Curriculum Vitae: Avinoam (Avi) Zadok, Updated October 2009

Avi Zadok

Senior Lecturer (Assistant Professor), School of Engineering, Bar-Ilan University

Office address: School of Engineering, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan 59200, Israel

Phone: (+972)-3-531-7733 (Office), (+972)-50-852-0240 (Mobile)

Fax: (+972)-3-738-4050 (Office)

Email: avizadok@caltech.edu

Academics:

1991-1994	Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel: B.Sc. in physics and mathematics (cum laude). B.Sc. studies were a part of the "Talpiot" joint program of the Hebrew University and the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF).
1996-1999	Tel Aviv University, Faculty of Engineering: M.Sc. in physical electronics (cum laude). The title of the M.Sc. thesis was "filtering of interferometric noise in optical communication networks through direct modulation of semiconductor lasers". Advisor: Prof. Moshe Tur.
2003-2007	Tel Aviv University, Faculty of Engineering: Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering. Degree awarded with distinction on January 2008. Dissertation title: "Dynamic optical filters: implementation, characterization and applications". Advisor: Dr. Avishay Eyal.
2007-2009	California Institute of Technology, Department of Applied Physics: Post-doctoral research fellowship with the group of Prof. Amnon Yariv.
Oct. 2009	Bar-Ilan University, School of Engineering: Senior Lecturer (equivalent to Assistant Professor).

Awards:

1991-1993	Appearance in the Honors roll of B.Sc. studies, faculty of exact sciences, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
2005-2007	Clore program scholarship for Ph.D. studies. The scholarship is given annually to ten students, chosen out of all science and engineering faculties in Israeli universities, for academic achievements.
2006	Applied materials scholarship for excellence in Ph.D. studies in the area of electrical engineering.
2007	Award of the Weinstein Research Institute for Signal Processing, Tel-Aviv University, for a high quality journal paper in the field of signal processing.
2007-2008	Rothschild fellowship for post-doctoral studies, beginning August 2007. The fellowship is awarded annually to twelve Ph.D. graduates, chosen out of all science and engineering faculties in Israeli universities, for academic achievements.
2007-2009	California Institute of Technology Center for Physics in Information (CPI) post-doctoral fellowship, starting August 2007.

Research Activities:

2007-2009	Post-doctoral research with the group of Prof. Amnon Yariv, Department of Applied Physics, California Institute of Technology: Hybrid Silicon – InGaAsP laser: Design, fabrication and characterization of a hybrid laser structure, based on coupled waveguides in bonded SOI and MQW InGaAsP wafers. The single-chip structure results in a lasing signal in the Silicon waveguide. Careful control of waveguides dimensions in both materials provides enhanced performance. Future work would extend the use of the hybrid platform to detectors, modulators, amplifiers and integrated electro-optic chips. Physical-layer-based secure communication: A classical, physical layer secure key generation protocol, based on establishing tens-of-km long fiber laser cavity between two users. Nonlinear and polarization propagation effects in optical fibers: vector properties of Brillouin scattering, birefringence effects in ultra-high rate, passively mode locked fiber lasers.
2003-2007	Ph.D. studies, Faculty of Engineering, Tel-Aviv University: Slow light effects in optical fibers and their application. Design and implementation of broadband, optically controlled variable delay lines in optical fibers, based on the "slow light" effect of stimulated Brillouin scattering. Low distortion, tunable delay of high rate digital data and broadband analog radar signals. Polarimetric-spectral characterization of optical signals. Analytic and experimental characterization of the RF spectra of Stokes parameters at the output of an optical medium, given arbitrary source statistics. Application to PMD monitoring and mitigation. High-order linear optical filters. Design and implementation of high order, two-dimensional linear optical filters, having tailored frequency response. The response of the filters is reconfigurable, with a large degree of flexibility.
1996-1999	M.Sc. studies, Faculty of Engineering, Tel-Aviv University Interferometric noise reduction in optical communication links. Reduction of multiple reflections-induced penalties in optical links, using spectral broadening of directly modulated lasers.

Teaching experience:

1998-1999

Teaching assistant at the Hebrew University, Jerusalem. Course: waves and optics, for undergraduate physics students.

2003-2007

Teaching assistant at the faculty of engineering, Tel-Aviv University, in the following courses: · Electrical Engineering laboratory in introductory digital electronics (undergraduate level): 2003-2005. · Introduction to optical communication (undergraduate level): 2003-2007. · Wave transmission and distributed systems (undergraduate level): 2005-2007. · Quantum electronics (graduate level): 2005-2007. · Statistical optics and coherence (graduate level): 2006. · Non-linear optics (graduate level): 2007.

Additional academic responsibilities

2008-2009

Organizing the Department of Applied Physics Seminar Series at the California Institute of Technology (together with two graduate students).

Professional / industrial experience:

1994-2003: Officer, Israeli Defense Forces: Physicist and team leader in research and development, in the field of optics.

2000-2003: Officer, Israeli Defense Forces: research and development group manager, in charge of 15 engineers and 10 technicians.

2004-2005: Applied Materials Corp., Israel: Numerical simulations and modeling of high resolution imaging systems, for inspection of semiconductor wafers.