Dr.ir. S.F. Pereira
Dr.ir. S.F. Pereira
Profile
Present Position
Associate Professor in Applied Physics, Department of Imaging Science and Technology, TU Delft
E-mail: s.f.pereira@tudelft.nl
Website: www.optica.tudelft.nl
Career
2000-now |
Permanent position at the Optics Research Group. Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands |
1997-2000 |
Post-doc, Leiden University, The Netherlands |
1994-1995 |
Humboldt Fellow, University of Constance, Germany |
Education
1986-1993 |
PhD Physics: Quantum fluctuations in nonlinear processes, University of Texas, USA |
1972 |
MSc Physics, University of Campinas, Brazil |
Key Publications
- Realization of the Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen Paradox for Continuous Variables, Z. Y. Ou, S. F. Pereira, H. J. Kimble, K. C. Peng, Phys. Rev. Lett. 68, 3663 (1992).
- Backaction Evading Measurements for Quantum Nondemolition Detection and Quantum Optical Tapping'', S. F. Pereira, Z. Y. Ou, and H. J. Kimble, Phys. Rev. Lett. 72, 214 (1994).
- Quantum Statistics of the Squeezed Vacuum by Measurement of the Density Matrix in the Number State Representation, S. Schiller, G. Breitenbach, S. F. Pereira, T. Muller, and J. Mlynek, Phys. Rev. Lett. 77, 2933 (1996).
- Calculation of the Vectorial Field Distribution in a Stratified Focal Region of a High Numerical Aperture Imaging System, A. S. van de Nes, L. Billy, S. F. Pereira, and J. J. M. Braat, Opt. Expr.12, 1281 (2004).
- Performance analysis of coherent Fourier scaterrometry, Applied Physics B, 105, 775 (2011).
- Applications of microsolid immersion lens as probe for near field microscopy, A.C. Assafrao et al., Appl. Phys. Lett. 104, 101101 (2014).
- Nanostep height measurement via spatial mode projection, N. Hermosa et al., Opt. Lett. 39, 299 (2014).
- Radially polarized light for detection and nanolocalisation of dielectric particles on a planar substrate, Phys. Rev. Lett. 114, 103903 (2015).
Research interests
High resolution optical imaging with applications in optical metrology, optical inspection of surfaces for lithography and plastic electronics applications.
Role in training and education activities
has been co-supervisor of 10 PhD students. She has taught BSc (Optics, Quantum mechanics, Physics of daily life, Microscopy) and MSc (Imaging systems, Quantum electronics and quantum optics) courses.
Selected awards and other honours
- Recipient of the “Stimuleeringsfonds voor vrouwen” from the Dutch foundation FOM (2000).
- Recipient of the Humboldt Fellowship (1994).
Expertise
Publications
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2023
Coating layer on samples with roughness
numerical study for coherent Fourier scatterometry
D. Kolenov / S. F. Pereira -
2023
Coherent Fourier Scatterometry for Detection of Killer Defects on Silicon Carbide Samples
Jila Rafighdoost / Dmytro Kolenov / Silvania F. Pereira
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2023
Coherent Fourier scatterometry
a holistic tool for inspection of isolated particles or defects on gratings
Anubhav Paul / Dmytro Kolenov / Thomas Scholte / Silvania F. Pereira -
2023
High-Quality Amorphous Silicon Carbide for Hybrid Photonic Integration Deposited at a Low Temperature
Bruno Lopez-Rodriguez / Roald van der Kolk / Samarth Aggarwal / Naresh Sharma / Zizheng Li / Daniel van der Plaats / Thomas Scholte / Jin Chang / Simon Gröblacher / Silvania F. Pereira / Harish Bhaskaran / Iman Esmaeil Zadeh
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2023
Quantum enhanced non-interferometric quantitative phase imaging
Giuseppe Ortolano / Alberto Paniate / Pauline Boucher / Carmine Napoli / Sarika Soman / Silvania F. Pereira / Ivano Ruo-Berchera / Marco Genovese
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Ancillary activities
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2023-05-01 - 2025-05-01
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