Docenti e ricercatori
Research Area: PHYS-03/A - Fisica Sperimentale della Materia e Applicazioni
L.go B. Pontecorvo, 3, 56127 Pisa (PI), Italy.
Research activities
In my research activities, I focus on exploring and manipulating light–matter interaction phenomena in solid-state materials. My work spans the fields of optics, solid-state physics, physical chemistry, and materials science, with a specific focus on advanced materials for optics and photonics, such as 2D materials and organic semiconductors, as well as optical confinement devices like microcavities and metasurfaces. My methodology is based on micro- and nanofabrication techniques, static and ultrafast time-resolved microscopy and spectroscopy, and quantum measurements on photons.
Recently, I have made significant contributions to the understanding of time-resolved optical nonlinearities in 2D semiconductors, in both weak and strong light–matter coupling regimes. These studies led to the demonstration of ultrafast optical switches (link: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-61607-2) based on ultrathin MoS₂ in microcavities, with applications in optical computing and artificial neural networks.
See all the publications on: Google Scholar (link: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=HgZpLdEAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao)
Recent publications
- Spin Injection and Emission Helicity Switching in a 2D Perovskite/WSe₂ Heterostructure [2026]
- Electrically tunable ultrafast dynamics and interactions of hybrid excitons in a 2D semiconductor bilayer [2025]
- Femtosecond switching of strong light-matter interactions in microcavities with two-dimensional semiconductors [2025]
- Shaping the Emission Directivity of Single Quantum Dots in Dielectric Nanodisks Exploiting Mie Resonances [2025]
- Ultrafast Dynamics of Rydberg Excitons and Their Optically Induced Charged Complexes in Encapsulated WSe2 Monolayers [2025]
Courses
- LABORATORIO 2 b (Modulo dell'insegnamento LABORATORIO 2 - Cod. 033BB) CdS FIS-L FISICA (Registro)