Alessandro Braggio

Short Bio

  • Degree with merit in Physics at Genoa University 1999 Degree thesis (italian) "
  • PhD at Genoa University June 2003 PhD Thesis
  • Postdoc July 2003 to December 2003 with Prof. G. Shoen at Institüt für Theoretische Festköperphysik- Universität Karlsruhe
  • Postdoc January 2004 to July 2004 with Prof. J. Koenig at Theoretische Physik III - Ruhr Universität Bochum
  • Postdoc Aug. 2004 to Nov. 2004 with Prof. Maura Sassetti at Genoa University
  • TT Researcher (5 yr.) Dec. 2004 to Feb. 2009 at LAMIA-INFM-CNR
  • Tenured Researcher (Permanent position) since Feb.2009 at LAMIA-INFM-CNR
  • Visiting scientist at Department of Condensed Matter Physics, Weizmann Institute of Science Rehovot, Israel (Nov 2010)
  • Member of Scientific Committee of CNR-SPIN 15/04/2010-02/2015
  • Visiting scientist at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand (Nov 2015)
  • Permanent position in Pisa at CNR-NANO, NEST since 30/12/2016
  • Abilitation to associate professor in the sector 02/A2 Theoretical physics of fundamental interactions
  • Abilitation to associate professor in the sector 02/B2 Theoretical physics in condensed matter

Research Interests

  • Thermoelectricity in hybrid and topological systems
  • Quantum transport of heat, charge and spin in nanostructures
  • Topological properties in hybrid superconducting nanosystems
  • Novel planar geometries for Majorana physics
  • Soliton dynamics in Josephson junctions
  • Entanglement creation and manipulation in solid state systems
  • Quantum and coherent thermodynamics
  • Nanodevices for quantum technologies and unconventional electronics
  • Noise and coherent dynamics in nanodevices
  • Full counting statistics and fluctuations relations
  • Holographic method and AdS/CMD in strongly correlated systems
  • Real-time diagrammatic technique and non-equilibrium Greens functions
  • Edge states transport in Fractional Quantum Hall Effect
  • Luttinger liquid and one dimensional electron systems
  • Quantum dissipative systems

Selected Recent Projects

"The mechanics in quantum mechanics: nano-electromechanical Josephson junctions“ Grant Royal Society IEC\R2\192166
Scuola Normal Superiore - Weizmann Institute of Science joint lab QUANTRA “Quantum Transport in nanoelectronics systems”, MAECI, Ministry of foreign affairs and international cooperation Italian republic
"COherent MANipulation and Control of HEat in solid- state nanostructures: the era of coherent caloritronics” , EU-ERC Consolidator Grant
“Full Counting Statistics and Non-Markovian effects in nano-systems.” INFM-Seed Project - 25 Keuro
“Hybrid superconductor-semiconductor nanostructures: nanoelectronic applications, topologi- cal properties, correlation and disorder.” MIUR-FIRB2012 200 Keuro
“Coherent heat and energy transport in quantum systems” COHEAT, FP7-PEOPLE-2013-CIG 100 Keuro
“Quantum sensing by proximised structures“ Royal Society International Exchange between UK and Italy Grant Royal Society IES\R3\170054

Selected Publications

"Thermodynamics in topological Josephson junctions", Scharf B et al PRR (2021).

"A Josephson phase battery", Strambini E. et al Nat. Nanotech (2020).

"Nonlinear Thermoelectricity with Electron-Hole Symmetric Systems", Marchegiani G. et al PRL (2020).

"Topological Josephson heat engine", Scharf B. et al (2020).

"Nonlocal Thermoelectricity in a S-TI-S Junction in Contact with a Normal-Metal Probe: Evidence for Helical Edge States", Blasi G. et al PRL (2020).

"Thermodynamic cycles in Josephson junctions", Vischi et al Sci. Rep. (2019).

"Magnetotransport Experiments on Fully Metallic Superconducting Dayem-Bridge Field-Effect Transistors", Paolucci et al PRApplied (2019).

"Nonlocal thermoelectricity in a Cooper-pair splitter", Hussein et al. PRB (2019).

"Signatures of topological phase transitions in Josephson current-phase discontinuities", Marra P. et al PRB (2016).

"Ferromagnetic-Insulator-Based Superconducting Junctions as Sensitive Electron Thermometers", Giazotto F. et al PRApplied (2015).

"Heat-exchange statistics in driven open quantum systems", Gasparinetti S. et al NJP (2014).

"Environmental induced renormalization effects in quantum Hall edge states due to 1/ f noise and dissipation", Braggio A. et al NJP (2012).

"Anomalous Charge Tunneling in Fractional Quantum Hall Edge States at a Filling Factor \nu = 5 / 2", Carrega M. et al PRL (2011).

"Counting statistics of transport through Coulomb blockade nanostructures: High-order cumulants and non-Markovian effects", Flindt C. et al PRB (2010).

"Relevance of multiple-quasiparticle tunneling between edge states at \nu =p/(2np+1)", Ferraro D. et al PRL (2008).

"Counting Statistics of Non-Markovian Quantum Stochastic Processes", Flindt C. et al PRL (2008).

"Full Counting Statistics in Strongly Interacting Systems: Non-Markovian Effects", Braggio A. et al PRL (2006).

"Negative Differential Conductance Induced by Spin-Charge Separation", Cavaliere F. et al PRL (2004).

"Control of Spin in Quantum Dots with Non-Fermi-Liquid Correlations", Braggio A. et al PRL (2001).