2011 · paper
Demonstration of temporal cloaking
The paper reports an experimental temporal-cloaking demonstration using time-lens methods.[35]
temporal and nonlinear optics
מוטי פרידמן
Identity: verifiedThe official Bar-Ilan lab page names Moti Fridman and describes a temporal-optics program matching the roster identity. [34]
Documented foundation
Bar-Ilan temporal-optics researcher whose lab designs time lenses, temporal microscopes and cavities, ultrafast lasers, nonlinear-fiber systems and optical-processing experiments.[34]
time lensestemporal cavitiesultrafast fiber opticsoptical neural networks
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2011 · paper
The paper reports an experimental temporal-cloaking demonstration using time-lens methods.[35]
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US20240044705A1 · Published 2024-02-08
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Publication assignee: Bar Ilan University
Inventor Moti Fridman matches the official faculty name and documented optical/temporal research; Yeda and Bar-Ilan records are both included. No inventorship is inferred from papers merely cited in other patents. The inspected page records US12467788B2 as its 2025-11-11 grant; retained here under the directly inspected application publication, with the grant noted as a variant.[184][214]
US20130010295A1 · Published 2013-01-10
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Publication assignee: Yeda Research and Development Co Ltd
Inventor Moti Fridman matches the official faculty name and documented optical/temporal research; Yeda and Bar-Ilan records are both included. No inventorship is inferred from papers merely cited in other patents.[181][214]
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Scores prioritize research fit from 1–10; they are not probabilities.
Review: Reviewed with limitations
Proposed capability matches, not confirmed relationships. Scores are analyst judgments with low forecast confidence; researcher interests, capacity and feasibility need confirmation.
12 candidates
Connection 1
Proposal hypothesis: Fridman's time lenses and Blau's frequency-mode quantum optics connect temporal control with spectral transformations.[34][37][38]
Proposed first test: Model a pulse through a time lens and three frequency modes; compare transformation fidelity and mode leakage with a frequency-only baseline.
Rank 1/12; fit 9/10: topic overlap 4/4, complementarity 3/3, first-test feasibility 2/3. Added capability match outside the original initiative graph; prior collaboration or novelty was not established. Equal scores retain originals first, then stable profile order. The underlying capabilities and proposed first test explain the component judgments. Specific scientific limitation: Quantum coherence and dispersion assumptions must be explicit.
Analyst proposal hypothesis, not an established collaboration, commitment, evidence-confidence rating or assessment of researcher quality; confirm participation and access before work.
Connection 2
Proposal hypothesis: Fridman's ultrafast temporal measurements present an estimation problem for Amir Weiss's compression and time-delay methods.[34][108][109]
Proposed first test: Compare full simulated pulse traces with extremum-based summaries on time-delay error and transmitted sample count.
Rank 2/12; fit 9/10: topic overlap 3/4, complementarity 3/3, first-test feasibility 3/3. Added capability match outside the original initiative graph; prior collaboration or novelty was not established. Equal scores retain originals first, then stable profile order. The underlying capabilities and proposed first test explain the component judgments. Specific scientific limitation: Compression must preserve the particular pulse statistic needed by the optical experiment.
Analyst proposal hypothesis, not an established collaboration, commitment, evidence-confidence rating or assessment of researcher quality; confirm participation and access before work.
Connection 3
Proposal hypothesis: Fridman's nonlinear temporal optics and Desiatov's integrated frequency conversion share a pulse-control problem across fiber and chip platforms.[34][135][136]
Proposed first test: Compare a fiber time-lens model with an integrated nonlinear implementation on bandwidth, dispersion and conversion loss.
Rank 3/12; fit 9/10: topic overlap 4/4, complementarity 3/3, first-test feasibility 2/3. Added capability match outside the original initiative graph; prior collaboration or novelty was not established. Equal scores retain originals first, then stable profile order. The underlying capabilities and proposed first test explain the component judgments. Specific scientific limitation: Platform transfer requires explicit dispersion and fabrication parameters.
Analyst proposal hypothesis, not an established collaboration, commitment, evidence-confidence rating or assessment of researcher quality; confirm participation and access before work.
Connection 4
Proposal hypothesis: Panfil's emitter dynamics could be examined with Fridman's temporal optical measurements if the timescales and photon budget align.[25][26][34]
Proposed first test: Convolve a reported emission-decay model with a temporal instrument response and compare parameter recovery with ordinary time binning.
Rank 4/12; fit 8/10: topic overlap 3/4, complementarity 3/3, first-test feasibility 2/3. Added capability match outside the original initiative graph; prior collaboration or novelty was not established. Equal scores retain originals first, then stable profile order. The underlying capabilities and proposed first test explain the component judgments. Specific scientific limitation: Single-photon brightness may be too low for the chosen time-lens architecture.
Analyst proposal hypothesis, not an established collaboration, commitment, evidence-confidence rating or assessment of researcher quality; confirm participation and access before work.
Connection 5
Proposal hypothesis: Fridman's time-domain optics and Danielli's temporally modulated background subtraction meet on separating weak signals from structured backgrounds.[34][45][46][47]
Proposed first test: Replay synthetic fluorescence traces through two modulation/temporal-filter schemes; compare signal recovery at equal acquisition time.
Rank 5/12; fit 8/10: topic overlap 3/4, complementarity 3/3, first-test feasibility 2/3. Added capability match outside the original initiative graph; prior collaboration or novelty was not established. Equal scores retain originals first, then stable profile order. The underlying capabilities and proposed first test explain the component judgments. Specific scientific limitation: Any improvement must survive detector bandwidth and sample-background constraints.
Analyst proposal hypothesis, not an established collaboration, commitment, evidence-confidence rating or assessment of researcher quality; confirm participation and access before work.
Connection 6
Proposal hypothesis: Fridman's temporal pulse shaping could provide a controlled input for Zektzer's atom-microresonator interface.[34][50][51]
Proposed first test: Simulate two pulse shapes at a fixed atomic linewidth and compare coupling efficiency and timing sensitivity.
Rank 6/12; fit 8/10: topic overlap 3/4, complementarity 3/3, first-test feasibility 2/3. Added capability match outside the original initiative graph; prior collaboration or novelty was not established. Equal scores retain originals first, then stable profile order. The underlying capabilities and proposed first test explain the component judgments. Specific scientific limitation: Compatibility with the atomic resonance must precede a bench test.
Analyst proposal hypothesis, not an established collaboration, commitment, evidence-confidence rating or assessment of researcher quality; confirm participation and access before work.
Connection 7
Proposal hypothesis: Fridman's temporal optics and Lewi's metasurfaces could separate temporal and angular dispersion in a compact optical processor.[34][67][68]
Proposed first test: Compare a time-lens model with and without an angularly dispersive surface on pulse distortion over incidence angle.
Rank 7/12; fit 8/10: topic overlap 3/4, complementarity 3/3, first-test feasibility 2/3. Added capability match outside the original initiative graph; prior collaboration or novelty was not established. Equal scores retain originals first, then stable profile order. The underlying capabilities and proposed first test explain the component judgments. Specific scientific limitation: A metasurface may add loss without improving temporal control.
Analyst proposal hypothesis, not an established collaboration, commitment, evidence-confidence rating or assessment of researcher quality; confirm participation and access before work.
Connection 8
Proposal hypothesis: Fridman's temporal cavities provide a concrete optical system for Eliahu Cohen's questions about quantum time and measurement.[34][113][114]
Proposed first test: Compare a temporal-cavity model with classical and quantum input statistics at equal energy; quantify an explicitly chosen observable.
Rank 8/12; fit 8/10: topic overlap 3/4, complementarity 3/3, first-test feasibility 2/3. Added capability match outside the original initiative graph; prior collaboration or novelty was not established. Independent review lowered feasibility by one point: The temporal cavity and equal-energy comparison are plausible, but the test leaves the observable explicitly to be chosen. A 3/3 feasible-first-test score is premature until the measured quantity, quantum/classical input states and loss/noise model are fixed. The live Fridman page even lists joint quantum-temporal work, supporting topic fit without resolving this experimental specification. Equal scores retain originals first, then stable profile order. The underlying capabilities and proposed first test explain the component judgments. Specific scientific limitation: A temporal analogy alone does not establish quantum advantage.
Analyst proposal hypothesis, not an established collaboration, commitment, evidence-confidence rating or assessment of researcher quality; confirm participation and access before work.
Connection 9
Proposal hypothesis: Fridman's temporal microscopy and Zalevsky's super-resolution imaging could test complementary limits on time and spatial resolution.[34][116][117][138]
Proposed first test: Propagate a synthetic fast-moving target through separate and combined resolution models; report recovered spatial and temporal bandwidth.
Rank 9/12; fit 8/10: topic overlap 3/4, complementarity 3/3, first-test feasibility 2/3. Added capability match outside the original initiative graph; prior collaboration or novelty was not established. Equal scores retain originals first, then stable profile order. The underlying capabilities and proposed first test explain the component judgments. Specific scientific limitation: A common optical architecture and photon budget are unverified.
Analyst proposal hypothesis, not an established collaboration, commitment, evidence-confidence rating or assessment of researcher quality; confirm participation and access before work.
Connection 10
Proposal hypothesis: Fridman's temporal optical tools could help Ozana distinguish instrument timing effects from photon-arrival signatures in diffuse sensing.[34][41][42]
Proposed first test: Apply a bounded temporal response model to simulated photon-arrival data and compare perfusion-estimation bias with ordinary time binning.
Rank 10/12; fit 7/10: topic overlap 2/4, complementarity 3/3, first-test feasibility 2/3. Added capability match outside the original initiative graph; prior collaboration or novelty was not established. Equal scores retain originals first, then stable profile order. The underlying capabilities and proposed first test explain the component judgments. Specific scientific limitation: Fast optical processing is useful only if timing is the dominant measurement limit.
Analyst proposal hypothesis, not an established collaboration, commitment, evidence-confidence rating or assessment of researcher quality; confirm participation and access before work.
Connection 11
Proposal hypothesis: Fridman can define a temporal-cavity control objective while Fetaya supplies uncertainty-aware or robust model-based search.[34][73]
Proposed first test: Optimize a low-dimensional cavity simulator with a Bayesian method and random search; compare target error and failed settings under parameter shifts.
Rank 11/12; fit 7/10: topic overlap 2/4, complementarity 3/3, first-test feasibility 2/3. Added capability match outside the original initiative graph; prior collaboration or novelty was not established. Equal scores retain originals first, then stable profile order. The underlying capabilities and proposed first test explain the component judgments. Specific scientific limitation: The ML method is transferable, but lab-safe control and physical validation remain separate.
Analyst proposal hypothesis, not an established collaboration, commitment, evidence-confidence rating or assessment of researcher quality; confirm participation and access before work.
Connection 12
Proposal hypothesis: Goldzak Mizrahi's material-response modelling could constrain dispersion assumptions in Fridman's nonlinear temporal experiments.[34][132][133]
Proposed first test: Compare a nominal nonlinear-response model with two material-informed perturbations on pulse broadening and temporal-cavity stability.
Rank 12/12; fit 7/10: topic overlap 2/4, complementarity 3/3, first-test feasibility 2/3. Added capability match outside the original initiative graph; prior collaboration or novelty was not established. Equal scores retain originals first, then stable profile order. The underlying capabilities and proposed first test explain the component judgments. Specific scientific limitation: Neither source establishes a shared nonlinear material; select one before interpreting the model physically.
Analyst proposal hypothesis, not an established collaboration, commitment, evidence-confidence rating or assessment of researcher quality; confirm participation and access before work.
10 candidates
Connection 1
Université de Franche-Comté and FEMTO-ST
Original proposal
The institutional source describes Dudley's nonlinear-optics work and interest in AI for ultrafast optics, complementing Fridman's temporal devices; this is a proposed match only.[34][36][450]
Optimize a single temporal-cavity pulse-shaping objective in simulation and then on a safely bounded laboratory control loop.
Rank 1/10 after semantic revision; analyst score 9 = max(1, 4+3+2): topic overlap 4/4, complementarity 3/3, feasible first test 2/3. The experiment, numerical inputs or identity/scope needs confirmation before execution. Original remains first under these components; original status breaks equal-score ties only, without a prestige bonus.
Proposed fit, not an assertion of a new or active relationship. Independent review pending; forecast confidence low. Partner interest, capacity, data access and any required experimental approvals/resources are unverified. Original institution wording is preserved. The reopened FEMTO-ST page uses Université de Franche-Comté; any subsequent institutional renaming is unresolved in this bounded refresh.
Connection 2
University of Oxford
Proposed capability match: Moti Fridman's time lenses, temporal cavities can be paired with Yarin Gal's documented Bayesian deep learning, uncertainty estimation for self-driving temporal-photonics experiments. The specific contribution is uncertainty and selective prediction; this transfer is an analyst hypothesis.[34][78][452]
Compare uncertainty estimates with calibrated single-model and ensemble baselines under a predefined shift using a simulated temporal-lens or nonlinear-fiber experiment with a fixed search budget. Compare calibration error, risk-coverage and confident-error rate with fixed parameter scans under the same loss and pulse-energy constraints.
Rank 2/10 after semantic revision; analyst score 8 = max(1, 2+3+3): topic overlap 2/4, complementarity 3/3, feasible first test 3/3. A bounded offline comparison is specified; required datasets and domain assumptions must still be checked.
Proposed fit, not an assertion of a new or active relationship. Independent review pending; forecast confidence low. Partner interest, capacity, data access and any required experimental approvals/resources are unverified.
Connection 3
Columbia University
Proposed capability match: Moti Fridman's time lenses, temporal cavities can be paired with Michal Lipson's documented integrated nanophotonics, on-chip modulation for self-driving temporal-photonics experiments. The specific contribution is integrated optical modulation and light confinement; this transfer is an analyst hypothesis.[34][40][469]
Simulate a small integrated modulation/interference circuit with realistic propagation loss using a simulated temporal-lens or nonlinear-fiber experiment with a fixed search budget. Compare conversion or routing fidelity, insertion loss and fabrication sensitivity with fixed parameter scans under the same loss and pulse-energy constraints.
Rank 3/10 after semantic revision; analyst score 8 = max(1, 3+3+2): topic overlap 3/4, complementarity 3/3, feasible first test 2/3. The experiment, numerical inputs or identity/scope needs confirmation before execution.
Proposed fit, not an assertion of a new or active relationship. Independent review pending; forecast confidence low. Partner interest, capacity, data access and any required experimental approvals/resources are unverified.
Connection 4
Harvard University
Proposed capability match: Moti Fridman's time lenses, temporal cavities can be paired with Marko Loncar's documented nanoscale optics, quantum engineering for self-driving temporal-photonics experiments. The specific contribution is nanoscale integrated quantum optics; this transfer is an analyst hypothesis.[34][137][470]
Model a compact nonlinear optical element with realistic loss and fabrication variation using a simulated temporal-lens or nonlinear-fiber experiment with a fixed search budget. Compare conversion efficiency, noise and sensitivity to geometry with fixed parameter scans under the same loss and pulse-energy constraints.
Rank 4/10 after semantic revision; analyst score 8 = max(1, 3+3+2): topic overlap 3/4, complementarity 3/3, feasible first test 2/3. The experiment, numerical inputs or identity/scope needs confirmation before execution.
Proposed fit, not an assertion of a new or active relationship. Independent review pending; forecast confidence low. Partner interest, capacity, data access and any required experimental approvals/resources are unverified.
Connection 5
Stanford University
Proposed capability match: Moti Fridman's time lenses, temporal cavities can be paired with Jelena Vuckovic's documented integrated quantum photonics, cavity QED for self-driving temporal-photonics experiments. The specific contribution is cavity coupling and inverse photonic design; this transfer is an analyst hypothesis.[34][52][500]
Compare one inverse-designed and one conventional cavity/coupler under matched fabrication constraints using a simulated temporal-lens or nonlinear-fiber experiment with a fixed search budget. Compare coupling efficiency, bandwidth and tolerance sensitivity with fixed parameter scans under the same loss and pulse-energy constraints.
Rank 5/10 after semantic revision; analyst score 8 = max(1, 3+3+2): topic overlap 3/4, complementarity 3/3, feasible first test 2/3. The experiment, numerical inputs or identity/scope needs confirmation before execution.
Proposed fit, not an assertion of a new or active relationship. Independent review pending; forecast confidence low. Partner interest, capacity, data access and any required experimental approvals/resources are unverified.
Connection 6
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Proposed capability match: Moti Fridman's time lenses, temporal cavities can be paired with Gregory Wornell's documented signal processing, statistical inference for self-driving temporal-photonics experiments. The specific contribution is joint statistical inference and information constraints; this transfer is an analyst hypothesis.[34][110][503]
Compare full-data inference with task-specific compressed statistics at fixed communication or storage budget using a simulated temporal-lens or nonlinear-fiber experiment with a fixed search budget. Compare estimation error, calibration and bits per valid decision with fixed parameter scans under the same loss and pulse-energy constraints.
Rank 6/10 after semantic revision; analyst score 8 = max(1, 2+3+3): topic overlap 2/4, complementarity 3/3, feasible first test 3/3. A bounded offline comparison is specified; required datasets and domain assumptions must still be checked.
Proposed fit, not an assertion of a new or active relationship. Independent review pending; forecast confidence low. Partner interest, capacity, data access and any required experimental approvals/resources are unverified.
Connection 7
University of California, Berkeley
Proposed capability match: Moti Fridman's time lenses, temporal cavities can be paired with Ming Wu's documented silicon photonics, photonic integrated circuits for self-driving temporal-photonics experiments. The specific contribution is integrated optical routing and sensing; this transfer is an analyst hypothesis.[34][436]
Simulate a two-channel photonic routing/readout block under fabrication tolerances using a simulated temporal-lens or nonlinear-fiber experiment with a fixed search budget. Compare insertion loss, crosstalk and readout variation with fixed parameter scans under the same loss and pulse-energy constraints.
Rank 7/10 after semantic revision; analyst score 7 = max(1, 3+2+2): topic overlap 3/4, complementarity 2/3, feasible first test 2/3. The experiment, numerical inputs or identity/scope needs confirmation before execution.
Proposed fit, not an assertion of a new or active relationship. Independent review pending; forecast confidence low. Partner interest, capacity, data access and any required experimental approvals/resources are unverified.
Connection 8
California Institute of Technology
Proposed capability match: Moti Fridman's time lenses, temporal cavities can be paired with Harry Atwater's documented metasurfaces, two-dimensional materials for self-driving temporal-photonics experiments. The specific contribution is light-matter response of patterned materials; this transfer is an analyst hypothesis.[34][69][434]
Simulate two patterned-material optical responses and explicitly test whether the optical observable tracks the intended physical state using a simulated temporal-lens or nonlinear-fiber experiment with a fixed search budget. Compare spectral selectivity, loss and correlation with the predeclared state; reject an unsupported optical proxy with fixed parameter scans under the same loss and pulse-energy constraints.
Rank 8/10 after semantic revision; analyst score 6 = max(1, 2+2+2): topic overlap 2/4, complementarity 2/3, feasible first test 2/3. The experiment, numerical inputs or identity/scope needs confirmation before execution.
Proposed fit, not an assertion of a new or active relationship. Independent review pending; forecast confidence low. Partner interest, capacity, data access and any required experimental approvals/resources are unverified.
Connection 9
University of Cambridge
Proposed capability match for Moti Fridman with Mete Atatüre: Spin/photon interfaces motivate a possible wavepacket-matching task, but emitter parameters and an actual temporal-lens interface remain unestablished.[27][34][432]
Represent a hypothetical emitter output as a declared photon wavepacket and pass it through a temporal-lens transfer function. Compare shaped and unshaped pulses at equal detected photon budget by overlap with an explicitly assumed emitter acceptance mode. Sweep linewidth and timing jitter; stop if emitter linewidth and the lens bandwidth cannot be made compatible.
Rank 9/10 after semantic revision; analyst score 4 = max(1, 1+2+1): topic overlap 1/4, complementarity 2/3, feasible first test 1/3. Spin/photon interfaces motivate a possible wavepacket-matching task, but emitter parameters and an actual temporal-lens interface remain unestablished. The experiment, numerical inputs or identity/scope needs confirmation before execution.
Proposed fit, not an assertion of a new or active relationship. Independent review pending; forecast confidence low. Partner interest, capacity, data access and any required experimental approvals/resources are unverified. Post-review scope: Spin/photon interfaces motivate a possible wavepacket-matching task, but emitter parameters and an actual temporal-lens interface remain unestablished. This revised proposal awaits independent targeted re-review; simulated outcomes would establish model behavior only, not biological, clinical or deployed benefit.
Connection 10
ICFO - The Institute of Photonic Sciences
Proposed capability match for Moti Fridman with Morgan W. Mitchell: Atomic metrology is a conditional application of temporal pulse shaping, not evidence that the existing fibre system implements an atomic sensor.[34][115][476]
Specify an idealized atomic phase-sensing pulse and a temporal-lens transfer function, including pulse bandwidth and energy limits. Compare shaped and unshaped pulses within the same atomic-response model by phase-estimation error and timing-jitter sensitivity. Treat the atomic response as a declared assumption and reject the transfer if the bandwidth/observable mapping fails.
Rank 10/10 after semantic revision; analyst score 4 = max(1, 1+2+1): topic overlap 1/4, complementarity 2/3, feasible first test 1/3. Atomic metrology is a conditional application of temporal pulse shaping, not evidence that the existing fibre system implements an atomic sensor. The experiment, numerical inputs or identity/scope needs confirmation before execution.
Proposed fit, not an assertion of a new or active relationship. Independent review pending; forecast confidence low. Partner interest, capacity, data access and any required experimental approvals/resources are unverified. Post-review scope: Atomic metrology is a conditional application of temporal pulse shaping, not evidence that the existing fibre system implements an atomic sensor. This revised proposal awaits independent targeted re-review; simulated outcomes would establish model behavior only, not biological, clinical or deployed benefit.
Moti Fridman's documented expertise includes time lenses, temporal cavities, ultrafast fiber optics and optical processing. [34][35]
High confidenceReview: reviewedA current CV was not verified.
Hypothesis: Fridman could build a self-driving temporal-photonics experiment using uncertainty-aware machine-learning control. [34][36]
Low confidenceReview: reviewedControl access, sample efficiency and cross-system reproducibility are unknown.