Jacob Louis Solomon

Led to study physics by a life-long fascination with light, Jacob was first exposed to the exciting possibilities of nanophotonics as a visiting research assistant in the Laboratory for Nano and Micro Photonics. There he investigated the feasibility of using nanoantennas to manipulate magnetic dipole transitions in nearby molecules and unlock forbidden photochemical reactions. In a subsequent research fellowship at the Weizmann Institute of Science, Jacob designed, fabricated and characterized chip-integrated tunable photon sources. Now, as a PhD student in the Lipson Nanophotonics Group, Jacob is investigating fundamental questions and technological applications manifesting from the manipulation of coherent light in an integrated platform.