Mahmudur Rahman has successfully defended his master thesis entitled “Fabrication and Characterization of Negative Curvature Hollow Core Polymer Optical Fibers for Near-infrared Light Guidance” on July 28, 2023. This thesis is the third completed work from CFL, and Mahmudur has become the third graduate of CFL . We wish him success in his future career and…

Md Kawsar Ahmed has successfully defended his master thesis entitled “Mechanical and chemical properties of nanoparticle coated E-glass fibers for composite applications” on July 12, 2023. This thesis is the second completed work from CFL, and Kawsar has become the second graduate of CFL. We wish him success in his future career and life.

A comprehensive review article titled “Hydrogel-integrated optical fiber sensors and their applications: A comprehensive review” was published in Materials Chemistry C. In this work, we reviewed the Hydrogel integrated optical fibers for sensing. the link for the publication is: https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2023/tc/d3tc01206a

A perspective article titled “The role of semiconductors in the future of optical fibers” was accepted for publication in Frontiers in Physics. In this work, we discuss the past, present and future of semiconductor-core fibers. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fphy.2023.1141795/abstract  

Our TUBITAK 2544 proposal entitled “Creation of Innovative Ultra-Low-Loss Microstructured Polymer Optical Fibers for Next-Generation Terahertz Wireless Communication” is approved for funding. Each year only two projects receive funding in this program, and we are extremely happy to be one of the recipient this year. We are looking for highly motivated graduate and undergraduate students to work…

Our artwork for “Scalable fabrication of MXene-PVDF nanocomposite triboelectric fibers via thermal drawing” was accepted as a back cover in Small.

The manuscript titled “Mid-infrared negative curvature hollow-core fiber with elliptically nested tubular structure” was accepted for publication in Optics Communications. In this work, we numerically investigated arsenic selenide ellipse nested tubular hollow-core fibers mid-IR guidance. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0030401822008744  

Our article entitled “Improved mechanical properties of the E-glass fibres through TiO2 nanoparticle coating” was published in Materials Science and Technology. In this work, we utilized titania nanoparticles to coat E-glass fibers to improve the mechanical strength of fibers. This work was supported by TUBITAK program 1004, and performed in a collaboration with Şişecam.

Asfandyar Khan has successfully defended his master thesis entitled “Chalcogenide integrated hollow-core optical fibers for infrared light guidance” on December 23, 2022. This thesis is the first completed thesis work from CFL, and Asfandyar has become the first graduate of CFL (and the first graduate master student). We wish him success in his future career…

Our group made two presentations in Şişecam 37th International Glass Conference 2022 on November 17-18, 2022 at Istanbul, Turkey. The titles of the presentations are: Nanoparticle coated glass fibers for improved mechanical properties Acquiring Alkali Resistant E Glass Fiber by Zirconium Oxide Coating