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Luigi A. Lugiato

Luigi A. Lugiato

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Engineering and Technology

D-Index
65
Citations
18883
World Ranking
1500
National Ranking
37

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2011 - Member of Academia Europaea
  • 2007 - Max Born Award, Optical Society
  • 1992 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For fundamental theoretical contributions to the field of Quantum Optics and Statistical Mechanics, and especially superfluorescence, optical, bistability, and optical instabilities

Overview

Luigi A. Lugiato is affiliated with the University of Insubria in Italy. Their research spans multiple fields, primarily focusing on Physics and Astronomy, Engineering, and Computer Science. Within these broader categories, specific subfields include Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics; Electrical and Electronic Engineering; Computer Networks and Communications; and Statistical and Nonlinear Physics.

The scientist's main research topics cover advanced fiber laser technologies, nonlinear dynamics and pattern formation, photonic and optical devices, semiconductor lasers and optical devices, nonlinear photonic systems, and laser-matter interactions and applications.

Luigi A. Lugiato has contributed to several recent papers involving complex laser physics and nonlinear photonics. Notable publications include:

  • "Unifying Frequency Combs in Active and Passive Cavities: Temporal Solitons in Externally Driven Ring Lasers" (2021), published in Physical Review Letters
  • "Soliton dynamics of ring quantum cascade lasers with injected signal" (2020), published in Nanophotonics
  • "Global and localised temporal structures in driven ring quantum cascade lasers" (2021), published in Chaos Solitons & Fractals
  • "Driven bright solitons on a mid-infrared laser chip" (2025), published in Nature
  • "Optical instabilities in Fabry-Perot resonators" (2021), published in Physical review. A/Physical review, A

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Lugiato include:

  • Franco Prati
  • Lorenzo Columbo
  • Marco Piccardo
  • Massimo Brambilla
  • Federico Capasso

Luigi A. Lugiato has published multiple articles in prominent scientific venues such as:

  • Physical Review Letters
  • Nanophotonics
  • Chaos Solitons & Fractals
  • Nature
  • Physical review. A/Physical review, A

The scientist has been recognized for their contributions with several awards. These include election as a Member of Academia Europaea in 2011, the Max Born Award from the Optical Society in 2007, and designation as a Fellow of the American Physical Society in 1992. The fellowship citation highlights Lugiato's foundational theoretical contributions to quantum optics and statistical mechanics, especially concerning superfluorescence, optical bistability, and optical instabilities.

Best Publications

  • Spatial dissipative structures in passive optical systems

    Luigi A. Lugiato;René Lefever

  • Ghost imaging with thermal light: comparing entanglement and classical correlation

    Alessandra Gatti;Enrico Brambilla;Morten Bache;Luigi A. Lugiato

  • High-Resolution Ghost Image and Ghost Diffraction Experiments with Thermal Light

    F. Ferri;D. Magatti;A. Gatti;M. Bache

  • Cooperative radiation processes in two-level systems: Superfluorescence

    R. Bonifacio;L. A. Lugiato

  • Cavity solitons as pixels in semiconductor microcavities.

    Stephane Barland;Jorge R. Tredicce;Massimo Brambilla;Luigi A. Lugiato

  • Correlated imaging, quantum and classical

    Alessandra Gatti;Enrico Brambilla;Morten Bache;Luigi A. Lugiato

  • Optical bistability and cooperative effects in resonance fluorescence

    R. Bonifacio;L. A. Lugiato

  • Cooperative effects and bistability for resonance fluorescence

    R. Bonifacio;L.A. Lugiato

  • Transverse laser patterns. I. Phase singularity crystals

    M. Brambilla;F. Battipede;L. A. Lugiato;V. Penna

  • Quantum Imaging

    L. A. Lugiato;A. Gatti;E. Brambilla

  • Formation and evolution of roll patterns in optical parametric oscillators

    Gian-Luca Oppo;Massimo Brambilla;Luigi A. Lugiato

  • Spatial Soliton Pixels in Semiconductor Devices

    M. Brambilla;L. A. Lugiato;F. Prati;L. Spinelli

  • Coherent imaging with pseudo-thermal incoherent light

    A. Gatti;M. Bache;D. Magatti;E. Brambilla

  • Pattern formation in a passive Kerr cavity

    Andrew Scroggie;William Firth;Graham McDonald;Mustapha Tlidi

  • SPATIAL SOLITONS IN SEMICONDUCTOR MICROCAVITIES

    L. Spinelli;G. Tissoni;M. Brambilla;F. Prati

  • Connection between microscopic and macroscopic maser theory.

    LA Lugiato;MO Scully;H Walther

  • Nonlinear Optical Systems

    Luigi A. Lugiato;Franco Prati;Massimo Brambilla

  • Simultaneous near-field and far-field spatial quantum correlations in the high-gain regime of parametric down-conversion

    E. Brambilla;A. Gatti;M. Bache;L. A. Lugiato

  • Entangled imaging and wave-particle duality: from the microscopic to the macroscopic realm

    A. Gatti;E. Brambilla;L.A. Lugiato

  • Detection of sub-shot-noise spatial correlation in high-gain parametric down conversion.

    O. Jedrkiewicz;Y.-K Jiang;E. Brambilla;A. Gatti

Frequent Co-Authors

Jorge R. Tredicce
Jorge R. Tredicce Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Claude Fabre
Claude Fabre Sorbonne University
Herbert Walther
Herbert Walther Max Planck Society
Marlan O. Scully
Marlan O. Scully Texas A&M University
Marco Brambilla
Marco Brambilla Polytechnic University of Milan
Pere Colet
Pere Colet Spanish National Research Council
Marco Cattaneo
Marco Cattaneo University of Milan
Stephen M. Barnett
Stephen M. Barnett University of Glasgow
Philippe Grangier
Philippe Grangier University of Paris-Saclay
Patrice Genevet
Patrice Genevet Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS

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