Gu, S. Akturk, A. Shreenath, Q. Cao, and R. Trebino, "The Measurement of Ultrashort Light — Simple Devices,
Complex Pulses," in Femtosecond Laser Spectroscopy, P. Hannaford, ed. (Springer US, 2005), pp. 61-86.
Translation
Sears and Zemansky’s University Physics, Volume 2, 12 ed. Translation to Turkish: “Üniversite Fiziği, Cilt 2, HD Young ve RA
Freedman (Çev.: H. Ünlü vd.), 12. Baskı, Pearson/Addison Wesley”.
International Conference Presentations
1.
(INVITED) S. Akturk, C. Arnold, B. Zhou, C. D’Amico, S. Chen, M. Franco, A. Couairon, and A. Mysyrowicz,
“Spectrograms for Probing Nonlinear Pulse Propagation,” in Frontiers in Optics 2011 (2011).
2.
T. Ersoy, B. Yallizay, I. Cilesiz, and S. Akturk, "Propagation of diffraction-free and accelerating laser beams in turbid
media," in Electromagnetic and Light Scattering XIII (2011).
3.
S. Akturk, "Laser Beam Shaping for Enhanced Micro and Nano Processing of Materials," in Turkish Physical Society
28th International Physics Congress (2011).
4.
E. Simsek and S. Akturk, "Plasmonic Enhancement inside sub-Wavelength Holes in Metals," in NanoTr7: Seventh
Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Conference of Turkey (2011).
5.
T. Ersoy, B. Yalizay, I. Cilesiz, and S. Akturk, "Investigation of Shaped Laser Beam Propagation in Turbid Media," in
CLEO/Europe and EQEC 2011 Conference Digest (Optical Society of America, 2011), p. CLEB_P6.
6.
H. Cankaya, A. Sennaroglu, and S. Akturk, "Subpicosecond pulse generation from a chirped-pulse multipass-cavity
Cr4+:forsterite oscillator," in CLEO:2011 - Laser Applications to Photonic Applications (Optical Society of America, 2011), p.
JWA48.
7.
S. Akturk, C. Arnold, B. Zhou, S. Chen, A. Couairon, and A. Mysyrowicz, "Towards few-cycle pulses with relativistic
intensities, using pulse compression in planar waveguides," in High Intensity Lasers and High Field Phenomena (Optical
Society of America, 2011), p. HWA4.
8.
P. G. Kazansky, M. Beresna, Y. Shimotsuma, K. Hirao, Y. P. Svirko, and S. Aktürk, "Avant-Garde Femtosecond
Laser Writing," in Bragg Gratings, Photosensitivity, and Poling in Glass Waveguides (Optical Society of America, 2010), p.
BWB1.
9.
P. G. Kazansky, Y. Shimotsuma, M. Beresna, M. Sakakura, J. Qiu, S. Akturk, Y. Svirko, K. Miura, and K. Hirao,
"Material Processing Using Ultrashort Light Pulses with Tilted Front," in CLEO 2010 (2010).
10.
P. G. Kazansky, M. Beresna, Y. Shimotsuma, K. Hirao, Y. Svirko, and S. Akturk, "Revealing New Properties of LightMatter Interaction Using Ultrashort Light Pulses: From Self-Assembled Nanostructures to Hidden Anisotropy of Light Beam," in
Cofil (2010).
11.
B. Zhou, S. Akturk, B. Prade, Y.-B. Andre, A. Houard, M. Franco, C. D’Amico, E. Salmon, Z.-Q. Hao, N. Lascoux, and
A. Mysyrowicz, "Long Time Revival of femtosecond laser plasma filaments in air," in Cleo (2009).
12.
B. Zhou, S. Akturk, B. Prade, Y.-B. Andre, A. Houard, Y. Liu, M. Franco, C. D’Amico, E. Salmon, Z.-Q. Hao, E.
Lascoux, and A. Mysyrowicz, "Long Time Revival of femtosecond laser plasma filaments in air," in CLEO Pacific Rim (2009).
13.
A. Mysyrowicz, C. Arnold, A. Couairon, S. Akturk, and B. Zhou, "Pulse compression by planar waveguiding," in CLEO
Pacific Rim (2009).
14.
P. G. Kazansky, Y. Shimotsuma, J. Qiu, W. Yang, M. Sakakura, M. Beresna, Y. Svirko, S. Akturk, and K. Hirao,
"Ultrafast light blade: Anisotropic sensitivity of isotropic medium to femtosecond laser radiation," in 17th International
Conference on Advanced Laser Technologies (2009).
15.
C. Arnold, S. Akturk, B. Zhou, M. Franco, A. Couairon, and A. Mysyrowicz, "Compression of Ultrashort Laser Pulses
in Planar Hollow Waveguides," in 18th International Laser Physics Workshop (2009).
16.
C. Arnold, S. Akturk, B. Zhou, M. Franco, A. Couairon, and A. Mysyrowicz, "Compression of Ultrashort Laser Pulses
in a Planar Hollow Waveguide," in CLEO Europe (2009).
17.
S. Akturk, C. Arnold, B. Zhou, A. Couairon, M. Franco, and A. Mysyrowicz, "Compression of High Energy Ultrashort
Laser Pulses in Hollow Planar Waveguides," in Cleo (2009).
18.
S. Akturk, C. Arnold, B. Zhou, A. Couairon, and A. Mysyrowicz, "Energy up-scalable ultrashort pulse compression
using planar hollow waveguides," in The 22nd Annual Meeting of the IEEE Photonics Society (2009).
19.
S. Akturk, C. Arnold, B. Zhou, A. Couairon, and A. Mysyrowicz, "Experimental results and stability analysis of high
energy pulse compression using hollow planar waveguides," in Ufo-hfsw (2009).
20.
(INVITED) S. Akturk, “Femtosecond lasers for micro and nano fabrication,” in NanoMats (2009).
21.
B. Zhou, S. Akturk, M. Franco, A. Couairon, and A. Mysyrowicz, "Generation of long plasma channels in air by
focusing ultrashort laser pulses with an axicon," in 2nd International Symposium on Filamentation (2008).
22.
R. Trebino, P. Gabolde, P. Bowlan, and S. Akturk, "Everything you’ve always wanted to know about an ultrashort
pulse but thought was immeasurable," in Commercial and Biomedical Applications of Ultrafast Lasers VIII (SPIE, 2008), Vol.
6881, p. 68810K-14.
23.
A. Houard, C. D’Amico, Y. Liu, S. Akturk, M. Franco, B. Prade, A. Couairon, V. T. Tikhonchuk, B. Leriche, and A.
Mysyrowicz, "Conical THz Emission from Femtosecond Laser Filamentation in Air"," in COAST/CORAL Winter School on
Advanced Laser Science (2008).
24.
(INVITED) A. Couairon, S. Akturk, B. Zhou, A. Houard, M. Franco, A. Mysyrowicz, P. Polesana, D. Faccio, A. Parola,
M. A. Porras, A. Dubietis, A. Piskarkas, and P. Di Trapani, "Nonlinear optics of axicon-focused filaments," in 2nd International
Symposium on Filamentation (2008).
25.
S. Akturk, B. Zhou, B. Pasquiou, A. Houard, M. Franco, A. Couairon, and A. Mysyrowicz, "Retaining high laser
intensities and generating plasma channels over long distances in air by using an axicon," in Ultrafast Phenomena (2008).
26.
(INVITED) S. Akturk, C. D’Amico, M. Franco, A. Couairon, and A. Mysyrowicz, "Generation of few cycle pulses by
filamentation and their characterization," in 2nd International Symposium on Filamentation (2008).
27.
S. Akturk, B. Zhou, B. Pasquiou, A. Houard, M. Franco, A. Couairon, and A. Mysyrowicz, "Generation of long plasma
channels in air by using axicon-generated Bessel beams," in Cleo (2008).
28.
(INVITED) S. Akturk, B. Zhou, A. Houard, B. Pasquiou, A. Couairon, and A. Mysyrowicz, “Filaments and plasma
channels generated by intense Bessel beams,” in 15th International School on Quantum Electronics (2008).
29.
R. Trebino, D. Lee, S. Akturk, P. Gabolde, X. Liu, and P. Bowlan, "Simple Measurement of Ultrashort Pulses," in NLO
(2007).
30.
(INVITED) R. Trebino, P. Gabolde, P. Bowlan, and S. Akturk, "Everything You’ve Always Wanted to Know About an
Ultrashort Pulse But Thought Was Immeasurable," in LEOS Annual Meeting (2007).
31.
(INVITED) P. Bowlan, P. Gabolde, S. Akturk, and R. Trebino, "Measuring everything you’ve always wanted to know
about an ultrashort pulse but thought couldn’t be done," in Marie Curie Chair Conference (2007).
32.
S. Akturk, A. Couairon, M. Franco, A. Mysyrowicz, A. Zair, A. Guandalini, F. Schapper, M. Holler, J. Biegert, L.
Gallmann, and U. Keller, "Pulse compression by filamentation," in Fcila (2007).
33.
S. Akturk, C. D’Amico, M. Franco, A. Couairon, and A. Mysyrowicz, "A simple method for determination of nonlinear
propagation regimes in gasses," in Ufo-hfsw (2007).
34.
S. Akturk, C. D’Amico, M. Franco, A. Couairon, and A. Mysyrowicz, "Efficient terahertz generation and channel
formation by filamentation in Xenon," in Ufo-hfsw (2007).
35.
S. Akturk, X. Gu, M. Kimmel, and R. Trebino, "Extremely simple, compact, distortion-free, single-prism ultrashortpulse compressor," in Ecleo (2007).
36.
S. Akturk, X. Gu, M. Kimmel, A. Jafarpour, and R. Trebino, "Extremely Simple Ultrashort-pulse Compressor," in Ufohfsw (2007).
37.
S. Akturk, C. D’Amico, M. Franco, and A. Mysyrowicz, "Filamentation in Xenon," in Lphys (2007).
38.
L. Xu, Z. Wang, S. Akturk, and R. Trebino, "Spatial-Profile Effects and their Removal in Ultrashort-Laser-Pulse
Measurement Using GRENOUILLE," in Frontiers in Optics (2006).
39.
D. Lee, P. Bowlan, A. P. Shreenath, P. Gabolde, Q. Cao, S. Akturk, X. Gu, and R. Trebino, "Ultrasimple AlignmentFree Ultrashort Pulse Measurement Devices," in Photonics West (2006).
40.
D. Lee, S. Akturk, and R. Trebino, "Ultrasimple Extremely Broadband Transient-Grating Frequency-Resolved-OpticalGating Device," in Cleo (2006).
41.
D. Lee, S. Akturk, P. Gabolde, and R. Trebino, "Ultrasimple Extremely Broadband Transient-Grating FrequencyResolved-Optical-Gating Device," in 15th International Conference on Ultrafast Phenomena (2006).
42.
X. Gu, S. Akturk, P. Gabolde, Q. Cao, A. P. Shreenath, and R. Trebino, "An Introduction to the Characterization of
Ultrashort Laser Pulses," in Photonics West (2006).
43.
P. Gabolde, D. Lee, S. Akturk, and R. Trebino, "Unified description of spatiotemporal distortions in ultrafast optics
using normalized correlation coefficients," in International Conference on Ultrahigh Intensity Lasers (2006).
44.
P. Gabolde, D. Lee, S. Akturk, and R. Trebino, "Measuring Spatio-Temporal Distortions in Ultrafast Optics Using
Normalized Coefficients," in Frontiers in Optics (2006).
45.
P. Bowlan, P. Gabolde, A. P. Shreenath, S. Akturk, and R. Trebino, "Spatially Resolved Spectral Interferometry: A
Simple Method for Measuring the Spectral Phase with High Resolution," in Cleo (2006).
46.
P. Bowlan, P. Gabolde, A. P. Shreenath, S. Akturk, and R. Trebino, "Spatially Resolved Spectral Interferometry," in
Frontiers in Optics (2006).
47.
P. Bowlan, P. Gabolde, A. Shreenath, S. Akturk, and R. Trebino, "A Simple Linear Technique for Measuring the
Spectral Phase of Complicated Pulses with High Resolution," in 15th International Conference on Ultrafast Phenomena
(2006).
48.
S. Akturk, X. Gu, P. Gabolde, and R. Trebino, "The general theory of first-order spatio-temporal distortions of
Gaussian pulses and beams," in Photonics West (2006).
49.
S. Akturk, X. Gu, Z. Wang, and R. Trebino, "Using GRENOUILLE to Measure Spatio-Temporal Distortions in Ultrafast
Laser Beams," in Photonics West (2006).
50.
S. Akturk, X. Gu, and R. Trebino, "Extremely simple ultrashort-pulse compressor," in Cleo (2006).
51.
S. Akturk, X. Gu, P. Gabolde, and R. Trebino, "Spatio-Temporal Couplings of Gaussian Pulses and Beams," in 15th
International Conference on Ultrafast Phenomena (2006).
52.
R. Trebino, S. Akturk, X. Gu, and P. Gabolde, "Making maximal measurements of ultrashort pulses with minimal
effort," in Cleo Pr (2005).
53.
D. Lee, A. P. Shreenath, P. Gabolde, Q. Cao, S. Akturk, X. Gu, and R. Trebino, "Ultrasimple Alignment-Free
Ultrashort Pulse Measurement Devices," in Ultrafast Optics V (2005).
54.
D. Lee, S. Akturk, Q. Cao, X. Gu, P. Gabolde, and R. Trebino, "Ultrasimple extremely broadband transient-grating
frequency-resolved-optical-gating device," in Frontiers in Optics (2005).
55.
X. Gu, Z. Wang, S. Akturk, and R. Trebino, "Using FROG to Measure Spatio-Temporal Distortions in Ultrafast Laser
Beams," in CLEO Europe (2005).
56.
X. Gu, Z. Wang, S. Akturk, and R. Trebino, "Using GRENOUILLE to Measure Spatio-Temporal Distortions in Ultrafast
Laser Beams," in Ultrafast Optics V (2005).
57.
S. Akturk, X. Gu, P. Gabolde, and R. Trebino, "Space and time-frequency couplings in ultrashort laser pulses and
their rigorous relations," in Frontiers in Optics (2005).
58.
S. Akturk, X. Gu, P. Gabolde, and R. Trebino, "First-order spatio-temporal distortions of Gaussian pulses and
beams," in Ultrafast Optics V (2005).
59.
S. Akturk, X. Gu, and R. Trebino, "Practical devices for measuring extremely short and extremely long pulses," in
CLEO Europe (2005).
60.
S. Akturk, X. Gu, and R. Trebino, "Practical devices for measuring very short and very long pulses," in Frontier in
Optics (2005).
61.
S. Akturk, X. Gu, P. Gabolde, and R. Trebino, "The general theory of first order spatio-temporal couplings in ultrashort
laser pulses," in Optics in the Southeast (2005).
62.
(INVITED) S. Akturk, X. Gu, M. Kimmel, Z. Wang, and R. Trebino, “Measuring spatio-temporal pulse distortions using
GRENOULLE,” in Photonics West (2005).
63.
S. Akturk, X. Gu, P. Gabolde, and R. Trebino, "Measuring the intensity and phase of 1.5-µm ultrashort laser pulses,"
in Ecoc (2005).
64.
Z. Wang, X. Gu, S. Akturk, and R. Trebino, "Retrieving spatio-temporal distortions in ultrashort pulses from FROG
traces," in Nusod (2004).
65.
R. Trebino, X. Gu, S. Akturk, and E. Zeek, "Spatio-temporal distortions in ultrashort laser pulses and their
measurement," in FiO (2004).
66.
R. Trebino, S. Akturk, and M. Kimmel, "Ultrasimple FROG device for measuring ultrashort pulses at 1.5-micron
wavelengths," in Nonlinear Optics (2004).
67.
X. Gu, S. Akturk, E. Zeek, and R. Trebino, "Pulse-Front Tilt Caused By Spatial and Temporal Chirp," in Optics in the
Southeast (2004).
68.
X. Gu, S. Akturk, E. Zeek, and R. Trebino, "Pulse-front tilt caused by spatial and temporal chirp," in Cleo (2004).
69.
P. Gabolde, S. Akturk, and R. Trebino, "Self-referenced measurement of the complete electric field of ultrashort
pulses in time and space," in Ultrafast Phenomena (2004).
70.
S. Akturk, X. Gu, E. Zeek, and R. Trebino, "Spatial chirp and pulse-front tilt in ultrashort laser pulses and their
measurement," in Ultrafast Phenomena (2004).
71.
S. Akturk, M. Kimmel, and R. Trebino, "Ultrasimple FROG device for measuring ultrashort pulses at 1.5-micron
wavelengths," in Optics in the Southeast (2004).
72.
S. Akturk, M. Kimmel, R. Trebino, S. Naumov, E. Sorokin, and I. Sorokina, "Pulse-measurement challenges at 1.5
microns: several-cycle pulses and several-element devices," in Ultrafast Phenomena (2004).
73.
S. Akturk, M. Kimmel, and R. Trebino, "Ultrasimple FROG device for measuring ultrashort pulses at 1.5-micron
wavelengths," in LEOS Annual Meeting (2004).
74.
S. Akturk, M. Kimmel, P. O’Shea, and R. Trebino, "Measuring spatial chirp and pulse front tilt using FROG," in
Coherent Ultrafast Conference in Southeast (2003).
75.
S. Akturk, M. Kimmel, P. O’Shea, and R. Trebino, "Measuring Spatial and Pulse-Front Tilt in Ultrashort Pulses Using
Single-Shot FROG," in Cleo (2003).
76.
S. Akturk, M. Kimmel, P. O’Shea, and R. Trebino, "Measuring Spatial Chirp and Pulse-Front Tilt in Ultrashort Pulses
Using Single-Shot FROG," in CLEO Europe (2003).
77.
S. Akturk, M. Kimmel, P. O’Shea, and R. Trebino, "Measuring Spatial Chirp and Pulse-Front Tilt in Ultrashort Pulses
Using Single-Shot FROG," in Ultrafast Optics IV (2003).
78.
(INVITED) R. Trebino, M. Kimmel, E. Zeek, X. Gu, P. O’Shea, A. Shreenath, S. Akturk, Q. Cao, and Z. Wang,
"Frequency-Resolved Optical Gating: The State of the Art," in LEOS Annual Meeting (2002).
79.
S. Akturk, M. Kimmel, P. O’Shea, and R. Trebino, "Measuring spatial chirp in ultrashort pulses using FROG," in OSA
Annual Meeting (2002).
National Conference Presentations
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S. Akturk, "Özel Hüzme Şekilleri ve Uygulamaları," in 13. Ulusal Optik, Elektro-Optik Ve Fotonik Toplantısı (2010).
B. Yallizay, B. Soylu, and S. Akturk, "İvmelenen airy hüzmeleri üreten optik eleman tasarimi," in 13. Ulusal Optik,
Elektro-Optik Ve Fotonik Toplantısı (2010).
A. K. Turkoglu and S. Akturk, "Metal dalga kılavuzu etkileri," in 13. Ulusal Optik, Elektro-Optik Ve Fotonik Toplantısı
(2010).
S. D. Sofuoglu, B. Yallizay, V. Kara, B. Soylu, L. Trabzon, H. Kizil, and S. Akturk, "Femtosaniye lazer ile silisyum
üzerine miikro kanal açilimi," in Turkoglu, 2010 #2 (2010).
V. Kara, O. T. Ghalehbeygi, H. Kizil, L. Trabzon, and S. Akturk, "Femtosaniye Lazer ile Titanyum Yüzeyinde
mikrokanal açılması," in 13. Ulusal Optik, Elektro-Optik Ve Fotonik Toplantısı (2010).
Other Publications
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S. Akturk, M. İlhan, “Acoustics and Lighting in Ottoman Monuments”, Optics and Photonics News, October 2012.
S. Akturk, X.Gu, “Ultrashort laser pulse measurements”, McGraw-Hill 2011 Yearbook.
J. Cohen, P. Bowlan, P. Gabolde, S. Akturk, X. Gu, D. Lee, and R. Trebino, "Extrem einfache Verfahren zur
vollständigen raum-zeitlichen Charakterisierung extrem komplexer ultrakurzer Lichtpulse," Photonik (2010).
R. Trebino, P. Bowlan, P. Gabolde, X. Gu, S. Akturk, and M. Kimmel, "Measuring Everything You’ve Ever Wanted to
Know About an Ultrashort Light Pulse," in Lectures of Virtual European University on Lasers,
(http://www.mitr.p.lodz.pl/evu/wyklady/, 2008).
R. Trebino, X. Gu, S. Akturk, P. Gabolde, and Z. Wang, "GRENOUILLE measures spatio-temporal distortions " Laser
Focus World, 2005.
S. Akturk, X. Gu, M. Kimmel, and R. Trebino, "FROG für extrem kurze und relativ lange Ultrakurzpulse," Photonik,
2005.
Highlights in News and Media
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J. Wallace, "Laser pulses rejuvenate faded plasma filaments," Laser Focus World 45(8)(2009).
M. Wofsey, "T-rays Where You Want Them," Physical Review Focus 20, Story 10 (2007).
V. C. Coffey, "PHOTONICS WEST 2008: Light it up and they will come… to Photonics West," Laser Focus World,
2007.
J. Wallace, "Simple pulse compressor compensates for misalignment," Laser Focus World, 2006.
Seminars and Colloquia
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Koc University, Faculty of Science, February 28 2013, Istanbul, Turkey.
Bogazici University, Department of Physics, March 3 2011, Istanbul, Turkey.
Koc University, Faculty of Science, December 3 2009, Istanbul, Turkey.
Bilkent University, UNAM, July 24 2009, Ankara, Turkey
Istanbul Technical University, Department of Physics, December 5 2008, Istanbul, Turkey
Delaware State University, CREOSA, May 21 2008, Dover, De, USA
Bilkent University, Department of Physics, February 18 2008, Ankara, Turkey.
Rice University, ECE Department, February 12 2008, Houston, TX, USA
Ecole Polytechnique, LULI, March 3 2006, Palaiseau, France.
Lazer Zentrum Hannover, February 27 2006, Hannover, Germany.
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Bilkent University, Department of Physics, February 22 2006, Ankara, Turkey.
Koc University, Faculty of Science, February 16 2006, Istanbul, Turkey.