Mehmet Koç

Next-Generation Camera Architectures: Designing and implementing an end-to-end camera design system for Microsoft Surface hardware, with AI-assisted optimization integrated into the optical simulation and image processing pipeline.

In my role as a Senior Optical Engineer at Microsoft, I design diffractive and reflective waveguides, collaborating with fabrication teams to advance new technologies. • Developing novel ideas and technologies for the next HoloLens • Exploring analog optical computation units for AI

Leader of the Simulation Group. Solar Cells: Active research interests cover light management in thin and thick media. Light trapping techniques used in optoelectronic applications. Designing topology; geometry, size, angle, material stack, refractive index to tune/focus maximum of the available light into the active absorber. Simulation of electrical performances of devices under specified optical generation profiles. Simulation Group has a multi-physics research concentration since the main motivation of GUNAM is to provide solar cells with the highest efficiency and the lowest cost, coupling optical and electronic performance of devices during the design process is a must. Hence, my designs take into account the multi-physics nature of solar cells as well as fabrication constraints such as Design for Manufacturing (DFM), typical fabrication limitations. Optics: In-couplers, out-couplers, waveguide designs, combiner designs, surface grating designs, light emitter designs, multi-optics simulations, numerical analysis of complex optical problems, developing numerical and analytical tools for large electromagnetic problems, combining of ray and wave optics.

Developed and implemented advanced light management strategies for various solar cells, including multi-junction and perovskite cells. • Engineered industry-standard surface textures to enhance waveguide efficiency. • Collaborated with industry partners to design optical systems for greenhouses and renewable energy initiatives.

summa cum laude