PN       Piergiorgio Nicolosi

Room: # 114
Phone: (+39) 049 827-7674
Fax: (+39) 049 827-7699
e-mail: nicolosi@dei.unipd.it

Curriculum vitae et studiorum

Piergiorgio Nicolosi was born in 1951. In 1975 he received his degree in Physics from the University of Padua. In the period 1976-1979 he had a Fellowship of the Italian National Council of Research ( CNR ). In 1979-1981 he was Researcher of the Italian National Council of Research at the Center for the Study of Ionized Gases. In 1981-1988 he was University researcher at Department of Electronics and Computer Science, University of Padua. Since 1988 he has been Associate Professor of Quantum Electronics at the Department of Electronics and Informatics of the same University.

He has worked mainly in the fields of plasma spectroscopy, atomic spectroscopy, plasma diagnostics, spectroscopic instrumentation both for laboratory and space applications. In particular he studied the interaction of laser beams with matter, developing spectroscopic diagnostic techniques for the study of laser-produced plasmas. He has developed a new absorption spectroscopy experiment for the measurement of oscillator strength and photoionization cross-sections of ionized species. He is partecipating as responsible of his research group to a E.C. network for research on atomic spectroscopy, with several European laboratories and institutions. He participated in the development of new spectroscopic instruments, like EUV stigmatic spectrographs, and new detectors for the EUV spectral range. He has been instrument scientists of the italian section, with the responsibility of the integration, alignment and test of the spectrometer, in the space program UVCS (Ultraviolet Coronagraph Spectrometer) for the SOHO Mission of ESA (European Space Agency) and NASA .

He is member of the Optical Society of America . He is author of over 70 publications in related fields.
 
 

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Didactical activities

General Phisics II for Informatics Engineering students
Matter Physics for Telecommunication and Electronics Engineering students

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Some recent publications

  1. “First Results from UVCS/SOHO” G. Noci, J.L.Kohl, E. Antonucci, G. Tondello, M.C.E. Huber, S. Fineschi, L.D. Gardner, G. Naletto, P. Nicolosi, J.C. Raymond, M. Romoli, D. Spadaro, O.H.W. Siegmund, C. Benna, A. Ciaravella, S. Giordano, J. Michels, A. Modigliani, A. Panasyuk, C. Pernechele, G. Poletto, P.L. Smith, and L. Strachan.  Advances in Space Research 20, 2219-2230 ( COSPAR) 1997
  2. “Measurements of HI and OVI velocity distributions in the extended solar corona with UVCS/SOHO and UVCS/Spartan 201” J.L. Kohl, G. Noci, E. Antonucci, G. Tondello, M.C.E. Huber, L.D. Gardner, P. Nicolosi, S. Fineschi, J.C. Raymond, M. Romoli, D. Spadaro, A.A. van Ballegoijen, O.H.W. Siegmund, C. Benna, A. Ciaravella, S.R. Cranmer, S. Giordano, M. Karovska, R. Martin, J. Michels, A. Modigliani, G. Naletto, A. Panasyuk, C. Pernechele, G. Poletto, P.L. Smith, L. Strachan Advances in Space Research vol.20, 3-14, 1997 (COSPAR)
  3. “First results from the SOHO Ultraviolet Coronagraph Spectrometer” J.L. Kohl, G. Noci, E. Antonucci, G. Tondello, M.C.E. Huber, L.D. Gardner, P. Nicolosi, L. Strachan, S. Fineschi, J.C. Raymond, M. Romoli, D. Spadaro, A. Panasyuk, O.H.W. Siegmund, C. Benna, A. Ciaravella, S.R. Cranmer, S. Giordano, M. Karovska, R. Martin, J. Michels, A. Modigliani, G. Naletto, C. Pernechele, G. Poletto, P.L. Smith, Solar Physics 175, 613,  1997

    4. 73. “A Resolution Improvement Technique for Two-Dimensional Detectors” L. Poletto, P. Nicolosi, O. Barana, SPIE EUROPTO series vol 3101, 83, 1997.
  4. “Thin - film photodetectors for the vacuum ultraviolet spectral region” G. De Cesare, F. Irrera, F. Palma, G. Naletto, P. Nicolosi, E. Jannitti, Appl. Opt. 36, 2751, 1997.
  5. “Laser-produced plasma stigmatic observations in the extreme ultraviolet by means of a CCD detector” P. Villoresi, G. Naletto, P. Nicolosi, E. Pace, G. Tondello, Il Nuovo Cimento D 19,759,1997.
  6. “HiRES : the high resolution stigmatic EUV spectroheliometer” J.G.Timothy, P.Bergamini, J.C.Bhattacharyya, A.K.Saxena, M.C.E.Huber, G.Naletto, P.Nicolosi,G.Tondello A.B.C.Walker, SPIE conf.proc. vol 3114 ‘EUV,X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Instrumentation for Astronomy VIII’ 450-463, 1997

    7. 77. “Light ions absorption probed with high spatial, temporal and spectral resolution : the spectrum of C II” P. Villoresi, P. Nicolosi NIST Special Publication 926 (proc. ICAMDATA 97) 190-193, 1998.
  7. "The quiescent corona and slow solar wind” G. Noci, J.L.Kohl, E.Antonucci, G.Tondello, M.C.E.Huber, S.Fineschi, L.D.Gardner, C.M.Korendyke, P.Nicolosi, M.Romoli, D.Spadaro, L.Maccari, J.C.Raymond, O.H.W.Siegmund, C.Benna, A.Ciaravella, S.Giordano, J.Michels, A.Modigliani, G.Naletto, A.Panasyuk, C.Pernechele, G.Poletto,P.L.Smith, L.Strachan, Proc. Of the 5th SOHO Workshop, ‘The Corona and Solar Wind near Minimum Activity’ Oslo, Norway 17-20 June 1997, ESA SP-404, 75-84,1997
  8.  “C+ and C++ ion densities scaling in laser plasmas by ultraviolet photoabsorption spectroscopy”  P. Villoresi, P. Nicolosi Hyperfine Interactions, 114, 213-216, 1998
  9.  “Composition of Coronal Streamers from the SOHO Ultraviolet Coronagraph Spectrometer” J.C.Raymond, J.L.Kohl, G.Noci, E.Antonucci, G.Tondello, M.C.E.Huber, L.D.Gardner, P.Nicolosi, S.Fineschi, M.Romoli, D.Spadaro, O.H.W.Siegmund, C.Benna, A.Ciaravella, S.Cranmer, S.Giordano, M.Karovska, R.Martin, J.Michels, A.Modigliani, G.Naletto, A.Panasyuk,C.Pernechele, G.Poletto, Peter L.Smith, R.M.Suleiman, L.Strachan, Solar Physics 175, 645, 1997
  10. “UVCS/SOHO Empirical Determination of Anisotropic Velocity Distributions in the Solar Corona” J.L.Kohl, G.Noci, E.Antonucci, G.Tondello, M.C.E.Huber, S.Cranmer, L.Strachan, A.Panasyuk, L.D.Gardner, M.Romoli, S.Fineschi, D.Dobrzycka,  J.C. Raymond, P.Nicolosi, O.H.W.Siegmund, D.Spadaro, C.Benna, A.Ciaravella, S.Giordano, S.R. Habbal, M.Karovska, X. Li, R.Martin, J.Michels, A.Modigliani, G.Naletto, R.H. O’Neal, C.Pernechele, G.Poletto, Peter L.Smith, R.M.Suleiman, ApJ, 501, L127-L132,1998.
  11. “Velocity Fields in the Solar Corona during Mass Ejections as Observed with UVCS-SOHO” E.Antonucci, J.L.Kohl, G.Noci, G.Tondello, M.C.E.Huber, L.D.Gardner, P.Nicolosi, S.Giordano, D.Spadaro, A.Ciaravella, J.C. Raymond, G.Naletto, S.Fineschi, M.Romoli, O.H.W.Siegmund, C.Benna, J.Michels, A.Modigliani, A.Panasyuk, C.Pernechele, Peter L.Smith, L.Strachan, R.Ventura, The Astroph. Journ. 490, L183-L186, 1997.
  12. “The Ultraviolet Coronagraph Spectrometer on Board the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory” G.Naletto, P.Nicolosi, G.Tondello, in ‘UV Astronomy in Italy’ Memorie della S.A.It. vol.70, 335-348, 1999.
  13. “Experimental Measurement of the CII L-shell Photoabsorption Spectrum” P.Nicolosi, P.Villoresi Phys.Rev.A 58, 4985-4988, 1998.
  14. “Latitudinal Properties of the Ly ? and O VI Profiles in the Extended Solar Corona” L.Zangrilli, P.Nicolosi, G.Poletto, G.Noci, M.Romoli, J.L.Kohl, Astron. & Astroph. 342, 592-600, 1999.
  15. “An Empirical Model of a Polar Coronal Hole at Solar Minimum”  Cranmer, S. R., Kohl, J. L., Noci, G., Antonucci, E., Tondello, G.,Huber, M. C. E., Strachan, L., Panasyuk, A. V., Gardner, L. D., Romoli, M., Fineschi, S., Dobrzycka, D., Raymond, J. C., Nicolosi, P.,Siegmund, O. H. W., Spadaro, D., Benna, C., Ciaravella, A., Giordano,S., Habbal, S., Karovska, M., Li, X., Martin, R., Michels, J. G.,Modigliani, A., Naletto, G., O'Neal, R. H., Pernechele, C., Poletto,G., Smith, P. L., and Suleiman, R. M. Ap. J., 511,481-501,1999
  16. “On the Lya and O VI Line Profiles in Streamers and Coronal Holes”, L.Zangrilli, P.Nicolosi, G.Poletto, G.Noci, Space Science Rev. 87, 349-352, 1999.
  17.  “An Absorption Spectroscopy Experiment of Ions combining Synchrotron Radiation and Laser Generated Plasmas”, P. Nicolosi, L.Placentino, Jour. Elect. Spec. Rel. Phenom. 104, 233, 1999.
  18.  “Thin-film photodetectors for the UV and VUV spectral range”, G. de Cesare, F. Irrera, P. Nicolosi, Symposium on Optical Systems Design, EUROPTO Series, Design and Engineering of Optical Systems SPIE vol.3737, 363-368, 1999.
  19. “Latitudinal dependence of the outflow speed of the solar wind from UVCS observations”, L.Zangrilli, G.Poletto, P.Nicolosi, G.Noci, “Plasma Dynamics and Diagnostics in the Solar Transition Region and Corona” VIII SOHO Workshop ESA-SP 446, 721-726 1999.
  20. “Optical configuration for the EUV channels of the Advanced Solar Coronal Explorer mission” L.Poletto, G.Naletto, P.Nicolosi, G.Tondello, L.D.Garner, X-Ray and Ultraviolet Spectroscopy and Polarimetry III, SPIE conf. proc. vol. 3764, 110-121, 1999.
  21. “Design and experimental characterization of a high resolution instrument for measuring the XUV absorption of laser plasmas”, P. Villoresi, P. Nicolosi, M-G. Pelizzo, Appl. Opt. 39, 85, 2000.
  22. “Enhancing the spatial resolution of a two-dimensional discrete array detector”, L.Poletto, P.Nicolosi, Opt. Eng. 38, 1748, 1999.
  23. “Advanced Solar Coronal Explorer mission (ASCE)” L.D.Gardner, J.L.Kohl, S.Cranmer, s.Fineschi, L.Golub, J.C.Raymond, P.L.Smith, L.Strachan, R.A.Howard, J.D.Moses, D.G.Socker D.Wang, R.R.Fisher, J.M.Davila, C.St.Cyr, G.Noci, M.Romoli, G.Tondello, G.Naletto, P.Nicolosi, L.Poletto, ‘Ultraviolet and X-Ray Detection, Spectroscopy, and polarimetry III’ SPIE conf. proc. vol. 3764, 134-146, 1999.
  24. “Stigmatic EUV Spectroscopic System for Emission and Absorption Studies of Laser-produced Plasmas” L.Poletto, P.Nicolosi, G.Tondello  ‘Instrumentation for UV/EUV Astronomy and Solar missions’ SPIE conf. proc. vol 4139, 2000.
  25. “Tecnologie Ottiche nell’Estremo Ultravioletto per Applicazioni Spaziali” P.Nicolosi, G.Tondello, G.Naletto, L.Poletto in ELETTROOTTICA 2000 Atti del 6° Convegno Nazionale  'Strumentazione e Metodi di Misura Elettroottici’ (Padova maggio 2000) p. 81-88.
  26. "Design and experimental characterization of a high resolution instrument for measuring the XUV absorption of laser plasmas", P. Villoresi, P. Nicolosi, M-G. Pelizzo, Appl. Opt. 39, 85, 2000.
  27. "Stigmatic EUV Spectroscopic System for Emission and Absorption Studies of Laser-produced Plasmas" L.Poletto, P.Nicolosi, G. Tondello, 'Instrumentation for UV/EUV Astronomy and Solar missions' SPIE conf. proc. vol 4139, 2000.
  28. "2P and 4P CII photoabsorption spectra" P.Recanatini, P.Nicolosi, P.Villoresi, Phys Rev. A 64, 12509(10), 2001.
  29. "First realization and characterization of multilayer EUV reflective coatings" P. Nicolosi, A.Patelli, M.G.Pelizzo, V.Rigato, G.Maggioni, L.Depero, E.Bontempi, G.Mattei, L.Poletto, P.Mazzoldi, G.Tondello  'Soft X-Ray and EUV Imaging Systems II ' SPIE conf. proc. vol 4506-13, 2001.
  30. "All reflecting UV and Visible-Light coronograph for the Solar Orbiter mission: optical configurations" S. Fineschi, E.Antonucci, V.Da Deppo, D.Gardiol, M.Malvezzi, G.Naletto, P.Nicolosi, G. Noci, M.Romoli, G.Tondello, "UV/EUV and Visible Space Instrumentation for Astronomy and Solar Physics" SPIE conf. proc. 4498-04, 2001.
  31. "Stray Light evaluation of the Ultraviolet and Visible -light Coronagraph Imager (UVCI)" M.Romoli, E. Antonucci, S.Fineschi, D.Gardiol,

    32. M.Malvezzi, G.Naletto, P.Nicolosi, G.Tondello, G.Noci   "UV/EUV and Visible Space Instrumentation for Astronomy and Solar Physics" SPIE conf. proc. 4498-05, 2001.


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