Photonics
Nano-photonics is a rapidly growing and interdisciplinary field that requires the integration of nanotechnology, photonics, materials science, physics, chemistry, biology, and engineering. It offers great potential for scientific discoveries and technological innovation. The research in BINA focuses on optoelectronics and microelectronics, advancing imaging and sensing, and energy and environment. Our researchers enhance biological imaging, explore atomic-level magnetism for potential computing advancements, improve the performance and cost-effectiveness of solar cells, light-emitting diodes, and thermophotovoltaics, and provide new environmental monitoring, remediation, and catalysis methods.
- Super-resolution
- Fiber devices
- Silicon and RF photonics
- Optical detection & data processing
- Quantum matter and quantum light
- Short laser pulses
- Light-matter interactions
- Advanced sensing and imaging
- Optoelectronics and microelectronics
Researchers
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Dr. Asaf Albo
972-3-738-4713Quantum Engineering & Devices
• Thermophotonic Devices
• Novel Optoelectronic Materials & Devices
• Transport in Nanostructures
• Semiconductor Hetrostructures
• Terahertz Quantum Cascade Lasers -
Dr. Shahar Alon
972-3-738-4636• Molecular characterization of complex tissues • Spatial genomics
Nano-precision in the location of RNA molecules inside tissues is crucial for many biological processes including learning and
memory. The multiplexed measurement of the nanoscale position of these molecules allows mapping the heterogeneity of
complex tissues, and therefore can lead to a better understanding of many diseases including cancer. -
Prof. Eli Barkai
972-3-531-7020Theoretical Physics
- Dynamics of cold atoms in optical lattices.
- Nano science: Blinking quantum dots.
- Statistical physics: Foundations of weak ergodicity breaking.
- Biophysics: dynamics of single molecules in live cells.
- Dynamical systems: Infinite invariant measures and weak chaos.
- Fractional kinetics. Fractals
- Single molecule photon statistics.
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Nano-scale crystallization phenomena
Our group is developing approaches that utilize nano-scale systems for studies of crystallization phenomena and mechanisms that determine the morphologies of crystals. Insight from this research can lead to very useful technological applications, as understanding crystal growth mechanisms will allow us to better control crystalline products of chemical synthesis. This view is inspired by treating nano-crystals as “embryonic” stages of crystal growth. In a sense, every crystal begins its evolution as a nano-crystal. The huge advantage in studies that follow this perspective is in our ability to utilize extremely powerful electron microscopy methods, including a novel technique that allows us to perform high resolution electron microscopy directly in liquid solutions. In this way we can retrieve details of the crystal structure and overall shape at remarkable resolution, during the crystal’s initial formation. These details are often hidden in bulk crystals, unidentifiable by X-ray crystallography, yet critical for understanding of the mechanisms by which crystals grow.
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Dr. Eliahu Cohen
972-3-738-4268From Quantum Foundations to Optical Quantum Technologies
We study various topics related to basic quantum science, as well as quantum technologies. Currently, the main theme is quantum correlations which beg for a better theoretical understanding, as well as novel applications. The primary tool we use throughout our exploration is quantum optics.
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Prof. Amos Danielli
972-3-738-4653Optical Imaging and Biosensing Laboratory
• Rapid and highly sensitive detection of biomarkers, such as proteins and specific DNA sequences
• Detection of protein-protein interactions
• Magnetic manipulation of nanoparticles, design of magnetic poles, magnetic force optimization -
Prof. Dror Fixler
972-3-531-7598Nano photonics, Fluorescence Imaging and Microscopy Research
• Fluorescence lifetime and anisotropy decay
• Fluorescence lifetime imaging (FLIM)
• Biological imaging based on fluorescence parameters
• Super resolution
• Light-tissue interaction -
Prof. Moti Fridman
972-3-531-7524Temporal optics
• Temporal optics
Temporal depth imaging
Time-lenses for orthogonal polarized input signals
Temporal super resolution methods
Full Stocks time-lenses
Temporal and spatial evolution of ultrafast rogue waves
• Fiber Devices
Long period fiber gratings
Gold coated tapered fibers
Fiber micro-knots
• Fiber lasers
Carbon nanotubes
Graphen
Topological insulators -
Dr. Amikam Levy
+972-3-7384533Non-equilibrium quantum dynamics
Progress in quantum technologies relies on understanding how quantum phenomena govern the dynamics of quantum systems far from equilibrium and on identifying the available quantum resources. This knowledge then allows us to manipulate the systems in order to obtain a desired outcome. Our group seeks to: (i) Develop dynamical descriptions that capture effects of quantum phenomena on the single-atom/molecule level and for systems far-from-equilibrium. (ii) Identify quantum resources and utilize them in controlling quantum transport processes and quantum state preparation. (iii) Thoroughly define the relationship between quantum effects and concepts from non-equilibrium thermodynamics.
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Dr. Tomer Lewi
972-3-738-4631Nano-optics and Light–matter interactions in metamaterials
• Light-matter interactions
• Nanophotonics
• Metamaterials
• Plasmonics
• IR nanospectroscopy
• 2D materials -
Prof. Avi Pe'er
972-3-531-7482Broadband Quantum Optics
• Optical bandwidth as a resource for quantum information: Novel schemes for quantum measurement and sources of broadband squeezed light
• Sub shot-noise interferometry and coherent Raman spectroscopy (quantum CARS) using broadband squeezed light.
• Visualization and manipulation of fast vibrational dynamics in molecules with optical frequency combs
• The physics of mode-locked lasers: new sources of ultrashort pulses and frequency combs -
Prof. Michael Rosenbluh
972-3-531-8296Laser spectroscopy
• Propagation of short pulses in homogeneously broadened media
• Bulk and surface light scattering
• Linear and non-linear optical properties
• Heat and mass transfer during interaction of short laser pulses with optical nanocomposite materials -
Prof. Adi Salomon
972-3-738-4235Light-matter interaction at the nanoscale
• plasmonics
• molecules-surface plasmons interaction
• molecular dynamics
• strong coupling systems
• Near field spectroscopy
• Second Harmonic Generation (SHG) -
Prof. Patrick Sebbah
972-3-531-4420Experimental physics in Wave Propagation in Complex Media
- Light-Matter Interaction
- Elastic waves in structures plates
- Multiple Scattering, Anderson Localization
- Nonlinear and Active Random Media, Random Lasers
- Nonlinear Scattering, Instabilities
- Speckle Statistics, Optical Singularities
- Metamaterials
- Microwave scattering and localization in disordered system.
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Prof. Sharon Shwartz
972-3-738-4377Nonlinear X-ray Optics
• Demonstration of an X-ray Autocorrelator
• Imaging of chemical bonds in solids, quantum imaging with x-rays
• Second Harmonic Generation at X-ray wavelength, X-ray Parametric down Conversion
• Generation of X-ray Bi-photons -
Prof. Yaakov Tischler
972-3-738-4514Device Spectroscopy Laboratory
• Coherent coupling in light-matter coupled systems: Organic Lasers, J-aggregates, and Polaritons.
• Ultra-high resolution scanning microcopy and spectroscopy.
• Applications of ultra-fast non-linear spectroscopy for energy sustainability.
• Novel approaches to organic crystal growth and OLED deposition. -
Prof. Avinoam Zadok
972-3-531-8882Fiber optics and integrated photonic devices
• Fiber optics sensing
• Silicon Photonics
• Nonlinear Optics
• Wafer Bonding
• Optical Communication -
Prof. Zeev Zalevsky
972-3-531-7055Nano Photonics and Plasmonics
• Super resolution
• Nano-photonics
• In-fiber devices
• Fiber optics
• Optical data processing
• Diffractive optical elements and beam shaping
• 3-D estimation
• RF-photonics