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Engineering and Technology D-index 63 Citations 17,116 633 World Ranking 809 National Ranking 18

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Awards & Achievements

2004 - OSA Fellows For contributions to nonlinear integrated optics and optical spatial solitons.

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Quantum mechanics
  • Optics
  • Laser

His primary areas of investigation include Optics, Liquid crystal, Nematicon, Nonlinear system and Nonlinear optics. His Optics study frequently draws connections to adjacent fields such as Optoelectronics. His Liquid crystal research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Modulational instability, Beam steering and Anisotropy.

His Nematicon research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Classical mechanics, Wavelength, Light beam and Biaxial nematic. His Nonlinear system research includes elements of Quadratic equation and Quantum nonlocality. In his study, Total internal reflection is inextricably linked to Birefringence, which falls within the broad field of Nonlinear optics.

His most cited work include:

  • Discrete Solitons in Optics (781 citations)
  • Route to Nonlocality and Observation of Accessible Solitons (421 citations)
  • Observation of optical spatial solitons in a highly nonlocal medium. (364 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

Optics, Liquid crystal, Optoelectronics, Nonlinear optics and Nonlinear system are his primary areas of study. His research related to Refractive index, Second-harmonic generation, Waveguide, Lithium niobate and Light beam might be considered part of Optics. Gaetano Assanto has researched Liquid crystal in several fields, including Beam, Nematicon, Soliton and Birefringence.

His studies in Nonlinear optics integrate themes in fields like Phase and Diffraction. The Nonlinear system study combines topics in areas such as Quadratic equation, Quantum nonlocality and Classical mechanics. His work deals with themes such as Dark current and Epitaxy, which intersect with Germanium.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Optics (57.95%)
  • Liquid crystal (40.37%)
  • Optoelectronics (31.79%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2012-2021)?

  • Liquid crystal (40.37%)
  • Optics (57.95%)
  • Condensed matter physics (18.71%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

His scientific interests lie mostly in Liquid crystal, Optics, Condensed matter physics, Nonlinear optics and Soliton. His Liquid crystal study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Beam, Nematicon, Birefringence and Nonlinear system. His research in Nonlinear system tackles topics such as Classical mechanics which are related to areas like Wave propagation.

His Optics study incorporates themes from Vortex and Dielectric. His biological study deals with issues like Bistability, which deal with fields such as Hysteresis and Modulational instability. His Nonlinear optics research integrates issues from Photonics, Routing, Wavelength, Fréedericksz transition and Signal.

Between 2012 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • Harnessing optical vortex lattices in nematic liquid crystals. (76 citations)
  • Guiding light via geometric phases (72 citations)
  • Nonlocal gap solitons in PT -symmetric periodic potentials with defocusing nonlinearity (53 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Quantum mechanics
  • Optics
  • Laser

His primary areas of study are Liquid crystal, Optics, Nonlinear system, Soliton and Nonlinear optics. His Liquid crystal research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Nematicon, Electric field, Bistability and Optical vortex. Gaetano Assanto interconnects Dielectric and Classical mechanics in the investigation of issues within Optics.

The study incorporates disciplines such as Molecular physics and Beam in addition to Nonlinear system. His biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Laser and Lasing threshold. His research in Nonlinear optics intersects with topics in Photonics and Vortex.

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Best Publications

Discrete Solitons in Optics

Falk Lederer;George I. Stegeman;Demetri N. Christodoulides;Gaetano Assanto.
Physics Reports (2008)

1168 Citations

Route to Nonlocality and Observation of Accessible Solitons

Claudio Conti;Marco Peccianti;Gaetano Assanto.
Physical Review Letters (2003)

664 Citations

Observation of optical spatial solitons in a highly nonlocal medium.

Claudio Conti;Marco Peccianti;Gaetano Assanto.
Physical Review Letters (2004)

634 Citations

Nonlocal spatial soliton interactions in nematic liquid crystals.

Marco Peccianti;Katarzyna A. Brzdkiewicz;Gaetano Assanto.
Optics Letters (2002)

472 Citations

All-optical diode in a periodically poled lithium niobate waveguide

Katia Gallo;Gaetano Assanto;Krishnan R. Parameswaran;Martin M. Fejer.
Applied Physics Letters (2001)

428 Citations

Routing of anisotropic spatial solitons and modulational instability in liquid crystals

Marco Peccianti;Claudio Conti;Gaetano Assanto;Antonio De Luca.
Nature (2004)

420 Citations

Electrically assisted self-confinement and waveguiding in planar nematic liquid crystal cells

M. Peccianti;A. De Rossi;Gaetano Assanto;A. De Luca.
Applied Physics Letters (2000)

392 Citations

Large nonlinear phase shifts in second-order nonlinear-optical processes.

George I. Stegeman;Mansoor Sheik-Bahae;Eric W. van Stryland;Gaetano Assanto.
Optics Letters (1993)

388 Citations

Efficient high-speed near-infrared Ge photodetectors integrated on Si substrates

Lorenzo Colace;G Masini;Gaetano Assanto;Hc Luan.
Applied Physics Letters (2000)

346 Citations

Metal–semiconductor–metal near-infrared light detector based on epitaxial Ge/Si

L. Colace;G. Masini;F. Galluzzi;G. Assanto.
Applied Physics Letters (1998)

338 Citations

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