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Fortunato Tito Arecchi
Present position: Chair of Physics, University of Firenze
Date and place of birth: 11/12/1933, Reggio Calabria, Italy
Education:
1957: PhD in Electrical Engineering at Politecnico di Milano
Curricular activity
1957-60: Researcher in Nuclear Electronics at CISE, Milano,
1960-62: Research Associate on Lasers, Dept. EE, Stanford University,
1962-70: Leader Research Group on Lasers at CISE Milano,
1963-70: Associate Professor of Physics, Milan University,
1969-70: Visiting Professor, Dept. of Phys., MIT;
1970-present: Chair of Physics (1970-77:University of Pavia;
1977-present:University of Firenze)
Visiting scientist: 1968-69: IBM Res. Lab. Ruschlikon (CH);
1978 and 1985: IBM Res. Lab. San Jose, (CA);
1975 -2000 : President of Istituto Nazionale di Ottica (INO) ,
Affiliations
Fellow of Optical Society of America (OSA)
Member of: Italian Physical Society;
Member of Academie Internationale de Philosophie des Sciences (Bruxelles);
Member of Academia Europaea
Main scientific contributions:
- Cooperative effects in quantum optics
- Photon statistics and laser fluctuations
- Deterministic chaos in optics
- Pattern formation in extended media
- Complex phenomena and cognitive processes
Recent Awards
Max Born 1995 Medal of OSA
Editorial
Vice-Director: Nuovo Cimento (Italy) 1976-1998;
Editor in Chief: European Physical Journal -D (1999-2003);
Editor: Chaos ( AIP -U.S.A.);
Editorial Board: Optics Communications, (North Holland); Int. J. Bifurcation and Chaos (World Scientific); J. Phys. B (IOP- U.K.); Int. J. Nonlinear Optical Physics (World Scientific); Cognitive Processing (Spinger).
Formerly active as Member of: Commissions de Publications Francaises de Physique; Acta Physica Polonica
Publications
Scientific papers: more than 350.
Communications to scientific meetings: more than 350.
Books:
1-Laser Handbook, vol. 1 and 2. (with E. Schulz Du Bois), North Holland 1972;
2 -Instabilities and Chaos in Quantum Optics (with R.G. Harrison), Springer 1987;
3-I simboli e la realtà, Jaca Book, (with I. Arecchi), Milano 1990;
4-Optical chaos (selected papers on) (with R.G. Harrison), SPIE Opt. Eng. Press 1994;
5-Lexicon of Complexity (with A. Farini), Firenze 1996;
6-Determinismo e Complessità, Armando,Roma2000
7-The scientific and philosophical challenge of Complexity , RUI,Roma 2000
8- Caos e Complessità nel Vivente,IUSS Press,Pavia, 2004;
also Co-Editor of several Proceedings of International Conferences or Schools.
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