- Academic
Staff Record

Research Group(s):
Role(s):
Third Year Lab Director
Laser Safety Officer
Health and Safety Committee (academic representative)
Postgraduate Coordinator for Admissions (joint position)
UNSW Radiation Safety Committee (deputy presiding member)
Education:
- BSc (Hons) UNSW,
- PhD (Physics) UNSW
Research Interests:
- Optical trapping and manipulation of nanoparticles and nanowires
- Optical trapping and sensing with nanodiamond
- Plasmonics
- Silicon biophotonics and single cell sensing
- Silicon nanophotonics / microphotonics
Selected Publications:
Optical Trapping and Micromanipulation
- F. Han, T. Armstrong, A. Andres-Arroyo, D. Bennett, A. Soeriyadi, A. Alinezhad Chamazketi, P. Bakthavathsalam, R. Tilley, J. J. Gooding, P J. Reece, Optical tweezers-based characterisation of gold core-satellite plasmonic nano-assemblies incorporating thermo-responsive polymers, Nanoscale, (2020).
- L.W. Russell, S.G. Ralph, K. Wittick, J.P. Tetienne, D.A. Simpson, P. J. Reece, Manipulating the quantum coherence of optically trapped nanodiamonds, ACS Photonics 5 (11), pp. 4491-4496 (2018).
- A. Andres-Arroyo, P. J. Reece, Using light scattering to resolve Brownian rotation dynamics of optically trapped Au nanorods, Journal of Applied Physics 123 (5), Art. No. 054302 (2018).
- T. F. Dixon, L. W. Russell, A. Andres-Arroyo, P. J. Reece, Using back focal plane interferometry to probe the influence of Zernike aberrations in optical tweezers, Optics Letters 42 (15), pp. 2968-2971 (2017)
- F. Wang, W. J. Toe, W. M. Lee, D. McGloin, Q. Gao, H. H. Tan, C. Jagadish, P. J. Reece, Resolving stable axial trapping points of nanowires in an optical tweezers using photoluminescence mapping, Nano Letters, 13 (3), pp. 1185-1191 (2013).
- P. J. Reece, W. J. Toe, F. Wang, S. Paiman, Q. Gao, H. H. Tan, C. Jagadish, Characterisation of semiconductor nanowires based on optical tweezers, Nano Letters, 11 (6), pp 2375–2381 (2011).
- K. Pearce, F. Wang, and P. J. Reece, Dark-field optical tweezers for nanometrology of metallic nanoparticles, Optics Express 19, 25559-25569 (2011).
- M. Dienerowitz, M. Mazilu, P. J. Reece, T. F. Krauss, K. Dholakia, Optical vortex trap for resonant confinement of metal nanoparticles Optics Express 16 (7) , pp. 4991-4999 (2008).
- P. J. Reece, E. M. Wright & K. Dholakia, Experimental observation of modulation instability and optical spatial soliton arrays in soft condensed matter, Physical Review Letters 98, 203902 (2007).
- W. M. Lee, P. J. Reece, R. F. Marchington, N. K. Metzger & K. Dholakia, Construction and calibration of an optical trap on a fluorescence optical microscope Nature Protocols 2, 3226-3238 (2007).
- P. J. Reece, V. Garces-Chavez & K. Dholakia, Near-field optical micromanipulation with cavity enhanced evanescent waves, Applied Physics Letters 88, 221116 (2006).
- V. Garces-Chavez, R. Quidant, P. J. Reece, G. Badenes, L. Torner & K. Dholakia, Extended organization of colloidal microparticles by surface plasmon polariton excitation, Physical Review B 73, 085417 (2006).
Biophotonics & Optical Biosensing
Khan, M.A., Y. Zhu, Y. Yao, P. Zhang, A. Agrawal, and P.J. Reece, Impact of metal crystallinity-related morphologies on the sensing performance of plasmonic nanohole arrays, Nanoscale Advance Article (2020). https://doi.org/10.1039/D0NR00619J
- Piya, R, Zhu, Y, Soeriyadi, AH, Silva, SM & Reece, PJ et al., 'Micropatterning of porous silicon Bragg reflectors with poly(ethylene glycol) to fabricate cell microarrays: Towards single cell sensing', Biosensors and Bioelectronics, vol. 127, pp. 229-235, doi:10.1016/j.bios.2018.12.001 (2019)
- Piya, R, Gupta, B, Gooding, JJ & Reece, PJ, 'Optimising porous silicon Bragg reflectors for narrow spectral resonances', Journal of Applied Physics, vol. 124, no. 16, pp. 163103, doi:10.1063/1.5048618 (2018)
Silicon Photonics & Photovoltaics
- C. M. Johnson, P.J. Reece, G. Conibeer, Slow-light-enhanced up-conversion for photovoltaics in one-dimensional photonic crystals, Optics Letters, 36, pp. 3990-3992. (2011)
- A. Pham, H. Qiao, B. Guan, J. J. Gooding, M. Gal, P. J. Reece, Characterisation of optical bistability in mesoporous silicon microcavities, Journal Applied Physics, 109 (9), Art. No. 093113 (2011)
- H. Qiao, B. Guan, T. Bocking, M. Gal, J.J. Gooding, and P.J. Reece, Optical properties of II-VI colloidal quantum dot doped porous silicon microcavities. Applied Physics Letters, 96(16), 161106-3 (2010)
- E.-C. Cho, M.A. Green, R. Corkish, P. Reece, M. Gal, and S.-H. Lee, Photoluminescence in crystalline silicon quantum wells. Journal of Applied Physics, 101(2): p. 024321-6, (2007).
- W. H. Zheng, P. Reece, B. Q. Sun & M. Gal. Broadband laser mirrors made from porous silicon. Applied Physics Letters 84, 3519-3521 (2004).
- P. J. Reece, M. Gal, H. H. Tan & C. Jagadish. Optical properties of erbium-implanted porous silicon microcavities. Applied Physics Letters 85, 3363-3365 (2004).
- E. C. Cho, M. A. Green, J. Xia, R. Corkish, P. Reece & M. Gal. Clear quantum-confined luminescence from-crystalline silicon/SiO2 single quantum wells. Applied Physics Letters 84, 2286-2288 (2004).
- P. J. Reece, G. Lerondel, W. H. Zheng & M. Gal, Optical microcavities with subnanometer linewidths based on porous silicon, Applied Physics Letters 81, 4895-4897 (2002).
- M. A. Green, J. H. Zhao, A. H. Wang, P. J. Reece & M. Gal, Efficient silicon light-emitting diodes, Nature 412, 805-808 (2001).