FIBER-OPTICS AND INTEGRATED PHOTONIC DEVICES RESEARCH LAB
Our group carries out research in fiber-optics and in integrated photonic devices. We look to formulate, demonstrate and employ novel effects of light-waves propagation in both media. Particular emphasis is given to nonlinear optical propagation, and to interaction between guided light and guided sound. Areas of application include optical sensors of various types, and photonic integrated circuits.
Prof. Avi Zadok
Prof. Avi Zadok graduated from Tel-Aviv University in 2007 and was a post-doctoral fellow at Caltech between 2007-2009. In the years 2009-2024 he was with the Faculty of Engineering of Bar-Ilan University. In 2024 he joined the Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering of the Technion as Full Professor.
Prof. Zadok received the Krill Award of the Wolf Foundation in 2013, a Starter Grant from the European Research Council (ERC) in 2015 and a Consolidator Grant from the same agency in 2020. He was a member of the Israel Young Academy between 2016 and 2020 and served as the Young Academy Chairman in 2019-2020. He is a member of the National Council for Research and Development of Israel (MOLMOP), and a Fellow of Optica
FEATURED PUBLICATION
D. Munk, M. Katzman, M. Hen, M. Priel, M. Feldberg, T. Sharabani, S. Levy, A. Bergman, and A. Zadok, "Surface acoustic wave photonic device in silicon on insulator," Nature Communications 10, 4214 (2019).
The interaction between light and sound waves, or opto-mechanics, is an extremely interesting topic of research that is also useful for many applications. In this work, we provided a first report of opto-mechanical interactions as part of silicon photonics: integrated photonic circuits in the standard silicon-on-insulator substrate. Microwave-frequency information is converted from the modulation of an incoming light wave to the form of surface acoustic waves, and then back to optics. The long delays of slow-moving acoustic waves support the realization of filters with extremely narrow passbands: only few-MHz wide.
Congratulations
August 2024Congratulations to Matan Slook for completing the doctoral candidacy exam!
June 2024Congratulations to Elad Zehavi for receiving the prestigious Adams Fellowship for doctoral studies from the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities
June 2024Congratulations to Shai Ben-Ami for receiving the prestigious Azrieli Fellowship for doctoral studies
June 2023 Congratulations to Matan, Leroy, and Elad, for receiving the M.Sc. diplomas!
May 2023Congratulations Maayan for the completion of Ph.D. !!!
March 2022Congratulations Hagai for the successful completion of Ph.D. studies!
December 2021Congratulations Etai for the successful completion of M.Sc. studies!
April 2021Congratulations to Avi and Team for winning the ERC Consolidator Grant of Horizon 2020 program. Surface Acoustic Waves Stimulated Brillouin Scattering.
February 2021Congratulations Dr. Dvir Munk for the completion of your Ph.D.!
September 2020Congratulations Dr. Yosef London for the completion of your Ph.D.!
November 2018Congratulations to Dr. Eyal Preter for being awarded the Ph.D. degree!
June 2018Congratulations to Prof. Zadok for the promotion to full professor position in Bar-Ilan University.
April 2017Congratulations Dr. Yair Antman for being awarded the Ph.D. degree!
April 2017Congratulations to Prof. Zadok for receiving the Bar-Ilan University Rector Award for Scientific Innovation, 2017.
January 2017Congratulations to Yair Antman for receiving the Rothschild Fellowship for post-doctoral studies, 2017. Good Luck!
January 2017Congratulations Dr. Shahar Levy for being awarded the Ph.D. degree! Well done!
October 2016Congratulations Orel Shlomi for receiving the M.Sc. degree! Good luck in your new career!
June 2016Congratulations to Prof. Zadok for joining the Israeli Young Academy of Science.
News
Prof. Avi Zadok invited to give two talks at Photonics West 2025, and a colloquium at the Institute of Optics, University of Rochester
Prof. Avinoam (Avi) Zadok recently joined the Technion’s Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the pinnacle of an impressive career as the head of a groundbreaking research group at Bar-Ilan University. Full article in Technion’s Quantum Center website
