ARMANDO GENCO

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.

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