Dr Leonardo Silvestri

Dr Leonardo Silvestri

Visiting Fellow
Engineering
Electrical Engineering and Telecommunications

Leonardo Silvestri is Adjunct Senior Lecturer at the University of New South Wales and co-founder of Zedelef Pty Ltd. He received his degree in Physics from the University of Pisa and a PhD in Materials Science from the Scuola Normale Superiore of Pisa, Italy. His current research includes the development and commercialisation of a novel liquid crystal-based optical transducer, with applications in optical sensing networks, Q-switched lasers and optrode arrays for biopotential recording.

  • Book Chapters | 2012
    Tavazzi S; Silvestri L; Spearman P, 2012, 'Optical Properties of Molecular Crystals: The Effect of Molecular Packing and Polymorphism', in Borisenko DE (ed.), Crystallization and Materials Science of Modern Artificial and Natural Crystals, InTech, pp. 279 - 304, http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/30671
  • Journal articles | 2023
    Wei Y; Wang H; Al Abed A; Almasri RM; Lei X; Firth J; Silvestri L; Ladouceur F; Lehmann T; Lovell NH, 2023, 'A Bi-Directional Detection and Stimulation Optrode System With Charge Balancing for Neural Applications', Journal of Lightwave Technology, 41, pp. 4463 - 4472, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/JLT.2023.3250827
    Journal articles | 2022
    Al Abed A; Wei Y; Almasri RM; Lei X; Wang H; Firth J; Chen Y; Gouailhardou N; Silvestri L; Lehmann T; Ladouceur F; Lovell NH, 2022, 'Liquid crystal electro-optical transducers for electrophysiology sensing applications', Journal of Neural Engineering, 19, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1741-2552/ac8ed6
    Journal articles | 2022
    Chen Y; Silvestri L; Lei X; Ladouceur F, 2022, 'Optically powered gas monitoring system using single-mode fibre for underground coal mines', International Journal of Coal Science and Technology, 9, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40789-022-00496-y
    Journal articles | 2021
    Lei X; Wieschendorf C; Hao L; Firth J; Silvestri L; Gross S; Ladouceur F; Withford M; Spence D; Fuerbach A, 2021, 'Compact actively Q-switched laser for sensing applications', Measurement: Journal of the International Measurement Confederation, 173, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.measurement.2020.108631
    Journal articles | 2021
    Silvestri L; Chen Y; Brodzeli Z; Sirojan T; Lu S; Liu Z; Phung T; Ladouceur F, 2021, 'A Novel Optical Sensing Technology for Monitoring Voltage and Current of Overhead Power Lines', IEEE Sensors Journal, 21, pp. 26699 - 26707, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/JSEN.2021.3119580
    Journal articles | 2021
    Wei Y; Lehmann T; Silvestri L; Wang H; Ladouceur F, 2021, 'Photodiode working in zero-mode: Detecting light power change with DC rejection and AC amplification', Optics Express, 29, pp. 18915 - 18931, http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.426503
    Journal articles | 2019
    Lei X; Wieschendorf C; Firth J; Ladouceur F; Fuerbach A; Silvestri L, 2019, 'Numerical modelling and optimization of actively Q-switched waveguide lasers based on liquid crystal transducers', Optics Express, 27, pp. 8777 - 8791, http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.27.008777
    Journal articles | 2019
    Lei X; Wieschendorf C; Firth J; Ladouceur F; Silvestri L; Fuerbach A, 2019, 'All-in-One Fiber Laser Based on a Liquid Crystal Transducer', IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, 31, pp. 1409 - 1412, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/LPT.2019.2929553
    Journal articles | 2018
    Al Abed A; Srinivas H; Firth J; Ladouceur F; Lovell NH; Silvestri L, 2018, 'A biopotential optrode array: operation principles and simulations', Scientific Reports, 8, pp. 2690, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-20182-x
    Journal articles | 2018
    Ladouceur F; Silvestri L; Firth J; Al Abed A; Lovell N, 2018, 'Liquid crystal optrode arrays: a novel approach to neural interfaces', Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience, 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/conf.fncel.2018.38.00110
    Journal articles | 2018
    Silvestri L; Srinivas H; Ladouceur F, 2018, 'Effective dielectric tensor of deformed-helix ferroelectric liquid crystals with subwavelength pitch and large tilt angle', Physical Review E, 98, pp. 052707, http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.98.052707
    Journal articles | 2017
    Firth J; Brodzeli Z; Ciobotaru M; Phung T; Ladouceur F; Silvestri L, 2017, 'Accurate optical measurement of high voltage waveform using novel optical liquid crystal based sensor', Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical, 268, pp. 164 - 172, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sna.2017.11.015
    Journal articles | 2017
    Firth J; Ladouceur F; Brodzeli Z; Bruin C; Wang H; Silvestri L, 2017, 'Liquid Crystal based optical telemetry applied to 4–20 mA current loop networks', Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical, 260, pp. 124 - 130, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sna.2017.04.005
    Journal articles | 2017
    Wieschendorf C; Firth J; Silvestri L; Gross S; Ladouceur F; Withford MJ; Spence DJ; Fuerbach A, 2017, 'Compact integrated actively Q-switched waveguide laser', Optics Express, 25, pp. 1692 - 1701, http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.25.001692
    Journal articles | 2016
    Firth J; Ladouceur F; Brodzeli Z; Wyres M; Silvestri L, 2016, 'A novel optical telemetry system applied to flowmeter networks', Flow Measurement and Instrumentation, 48, pp. 15 - 19, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.flowmeasinst.2016.01.006
    Journal articles | 2016
    Silvestri L; Ladouceur F, 2016, 'Role of AlN Polarity in the Band Alignment of AlN(0001)/Diamond(100) Heterojunctions: A First-Principles Study', Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 7, pp. 1534 - 1538, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpclett.6b00285
    Journal articles | 2014
    Camposeo A; Polo M; Del Carro P; Silvestri L; Tavazzi S; Pisignano D, 2014, 'Random lasing in an organic light-emitting crystal and its interplay with vertical cavity feedback', Laser and Photonics Reviews, 8, pp. 785 - 791, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/lpor.201400031
    Journal articles | 2014
    Tavazzi S; Camposeo A; Pisignano D; Silvestri L, 2014, 'Molecular packing versus strength and effective mass of the emitting exciton of β-1,1,4,4-tetraphenyl-1,3-butadiene', Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 118, pp. 8588 - 8594, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jp5007796
    Journal articles | 2013
    Brodzeli Z; Silvestri L; Michie A; Guo Q; Pozhidaev EP; Chigrinov V; Ladouceur F, 2013, 'Reflective mode of deformed-helix ferroelectric liquid crystal cells for sensing applications', Liquid Crystals, 40, pp. 1427 - 1435, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02678292.2013.807942
    Journal articles | 2013
    Brodzeli Z; Silvestri L; Michie A; Guo Q; Pozhidaev EP; Chigrinov V; Ladouceur F, 2013, 'Sensors at your fibre tips: A novel liquid crystal-based photonic transducer for sensing systems', Journal of Lightwave Technology, 31, pp. 2940 - 2946, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/JLT.2013.2274455
    Journal articles | 2013
    Cervenka J; Lau DWM; Dontschuk N; Shimoni O; Silvestri L; Ladouceur F; Duvall SG; Prawer S, 2013, 'Nucleation and chemical vapor deposition growth of polycrystalline diamond on aluminum nitride: Role of surface termination and polarity', Crystal Growth and Design, 13, pp. 3490 - 3497, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/cg400383t
    Journal articles | 2013
    Guo Q; Brodzeli Z; Silvestri L; Srivastava A; Pozhidaev EP; Chigrinov V; Kwok HS, 2013, 'Voltage sensor with a wide frequency range using a deformed helix ferroelectric liquid crystal', Photonics Letters of Poland, 5, pp. 2 - 4, http://dx.doi.org/10.4302/plp.2013.1.02
    Journal articles | 2013
    Raimondo L; Silvestri L; Borghesi A; Tavazzi S, 2013, 'Exciton-lattice phonon coupling in organic semiconductor crystals beyond the static disorder', Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 117, pp. 26248 - 26254, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jp409611q
    Journal articles | 2013
    Silvestri L; Cervenka J; Prawer SD; Ladouceur F, 2013, 'First principle study of valence-band offsets at AlN/diamond heterojunctions', Diamond and Related Materials, 31, pp. 25 - 29, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.diamond.2012.10.010
    Journal articles | 2012
    Brodzeli Z; Silvestri L; Michie A; Chigrinov V; Guo Q; Pozhidaev EP; Kiselev AD; Ladouceur F, 2012, 'Liquid crystal-based hydrophone arrays', Photonic Sensors, 2, pp. 237 - 246, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13320-012-0072-5
    Journal articles | 2012
    Guo Q; Brodzeli Z; Pozhidaev E; Fan F; Chigrinov V; Kwok HS; Silvestri L; Ladouceur F, 2012, 'Fast electro-optical mode in photo-aligned reflective deformed helix ferroelectric liquid crystal cells', Optics Letters, 37, pp. 2343, http://www.opticsinfobase.org/ol/abstract.cfm?URI=ol-37-12-2343
    Journal articles | 2012
    Silvestri L; Dunn K; Prawer S; Ladouceur F, 2012, 'Concentration of point defects in wurtzite AlN: A hybrid functional study', Europhysics Letters, 98, pp. 36003, http://iopscience.iop.org/0295-5075/98/3/36003/article
    Journal articles | 2012
    Tavazzi S; Silvestri L; Spearman P; Borghesi A; Mercandelli P; Panigati M; D'Alfonso G; Sironi A; De Cola L, 2012, 'Role of molecular packing on the absorption properties of the two polymorphs of [Re2(ì-Cl)2(CO)6(4,5-(Me 3Si)2pyridazine)]', Crystal Growth and Design, 12, pp. 742 - 749, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/cg201051g
    Journal articles | 2011
    Alessandrini L; Braga D; Jaafari H; Mora S; Tavazzi S, 2011, 'Optical Properties of Dibenzo[d,d′]thieno[3,2-b;4,5-b′]dithiophene Monocrystals: The Effect of Intermolecular Interactions', Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 115, pp. 225 - 231, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jp1052826
    Journal articles | 2011
    Fumagalli E; Raimondo L; Silvestri L; Moret M; Sassella A; Campione M, 2011, 'Oxidation Dynamics of Epitaxial Rubrene Ultrathin Films', Chemistry of Materials, 23, pp. 3246 - 3253, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/cm201230j
    Journal articles | 2011
    Silvestri L; Dunn K; Prawer S; Ladouceur F, 2011, 'Hybrid functional study of Si and O donors in wurtzite AlN', Applied Physics Letters, 99, pp. 122109, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3641861
    Journal articles | 2011
    Tavazzi S; Mora S; Alessandrini L; Silvestri L, 2011, 'Anisotropic optical functions of α-1,4,4-tetraphenyl-1,3-butadiene', Journal of Chemical Physics, 134, pp. 34707, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3524207
    Journal articles | 2010
    Camposeo A; Polo M; Tavazzi S; Silvestri L; Spearman P; Cingolani R; Pisignano D, 2010, 'Polarized superradiance from delocalized exciton transitions in tetracene single crystals', Physical Review B, 81, pp. 033306-1 - 033306-4, http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.81.033306
    Journal articles | 2010
    Girlando A; Ianelli S; Bilotti I; Brillante A; Della Valle RG; Venuti E; Campione M; Mora S; Silvestri L; Spearman P; Tavazzi S, 2010, 'Spectroscopic and structural characterization of two polymorphs of 1,1,4,4-tetraphenyl-1,3-butadiene', Crystal Growth and Design, 10, pp. 2752 - 2758, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/cg100253k
    Journal articles | 2010
    Silvestri L; Agranovich V, 2010, 'Direct photogeneration of biexcitons via virtual single-exciton and biexciton states in PbSe quantum dots', Physical Review - Section B - Condensed Matter, 81, pp. 205302, http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.81.205302
    Journal articles | 2010
    Spano FC; Silvestri L, 2010, 'Multiple mode exciton-vibrational coupling in H-aggregates: Synergistic enhancement of the quantum yield', Journal of Chemical Physics, 132, pp. 094704-1 - 094704-11, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3310810
    Journal articles | 2010
    Tavazzi S; Miozzo L; Silvestri L; Mora S; Spearman P; Moret M; Rizzato S; Braga D; Diagne Diaw AK; Gningue-Sall D; Aaron JJ; Yassar A, 2010, 'Crystal structure and optical properties of n-pyrrole end-capped thiophene/phenyl co-oligomer: Strong h-type excitonic coupling and emission self-waveguiding', Crystal Growth and Design, 10, pp. 2342 - 2349, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/cg100113h
    Journal articles | 2010
    Tavazzi S; Silvestri L; Miozzo L; Papagni A; Spearman P; Ianelli S; Girlando A; Camposeo A; Polo M; Pisignano D, 2010, 'Polarized absorption, spontaneous and stimulated blue light emission of J-type tetraphenylbutadiene monocrystals', ChemPhysChem, 11, pp. 429 - 434, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cphc.200900267
    Journal articles | 2009
    Silvestri L; Tavazzi S; Spearman P; Raimondo L; Spano FC, 2009, 'Exciton-phonon coupling in molecular crystals: Synergy between two intramolecular vibrational modes in quaterthiophene single crystals', Journal of Chemical Physics, 130, pp. 234701
    Journal articles | 2008
    Del Carro P; Camposeo A; Persano L; Tavazzi S; Campione M; Papagni A; Raimondo L; Silvestri L; Spearman P; Cingolani R; Pisignano D, 2008, 'Monolithic vertical microcavities based on tetracene single crystals', Applied Physics Letters, 92, pp. 063301-1 - 063301-3, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2840153
    Journal articles | 2008
    Labate M; Foot PJS; O Malley H; Miozzo L; Papagni A; Silvestri L; Spearman P; Tavazzi S, 2008, 'Inorganic/Organic Semiconductor Heterostructures: Optical Properties of Quaterthiophene Intercalated in Cadmium Phosphorus Trisulfide', Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 112, pp. 20149 - 20153, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jp806274w
    Journal articles | 2008
    Tavazzi S; Raimondo L; Silvestri L; Spearman P; Camposeo A; Polo M; Pisignano D, 2008, 'Dielectric tensor of tetracene single crystals: The effect of anisotropy on polarized absorption and emission spectra', Journal of Chemical Physics, 128, pp. 154709-1 - 154709-8, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2897436
    Journal articles | 2007
    Camposeo A; Polo M; Cingolani R; Pisignano D; Tavazzi S; Silvestri L; Spearman P; Campione M; Papagni A; Borghesi A, 2007, 'Photoluminescence, polarization, waveguiding and gain properties of organic semiconductor single crystals', Optics InfoBase Conference Papers
    Journal articles | 2007
    Camposeo A; Polo M; Cingolani R; Pisignano D; Tavazzi S; Silvestri L; Spearman P; Campione M; Papagni A; Borghesi A, 2007, 'Photoluminescence, polarization, waveguiding and gain properties of organic', Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe - Technical Digest, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/CLEOE-IQEC.2007.4386170
    Journal articles | 2007
    Spano FC; Silvestri L; Spearman P; Raimondo L; Tavazzi S, 2007, 'Reclassifying exciton-phonon coupling in molecular aggregates: Evidence of strong nonadiabatic coupling in oligothiophene crystals', Journal of Chemical Physics, 127, pp. 184703
    Journal articles | 2007
    Tavazzi S; Borghesi A; Papagni A; Spearman P; Silvestri L; Yassar A; Camposeo A; Polo M; Pisignano D, 2007, 'Optical response and emission waveguiding in rubrene crystals', Physical Review - Section B - Condensed Matter, 75, pp. 245416, http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.75.245416
    Journal articles | 2007
    Tavazzi S; Miozzo L; Papagni A; Raimondo L; Silvestri L; Spearman P; Camposeo A; Polo M; Pisignano D, 2007, 'Exciton self-trapping in tetrafluoro-dimethyl-aminoacridine single crystals', Journal of Chemical Physics, 126, pp. 234501-1 - 234501-5, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2735622
    Journal articles | 2007
    Tjong H; Zhou H-X, 2007, 'GBr(6)NL: A generalized Born method for accurately reproducing solvation energy of the nonlinear Poisson-Boltzmann equation', JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS, 126, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2735322
    Journal articles | 2006
    Wu J-H; Gao J-Y; Xu J-H; Silvestri L; Artoni M; La Rocca GC; Bassani F, 2006, 'Dynamic control of coherent pulses via Fano-type interference in asymmetric double quantum wells', Physical Review A, 73, pp. 53818
    Journal articles | 2005
    Wu J-H; Gao J-Y; Xu J-H; Silvestri L; Artoni M; La Rocca GC; Bassani F, 2005, 'Ultrafast All Optical Switching via Tunable Fano Interference', Physical Review Letters, 95, pp. 57401, http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.95.057401
    Journal articles | 2004
    Silvestri L; Dubovski OA; Rocca GCLA; Bassani F; Agranovich VM, 2004, 'Negative refraction in crystals with spatial dispersion', Nuovo Cimento della Societa Italiana di Fisica C, 27, pp. 437 - 448, http://dx.doi.org/10.1393/ncc/i2005-10026-4
    Journal articles | 2003
    Czajkowski G; Bassani F; Silvestri L, 2003, 'Excitonic optical properties of nanostructures: Real density matrix approach', Rivista del Nuovo Cimento, 26
    Journal articles | 2003
    Silvestri L; Brown H; Carra S; Carra S, 2003, 'Chain entanglements and fracture energy in interfaces between immiscible polymers', Journal of Chemical Physics, 119, pp. 8140, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1610444
    Journal articles | 2002
    Silvestri L; Bassani F; Czajkowski G; Davoudi B, 2002, 'Electromagnetically induced transparency in asymmetric double quantum wells', European Physical Journal B, 27, pp. 89, http://dx.doi.org/10.1140/epjb/e20020133
    Journal articles | 2002
    Silvestri L; Bassani F; Czajkowski G, 2002, 'Electromagnetically induced transparency in quantum wells', Physica Status Solidi (A) Applied Research, 190, pp. 683 - 688, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/1521-396X(200204)190:3<683::AID-PSSA683>3.0.CO;2-3
    Journal articles | 2002
    Silvestri L; Bassani F; Czajkowski G, 2002, 'Phase diagram of quasi two-dimensional electron-hole gas in single and coupled quantum wells', Physica Status Solidi (A) Applied Research, 190, pp. 689 - 692, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/1521-396X(200204)190:3<689::AID-PSSA689>3.0.CO;2-G
    Journal articles | 2001
    Czajkowski G; Bassani F; Silvestri L, 2001, 'Electric and magnetic field effects on optical properties of excitons in parabolic quantum wells and quantum dots', Physica Status Solidi (A) Applied Research, 188, pp. 1281 - 1290, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/1521-396X(200112)188:4<1281::AID-PSSA1281>3.0.CO;2-Y
    Journal articles | 2000
    Bassani F; Czajkowski G; Dressler M; Silvestri L, 2000, 'Electro-optical properties of excitons in low-dimensional semiconductor structures', Physica Status Solidi (A) Applied Research, 178, pp. 51 - 55, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/1521-396X(200003)178:1<51::AID-PSSA51>3.0.CO;2-Q
    Journal articles | 2000
    Silvestri L; Bassani F; Czajkowski G, 2000, 'Optical properties of excitons in quantum dots: Diffraction of an electromagnetic plane wave by a spherical quantum dot', Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids, 61, pp. 2043 - 2053, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0022-3697(00)00206-7
    Journal articles | 1999
    Silvestri L; Czajkowski G; Bassani F, 1999, 'Density matrix approach to electromagnetic wave scattering of a quantum dot', Physica Status Solidi (A) Applied Research, 175, pp. 383 - 391, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1521-396X(199909)175:1<383::AID-PSSA383>3.0.CO;2-A
  • Preprints | 2021
    Chen Y; Silvestri L; Lei X; Ladouceur F, 2021, Optically Powered Gas Monitoring System Using Single-Mode Fibre for Underground Coal Mines, http://dx.doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-605223/v1
    Conference Papers | 2020
    Lei X; Hao L; Firth J; Ladouceur F; Silvestri L; Fuerbach A, 2020, 'High efficiency and low voltage actively Q-switched Yb-doped waveguide lasers using a liquid crystal modulator', in Optics InfoBase Conference Papers
    Conference Papers | 2020
    Lei X; Hao L; Firth J; Ladouceur F; Silvestri L; Fuerbach A, 2020, 'High efficiency and low voltage actively Q-switched Yb-doped waveguide lasers using a liquid crystal modulator', in Optics InfoBase Conference Papers, IEEE, Beijing China, presented at Asia Communications and Photonics Conference 2020, Beijing China, 24 October 2020 - 27 October 2021, https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/9365609
    Conference Papers | 2020
    Silvestri L; Al Abed A; Revol ECM; Firth J; Wei Y; Wang H; Gouailhardou N; Lehmann T; Lovell NH; Ladouceur F, 2020, 'First biopotential recordings from a liquid crystal optrode', in Madsen SJ; Yang VXD; Thakor NV (eds.), Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE, SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics, CA, San Francisco, pp. 1122505-1122505-4, presented at Clinical and Translational Neurophotonics 2020, CA, San Francisco, 01 February 2020 - 06 February 2020, http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.2544087
    Conference Papers | 2019
    Ladouceur F; Lei X; Wei Y; Firth J; Fuerbach A; Lovell N; Silvestri L, 2019, 'Towards the next generation of brain/machine interface', in Mitchell A; RubinszteinDunlop H (ed.), Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, SPIE, Melbourne, Australia, pp. 112000t-112000t-2, presented at AOS Australian Conference on Optical Fibre Technology (ACOFT) and Australian Conference on Optics, Lasers, and Spectroscopy (ACOLS) 2019, Melbourne, Australia, 08 December 2019 - 12 December 2019, http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.2539894
    Conference Papers | 2019
    Lei X; Karaganov V; Ladouceur F; Silvestri L; Fuerbach A, 2019, 'Compact design of q-switched laser systems based on liquid crystal transducers', in Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.2539900
    Conference Papers | 2019
    Wang H; Römer U; Lei X; Wei Y; Al Abed A; Ladouceur F; Silvestri L; Lovell N; Roemer U, 2019, 'Towards bi-directional electro-optic neuronal interfaces', in Goldys EM; Gibson BC (ed.), Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering. Biophotonics Australasia 2019, Society of Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers, Melbourne, presented at ANZCOP 2019, Melbourne, 08 December 2019 - 12 December 2019, http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.2539997
    Conference Papers | 2019
    Wei Y; Al Abed A; Gouailhardou N; Wang H; Lei X; Ladouceur F; Lehmann T; Lovell NH; Silvestri L, 2019, 'Optically measuring nerve activity based on an electro-optical detection system', in Goldys EM; Gibson BC (ed.), Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering. Biophotonics Australasia 2019, Society of Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers, Melbourne, presented at ANZCOP, Melbourne, 08 December 2019 - 12 December 2019, http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.2540053
    Conference Papers | 2018
    Ladouceur F; Lovell N; Firth J; Al Abed A; Silvestri L, 2018, 'Multi-optrode arrays: A new path towards brain/machine interface', in Optics InfoBase Conference Papers, http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/SENSORS.2018.SeM3E.3
    Conference Papers | 2018
    Lei X; Wieschendorf C; Fuerbach A; Ladouceur F; Silvestri L, 2018, 'All-in-one fiber laser based on liquid crystal transducer', in Optics InfoBase Conference Papers, http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/IPRSN.2018.ITh4H.3
    Preprints | 2018
    Silvestri L; Srinivas H; Ladouceur F, 2018, Effective dielectric tensor of deformed-helix ferroelectric liquid crystals with subwavelength pitch and large tilt angle, , http://dx.doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.1809.06984
    Conference Papers | 2017
    Wieschendorf C; Firth J; Silvestri L; Gross S; Ladouceur F; Withford MJ; Spence DJ; Fuerbach A, 2017, 'Novel liquid crystal cells for short-pulsed monolithic guided-wave laser sources', in Optics InfoBase Conference Papers, IEEE, Munich, Germany, presented at CLEO/Europe-EQEC, 2017 Conference, Munich, Germany, 25 June 2017 - 29 June 2017
    Conference Papers | 2016
    Silvestri L; Al Abed A; Srinivas H; Wang H; Lovell NH; Ladouceur F, 2016, 'Computational modeling of a novel liquid crystal-based optrode', in Hutchinson MR; Goldys EM (ed.), Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics, Adelaide, Australia, pp. 100130s-100130s-4, presented at 2016 The International Society for Optical Engineering, Adelaide, Australia, 09 December 2016 - 09 December 2016, http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.2242866
    Conference Papers | 2016
    Srinivas H; Abed AA; Ladouceur F; Lovell NH; Silvestri L; Al Abed A, 2016, 'Modeling the Debye dielectric response in the time domain for a liquid crystal-based biopotential optrode', in Patton J; Barbieri R; Ji J; Jabbari E; Dokos S; Mukkamala R; Guiraud D; Jovanov E; Dhaher Y; Panescu D; Vangils M; Wheeler B; Dhawan AP (eds.), Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), FL, Orlando, pp. 4857 - 4860, presented at 2016 38th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), FL, Orlando, 16 August 2016 - 20 August 2016, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/EMBC.2016.7591815
    Conference Papers | 2016
    Wieschendorf C; Firth J; Gross S; Ladouceur F; Silvestri L; Spence D; Fuerbach A, 2016, 'Actively Q-Switched integrated waveguide lasers', in 2016 Photonics and Fiber Technology Congress (ACOFT, BGPP, NP), Optical Society of America, Sydney, pp. am4c.6, presented at 2016 Photonics and Fiber Technology Congress (ACOFT, BGPP, NP), Sydney, 05 September 2016 - 08 September 2016, http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/acoft.2016.am4c.6
    Conference Papers | 2015
    Firth J; Silvestri L; Lovell N; Ladouceur F, 2015, 'Development of a novel optical electrode for biopotential recording', Barton, ACT: Engineers Australia, Adelaide, pp. 27 - 31, presented at Australian and New Zealand Conference on Optics and Photonics 2015 (ANZCOP 2015), Adelaide, 29 November 2015 - 03 December 2015
    Preprints | 2014
    Camposeo A; Polo M; Del Carro P; Silvestri L; Tavazzi S; Pisignano D, 2014, Random lasing in an organic light-emitting crystal and its interplay with vertical cavity feedback, , http://dx.doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.1405.4678
    Preprints | 2013
    Camposeo A; Polo M; Tavazzi S; Silvestri L; Spearman P; Cingolani R; Pisignano D, 2013, Polarized superradiance from delocalized exciton transitions in tetracene single crystals, , http://dx.doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.1304.7958
    Conference Papers | 2012
    Brodzeli Z; Ladouceur F; Silvestri L; Michie A; Chigrinov V; Guo GQ; Pozhidaev EP; Kiselev AD, 2012, 'Distributed hydrophone array based on Liquid Crystal cell', in Canning J; Peng GD (ed.), THIRD ASIA PACIFIC OPTICAL SENSORS CONFERENCE, SPIE-INT SOC OPTICAL ENGINEERING, AUSTRALIA, Sydney, presented at 3rd Asia Pacific Optical Sensors Conference (APOS), AUSTRALIA, Sydney, 31 January 2012 - 03 February 2012, http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.915962
    Conference Papers | 2012
    Brodzeli Z; Ladouceur F; Silvestri L; Phung T; Michie A; Chigrinov V; Guo GQ; Pozhidaev EP; Kiselev AD, 2012, 'Voltage sensor based on Deformed Helix Ferroelectric Liquid Crystal', in Canning J; Peng G (ed.), SPIE Proceedings, SPIE, pp. 83512L - 83512L, presented at Asia Pacific Optical Sensors Conference, http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.915961
    Conference Papers | 2012
    Silvestri L; Brodzeli Z; Ladouceur F; Michie A; Chigrinov VG; Guo GQ; Pozhidaev EP; Kiselev AD, 2012, 'pdf not found Reflection from gold-coated deformed-helix ferroelectric liquid crystal cells: theory and experiment', in Canning J; Peng GD (ed.), THIRD ASIA PACIFIC OPTICAL SENSORS CONFERENCE, SPIE-INT SOC OPTICAL ENGINEERING, AUSTRALIA, Sydney, presented at 3rd Asia Pacific Optical Sensors Conference (APOS), AUSTRALIA, Sydney, 31 January 2012 - 03 February 2012, http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.915970
    Conference Papers | 2012
    Spearman P; Tavazzi S; Silvestri L; Burini A; Borghesi A; Mercandelli P; Panigati M; D'Alfonso G; Sironi A; De Cola L, 2012, 'The role of molecular packing on the UV-visible optical properties of [Re2Cl2(CO)64,5-(Me3Si) 2pyridazine]', in Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, v. 8435, SPIE, Bellingham, WA, United States, pp. Article number: 84352D, presented at Organic Photonics V, Brussels, Belgium, 16 April 2012 - 18 April 2012, http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.922988
    Conference Papers | 2007
    Camposeo A; Polo M; Cingolani R; Pisignano D; Tavazzi S; Silvestri L; Spearman P; Campione M; Papagni A; Borghesi A, 2007, 'Photoluminescence, polarization, waveguiding and gain properties of organic semiconductor single crystals', in Optics InfoBase Conference Papers
    Conference Papers | 2005
    Silvestri L; Superiore SN; Brown HR, 2005, 'Mean field calculations of interface and thin film entanglement', in ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, AMER CHEMICAL SOC, DC, Washington, pp. U3603 - U3603, presented at 230th National Meeting of the American-Chemical-Society, DC, Washington, 28 August 2005 - 01 September 2005, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000236797307203&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
    Conference Papers | 2000
    Bassani F; Silvestri L; Czajkowski G, 2000, 'Electric and magnetic field effects on optical properties of excitons in quantum dots', in Miura N; Ando T (ed.), PROCEEDINGS OF THE 25TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE PHYSICS OF SEMICONDUCTORS, PTS I AND II, SPRINGER-VERLAG BERLIN, JAPAN, OSAKA, pp. 1299 - 1300, presented at 25th International Conference on the Physics of Semiconductors (ICPS25), JAPAN, OSAKA, 17 September 2000 - 22 September 2000, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000171592800619&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
    Conference Papers | 1999
    Silvestri L; Czajkowski G; Bassani F, 1999, 'Density matrix approach to electromagnetic wave scattering of a quantum dot', in PHYSICA STATUS SOLIDI A-APPLICATIONS AND MATERIALS SCIENCE, WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH, FRANCE, ST MAXIME, pp. 383 - 391, presented at Workshop on Surface and Interface Optics 99 (SIO 99), FRANCE, ST MAXIME, 04 May 1999 - 09 May 1999, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1521-396X(199909)175:1<383::AID-PSSA383>3.3.CO;2-1