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Created: 10.12.2010
Updated: 23.5.2022

Biography
SOLOMON MOIS SALTIEL
(31.08.1947 – 07.05.2009)


Born

Professor Saltiel was born in Sofia

Education

He studied Technical School "A. Popov" in Sofia, graduated Moscow State University – Ph.D. (1976), and obtained scientific degree – Sc.D. (1995) in Bulgaria

Research

He worked in the area of non linear optics

Professional experience:

Professor S. Saltiel was director of the Sofia University Institute of Laser Technic

He was corresponding member of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (2004)

Teaching activities

Full Professor and chief of the Department of Quantum electronics (1996–2009)

He was lecturer in the Sofia University, Department of Quantum Electronics (1978–2009).

Professor S. Saltiel lectured courses on Quantum electronics and Laser Technics, and initiated course on Photonic structures.

Publications

  1. G. Petrov, S. Saltiel, A. Ivanova, Measurement of kapa(2) components by comparing polarization resolved second-order cascade processes, ICONO’98, Nonlinear Optical Phenomena, Proceedings of SPIE, v. 3733, 112-120 (1999)

  2. H. Failache, S. Saltiel, M.Fichet, D. Bloch, M. Ducloy, Resonant, Resonant van dr Waals repulsion between excited Cs atoms and sapphire surface, Physics Review Letters, v. 93, 5467-5470 (1999)

  3. M. Sterke, S. Saltiel, Y. Kivshar, Efficient collinear fourth harmonic generation by two-channel multistep cascading in single two dimensional nonlinear photonic crystal, Optics Letters, v. 26, 539-541 (2001)

  4. M. Gorza, S. Saltiel, H. Failache, M. Ducloy, Quantum theory of van der Waals interactions between excited atoms and birefringent dielectric surfaces, European Physics Journal D, 15, 113-126 (2001)

  5. S. Saltiel, Y. Kivshar, All-optical deflection and splitting by second-order cascading, Optics letters, 921-923 (2002)

  6. T. Karaulanov, S. Saltiel, Efficient collinear third-harmonic generation in a single two-dimensional nonlinear photonic crystal, Proceedings of SPIE (International Society for Optical Engineering), v. 5226, 113-118 (2003)

  7. S. Saltiel, K. Koynov, B. Agate, W. Sibbett, Second harmonic generation with focused beams under conditions of large group velocity mismatch, Journal of Optical Society of America B, v. 21 (2004)

  8. C. Andreeva, S. Cartaleva, L. Petrov, S. Saltiel, D. Sarkisyan, T. Varzhapetyan, D. Bloch, M. Ducloy, Saturation effects in the sub-Doppler spectroscopy of cesium vapor confined in an extremely thin cell, Physical Review A, 76, 1, 2007

  9. S. Cartaleva, K. Koynov, S. Saltiel, D. Sarkisyan, D. Slavov, P. Todorov, K. Vaseva, High resolution laser spectroscopy of extremely thin Cs-vapour layers. 34th EPS Conference on Plasma Physics 2007, EPS 2007 - Europhysics Conference Abstracts, 31, 2, 2007, 1250-1253

  10. K. Vaseva, P. Todorov, D. Slavov, S. Cartaleva, K. Koynov, S. Saltiel, Fluorescence spectra study in extremely thin Cs-vapor layers. Acta Physica Polonica A, 112, 5, Polish Academy of Sciences edition, 2007, 865-870

  11. A. Jullien, J.-Ph. Rousseau, B. Mercier, L. Antonucci, O. Albert, G. Cheriaux, S. Kourtev, N. Minkovski, S. Saltiel, Highly efficient nonlinear filter for femtosecond pulse contrast enhancement and pulse shortening, Opt. Lett. 33, 2353-2355 (2008)

  12. V. Roppo, D. Dumay, J. Trull, C. Cojocaru, S. Saltiel, K. Staliunas, R. Vilaseca, D. Neshev, W. Krolikowski, Yu. Kivshar, Planar second-harmonic generation with noncollinear pumps in disordered media, Optics Express, Vol. 16(18) 14192-14199 (2008)

  13. L. Canova, S. Kourtev, N. Minkovski, R. Lopez-Martens, O. Albert, S. Saltiel, Cross-polarized wave generation in the UV region, Optics Letters, 33(20) 2299-2301 (2008)

  14. L. Canova, S. Kourtev, N. Minkovski, A. Jullien, R. Lopez-Martens, O. Albert, S. Saltiel, Efficient generation of cross-polarized femtosecond pulses in cubic crystals with holographic cut orientation, Applied Physics Letters 92, 231102 (2008)

  15. S. Saltiel, D. Neshev, R. Fischer, A. Arie, W. Krolikowski, Y. Kivshar, Spatiotemporal toroidal waves from the transverse second-harmonic generation, Opt. Lett. 33(5) 527-529 (2008)

  16. S. Saltiel, D. Neshev, R. Fischer, W. Krolikowski, A. Arie, Y. Kivshar, Generation of second-harmonic conical waves via nonlinear Bragg diffraction, Phys. Rev. Letters 100, 103902 (2008)

  17. A. Dreischuh, D. Neshev, V. Kolev, S. Saltiel, M. Samoc, W. Krolikowski, Y. Kivshar, Nonlinear dynamics of two-color optical vortices in lithium niobate crystals, Opt. Express 16, 5406-5420 (2008)

  18. L. Canova, O. Albert, N. Forget, B. Mercier, S. Kourtev, N. Minkovski, S. Saltiel, R. Lopez Martens, Influence of spectral phase on cross-polarized wave generation with short femtosecond pulses, Applied Physics B: Lasers and Optics 93, 443–453 (2008)

  19. Y. Sheng, S. Saltiel, K. Koynov, Cascaded third-harmonic generation in single short-range ordered nonlinear photonic crystal, Optics Letter, 34, 656-658 (2009)

  20. S. Saltiel, D. Neshev, W. Krolikowski, A. Arie, O. Bang, Y. S. Kivshar, Multiorder nonlinear diffraction in frequency doubling processes, Optical Letters, 34, 848-850 (2009)

  21. J. Trull, S. Saltiel, V. Roppo, C. Cojocaru, D. Dumay, W. Krolikowski, D. N. Neshev, R. Vilaseca, K. Staliunas, Y. Kivshar, Characterization of femtosecond pulses via transverse second-harmonic generation in random nonlinear media, Applied Physics B, Lasers and Optics, 94 (2009)

  22. A. Ray, S. Das, L. Mishra, P. Datta, S. Saltiel, Nonlinearly coupled, gain-switched Nd:YAG second harmonic laser with variable pulse width, Applied Optics, v. 48(4) 765-769 (2009)

  23. S. Kourtev, N. Minkovski, L. Canova, A. Jullien, O. Albert, S. M. Saltiel, Improved nonlinear cross-polarized wave generation in cubic crystals by optimization of the crystal orientation, J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 26, No. 7, 1269-1275(2009)

  24. W. Wang, V. Roppo, K. Kalinowski, Y. Kong, D. N. Neshev, C. Cojocaru, J. Trull, R. Vilaseca, K. Staliunas, W. Krolikowski, S. M. Saltiel, Yu. S. Kivshar, Third-harmonic generation via broadband cascading in disordered quadratic nonlinear media, Opt. Express. 17, 20117-20123 (2009)

  25. S. M. Saltiel, Y. Sheng, N. Bloch, D. N. Neshev, W. Krolikowski, A.Arie, K. Koynov, Yu. S. Kivshar, “Cerenkov-type second-harmonic generation in two-dimensional nonlinear photonic structures,” IEEE J. Quantum Electr. 45, 1465-1472 (2009)

  26. D. Dumay, S. M. Saltiel, D. N. Neshev, W. Krolikowski, and Yu. S.Kivshar, Pulse measurements by randomly quasi phase matched second harmonic generation in the regime of total internal reflection, J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys. 42, 175403(1-4) (2009)

  27. J. Trull, S. Saltiel, V. Roppo, C. Cojocaru, D. Dumay, W. Krolikowski, D. N. Neshev, R. Vilaseca, K. Staliunas, Yu. S. Kivshar, Femtosecond pulse characterization by transverse second harmonic generation in random nonlinear media, Appl. Phys. B 95, 609-615 (2009)

  28. N. Minkovski, S. Kourtev, S. M. Saltiel, L. Canova, A. Jullien, O. Albert, and R. Lopez-Martens, Nonlinear optical transformation of the polarization state of circularly polarized light with holographic-cut cubic crystals, Proc. SPIE 7501, 75010M (2009)

References

  1. Curriculum Vitae

  2. Ôèçèöè – íîâè ÷ëåí-êîðåñïîíäåíòè íà ÁÀÍ, Ñâåòúò íà ôèçèêàòà, 2004, êí. 4, ñ. 355-356

  3. ×ë. êîð. ïðîô. Ñîëîìîí Ñàëòèåë (1947–2009), Ñâåòúò íà ôèçèêàòà, 2009, êí. 3, ñ. 353-354

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