Prof. Marco Piccardo Profile

Prof. Marco Piccardo

Assistant Professor at Técnico Lisboa

SPIE Involvement:

Conference Program Committee | Author | Special Event Speaker

Publications (27)

Proceedings Article | 2 October 2024 Presentation

Thz / Far-IR / Sub-mm molecular laser pumped with quantum cascade laser

A. Amirzhan, P. Chevalier, M. Piccardo, H. Everitt, F. Capasso

Proceedings Volume PC13141, PC1314102 (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3027478

KEYWORDS: Quantum cascade lasers, Molecular lasers, Quantum operations, Terahertz radiation, Carbon dioxide lasers, Quantum limits, Light absorption, Thermal modeling, Semiconductor lasers, Quantum sources

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Proceedings Article | 11 June 2024 Presentation

Robust monolithic metaoptics for high-power laser beam shaping from near-UV to near-IR

M. B. Silva Oliveira, P. Estrela, P. San Miguel Claveria, P. Araujo, M. Fajardo, M. Piccardo

Proceedings Volume PC12990, PC129900R (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3017651

KEYWORDS: High power lasers, Near ultraviolet, Beam shaping, Beam controllers, Nanofabrication, Laser damage threshold, Glasses, Femtosecond pulse shaping, Femtosecond phenomena, Birefringence

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Proceedings Article | 13 March 2024 Presentation

Nonlinear mid-infrared photonics with active resonators

Dmitry Kazakov, Theodore Letsou, Pawan Ratra, Marco Piccardo, Lorenzo Columbo, Massimo Brambilla, Franco Prati, Sandro Dal Cin, Maximillian Beiser, Nikola Opacak, Michael Pushkarsky, David Caffey, Timothy Day, Luigi Lugiato, Benedikt Schwarz, Federico Capasso

Proceedings Volume PC12905, PC1290508 (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3003043

KEYWORDS: Mid-IR, Photonics, Tunable filters, Solitons, Semiconductors, Phase shifts, Optical resonators, Nonlinear optics, Nonlinear filtering, Resonators

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Proceedings Article | 13 March 2024 Presentation

Bright-dark solitons in a hybridized frequency comb

Theodore Letsou, Dmitry Kazakov, Pawan Ratra, Lorenzo Columbo, Sandro Dal Cin, Nikola Opacak, Marco Piccardo, Benedikt Schwarz, Federico Capasso

Proceedings Volume PC12905, PC1290509 (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3016806

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Proceedings Article | 9 March 2024 Presentation

Nozaki-Bekki optical solitons

Benedikt Schwarz, Nikola Opacak, Dmitry Kazakov, Lorenzo Columbo, Maximillian Beiser, Theodore Letsou, Florian Pilat, Massimo Brambilla, Franco Prati, Marco Piccardo, Federico Capasso

Proceedings Volume PC12895, PC128950M (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3003819

KEYWORDS: Optical solitons, Solitons, Semiconductor lasers, Quantum cascade lasers, Microresonators, Spectroscopy, Quantum systems, Quantum signals, Quantum sensing, Quantum optics applications

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Proceedings Article | 19 October 2023 Presentation + Paper

Assessing the potential of machine learning and integrated satellite data for canopy height mapping: a case study on the Iberian Peninsula

Gonzalo Otón, Samuele Capobianco, Marco Girardello, Guido Ceccherini, Matteo Piccardo, Mark Pickering, Agata Elia, Mirco Migliavacca, Alessandro Cescatti

Proceedings Volume 12734, 127340F (2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2680315

KEYWORDS: Machine learning, Data modeling, Performance modeling, Education and training, Remote sensing, Vegetation, Coastal modeling, Synthetic aperture radar, Random forests, Sensors

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Proceedings Article | 17 March 2023 Presentation

Parametric processes and nonlinear dynamics of self-starting frequency combs

Nikola Opačak, Dmitry Kazakov, Lorenzo Columbo, Maximilian Beiser, Florian Pilat, Massimo Brambilla, Franco Prati, Marco Piccardo, Federico Capasso, Benedikt Schwarz

Proceedings Volume PC12440, PC124400G (2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2651256

KEYWORDS: Frequency combs, Nonlinear dynamics, Semiconductor lasers, Quantum cascade lasers, Fluorescence correlation spectroscopy, Spectroscopy, Mode locking, Microresonators, Laser applications, Fabry–Perot interferometers

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Proceedings Article | 17 March 2023 Presentation

Quantum cascade laser frequency combs induced by a giant Kerr nonlinearity

B. Schwarz, N. Opacak, F. Pilat, D. Kazakov, S. Dal Cin, M. Beiser, L. Columbo, J. Hillbrand, M. Piccardo, F. Capasso

Proceedings Volume PC12440, PC124400F (2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2651688

KEYWORDS: Quantum cascade lasers, Frequency combs, Semiconductor lasers, Nonlinear optics

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Proceedings Article | 17 March 2023 Presentation

Solitary structures and optical frequency combs in a ring quantum cascade laser

Lorenzo Luigi Columbo, Massimo Brambilla, Franco Prati, Nikola Opacak, Dmitry Kazakov, Marco Piccardo, Benedikt Schwarz, Luigi Lugiato, Federico Capasso

Proceedings Volume PC12440, PC124400J (2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2650677

KEYWORDS: Quantum cascade lasers, Frequency combs, Wireless communications, Spectroscopy, Solitons

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Proceedings Article | 17 March 2023 Presentation

Ring quantum cascade lasers as versatile photonic components for the mid-infrared

Dmitry Kazakov, Theodore Letsou, Nikola Opačak, Maximillian Beiser, Sandro Dal Cin, Lorenzo Columbo, Massimo Brambilla, Franco Prati, Luigi Lugiato, Marco Piccardo, Benedikt Schwarz, Federico Capasso

Proceedings Volume PC12440, PC124400I (2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2647068

KEYWORDS: Quantum cascade lasers, Mid-IR, Molecular spectroscopy, Wavelength division multiplexing, Tunable filters, Transceivers, Spectroscopy, Spectrometers, Optical amplifiers, Molecular photonics

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Proceedings Article | 30 May 2022 Presentation

Dissipative solitons and frequency combs in a ring quantum cascade laser

Lorenzo Luigi Columbo, Marco Piccardo, Franco Prati, Luigi Lugiato, Massimo Brambilla, Alessandra Gatti, Carlo Silvestri, Mariangela Gioannini, Nikola Opacak, Benedikt Schwarz, Federico Capasso

Proceedings Volume PC12143, PC121430I (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2631339

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Proceedings Article | 24 May 2022 Presentation

Vortex crystals with dynamic topologies

Marco Piccardo, Michael De Oliveira, Vincenzo Aglieri, Andrea Toma, Andrew Forbes, Antonio Ambrosio

Proceedings Volume PC12131, PC121310R (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2620326

KEYWORDS: Crystals, Telecommunications, Laser crystals, Spatial resolution, Singular optics, Photonic crystals, Optical vortices, Optical tweezers, Optical communications, Multiplexing

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Proceedings Article | 24 May 2022 Presentation

Frequency comb operation induced by a giant Kerr nonlinearity in quantum cascade lasers

Benedikt Schwarz, Nikola Opacak, Florian Pilat, Dmitry Kazakov, Sandro Dal Cin, Maximilian Beiser, Lorenzo Columbo, Johannes Hillbrand, Marco Piccardo, Federico Capasso

Proceedings Volume PC12131, PC121310C (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2621685

KEYWORDS: Quantum cascade lasers, Frequency combs, Ultrafast phenomena, Turbulence, Spectroscopy, Solitons, Semiconductor lasers, Nonlinear optics

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Proceedings Article | 1 April 2022 Presentation

900 coupled vortex lasers generated as a solution to the phase retrieval problem

Michael De Oliveira, Marco Piccardo, Eliana Rondanina, Andrea Toma, Antonio Ambrosio

Proceedings Volume PC11987, PC119870J (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2607784

KEYWORDS: Fourier transforms, Binary data, Phase retrieval, Super resolution, Optical tweezers, Optical communications, Near field, Nanofabrication, Multiplexing, Laser resonators

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Proceedings Article | 9 March 2022 Presentation

Frequency combs in ring quantum cascade lasers

Dmitry Kazakov, Maximilian Beiser, Nikola Opacak, Yiyang Zhi, Massimo Brambilla, Lorenzo Columbo, Benedikt Schwarz, Alexey Belyanin, Marco Piccardo, Federico Capasso

Proceedings Volume PC12021, PC1202108 (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2609111

KEYWORDS: Quantum cascade lasers, Frequency combs, Solitons, Resonators

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Proceedings Article | 9 March 2022 Presentation

Vortex crystals with dynamic topologies

Marco Piccardo, Michael De Oliveira, Andrea Toma, Vincenzo Aglieri, Andrew Forbes, Antonio Ambrosio

Proceedings Volume PC12017, PC120170Y (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2607712

KEYWORDS: Crystals, Telecommunications, Laser crystals, Spatial resolution, Singular optics, Photonic crystals, Optical vortices, Optical tweezers, Optical communications, Multiplexing

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Proceedings Article | 1 August 2021 Presentation

External cavity lasers based on wide-angle multifunctional metasurfaces

Christina Spaegele, Michele Tamagnone, Dmitry Kazakov, Marcus Ossiander, Marco Piccardo, Federico Capasso

Proceedings Volume 11795, 1179519 (2021) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2594753

KEYWORDS: Paraxial approximations, Semiconductor lasers, Optical design, Holography, Fourier optics

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Proceedings Article | 5 March 2021 Presentation

Mid-infrared frequency combs based on semiconductor lasers

Benedikt Schwarz, Maximilian Beiser, Sandro Dal Cin, Johannes Hillbrand, Nikola Opacak, Gottfried Strasser, Harald Schneider, Marco Piccardo, Federico Capasso, Robert Weih

Proceedings Volume 11705, 117050S (2021) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2582492

KEYWORDS: Frequency combs, Semiconductor lasers, Mid-IR, Quantum cascade lasers, Spectrometers, Picosecond phenomena, Modulators, Modulation, Integrated photonics, Integrated optics

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Proceedings Article | 5 March 2021 Presentation

Frequency combs and temporal solitons in a coherently driven ring quantum cascade laser

Lorenzo Columbo, Franco Prati, Luigi Lugiato, Alessandra Gatti, Mariangela Gioannini, Carlo Silvestri, Benedikt Schwarz, Nikola Opacak, Marco Piccardo, Federico Capasso, Massimo Brambilla

Proceedings Volume 11705, 117050Y (2021) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2578431

KEYWORDS: Quantum cascade lasers, Solitons, Frequency combs, Microresonators, Turbulence, Physics, Optical resonators

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Proceedings Article | 5 March 2021 Presentation

Manipulating frequency comb regimes in semiconductor ring lasers

Dmitry Kazakov, Marco Piccardo, Benedikt Schwarz, Nikola Opacak, Maximilian Beiser, Yongrui Wang, Shantanu Jha, Michele Tamagnone, Johannes Hillbrand, Lorenzo Columbo, Alexey Belyanin, Federico Capasso

Proceedings Volume 11705, 117050R (2021) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2577301

KEYWORDS: Semiconductor lasers, Frequency combs, Semiconductors, Quantum cascade lasers, Hole burning spectroscopy

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Proceedings Article | 10 March 2020 Presentation

Picosecond pulses from an actively mode-locked quantum cascade laser (Conference Presentation)

Benedikt Schwarz, Johannes Hillbrand, Marco Piccardo, Aaron Maxwell Andrews, Hermann Detz, Harald Schneider, Gottfried Strasser, Federico Capasso

Proceedings Volume 11288, 112881O (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2546465

KEYWORDS: Quantum cascade lasers, Mode locking, Picosecond phenomena, Ultrafast phenomena, Mid-IR, Spectroscopy

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Proceedings Article | 2 March 2020 Paper

In-water fiber-optic evanescent wave sensing in the mid-infrared

Paul Chevalier, Marco Piccardo, Federico Capasso

Proceedings Volume 11287, 1128711 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2548135

KEYWORDS: Quantum cascade lasers, Absorption, Sensors, Liquids, Fiber optics sensors, Fiber optics, Mid-IR, Wave sensors

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Proceedings Article | 13 March 2019 Presentation

Characterizing the frequency chirp of pulsed DFB QCLs using a gas-filled Fabry-Perot etalon (Conference Presentation)

Paul Chevalier, Marco Piccardo, Arman Amirzhan, Fan Wang, Steven Johnson, Henry Everitt, Federico Capasso

Proceedings Volume 10939, 109391M (2019) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2510490

KEYWORDS: Fabry–Perot interferometers, Quantum cascade lasers, Spectrometers, Pulsed laser operation, Continuous wave operation, FT-IR spectroscopy, Mid-IR, Spectral resolution, Measurement devices, Laser resonators

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Proceedings Article | 4 March 2019 Presentation

Direct thermo-optical tuning of silicon photonic devices (Conference Presentation)

Paul Chevalier, Lara Koehler, Euijae Shim, Boris Desiatov, Amirhassan Shams-Ansari, Marco Piccardo, Marko Loncar, Michal Lipson, Alexander Gaeta, Federico Capasso

Proceedings Volume 10923, 1092309 (2019) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2510421

KEYWORDS: Silicon, Silicon photonics, Resonators, Mid-IR, Refractive index, Semiconductor lasers, Absorption, Optical components, Microresonators, Quantum cascade lasers

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Proceedings Article | 18 September 2018 Presentation

QCL and ICL frequency combs for miniaturized sensors (Conference Presentation)

Benedikt Schwarz, Johannes Hillbrand, Maximilian Beiser, Marco Piccardo, Paul Chevalier, Anne Schade, Hermann Detz, Aaron Andrews, Gottfried Strasser, Federico Capasso, Sven Höfling

Proceedings Volume 10765, 107650R (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2324753

KEYWORDS: Quantum cascade lasers, Frequency combs, Sensors, Spectrometers, Mid-IR, Mode locking, Picosecond phenomena

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Proceedings Article | 14 March 2018 Presentation

Carrier localization induced by alloy disorder in nitride devices: theory and experiments (Conference Presentation)

Marcel Filoche, Marco Piccardo, Chi-Kang Li, Yuh-Renn Wu, James Speck, Bastien Bonef, Robert Farrell, Svitlana Mayboroda, Jean-Marie Lentali, Lucio Martinelli, Jacques Peretti, Claude Weisbuch

Proceedings Volume 10532, 105320S (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2291009

KEYWORDS: Absorption, Nanostructures, Mathematical modeling, Semiconductors, Systems modeling, Quantum wells, Quantum physics, Quantum mechanics, Indium gallium nitride, Solar cells

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Proceedings Article | 27 February 2014 Paper

Identiﬁcation of Auger effect as the dominant mechanism for efficiency droop of LEDs

Jacques Peretti, Claude Weisbuch, Justin Iveland, Marco Piccardo, Lucio Martinelli, James Speck

Proceedings Volume 9003, 90030Z (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2038698

KEYWORDS: Electrons, Light emitting diodes, Quantum wells, External quantum efficiency, Absorption, Photons, Quantum efficiency, Gallium nitride, Semiconductors, Phonons

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Conference Committee Involvement (2)

Laser Resonators, Microresonators, and Beam Control XXVII

28 January 2025 | San Francisco, California, United States

Laser Resonators, Microresonators, and Beam Control XXVI

30 January 2024 | San Francisco, California, United States

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