Primary activity: Frequency comb generation in quadratic nonlinear media;
Generation of vacuum squeezed light;
Nonclassical interferometry;
Molecular spectroscopy in the mid-infrared region;

Main experiences acquired: Nonlinear Optics, Quantum Optics, Laser Sources, Spectroscopy.

Scientific manager for INO of Funded Projects:
High average power light source in the green
Nonlinear dynamics of optical frequency combs
Nonlinear Optics for Comb gEneration

Research Groups:
Buffer gas cooling of molecules

Others Funded Projects in which he/she participates:
Progetto integrato per lo sviluppo della Capacità Tecnologica e Operativa della Toscana per l’Utilizzo esteso dello Spazio e più dell’aria.
Sistemi innovativi di misura per la protezione dell’ambiente e della salute
Monitoraggio innovativo per le coste e l’ambiente marino
Backplane Ottico per Apparati ICT di Alta Capacità
High-resolution interferometric Fiber-Optic Gyroscopes for inertial sensing

Publications, Research Results, now, in INO’s database are: 95
  –   Papers JCR/ISI Journals, are: 70
  –   Books or Chapters, are: 6
  –   Papers in Journals not indexed JCR/ISI, are: 0
  –   Conference proceedings, are: 30
  –   Abstract, are: 36

Bibliometric indices are calculated USING ONLY THE INO DATABASE and the number of citations from “WEB OF SCIENCE” (of Thomson Reuters) is updated at 2024-04-21
  –   maximum number of citations for an article: 110
  –   maximum impact factor (IF) for a journal when an article is published: 9.778
  –   H-INDEX: 23   G-INDEX: 61   HC-INDEX (contemporary): 10 
  –   List of TopTen papers in citations  –   List of TopTen journals in Impact Factor