Research Area: PHYS-03/A - Fisica Sperimentale della Materia e Applicazioni
Research activities
The activity of my group has been mainly devoted to the realization of THz photonic devices. Having achieved years ago the first ever THz semiconductor heterostructure laser, our developments include also the first THz detectors in semiconductor nanowire and graphene field effect transistors. Recently we have instead focused on investigating THz microcavity lasers and THz opto-mechanical devices, as well as on implementing applications, particularly in the agri-food field.
On the fundamental physics side, we investigate the modification and control of light-matter interaction in structures with strong photon confinement, for instance based on graphene plasmons. We have been investigating the formation and dynamics of intersubband polaritons and studying their electrical and optical manipulation. My group also implemented the first experiments of coherent absorption control in a polariton system and in graphene.
Recent publications
- Thermal analysis of diode-pumped femtosecond-laser-written Pr:LiLuF4 waveguide lasers [2025]
- Yellow diode-pumped lasing of femtosecond-laser-written Dy,Tb: LiLuF4 waveguide [2025]
- Active control of polariton-enabled long-range energy transfer [2024]
- Gigahertz Modulation of a Fully Dielectric Nonlocal Metasurface [2024]
- High efficiency diode-pumped Pr:LiLuF4 visible lasers in femtosecond-laser-written waveguides [2024]
Courses
- CURRENT TRENDS IN QUANTUM MATTER (Cod. 407BB) CdS WFI-LM FISICA (Registro)
- DETECTION TECHNIQUES: FROM LAB TO SPACE (Cod. 0009B) CdS WFI-LM FISICA (Registro)
- FUNDAMENTALS OF LIGHT MATTER INTERACTION / FONDAMENTI DI INTERAZIONE RADIAZIONE MATERIA (Cod. 304BB) CdS WFI-LM FISICA (Registro)
- PHYSICS OF PHOTONIC DEVICES/ FISICA DEI DISPOSITIVI FOTONICI (Cod. 203BB) CdS WFI-LM FISICA (Registro)
- STRUTTURA DELLA MATERIA (Cod. 041BB) CdS FIS-L FISICA (Registro)