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  • 2017 - IEEE Fellow For contributions to optical micro-electro-mechanical devices and systems for sensing, communications and displays
  • 2008 - OSA Fellows For contributions to optical micro-electro-mechanical systems and nanophotonics, with applications in displays, telecommunications, and sensing.
  • Member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters Technology
  • Member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters Technology
  • Member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters Technology
  • Member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters Technology
  • Member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters Technology
  • Member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters Technology

Overview

Olav Solgaard is affiliated with Stanford University in the United States. Their research spans engineering and physics, with notable contributions in electrical and electronic engineering, atomic and molecular physics, optics, and artificial intelligence.

Their work covers a range of topics including photonic and optical devices, neural networks and reservoir computing, optical network technologies, mechanical and optical resonators, laser-plasma interactions and diagnostics, advanced fiber optic sensors, and photonic crystals and applications.

Recent publications authored or co-authored by Olav Solgaard include:

  • Experimentally realized in situ backpropagation for deep learning in photonic neural networks, 2023, Science
  • Parallel Programming of an Arbitrary Feedforward Photonic Network, 2020, IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics
  • SPADnet: deep RGB-SPAD sensor fusion assisted by monocular depth estimation, 2020, Optics Express
  • Gallium Oxide for High-Power Optical Applications, 2020, Advanced Optical Materials
  • Optical Fiber Photonic Crystal Hydrophone for Cellular Acoustic Sensing, 2021, IEEE Access

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Solgaard include David A. B. Miller, Sunil Pai, Shanhui Fan, Dylan S. Black, and Yu Miao.

Their research has been published often in venues such as the Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, arXiv (Cornell University), Optica, IEEE Sensors Journal, and Advanced Optical Materials.

Olav Solgaard has been recognized with several awards, including being named an IEEE Fellow in 2017 for contributions to optical micro-electro-mechanical devices and systems for sensing, communications, and displays, as well as becoming an OSA Fellow in 2008 for contributions to optical micro-electro-mechanical systems and nanophotonics with applications in displays, telecommunications, and sensing.

They are also a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters in the field of Technology.

Best Publications

  • Method and apparatus for modulating a light beam

    David M. Bloom;Francisco S. A. Sandejas;Olav Solgaard

  • An atomic force microscope tip designed to measure time-varying nanomechanical forces.

    Ozgur Sahin;Sergei Magonov;Sergei Magonov;Chanmin Su;Calvin F. Quate

  • Deformable grating optical modulator.

    O. Solgaard;F. S. A. Sandejas;D. M. Bloom

  • deformable grating optical modulator

    F. Sandejas;O. Solgaard;D. M. Bloom

  • Optical MEMS for Lightwave Communication

    M.C. Wu;O. Solgaard;J.E. Ford

  • Multi-wavelength cross-connect optical switch

    Olav Solgaard;Amal R. Bhattarai

  • Scaling internet routers using optics

    Isaac Keslassy;Shang-Tse Chuang;Kyoungsik Yu;David Miller

  • Deformable grating apparatus for modulating a light beam and including means for obviating stiction between grating elements and underlying substrate

    David M. Bloom;Francisco S. A. Sandejas;Olav Solgaard;Raj B. Apte

  • Displacement-sensitive photonic crystal structures based on guided resonance in photonic crystal slabs

    Wonjoo Suh;M. F. Yanik;Olav Solgaard;Shanhui Fan

  • Experimentally realized in situ backpropagation for deep learning in photonic neural networks

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  • Matrix Optimization on Universal Unitary Photonic Devices

    Sunil Pai;Ben Bartlett;Olav Solgaard;David A. B. Miller

  • Electrostatic combdrive-actuated micromirrors for laser-beam scanning and positioning

    Meng-Hsiung Kiang;O. Solgaard;K.Y. Lau;R.S. Muller

  • Single-crystalline silicon micromirrors actuated by self-aligned vertical electrostatic combdrives with piston-motion and rotation capability

    D. Lee;U. Krishnamoorthy;K. Yu;O. Solgaard

  • On-chip integrated laser-driven particle accelerator

    Neil V. Sapra;Ki Youl Yang;Dries Vercruysse;Kenneth J. Leedle

  • In vivo brain imaging using a portable 2.9 g two-photon microscope based on a microelectromechanical systems scanning mirror

    Wibool Piyawattanametha;Eric D. Cocker;Laurie D. Burns;Robert P. J. Barretto

  • Resonant harmonic response in tapping-mode atomic force microscopy

    Ozgur Sahin;Calvin F. Quate;Olav Solgaard;Abdullah Atalar

  • Angular and polarization properties of a photonic crystal slab mirror

    Virginie Lousse;Wonjoo Suh;Onur Kilic;Sora Kim

  • Fast-scanning two-photon fluorescence imaging based on a microelectromechanical systems two-dimensional scanning mirror

    Wibool Piyawattanametha;Robert P. J. Barretto;Tony H. Ko;Benjamin A. Flusberg

  • Optical MEMS: From Micromirrors to Complex Systems

    Olav Solgaard;Asif A. Godil;Roger T. Howe;Luke P. Lee

  • On-chip integrated laser-driven particle accelerator.

    Neil V. Sapra;Ki Youl Yang;Dries Vercruysse;Kenneth J. Leedle

  • Two-Dimensional MEMS Scanner for Dual-Axes Confocal Microscopy

    Hyejun Ra;W. Piyawattanametha;W. Piyawattanametha;Y.. Taguchi;Daesung Lee

  • Air-bridged photonic crystal slabs at visible and near-infrared wavelengths

    K. B. Crozier;Virginie Lousse;Virginie Lousse;Onur Kilic;Sora Kim

  • Miniaturized probe for femtosecond laser microsurgery and two-photon imaging.

    Christopher L. Hoy;Nicholas J. Durr;Pengyuan Chen;Wibool Piyawattanametha

  • Electromagnetic Fields and Energy

    Olav Solgaard

Frequent Co-Authors

Gordon S. Kino
Gordon S. Kino Stanford University
Michel J. F. Digonnet
Michel J. F. Digonnet Stanford University
Kam Y. Lau
Kam Y. Lau University of California, Berkeley
Kyoungsik Yu
Kyoungsik Yu Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
Richard S. Muller
Richard S. Muller University of California, Berkeley
Christopher H. Contag
Christopher H. Contag Michigan State University
Robert L. Byer
Robert L. Byer Stanford University
Shanhui Fan
Shanhui Fan Stanford University
James S. Harris
James S. Harris Stanford University
Roger T. Howe
Roger T. Howe Stanford University

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