Design, prototyping, and manufacturing of optical systems and components

Experience

2003 until now - Own Company

Design, consulting and prototyping of wide range of imaging or nonimaging optical systems.

1995- 2002 - advanced microoptic systems GmbH

Managing Director

Managing of the development and manufacturing of the microoptical components and optical systems.
Being one of the cofounders of the company, supervized the product development and established the process line for its manufacturing
Authored the novel technology of the refractive microoptical components manufacturing.
Designed over 100 types of microoptical components.
Designed couple of dozens of optical systems on a base of the microoptical components.
Designed a couple of optical systems for DUV eye surgery.
Participated in development of special optical software for modelling of optical systems with the microlens arrays.
Participated in development of special measurement equipment for microlens testing.

1991-1995 Technopolis, Ltd. Moscow, Russia

Technical Director

Managed the development of the technology for the precision grade high-order aspheric optical elements.
Implementing these aspheric elements manufacturing technology to establishing of the Belasphere Company, a business currently successfully producing optical elements.
Developed an IR ultra light objective with the discreet range of the focal lengths for military applications.
Developed a number of projection photolithography systems.
Developed IC marker for Lucky Goldstar Corp.

1983-1991 Planar Company Minsk, Belarus

Senior Optical Designer

Was a leader of a number of design projects in the area of the optical systems for photolithography Developed a family of projection objectives for the 405, 365, 270, 266, 248, 193 nm steppers. Education

1976 – 1983 St.Petersburg National Research University (ITMO)

M.S., Optical Engineering

Awards

In 1988 the paper on the methodes of simulation and design of lithographic projection lenses was nominated the best in the industry
During the career in the Planar Company three times was recognized as the best young engineer of the company.

Patents and Publications

Couple of Russian patents on projection lithography systems including the stepper optical systems.
Couple of US patents on the microoptical tools for telecommunication.
Couple of patents for Lithography illumination systems with Carl Zeiss
Couple of publications in professional magazines.

List of Patents

Projection Lens with –1/5X Magnification. SU1303972, 15.04.1987
Projection Lens with –1/30X Magnification. SU1539716, 30.01.1990
Projection Objective with Magnification –1/5X. SU1587461,23.08.1990
1/5 Magnification Projection Lens. SU1659955,30.06.1991
Focusing Device for Projection Lens. SU1727016,15.04.1992
Projection 1/5X Magnification Objective Lens. SU1758624,30.08.1992
Apparaturs and method for reducing spatial coherence and for improving uniformity of a light beam emitted from a coherent light source. US6081381,27.06.2000
Optical beam shaper and method for spatial redistribution of inhomogenious beam.US6407870,18.06.2002
Optical module for high-speed bidirectional transceiver. US2003152336,14.08.2003
Bidirectional optical signal multiplexer/demultiplexer. US 2005025483,03.02.2005
Flat wide-angle objective. US 2005270667,08.12.2005
Flat wide-angle lens system. US 2006050398,09.03.2006
Contact-type monolithic image sensor. US 2006202104,14.09.2006
Brightness with reduced optical losses. US 20030152336,15.06.2007
Compact optical assembly for imaging of remote object. US 20060279845,14.12.2006
Ultra-thin digital imaging device of high resolution for mobile electronic devices and method of imaging. US 20070263114,15.11.2007
EUV Lithography system. WO/2012/076188A8,14.06.2012
Illumination system for lithography. US 20120019796,26.12.2012
METHOD FOR ILLUMINATION OF A HOLOGRAM IN HOLOGRAPHIC LITHOGRAPHY AND A MULTI-COMPONENT ILLUMINATOR FOR CARRYING OUT THE METHOD US20150378306, 12/31/2015
BEAM SHAPER SYSTEM FOR LASER DIODE ARRAY US20160274368, 09/22/2016
Lighting Apparatus US 2017/0343179 A1, 30.11.2017