Miriam Serena Vitiello

  • CNR Researcher
  • miriam.vitiello@nano.cnr.it
  • Pisa
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Prof. Miriam Serena Vitiello obtained her PhD in physics at University of Bari in 2006.  From 2006 to December 2009 she was a Post-Doctoral Research assistant at the University of Bari. Since July 2010, she is group leader at the National Enterprise of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology and at the Nanoscience Institute of the National Research Council (CNR). Since 2015 she is Adjunct Professor of Condensed Matter Physics at the Scuola Normale Superiore. Since 2017 she is Director of Research at CNR. The THz photonics and optoelectronics group of Prof. Vitiello focuses on the design, development and applications of THz quantum cascade lasers; the development of THz nanostructured detectors based on semiconductor nanowires, 2D materials and vdW heterosctructures; far-infrared metrology; graphene-based photonics; near-field THz miscroscopy. Prof. Vitiello is member of the Scientific council of the National Institute of Metrology, of the CNR Department of Physics and technology of the Matter, of the CEITEC center (Czech Republic) and Mercator Fellow at the University of Regensbug (Germany).

She was visiting scientist for short research stages at the Technical University of Delft (April 2004, December 2004), at the Universität of Munchen (July 2004) and at the University of Paris VII (2006).

Prof. Vitiello has received the starting grant FIRB  “Future in Research” from the Italian ministry of education and research, the ERC Consolidator Grant from the European Research Council, three EU-FET open projects, an EU ITN project, the Balzan research projects, three national research grants, and she coordinates the THz working group in the graphene flagship.

For her research activity she was awarded with the Frederic Volterra Medal 2020 from the Italian Physical Society , the Sapio Research and Innovation award (2018), the International research award Guido Dorso (2016), the SPIE early career award (2015) optoelectronic and photonics prize “Sergio Panizza” of the Italian Physical Society (2012), an International Scientific Author Award (USA, 2005) and 2 National Young Author Awards (2004; 2005). She is member of the programme committee of more than 30 key international conferences in the field of photonic devices.

She is co-author of more than 250-refereed papers on international journals, holds 1 patent and delivered more than 100 invited talks (including plenary talks) at international conferences.

Research Interests

My research activity is the field of condensed matter physics and quantum technologies and is focused on: experimental light-matter interaction phenomena, two-dimensional nano-materials (graphene, phosphorene, van der Walls heterostructures, topological insulators), micro and nano systems, nano-photonics, quantum optics, far-infrared photonics and optoelectronics devices.

 

Key research achievements

- Invention of single electron transistor QD THz photodetectors (Nano Lett. 2021)

- Millimeter wave generation in QCLs (Nature Comm. 2021)

- Invention ultrafast saturable absorbers based on intersubband polaritons (Nature Comm. 2020)

- Invention ultrafast room temperature infrared nanodetectors (Nano Letters 2019, ACS Nano 2021)

- Invention THz quasi crystal record efficiency QCLs (Nature Light Science &Applications 2019)

- Invention of THz QCL frequency combs with record dynamic range, record power/mode (Reference: ACS Photonics 2018, ACS Photonics 2021, Laser&Photonics Reviews 2021)

- Invention of the first THz random laser operating in continuous wave  (Nature Light Science&Applications 2019)

- Invention of THz wire lasers with record optical performances (Nature Comm. 2018)

- Invention of a THz detectorless scattering near field optical microscope (Reference: Optics Express 2018, APL Photonics 2021)

- Invention of flexible THz saturable absorbers from liquid phase exfoliation of graphite  (Nature Comm. 2017)

- Invention of the first THz near field probe for coherent phase/amplitude imaging with deeply sub-wavelength spatial resolution (Nature- Scientific Reports 2017, Optica 2018)

- Ultrafast optical switched for THz waves based on interface polaritons in black-phosphorus  (Nature Nanotech. 2017)

- Invention of the first THz device exploiting van der waals heterostr. (Advanced Mat. 2016)

- First experimental demonstration of an active photonic device exploiting topological insulator surface states (Nano Letters 2016)

- Invention of black phosphorus THz photodetectors (Advanced Mat. 2015, Scientific Reports 2016);

- Demonstration of coherent perfect absorption of photons  (Nature Phys. 2014).

- Invention of quasi-crystal THz lasers (Nature Comm. 2014)

- First report on quantum noise / intrinsic linewidth in THz QCLs (Nature Phot. 2012);

- Phase-locking of THz QCLs via optical frequency combs (Nature Comm. 2012);

- First absolute frequency measure at THz freq. (Phys. Rev. X 2014)

- Invention of graphene-based THz plasma-wave detectors (Nature Mat. 2012; Nature Nanotech. 2014;)

- Invention of the first nanowire THz detectors (Nano Letters 2012, Nature Phot. 2014).

- Invention of record wall-plug efficiency THz QCLs (Ref.: APL 2007).

- Development of micro-probe photoluminescence/Raman techniques to measure individual subband electronic temperatures, lattice temperature, optical phonon distributions with ultrahigh spatial resolution (Ref.: 15 APL papers (2005-2010)).

Selected Recent Projects

ERC Consolidator Grant 2015 – “Sprint” (2016- 2023) https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/681379/it
H2020- FETOPEN-01-2018-2019-2020- EXTREME IR (2021-2025) https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/964735/it
H2020-FETOPEN-1-2016-2017-RIA – “MIR-BOSE” (2017-2021) https://mir-bose.eu/
EU Graphene Flagship (2016-2023) https://graphene-flagship.eu/graphene/news/join-the-graphene-flagship-core-3-project/
Balzan Research Project (2017-2025) (Harvard University-CNR) https://www.balzan.org/en/prizewinners/federico-capasso/research-project-capasso
EU H2020 – ITN – TeraApps (2018-2022 https://www.gla.ac.uk/research/az/teraapps/
H2020-FETOPEN-2014-2015-RIA – “UltraQCL” (2015-2019) http://www.ultraqcl.eu/

Selected Publications

  • M. Asgari et al., “Quantum-Dot Single-Electron Transistors as Thermoelectric Quantum Detectors at Terahertz Frequencies”, Nano Letters 2021 https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.1c02022
  • E.A.A. Pogna et al., “Unveiling the detection dynamics of semiconductor nanowire photodetectors by terahertz near-field nanoscopy”, Nature Light: Science & Applications 2020, 9, 189.
  • L. Viti et al., “HBN-Encapsulated, Graphene-based, Room-temperature Terahertz Receivers, with High Speed and Low Noise”, Nano Letters 2020, 20, 3169–3177
  • J. Raab et al., “Ultrafast terahertz saturable absorbers using tailored intersubband polaritons”, Nature Comm. 2020, 11, 4290.
  • S Biasco et al., “Highly efficient surface-emitting semiconductor lasers exploiting quasi-crystalline distributed feedback photonic patterns”, Nature Light: Science & Applications 2020, 9, 54.
  • L. Consolino et al., “Fully phase-stabilized quantum cascade laser frequency comb”, Nature Comm. 2019, 10, 2938.
  • S. Biasco et al., “Frequency-tunable continuous-wave random lasers at terahertz frequencies”, Light: Science & Applications 2019, 8, 43.
  • S. Biasco et al.,“Continuous-wave highly-efficient low divergence terahetrz wire lasers”, Nat. Commun. 2018, 9: 1122.
  • L. Consolino et al. “Spectral purity and tunability of terahertz quantum cascade laser sources based on intracavity difference-frequency generation”, Sci. Adv. 2017, 3(9): e1603317.
  • V. Bianchi et al., “Terahertz saturable absorbers from liquid phase exfoliation of graphite”, Nat. Commun. 2017, 8: 15763.
  • A. Huber et al., “Femtosecond photo-switching of interface polaritons in black phosphorus heterostructures“, Nat. Nanotech.2017, 12(3): 207.
  • L. Viti et al., “Plasma-Wave Terahertz Detection Mediated by Topological Insulators Surface States”, Nano Letters 16, 80-87, (2016).
  • L. Viti et al., “Heterostructured hBN-BP-hBN nanodetectors at THz frequencies" Advanced Materials 28, 7390 (2016).
  • Viti et al., “Black-phosphorus Terahertz photodetectors”, Advanced Mat. 27, 5567–5572, (2015).
  • M. Eisele et al., "Ultrafast multi-terahertz nano-spectroscopy with sub-cycle temporal resolution”, Nature Phot. 8, 841, (2014).
  • S. Vitiello, et al., "Photonic Quasi-crystal Terahertz Lasers”, Nature Comm. 5, 5884, (2014).
  • H.L. Koppens et al., "Photodetectors based on graphene, other two-dimensional materials, and hybrid systems", Nature Nanotech. 9, 780–793 (2014).
  • S. Zanotto et al., "Perfect energy feeding into strongly coupled systems and interferometric control of polariton absorption", Nature Physics 10, 830, (2014).
  • L. Consolino et al., “Phase-locking to a free-space terahertz comb for metrological-grade terahertz lasers” Nature Comm. 3, 1040 (2012).
  • S. Vitiello et al., “Room-Temperature Terahertz Detectors Based on Semiconductor Nanowire Field-Effect Transistors”, Nano Letters 12, 96, (2012).
  • S. Vitiello et al., “Quantum-limited frequency fluctuations in a Terahertz laser”, Nature Phot. 6, 525-528, (2012).
  • L. Vicarelli et al., “Graphene field-effect transistors as room-temperature terahertz detectors”, Nature Mat. 11, 865, (2012).

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