Dr Carlo Silvestri
Honorary Fellow
School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Book Chapter
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) edited by Federico Capasso and Dennis Couwenberg. Berlin, Germany: De Gruyter. doi: 10.1515/9783110710687-018
Journal Articles
Liu, Binbin, Silvestri, Carlo, Zhou, Kang, Ma, Xuhong, Wu, Shumin, Li, Ziping, Wan, Wenjian, Zhang, Zhenzhen, Zhang, Ying, Peng, Junsong, Zeng, Heping, Wang, Cheng, Brambilla, Massimo, Columbo, Lorenzo Luigi and Li, Hua (2025). Terahertz semiconductor laser chaos. Nature Communications , 16 (1) 9985. doi: 10.1038/s41467-025-64921-x
Hoang, Van Thuy, Langker, Milo, Silvestri, Carlo, Qiang, Y. Long, Widjaja, Justin, Runge, Antoine F. J. and de Sterke, C. Martijn (2025). Properties of the Hilbert–Nonlinear Schrödinger Solitons and Related Nonlocal Systems. ACS Photonics, 12 (8) acsphotonics.5c01158, 4693-4702. doi: 10.1021/acsphotonics.5c01158
Zaminga, S., Columbo, L., Silvestri, C., Gioannini, M. and Grillot, F. (2025). Modulation properties and nonlinear dynamics induced by optical feedback in distributed-feedback quantum cascade lasers. APL Photonics, 10 (8) 086114, 8. doi: 10.1063/5.0252956
Silvestri, Carlo, Qiang, Y. Long, Panda, Krupamaya, Widjaja, Justin, Coen, Stéphane, de Sterke, C. Martijn and Runge, Antoine F.J. (2025). Pure high-order dispersion dissipative Kerr solitons in optical cavities. Optics Letters, 50 (13), 4262-4265. doi: 10.1364/OL.564975
Silvestri, Carlo, Qi, Xiaoqiong, Taimre, Thomas and Rakić, Aleksandar D. (2025). Shaping terahertz harmonic frequency combs with frequency-dependent external reflectors. Physical Review A, 111 (4) 043522, 4. doi: 10.1103/physreva.111.043522
Silvestri, Carlo, Widjaja, Justin, Lin, Austin, Martijn de Sterke, C. and Runge, Antoine F. J. (2025). Theory of multicolor soliton microcombs. Optics Letters, 50 (6), 2073-2076. doi: 10.1364/ol.551523
Silvestri, Carlo, Brambilla, Massimo, Bardella, Paolo and Columbo, Lorenzo Luigi (2024). Unified theory for frequency combs in ring and Fabry–Perot quantum cascade lasers: an order-parameter equation approach. APL Photonics, 9 (7) 076119, 1-13. doi: 10.1063/5.0213323
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, 16 (2) 0600909, 1-9. doi: 10.1109/jphot.2024.3373805
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
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
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
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, 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
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
Conference Papers
Silvestri, Carlo, Widjaja, Justin, Lin, Austin, De Sterke, C. Martijn and Runge, Antoine F. J. (2025). Generalized Theory of Multicolor Microcombs. IEEE. doi: 10.1109/cleo/europe-eqec65582.2025.11111544
Silvestri, Carlo, Brambilla, Massimo, Prati, Franco, Gioannini, Mariangela and Columbo, Lorenzo (2025). Undamped Effective Rabi Frequency Triggers Harmonic Frequency Combs in Ultrafast Semiconductor Laser. IEEE. doi: 10.1109/cleo/europe-eqec65582.2025.11111337
Silvestri, Carlo, Brambilla, Massimo, Prati, Franco, Gioannini, Mariangela and Columbo, Lorenzo Luigi (2025). Effective Rabi Frequency in quantum cascade lasers and its role in the origin of harmonic frequency combs. SPIE. doi: 10.1117/12.3040666
Silvestri, Carlo, Qi, Xiaoqiong, Taimre, Thomas and Rakić, Aleksandar D. (2024). Linear chirp in long cavity terahertz quantum cascade laser frequency combs. 2024 49th International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz), Perth, WA, Australia, 1-6 September 2024. Piscataway, NJ, United States: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. doi: 10.1109/irmmw-thz60956.2024.10697568
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: Photonics West 2024, San Francisco, CA, United States, 27 January - 1 February 2024. Bellingham, WA, United States: 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. Conference on Physics and Simulation of Optoelectronic Devices XXXII, San Francisco, CA, United States, 30 January - 1 February 2024. Bellingham, WA, United States: SPIE - International Society for Optical Engineering. doi: 10.1117/12.3001622
Silvestri, Carlo, Brambilla, Massimo, Bardella, Paolo and Columbo, Lorenzo Luigi (2024). Reduced model unifying frequency combs in ring and Fabry-Perot quantum cascade lasers. 2024 International Conference on Numerical Simulation of Optoelectronic Devices (NUSOD), New Delhi, India, 23-27 September 2024. Washington, DC, United States: IEEE Computer Society. doi: 10.1109/NUSOD62083.2024.10723569
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
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
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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