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Biography

Professional biography

I obtained my undergraduate degree from Florence University, with a focus on the field of cold atoms for my dissertation thesis. Later, I completed my PhD at University College London, specializing in optical lattices for atoms. I held a postdoctoral research position at the Institute d'Optique in France, where I worked on single atom trapping using optical tweezers. Following a brief return to UCL to advance my research on lattices, I moved to a permanent position at the Open University in 2006.

Here, I established a research lab dedicated to exploring the potential of cold Rydberg atoms for specific quantum computing protocols. Cold atoms for Quantum Technology | School of Physical Sciences (open.ac.uk)

My research interests extend into my teaching as well. I am the chair of the third-level quantum physics module (SM380 Quantum Physics: Fundamentals and Applications), where students have the opportunity to delve into the intricacies of quantum physics and engage in hands-on with some quantum technologies, with a particular focus on quantum computing

 

Projects

Testing the computational power of discord (SP-12-065-SB)

Ogden Science Officer

Strongly interacting Rydberg atoms for fast quantum logic gates. (SP-09-154-SB)

QCI3: Hub for Quantum Computing via Integrated and Interconnected Implementations

Ogden Science Officer -CPD

Publications

Book Chapter

Remote-Coupled Oxygen Plasma Harmonic Measurements for Process Monitoring (2003)

Journal Article

Parallel Implementation of CNOTN and C2NOT2 Gates via Homonuclear and Heteronuclear Förster Interactions of Rydberg Atoms (2023)

Application of adiabatic passage in Rydberg atomic ensembles for quantum information processing (2020)

Blueprint for fault-tolerant quantum computation with Rydberg atoms (2017)

Quantum-enhanced protocols with mixed states using cold atoms in dipole traps (2017)

Two-qubit gates using adiabatic passage of the Stark-tuned Förster resonances in Rydberg atoms (2016)

Supraclassical measurement using single-atom control of an atomic ensemble (2016)

Jaynes-Cummings dynamics in mesoscopic ensembles of Rydberg-blockaded atoms (2014)

Coherent control of mesoscopic atomic ensembles for quantum information (2014)

A cold-atoms based processor for deterministic quantum computation with one qubit in intractably large Hilbert spaces (2014)

Quantum gates in mesoscopic atomic ensembles based on adiabatic passage and Rydberg blockade (2013)

Measurement of the electric dipole moments for transitions to rubidium Rydberg states via Autler–Townes splitting (2011)

Deterministic single-atom excitation via adiabatic passage and Rydberg blockade (2011)

Tunable Tsallis distributions in dissipative optical lattices (2006)

A frequency-doubled laser system producing ns pulses for rubidium manipulation (2006)

Dissipation-Induced Symmetry Breaking in a Driven Optical Lattice (2005)

Controlled single-photon emission from a single trapped two-level atom (2005)

Resonant activation in a nonadiabatically driven optical lattice (2005)

Holographic generation of microtrap arrays for single atoms by use of a programmable phase modulator (2004)

Single atoms in optical traps (2004)

A moving-mirror frequency modulator for cold atom spectroscopy (2002)

Presentation / Conference

Controlled photon emission and Raman transition experiments with a single trapped atom (2005)

Holographic generation of microtrap arrays for single atoms (2004)

Plasma Harmonics Lissajous Measurements (2003)

Manipulating individual atoms in microscopic dipole traps (2003)