Dr. Grazia Salerno
Academy Research Fellow
@Aalto University
Academy Research Fellowship
This page contains all the news related to my Academy Research Fellowship at Aalto University, funded by the Research Council of Finland.
Nanophotonics, the study of light at the nanoscale, has many technological applications for devices such as sensors and lasers. Combining nanophotonics with topological effects can provide new efficient ways of manipulating light and design better devices robust to external perturbations and defects. This project focuses on creating new versatile approaches for bringing topological effects to the nanoscale.
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New preprint on condensation dynamics in a two-dimensional photonic crystal waveguide
In collaboration with the CNR Nanotec group in Lecce, we have studied exciton-polariton condensation on a structure that leads to the formation of multiple condensates on the polariton dispersion in states of different topology. In particular, the condensates appear at a symmetry-protected (topological) bound-state in the continuum point, and at...
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Lasing from exceptionally higher order polarization vortices
We generated photonic modes exhibiting a polarization winding akin to “hurricanes” of light in a quasicrystal. Through a careful design of the position of metallic nanoparticles that interact with an electric field, we have experimentally demonstrated lasing with polarization vortices of topological charges as high as -5, +7, -17 and...
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Grazia invited at META2024
This July Grazia will participate in the 14th International Conference on Metamaterials, Photonic Crystals and Plasmonics META24 held in Toyama, Japan. She will give an invited talk to the SP10 session.
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Welcome Xinyi!
Xinyi Yuan is joining my group from November 1st to work as a PhD student on the Academy of Finland project.
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Awarded the Academy of Finland Research Fellowship
My project was funded for 641.466,00 euro by the Academy of Finland Research Council for Natural Sciences and Engineering.