Dr. Grazia Salerno
Rita Levi Montalcini Research Fellow
@University of Pisa
Rita Levi Montalcini Fellowship
This page contains all the news related to my Rita Levi Montalcini Fellowship at University of Pisa.
Topological phenomena of light are revolutionizing the field of photonics thanks to their broad and multifaceted features with interesting implications for fundamental science and technological applications. The ability to control and manipulate photons at the nanoscale through robust topological modes is a key feature for the development of compact nanophotonic devices, and the achievement of interacting states of light is a potential game changer for the protection of quantum information. In this project, I combine theoretical advance from nanophotonics and topological phases of matter towards the achievement of strongly interacting topological photons. By bringing topology to the nanoscale, I will explore subtle interplay between topological phases with light radiation, retardative damping and out-of- equilibrium effects peculiar of nanophotonics.
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Grazia moves to Pisa
From May 2025, Grazia moves to the Department of Physics at the University of Pisa as a Rita Levi Montalcini researcher, continuing her work on topological phases in nanophotonics.
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New preprint about bulk and radiation topology in non-Hermitian systems
The properties of wavefunctions, such as the ones encoded in the Berry curvature, play a fundamental role in topological photonics. In open photonic systems, where light can radiate into the far field, an intriguing question arises: to what extent can the topology of bulk modes be inferred from the emitted...