Read my blog posts on my research in deep ultraviolet light technology, my research in light-emitting materials for microphotonics, my research in silicon nanostructures for light emission, and my research in nanophotonic-plasmonic and light-matter interaction.
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 (September 2012 – August 2013)
Deterministic Aperiodic Structures for On-chip Nanophotonic and Nanoplasmonic Device Applications, funded by AFOSR – Air Force Office of Scientific Research Program (April 2012 – August 2012)
Sub-250 nm electron-beam-pumped semiconductor laser, funded by DARPA – Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency CMUVT Program under subcontract from Photon Systems Inc. (March 2011 – March 2012)
Peer-reviewed publications
Conferences
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