BRAMBILLA ENRICO | Università degli studi dell'Insubria

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Corriculum Vitae of Enrico Brambilla

Born in Orsay (France), March 23th, 1968

Università degli Studi dell’Insubria, Dipartimento di Scienza e Alta Tecnologia

Via Valleggio 11,22100 Como, Italy

Tel. 031-23862775 (office)

e-mail: [email protected]

Current position: (from May 2013): Researcher (Ricercatore RUTD) at the University of Insubria, Dipartimento di Scienza e Alta Tecnologia, Como.

Previous academic positions

Feb. 2012 - Apr. 2013: Post-doctoral position with teaching contract at the University of Insubria
Dec. 2009 - Sept. 2012: Post-doctoral fellowship at the University of Insubria (grant from EU project HIDEAS: High-dimensional entangled system)
Dec. 2008 - Nov.2009: Researcher position at the University of Insubria (granted from EU project HIDEAS).
Jan. 2007 - Nov. 2008: Post-doctoral fellowship at the University of Insubria (grant from PRIN-MIUR project)
2001-2007: Several post-doctoral fellowship at the University of Insubria (grant from Istituto Nazionale di Fisica della Materia, INFM).
March 2000 - Dec. 2000 Post-doctoral fellowships in Paris, Lab. Kastler – Brossel de l’Ecole Normale, Univ. P. & M. Curie. from TMR project (Training and Mobility for Researchers) QSTRUCT(research group directed by Prof. Claude Fabre)

Education and academic titles

National Qualification as Associate Professor (Abilitazione scientifica nazionale alla funzione di professore universitario di seconda fascia nel settore concorsuale 02/B2 - Fisica Teorica della Materia, dec. 2013).
Contract Professor at the University of Insubria since 2008 (see teaching activities).
PhD degree in Physics at the Università degli Studi di Milano (1996-1999), Thesis on “Quantum Images in an Optical Parametric Amplifier”, Supervisor Prof. Luigi Lugiato
Physics degree at the Università degli Studi di Milano (Feb. 1995). Thesis on "formation of spatial structures in a laser with an injected signal", Supervisor: Prof. Luigi Lugiato

Participation to national and international projects

EU project TMR QSTRUCT “Quantum Structure”, 1996-2001
EU project FET-open QUANTIM “Quantum Imaging”, 2001-2004
National project PRIN MIUR “Studio teorico di dispositivi basati sull'entanglement quantistico “, 2003-2005
National project PRIN MIUR “ Fasci gemelli in applicazioni di imaging quantistico e metrologia “, 2005-2007
National project FET-open HIDEAS “High-Dimensional Entangled System”, 2008-2011

Teaching and other activities

1998-1999: Teaching tutor for the course of general physics (Mechanics, thermodynamics and electromagnetism. 1998-1999) at the Polytechnic of Milan, at the Faculty of Natural Science of Milan (1999-2000) and at the University of Insubria, Como (2001-2002)
Regular teaching activity at the university of Insubria since 2008:
Course of General Physics at the Chemistry Faculty (2008-2010), Physics 2 (electromagnetism) at the Chemistry and Mathematics faculties (2011-2016).
Course of “Quantum Electronics” at Faculty of Physics (2014-2016).
Assistant supervisor of a number of Degree and PhD thesis.
Referee of Physical Review Letters, Physical Review A, Optics Express, European Physical Journal D, Journal of Optics B: Quant. Semicl. Optics

Numeric and programming skills

- Knowledge in numerical analysis, development of parallel numerical codes for the integration of partial differential equations describing wave propagation in linear and nonlinear media.

- Stochastic simulations of quantum systems (Montecarlo) with MPI parallelization

- Webmaster of the website of the EU-project HIDEAS (www.hideas.eu)

Languages

Italian and French fluently (as mother tongue), English and German good, Spanish basic level.

Pubblications

Author of about 40 peer-reviewed publications (from which 8 Phys. Rev. Lett.) and a number of conference paper. Regular teaching activity at the Insubria University in Como. Bibliographic indicators:

- Web of Science: n. of citations: 1908, h-index: 18

- Scopus: n. of citations: 2080, h-index: 17

- Google Scholar: n. of citations: 2500, h-index: 19

Portale IRInSubria

Pubblicazioni in evidenza

Papers in referred Journals (chronological order)

E. Brambilla, F. Castelli, L.A. Lugiato and I. Abram, Effect of Exciton dephasing in a semiconductor microcavity, Eur. Phys. J. D, 6, 501, (1999).

Gatti, E. Brambilla, L.A. Lugiato and M.I. Kolobov, Quantum Entangled Images, Phys. Rev. Lett. 83, 1763 (1999)

A.Gatti, E.Brambilla, L.A.Lugiato and M.Kolobov, Quantum aspects of imaging, J. Opt. B: Quant. and Semiclass. Opt. 2, 196 (2000)

E. Brambilla, A. Gatti, L.A. Lugiato and M.I. Kolobov, Quantum structures in travelling-wave spontaneous parametric down-conversion, Eur. Phys. J D, 15, 127 (2001)

P.Navez, E.Brambilla, A.Gatti, L.A. Lugiato, Spatial Entanglement of Twin Quantum Images, Phys. Rev. A 65, 13813 (2002).

L.A. Lugiato, A.Gatti and E.Brambilla Quantum Imaging, J. Opt. B: Quant. and Semiclass. Opt.4, S176-S183 (2002)

A.Gatti, E.Brambilla and L.A. Lugiato Entangled Imaging and wave-particle duality: from the microscopic to the macroscopic realm, Phys.Rev.Lett. 90, 133603 (2003)

E.Brambilla, A.Gatti, M.Bache and L.A. Lugiato, Simultaneous near and far field spatial quantum correlation in spontaneous parametric down-conversion, Phys. Rev. A 69, 023802 (2004).

A.Gatti, E. Brambilla and L.A. Lugiato, correlated imaging, quantum and classical, Phys. Rev. A 70, 013802 (2004)

E. Lantz, N. Treps, C. Fabre and E. Brambilla, Spatial distribution of quantum fluctuations in spontaneous down-conversion in realistic situations: comparison between the stochastic approach and the Green's function method, Eur. Phys. J. D 29, 437 (2004).

M. Bache, E. Brambilla, A. Gatti, and L. A. Lugiato,Ghost imaging using homodyne detection Phys.Rev. A 70, 023823 (2004).

A. Gatti, E. Brambilla, M. Bache and L.A. Lugiato, Ghost imaging with Thermal Light: Comparing Entanglement and Classical Correlation, Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 093602 (2004).

E.Brambilla, A. Gatti, M. Bache and L.A. Lugiato, Correlated imaging with macroscopic fields, Fortschr. Phys. 52, No. 11–12, 1080 – 1089 (2004), special issue in honour of Francesco De Martini.

O. Jedrkiewicz, E. Brambilla, A. Gatti, M. Bache, L. A. Lugiato, and P. Di Trapani, Detection of sub-shot-noise spatial correlation in high-gain parametric down-conversion, Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 243601 (2004)

A. Gatti, E. Brambilla, M. Bache and L. A. Lugiato, Entangled imaging in the large photon number regime, Laser Physics 15, 176 (2005), special issue in honour of the 70th birthday of Herbert Walther.

O. Jedrkiewicz, E. Brambilla, A. Gatti, M. Bache, L. A. Lugiato, and P. Di Trapani, Quantum spatial correlations in high-gain parametric down-conversion measured by means of a CCD camera, J. of Mod. Opt. 53,575-95 (2006) special issue: International Workshop Imaging at the limit, IESC, Cargèse, Corsica, September 6-11 2004.

M. Bache, E. Brambilla, A.Gatti and L.A. Lugiato, Ghost imaging schemes: fast and broadband, Opt. Expr. 12, 6067 (2004).

D. Magatti, F. Ferri, A. Gatti, M. Bache, E. Brambilla, and L.A. Lugiato, High-resolution ghost imaging and ghost diffraction with classical thermal light, Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 183602 (2005)

Gatti, M. Bache, D. Magatti, E. Brambilla, F. Ferri and L.A. Lugiato, Coherent imaging with incoherent light from a pseudo-thermal source J. of Mod. Opt. 53, 739-60 (2006) special issue: International Workshop Imaging at the limit, IESC, Cargèse, Corsica, September 6-11 2004.

M. Bache, D. Magatti, F. Ferri, A. Gatti, E. Brambilla, and L.A. Lugiato, Coherent imaging of a pure phase object with classical incoherent light, Phys. Rev. A 73, 53802 (2006).

E. Brambilla, L. Caspani, O. Jedrkiewicz L.A. Lugiato and A. Gatti, High-sensitivity imaging with multi-mode twin beams, Phys. Rev. A 77, 053807 (2008)

L. Caspani , O. Jedrkiewicz ,E. Brambilla, L.A. Lugiato and A. Gatti, Improving the observation of spatial quantum correlation of twin beams by means of a sub-pixel symmetry centre retrieval algorithm J. Mod. Opt. 55, 2025 (2008).

A. Gatti, E. Brambilla, L. Caspani, O. Jedrkiewicz, L. A. Lugiato, X Entanglement: The Nonfactorable Spatiotemporal Structure of Biphoton Correlation, Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 223601 (2009).

L.Caspani, E.Brambilla and A. Gatti, Tailoring the spatio-temporal structure of biphoton entanglement in type I PDC, Phys. Rev. A 81, 033808 (2010)

E. Brambilla, L.Caspani, and A. Gatti, Spatio-temporal structure of biphoton entanglement in type II parametric down-conversion, Phys. Rev. A 82, 013835 (2010).

L.A. Lugiato, A. Gatti, and E. Brambilla and L. Caspani, Quantum signatures in the interference of macroscopic signal-idler beams, J. of Mod. Opt. 57, 1273, (2010)

A. Couairon, E. Brambilla, T. Corti, D. Majus, O. Ramirez-Gongora and M. Kolesik, Practitioner’s guide to laser pulse propagation models and simulation - Numerical implementation and practical usage of modern pulse propagation models, Eur. Phys. J. Special Topics 199, p. 5-76 (2011).

O. Jedrkiewicz, J.L. Blanchet, A. Gatti, E. Brambilla and P. Di Trapani, High visibility pump reconstruction via ultra broadband sum frequency mixing of intense phase-conjugated twin beams, Optics Express, 19, 12903 (2011).

Jedrkiewicz, J.-L. Blanchet, E. Brambilla, P. Di Trapani and A. Gatti, Detection of the ultranarrow temporal entanglement of twin beams via frequency upconversion, Phys.Rev. Lett. 108, 253904 (2012) e-print arXiv:1203.3661

E. Brambilla, O. Jedrkiewicz, J.L. Blanchet, L.A. Lugiato, P.Ditrapani and A. Gatti, Disclosing the spatio-temporal structure of PDC entanglement through frequency up-conversion, Phys. Rev. A 85, 063834 (2012), e-print arXiv:1205.1637 .

A. Gatti, T. Corti, E. Brambilla and E. Brambilla, Dimensionality of the spatio-temporal entanglement of PDC photon pairs, Phys. Rev.. A 86, 053803 (2012). e-print arXiv:1207.6932v1

Jedrkiewicz, A. Gatti, E. Brambilla, and E. DiTrapani, Experimental observation of a skewed X-type spatiotemporal correlation of ultrabroadband twin beams, Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 243901 (2012), e-print arXiv:1208.4504

A. Gatti, L. Caspani, T. Corti, E. Brambilla, O. Jedrkiewicz, Spatio-temporal entanglement of twin photons: an intuitive picture, International J. of Quantum Information, 12, 1461016 (2014). e-print arXiv:1401.7364v1

E. Brambilla, O. Jedrkiewicz, P. Ditrapani and A. Gatti, Space-time coupling in upconversion of broadband downconverted light, J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 31, 1383 (2014). e-print arXiv:1403.7095

A. Allevi, O. Jedrkiewicz, E. Brambilla, A. Gatti,J. Perina Jr., O. Haderka, and M. Bondani, Coherence properties of high-gain twin beams generated in pump-depletion regime, Phys. Rev.A 90, 063812 (2014) e-print arXiv:1404.3843v1

A. Gatti, T. Corti, and E. Brambilla, Temporal coherence and correlation of counterpropagating twin photons, Phys. Rev. A 92, 053809 (2015). e-print arXiv:1506.08635v1

T. Corti, E. Brambilla, A. Gatti, Critical behaviour of coherence and correlation of counterpropagating twin beams, Phys. Rev. A 93, 023837 (2016), e-print arXiv:1511.04910v1.

E. Brambilla, T. Corti, A. Gatti, Degree of entanglement of counter- and co- propagating twin photons, a comparison, in preparazione.

Reviews articles

L. Lugiato, A.Gatti and E. Brambilla et al., Chap. I, II and IV in Quantum Imaging, M.I. Kolobov ed. (Springer, 2007

A. Gatti, E. Brambilla, L.Lugiato, Quantum Imaging in Progress in Optics 51, p. 251-348, E.Wolf editor (2008, Elsevier B.V. Amsterdam).

Conference proceedings

M. Brambilla, L.A Lugiato and E. Brambilla, Instabilties and pattern formation in a laser with injected signal, Coherence and Quantum Optics VII, proceedings, Ed. by J. Eberly, L. Mandel and E. Wolf, Plenum Press (1996).

Navez, P.; Brambilla, E.; Gatti, A.; Lugiato, L.A. Spatial entanglement of twin quantum images Conference Digest. 2000 International Quantum Electronics Conference.

L.A. Lugiato, A.Gatti and E.Brambilla An introduction to quantum Imaging, proceeding of the NATO-ASI workshop on Quantum Communication and Information Technologies, Ankara- Antalya, Turkey, June 3-14 2002.

A.Gatti, E. Brambilla and L.A. Lugiato Correlated imaging with entangled light beams, Conference on Quantum Communications and Quantum Imaging, August 6-8 2003, SPIE proceeding, Vol. 5161, p. 192 (2003).

L.A. Lugiato, A. Gatti, E. Brambilla and M. Bache, Correlated imaging: classical noise vs quantum entanglement, SPIE proceedings of the 2nd International Symposium on Fluctuations and Noise, 26 - 28 May 2004 Maspalomas, Gran Canaria Island Spain.

O. Jedrkiewicz, M. Bache, A. Gatti, E. Brambilla, L. Caspani, L. A. Lugiato, and P. Di Trapani, Y-K Jang, Single-shot detection of spatial quantum correlation in high gain parametric down-conversion, IQEC conference, 16-21 May 2004, San Francisco, USA, IEEE Cat. No. 04CH37598, p.2 (2004).

A. Gatti, D.Magatti, M. Bache, E. Brambilla, F. Ferri and L. A. Lugiato, High-resolution ghost image and ghost diffraction experiments with incoherent pseudo-thermal light, Quantum Communications and Quantum Imaging III, August 2005, San Diego, USA, Proc. SPIE, Vol. 5893, 58930D (2005).

O. Jedrkiewicz, A. Gatti, E. Brambilla, M. Bache, L. Lugiato and P. Di Trapani, Detection of quantum spatial correlation in high gain parametric down-conversion, CLEO/Europe- IQEC conference, IEEE Cat. No. 05TH8796, p. 275 (2005).

L. A. Lugiato, A. Gatti, E. Brambilla, P. Di Trapani, O. Jedrkiewicz, F. Ferri, D. Magatti, “Quantum Imaging”, invited paper at the International Symposium on Quantum Optics, Ahmedabad, India, 24-27 July (2006). In honour of the 60th birthday of Girish Agarwal.

A. Gatti, E. Brambilla, L. Caspani, O. Jedrkiewicz, and L. A. Lugiato, High-sensitivity imaging with quantum spatial correlation of twin beams, Noise and Fluctuations in Photonics, Quantum Optics, and Communications, May 2007, Firenze, Italia, Proc. SPIE , Vol. 6603, 66030D (2007).

A. Gatti, E. Brambilla, L. Caspani and L. Lugiato, High-sensitivity imaging with quantum spatial correlation of twin beams, Conference on Photon Counting Applications, Quantum Optics and Quantum Cryptography, Czech Rep., 18-19 Apr. 2007, Proc SPIE Vol. 6583, p. N5830 (2007) .

O. Jedrkiewicz, G. Molina Terriza, E. Brambilla, L. Caspani, A. Gatti, L. A. Lugiato, and P. Di Trapani, CCD-based detection of quantum spatial correlation of twin beams for high-sensitivity imaging Quantum Communications and Quantum Imaging V, Sep. 2007, Proc. SPIE Vol. 6710, 671005 (2007).

A. Gatti, L. Caspani, E. Brambilla, O. Jedrkiewicz, and L.A. Lugiato, X-Entanglement of PDC photon pairs, International Conference on Quantum Information (ICQI), Boston, USA, 13 July 2008, Proc. SPIE Vol. 6710, 671005.

L. Caspani and E. Brambilla and O. Jedrkiewicz and L.A. Lugiato and A. Gatti, X-entanglement of PDC photon pairs, SPIE Europe Optics + Optoelectronics 2009, 20 - 23 April 2009 Prague, Czech Republic, Proc. SPIE, 7355, 735509 (2009).

L.A. Lugiato, A. Gatti, E. Brambilla, P. Di Trapani, O. Jedrkiewicz, F. Ferri, D. Magatti, Some topics in Quantum Imaging Meeting Information: 8th International Workshop on Information Optics, 20-24 July 2009, Paris, France, Journal of Physics: Conference Series Vol. 206 Issue 1, p. 012007 (2010)

L.A. Lugiato, J.-L. Blanchet, E. Brambilla, L. Caspani, P. Di Trapani, F. Ferri, A. Gatti, O. Jedrkiewicz, D. Magatti, Natural and man-made in quantum imaging, IEEE Photonics Society Summer Topical Meeting Series, art. no. 6000033 , p. 39-40, Montreal, 18-20 giugno 2011.

O. Jedrkiewicz , E. Brambilla, P. Di Trapani,L.A. Lugiato.,A. Gatti, Experimental investigation of the X-shaped spatio-temporal correlation of twin photons via sum frequency generation. Proc. SPIE vol. 8518, p. 85180M-1-10 (2012).

A. Allevi, M. Lamperti, R. Machulka, O. Jedrkiewicz, E. Brambilla, A. Gatti, J. Perina, O. Haderka and M. Bondani Effects of pump depletion on spatial and spectral properties of parametric down-conversion, Proceedings SPIE, Vol. 9505, art. n. 950508 (2015), Conf. on Quantum Optics and Quantum Information Transfer and Processing, Prague, 15-16 Apr. 2015.

Contributions to workshops and conferences

Participation at the summer school “Advances in lasers and applications”, University of St’Andrews, September 1998.

6th International Conference on Squeezed States and Uncertainty relations (ICSSUR), Napoli, May 24-29, 1999, poster presentation on noiseless amplification of faint optical images.

International Conference on Laser Spectroscopy (ICOLS), Innsbruck, Austria, June 7-11, 1999 poster presentation on Quantum images in a travelling wave parametric optical amplifier

INFM meeting in Catania, Sicily, June 14-18 1999, poster presentation on Quantum images in a travelling wave parametric optical amplifier.

Workshop on Coherent evolution in noisy environment, Dresden, Germany, May 21-25, 2001,poster presentation on Numerical model for spontaneous down conversion in a travelling wave parametric amplifier.

Participation at the meeting of the EU project QUANTIM, Besançon, France, March 2002.

E. Brambilla, A. Gatti and L. Lugiato, Quantum Imaging, International Conference on Quantum Optics, Raubichi, Bielorussia, May 14-17, 2002 (invited).

INFM meeting in Bari, June 24-28, 2002, poster presentation on Quantum imaging in spontaneous parametric down-conversion.

Participation at the meeting of the European project QUANTIM, Varenna, March 2003, Poster presentation on near and far field spatial quantum correlations in type II spontaneous parametric down-conversion.

E. Brambilla, A. Gatti and L. Lugiato, Entangled imaging in the macroscopic realm, 8th international Conference on Squeezed States and Uncertainty relations (ICSSUR), Puebla, Mexico, June 9-13, 2003, (invited).

E. Brambilla, A. Gatti, M. Bache and L. Lugiato, Entangled Imaging and wave-particle duality: from the microscopic to the macroscopic real, European Quantum Electronics Conference (EQEC), Munich, Germany, June 22-27, 2003 (oral).

E. Brambilla, M. Bache, A. Gatti and L. Lugiato, Ghost Imaging experiments with classical thermal light, 9th international Conference on Squeezed States and Uncertainty relations (ICSSUR), Besancon, France, Mai 1-6, 2005, (invited).

E. Brambilla, A. Gatti, L. Caspani and L. Lugiato, Quantum imaging and the detection of weak objects, conferenza “Quantum Mechanics: from fundamental problems to applications”, Bertinoro, Italia, Dec. 3-8, 2006 (invited).

E. Brambilla, A. Gatti, L. Caspani and L. Lugiato, Quantum imaging and the detection of weak objects, “10th International Conference on Squeezing and Uncertainity relations”, Bradford, UK, April 2007 (invited).

E. Brambilla, A. Gatti, L. Caspani, O. Jedrkiewicz and L. Lugiato, Quantum spatial correlations in parametric down-conversion and detection of faint images, “14th Central European Workshop on Quantum Optics”, Palermo, Italy, June 1-5, 2007 (invited).

E. Brambilla, A. Gatti, L. Caspani, O. Jedrkiewicz and L. Lugiato, High-sensitivity imaging with quantum spatial correlation of twin beams, conferenza “World of Photonics, CLEO/Europe- IQEC 2007”, Monaco, Germany, June 17-22, 2007 (oral).

E. Brambilla, A. Gatti, L. Caspani, O. Jedrkiewicz and L. Lugiato, High-sensitivity imaging with quantum spatial correlation of twin beams, confèrence “Wold of Photonics, CLEO/Europe- IQEC 2007”, Munich, Allemagne, 17-22 June 2007.

Seminar at the Institut Non Linéaire de Nice (INLN), X-entanglement of PDC photon pairs, Feb. 20, 2009 (invited).

E. Brambilla, L. Caspani, L.A. Lugiato, O. Jedrkiewicz and A. Gatti, X-entanglement of PDC photon pairs: the nonfactorable spatiotemporal structure of biphoton correlation, Central European Workshop on Quantum Optics (CEWQO), Turku, Finlande, 23-27 Mai 2009.

E. Brambilla, L. Caspani, L.A. Lugiato and A. Gatti, X-Entanglement of PDC photon pairs, International Conference on Quantum Information Processing and Communication (QIPC 2009), Rome, 21-25 Septembre 2009 (poster).

E. Brambilla, O. Jedrkiewicz, J.-L. Blanchet, L. Caspani, L.A. Lugiato, P. Di Trapani and A. Gatti, Exploring the spatio-temporal correlation of twin photons via frequency up-conversion Fourth Italian Quantum Information Science Conference, Vietri sul mare, June 18-20, 2011.

E. Brambilla, O. Jedrkiewicz, J.-L. Blanchet, L. Caspani, L.A. Lugiato, P. Di Trapani and A. Gatti, Exploring the spatio-temporal correlation of twin photons via frequency up-conversion, 20th World of Photonics Congress, CLEO/Europe-EQEC 2011, Munich, 22-26 Mai 2011

E. Brambilla, O. Jedrkiewicz, J.-L. Blanchet, L. Caspani, L.A. Lugiato, P. Di Trapani and A. Gatti, Exploring the spatio-temporal correlation of twin photons via frequency up-conversion, First International Workshop on, High Dimensional Entanglement, Como (Italy), June 20-24, 2011.

Participation to STELLA 2011, "School for Training in Experiments with Lasers and Laser Applications", Università dell' Insubria, Como, June 20 – July 8 2011.

E. Brambilla, O. Jedrkiewicz, J.-L. Blanchet, L. Caspani, L.A. Lugiato, P. Di Trapani and A. Gatti, Exploring the spatio-temporal correlation of twin photons via frequency up-conversion, First International Workshop on, High Dimensional Entanglement, Como, June 20-24 2011.

E. Brambilla, A. Gatti, T. Corti, Oral pres. : Temporal properties of counter-propagating twin beams in a Mirrorless Optical Parametric Oscillator. Poster: Temporal coherence and correlation of counter-propagating twin photons. Laser Photonics - European Quantum Electronics Conference CLEO/Europe-EQEC 2015), June 21-25 2015, Munich.

E. Brambilla, A. Gatti, T. Corti, Temporal properties of counter-propagating twin beams in a Mirrorless Optical Parametric Oscillator, 22nd Central European Workshop on Quantum Optics (CEWQO 2015), Varsaw , July 6-10, 2015.