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Erez Hasman

Erez Hasman
Professor
Full CV
Phone:
+972-77-8872916
Fax:
+972-77-8875711
Email: mehasman@technion.ac.il
Office: 319, DK
Website: http://hasman.technion.ac.il/

Education

  • 1981 - B.Sc., Physics and Astronomy, Tel-Aviv University
  • 1985 - M.Sc., Physics, Technion, I.I.T.
  • 1992 - Ph.D., Applied Physics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot

Research Interests

  • Nanooptics, Subwavelength gratings.
  • Space-variant polarization manipulation, Polarization optics.
  • Non-Conventional optics - Diffractive Optics, Holography, Computer Generated DOE, Optical transformation and interconnects, Optical computing.
  • Optical Metrology - Three dimensional optical metrology, Machine vision, Automatic visual inspection systems, 3-D optical measurements.
  • Optical memory - 2-D and 3-D optical storage.
  • Non-conventional laser based system and beam shaping, Non-conventional laser resonantors.

Industrial Experience

  • Technology analysis manager at Elop company in Israel, and a scientific consultant at Weizmann Institute of Science (1994-6)
  • Chief physicist of graphic and recognition products line, in Optrotech company (1992-4)
  • Senior scientist in Department of Science, Haifa (1981-6)

Guest Appointments

  • Senior visitor scientist at Weizmann Institute of Science and a scientific consultant (1996-8)

  • "Color-coded optical profilometry with > 106 resolved depth steps", E. Hasman and V. Kleiner, Appl. Opt. 40, 1609-1619 (2001).
  • "Pancharatnam-Berry phase in space-variant polarization state manipulations with subwavelength gratings", Z. Bomzon, V. Kleiner, E. Hasman, Opt. Lett. 26, 1424-1426 (2001).
  • "Spatial Fourier-transform polarimetry using space-variant subwavelength metal stripe polarizers", Z. Bomzon, G. Biener, V. Kleiner, E. Hasman, Opt. Lett. 26, 1711-1713 (2001).
  • "Laser operation with two orthogonally polarized transverse modes", R. Oron, L. Shimshi, S. Blit, N. Davidson, A.A. Friesem, and E. Hasman, Appl. Opt. 41, 3634-3637 (2002).
  • "Space-variant polarization-state manipulation with computer generated subwavelength gratings", Z. Bomzon, G. Biener, V. Kleiner, E. Hasman, (Optics in 2001), OPN, Optics & Photonics News, 12, 33 (2001).
  • "Radially and azimuthally polarized beams generated by space-variant dielectric subwavelength gratings", Z. Bomzon, G. Biener, V. Kleiner, E. Hasman, Opt. Lett. 27, 285-287 (2002).
  • "Real-time analysis of partially polarized light with space-variant subwavelength dielectric grating", Z. Bomzon, G. Biener, V. Kleiner, E. Hasman, Opt. Lett. 27, 188-190 (2002).
  • "Space-variant Pancharatnam-Berry phase optical elements with computer-generated subwavelength gratings", Z. Bomzon, G. Biener, V. Kleiner, E. Hasman, Opt. Lett. 27, 1141-1143 (2002).
  • "Polarization Talbot self-imaging with computer-generated space-variant subwavelength dielectric gratings", Z. Bomzon, A. Niv, G. Biener, V. Kleiner, E. Hasman, Appl. Opt. 41, 5218-5222 (2002).
  • "Non-diffracting periodically space-variant polarization beams with subwavelength gratings", Z. Bomzon, A. Niv, G. Biener, V. Kleiner, E. Hasman, Appl. Phys. Lett. 80, 3685-3687 (2002).
  • "Three-dimensional optical metrology with extended depth-measurement range based on holographic Axilens", E. Hasman, and V. Kleiner, Opt. Eng. 42, 132-136 (2003).
  • "Polarization beam-splitters and optical switches based on space-variant computer-generated subwavelength quasi-periodic structures", E. Hasman, Z. Bomzon, A. Niv, G. Biener, and V. Kleiner, Opt. Commun. 209, 45-54 (2002).
  • "Efficient selection of high-order Laguerre-Gaussian modes in a Q-switched Nd:YAG laser", A.A. Ishaaya, N. Davidson, G. Machavariani, E. Hasman, and A.A. Friesem, IEEE J. of Quantum Electron. 39, 74-82 (2003).
  • "Formation of helical beams by use of Pancharatnam-Berry phase optical elements", G. Biener, A. Niv, V. Kleiner, and E. Hasman, Opt. Lett. 27, 1875-1877 (2002).
  • "Polarization dependent focusing lens by use of quantized Pancharatnam-Berry phase diffractive optics", E. Hasman, V. Kleiner, G. Biener, and A. Niv, Appl. Phys. Lett. 82, 328-330 (2003).
  • "Efficient mode conversion of laser beams", A.A. Ishaaya, G. Machavariani, N. Davidson, E. Hasman, and A.A. Friesem, (Optics in 2002), OPN, Optics & Photonics News, 13, 43 (2002).
  • "Formation of Pancharatnam-Berry phase optical elements with space-variant subwavelength gratings", E. Hasman, V. Kleiner, G. Biener, and A. Niv, (Optics in 2002), OPN, Optics & Photonics News, 13, 45 (2002).
  • "Formation of linear polarized light with axial symmetry using space-variant subwavelength gratings", A. Niv, G. Biener, V. Kleiner, and E. Hasman, Opt. Lett. 28, 510-512 (2003).
  • "Conversion of a high-order mode beam into a nearly Gaussian beam by use of a single interferometric element", A.A. Ishaaya, G. Machavariani, N. Davidson, A.A. Friesem, and E. Hasman, Opt. Lett. 28, 504-506 (2003).
  • "Near-field Fourier transform polarimetry by use of a quantized space-variant subwavelength grating", G. Biener, A. Niv, V. Kleiner, and E. Hasman, JOSA A. 20, 1940-1948 (2003).
  • "Computer-generated infrared depolarizer by use of space-variant subwavelength dielectric gratings", G. Biener, A. Niv, V. Kleiner, and E. Hasman, Opt. Lett. 28, 1400-14002 (2003).
  • "Spatial Fourier-transform polarimetry by use of space-variant subwavelength gratings", E. Hasman, G. Biener ,V. Kleiner, and A. Niv, (Optics in 2003), OPN, Optics & Photonics News, 14, No. 12, p. 34 (2003).
  • "Propagation-invariant vectorial Bessel beams by use of quantized Pancharatnam-Berry phase optical elements", A. Niv, G. Biener, V. Kleiner, and E. Hasman, Opt. Lett. 29, 238-240 (2004).

Books (selected chapters)

  • "Holographic focussing elements for far IR radiation", E. Hasman, N. Davidson, A.A. Friesem, M. Nagler and R. Cohen, selected paper for Engineering Optics, IOP Publishing Ltd., Bristol, England, 249-254 May 1990.
  • "Transverse mode shaping and selection in laser resonators", R. Oron, N. Davidson, A.A. Friesem, E. Hasman, Progress in Optics, 42, p. 325-386, Ed. Prof. Emil Wolf, 2001.
  • "Space-variant polarization manipulations", E. Hasman, G. Biener, A. Niv, V. Kleiner, in preparation, Progress in Optics, Ed. Prof. Emil Wolf, 2004.