Marin Soljacic

Professor

Department
Department of Physics
Technology Areas
Electronics & Photonics: Photonics, Lasers, Quantum Technology, Semiconductors / Sensing & Imaging: Imaging, Chemical & Radiation Sensing, Optical Sensing / Biotechnology: Biomedical Devices & Systems, Sensors & Monitoring / Chemicals & Materials: Nanotechnology & Nanomaterials, Composites / Communication Systems: Optical, Wireless / Industrial Engineering & Automation: Autonomous Systems, Manufacturing & Equipment, Robotics / Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) / Computer Science: Networking & Signals / Environmental Engineering: Water Treatment, Sustainability & Recycling / Energy & Distribution: Photovoltaics, Electrochemical Devices, Energy Storage, Distribution, Nuclear & Fusion

Background and Education

Professor Marin Soljacic is a principal investigator in the Research Laboratory of Electronics (RLE) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He received the B.S.E. from MIT in 1996, and the M.A. and Ph.D. in physics from Princeton University in 1998 and 2000 respectively. From 2000 to 2003, he returned to MIT as a Pappalardo Fellow in the Department of Physics. From 2003 to 2005, he was Principal Research Scientist in RLE. He joined the MIT faculty in the Department of Physics in 2005.

Professor Soljacic’s research interests focus on exploring the physical phenomena revealed by the new levels of control of materials structure at length-scales smaller than the wavelength of light. The unique properties of these new artificially created materials have already enabled a wide range of very important applications (e.g. in medicine, telecommunications, defense, etc.) and are expected to do even more so in the future. In addition, Professor Soljacic is also interested in various topics in nonlinear optical physics, and also wireless power transfer.

Technologies

Efficient Weakly-Radiative Wireless Energy Transfer: An EIT-Like Approach

Exclusively Licensed Technology / Case number: #13441
John D Joannopoulos / Rafif Hamam / Aristeidis Karalis / Marin Soljacic
Technology Areas: Electronics & Photonics / Energy & Distribution / Industrial Engineering & Automation

Strongly-Coupled Magnetic Resonance Scheme for Wireless Non-Radiative Energy Transfer

Exclusively Licensed Technology / Case number: #12525
John D Joannopoulos / Peter H Fisher / Andre Kurs / Robert Moffatt / Aristeidis Karalis / Marin Soljacic
Technology Areas: Electronics & Photonics / Energy & Distribution / Industrial Engineering & Automation
Impact Areas: Connected World

Wireless Non-Radiative Energy Transfer

Exclusively Licensed Technology / Case number: #11757
John D Joannopoulos / Aristeidis Karalis / Marin Soljacic
Technology Areas: Communication Systems / Electronics & Photonics / Energy & Distribution
Impact Areas: Connected World

A High Efficiency Micro-Thermophotovoltaic Generator System

Exclusively Licensed Technology / Case number: #14212
John D Joannopoulos / Mohammad Araghchini / Christopher Marton / Adrian Yeng / Walker Chan / Michael Ghebrebrhan / Peter H Fisher / Robert Pilawa-Podgurski / Ivan Celanovic / Peter Bermel / Marin Soljacic / Steven G Johnson / Klavs F. Jensen
Technology Areas: Electronics & Photonics / Energy & Distribution

Wireless Energy Transfer, Including Interference Enhancement

Exclusively Licensed Technology / Case number: #13247
John D Joannopoulos / Rafif Hamam / Aristeidis Karalis / Marin Soljacic
Technology Areas: Communication Systems / Energy & Distribution

Methods And Design Of Optical Neural Network

Technology / Case number: #18794
Marin Soljacic / Jacques Johannes Carolan / Mihika Prabhu / Yichen Shen / Nicholas Harris / Dirk R Englund / Scott Skirlo
Technology Areas: Computer Science / Electronics & Photonics
Impact Areas: Uncharted Frontiers
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Optical Ising Machine and Optical Convolutional Neural Networks

Technology / Case number: #19700
Marin Soljacic / Hengameh Bagherianlemraski / Charles Roques-Carmes / Li Jing / Tena Dubcek Varga / Yichen Shen / Scott Skirlo
Technology Areas: Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) / Communication Systems / Sensing & Imaging
Impact Areas: Connected World
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Optimized Cascaded Raman Fiber-Based Laser Source for High Efficiency Mid-Infrared Spectral Generation

Technology / Case number: #13205
Yoel Fink / Peter Rakich / Marin Soljacic
Technology Areas: Computer Science / Electronics & Photonics / Energy & Distribution
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Nonlinear Harmonic Generation and Devices in Multi-resonant Cavities

Technology / Case number: #13255
John D Joannopoulos / Hila Hashemi / Alejandro Rodriguez / Marin Soljacic / Steven G Johnson
Technology Areas: Computer Science / Electronics & Photonics
Impact Areas: Connected World
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Electromagnetic Wave Broadband Angular Selectivity

Technology / Case number: #16896
John D Joannopoulos / Dexin Ye / Yichen Shen / Ivan Celanovic / Marin Soljacic / Steven G Johnson
Technology Areas: Computer Science / Electronics & Photonics / Energy & Distribution
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