Primary activity: I am an experimental physicist specialized on the basic research of dilute quantum gases and quantum phases. I am part of a team working with the novel Fermi-Fermi mixture of Li6-Cr53 in the ultra-low temperature regime. We have thoroughly characterized the inter-species properties of the mixture and we can produce a double-degenerate mixture with T/TF=0.3 and about 10^5 atoms per species. We currently optimize the production of hetero-nuclear (Feshbach) molecules and investigate their properties. Our system has the potential to observe the BEC-BCS crossover with mass-imbalance, to investigate strongly repulsive (Stoner) Ferromagnetism, Polaron physics, p-wave pairing and stable exotic (non-Evimovian) trimer states. I am also involved in a new experiment for the generation of ultracold molecules and I am part of a consortium with industry to build the first quantum computer in Italy. Additional interest is the development of new technologies needed for such experiments. I have developed a low-cost and versatile FPGA-based control system which is now used in several experiments.

Main experiences acquired: Basic experimental research on degenerate fermions (Li6, Cr53 and K40) and bosons (Cr52, K39), and Fermi-Fermi mixtures (Li6-K40 and Li6-Cr53). Design, setting up and development of new technologies for such experiments: analog/digital/RF/low-noise electronics, FPGA hardware and software development, ultrahigh-vaccum systems, laser technologies, frequency doubling, optics, imaging technologies, measurement and analysis, control systems hardware/software, programming of Linux device driver.

Research Groups:
Fermi-Fermi mixtures

Others Funded Projects in which he/she participates:
New generation of high sensitivity atom interferometers
Superfluid and normal phases of unequal mass fermions with two- and three-body resonant interactions

Publications, Research Results, now, in INO’s database are: 13
  –   Papers JCR/ISI Journals, are: 13
  –   Books or Chapters, are: 0
  –   Papers in Journals not indexed JCR/ISI, are: 0
  –   Conference proceedings, are: 1
  –   Abstract, are: 0

Bibliometric indices are calculated USING ONLY THE INO DATABASE and the number of citations from “WEB OF SCIENCE” (of Thomson Reuters) is updated at 2023-05-28
  –   maximum number of citations for an article: 340
  –   maximum impact factor (IF) for a journal when an article is published: 38.597
  –   H-INDEX: 12   G-INDEX: 12   HC-INDEX (contemporary): 12 
  –   List of TopTen papers in citations  –   List of TopTen journals in Impact Factor