• NIH Director’s New Innovator Award, 2009
• Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Award, 2009
• IEEE Photonics Society Young Investigator Award, 2009
• MIT’s TR35 Award, 2009
• Vodafone Americas Foundation, Wireless Innovation Award, 2009
• Okawa Foundation Award, 2008

For more awards please visit the Recent News.

Additional funding for the Ozcan Research Group is provided through generous awards from NIH, NSF, AFOSR, and DARPA.

 

Technion, Israel Institute of Technology

Ph.D., Optical engineering, faculty of mechanical engineering 2003-2007

M.Sc., Optical engineering, faculty of mechanical engineering 2001-2003

B.Sc., faculty of mechanical engineering 1997-2001

Awards and Honors

Lebzion Scholarship, Space-Variant Polarization Manipulation, Technion, 2006

Barazani Price, Subwavelength Polarization Gratings: Design, Realization and Applications, Technion, 2003

Publications

1. G. Biener, E. Vrotsos, K. Sugaya, and A. Dogariu, “Optical torques guiding cell motility”, Opt. Express 17, 9724-9732 (2009).

2. N. Dahan, A. Niv, G. Biener, Y. Gorodetski, V. Kleiner, and E. Hasman, “Extraordinery coherent thermal emission from SiC due to coupled resonant cavities”, J. of Heat Transfer 130, 112401 (2008).

3. G. Biener, A. Niv, V. Kleiner, and E. Hasman, “Highly coherent thermal emission obtained by plasmonic bandgap structures”, Appl. Phys. Lett. 92, 081913 (2008).

4. Y. Yirmiyahu, A. Niv, G. Biener, V. Kleiner, and E. Hasman, “Excitation of a single hollow waveguide mode using inhomogeneous anisotropic subwavelength structures”, Opt. Express 15, 13404-13414 (2007).

5. N. Dahan, A. Niv, G. Biener, Y. Gorodetski, V. Kleiner, and E. Hasman, “Enhanced coherency of thermal emission: Beyond the limitation imposed by delocalized surface waves”, Phys. Rev. B 76, 045427 (2007).

6. G. Biener, A. Niv, V. Kleiner and E. Hasman, “Metallic subwavelength structures for a broadband infrared absorption control”, Opt. Lett. 32, 994 (2007).

7. A. Niv, G. Biener, V. Kleiner and E. Hasman, “ Polychromatic vectorial vortex formed by geometric phase elements”, Opt. Lett. 32, 847 (2007).

8. V. K. Ramanujan,G. Biener,andB. A. Herman, “Scaling Behavior in Mitochondrial Redox Fluctuations”, Biophys. J. 90, L70-L72 (2006).

9. Y. Yirmiyahu, A. Niv, G. Biener, V. Kleiner, and E. Hasman, “Vectorial vortex mode transformation for a hollow waveguide using Pancharatnam-Berry phase optical elements”, Opt. Lett. 31,3252-3254 (2006).

10. A. Niv, G. Biener, V. Kleiner, and E. Hasman, “Manipulation of the Pancharatnam phase in vectorial vortices”, Opt. Express 14, 4208-4220 (2006).

11. G. Biener, Y. Gorodetski, A. Niv, V. Kleiner and E. Hasman, “Manipulation of polarization-dependent multi-vortices with quasi-periodic subwavelength structures”, Opt. Lett. 31, 1594-1596 (2006).

12. Y. Gorodetski, G. Biener, A. Niv, V. Kleiner and E. Hasman, “Optical properties of polarization-dependent geometric phase elements with partially polarized light”, Opt. Commun. 266, 365–375 (2006).

13. G. Biener, A. Niv, V. Kleiner and E. Hasman, “Space-variant polarization scrambling for image encryption obtained with subwavelength gratings”, Opt. Commun. 261, 5-12, (2006).

14. E. Hasman, G. Biener, A. Niv and V. Kleiner, “Space-variant polarization manipulation”, Progress in Optics, ed. E. Wolf, 47, 215-289 (2005).

15. G. Biener, A. Niv, V. Kleiner and E. Hasman, “Spatial-polarization state scrambling for image encryption obtained with subwavelength gratings”, (Optics in 2005), OPN, Optics & Photonics News, 16, No 12, 41 (2005).

16. N. Dahan, A. Niv, G. Biener, V. Kleiner, and E. Hasman, “Thermal image encryption obtained with a SiO2 space-variant subwavelength grating supporting surface phonon-polaritons”, Opt. Lett. 30, 3195 (2005).

17. A. Niv , G. Biener, V. Kleiner, and E. Hasman, “Rotating vectorial vortices produced by space-variant subwavelength gratings”, Opt. Lett. 30, 2933, (2005).

18. Y. Gorodetski, G. Biener, A. Niv, V. Kleiner, and E. Hasman, “Space-variant polarization manipulation for far-field polarimetry using subwavelength dielectric gratings”, Opt. Lett. 30, 2245 (2005).

19. A. Niv, G. Biener, V. Kleiner, and E. Hasman, “Spiral phase elements obtained by use of discrete space-variant subwavelength gratings”, Opt. Commun. 251, 306 – 314 (2005).

20. N. Dahan, A. Niv, G. Biener, V. Kleiner, and E. Hasman, “Space-variant polarization manipulation of a thermal emission by a SiO2 subwavelength grating supporting surface phonon-polaritons”, Appl. Phys. Lett. 86, 191102-1 – 191102-3 (2005).

21. G. Biener, A. Niv, V. Kleiner, and E. Hasman, “Geometrical phase image encryption obtained with space-variant subwavelength grating”, Opt. Lett. 30, 1096-1098 (2005).

22. A. Niv, G. Biener, V. Kleiner, and E. Hasman, “Propagation-invariant vectorial Bessel beams obtained by use of quantized Pancharatnam-Berry phase optical elements”, Opt. Lett. 29, 238-240 (2004).

23. E. Hasman, G. Biener, V. Kleiner, and A. Niv, “Spatial Fourier-transform polarimetry by use of space-variant subwavelength gratings”, (Optics in 2003), OPN, Optics & Photonics News, 14, No. 12, p. 34 (2003).

24. G. Biener, A. Niv, V. Kleiner, and E. Hasman, “Computer-generated infrared depolarizer by use of space-variant subwavelength dielectric gratings”, Opt. Lett. 28, 1400-14002 (2003).

25. G. Biener, A. Niv, V.Kleiner, and E. Hasman, “Near-field Fourier transform polarimetry by use of a quantized space-variant subwavelength grating”, J. Opt. Soc. Am. A. 20, 1940-1948 (2003).

26. A. Niv, G. Biener, V.Kleiner, and E. Hasman, “Formation of linear polarized light with axial symmetry using space-variant subwavelength gratings”, Opt. Lett. 28, 510-512 (2003).

27. E. Hasman, V. Kleiner, G. Biener, and A. Niv, “Polarization dependent focusing lens by use of quantized Pancharatnam-Berry phase diffractive optics”, Appl. Phys. Lett. 82, 328-330 (2003).

28. E. Hasman, V. Kleiner, G. Biener, and A. Niv, “Formation of Pancharatnam-Berry phase optical elements with space-variant subwavelength gratings”, (Optics in 2002), OPN, Optics & Photonics News, 13, 45 (2002).

29. G. Biener, A. Niv, V. Kleiner, and E. Hasman, “Formation of helical beams by use of Pancharatnam-Berry phase optical elements”, Opt. Lett. 27, 1875-1877 (2002).

30. E. Hasman, Z. Bomzon, A. Niv, G. Biener, and V. Kleiner, “Polarization beam-splitters and optical switches based on space-variant computer-generated subwavelength quasi-periodic structures”, Opt. Commun. 209, 45-54 (2002).

31. Z. Bomzon, A. Niv, G. Biener, V. Kleiner, and E. Hasman, “Non-diffracting periodically space-variant polarization beams with subwavelength gratings”, Appl. Phys. Lett. 80, 3685-3687 (2002).

32. Z. Bomzon, A. Niv, G. Biener, V. Kleiner, and E. Hasman, “Polarization Talbot self-imaging with computer-generated space-variant subwavelength dielectric gratings”, Appl. Opt. 41, 5218-5222 (2002).

33. Z. Bomzon, G. Biener, V. Kleiner, and E. Hasman, “Space-variant Pancharatnam-Berry phase optical elements with computer-generated subwavelength gratings”, Opt. Lett. 27, 1141-1143 (2002).

34. Z. Bomzon, G. Biener, V. Kleiner, and E. Hasman, “Real-time analysis of partially polarized light with space-variant subwavelength dielectric grating”, Opt. Lett. 27, 188-190 (2002).

35. Z. Bomzon, G. Biener, V. Kleiner, and E. Hasman, “Radially and azimuthally polarized beams generated by space-variant dielectric subwavelength gratings”, Opt. Lett. 27, 285-287 (2002).

36. Z. Bomzon, G. Biener, V. Kleiner, and E. Hasman, “Space-variant polarization-state manipulation with computer generated subwavelength gratings”, (Optics in 2001), OPN, Optics & Photonics News, 12, 33 (2001).  

North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA    Dissertation Title: “Liquid crystal polarization gratings as broadband beam splitters for advanced LCDs, beam steering, and polarimetry

MS, Electrical Engineering, 2006 

North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA      Thesis Title   : “Finite-difference time-domain analysis of periodic anisotropic media.”

Publications:

1) Optics Letters, 33, 2287–2289 (2008), “Achromatic diffraction from polarization gratings with high efficiency,” C. Oh and M. J. Escuti.

2) Physical Review A, 76, 043815 (2007), “Numerical analysis of polarization gratings using the finite-difference time-domain method,” C. Oh and M. J. Escuti.

3) Optics Express, 14, 11870–11884 (2006), “Time-domain analysis of periodic anisotropic media at oblique incidence: an efficient FDTD implementation,” C. Oh and M. J. Escuti.

4) Journal of the Society for Information Display, 15, 589–594 (2007), “Polarization-independent modulation for projection displays using small-period LC polarization gratings,” K. Komanduri, W. M. Jones, C. Oh, and M. J. Escuti

Publications:

1.Quantum Hall states at ν=2 / k+2 : Analysis of the particle-hole conjugates of the general level- k Read-Rezayi states. W. Bishara, G. Fiete and C. Nayak, Physical Review B 77, 241306 (2008), Editors’ Suggestion.

2.Multi-channel Kondo Models in non-Abelian Quantum Hall Droplets.

G. Fiete, W. Bishara and C. Nayak, Physical Review Letters 101, 176801 (2008).

3.Edge States and Interferometers in the Pfaffian and anti-Pfaffian States.

W. Bishara and C. Nayak , Physical Review B 77, 165302 (2008), Editors’ Suggestion.

4.Sagnac Interference in Carbon Nanotube.

W. Bishara, G. Refael and M. Bockrath, Physical Review B 78, 165405 (2008).

5.Non-Abelian Anyon Superconductivity.

W. Bishara and C. Nayak, Physical Review Letters 99, 066401 (2007).

6.No Sliding in Time.

K. Shtengel, C. Nayak, W. Bishara and C. Chamon, J. Phys. A: Math. Gen. 38 (2005).

Serhan O. Isikman received his B.S. and M.S. degrees in Electrical Engineering from Koc University, Turkey. Before joining UCLA to pursue his PhD degree in EE, he worked as an undergraduate and graduate research assistant at Koc University Optical Microsystems Laboratory for more than 6 years. His main research interests are in MOEMS and high-resolution on-chip imaging. He is a member of IEEE, IEEE Photonics Society and SPIE.

Patents

pending: US Patent,”Scanning Light Collection”, 20080237349

pending: US Patent,”Variable Laser Beam Focus”, 20080230611

Peer-reviewed journal papers

4. S. O. Isikman, et al., “Advanced Imaging with Dynamic Focus and Extended Depth using Integrated FR4 Platform “, to appear in Optics Express, (2009)

3. S. O. Isikman, R. B. Sprague, H. Urey, “FR4 Laser Scanner with Dynamic Focus”, IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, vol.21, no.4 (2009)

2. S. O. Isikman, H. Urey, “Dynamic Modeling of Soft Magnetic Film Actuated Scanners”, IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, Volume 45, Issue 7, pp:2912 – 2919 (2009)

1. S. O. Isikman, A. D. Yalcinkaya, O. Ergeneman, H. Urey, “Modeling and Characterization of Soft Magnetic Film Actuated 2D Scanners” , J. Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, vol. 12, pp.283-289, Mar/Apr. (2007)

International Conferences

7. S. O. Isikman, S. Seo, A. Ozcan, “Lensfree Digital Microscopy on a Chip using LUCAS”,  to be presented in IEEE-LEOS Annual Meeting, Antalya, Turkey (2009)

6. S. O. Isikman, et al., “Self-Oscillating FR4 Laser Scanner with Integrated Dynamic Focus and Extended Imaging Range”, to be presented in International Symposium on Opto-mechatronic Technologies, Istanbul, Turkey (2009)

5. H. Urey, S. O. Isikman, S. Holmstrom, “MEMS and FR4 Scanners for Micro-display and Imaging Applications (Invited Paper),” ICMEMS Conference, Chennai, India, (2009)

4. S. O. Isikman, H. Urey, “Dynamic Modeling of Magnetic Film Actuators” IEEE LEOS Special Symposium on Optical MEMS and NEMS, Orlando, USA (2007)

3. S. Holmstrom, A. D. Yalcinkaya, S. O. Isikman, C. Ataman, H. Urey, “FR-4 as a New MOEMS Platform”, IEEE-LEOS Optical MEMS Conference, p.25-26,  Hualien, Taiwan, (2007)

2. C. Ataman, H. Urey, S. O. Isikman, A. Wolter, “A Fourier transform spectrometer using resonant vertical comb actuators”, in MEMS, MOEMS, and Micromaching, Proc. SPIE Vol. 6186, Strasbourg-France,  (2006)

1. H. Urey, A. Yalcinkaya, S. O. Isikman, S. Holmstrom, “Electromagnetic Actuators for Scanners” (Keynote Paper) Eurosensors XX Conference, Göteborg, Sweden, (2006)

Prof. Aydogan Ozcan received his Ph.D. degree at Stanford University Electrical Engineering Department in 2005. After a short post-doctoral fellowship at Stanford University, he is appointed as a Research Faculty Member at Harvard Medical School, Wellman Center for Photomedicine in 2006. Dr. Ozcan joined UCLA in the summer of 2007, where he is currently leading the Bio- and Nano-Photonics Laboratory at the Electrical Engineering Department. Prof. Ozcan’s research group is also part of UCLA California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI), where he is currently serving as a member of the research committee.

Dr. Ozcan holds 14 US patents, 1 UK patent and another 9 pending patent applications for his inventions in nanoscopy, wide-field imaging, nonlinear optics, fiber optics, and optical coherence tomography. All of his patents are currently licensed by Northrop Grumman Corporation, which is the leading defense company in US. Dr. Ozcan is also author of one book and the co-author of more than 70 peer reviewed research articles in major scientific journals and conferences.

Dr. Ozcan is serving in the Scientific Advisory Board of the Lifeboat Foundation, and is a member of the program committee of SPIE Photonics West Conference, SPIE International Symposium on Defense, Security and Sensing, as well as the IEEE Photonics Society Annual Meeting. He also serves as a panelist and a reviewer for National Science Foundation and for Harvard-MIT Innovative Technology for Medicine Program. Prof. Ozcan is also the General co-Chair of 2010 IEEE Winter Topical Meeting on Advanced Imaging in BioPhotonics.

For his work on lensfree on-chip imaging and diagnostic tools, Prof. Ozcan received the prestigious 2008 Okawa Foundation Research Award, given by the Okawa Foundation, in Japan. Prof. Ozcan is also the winner of the 2009 Wireless Innovation Project organized by the Vodafone Americas Foundation.

In addition, Prof. Ozcan received the 2009 NIH Director’s New Innovator Award, 2009 ONR Young Investigator Award, the 2009 IEEE Photonics Society’s (LEOS) Young Investigator Award and MIT’s TR35 Award for his pioneering contributions to non-destructive nonlinear material characterization and near-field and on-chip imaging & diagnostics. He is also the recipient of a National Science Foundation Award on “Biophotonics, Advanced Imaging, and Sensing for Human Health” for his on-chip plasmonic microscopy work. Dr. Ozcan was also awarded the Presidential Fellowship from the Turkish Ministry of Education in 1996 (declined).

Dr. Ozcan is a member of IEEE, LEOS, EMBS, OSA, SPIE and BMES.

• NIH Director’s New Innovator Award, 2009
• Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Award, 2009
• IEEE Photonics Society Young Investigator Award, 2009
• MIT’s TR35 Award, 2009
• Vodafone Americas Foundation, Wireless Innovation Award, 2009
• Okawa Foundation Award, 2008

For more awards please visit the Recent News.

Additional funding for the Ozcan Research Group is provided through generous awards from NIH, NSF, AFOSR, and DARPA.