Low Noise Optical Frequency Combs: Generation and Applications in Secure Optical Communications
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Low Noise Optical Frequency Combs: Generation and Applications in Secure Optical Communications
Tue, 26/08/2014 - 10:00
Location:
Speaker:
Dr. Sarper Ozharar, Associate Professor
Affiliation:
Bahçeşehir University, Istanbul
Synopsis:
In this talk, we will explain some general methods for generating and stabilizing optical frequency combs, and some of their applications in secure communication. One of the main applications we will discuss is the Alfa-Eta Quantum-Noise Aided Key Distribution method, which was successfully demonstrated at 155 Mb/s over 70 km of fiber.
Biography:
Sarper Ozharar received the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in optics from the College of Optics, CREOL, University of Central Florida, in 2005 and 2008, respectively. He joined the Center for Photonic Communication and Computing, at Northwestern University as a Postdoctoral Research Scientist. He is now an Associated Professor at Bahçeşehir University, Istanbul. He is the recipient of the "2014 Young Scientist Award" given by the Science Academy Turkey. His current research interests include optical comb generation, secure optical communication, novel cavity modulation schemes, low-noise lasers and graphene based mode-locked lasers.