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4. Light-matter interaction and non-equilibrium dynamics in advanced materials and
devices
Activity Leader: Roberto Cristiano
The light-matter interaction science and optics as well as the variety of their applications to
probe/develop new materials, create innovative devices and techniques are the core of this
project. In particular, the project focuses on phenomena and effects arising when light meets
superconductors, oxides, non-linear optical materials, metamaterials, atmospheric medium and
other materials of interest. We aim at pushing the envelope of what is possible with microand
nano-fabrication, low temperatures, material science and optics. Examples are superconducting
single-photon and THz detectors, advanced spectroscopic and structuring laser-based methods
applied to strategic and innovative materials, development of advanced optical measurements
techniques, and so forth. Our research activity is multidisciplinary in what combines cond-mat
physics and materials science with laser physics and quantum optics. In this sense, it helps
pushing the boundaries of what can be envisaged in emerging fields and technologies that are
based on new materials and optics as well as on standard materials rigged out with novel
functionalities. Potential applications include ultrafast spectroscopies and imaging, LIDAR,
optical sensing, instrumentation based on innovative detectors and opto-electronics devices
chemio- and bio-sensing, material processing, optical absorption tuning and control, THz optics
development, plasmonics, spintronics, surface functionalization, energy and so forth.
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