Simone Zanotto

  • CNR Researcher
  • simone.zanotto@nano.cnr.it
  • Pisa
  • +39-050-509125
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Short Bio

Simone Zanotto is a Permanent Researcher at the Nanoscience Institute (CNR-NANO).

After obtaining te Degree of Physics at the University of Pavia (2009), he joined the NEST Labs (Pisa) as PhD student of Scuola Normale Superiore, earning the degree in 2014. Subsequently he stayed at Polifab – Politecnico di Milano (2014-2015) and at LENS Laboratory (Firenze, 2016) as research scientist.

His scientific production spanned from nanophotonics for photovoltaics, to quantum light-matter interaction (intersubband polaritons), through tunable photonics based on transition metal oxides and responsive polymers.

Research Interests

Simone Zanotto activity is focused on the manipulation of waves in structured materials - usually referred to as metamaterials and metasurfaces – with particular attention on the role of symmetries in connection with device functionalities. Specific topic include chirality, nonreciprocity, and quantum light-matter interaction.

Selected Recent Projects

Selected Publications

Biasiol and S. Zanotto, “Departure from the Babinet principle in metasurfaces supported by subwavelength dielectric slabs”, Optics Letters 45, 13, 3402 (2020).

Zanotto, G. Mazzamuto, F. Riboli, G. Biasiol, G. C. La Rocca, A. Tredicucci, and A. Pitanti, “Photonic bands, superchirality, and inverse design of a chiral minimal metasurface”, under consideration. Nanophotonics 8, 12, 2291 (2019).

Zanotto, F. Sgrignuoli, S. Nocentini, D. Martella, C. Parmeggiani, and D. S. Wiersma, “Multichannel remote polarization control enabled by nanostructured liquid crystalline networks” Appl. Phys. Lett. 114, 201103 (2019).

A.Ottomaniello, S. Zanotto, L. Baldacci, A. Pitanti, F. Bianco, and A. Tredicucci, “Symmetry enhanced non-reciprocal polarization rotation in a terahertz metal-graphene metasurface”, Optics Express 26, 3, 3328 (2018).

Zanotto, G. C. La Rocca, and A. Tredicucci, “Understanding and overcoming fundamental limits of asymmetric light-light switches”, Optics Express 26, 3, 3618 (2018).

Zanotto, A. Blancato, M. Munoz-Castro, F. Berkemeier, H.-D. Wiemhofer, F. Morichetti, and A. Melloni, “Metasurface reconfiguration through lithium ion intercalation in a transition metal oxide”, Advanced Optical Materials 2017, 5, 1600732 (2017).

Zanotto, F. Bianco, G. Biasiol, L. Sorba, and A. Tredicucci, “Saturation and bistability of defect-mode intersubband polaritons”, Phys. Rev. B 91, 085308 (2015).

Zanotto, G. Biasiol, L. Sorba, and A. Tredicucci, “Photonic bands and defect modes in metallo-dielectric photonic crystal slabs”, Journal of the Opt. Soc. of America B 31, 1451 (2014).

Zanotto, F. P. Mezzapesa, F. Bianco, G. Biasiol, L. Baldacci, M. S. Vitiello, L. Sorba, R. Colombelli, and A. Tredicucci, “Perfect energy feeding into strongly coupled systems and interferometric control of polariton absorption”, Nature Physics 10, 830 (2014).

Istituto Nanoscienze 

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phone +39 059 2055629

fax +39 059 2055651″