Mobile: 831.252.5163
CNSV Affiliate Member
Deep ultraviolet lasers, Fiber lasers, Tunable lasers, OPOs, Non-linear optics, Microscopy.
Watsonville, CA 95076
USA
James J. Jacob
jimjacob@actinix.com
Education
1974-80 Bachelor of Science Electrical Engineering, Stanford Univ. Palo Alto, CA
Employment
1977-80 Electro-optics Engineer, Applied Technology. Itek Corp., Sunnyvale, CA
1980-81 Member Technical Staff, ESL, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA
1981-1989 R&D Manager, Spectra Physics, Mountain View, CA
1989-1991 VP Marketing, co-Founder, New Wave Research, Sunnyvale, CA
1991-1997 R&D Program Manager, Continuum Electro-Optics, Santa Clara, CA
1997-present President, Actinix
Technology Development
My professional R&D career has been chiefly centered around solid-state laser systems, in particular, tunable non-linear optical systems covering the deep ultra-violet. I have 45 years of experience inventing, and developing laser systems for scientific research, semiconductor lithography and other industrial applications. I have extensive experience managing projects involving complex laser and optical physics and translating those efforts into commercial products. Lately my research is concentrated on biological and environmental microscopy applications such as nano-plastics analysis using a novel stimulated Raman spectroscopy microscope.
Selected Patents
US-7042577-B1 Architectures for high-resolution photomask phase metrology
US-6373869-B1 System and method for generating coherent radiation at ultraviolet wavelengths
Selected Publications
Arvydas Umbrasas, Jean-Claude Diels, James Jacob, Gintaras Valiulis, and Algis Piskarskas, “Generation of femtosecond pulses through second-harmonic compression of the output of a Nd:YAG laser,” Opt. Lett. 20, 2228-2230 (1995)
Umbrasas and J.J. Jacob, Widely Tunable Stable Single Longitudinal Mode BBO OPO, OSA TOPS Vol. 10 Advanced Solid-State Lasers, I997, 86-89
