Professor Sergio Leon-Saval
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Professor Sergio Leon-Saval

Optica Fellow
Professor of PhotonicsDirector - Sydney Astrophotonic Instrumentation Laboratory (SAIL)Director - Institute of Photonics and Optical Science (IPOS)
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+61 2 9114 1162
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+61 2 9351 7726
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A28 - Physics Building
The University of Sydney
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Professor Sergio Leon-Saval

Sergio Leon-Saval is an Associate Professor at the School of Physics in the University of Sydney. He was awarded his PhD by the University of Bath, UK, in 2006. In 2007, he joined the University of Sydney where he is now Director of the Sydney Astrophotonics Instrumentation Laboratory (SAIL), and Deputy Director of the Institute of Photonics and Optical Science (IPOS). A/Prof Leon-Saval has more than 16 years of experience in the research area of photonics. He has made breakthrough contributions in the field of specialty optical fibres, astrophotonics and optical instrumentation systems. He has published over 75 international refereed journals and more than 180 conference papers since 2004 with over 6700 citations, and a h-index of 41. A/Prof Leon-Saval has been a member of technical program and management committees on more than 10 international conferences. He is a Senior Member of the Optical Society of America (OSA), and member of the Australian and New Zealand Optical Society (ANZOS). He was the 2019 recipient of the ANZOS John Love Award, that recognizes innovations and technical advances in the field of optics.

Optics, photonics, astrophotonics and space photonics, spectroscopy, astronomical instrumentation, optical fibres and optical fibre devices.

A/Prof Leon-Saval teaching duties during the last years have included a Physics Bridging Course (1st year), an Optics Module (2nd Year, PHYS2213), and Optical Materials and Methods (Masters, PHYS5022). Apart from lecturing, I have also been a Laboratory Supervisor for 1st and Senior Year Physics labs in 2013, 2014, and 2015. Since December 2016 I am the Senior Experimental Physics Coordinator for the School of Physics, overseen the teaching and laboratories of experimental physics at the senior year level.

Ever since A/Prof Leon-Saval joined the School of Physics in 2009, he has been heavily involved in supervision of postgraduate students and postdoctoral fellows. During this time he has supervised 14 students with PhDs: 4 G, 3 C; Masters: 2G, 1C; Honours 6G, 1C. [Coding (G=graduated, C=current)]. He is also the supervisor and line manager of 2 full-time postdoctoral fellows (1 x Level B and 1 x Level A) employed in SAIL labs.

A/Prof Leon-Saval works in photonics, optical fibre devices and astronomical/space instrumentation. His major expertise is on optical fibre transitions for device applications. More recently his research has been focused on the development of photonic new concepts for astronomical instrumentation and spectroscopy, telecommunications and remote sensing for the farming industry.

International Memberships and Recognition

-Councillor Member, Australian and New Zealand Optical Society (ANZOS) (Elected 2021-)

- President and Founder Member, Spanish Researchers in Australia-Pacific (SRAP) (2014-2019)

- Member Optical Society of America (OSA) (2004-)

- IEEE member (2008-present)

- Institute of Physics (IOP) member (2008-present)

- Panel of Experts of the Spanish National Evaluation and Foresight Agency (ANEP) (2009-present)

- Visiting Fellow, University of New South Wales, Australia (2007-2010)

- Visiting Fellow, Astrophysikalisches Institut Potsdam (AIP), Germany (2010-2011)

· Knight’s Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic (+YC) (2020)

· AOS John Love Award (2019)

· Selby Research Award (2017)

· ASA, Peter McGregor Prize in Astronomical Instrumentation (2016)

· Senior Member Recognition, Optical Society of America (OSA) (2016)

· ARC Australian Postdoctoral Fellowship (2009-2012)

Project titleResearch student
Interferometric imaging of exoplanets with the James Webb Space Telescope.Max CHARLES
Wavefront Sensing with Photonic LanternsTeodor MALENDEVYCH
Extreme Astronomical Imaging with Photonics and Machine LearningJustin VELLA

Publications

Books

  • Ellis, S., Bland-Hawthorn, J., Leon-Saval, S. (2023). Principles Of Astrophotonics. London: World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd. [More Information]

Book Chapters

  • Candiani, A., Argyros, A., Lwin, R., Leon-Saval, S., Zito, G., Selleri, S., Pissadakis, S. (2014). An in-fiber magnetometer implemented in a polymeric-MOF utilizing ferrofluid. In F Baldini, A DAmico, C Di Natale, P Siciliano, R Seeber, L De Stefano (Eds.), Sensors: Proceedings of the First National Conference on Sensors, Rome 15-17 February, 2012, (pp. 227-231). New York: Springer. [More Information]
  • Zolla, F., Renversez, G., Nicolet, A., Kuhlmey, B., Guenneau, S., Felbacq, D., Argyros, A., Leon-Saval, S. (2012). Introduction. In F Zolla, G Renversez, A Nicolet, B Kuhlmey, S Guenneau, & D Felbacq (Eds.), Foundations of Photonic Crystal Fibres (2nd Edition), (pp. 1-58). London: Imperial College Press.
  • Zolla, F., Renversez, G., Nicolet, A., Kuhlmey, B., Guenneau, S., Felbacq, D., Argyros, A., Leon-Saval, S. (2012). PCF Fabrication and Post-processing. In F Zolla, G Renversez, A Nicolet, B Kuhlmey, S Guenneau, & D Felbacq (Eds.), Foundations of Photonic Crystal Fibres (2nd Edition), (pp. 59-85). London: Imperial College Press.

Journals

  • Rahme, M., Tuthill, P., Betters, C., Large, M., Leon-Saval, S. (2024). A new gas detection technique through cross-correlation with a complex aperiodic FBG. Scientific Reports, 14(1). [More Information]
  • Kim, Y., Fitzgerald, M., Lin, J., Sallum, S., Xin, Y., Jovanovic, N., Leon-Saval, S. (2024). Coherent Imaging with Photonic Lanterns. The Astrophysical Journal, 964(2), 113. [More Information]
  • Betters, C., Leon-Saval, S., Bland-Hawthorn, J. (2024). Photonic comb: a stabilized single-mode fiber etalon for wavelength calibration. Applied Optics, 16(14), 14-20.

Conferences

  • Lin, J., Vievard, S., Jovanovic, N., Norris, B., Fitzgerald, M., Betters, C., Gatkine, P., Guyon, O., Kim, Y., Leon-Saval, S., et al (2022). Experimental measurements of AO-fed photonic lantern coupling efficiencies. Advances in Optical and Mechanical Technologies for Telescopes and Instrumentation V 2022, Montreal: Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE). [More Information]
  • Leon-Saval, S. (2022). Photonic Lanterns as Wavefront Sensors. Nonlinear Photonics, NP 2014, : SPIE.
  • Leon-Saval, S. (2022). Photonic Lanterns as Wavefront Sensors. 2022 Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition, OFC 2022, San Diego: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).

2024

  • Rahme, M., Tuthill, P., Betters, C., Large, M., Leon-Saval, S. (2024). A new gas detection technique through cross-correlation with a complex aperiodic FBG. Scientific Reports, 14(1). [More Information]
  • Kim, Y., Fitzgerald, M., Lin, J., Sallum, S., Xin, Y., Jovanovic, N., Leon-Saval, S. (2024). Coherent Imaging with Photonic Lanterns. The Astrophysical Journal, 964(2), 113. [More Information]
  • Betters, C., Leon-Saval, S., Bland-Hawthorn, J. (2024). Photonic comb: a stabilized single-mode fiber etalon for wavelength calibration. Applied Optics, 16(14), 14-20.

2023

  • Wang, A., Brown, R., Bryant, J., Leon-Saval, S. (2023). Focal ratio degradation in optical fibres for the Hector integral field units. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 522(3), 4310-4322. [More Information]
  • Lin, J., Fitzgerald, M., Xin, Y., Kim, Y., Guyon, O., Leon-Saval, S., Norris, B., Jovanovic, N. (2023). Focal-plane wavefront sensing with photonic lanterns II: numerical characterization and optimization. Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics, 40(12), 3196-3208. [More Information]
  • Ellis, S., Bland-Hawthorn, J., Leon-Saval, S. (2023). Principles Of Astrophotonics. London: World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd. [More Information]

2022

  • Klinner Teo, T., Martinod, M., Tuthill, P., Gross, S., Norris, B., Leon-Saval, S. (2022). Achromatic design of a photonic tricoupler and phase shifter for broadband nulling interferometry. Journal of Astronomical Telescopes, Instruments, and Systems, 8(4). [More Information]
  • Xin, Y., Jovanovic, N., Ruane, G., Mawet, D., Fitzgerald, M., Echeverri, D., Lin, J., Leon-Saval, S., Gatkine, P., Kim, Y., Norris, B., et al (2022). Efficient Detection and Characterization of Exoplanets within the Diffraction Limit: Nulling with a Mode-selective Photonic Lantern. The Astrophysical Journal, 938(2). [More Information]
  • Lin, J., Vievard, S., Jovanovic, N., Norris, B., Fitzgerald, M., Betters, C., Gatkine, P., Guyon, O., Kim, Y., Leon-Saval, S., et al (2022). Experimental measurements of AO-fed photonic lantern coupling efficiencies. Advances in Optical and Mechanical Technologies for Telescopes and Instrumentation V 2022, Montreal: Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE). [More Information]

2021

  • Anagnos, T., Trappen, M., Kuo Tiong, B., Feger, T., Yerolatsitis, S., Harris, R., Lozi, J., Jovanovic, N., Birks, T., Vievard, S., Leon-Saval, S., Norris, B., Betters, C., et al (2021). 3D-M3: high-spatial-resolution spectroscopy with extreme AO and 3D-printed micro-lenslets. Applied Optics, 60(19), D108-D121. [More Information]
  • Alsalem, N., Betters, C., Leon-Saval, S., Cairns, I. (2021). CUAVA InGaAs-based, Short Wavelength InfraRed (SWIR) instrument for atmospheric reconnaissance: preliminary design. 2020 International Conference on Space Optics, ICSO 2020, Bellingham: Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE). [More Information]
  • Ellis, S., Bland-Hawthorn, J., Leon-Saval, S. (2021). General coupling efficiency for fiber-fed astronomical instruments. Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics, 38(7), A64-A74. [More Information]

2020

  • Betters, C., Bland-Hawthorn, J., Sukkarieh, S., Gris-Sanchez, I., Leon-Saval, S. (2020). A Multi-Core Fibre Photonic Lantern-Based Spectrograph for Raman Spectroscopy. IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, 32(7), 395-398. [More Information]
  • Norris, B., Wei, J., Betters, C., Wong, A., Leon-Saval, S. (2020). All-fibre focal-plane wavefront sensor. 2020 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Pacific Rim (CLEO-PR 2020), Sydney: Optical Society of America. [More Information]
  • Norris, B., Wei, J., Betters, C., Wong, A., Leon-Saval, S. (2020). An all-photonic focal-plane wavefront sensor. Nature Communications, 11(1), 1-9. [More Information]

2019

  • Alvarado-Zacarias,, J., Antonio-Lopez,, J., Fontaine,, N., Amezcua-Correa,, A., Sillard,, P., Bigot-Astruc,, M., Jansen,, M., Leon-Saval, S., Li,, G., Amezcua-Correa,, R. (2019). 7-core X 6-mode photonic lantern mode multiplexer. IET Conference Publications, : International Astronautical Federation, IAF.
  • Zhang, B., Yuan, R., Cheng, J., Sun, J., Leon-Saval, S. (2019). A Study of Power Distributions in Photonic Lantern for Coherent Optical Receiver. IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, 31(17), 1465-1468. [More Information]
  • Ellis, S., Leon-Saval, S., Bland-Hawthorn, J. (2019). Astrophotonics: A promising arena for silicon photonics. Silicon Photonics XIV 2019, Bellingham: Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE). [More Information]

2018

  • Cruz-Delgado, D., Alvarado-Zacarias, J., Cruz-Ramirez, H., Enrique Antonio-Lopez, J., Leon-Saval, S., Amezcua-Correa, R., U'Ren, A. (2018). Control Over the Transverse Structure of Light at the Single-Photon Level. 2018 IEEE Photonics Society Summer Topical Meeting Series (SUM), Waikoloa Village: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). [More Information]
  • Bryant, J., Bland-Hawthorn, J., Lawrence, J., Saunders, W., Content, R., Croom, S., Venkatesan, S., Mohanan, M., Brown, R., Wang, A., Van De Sande, J., Leon-Saval, S., et al (2018). Hector - a modular integral field spectrograph instrument for the Anglo-Australian Telescope. Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy VII 2018, Bellingham: Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE). [More Information]
  • Kos, J., Bland-Hawthorn, J., Betters, C., Leon-Saval, S., Asplund, M., Buder, S., Casey, A., D’Orazi, V., De Silva, G., Freeman, K., Lewis, G., Sharma, S., Hayden, M., et al (2018). Holistic spectroscopy: Complete reconstruction of a wide-field, multiobject spectroscopic image using a photonic comb. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 480(4), 5475-5494. [More Information]

2017

  • Sanjabi-Eznaveh, Z., Alvarado-Zacarias, J., Enrique Antonio-Lopez, J., Jung, Y., Shi, K., Thomsen, B., Richardson, D., Leon-Saval, S., Amezcua-Correa, R. (2017). Annular core photonic lantern OAM mode multiplexer. 2017 Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition (OFC 2017), Washington, DC: OSA (Optical Society America). [More Information]
  • Bland-Hawthorn, J., Leon-Saval, S. (2017). Astrophotonics: Molding the flow of light in astronomical instruments. Optics Express, 25(13), 15549-15557. [More Information]
  • Cruz-Delgado, D., Alvarado-Zacarias, J., Cruz-Ramirez, H., Enrique Antonio-Lopez, J., Leon-Saval, S., Amezcua-Correa, R., U'Ren, A. (2017). Deterministic transverse mode conversion at the single-photon level. 2017 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) CLEO: Science and Innovations, CLEO_SI 2017, : Springer Verlag. [More Information]

2016

  • Bundalo, I., Lwin, R., Leon-Saval, S., Argyros, A. (2016). All-plastic fiber-based pressure sensor. Applied Optics, 55(4), 811-816. [More Information]
  • Leon-Saval, S. (2016). Fabrication and application of fiber Bragg gratings in astronomy. Bragg Gratings, Photosensitivity and Poling in Glass Waveguides (BGPP 2016), Washington, D.C.: OSA (Optical Society America). [More Information]
  • Bryant, J., Bland-Hawthorn, J., Lawrence, J., Croom, S., Brown, D., Venkatesan, S., Gillingham, P., Zhelem, R., Content, R., Saunders, W., Van De Sande, J., Leon-Saval, S., Schaefer, A., et al (2016). Hector: a new massively multiplexed IFU instrument for the Anglo-Australian Telescope. Proceedings of SPIE, 9908, 1-19. [More Information]

2015

  • Cook, K., Canning, J., Leon-Saval, S., Reid, Z., Hossain, M., Comatti, J., Luo, Y., Peng, G. (2015). Air-structured optical fiber drawn from a 3D-printed preform. Optics Letters, 40(17), 3966-3969. [More Information]
  • Cook, K., Leon-Saval, S., Canning, J., Reid, Z., Hossain, M., Peng, G. (2015). Air-structured optical fibre drawn from a 3D-printed preform. 24th International Conference on Optical Fibre Sensors, Bellingham: Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE). [More Information]
  • Huang, B., Fontaine, N., Ryf, R., Guan, B., Leon-Saval, S., Shubochkin, R., Sun, Y., Lingle Jr, R., Li, G. (2015). All-fiber mode-group-selective photonic lantern using graded-index multimode fibers. Optics Express, 23(1), 224-234. [More Information]

2014

  • Carpenter, J., Leon-Saval, S., Bland-Hawthorn, J., Baxter,, G., Stewart,, L., Frisken,, S., Roelens,, M., Eggleton, B., Schroeder, J. (2014). 1x11 few-mode fiber wavelength selective switch using photonic lanterns. 2014 Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition (OFC 2014), : Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
  • Carpenter, J., Leon-Saval, S., Bland-Hawthorn, J., Baxter,, G., Stewart,, L., Frisken,, S., Roelens,, M., Eggleton, B., Schroeder, J. (2014). 1x11 few-mode fiber wavelength selective switch using photonic lanterns. 2014 Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition (OFC 2014), : Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
  • Carpenter, J., Leon-Saval, S., Salazar Gil, J., Bland-Hawthorn, J., Baxter, G., Stewart, L., Frisken, S., Roelens, M., Eggleton, B., Schroeder, J. (2014). 1x11 few-mode fiber wavelength selective switch using photonic lanterns. Optics Express, 22(3), 2216-2221. [More Information]

2013

  • Betters, C., Leon-Saval, S., Robertson, J., Bland-Hawthorn, J. (2013). Beating the classical limit: A diffraction-limited spectrograph for an arbitrary input beam. Optics Express, 21(22), 26103-26112. [More Information]
  • Trinh, C., Ellis, S., Bland-Hawthorn, J., Lawrence, J., Horton, A., Leon-Saval, S., Shortridge, K., Bryant, J., Case, S., Colless, M., O'Byrne, J., et al (2013). Gnosis: The first instrument to use fiber bragg gratings for OH suppression. Astronomical Journal, 145(2), 1-13. [More Information]
  • Fontaine, N., Leon-Saval, S., Ryf, R., Salazar Gil, J., Ercan, B., Bland-Hawthorn, J. (2013). Mode-selective dissimilar fiber photonic-lantern spatial multiplexers for few-mode fiber. 39th European Conference on Optical Communication (ECOC 2013), Hertfordshire, United kingdom: IET Digital Library. [More Information]

2012

  • Ryf, R., Fontaine, N., Mestre, M., Randel, S., Palou, X., Bolle, C., Gnauck, A., Chandrasekhar, S., Liu, X., Guan, B., Leon-Saval, S., Bland-Hawthorn, J., et al (2012). 12 x 12 MIMO Transmission over 130-km Few-Mode Fiber. Frontiers in Optics 2012/Laser Science XXVIII, Washington DC: Optical Society of America. [More Information]
  • Olaya, J., Leon-Saval, S., Schirdewahn, D., Ehrlich, K., Haynes, D., Haynes, R. (2012). 1:61 photonic lanterns for astrophotometry: A performance study. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 427(2), 1194-1208. [More Information]
  • Shi, Y., Okonkwo, C., Argyros, A., Leon-Saval, S., Lwin, R., Tangdiongga, E., Koonen, A. (2012). 7.3-Gb/s transmission over microstructured polymer optical fiber for in-home networks. IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, 24(14), 1257-1259. [More Information]

2011

  • Provo, R., Murdoch, S., Harvey, J., Lwin, R., Leon-Saval, S., Argyros, A. (2011). 9.5Gb/s NRZ transmission through 50m microstructured polymer fibre in the visible. 37th European Conference and Exhibition on Optical Communication (ECOC 2011), Washington, DC: Optical Society of America. [More Information]
  • Bland-Hawthorn, J., Ellis, S., Leon-Saval, S., Haynes, R., Roth, M., Lohmannsroben, H., Horton, A., Cuby, J., Birks, T., Lawrence, J., Trinh, C., et al (2011). A complex multi-notch astronomical filter to suppress the bright infrared sky. Nature Communications, 2(1), 581-1-581-7. [More Information]
  • Lawrence, J., Ellis, S., Bland-Hawthorn, J., Bryant, J., Case, S., Gers, L., Haynes, R., Horton, A., Lee, S., Leon-Saval, S., O'Byrne, J., Trinh, C., et al (2011). Atmospheric OH Suppression with GNOSIS at the Anglo-Australian Telescope. International Quantum Electronics Conference (IQEC) and Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) Pacific Rim 2011, Sydney, Australia: Australian Optical Society. [More Information]

2010

  • Tang, T., Leon-Saval, S., Large, M., Argyros, A., Reece, P. (2010). 3-D Optical Trapping Inside a Hollow-Core Microstructured Optical Fiber. Frontiers in Optics 2010/Laser Science XXVI Conference, Washington, DC: Optical Society of America.
  • Lawrence, J., Betters, C., Bland-Hawthorn, J., Cvetojovic, N., Ellis, S., Haynes, R., Horton, A., Jovanovica, N., Leon-Saval, S., Robertson, J. (2010). Development of an array-waveguide grating astronomical spectrograph. Frontiers in Optics 2010/Laser Science XXVI Conference, Washington, DC: Optical Society of America. [More Information]
  • Ellis, S., Bland-Hawthorn, J., Lawrence, J., Bryant, J., Haynes, R., Horton, A., Lee, S., Leon-Saval, S., Lohmannsroben, H., Mladenoff, J., O'Byrne, J., Trinh, C., et al (2010). GNOSIS: an OH suppression unit for near-infrared spectrographs. Conference on Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy III, 1000 20TH ST, PO BOX 10, BELLINGHAM, WA 98227-0010 USA: SPIE - International Society for Optical Engineering. [More Information]

2009

  • Yu, H., Argyros, A., Leon-Saval, S., Barton, G. (2009). Characterisation of quantum dot photoluminescence in polymer optical fibres. 18th International Conference on Plastic Optical Fibers (POF 2009), CD-rom: University of Sydney.
  • Yu, H., Argyros, A., Leon-Saval, S., Fuerbach, A., Efimov, A., Barton, G. (2009). Emission properties of quantum dots in polymer optical fibres. Optics Express, 17(24), 21344-21349. [More Information]
  • Wu, D., Leon-Saval, S. (2009). Gas plasma discharge spectra in polymer capillaries. 18th International Conference on Plastic Optical Fibers (POF 2009), CD-rom: University of Sydney.

2008

  • Argyros, A., Leon-Saval, S., Pla, J., Docherty, A. (2008). Antiresonant reflection and inhibited coupling in hollow-core square lattice optical fibres. Optics Express, 16(8), 5642-5648. [More Information]
  • Yu, H., Van Eijkelenborg, M., Leon-Saval, S., Argyros, A., Barton, G. (2008). Enhanced magneto-optical effect in cobalt nanoparticle-doped optical fiber. Applied Optics, 47(35), 6497-6501. [More Information]
  • Yu, H., Argyros, A., Barton, G., Leon-Saval, S., Van Eijkelenborg, M. (2008). Enhancing the Verdet constant in polymer optical fibre by doping with magnetic nanoparticles. The 17th International Conference on Plastic Optical Fibers (POF2008), Brighton, MA, USA: IGI Publishing.

2007

  • Lai, K., Leon-Saval, S., Witkowska, A., Wadsworth, W., Birks, T. (2007). Wavelength-independent all-fiber mode converters. Optics Letters, 32(4), 328-330. [More Information]

2006

  • Witkowska, A., Lai, K., Leon-Saval, S., Wadsworth, W., Birks, T. (2006). All-fiber anamorphic core-shape transitions. Optics Letters, 31(18), 2672-2674. [More Information]
  • Xiong, C., Witkowska, A., Leon-Saval, S., Birks, T., Wadsworth, W. (2006). Enhanced visible continuum generation from a microchip 1064nm laser. Optics Express, 14(13), 6188-6193.
  • Zalevsky, Z., Luan, F., Wadsworth, W., Leon-Saval, S., Birks, T. (2006). Liquid-crystal-based in-fiber tunable spectral structures. Optical Engineering, 45(3), 1-8. [More Information]

2005

  • Birks, T., Leon-Saval, S., Bland-Hawthorn, J., Englund, M. (2005). Adiabaticity in multicore fibre transitions. Workshop on Optical Waveguide Theory and Numerical Modelling July 4-9, 2005, not applicable: Not applicable.
  • Argyros, A., Birks, T., Leon-Saval, S., Cordeiro, C., Russel, P. (2005). Guidance properties of low-contrast photonic bandgap fibres. Optics Express, 13(7), 2503-2511. [More Information]
  • Wadsworth, W., Witkowska, A., Leon-Saval, S., Birks, T. (2005). Hole inflation and tapering of stock photonic crystal fibres. Optics Express, 13(17), 6541-6549. [More Information]

2004

  • Kakarantzas, G., Leon-Saval, S., Birks, T., Russell, P. (2004). Low-loss deposition of sol-gel derived silica films on tapered fibers. Optics Letters, 29(7), 694-696. [More Information]
  • Leon-Saval, S., Birks, T., Wadsworth, W., Russell, P., Mason, M. (2004). Supercontinuum generation in submicron fibre waveguides. Optics Express, 12(13), 2864-2869. [More Information]

Selected Grants

2023

  • Beam Combining and Adaptive Optics with Photonic Lanterns, Leon-Saval S, US Air Force Office of Scientific Research/Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program

2018

  • Work horse fusion slicing system for the SAIL and AAO-USydney labs, Bland-Hawthorn J, Leon-Saval S, Bryant J, DVC Research/Equipment Grant
  • Hector-1: completing the revolutionary multi integral field spectrograph, Bland-Hawthorn J, Leon-Saval S, Sharp R, Bryant J, Croom S, Lawrence J, Owers M, Australian Research Council (ARC)/Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities (LIEF)
  • Intelligent Robotic Non-Chemical Weeding, Sukkarieh S, Walsh M, Leon-Saval S, Grains Research and Development Corporation - GRDC/Innovation Investment Program

In the media

http://www.spain-australia.org/es/noticia/el_investigador_sergio_leon_saval_premiado_en_australia

https://www.elespanol.com/invertia/disruptores-innovadores/innovadores/investigacion/20191030/espanol-lidera-astrofotonica-ver-estrellas-fibra-optica/440457476_0.html

https://www.nanowerk.com/news2/space/newsid=56438.php

https://www.photonics.com/Articles/Habitable_Exoplanets_to_Be_Studied_with_Help_of/a66307

https://www.osa-opn.org/home/newsroom/2020/october/all-photonic_wavefront_sensor_for_adaptive_optics/

https://www.nationaltribune.com.au/australian-invention-to-make-it-easier-to-find-new-earths/

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/10/201021112330.htm