Dr. Dan Yanson Profile

Dr. Dan Yanson

Sr. Physicist at SCD

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single emitter , beam quality , laser diode , high-power laser , brightness , fiber laser pump

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Dan Yanson graduated from the Electrical Engineering University of St. Petersburg in 1996 with an M.Sc. in Optoelectronic Systems, whereupon he joined the Integrated Optics Laboratory at the Ioffe Physico-Technical Institute in St Petersburg. Between 1997 and 2002, he worked as Research Assistant at the Optoelectronics Research Group, University of Glasgow, Scotland, earning a Ph.D. degree for his research into laser diodes modelocked at terahertz pulse rates. Following a post-doctorate position at Glasgow University, he moved to Glasgow-based Intense Ltd., where he acted in a variety of both technology and product development roles, with a focus on high-power laser diode emitters, bars and stacks. In 2008, he relocated to Israel where he is presently Senior Scientist with SCD Semiconductor Devices in Haifa and is leading the development of high-brightness diode lasers and fiber laser pumps. He has also acted as a technical expert to the European Commission, and has been on the technical committees of several IEEE/LEOS and OSA-sponsored conferences.

Publications (20)

Proceedings Article | 19 February 2018 Presentation + Paper

Presentation + Paper

High-resolution smile measurement and control of wavelength-locked QCW and CW laser diode bars

Etai Rosenkrantz, Dan Yanson, Genady Klumel, Moshe Blonder, Noam Rappaport, Ophir Peleg

Proceedings Volume 10514, 105140Z (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2290799

KEYWORDS: Continuous wave operation, Collimation, Tolerancing, Semiconductor lasers, Gaussian beams, Packaging, Optical simulations, High power lasers, Broad area laser diodes, High power diode lasers, Volume Bragg gratings

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Proceedings Article | 22 February 2017 Presentation + Paper

Presentation + Paper

High-power laser diodes with high polarization purity

Etai Rosenkrantz, Dan Yanson, Ophir Peleg, Moshe Blonder, Noam Rappaport, Genady Klumel

Proceedings Volume 10086, 100860F (2017) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2251783

KEYWORDS: Broad area laser diodes, High power diode lasers, Beam quality measurement, Polarization, Semiconductor lasers, Fiber lasers, High power lasers, Fiber coupled lasers, Fiber couplers, Multiplexing, Waveguides, Quantum wells, Dielectric polarization

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Proceedings Article | 4 March 2016 Paper

Paper

Wavelength locking of single emitters and multi-emitter modules: simulation and experiments

Dan Yanson, Noam Rappaport, Ophir Peleg, Yuri Berk, Nir Dahan, Genady Klumel, Ilya Baskin, Moshe Levy

Proceedings Volume 9733, 97330J (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2212373

KEYWORDS: Semiconductor lasers, Optical simulations, Fiber coupled lasers, Fiber couplers, High power lasers, Diodes, Optical pumping, Volume holography, Holograms, Collimation, Semiconducting wafers, Fiber lasers, Tolerancing, Diffraction, Temperature metrology

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Proceedings Article | 13 March 2015 Paper

Paper

Low-NA fiber laser pumps powered by high-brightness single emitters

Dan Yanson, Moshe Levy, Ophir Peleg, Noam Rappaport, Moshe Shamay, Nir Dahan, Genady Klumel, Yuri Berk, Ilya Baskin

Proceedings Volume 9348, 934806 (2015) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2079422

KEYWORDS: Neon, Fiber lasers, Reliability, Semiconductor lasers, Quantum wells, Fiber couplers, Single crystal X-ray diffraction, Laser development, Fiber coupled lasers, Diodes

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Proceedings Article | 20 February 2015 Paper

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High-brightness power delivery for fiber laser pumping: simulation and measurement of low-NA fiber guiding

Dan Yanson, Moshe Levy, Ophir Peleg, Noam Rappaport, Moshe Shamay, Nir Dahan, Genady Klumel, Yuri Berk, Ilya Baskin

Proceedings Volume 9346, 934603 (2015) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2079357

KEYWORDS: Fiber lasers, Semiconductor lasers, Cladding, Optical simulations, Neon, Thermography, Geometrical optics, Fiber couplers, Sensors, Polymers

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Proceedings Article | 12 March 2014 Paper

Paper

High-brightness 800nm fiber-coupled laser diodes

Yuri Berk, Moshe Levy, Noam Rappaport, Renana Tessler, Ophir Peleg, Moshe Shamay, Dan Yanson, Genadi Klumel, Nir Dahan, Ilya Baskin, Lior Shkedi

Proceedings Volume 8965, 89650M (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2039135

KEYWORDS: Fiber couplers, Semiconducting wafers, Neon, Fiber coupled lasers, Diodes, Continuous wave operation, Semiconductor lasers, Fiber lasers, Reliability

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Proceedings Article | 4 March 2013 Paper

Paper

Multi-spectral investigation of bulk and facet failures in high-power single emitters at 980 nm

Dan Yanson, Moshe Levy, Moshe Shamay, Shalom Cohen, Lior Shkedy, Yuri Berk, Renana Tessler, Genadi Klumel, Noam Rappaport, Yoram Karni

Proceedings Volume 8640, 86401I (2013) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2003785

KEYWORDS: Electroluminescence, Laser ablation, Mid-IR, Reliability, Scanning electron microscopy, Mirrors, Laser development, FT-IR spectroscopy, Semiconductor lasers, Spectroscopy

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Proceedings Article | 26 February 2013 Paper

Paper

Brightness-enhanced high-efficiency single emitters for fiber laser pumping

Dan Yanson, Noam Rappaport, Moshe Shamay, Shalom Cohen, Yuri Berk, Genadi Klumel, Yaroslav Don, Ophir Peleg, Moshe Levy

Proceedings Volume 8605, 860505 (2013) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2003838

KEYWORDS: Fiber lasers, Reliability, Epitaxy, Laser development, Near field optics, Fiber couplers, Semiconducting wafers, Optical simulations, Waveguides, Neon

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Proceedings Article | 9 February 2012 Paper

Paper

High-power single emitters for fiber laser pumping across 8xx nm-9xx nm wavelength bands

Moshe Levy, Noam Rappaport, Genadi Klumel, Moshe Shamay, Renana Tessler, Dan Yanson, Shalom Cohen, Yaroslav Don, Yoram Karni

Proceedings Volume 8241, 82410A (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.909016

KEYWORDS: Reliability, Semiconductor lasers, Fiber lasers, Temperature metrology, Near field optics, Data modeling, Resistance, Failure analysis, Multimode fibers

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Proceedings Article | 26 May 2011 Paper

Paper

High-brightness diode pump sources for solid-state and fiber laser pumping across 8xx-9xx nm range

Ronen Diamant, Yuri Berk, Shalom Cohen, Genady Klumel, Moshe Levy, Yaki Openhaim, Ophir Peleg, Dan Yanson, Yoram Karni

Proceedings Volume 8039, 80390E (2011) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.883831

KEYWORDS: Fiber lasers, Packaging, Reliability, Single crystal X-ray diffraction, Head, Semiconductor lasers, Diodes, Solid state lasers, Semiconducting wafers, Laser development

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Proceedings Article | 21 February 2011 Paper

Paper

Facet engineering of high power single emitters

Dan Yanson, Moshe Levi, Moshe Shamay, Renana Tesler, Noam Rappaport, Yaroslav Don, Yoram Karni, Itzhak Schnitzer, Noam Sicron, Sergey Shusterman

Proceedings Volume 7918, 79180Z (2011) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.876261

KEYWORDS: Reliability, Dielectrics, Absorption, Coating, Nonabsorbing mirrors, Mirrors, Semiconductor lasers, Quantum wells, High power lasers, Epitaxy

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Proceedings Article | 21 February 2011 Paper

Paper

Scaleable multi-format QCW pump stacks based on 200W laser diode bars and mini bars at 808nm and 940nm

Yuri Berk, Yoram Karni, Genady Klumel, Yaakov Openhaim, Shalom Cohen, Dan Yanson

Proceedings Volume 7918, 79180W (2011) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.876150

KEYWORDS: Packaging, Reliability, Semiconductor lasers, Single crystal X-ray diffraction, Head, Semiconducting wafers, Optical pumping, Laser development, Wafer-level optics, Resistance

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Proceedings Article | 18 February 2010 Paper

Paper

Development of asymmetric epitaxial structures for 65% efficiency laser diodes in the 9xx-nm range

Moshe Levy, Yoram Karni, Noam Rapaport, Yaroslav Don, Yuri Berk, Dan Yanson, Shalom Cohen, Jacob Oppenheim

Proceedings Volume 7583, 75830J (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.843661

KEYWORDS: Waveguides, Doping, Semiconductor lasers, Wafer-level optics, Cladding, Resistance, Semiconducting wafers, Laser development, High power lasers, Fiber couplers

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Proceedings Article | 13 February 2008 Paper

Paper

Spectral slicing of femtosecond pulses using semiconductor modulator arrays

Dan Yanson, Stewart McDougall, Ian Baker, John Marsh, Andreas Sizmann, Ronald Holzwarth, Michael Jost, Iain McKenzie, Michael Strain

Proceedings Volume 6877, 68770M (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.761812

KEYWORDS: Modulators, Modulation, Femtosecond phenomena, Diffraction gratings, Semiconductors, Telecommunications, Waveguides, Absorption, Diffraction, Quantum wells

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Proceedings Article | 29 January 2008 Paper

Paper

High-power laser arrays with 100% fill factor emission facet

Dan Yanson, Stewart McDougall, Bocang Qiu, Valentin Loyo-Maldonado, Gianluca Bacchin, Stephen Robertson, Sébastien Bon, John Marsh

Proceedings Volume 6909, 69091B (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.761799

KEYWORDS: High power lasers, Semiconductor lasers, Reliability, Diffraction, Nonabsorbing mirrors, Photography, Mirrors, Mode locking, Semiconductors, Optical filters

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Proceedings Article | 9 February 2007 Paper

Paper

Ultra-compact monolithically integrated photonic switches in InP

Dan Yanson, Mark Silver, Omar Vassalli, Margaret Campbell, Graeme Masterton, Stewart McDougall, John Marsh

Proceedings Volume 6476, 64760R (2007) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.699013

KEYWORDS: Switches, Mirrors, Waveguides, Quantum wells, Signal attenuation, Optical switching, Integrated photonics, Switching, Absorption, Photonic integrated circuits

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Proceedings Article | 7 February 2007 Paper

Paper

High-power high-brightness high-reliability laser diodes emitting at 800-1000 nm

Dan Yanson, John Marsh, Stephen Najda, Stewart McDougall, Hassan Fadli, Graeme Masterton, Bocang Qiu, Olek Kowalski, Gianluca Bacchin, Gordon McKinnon

Proceedings Volume 6456, 64560L (2007) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.699038

KEYWORDS: High power lasers, Epitaxy, Reliability, Semiconductor lasers, Nonabsorbing mirrors, Waveguides, Quantum wells, Laser development, Pulsed laser operation, Coating

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Proceedings Article | 14 June 2004 Paper

Paper

BEAM: design and characterization of a 10-Gb/s broadband electroabsorption modulator

Stewart McDougall, Bocang Qiu, Gary Ternent, Dan Yanson, Valentin Loyo-Maldonado, John Marsh

Proceedings Volume 5356, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.532356

KEYWORDS: Modulators, Waveguides, Quantum wells, Absorption, Refractive index, Optical fabrication, Etching, Semiconducting wafers, Eye, Manufacturing

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Proceedings Article | 11 June 2003 Paper

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Self-focused distributed bragg reflector QW laser diodes

D. Yanson, Edward Rafailov, Grigorii Sokolovskii, V. Kuchinskii, A. Bryce, John Marsh, Wilson Sibbett

Proceedings Volume 5023, (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.514379

KEYWORDS: Semiconductor lasers, Quantum wells, Distributed Bragg reflectors, Near field, Optical design, Near field optics, Physics, Surgery, Laser sources, Laser applications

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Proceedings Article | 30 October 2001 Paper

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Ultrafast harmonic mode-locking of monolithic compound-cavity laser diodes incorporating photonic-bandgap reflectors

Dan Yanson, Michael Street, Stewart McDougall, Iain Thayne, John Marsh, Evgenii Avrutin

Proceedings Volume 4598, (2001) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.447101

KEYWORDS: Optical character recognition, Mode locking, Reflectivity, Picosecond phenomena, Reflectors, Terahertz radiation, Semiconductor lasers, Sensors, Pulsed laser operation, Modulation

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