Research activities:
- Experimental
Quantum
Communication - Q-Space Experiment: First Demonstration of single-photon
link between a satellite and the Earth, reported on March 28th, 2008, in New Journal of Physics IOP select paper - Headline on Physics World (20 March 2008), news on New Scientist (31 March 2008), on
COSMOS magazine, Australia (3 April 2008), on
2Physics.com (19 May 2008), on
Laser Focus World (30 May 2008)
and selected for the
Press Release at the CLEO Conference San Jose (23 April 2008).
- Principal Investigator of ASI SpaceQ project, to study a dedicate satellite for quantum communication in Space.
Selected among the 10 Strategic Research Projects of the University of Padova for year 2008 (17 July 2009).
- Laser-matter
interaction by using
few-optical-cycle laser pulses - high order laser harmonic generation -
above
threshold ionization - FEXRAYS INFM Advanced Research Project 1997-2000,
- ATTOphysics
Network, CLUSTERS INFM Advanced Research Project 2001-2004, Ultrashort XUV Pulses for Time-Resolved and Non-Linear Applications - XTRA Network, PRIN 2004-2006: Physica processes in the attosecond domain, PRIN 2006-2008: Ultrashort high-energy IR pulses with self-stabilized carrier-envelope phase for the generation of XUV-soft X coherent radiation
Press release, in italian, for the
observation of absolute-phase phenomena, reported in Nature
on Nov. 8th, 2001 (vol. 414, pag. 182)
Press release, in italian,
for the single-shot analysis of high-harmonics generation, reported in Physical
Review Letters and Optics Letters
Adaptive wavefront optimization in the generation of coherent Extreme-Ultraviolet ultrafast pulses, reported in Optics Letters on January 15, 2004.
Press release, in italian, for the
generation of isolated attosecond pulses of extreme ultraviolet radiation, reported in Nature Physics on Apr. 23th, 2006 (vol. 2, pag. 319)
Generation of quasi-single-cycle isolated pulses in the XUV region, of 130 attosecond duration, reported in Science on Oct. 20th, 2006 (vol. 314, pag. 443)
Experimental demonstration of the operation of the Duration-Preserving Extreme-Utraviolet Ultrafast Monochromator, reported in Optics Letters on October 1, 2007.
Adaptive compression of a sub-two-optical-cycle pulse at 1600 nm, reported in Optics Letters on April 1, 2008. Optical design
of
XUV, soft X-ray and visible instrumentation.
- Design and
application of industrial and medical lasers. Laser Processes for photovoltaic cells. Realization of micromirror beam shaper announced.
- Member of the
Internal Council of the INFM National Laboratory For
Ultrashort and Ultrafast Optical Science, Milano.
-
 Winner of the first prize, with team
VIVA, of STARTCUP 2002 - L'idea diventa impresa, the first
competition among Italian Universities on best proposal that exploits
for business a research idea, July 4, 2002.
- Selected for
one of
the 20 ideas of national relevance for the 2-nd National Day for the
Resarch, Rome, Oct. 1, 2003.
- Winner of the
first
prize ex-aequo, with SISMA spa Schio (Vi), of the 4-th Premio Regionale
per l'Innovazione, sponsored by Veneto Innovazione, on July 7, 2004.
- Winner as supervisor of the prize
for research thesis of industrial interest by Camera di commercio Vicenza, for the years 2005 and 2006, and of Premio InTesi sponsored by the Parco Scientifico e Tecnologico GALILEO, for the years 2005 and 2006.
- Winner of the
third prize with team Think Laser of the 1st Premio Nazionale Il talento delle idee, sponsored by Unicredit Banca - Fondazione La Fornace dell’Innovazione - IBAN - FinancIdea, on Nov. 27, 2007.
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