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Sergio G. Leon-Saval

Sergio G. Leon-Saval

D-Index & Metrics

Engineering and Technology

D-Index
42
Citations
8204
World Ranking
6469
National Ranking
340

Overview

Sergio G. Leon-Saval is affiliated with the University of Sydney in Australia. Their research spans multiple disciplines including engineering and physics and astronomy, with substantial contributions particularly in electrical and electronic engineering and atomic and molecular physics, and optics.

Their scholarly work explores specialized subfields such as instrumentation, biomedical engineering, and astronomy and astrophysics. Research topics frequently addressed include adaptive optics and wavefront sensing, photonic and optical devices, optical coherence tomography applications, advanced fiber laser technologies, advanced fiber optic sensors, astronomy and astrophysical research, and photonic crystal and fiber optics.

Notable recent publications include:

  • "An all-photonic focal-plane wavefront sensor," 2020, Nature Communications
  • "Photonic Lanterns, 3-D Waveguides, Multiplane Light Conversion, and Other Components That Enable Space-Division Multiplexing," 2022, Proceedings of the IEEE
  • "Scalable photonic-based nulling interferometry with the dispersed multi-baseline GLINT instrument," 2021, Nature Communications
  • "2023 Astrophotonics Roadmap: pathways to realizing multi-functional integrated astrophotonic instruments," 2023, Journal of Physics Photonics
  • "First demonstration of OH suppression in a high-efficiency near-infrared spectrograph," 2020, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Frequent co-authors in their collaborations include Barnaby Norris, Christopher H. Betters, Nemanja Jovanović, Michael P. Fitzgerald, and Steph Sallum.

Their work is often published in venues such as arXiv (Cornell University), Journal of Astronomical Telescopes Instruments and Systems, Applied Optics, UNC Libraries, and Journal of the Optical Society of America B.

In addition to journal articles, Sergio G. Leon-Saval has authored works in academic books, including a contribution to "Principles of Astrophotonics," published by Advanced Textbooks in Physics in 2022.

Best Publications

  • Supercontinuum generation in submicron fibre waveguides

    S. G. Leon-Saval;T. A. Birks;W. J. Wadsworth;P. St.J. Russell

  • Mode-selective photonic lanterns for space-division multiplexing

    Sergio G. Leon-Saval;Nicolas K. Fontaine;Joel R. Salazar-Gil;Burcu Ercan

  • Multimode fiber devices with single-mode performance.

    S G Leon-Saval;T A Birks;J Bland-Hawthorn;M Englund

  • Photonic lanterns: a study of light propagation in multimode to single-mode converters

    Sergio G. Leon-Saval;Alexander Argyros;Joss Bland-Hawthorn

  • Ultrafast laser inscription of an integrated photonic lantern

    R R Thomson;Tim A Birks;S G Leon-Saval;A K Kar

  • The photonic lantern

    T. A. Birks;I. Gris-Sánchez;S. Yerolatsitis;S. G. Leon-Saval

  • Geometric requirements for photonic lanterns in space division multiplexing.

    Nicolas K. Fontaine;Roland Ryf;Joss Bland-Hawthorn;Sergio G. Leon-Saval

  • Photonic bandgap with an index step of one percent

    A. Argyros;T. A. Birks;S. G. Leon-Saval;C. M. B. Cordeiro

  • Supercontinuum generation system for optical coherence tomography based on tapered photonic crystal fibre

    G. Humbert;W. J. Wadsworth;S. G. Leon-Saval;J. C. Knight

  • All-fiber mode-group-selective photonic lantern using graded-index multimode fibers.

    Bin Huang;Nicolas K. Fontaine;Roland Ryf;Binbin Guan

  • Photonic Lantern

    Sergio Leon-Saval;Alexander Argyros;Joss Bland-Hawthorn

  • A complex multi-notch astronomical filter to suppress the bright infrared sky

    J. Bland-Hawthorn;S. C. Ellis;S. C. Ellis;S. G. Leon-Saval;R. Haynes;R. Haynes

  • Splice-free interfacing of photonic crystal fibers

    S. G. Leon-Saval;T. A. Birks;N. Y. Joly;A. K. George

  • Control of surface modes in low loss hollow-core photonic bandgap fibers

    R. Amezcua-Correa;F. Gerome;S. Leon-Saval;N. Broderick

  • Hole inflation and tapering of stock photonic crystal fibres.

    W. J. Wadsworth;A. Witkowska;S. G. Leon-Saval;T. A. Birks

  • Air-structured optical fiber drawn from a 3D-printed preform.

    Kevin Cook;John Canning;Sergio Leon-Saval;Zane Reid

  • THz propagation in kagome hollow-core microstructured fibers

    Jessienta Anthony;Rainer Leonhardt;Sergio G Leon-Saval;Alexander Argyros

  • Guidance properties of low-contrast photonic bandgap fibres

    A. Argyros;T. A. Birks;S. G. Leon-Saval;C. M. B. Cordeiro

  • The Photonic Lantern

    T. A. Birks;I. Gris-Sánchez;S. Yerolatsitis;S. G. Leon-Saval

  • Wavelength-independent all-fiber mode converters

    K Lai;S G Leon-Saval;A Witkowska;W J Wadsworth

  • Efficient injection from large telescopes into single-mode fibres: Enabling the era of ultra-precision astronomy

    N. Jovanovic;N. Jovanovic;C. Schwab;C. Schwab;O. Guyon;J. Lozi

  • PIMMS: photonic integrated multimode microspectrograph

    Joss Bland-Hawthorn;Jon Lawrence;Gordon Robertson;Sam Campbell

  • GNOSIS: The First Instrument to Use Fiber Bragg Gratings for OH Suppression

    Christopher Q. Trinh;Simon C. Ellis;Simon C. Ellis;Joss Bland-Hawthorn;Jon S. Lawrence;Jon S. Lawrence

  • Mode-group-selective photonic lantern using graded-index multimode fibers

    Bin Huang;Nicolas K. Fontaine;Roland Ryf;Binbin Guan

  • The Photonic Lantern

    Timothy A. Birks;Itandehui Gris-Sánchez;Stephanos Yerolatsitis

Frequent Co-Authors

Joss Bland-Hawthorn
Joss Bland-Hawthorn University of Sydney
Alexander Argyros
Alexander Argyros University of Sydney
Tim A. Birks
Tim A. Birks University of Bath
Nicolas K. Fontaine
Nicolas K. Fontaine Nokia (United States)
William J. Wadsworth
William J. Wadsworth University of Bath
Matthew Colless
Matthew Colless Australian National University
Scott M. Croom
Scott M. Croom University of Sydney
Rodrigo Amezcua-Correa
Rodrigo Amezcua-Correa University of Central Florida
Roland Ryf
Roland Ryf Nokia (United States)
Warrick J. Couch
Warrick J. Couch Swinburne University of Technology

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