Boston University

PostDoctoral Associate at the Photonics Center of Boston University from 2011, March to 2013, August.

Research projects

• Nanoscale optical Emitters for High Density Information Processing using Photonic-Plasmonic Coupling in Coaxial Nanopillars, funded by AFOSR – Air Force Office of Scientific Research Program (2012, September – 2013, August)
• Deterministic Aperiodic Structures for On-chip Nanophotonic and Nanoplasmonic Device Applications, funded by AFOSR – Air Force Office of Scientific Research Program (2012, April – 2012, August)
• Sub-250 nm electron-beam-pumped semiconductor laser, funded by DARPA – Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency CMUVT Program under subcontract from Photon Systems Inc. (2011, March – 2012, March)

Publication output

• Photonic-Plasmonic Coupling of GaAs Single Nanowires to Optical Nanoantennas
  A. Casadei, E. F. Pecora, J. Trevino, C. Forestiere, D. Ruffer, E. Russo-Averchi, F. Matteini, G. Tutuncuoglu, M. Heiss, A. Fontcuberta i Morral, L. Dal Negro
  Nano Letters 14, 2271 (2014)
• Effect of indium in Al_0.65Ga_0.35N/Al_0.8Ga_0.2N MQWs for the development of deep-UV laser structures in the form of graded-index separate confinement heterostructure (GRINSCH)
  H. Sun, E. F. Pecora, J. Woodward, D. J. Smith, L. Dal Negro, T. D. Moustakas
  Physica Status Solidi A 213, 1165 (2016)
• Photonic-Plasmonic coupled Nanoantennas for Polarization-controlled Multispectral Nanofocusing
  J. Trevino, G. F. Walsh, E. F. Pecora, S. V. Boriskina, L. Dal Negro
  Optics Letters 38, 4861 (2013)
  selected by the Editors for publication in Virtual Journal for Biomedical Optics, vol. 9, issue 1, OSA
• Size-dependent second-harmonic generation from gold nanoparticles
  A. Capretti, E. F. Pecora, C. Forestiere, L. Dal Negro, G. Miano
  Physical Review B 89, 125414 (2014)
• Deep-UV optical gain in AlGaN-based graded-index separate confinement heterostructure
  E. F. Pecora, H. Sun, L. Dal Negro, T. D. Moustakas
  Optical Materials Express 5, 809 (2015)
• Enhanced second harmonic generation from InAs nano-wing structures on silicon
  E. F. Pecora, G. F. Walsh, C. Forestiere, A. Handin, E. Russo-Averchi, A. Dalmau-Mallorqui, I. Canales-Mundet, A. Fontcuberta i Morral, L. Dal Negro
  Nanoscale 5, 10163 (2013)
• Development of AlGaN-based GRINSCH deep UV emitters by Molecular Beam Epitaxy
  H. Sun, J. Woodward, J. Yin, A. Moldawer, E. F. Pecora, A. Yu. Nikiforov, L. Dal Negro, R. Paiella, K. Ludwig Jr., D. J. Smith, T. D. Moustakas
  Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology B 31, 03C117 (2013)
• Generation of second harmonic radiation from sub-stoichiometric silicon nitride thin films
  E. F. Pecora, A. Capretti, G. Miano, L. Dal Negro
  Applied Physics Letters 102, 141114 (2013)
• Vertical III-V V-shaped membranes epitaxially grown on a patterned Si(001) substrate and their enhanced light scattering
  S. Conesa-Boj, E. Russo-Averchi, A. Dalmau-Mallorqui, J. Trevino, E. F. Pecora, C. Forestiere, A. Handin, M. Ek, L. Zweifel, L. R. Wallenberg, D. Rüffer, M. Heiss, D. Troadec, L. Dal Negro, P. Caroff, A. Fontcuberta i Morral
  ACS Nano 6, 10982 (2012)
• Rare-earth doped Si-rich ZnO for multiband near-infrared light emitting devices
  E. F. Pecora, T. I. Murphy, L. Dal Negro
  Applied Physics Letters 101, 191115 (2012)
• Sub-250nm light emission and optical gain in AlGaN materials
  E. F. Pecora, W. Zhang, A. Yu. Nikiforov, J. Yin, R. Paiella, L. Dal Negro, T. D. Moustakas
  Journal of Applied Physics 113, 013106 (2013)
• Polarization Properties of Deep-UV Optical Gain in Al-rich AlGaN Structures
  E. F. Pecora, W. Zhang, J. Yin, R. Paiella, L. Dal Negro, T. D. Moustakas
  Applied Physics Express 5, 032103 (2012)
• Nanopatterning of silicon nanowires for enhancing visible photoluminescence
  E. F. Pecora, N. Lawrence, P. Gregg, J. Trevino, P. Artoni, A. Irrera, F. Priolo, L. Dal Negro
  Nanoscale 4, 2863 (2012)
• Sub-250nm room-temperature optical gain from AlGaN/AlN multiple quantum wells with strong band-structure potential fluctuations
  E. F. Pecora, W. Zhang, A. Nikiforov, L. Zhou, D. Smith, J. Yin, R. Paiella, L. Dal Negro, T. D. Moustakas
  Applied Physics Letters, 100, 061111 (2012)

Conference proceedings

• Integration of metallic nanostructures on nanowires for modification of their optical properties
  A. Casadei, E. Alarcon-Llado, E. F. Pecora, J. Trevino, C. Forestiere, D. Ruffer, E. Russo-Averchi, F. Matteini, G. Tutuncuoglu, M. Heiss, L. Dal Negro, A. Fontcuberta i Morral
  Frontiers in Nanophotonics, CSF Conference 2015
• Second harmonic excitation spectroscopy in studies of Fano-type coupling in plasmonic arrays
  G. F. Walsh, J. Tervino, E. F. Pecora, L. Dal Negro
  SPIE Optics + Photonics 2015
• Engineering light coupling in single nanowire with metal nano-antennas
  A. Casadei, J. Trevino, E. F. Pecora, E. Alarcò- Lladò, D. Ruffer, E. Russo-Averchi, G. Tutuncuoglu, F. Matteini, C. Forestiere, L. Dal Negro, A. Fontcuberta i Morral
  International Conference on One dimensional Nanomaterials ICON 2013
• Second-harmonic generation from plasmonic nanoantennas and arrays
  A. Capretti, C. Forestiere, E. F. Pecora, G. Walsh, J. Trevino, S. Minissale, L. Dal Negro, G. Miano
  The International Conference on Surface Plasmon Photonics SPP6
• Sub-250nm room temperature optical gain from AlGaN materials with strong compositional fluctuations
  E. F. Pecora, W. Zhang, H. Sun, A. Yu. Nikiforov, J. Yin, R. Paiella, T. D. Moustakas, L. Dal Negro
  Bulletin of the American Physical Society, vol. 58, V1.00111
• Second-harmonic generation in substoichiometric silicon nitride layers
  E. F. Pecora, A. Capretti, G. Miano, L. Dal Negro
  Bulletin of the American Physical Society, vol. 58, V1.00119
• Rare-earth doped Si-rich ZnO for multiband near-infrared light emitting devices
  E. F. Pecora, T. I. Murphy, L. Dal Negro
  Bulletin of the American Physical Society, vol. 58, C23.00004
• Nanopatterning of optically-active silicon nanowires
  E. F. Pecora, N. Lawrence, P. Gregg, J. Trevino, P. Artoni, A. Irrera, F. Priolo, L. Dal Negro
  Frontiers in Optics (FiO) – Novel Silicon Waveguides and Nanophotonics (FM4E)
• Sub-250nm room temperature optical gain from AlGaN/AlN multiple quantum wells structures
  E. F. Pecora, W. Zhang, L. Zhou, D. J. Smith, J. Yin, R. Paiella, L. Dal Negro, T. D. Moustakas
  CLEO: Science and Innovations, CTh3D, CTh3D.5
• Sub-250nm room-temperature optical gain from AlGaN/AlN multiple quantum dot structures
  E. F. Pecora, W. Zhang, L. Zhou, D. J. Smith, J. Yin, R. Paiella, L. Dal Negro, T. D. Moustakas
  Bulletin of the American Physical Society, vol. 57
• Room temperature low threshold stimulated emission of electron beam-pumped AlGaN-based deep UV laser structures emitting below 250 nm
  A. Nikiforov, W. Zhang, J. Woodward, J. Yin, E. Pecora, L. Zhou, L. Dal Negro, R. Paiella, D. Smith, T. Moustakas, A. Moldawer
  Bulletin of the American Physical Society, vol. 57

Conference participation

• APS March Meeting 2013 – Baltimore, MD (USA) March 18 – 22, 2013 Poster presentation, Session V1
• APS March Meeting 2013 – Baltimore, MD (USA) March 18 – 22, 2013 Poster presentation, Session V1
• APS March Meeting 2013 – Baltimore, MD (USA) March 18 – 22, 2013 Oral presentation, Session C23
• MRS Fall Meeting 2012 – Boston, MA (USA) November 25 – 30, 2012 Oral presentation, Symposium DD
• MRS Fall Meeting 2012 – Boston, MA (USA) November 25 – 30, 2012 Oral presentation, Symposium DD
• MRS Fall Meeting 2012 – Boston, MA (USA) November 25 – 30, 2012 Poster presentation, Symposium Z
• CLEO Conference 2012 – San Jose, CA (USA) May 6 – 11, 2012 Oral presentation, Session “Low-dimensional Photonic Structures”
• APS March Meeting 2012 – Boston, MA (USA) February 27 – March 2, 2012 Oral presentation, Session L28

Leadership experience

• Laboratory Safety Coordinator for the Boston University Research Compliance – Environmental Health & Safety (2011 – 2013)

Teaching activity

• Substitute lecturer for the EC471 class (Physics of Semiconductor Devices) at Boston University, Spring 2012 semester