Prof. Dr. Alessandro Pitanti

Profile

Academic positionLecturer, Assistant Professor, Researcher
Research fieldsExperimental Condensed Matter Physics,Optics, Quantum Optics and Physics of Atoms, Molecules and Plasmas
KeywordsMagnetic Fields, Metasurfaces, Bulk Acoustic Waves, Surface Acoustic Waves, Polarization
Honours and awards

2015: Premio Di Braccio - Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei

Current contact address

CountryItaly
CityPisa
InstitutionConsiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR)
InstituteNEST Lab. Instituto Nanoscienze

Host during sponsorship

Dr. Paulo SantosPaul-Drude-Institut für Festkörperelektronik (PDI), Berlin
Start of initial sponsorship01/08/2022

Programme(s)

2022Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme for Experienced Researchers

Publications (partial selection)

2025A Pitanti, N Ashurbekov, I dePedro-Embid, M Msall, PV Santos: GHz acousto-optic angular momentum with tunable topological charge. In: Nature Communications, 16, 2025, 8116
2023A. Pitanti, M. Yuan, S. Zanotto, P. Ventura Santos: High-resolution acoustic field mapping of gigahertz phononic crystals with atomic force microscopy. In: Physical Review Applied, 20, 2023, 054054
2022S. Zanotto, G. Biasiol, P. Santos, A. Pitanti: Metamaterial-enabled asymmetric negative refraction of GHz mechanical waves. In: Nature Communications, 13, 2022, 5939