Prof. Yaron Silberberg

EDUCATION

Ph.D - 1984 Physics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel

M.Sc - 1975 Applied Physics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel

B.Sc - 1972 Physics, Tel-Aviv University, Israel

EMPLOYMENT

2008--------- Head, Crown Photonics Center, Weizmann Institute of Science

2002-2008 Dean, Faculty of Physics, Weizmann Institute of Science

1999-2002 Head, Dep. of Physics of Complex Systems, Weizmann Institute of Science

1999--------- Professor, Dep. of Physics of Complex Systems, Weizmann Institute of Science

1994-1999 Associate Professor, Dep. of Physics of Complex Systems, Weizmann Institute of Science

1985-1994 Member of Technical Staff, Bellcore, Red Bank Nj.

1980-1984 Research Assistant, Dep. of Electronics, Weizmann Institute of Science

1981 -------- Research Associate, Enviromental Research Institute of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan

1975-1979 Physicist, IDF

1972-1975 M.Sc Student, Dep. of Electronics, Weizmann Institute of Science

AREAS OF CURRENT INTEREST

Nonlinear and ultrafast optics, nonlinear microscopy, ultrafast quantum coherent control, nonlinear phenomena in waveguides and fibers, resonant coherent effects in fibers, optical solitons, instabilities in nonlinear optics, integrated and guided wave optics.

HONORS

Fellow of the Optical Society of America (OSA), 1991

John F. Kennedy Ph.D distiction prize, Fienberg Graduate School, Weizmann Institute of Science

PROFFESIONAL ACTIVITIES

Topical Editor, J. Opt. Soc. Am. B., 1996-2000

Member, Wood prize committee of OSA 2000-2001

Member of the program committee, Nonlinear Optics, Hawaai 1998,2000,2002.

Member of the Program Committee, IQEC 1998,2000.

Chair, Gordon Research Conference on Nonlinear Optics and Lasers 1995; Vice-Chair, 1993.

Program Co-Chair, Integrated Photonics Research, 1993.

Member of the program committees of CLEO (1990, 1991, 1992), Integrated Photonic Research (1990, 1991, subcommittee chair 1992), Nonlinear Guided Wave Phenomena (1991).

Member, OSA Fellow and Honorary Members Award Committee, 1992-3.

Member, OSA Ad hok Committee to review JOSA B, 1992-3.

Member, Subcommittee for Nonlinear Optics, Laser and Electro-Optics Society of the IEEE, 1990-1992.

MAJOR CONTRIBUTIONS BY THE GROUP

Sub-picosecond pulses from a semiconductor laser (1984)

The Digital Optical Switch - an adiabatic integrated optics switch (1987).

Spatial solitons in planar optical waveguides (1989).

Light bullets - spatiotemporal collapse of optical pulses (1990)

A liquid-crystal based switching device for WDM systems (1993).

Third-Harmonic Generation Microscopy (1997).

Adaptive pulse compression and shaping. (1997)

Coherent control of two-photon transitions (1998).

Discrete Spatial Solitons (1998)

Single-pulse CARS microscopy (2002).

Nonlinear optics with single photons (2005).

Shaping of single photons (2005).

Temporal Focusing Microscopy (2005).

Anderson Localization in waveguide arrays (2008).

Quantum optics in waveguide arrays (2009).

High NOON states (2010).