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Dr Luca Sapienza 

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- Senior Tutor for Physics and Astronomy

- Academic Integrity Officer

- Chair of the Student-Staff Liaison Committee

- Coordinator of the Quantum, Light and Matter Impact Case for REF2021

 

 

I am an Associate Professor of Physics at the Department of Physics and Astronomy of the University of Southampton (United Kingdom), where I lead the Solid-State Quantum Optics group.

I graduated from the University of Padua (Italy), 110/110 cum laude, with a thesis entitled "Optical properties of quantum dots in a magnetic field", carried out at the Ecole Normale Superieure de Paris (France).

I obtained my PhD from the University Paris-Diderot (France), Mention Tres Honorable, with a thesis entitled "Electrically injected semiconductor devices operating in the light-matter strong coupling regime".

I am recipient of the Ing. Aldo Gini Prize of Excellence, the Chair of the Semiconductor Group of the Institute of Physics, co-chair of the Non-linear Optics Technical Group of the Optical Society of America, a member of the American Physical Society, of the Optical Society of America, of the European Optical Society, of the Institute of Physics and a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

Research

Research interests

My research activities are focused on the fundamental understanding of quantum optics phenomena with solid-state emitters in nano-fabricated quantum photonic devices. Besides fundamental research, I also works towards the enhancement of the light-matter interaction on a chip for energy harvesting, sensing and quantum information technology applications.

My research work in the nano-photonics area has covered topics including mid-infrared quantum cascade structures, intersubband polaritons, plasmonics, disordered photonics, nano-imaging, nano-fabrication, single-photon and quantum photonic devices.

Teaching

I teach the following courses:

- Electromagnetism (PHYS2001)

- Physics from Evidence I (PHYS2022)

- Practical Photonics (PHYS2009)

and I am a lecturer for:

- Synoptic Course (PHYS3017/6015)

and a marker for:

- Dissertations (PHYS6009)

I am a Guest Lecturer for the:

- Centre for Doctoral Training in Delivering Quantum Technologies, University College London

- Centre for Doctoral Training in Quantum Engineering, University of Bristol

I coordinate:

- MPhys Projects (PHYS6006)

- Bachelor Projects (PHYS3018)

- Year of Experimental Research Final Projects (PHYS6018)

and I am the personal tutor of 10 first year undergraduate students every year.

Publications

Sapienza, Luca, Thyrrestrup, Henri and Stobbe, Søren et al. (2010) Cavity quantum electrodynamics with Anderson-localized modes. Science, 327 (5971), 1352-1355. (doi:10.1126/science.1185080).

Thyrrestrup, Henri, Sapienza, Luca and Lodahl, Peter (2010) Extraction of the β-factor for single quantum dots coupled to a photonic crystal waveguide. Applied Physics Letters, 96 (23), 1106-1108. (doi:10.1063/1.3446873).

Sapienza, Luca, Vasanelli, A. and Colombelli, R. et al. (2008) Electrically injected cavity polaritons. Physical Review Letters, 100 (13), 6806-6809. (doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.136806).

Thyrrestrup, Henri, Smolka, Stephan and Sapienza, Luca et al. (2012) Statistical theory of a quantum emitter strongly coupled to Anderson-localized modes. Physical Review Letters, 108 (11), 3901-3905. (doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.108.113901).

Castro-Lopez, Marta, Roque, Pablo de, Gardes, F.Y. and Sapienza, Riccardo (2014) Integrated nano-plasmonics: reflecting a waveguide mode with a single nano-antenna. Plasmonica 2014, Rome, Italy. 29 Jun - 01 Jul 2014.

Sapienza, Luca, Al-Khuzheyri, Rima, Dada, Adetunmise, Griffiths, Andrew, Clarke, Edmund and Gerardot, Brian D. (2016) Magneto-optical spectroscopy of single charge-tunable InAs/GaAs quantum dots emitting at telecom wavelengths. Physical Review B, 93 (155301), 1-6. (doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.93.155301).

Sapienza, Luca, Davanco, Marcelo, Badolato, Antonio and Srinivasan, Kartik (2015) Nanoscale optical positioning of single quantum dots for bright and pure single-photon emission. Nature Communications, 6, 1-8, [7833]. (doi:10.1038/ncomms8833).

Davanco, Marcelo, Liu, Jin, Yat-Sen, Sun, Sapienza, Luca, Zhang, Chen-Zhao, De Miranda Cardoso, Jose V., Verma, Varun B., Mirin, Richard P., Nam, Sae Woo, Liu, Liu and Srinivasan, Kartik (2017) A heterogeneous III-V / Si3N4 quantum photonic integration platform. SPIE Nanoscience + Engineering, , San Diego, United States. 06 - 10 Aug 2017. 1 pp . (In Press)

Liu, Jin, He, Yu-ming, Sapienza, Luca, Konthasinghe, Kumarasiri, Maier, Sebastian, Emmerling, Monika, Gerhardt, Stefan, De Miranda Cardoso, Jose Vinicus, Dong Song, Jin, Badolato, Antonio, Schneider, Christian, Hofling, Sven, Davanco, Marcelo and Srinivasan, Kartik (2017) High-throughput nanoscale optical positioning of single quantum dots for high-performance single-photon generation. International Conference on Metamaterials, Photonic Crystals and Plasmonics, Incheon, South Korea, Incheon, Korea, Republic of. 25 - 28 Jul 2017. 2 pp . (In Press)

Trojak, O.J., Crane, T., Song, J.D. and Sapienza, L. (2017) Nano-rings for improved extraction of single-photons and disorder-induced efficient visible-light confinement on a chip. International Conference on Metamaterials, Photonic Crystals and Plasmonics, Incheon, South Korea, Incheon, Korea, Republic of. 25 - 28 Jul 2017. 2 pp . (In Press)

Davanco, M., Liu, J., Sapienza, L., Zhang, C.-Z., De Miranda Cardoso, J.V., Verma, V., Mirin, R., Nam, S.W., Liu, L. and Srinivasan, K. (2017) Heterogeneous III-V / Si3N4 integration for scalable quantum photonic circuits. European Quantum Electronics Conference 2017, , Munich, Germany. 25 - 29 Jun 2017. 3 pp .

Davanco, M., Liu, J., Sapienza, L., Zhang, C.-Z., De Miranda Cardoso, J.V., Verma, V., Mirin, R., Nam, S.W., Liu, L. and Srinivasan, K. (2017) Heterogeneous III-V / Si3N4 integration for scalable quantum photonic circuits. CLEO USA 2017, , SAN JOSE, United States. 14 - 19 May 2017. 2 pp .

Liu, Jin, He, Yu-ming, Sapienza, Luca, Konthasinghe, Kumarasiri, Gerhardt, Stephan, De Miranda Cardoso, Jose Vinicus, Dong Song, Jin, Badolato, Antonio, Schneider, Christian, Hofling, Sven, Davanco, Marcelo and Srinivasan, Kartik (2017) Photoluminescence imaging based nano-positioning of single quantum dots for high-performance single-photon generation. CLEO USA 2017, , SAN JOSE, United States. 14 - 19 May 2017. 2 pp . (In Press)

Liu, Jin, He, Yu-ming, Sapienza, Luca, Konthasinghe, Kumarasiri, Gerhardt, Stephan, De Miranda Cardoso, Jose Vinicus, Dong Song, Jin, Badolato, Antonio, Schneider, Christian, Hofling, Sven, Davanco, Marcelo and Srinivasan, Kartik (2017) Photoluminescence imaging based nano-positioning of single quantum dots for high-performance single-photon generation. Pacific Rim Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, Sands Expo and Convention Centre, Singapore. 31 Jul - 04 Aug 2017. 2 pp . (doi:10.1364/CLEO_QELS.2017.FTu4E.6).

Liu, Jin, Davanco, Marcelo, Sapienza, Luca, Konthasinghe, Kumarasiri, De Miranda Cardoso, Jose Vinicus, Dong Song, Jin, Badolato, Antonio and Srinivasan, Kartik (2017) Cryogenic photoluminescence imaging system for nanoscale positioning of single quantum emitters. Review of Scientific Instruments, 88 (2), [023116]. (doi:10.1063/1.4976578).

Trojak, Oliver J., Sapienza, Luca and Dong Song, Jin (2017) Broadband emission enhancement of the extraction of light from solid-state emitters by metallic nano-rings. UK Semiconductors, , Sheffield, United Kingdom. 12 - 13 Jul 2017. (In Press)

Sapienza, Luca and Zerulla, Dominic (2009) Surface plasmon excitation on magnetoactive materials. Physical Review B, 79 (3). (doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.79.033407).

Smolka, Stephan, Thyrrestrup, Henri, Sapienza, Luca, Lehmann, Tau B., Rix, Kristian R., Froufe-Perez, Luis S., Garcia, Pedro D. and Lodahl, Peter (2011) Probing the statistical properties of Anderson localization with quantum emitters. New Journal of Physics, 13. (doi:10.1088/1367-2630/13/6/063044).

Sapienza, Luca, Malein, Ralph N. E., Kuklewicz, Christopher E., Kremer, Peter E., Srinivasan, Kartik, Griffiths, Andrew, Clarke, Edmund, Gong, Ming, Warburton, Richard J. and Gerardot, Brian D. (2013) Exciton fine-structure splitting of telecom-wavelength single quantum dots: Statistics and external strain tuning. Physical Review B, 88 (15). (doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.88.155330).

Agha, Imad, Ates, Serkan, Sapienza, Luca and Srinivasan, Kartik (2014) Spectral broadening and shaping of nanosecond pulses: toward shaping of single photons from quantum emitters. Optics Letters, 39 (19), 5677-5680. (doi:10.1364/OL.39.005677).

Javadi, Alisa, Maibom, Sebastian, Sapienza, Luca, Thyrrestrup, Henri, Garcia, Pedro D. and Lodahl, Peter (2014) Statistical measurements of quantum emitters coupled to Anderson-localized modes in disordered photonic-crystal waveguides. Optics Express, 22 (25), 30992-31001. (doi:10.1364/OE.22.030992).

Sapienza, Luca, Vasanelli, Angela, Ciuti, Cristiano, Manquest, Christophe, Sirtori, Carlo, Colombelli, Raffaele and Gennser, Ulf (2007) Photovoltaic probe of cavity polaritons in a quantum cascade structure. Applied Physics Letters, 90 (20). (doi:10.1063/1.2739308).

Ates, Serkan, Sapienza, Luca, Davanco, Marcelo, Badolato, Antonio and Srinivasan, Kartik (2012) Bright Single-Photon Emission From a Quantum Dot in a Circular Bragg Grating Microcavity. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, 18 (6), 1711-1721. (doi:10.1109/JSTQE.2012.2193877).

Sapienza, Luca (2017) Combined atomic force microscopy and photoluminescence imaging to select single InAs/GaAs quantum dots for quantum photonic devices. Scientific Reports. (doi:10.1038/s41598-017-06566-5).

Trojak, Oliver, Joe, In Park, Suk, Dong Song, Jin and Sapienza, Luca (2017) Metallic nanorings for broadband, enhanced extraction of light from solid-state emitters. Applied Physics Letters, 111 (2), [021109]. (doi:10.1063/1.4993774).

Davanco, Marcelo, Liu, Jin, Sapienza, Luca, Zhang, Chen-Zhao, De Miranda Cardoso, Jose Vinicus, Verma, Varun, Mirin, Richard, Nam, Sae Woo, Liu, Liu and Srinivasan, Kartik (2017) Heterogeneous integration for on-chip quantum photonic circuits with single quantum dot devices. Nature Communications, 8, [889]. (doi:10.1038/s41467-017-00987-6).

Trojak, O.J., Song, J.D. and Sapienza, L. (2017) Metallic nano-rings for improved extraction of light from InAs/GaAs quantum dots. International Conference on Optics of Excitons in Confined Systems, , Bath, United Kingdom. 10 - 15 Sep 2017. 1 pp .

Trojak, Oliver J., Crane, Tom and Sapienza, Luca (2017) Disorder-induced light confinement in photonic crystals as a platform for efficient optical sensing. Frontiers in Optics, , Washington DC, United States. 17 - 21 Sep 2017. 2 pp .

Trojak, Oliver J., Dong Song, Jin and Sapienza, Luca (2017) Metallic nano-rings for free-space extraction of light from single quantum dots. Frontiers in Optics, , Washington DC, United States. 17 - 21 Sep 2017. (In Press)

Crane, Tom, Trojak, Oliver J. and Sapienza, Luca (2017) High-Q optical cavities at visible wavelengths in photonic crystals in the Anderson-localized regime. Frontiers in Optics, , Washington DC, United States. 17 - 21 Sep 2017. 2 pp . (In Press)

Sapienza, L., Liu, J., Song, J.D., Falt, S., Wegscheider, W., Badolato, A. and Srinivasan, K. (2017) Combined atomic force microscopy and photoluminescence imaging to increase the yield of quantum dot photonic devices. Frontiers in Optics, , Washington DC, United States. 17 - 21 Sep 2017. 2 pp . (In Press)

Crane, Tom, Trojak, Oliver, Joe, Vasco, Juan Pablo, Hughes, Stephen and Sapienza, Luca (2017) Anderson localization of visible light on a nanophotonic chip. ACS Photonics, 4 (9), 2274-2280. (doi:10.1021/acsphotonics.7b00517).

Trojak, Oliver, Joe, Crane, Tom and Sapienza, Luca (2017) Optical sensing with Anderson-localised light. Applied Physics Letters, 111 (14), [141103]. (doi:10.1063/1.4999936).

Sapienza, Luca (2018) Combined metallic nano-rings and solid-immersion lenses for bright emission from single InAs/GaAs quantum dots. Applied Physics Letters, 1-9. (In Press)

In Park, Suk, Trojak, Oliver Joe, Lee, Eunhye, Dong Song, Jin, Kyhm, Jihoon, Han, Ilki, Kim, Jongsu, Yi, Gyu-Chul and Sapienza, Luca (2018) GaAs droplet quantum dots with nanometer-thin capping layer for plasmonic applications. Nanotechnology, 29 (20). (doi:10.1088/1361-6528/aab2e1).

Trojak, Oliver, Joe, Crane, Tom and Sapienza, Luca (2018) Optical sensing with Anderson localized light. SPIE photonics europe, , Strasbourg, France. 22 - 26 Apr 2018.

Sapienza, Luca (2018) Metallic nano-rings for enhanced extraction of light from single InAs/GaAs quantum dots. In Metallic Nano-Rings for Enhanced Extraction of Light from Single InAs/GaAs Quantum Dots.

Sapienza, Luca (2018) Anderson localization of visible light for high-quality on-chip optical cavities. In Anderson Localization of Visible Light for High-Quality on-chip Optical Cavities. (In Press)

Sapienza, Luca, Trojak, Oliver, Joe and Crane, Tom (2018) Optical sensing with Anderson-localized light. CLEO: Science and Innovations 2018, , San Jose, United States. 13 - 18 May 2018. (In Press)

Trojak, Oliver, Joe, Woodhead, C.S., Song, J.D., R.J., Young and Sapienza, Luca (2018) Metallic nano-rings for efficient, broadband light extraction from solid-state single-photon sources. In Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics. OSA.. (In Press) (doi:10.1364/CLEO_SI.2018.STu3A.4).

Trojak, Oliver J., Crane, Tom and Sapienza, Luca (2018) High-quality confinement of visible light in disordered photonic crystal waveguides in the Anderson-localized regime. 2018 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, San Jose, United States. 12 - 17 May 2018. (In Press)

Trojak, Oliver, Joe, Woodhead, Oliver, Dong Song, Jin, Young, Robert and Sapienza, Luca (2018) Metallic nano-rings to improve light extraction from single quantum dots. Photon 2018, Aston University, Birmingham, United Kingdom. 03 - 06 Sep 2018.

Sapienza, Luca (2018) Anderson-localization of Visible Light in Disordered Photonic Crystal Waveguides. XVI Symposium of Mexican Students and Studies in the UK, , Southampton, United Kingdom. 11 - 13 Jul 2018. (In Press)

Sapienza, Luca (2018) Efficient confinement of visible light in disordered photonic crystals. EOS Topical Meeting on Waves in Complex Photonics Media: Fundamentals and Device Applications, Anacapri, Anacapri, Italy. 04 - 07 Jun 2018. (In Press)

Trojak, Oliver, Gorsky, Sean, Sgrignuoli, Fabrizio, Pinheiro, Felipe, In Park, Suk, Dong Song, Jin, Dal Negro, Luca and Sapienza, Luca (2020) Cavity quantum electro-dynamics with solid-state emitters in aperiodic nano-photonic spiral devices. Applied Physics Letters, 117 (2), [24719]. (doi:10.1063/5.0024719).

Trojak, Oliver, Gorsky, Sean, Murray, Connor, Sgrignuoli, Fabrizio, Pinheiro, Felipe A., Dal Negro, Luca and Sapienza, Luca (2021) Cavity-enhanced light–matter interaction in Vogel-spiral devices as a platform for quantum photonics. Applied Physics Letters, 118 (1), [011103]. (doi:10.1063/5.0034984).

Contact

Telephone: +44 (0) 23 8059 2110

Email: L.Sapienza@soton.ac.uk

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