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Prof. Dr. Marin Soljačić one of the top innovators under the age of 35
By Nenad N. Bach | Published  11/17/2006 | People | Unrated
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Prof. Dr. Marin Soljačić

Prof. Marin Soljacic was born in Zagreb, Croatia on the 7th
February 1974. He attended MIOC high-school in Zagreb, after which
(1992), he started his undergraduate studies at MIT. He graduated from
MIT in 1996 with a BsE in Physics, and also a BsE in Electrical
Engineering. He received his PhD from Princeton (2000), with a thesis
topic in nonlinear optics. After graduating, he joined MIT as a
Pappalardo Fellow, and is currently an assistant professor of physics at
MIT.
    Prof. Soljacic is an expert in photonic crystals and nonlinear
optics. He has co-authored more than 60 scientific articles, is a
co-inventor on 12 patents (10 more pending), and has given more than 40
invited talks at conferences and universities around the world. In 2005,
he was awared Adolph Lomb Medal of the Optical Society of America, and in
2006, he was chosen by Technology Review to be one of the "TR35": top 35
innovators under the age of 35.

Partial list of Prof. Soljačić's patents:

"Shock wave modulation and control of electromagnetic radiation [nonlinear
mechanism]" Evan J. Reed, Marin Soljacic, Steven G. Johnson, Maksim
Skorobogatiy, and J.D.Joannopoulos. U.S. patent number 7,079,308, issued
in July 2006.


"Photonic Crystal Waveguides Having Tailored Dispersion Profiles" Torkel
Engeness, Steven Johnson, Mihai Ibanescu, Yoel Fink, Ori Weisberg,
J.D.Joannopolous, Maksim Skorobogatiy, Marin Soljacic, and Steven A.
Jacobs. U.S. patent number 6,895,154, issued in May 2005.


"Mach-Zehnder Interferometer Using Photonic Bandgap Crystals" Marin
Soljacic, Shanhui Fan, Mihai Ibanescu, Steven G. Johnson, and
J.D.Joannopoulos. U.S. patent number 6,917,431, issued in July 2005.


"High Index Contrast Fiber Waveguides and Applications [devices based on
axial modulation and high-Q]" Marin Soljacic, Mihai Ibanescu, Torkel
Engeness, Maksim Skorobogatiy, Steven Johnson, Ori Weisberg, Yoel Fink,
Rokan U. Ahmad, Lori Pressman, Wesley A. King, Emilia Anderson, and
J.D.Joannopoulos. U.S. patent number 6,898,359, issued in May 2005.


"High Index Contrast Fiber Waveguides and Applications [TIR devices]"
Rokan U. Ahmad, Marin Soljacic, Mihai Ibanescu, Torkel Engeness, Maksim
Skorobogatiy, Steven G. Johnson, Ori Weisberg, Yoel Fink, Lori Pressman,
Wesley A. King, Emilia Anderson, and J.D.Joannopoulos. U.S. patent number
6,788,864, issued in September 2004.


"High Index Contrast Fiber Waveguides and Applications[codrawing rules]"
Wesley King, Emilia Anderson, Marin Soljacic, Mihai Ibanescu, Torkel
Engeness, Maksim Skorobogatiy, Steven G. Johnson, Ori Weisberg, Yoel Fink,
Rokan U. Ahmad, and Lori Pressman. U.S. patent number 6,801,698, issued in
October 2004.


"Low-loss photonic crystal waveguide having large core radius
[continuation of U.S. patent 6,625,364]" Steven G. Johnson, Mihai
Ibanescu, Ori Weisberg, Yoel Fink, J.D.Joannopolous, Maksim Skorobogatiy,
Torkel Engeness, Marin Soljacic, and Steven A. Jacobs. U.S. patent number
7,072,553, issued in July 2006.


"Low-loss photonic crystal waveguide having large core radius" Steven G.
Johnson, Mihai Ibanescu, Ori Weisberg, Yoel Fink, J.D.Joannopolous, Maksim
Skorobogatiy, Torkel Engeness, Marin Soljacic, and Steven A. Jacobs. U.S.
patent number 6,625,364, issued in September 2003.


        Marin Soljacic
        Assistant Professor of Physics, MIT

        Snail mail:
                Marin Soljacic
                Room 12-112, MIT
                77 Massachusetts Avenue
                Cambridge, MA 02139
                USA
        Tel: +1-617-253-2467
        Fax: +1-617-253-2562
        Web: www.mit.edu/~soljacic

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