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PROJECT DIRECTOR

Name: Gabriel MOAGAR-POLADIAN

Title: Dr.

Education: Faculty of Physics, Bucharest University (1985-1990)

Degree or Diploma:

MSc in solid-state physics and devices and nonlinear optics - 1990
    Title of diploma: The study of the Pockels and optical rectification effects.
    Mark obtained: 10 (highest)
PhD in solid-state physics/optoelectronics (1992 - 1999)
    Title of PhD thesis: The MOS Transistor with Optically Controlled Gate.
    Distinction obtained: The highest + "Cum Laudae"

List of published papers and conference participation:

1. G. Moagăr-Poladian - On the Light Pressure Induced in a Medium by the Non-Uniform Light Intensity Distribution, Journal of Optics A: Pure and Applied, vol. 9, p. 767 - 776, (2007).(*)
2. G. Moagăr-Poladian - A Method of Noise Reduction in Microsensors, Proceedings of the 8^th International Balkan Conference on Applied Physics, Constanţa, România, (2007).
3. G. Moagăr-Poladian, A. Popescu, C. Podaru, A. Dinescu, A. Corâci, R. Gavrilă - Topography and Structural Characterization of Alq3 Layers Deposited by Different Methods, Proceedings of the 8th International Balkan Conference on Applied Physics, Constanţa, România, (2007).
4. G. Moagăr-Poladian, Z. Illyefalvi-Vitez, B. Balogh, D. Ulieru, A. Corâci - Laser Applications in the Field of MEMS, Proceedings SPIE of the 1^st International Conference of the Industrial Applications of Lasers INDLAS 2007, Bran, România, (2007).
5. G. Moagăr-Poladian - Sub-Wavelength Resolution Laser Lithography in the Field of MEMS, Proceedings SPIE of the 1^st International Conference of the Industrial Applications of Lasers INDLAS 2007, Bran, România, (2007).
6. G. Moagăr-Poladian - Array of MOS Transistors with Photoelectret Controlled Gate: Applications in Optical Communications and Imaging, accepted at OPTICS’ 2004 - Topical Meeting on Optoinformatics, Sankt-Petersburg, Russia, (2004).
7. G. Moagăr-Poladian, D. Ulieru, C.Sandu, M. Bulinski, A. Dinescu, M. Dănilă, R. Gavrilă - Microengraving of a Potassium Dihydrogen Phosphate Crystal by Laser Ablation Technique, Proceedings of SPIE vol. 5455 (Photonics Europe 2004 Conference, Strasbourg, France), pp. 375 -380, (2004).(*)
8. G. Moagăr-Poladian - Spatial Light Modulators Based on Structures Conatining Photoelectrets and Electro-optic Materials: Key Devices for Optical Computing, Journal of Optical Technology (English version of Russian Opticheskii Zhurnal), vol. 71, no. 7 p. 478 - 486 (2004).(*)
9. G. Moagăr-Poladian - Optical Random Access Memory Based on Tunnel Diodes, accepted at IQEC/LAT 2002 Conference, 22-28 June 2002, Moscow, Russia (2002).
10. G. Moagăr-Poladian, M. Bulinski - Reconfigurable Optical Neuron Based on the Transverse Pockels Effect, Journal of Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials vol.4, no.4 p. 929 - 936 (2002).
11. G. Moagăr-Poladian - The Theory of the Basic Optoelectronic Behaviour of the Tunnel Diode, Applied Optics volume 40 no. 33, p. 6086 - 6097 (2001).(*)
12. V. Moagăr-Poladian, G. Moagăr-Poladian - Finite Element Simulation of a New Type of All-metal Infrared Detector, Proceedings of the SENSOR 2001 Conference (May 8 - 10 2001, Nuremberg, Germany), vol.1, p. 275 - 280 (2001).
13. G. Moagăr-Poladian - Image Amplifier Based on a Photoelectret-Electrooptic Medium Sandwich-type Structure, Journal of Optics Part A: Pure and Applied vol. 2 no.6, p. 569 - 575 (2000).
14. G. Moagăr-Poladian - A Novel Type of Thresholding Element for Optoelectronic Neurons, Romanian Journal of Information Science and Technology vol.3, no.4, p. 353 - 364 (2000).
15. G. Moagăr-Poladian - Reconfigurable Optical Neuron Based on Photoelectretic Materials, Applied Optics vol.39 no.5, p.782-787 (2000). (*)(**)
16. G. Moagăr-Poladian - All-optical Analog-to Digital and Digital-to-Analog Converters, accepted at III^rd Euro-American Workshop on Optoelectronic Information Proccessing, Colmar, France, May 1999.
17. G. Moagăr-Poladian - The Applications of Photoelectret-Electrooptic Crystal Structure to Optical Imaging, accepted at ISE 10: 10^th International Symposium on Electrets, Delfi, Greece, September 1999.
18. G. Moagăr-Poladian, V. Moagăr-Poladian - Giant Piezorezistivity in GMR-like Structures, accepted at LDSD’99: Low Dimensional Systems and Devices ’99, Antalya, Turkeey, September 1999.
19. G. Moagăr-Poladian - MOS Transistor with Photoelectret Controlled Gate, International Journal of Optoelectronics, vol.12 no.1, p. 1-7 (1998).
20. G. Moagăr-Poladian, V. Moagăr-Poladian - Stress Determination in Dielectric Thin Films Using the Piezorezistive Effect, Proceedings of the MME’98 Conference (MicroMechanics Europe), Ulvik i Hardanger, Norway, p. 307 - 310, (1998).
21. G. Moagăr-Poladian - An MOS Transistor with Optical Rectification Controlled Gate, Semiconductor Science and Technology, vol. 12, p. 210-216 (1997).(*)
22. G. Moagăr-Poladian - The Parallel Photoelectromagnetic Effect, Proceedings Supplement of Balkan Physics Letters, vol. 5, part 2, p.1079-1082, (1997).
23. G. Moagăr-Poladian, C. Savaniu, T. Şerban, N. Năstase - Cerium Doped Silica Glass Prepared by Sol-Gel Method, RoCAM’97 Conference (Romanian Conference on Advanced Materials), Romanian Academy, Bucureşti, November 1997
24. E. Gheorghiu, G. Moagar-Poladian, T.G. Paunescu - Determination of living cell concentration by on-line dielectroscopic measurements, Proceedings of the 1st International Symposium “Biotechnologies Now and Tomorrow”, Bucharest, Romania (June 24-25, 1993), p. 219-226.
25. G. Moagăr-Poladian - A Method of Emissivity Determination, The 27^th European Seminar on Quantitative Infrared Thermography QIRT’92, Paris, France, July 1992.
26. G. Moagăr-Poladian - The Determination of Optical Indicatrix Axes in Uniaxial Nonlinear Crystals, National Conference of Physics CNF’90, Cluj, Romania, October 1990.
27. G. Moagăr-Poladian - Optical Logical Gates Based on Saturable Absorbers. Working Principles. National Conference on Electronics, Communications, Automation and Computers CNETAC’88, Bucureşti, Romania, December 1988.

Notes:
(*)The respective papers are selected by and stored in the Smithsonian/NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS) database, please see the link at the address:
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-abs_connect?return_req=no_params&&author=
Moagar-Poladian,+G&db_key=INS
(**) The paper was mentioned as being state-of-the-art, presenting interest for the field of optical computers based on neural networks, in the John Wiley & Sons INSIDE R&D publication (see http://www.wiley.com/technical_insights/), as indicated below:
28. H.Goldstein - New Structure Proposed For All-Optical Neurons, Inside R&D vol.29 no.13 p. 2, March 29, 2000.

Public dissemination papers and activities:

Papers:
1. G. Moagăr-Poladian - Optical Reconfigurable Neuron - Research, Demonstrator Experimentation and Parameters Evaluation, Micro and Nanotechnologies Bulletin, ed. IMT-Bucharest and Minsitry of Education and Research from Romania, vol.3 no.4 p.8, December 2002.
2. G. Moagăr-Poladian - Reflection conoscope, MikroMedia No. 38, May 2007 http://www.ivam.de/index.php?content=mitteilung_details&mitteilung_id=1005

Activities:
• Presentation of „Optical Computers” at the Al. I. Cuza College in Bucharest, Romania, 27 October 2004.
• Presentation of „Optical Communications” at the Al. I. Cuza College in Bucharest, Romania, 17 November 2004.
• Several radio broadcasts on scientific dissemination.

Awards and Honors Received:

Awards:
• The Gold Plus Medal (Highest) at the 55^th World Exhibition of Innovation, Research and New Technology, Bruxelles, Belgium, November 2006. Title of the invention: - Method and equipment for guided transmission of information through fluid media and/or plasma by using electromagnetic radiation. Author: Gabriel Moagăr-Poladian.
• The Gold Medal ARCA of the Croatian Association of Inventors at the 55th World Exhibition of Innovation, Research and New Technology, Bruxelles, Belgium, November 2006. Title of the invention: - Method and equipment for guided transmission of information through fluid media and/or plasma by using electromagnetic radiation. Author: Gabriel Moagăr-Poladian.
• The 2006 Cup of the International Federation of the Inventors’ Association at the 10th Invention Fair INVENTIKA 2006, held in September 2006 in Bucharest, Romania. Title of the invention: - Method and equipment for guided transmission of information through fluid media and/or plasma by using electromagnetic radiation. Author: Gabriel Moagăr-Poladian.
• The Gold Plus Medal (Highest) at the 10^th Invention Fair INVENTIKA 2006, held in September 2006 in Bucharest, Romania. Title of the invention: - Method and equipment for guided transmission of information through fluid media and/or plasma by using electromagnetic radiation. Author: Gabriel Moagăr-Poladian.
• The Silver Medal at the 33^rd International Exhibition of Inventions, New Techniques and Products, Geneva, Switzerland, April 2005. Title of the invention: Structure for the thermal management of integrated circuits and microsystems. Authors: Gabriel Moagăr-Poladian, Victor Moagăr-Poladian.
• The Silver Medal at the 53^th World Exhibition of Innovation, Research and New Technology, Bruxelles, Belgium, November 2004. Title of the invention: Procedure and equipment for conoscopic measurements in optically anisotropic thin films. Author: Gabriel Moagăr-Poladian.
• The Silver Medal at the 51^th World Exhibition of Innovation, Research and New Technology, Bruxelles, Belgium, November 2002. Title of the invention: Antireflective Structure for Electromagnetic Radiation. Author: Gabriel Moagăr-Poladian.

Honours:
• Invited by IBC Cambridge to submit biography for Dictionary of International Biography - 32nd Edition in 2005.
• Invited by IBC Cambridge to submit biography for Who’s Who in the World in 1998, 1999 and for Who’s Who in the 21st Century, Who’s Who in Science and Engineering 8th Edition.

Patents granted:

1. G. Moagăr-Poladian - Method and equipment for guided transmission of information through fluid media and/or plasma by using electromagnetic radiation. Romanian Patent.
Ownership: Gabriel Moagăr-Poladian
2. G. Moagăr-Poladian - Method and installation for maintaining pipes rectilinear.
Ownership: Gabriel Moagăr-Poladian
3. G. Moagăr-Poladian - Structure for thermal and mechanical insulation of pipes.
Ownership: Gabriel Moagăr-Poladian

Patent applications (the oldest first):

1. G. Moagăr-Poladian - Method and equipment for guided transmission of information through fluid media and/or plasma by using electromagnetic radiation.
Ownership: Gabriel Moagăr-Poladian
2. G. Moagăr-Poladian - Antireflective structure for electromagnetic radiation. Won Silver Medal at the 51^th World Exhibition of Innovation, Research and New Technology, Bruxelles, Belgium, November 2002.
Ownership: Gabriel Moagăr-Poladian
3. G. Moagăr-Poladian - Antireflective structure for electromagnetic radiation. (second application, revised and improved).
Ownership: Gabriel Moagăr-Poladian
4. G. Moagăr-Poladian - Broadband reflective element.
Ownership: Gabriel Moagăr-Poladian
5. G. Moagăr-Poladian - Schottky diode for optoelectronic applications.
Ownership: Gabriel Moagăr-Poladian
6. G. Moagăr-Poladian - Procedure and equipment for conoscopic measurements in optically anizotropic thin films. Won Silver Medal at the 53^rd World Exhibition of Innovation, Research and New Technology, Bruxelles, Belgium, November 2004.
Ownership: National Institute for Research and Development in Microtechnology - Bucharest, Romania
7. G. Moagăr-Poladian, V. Moagăr-Poladian - Structure for the thermal management of integrated circuits and microsystems. Won Silver Medal at the 33^rd International Exhibition of Inventions, New Techniques and Products, Geneva, Switzerland, April 2005.
Ownership: National Institute for Research and Development in Microtechnology - Bucharest, Romania
8. G. Moagăr-Poladian, V. Moagăr-Poladian - Structure for the bonding of microsystems and integrated circuits.
Ownership: National Institute for Research and Development in Microtechnology - Bucharest, Romania
9. G. Moagăr-Poladian - Device for detection of infrared radiation.
Ownership: National Institute for Research and Development in Microtechnology - Bucharest, Romania
10. G. Moagăr-Poladian - Method and equipment for measuring the refractive index.
Ownership: National Institute for Research and Development in Microtechnology - Bucharest, Romania

Membership to professional organizations:

- Romanian Physical Society
- European Physical Society
- European Optical Society
- Romanian Society of Crystal Growth and Materials Science
- American Optical Society
- Invited to join IEEE
- Invited to join the New York Academy of Sciences

Present research interest:

- Optoelectronics: high speed electro-optic modulators in bulk silicon (and other semiconductors) for the radiation corresponding to intrinsic absorption band; arrays of MOS transistors with photoelectret controlled gate; optical neural nets; optical and optoelectronic memories; optical computers; optical chip interconnects.
- Optical communications: a new method and infrastructure for ultra broadband optical communications.
- Optical materials: a new method for obtaining thin films with very low reflectivities.
- Microsystems: optical sensors for microsystem applications; adaptive optics for microscopy; novel photonic techniques for use in the field of microsystems.
- Solid-state physics: electrical and optical properties of novel materials for electronics/optoelectronics and sensor applications.