Physicist with over three decades of industry experience and a prolific innovator in electro-optical systems who invented a new type of optical microscopy, co-invented solid immersion microscopy, designed the first commercial atomic and magnetic force microscope, and invented a laser noise canceller. Has specialized technical expertise in analog circuit design, low noise circuits, optical systems, instruments, and measurements, interferometry, ultrasensitive measurements, and silicon photonics.
Formal Education
- Ph.D. in Applied Physics, Stanford University
- M.S. in Applied Physics, Stanford University
- B.S. in Physics and Astronomy, The University of British Columbia
Career Highlights
- Staff member of a leading technology research laboratory for two decades with research interests in optical interconnections, microscopy, and computer science
- Author of a bestselling book on electro-optical system design
- Named inventor on more than forty issued U.S. patents including one related to quantum computing and others related to microscopy, optical interconnections, and solar photovoltaics
Expert Qualifications
- Retained more than twenty times as an expert witness for plaintiffs and defendants in cases involving the technology of companies including Lenovo, LG Electronics, Lockheed, Nintendo, Uber, and Vizio
- Neutral referee in an intellectual property dispute between former joint development partners in an avionics program tasked with determining if either party misappropriated IP following a failed collaboration
- Testifying expert in a patent infringement action in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas relating to automatic display brightness controls using ambient light sensors
- Performed testing and reverse engineering of accused products, submitted several expert reports and rebuttals and was deposed on behalf of defendants in a billion-dollar patent infringement and trade secrets dispute regarding use of lidar in autonomous vehicles
- Wrote an invalidity report on behalf of defendant Nikon in a U.S. ITC investigation relating to tools used in semiconductor manufacturing
- Consulting expert to Samsung, on invalidity and noninfringement, in an action alleging patent infringement in antireflection surface textures for diode lasers and LEDs
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Frequently Asked Questions
What types of cases can this expert support?
They've handled patent disputes in optical systems, lidar, display technology, and semiconductors—on both plaintiff and defendant sides. They've also worked as a neutral referee in IP disputes and testified in District Court. Their work includes product reverse engineering and testing.
What is this expert's technical background?
Ph.D. in Applied Physics from Stanford, plus 20 years as a research staff member at IBM's T.J. Watson Center. They've invented optical microscopy techniques and designed the first commercial atomic force microscope, with over 40 U.S. patents to their credit.
What technologies does this expert specialize in?
Optical systems, interferometry, and low-noise analog circuits are their core expertise. They work with lasers, lidar, silicon photonics, optical storage, and solar power systems, plus reverse engineering and failure analysis.
- Analog electronics and antenna design
- Embedded software
- Failure analysis and reverse engineering
- Lasers and lidar
- Optical storage and LEDs
- Solar power
- U.S. District Courts
- Patent Trial and Appeal Board
- International Trade Commission