By Professor Francois Ladouceur

Journal articles

Ladouceur F; Al Abed A; Lehmann T; Almasri RM; Firth J; Lovell NH, 2024, 'All optical neural interfaces', Applied Optics, 63, pp. D21 - D21, http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/ao.512480

Węgłowska D; Chen Y; Ladouceur F; Silvestri L; Węgłowski R; Czerwiński M, 2024, 'Single ferroelectric liquid crystal compounds targeted for optical voltage sensing', Journal of Molecular Liquids, 399, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.molliq.2024.124454

Almasri RM; Ladouceur F; Mawad D; Esrafilzadeh D; Firth J; Lehmann T; Poole-Warren LA; Lovell NH; Al Abed A, 2023, 'Emerging trends in the development of flexible optrode arrays for electrophysiology', APL Bioengineering, 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/5.0153753

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

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

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

Almasri RM; Abed AA; Wei Y; Wang H; Firth J; Poole-Warren LA; Ladouceur F; Lehmann T; Lovell NH, 2022, 'Impedance Properties of Multi-Optrode Biopotential Sensing Arrays', IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, 69, pp. 1674 - 1684, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TBME.2021.3126849

Hora H; Fuerbach A; Ladouceur F; McKenzie W, 2022, 'Green energy generation via optical laser pressure initiated nonthermal nuclear fusion', Optical Engineering, 61, http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/1.OE.61.2.021004

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Prevot P-H; Alvares D; Micolich A; Lovell N; Ladouceur F, 2015, 'An all-organic active pixel photosensor featuring ion-gel transistors', Journal of Organic Semiconductors, 3, pp. 8 - 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21606099.2015.1057874

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

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

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

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

Brodzeli Z; Silvestri L; Ladouceur F; Michie A; Guo Q; Chigrinov V; Pozhidaev EP, 2013, 'Reflective mode of deformed-helix ferroelectric liquid crystal cells for sensing applications', Liquid Crystals, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02678292.2013.807942

Alvares D; Wieczorek I; Raguse B; Ladouceur F; Lovell NH, 2012, 'An evaluation study of nanoparticle films as biomimetic tactile sensors', Sensors and Actuators A - Physical, 186, pp. 148 - 153, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sna.2012.05.034

Cervenka J; Dontschuk N; Ladouceur F; Duvall S; Prawer S, 2012, 'Diamond/aluminium nitride composites for efficient thermal management applications', Applied Physics Letters, 101, pp. Article no# 051902, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4742736

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

Su C-H; Hiscocks MP; Gibson BC; Greentree AD; Hollenberg LCL; Ladouceur F, 2011, 'Coupling slot-waveguide cavities for large-scale quantum optical devices', OPTICS EXPRESS, 19, pp. 6354 - 6365, http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.19.006354

Su C; Hiscocks MP; Gibson BC; Greentree A; Hollenberg L; Ladouceur F, 2011, 'Coupling slot-waveguide cavities for large-scale quantum optical devices', Optics Express, 19, pp. 6354 - 6365, http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.19.006354

Castelletto S; Harrison JP; Marseglia L; Stanley-Clarke AC; Gibson BC; Fairchild BA; Hadden JP; Ho Y; Hiscocks MP; Ganesan K; Huntington S; Ladouceur F; Greentree A; Prawer S; O''Brien J; Rarity J, 2011, 'Diamond-based structures to collect and guide light', New Journal of Physics, 13, pp. Article no. 025020, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/13/2/025020

Alvares D; Wieczorek I; Raguse B; Ladouceur F; Lovell NH, 2011, 'Nanoparticle films as biomimetic tactile sensors', Procedia Engineering, 25, pp. 1349 - 1352, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.proeng.2011.12.333

Hiscocks MP; Ganesan K; Mckenzie WR; Gibson BC; Ladouceur F; Prawer S, 2011, 'Towards characterisation of millimetre length waveguides and new fabrication method for nanoscale diamond photonic structures', Diamond and Related Materials, 20, pp. 556 - 559, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.diamond.2011.02.013

Argyros A; Straton M; Docherty A; Ge Z; Wong KH; Ladouceur F; Poladian L; Min EH, 2010, 'Consideration of chiral optical fibres', Frontiers of Optoelectronics in China, 3, pp. 67 - 70, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12200-009-0083-z

Wong KH; Stenzel M; Duvall S; Ladouceur F, 2010, 'Exploitable Flexible Honeycomb Structured Porous Films from Sol-Gel Cross-Linkable Silicone Based Random Branched Copolymers', Chemistry of materials, 22, pp. 1878 - 1891, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/cm9034165

Jones SL; Wong KH; Thordarson P; Ladouceur F, 2010, 'Self-assembling electroactive hydrogels for flexible display technology', Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 22, pp. 494107 (7 pp), http://iopscience.iop.org/0953-8984/22/49/494105/

Ladouceur F; Pla J; Argyros A; Poladian L, 2009, 'Circular and elliptical birefringence in spun microstructured optical fibres', Optics Express, 17, pp. 15983 - 15990

Hiscocks MP; Su C; Ladouceur F; Su CH; Gibson B; Greentree A; Hollenberg L, 2009, 'Slot-waveguide cavities for optical quantum information applications', Optics Express, 17, pp. 7295 - 7303

Hiscocks MP; Ladouceur F; Ganesan K; Huntington S; Gibson B; Prawer S, 2008, 'Diamond waveguides fabricated by reactive ion etching', Optics Express, 16, pp. 19512 - 19519

Hiscocks MP; Kaalund CJ; Ladouceur F; Huntington S; Gibson B; Trpkovski S; Ampem-Lassen E; Prawer S; Butler JE; Simpson D, 2008, 'Reactive ion etching of waveguide structures in diamond', Diamond and Related Materials, 17, pp. 1831 - 1834

Huntington S; Ladouceur F, 2007, 'Evanescent fields - Direct measurement, modeling, and application', Microscopy Research and Technique, 70, pp. 181 - 185

Yu H; Argyros A; Barton G; van Eijkelenborg M; Barbe C; Finnie K; Kong L; Ladouceur F; McNiven S, 2007, 'Microstructured fibres: particles in the core', NATURE PHOTONICS, 1, pp. 580

Vance R; Ladouceur F, 2007, 'One-photon electrodynamics in optical fiber with fluorophore systems. I. One-photon correspondence principle for electromagnetic field propagation in matter', Journal of the Optical Society of America B - Optical Physics, 24, pp. 928 - 941

Vance R; Ladouceur F, 2007, 'One-photon electrodynamics in optical fiber with fluorophore systems. II. One-polariton propagation in matter and fibers from the one-photon correspondence principle', Journal of the Optical Society of America B - Optical Physics, 24, pp. 942 - 958

Vance R; Ladouceur F, 2007, 'One-photon electrodynamics in optical fiber-fluorophore systems: III. One-polariton propagation in fluorophore-driven fibers', Journal of the Optical Society of America B - Optical Physics, 24, pp. 1369 - 1382

Yu H; Argyros A; Barton G; van Eijkelenborg M; Barbe C; Finnie K; Kong L; Ladouceur F; McNiven S, 2007, 'Quantum dot and silica nanoparticle doped polymer optical fibers', Optics Express, 15, pp. 9989 - 9994

Barbe C; Finnie K; Ladouceur F; Ng DH; van Eijkelenborg M; Yu H, 2006, 'Fluorescence from nano-particle doped optical fibres', Electronics Letters, 42, pp. 620 - 621

Moar P; Love J; Ladouceur F; Cahill L, 2006, 'Waveguide analysis of heat-drawn and chemically etched probe tips for scanning near-field optical microscopy', Applied Optics, 45, pp. 6442 - 6456

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