Jurgen Michel
is a Senior Research Scientist at the Materials Research Laboratory and a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He leads research projects in silicon-based photonic materials and devices as well as advanced solar cell designs. His main focus is currently on on-chip WDM devices, Ge-based high performance detectors and modulators, Ge-based lasers, and low cost, high efficiency solar cells. His research has led to the first waveguide coupled Ge photodetector, the first electro-absorption Ge modulator, and the first optically and electrically pumped Ge lasers. Prior to joining MIT in 1991 he was Postdoctoral Member of Technical Staff at AT&T Bell Laboratories, studying defect reactions and defect properties in semiconductor materials. He was educated in Germany and earned his diploma in Physics at the University of Cologne and his doctorate and habilitation in Applied Physics at the University of Paderborn. He has published more than 300 refereed scientific papers, 5 book chapters, 29 awarded patents, and more than 15 pending patents.
Sajan Saini
received his doctoral degree in materials science at MIT in 2004, during which he investigated materials and device designs for optically pumped waveguide amplifiers in silicon microphotonics.
Sajan has worked with the MIT Microphotonics Center as a postdoctoral associate; he has also been a professor with the physics department at Queens College of CUNY (City University of New York), and lectured with the writing program at Princeton University. In addition to running a graduate research program on nanostructured materials, he has taught courses on photonics, introductory quantum physics, general astronomy, scientific writing, graphic novels and science-fiction, and climate science communications.
At AIM Photonics Academy, Sajan oversees the production of all teaching and learning materials, including online modules, certification courses, and Summer Academy offerings. He has taught at SPIE Photonics West, co-authored several patents, and his scientific and science writings have appeared in IEEE and APL publications, book chapters, and Harper’s Magazine.
Jurgen Michel
is a Senior Research Scientist at the Materials Research Laboratory and a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He leads research projects in silicon-based photonic materials and devices as well as advanced solar cell designs. His main focus is currently on on-chip WDM devices, Ge-based high performance detectors and modulators, Ge-based lasers, and low cost, high efficiency solar cells. His research has led to the first waveguide coupled Ge photodetector, the first electro-absorption Ge modulator, and the first optically and electrically pumped Ge lasers. Prior to joining MIT in 1991 he was Postdoctoral Member of Technical Staff at AT&T Bell Laboratories, studying defect reactions and defect properties in semiconductor materials. He was educated in Germany and earned his diploma in Physics at the University of Cologne and his doctorate and habilitation in Applied Physics at the University of Paderborn. He has published more than 300 refereed scientific papers, 5 book chapters, 29 awarded patents, and more than 15 pending patents.
Sajan Saini
received his doctoral degree in materials science at MIT in 2004, during which he investigated materials and device designs for optically pumped waveguide amplifiers in silicon microphotonics.
Sajan has worked with the MIT Microphotonics Center as a postdoctoral associate; he has also been a professor with the physics department at Queens College of CUNY (City University of New York), and lectured with the writing program at Princeton University. In addition to running a graduate research program on nanostructured materials, he has taught courses on photonics, introductory quantum physics, general astronomy, scientific writing, graphic novels and science-fiction, and climate science communications.
At AIM Photonics Academy, Sajan oversees the production of all teaching and learning materials, including online modules, certification courses, and Summer Academy offerings. He has taught at SPIE Photonics West, co-authored several patents, and his scientific and science writings have appeared in IEEE and APL publications, book chapters, and Harper’s Magazine.
