Dr Carlo Silvestri
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Researcher biography
Carlo Silvestri obtained his Master's degree in Physics at University of Bari (Italy) in 2018 and his PhD in Electronics Engineering at Polytecnic University of Turin (Italy) in 2022. His research interests concern about laser dynamics, photonics, and optoelectronic devices, with applications for imaging, spectroscopy and communication systems. His research is currently focused on the study of the multimode emission of terahertz quantum cascade lasers, with a particular interest for optical frequency combs.
Journal Articles
Silvestri, Carlo, Qi, Xiaoqiong, Taimre, Thomas, Bertling, Karl and Rakić, Aleksandar D. (2023). Frequency combs in quantum cascade lasers: an overview of modeling and experiments. APL Photonics, 8 (2) 020902, 020902. doi: 10.1063/5.0134539
Silvestri, Carlo, Qi, Xiaoqiong, Taimre, Thomas and Rakić, Aleksandar D. (2022). Multimode dynamics of terahertz quantum cascade lasers: Spontaneous and actively induced generation of dense and harmonic coherent regimes. Physical Review A, 106 (5) 053526, 1-11. doi: 10.1103/physreva.106.053526
Prati, F., Lugiato, L. A., Gatti, A., Columbo, L., Silvestri, C., Gioannini, M., Brambilla, M., Piccardo, M. and Capasso, F. (2021). Global and localised temporal structures in driven ring quantum cascade lasers. Chaos, Solitons and Fractals, 153 111537, 111537. doi: 10.1016/j.chaos.2021.111537
Pogna, Eva A. A., Silvestri, Carlo, Columbo, Lorenzo L., Brambilla, Massimo, Scamarcio, Gaetano and Vitiello, Miriam S. (2021). Terahertz near-field nanoscopy based on detectorless laser feedback interferometry under different feedback regimes. APL Photonics, 6 (6) 061302, 061302. doi: 10.1063/5.0048099
Columbo, L., Piccardo, M., Prati, F., Lugiato, L. A., Brambilla, M., Gatti, A., Silvestri, C., Gioannini, M., Opačak, N., Schwarz, B. and Capasso, F. (2021). Unifying Frequency Combs in Active and Passive Cavities: Temporal Solitons in Externally Driven Ring Lasers. Physical Review Letters, 126 (17) 173903. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.126.173903
Prati, Franco, Brambilla, Massimo, Piccardo, Marco, Columbo, Lorenzo Luigi, Silvestri, Carlo, Gioannini, Mariangela, Gatti, Alessandra, Lugiato, Luigi A. and Capasso, Federico (2021). Soliton dynamics of ring quantum cascade lasers with injected signal. Nanophotonics, 10 (1), 195-207. doi: 10.1515/nanoph-2020-0409
Silvestri, Carlo, Columbo, Lorenzo Luigi, Brambilla, Massimo and Gioannini, Mariangela (2020). Coherent multi-mode dynamics in a quantum cascade laser: Amplitude- A nd frequency-modulated optical frequency combs. Optics Express, 28 (16), 23846-23861. doi: 10.1364/OE.396481
Conference Papers
Silvestri, Carlo, Qi, Xiaoquiong, Taimre, Thomas and Rakić, Aleksandar D. (2022). Coherent multi-mode dynamics of Terahertz Quantum Cascade Lasers in Fabry-Perot configuration. The 2022 Conference on Optoelectronic and Microelectronic Materials and Devices, Adelaide, SA Australia, 11-16 December 2022.
Silvestri, Carlo, Qi, Xiaoqiong, Taimre, Thomas and Rakić, Aleksandar D. (2022). Optical frequency combs in Fabry-Perot terahertz quantum cascade lasers. International Quantum Cascade Laser School & Workshop 2022 (IQCLSW 2022), Zürich, Switzerland, 23-28 August 2022.
Columbo, Lorenzo Luigi L., Piccardo, Marco, Prati, Franco, Lugiato, Luigi, Brambilla, Massimo, Gatti, Alessandra, Silvestri, Carlo, Gioannini, Mariangela, Opacak, Nikola, Schwarz, Benedikt and Capasso, Federico (2022). Dissipative solitons and frequency combs in a ring quantum cascade laser. SPIE Photonics Europe, Strasbourg, France, 3 April - 23 May 2022. Bellingham, WA, United States: SPIE. doi: 10.1117/12.2631339
Piccardo, Marco, Columbo, Lorenzo, Prati, Franco, Lugiato, Luigi A., Brambilla, Massimo, Gatti, Alessandra, Silvestri, Carlo, Gioannini, Mariangela, Opacak, Nikola, Schwarz, Benedikt and Capasso, Federico (2022). Unifying cavity solitons and frequency combs in active and passive driven resonators. Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), San Jose, CA, United States, 15-20 May 2022. Piscataway, NJ, United States: IEEE.
Columbo, Lorenzo L., Prati, Franco, Lugiato, Luigi A., Gatti, Alessandra, Gioannini, Mariangela, Silvestri, Carlo, Schwarz, Benedikt, Opacak, Nikola, Piccardo, Marco, Capasso, Federico and Brambilla, Massimo (2021). Frequency combs and temporal solitons in a coherently driven ring quantum cascade laser. Novel In-Plane Semiconductor Lasers XX, Online Only, United States, 6-11 March 2021. Bellingham, WA, United States: SPIE. doi: 10.1117/12.2578431
Pogna, Eva A. A., Reichel, Kimberly, Silvestri, Carlo, Biasco, Simone, Viti, Leonardo, Di Gaspare, Alessandra, Beere, Harvey E., Ritchie, David A., Columbo, Lorenzo L., Brambilla, Massimo, Scamarcio, Gaetano and Vitiello, Miriam S. (2021). Terahertz near-field nanoscopy based on self-mixing interferometry with quantum cascade resonators. Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe / European Quantum Electronics Conference (CLEO/Europe-EQEC), Electr Network, 21-25 June 2021. Piscataway, NJ, United States: IEEE. doi: 10.1109/cleo/europe-eqec52157.2021.9542282
Piccardo, Marco, Schwarz, Benedikt, Columbo, Lorenzo L., Prati, Franco, Lugiato, Luigi, Brambilla, Massimo, Gatti, Alessandra, Silvestri, Carlo, Gioannini, Mariangela, Kazakov, Dmitry, Opacak, Nikola, Beiser, Maximilian, Hillbrand, Johannes, Wang, Yongrui, Belyanin, Alexey and Capasso, Federico (2021). Nonlinear dynamics in semiconductor ring lasers: from phase turbulence to solitons. Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe / European Quantum Electronics Conference (CLEO/Europe-EQEC), Electr Network, 21-25 June 2021. Piscataway, NJ, United States: IEEE. doi: 10.1109/cleo/europe-eqec52157.2021.9542382
Silvestri, Carlo, Columbo, Lorenzo Luigi, Brambilla, Massimo and Gioannini, Mariangela (2021). Dynamics of optical frequency combs in ring and Fabry-Perot quantum cascade lasers. Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe / European Quantum Electronics Conference (CLEO/Europe-EQEC), Electr Network, 21-25 June 2021. New York, NY, United States: IEEE. doi: 10.1109/cleo/europe-eqec52157.2021.9541633
Silvestri, Carlo, Columbo, Lorenzo, Brambilla, Massimo and Gioannini, Mariangela (2020). Numerical Study of Optical Frequency Combs in mid-IR Quantum Cascade Lasers: Effective Semiconductor Maxwell-Bloch Equations. IEEE Computer Society. doi: 10.1109/NUSOD49422.2020.9217783