Conferences and patent

Patent

• Broadband, polarization-independent, omnidirectional, metamaterial-based antireflection coating
  C. E. A. Cordaro, E. F. Pecora, M. L. Brongersma, J. van de Groep
  US Patent 11,467,495 issued on October 11, 2022

Conference proceedings:

1. 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
2. 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
3. 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
4. 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
5. 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
6. 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
7. 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
8. 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)
9. 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
10. 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
11. 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
12. Indirect Diffusion of Boron Atoms in Crystalline and Amorphous Silicon
    S. Mirabella, D. De Salvador, E. Napolitani, E. Bruno, G. Impellizzeri, G. Bisognin, E. F. Pecora, A. Carnera, F. Priolo
    Mat. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. 1070, E05-08 (2008)

Invited talks:

1. Strategies and Opportunities Towards a Decarbonized Society
   A.G.Etna
   January 22, 2022
2. Literature search: how to find a needle in a haystack
   Scuola Superiore di Catania
   May 23, 2018
3. Transparent Conductive Oxides: a new material platform for optoelectronic, plasmonic and photovoltaic
   Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Catania & EPS Young Minds Catania chapter & OSA Catania chapter
   January 8, 2014

Conference participation:

• MRS Spring Meeting 2016 – Phoenix, AZ (USA) Oral presentation
• MRS Fall Meeting 2015 – Boston, MA (USA) Oral presentation
• MRS Spring Meeting 2015 – San Francisco, CA (USA) Oral presentation
• MRS Fall Meeting 2014 – Boston, MA (USA) Oral presentation
• MRS Spring Meeting 2014 – San Francisco, CA (USA) April 21 – 27, 2014 Poster presentation, Symposium II
• 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
• E-MRS Fall Meeting 2010 – Warsaw (PL) September 13-17, 2010 Oral presentation, Symposium E
• International School on “Materials for Renewable Energies” – Erice (TP, Italy) May 28 – June 2, 2010 Poster session
• E-MRS 2009 – Strasbourg (F) June 8-12, 2009 Oral presentation, Symposium I
• NODE International Summer School – Cortona (AR, Italy) July 1-5, 2008 Poster session
• XV International Winter School on “New Developments in Solid State Physics” – Bad HofGastein (Salzburg, AT) February 18-22, 2008
• XIII National School of Materials Science – Bressanone (Bz, Italy) September 30 – October 9, 2007 Poster session
• XV International conference on “Ion Beam Modification of Materials” – Taormina (ME, Italy) September 18-22, 2006 Poster session
• XCI Conference of the “Società Italiana di Fisica” – Catania (Italy) September 26 – October 1, 2005