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.
Conference Publication: Comparative analysis of frequency combs in ring and Fabry-Perot quantum cascade lasers: an order-parameter equation approach
Silvestri, Carlo, Bardella, Paolo, Brambilla, Massimo and Columbo, Lorenzo Luigi (2024). Comparative analysis of frequency combs in ring and Fabry-Perot quantum cascade lasers: an order-parameter equation approach. SPIE. doi: 10.1117/12.3002458
Conference Publication: Investigation of spatial hole burning and linewidth enhancement factor impact on distributed-feedback quantum cascade lasers dynamics
Zaminga, Sara, Columbo, Lorenzo, Silvestri, Carlo, Gioannini, Mariangela and Grillot, Frederic (2024). Investigation of spatial hole burning and linewidth enhancement factor impact on distributed-feedback quantum cascade lasers dynamics. SPIE. doi: 10.1117/12.3001622
Journal Article: Impact of Spatial Hole Burning and Linewidth Enhancement Factor on Distributed-Feedback Quantum Cascade Lasers: A Comprehensive Design Analysis
Zaminga, Sara, Columbo, Lorenzo, Silvestri, Carlo, Gioannini, Mariangela and Grillot, Frédéric (2024). Impact of Spatial Hole Burning and Linewidth Enhancement Factor on Distributed-Feedback Quantum Cascade Lasers: A Comprehensive Design Analysis. IEEE Photonics Journal, 1-9. doi: 10.1109/jphot.2024.3373805
Soliton dynamics of ring quantum cascade lasers with injected signal
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. Frontiers in Optics and Photonics. (pp. 197-209) De Gruyter. doi: 10.1515/9783110710687-018
Zaminga, Sara, Columbo, Lorenzo, Silvestri, Carlo, Gioannini, Mariangela and Grillot, Frédéric (2024). Impact of Spatial Hole Burning and Linewidth Enhancement Factor on Distributed-Feedback Quantum Cascade Lasers: A Comprehensive Design Analysis. IEEE Photonics Journal, 1-9. doi: 10.1109/jphot.2024.3373805
Frequency combs induced by optical feedback and harmonic order tunability in quantum cascade lasers
Silvestri, Carlo, Qi, Xiaoqiong, Taimre, Thomas and Rakić, Aleksandar D. (2023). Frequency combs induced by optical feedback and harmonic order tunability in quantum cascade lasers. APL Photonics, 8 (11) 116102, 1-10. doi: 10.1063/5.0164597
Silvestri, Carlo, Columbo, Lorenzo Luigi and Brambilla, Massimo (2023). Retrieval of the dielectric properties of a resonant material in the terahertz region via self-detection near field optical microscopy. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, 29 (5: Terahertz Photonics) 8600211, 1-11. doi: 10.1109/jstqe.2023.3287041
Harmonic active mode locking in terahertz quantum cascade lasers
Silvestri, Carlo, Qi, Xiaoqiong, Taimre, Thomas and Rakić, Aleksandar D. (2023). Harmonic active mode locking in terahertz quantum cascade lasers. Physical Review A, 108 (1) 013501, 1-14. doi: 10.1103/physreva.108.013501
Frequency combs in quantum cascade lasers: an overview of modeling and experiments
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
Global and localised temporal structures in driven ring quantum cascade lasers
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 (Part 1) 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. 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
Soliton dynamics of ring quantum cascade lasers with injected signal
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- and frequency-modulated optical frequency combs. Optics Express, 28 (16), 23846-23861. doi: 10.1364/OE.396481
Silvestri, Carlo, Bardella, Paolo, Brambilla, Massimo and Columbo, Lorenzo Luigi (2024). Comparative analysis of frequency combs in ring and Fabry-Perot quantum cascade lasers: an order-parameter equation approach. SPIE. doi: 10.1117/12.3002458
Zaminga, Sara, Columbo, Lorenzo, Silvestri, Carlo, Gioannini, Mariangela and Grillot, Frederic (2024). Investigation of spatial hole burning and linewidth enhancement factor impact on distributed-feedback quantum cascade lasers dynamics. SPIE. doi: 10.1117/12.3001622
Numerical study of Self-Detection Near Field Optical Microscopy in the Terahertz range
Silvestri, Carlo, Columbo, Lorenzo Luigi and Brambilla, Massimo (2023). Numerical study of Self-Detection Near Field Optical Microscopy in the Terahertz range. 2023 International Conference on Numerical Simulation of Optoelectronic Devices (NUSOD), Turin, Italy, 18-21 September 2023. Piscataway, NJ United States: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. doi: 10.1109/nusod59562.2023.10273566
Time-Domain Traveling-Wave Model of Distributed-feedback Quantum Cascade Laser
Zaminga, Sara, Columbo, Lorenzo, Silvestri, Carlo, Gioannini, Mariangela and Grillot, Frédéric (2023). Time-Domain Traveling-Wave Model of Distributed-feedback Quantum Cascade Laser. 2023 International Conference on Numerical Simulation of Optoelectronic Devices (NUSOD), Turin, Italy, 18-21 September 2023. Piscataway, NJ United States: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. doi: 10.1109/nusod59562.2023.10273563
Self-Detection Near Field Optical Microscopy Based on Terahertz Quantum Cascade Laser
Silvestri, Carlo, Columbo, Lorenzo Luigi, Rakic, Aleksandar D. and Brambilla, Massimo (2023). Self-Detection Near Field Optical Microscopy Based on Terahertz Quantum Cascade Laser. 31st Annual International Laser Physics Workshop, Online, 3-7 July 2023.
Coherent multi-mode dynamics of Terahertz Quantum Cascade Lasers in Fabry-Perot configuration
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.
Optical frequency combs in Fabry-Perot terahertz quantum cascade lasers
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.
Dissipative solitons and frequency combs in a ring quantum cascade laser
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
Unifying cavity solitons and frequency combs in active and passive driven resonators
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.
Frequency combs and temporal solitons in a coherently driven ring quantum cascade laser
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
Dynamics of optical frequency combs in ring and Fabry-Perot quantum cascade lasers
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
Nonlinear dynamics in semiconductor ring lasers: from phase turbulence to solitons
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
Terahertz near-field nanoscopy based on self-mixing interferometry with quantum cascade resonators
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
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. 2020 International Conference on Numerical Simulation of Optoelectronic Devices (NUSOD 2020), Turin, Italy, 14 - 18 September 2020. Piscataway, NJ, United States: IEEE Computer Society. doi: 10.1109/NUSOD49422.2020.9217783
Frequency combs induced by optical feedback and harmonic order tunability in quantum cascade lasers
Silvestri, Carlo, Qi, Xiaoqiong, Taimre, Thomas and Rakic, Aleksandar (2023). Frequency combs induced by optical feedback and harmonic order tunability in quantum cascade lasers.