Preprints:

Roadmap on structured waves
KY Bliokh, E Karimi, MJ Padgett, MA Alonso, MR Dennis, A Dudley, A Forbes, S Zahedpour, SW Hancock, HM Milchberg, S Rotter, F Nori, ŞK Özdemir, N Bender, H Cao, PB Corkum, C Hernández-García, H Ren, Y Kivshar, MG Silveirinha, N Engheta, A Rauschenbeutel, P Schneeweiss, J Volz, D Leykam, DA Smirnova, K Rong, B Wang, E Hasman, MF Picardi, AV Zayats, FJ Rodríguez-Fortuño, C Yang, J Ren, AB Khanikaev, A Alù, E Brasselet, M Shats, J Verbeeck, P Schattschneider, D Sarenac, DG Cory, D Pushin, M Birk, A Gorlach, I Kaminer, F Cardano, L Marrucci, M Krenn, F Marquardt, arXiv2301.05349 (2023) [Link]

Retrieving unitary polarization transformations via optimized quantum tomography
F. Di Colandrea, L. Amato, R. Schiattarella, A. Dauphin, F. Cardano, arXiv:2210.17288 (2022) [Link]


2023:

Spatial mode analysis of optical beams carrying monstar disclinations
V Vicuña-Hernández, F Cardano, P Darvehi, L Marrucci, A Rubano, B Piccirillo 25, 044001 (2023) [Link]
Electric polarization and its quantization in one-dimensional non-Hermitian chains
J Hu, CA Perroni, G De Filippis, S Zhuang, L Marrucci, F Cardano, Physical Review B (Letter) 107, L121101 (2023) [Link]
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Ultra-long photonic quantum walks via spin-orbit photonics
F. Di Colandrea, A. Babazadeh, A. Dauphin, P. Massignan, L. Marrucci, F. Cardano, Optica 10, 324-331 (2023) [Link]
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2022:

Smoke rings of light
F Cardano, L Marrucci, Nature Photonics 16 (7), 476-477 (2022) [Link]

Quantum walks of two correlated photons in a 2D synthetic lattice
C. Esposito, M. R. Barros, A. Durán Hernández, G. Carvacho, F. Di Colandrea, R. Barboza, F. Cardano, N. Spagnolo, L. Marrucci, F. Sciarrino, npj Quantum Information 8, 34 (2022) [Link]
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Ultra-sensitive measurement of transverse displacements with structured light
R. Barboza, A. Babazadeh, L. Marrucci, F. Cardano, C. de Lisio, V. D'Ambrosio, Nature Communications 13, 1080 (2022) [Link]

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Linking topological features of the Hofstadter model to optical diffraction figures
F. Di Colandrea, A. D'Errico, M. Maffei, H. M. Price, M. Lewenstein, L. Marrucci, F. Cardano, A. Dauphin, P. Massignan, New Journal of Physics 24, 013028 (2022) [Link]
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2021:

Bloch-Landau-Zener dynamics induced by a synthetic field in a photonic quantum walk
A. D'Errico, R. Barboza, R. Tudor, A. Dauphin, P. Massignan, L. Marrucci, F. Cardano, APL Photonics 6, 020802 (2021) (selected by Editors as featured article) [Link]

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Longitudinal fields and transverse rotations
F. Cardano, L. Marrucci, Nature Photonics 15, 72–74 (2021) [Link]

 

 

2020:

Hyperentanglement in structured quantum light
F. Graffitti, V. D’Ambrosio, M. Proietti, J. Ho, B. Piccirillo, C. de Lisio, L. Marrucci, A. Fedrizzi, Physical Review Research 2, 043350 (2020) [Link]

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Bulk detection of time-dependent topological transitions in quenched chiral models 
A. D'Errico, F. Di Colandrea, R. Barboza, A. Dauphin, M. Lewenstein, P. Massignan, L. Marrucci, F. Cardano, Physical Review Research 2, 023119 (2020) [Link]

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Geometric-phase waveplates for free-form dark hollow beams
B. Piccirillo, E Piedipalumbo, E. Santamato, Frontiers in Physics 8, 94 (2020) [Link]

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Two-dimensional topological quantum walks in the momentum space of structured light 
A. D’Errico, F. Cardano, M. Maffei, A. Dauphin, R. Barboza, C. Esposito, B. Piccirillo, M. Lewenstein, P. Massignan, L. Marrucci, Optica 7, 108-114 (2020) [Link]

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All-carbon THz components based on laser-treated diamond
S. Amoruso, A. Andreone, A. Bellucci, C. Koral, M. Girolami, M. Mastellone, S. Mou, S. Orlando, G. P. Papari, D. Paparo, R. Polini, A. Rubano, A. Santagata, V. Serpente, V. Valentini, D. M. Trucchi, Carbon 163, 197-201 (2020) [Link]
 

 

2019:

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Enhanced spin orbit interaction of light in highly confining optical fibers for mode division multiplexing
P. Gregg, P. Kristensen, A. Rubano, S. Golowich, L. Marrucci, S. Ramachandran, Nature Communications 10, 4707 (2019) [
Link] [PDF(Supplementary material)

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Electrically tunable vector vortex coronagraphs based on liquid-crystal geometric phase waveplates
B. Piccirillo, E. Piedipalumbo, L. Marrucci, E. Santamato, Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals 684, 15-23 (2019) [Link]

 

Continuous-variable entangled states of light carrying orbital angular momentum
A. Pecoraro, F. Cardano, L. Marrucci, A. Porzio, Physical Review A 100, 012321 (2019) [Link] [PDF]

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Terahertz Hyper-Raman Time-Domain Spectroscopy
A. Rubano, S. Mou, L. Marrucci, D. Paparo, ACS Photonics, 6, 1515-1523 (2019) [Link

 

Multi-twist polarization ribbon topologies in highly-confined optical fields
T. Bauer, P. Banzer, F. Bouchard, S. Orlov, L. Marrucci, E. Santamato, R. W. Boyd, E. Karimi, G. Leuchs, New Journal of Physics 21, 053020 (2019) [
Link] [PDF]

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A versatile quantum walk resonator with bright classical light
B. Sephton, A. Dudley, G. Ruffato, F. Romanato, L. Marrucci, M. Padgett, S. Goyal, F. Roux, T. Konrad, A. Forbes, PLoS ONE 14, e0214891 (2019) [
Link] [PDF(Supplementary information)

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Shearing interferometry via geometric phase
L. A. Alemán-Castaneda, B. Piccirillo, E. Santamato, L. Marrucci, M. Alonso, Optica 6, 396-399 (2019) [Link] [PDF] (Supplementary information)

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Q-plate technology: a progress review
A. Rubano, F. Cardano, B. Piccirillo, L. Marrucci, Journal of the Optical Society of America B 36, D70 (2019) [Link] [PDF]

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Experimental engineering of arbitrary qudit states with discrete-time quantum walks
T. Giordani, E. Polino, S. Emiliani, A. Suprano, L. Innocenti, H. Majury, L. Marrucci, M. Paternostro, A. Ferraro, N. Spagnolo, F. Sciarrino, Physical Review Letters 122, 020503 (2019) [Link] [PDF]

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Tunable two-photon quantum interference of structured light nature photonics highlights
V. D'Ambrosio, G. Carvacho, I. Agresti, L. Marrucci, F. Sciarrino, Physical Review Letters 122, 013601 (2019) [Link] [PDF]

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2018:

Vector vortex beams generated by q-plates as a versatile route to direct fs laser surface structuring
J. JJ Nivas, E. Allahyari, F. Cardano, A. Rubano, R. Fittipaldi, A. Vecchione, D. Paparo, L. Marrucci, R. Bruzzese,  S. Amoruso, Applied Surface Science 471, 1028–1033 (2019) [Link]

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Symmetry Protection of Photonic Entanglement in the Interaction with a Single Nanoaperture
A. Büse, M. L. Juan, N. Tischler, V. D'Ambrosio, F. Sciarrino, L. Marrucci, G. Molina-Terriza, Physical Review Letters 121, 173901 (2018) [Link]

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Self-healing high-dimensional quantum key distribution using hybrid spin-orbit Bessel states
I. Nape, E. Otte, A. Vallés, C. Rosales-Guzmán, F. Cardano, C. Denz, A. Forbes, Optics Express 26, 26946-26960 (2018) [Link]

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Surface structures with unconventional patterns and shapes generated by femtosecond structured light fields
J. JJ Nivas, E. Allahyari, F. Cardano, A. Rubano, R. Fittipaldi, A. Vecchione, D. Paparo, L. Marrucci, R. Bruzzese,  S. Amoruso, Scientific Reports 8, 13613 (2018). [Link]  

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12 mode, WDM, MIMO-free orbital angular momentum transmission 
K. Ingerslev, P. Gregg, M. Galili, F. Da Ros, H. Hu, F. Bao, M. A. Usuga Castaneda, P. Kristensen, A. Rubano, L. Marrucci, K. Rottwitt, T. Morioka, S. Ramachandran, L. K. Oxenløwe, Optics Express 26, 020225 (2018) [Link] [PDF]

Apparato per la simulazione fotonica bidimensionale mediante lamine a fase di Pancharatnam-Berry
F. Cardano, A. D’Errico, B. Piccirillo, L. Marrucci, Patent Application (IT 102018000005705)

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Simple method for the characterization of intense Laguerre-Gauss vector vortex beams
E. Allahyari, J. JJ. Nivas, F. Cardano, R. Bruzzese, R. Fittipaldi, L. Marrucci, D. Paparo, A. Rubano, A. Vecchione, S. Amoruso, Applied Physics Letters 112, 211103. [Link]

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First observation of the quantized exciton-polariton field and effect of interactions on a single polariton
Á. Cuevas, B. Silva, J. C. López Carreño, M. de Giorgi, C. Sánchez Muñoz, A. Fieramosca, D. G. Suárez Forero, F. Cardano, L. Marrucci, V. Tasco, G. Biasiol, E. del Valle, L. Dominici, D. Ballarini, G. Gigli, P. Mataloni, F. P. Laussy, F. Sciarrino, D. Sanvitto, Science Advances 4, no. 4, eaao6814. [Link

Ultrafast Modification of the Polarity at LaAlO3/SrTiO3 Interfaces
A. Rubano, T. Günter, M. Fiebig, F. Miletto Granozio, L. Marrucci, D. Paparo, Physical Review B 97, 035438 (2018) [Link] [PDF© APS 2018

Topological characterization of chiral models through their long time dynamics
M. Maffei, A. Dauphin, F. Cardano, M. Lewenstein, P. Massignan, New Journal of Physics 20, 013023 (2018), [Link]

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2017:

Measuring the complex orbital angular momentum spectrum and spatial mode decomposition of structured light beams
A. D'Errico, R. D'Amelio, B. Piccirillo, F. Cardano, L. Marrucci, Optica 4, 1350-1357 (2017), [Link]

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Complex Permittivity of Ionic Liquid Mixtures Investigated by Terahertz Time-Domain Spectroscopy
S. Mou, A. Rubano, D. Paparo, The Journal of Physical Chemistry B (2017), [Link]

Monitoring the interfacial electric field in pure and doped SrTiO 3 surfaces by means of phase-resolved optical second harmonic generation
A. Rubano, S. Mou, D. Paparo, Optics and Lasers in Engineering (2017), [Link]

Monstar polarization singularities with elliptically-symmetric q-plates
B. A. Cvarch, B. Khajavi, J. A. Jones, B. Piccirillo, L. Marrucci, E. J. Galvez, Optics Express 25, 14935-14943 (2017)  [Link] [PDF]

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Detection of Zak phases and topological invariants in a chiral quantum walk of twisted photons
F. Cardano, A. D'Errico, A. Dauphin, M. Maffei, B. Piccirillo, C. de Lisio, G. De Filippis, V. Cataudella, E. Santamato, L. Marrucci, M. Lewenstein, P. Massignan, Nature Communications 8, 15516 (2017) [Link] [PDF] (Supplementary material)

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Flat polarization-controlled cylindrical lens based on the Pancharatnam-Berry geometric phase
B. Piccirillo, M. Florinda Picardi, L. Marrucci, E. Santamato, Eur. J. Phys. 38, 034007 (2017) [Link] [PDF]

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Exploring topological phases in quantum walks of twisted light
F. Cardano, Proc. SPIE 10120, Complex Light and Optical Forces XI, 101200V (2017) [Link]

 

Interplay between diffraction and the Pancharatnam-Berry phase in inhomogeneously twisted anisotropic media
C. P. Jisha,A. Alberucci, L. Marrucci, G. Assanto, Phys. Rev. A 95, 023823 (2017) [Link] [PDF© APS 2017

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Surface Structuring with Polarization-Singular Femtosecond Laser Beams Generated by a q-plate
J. JJ Nivas, F. Cardano, Z. Song, A. Rubano, R. Fittipaldi, A. Vecchione, D. Paparo, L. Marrucci, R. Bruzzese, S. Amoruso, Scientific Reports 7, 40795 (2017) [Link]

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Topological features of vector vortex beams perturbed with uniformly polarized light
A. D'Errico, M. Maffei, B. Piccirillo, C. de Lisio, F. Cardano, L. Marrucci, Scientific Reports 7, 42142 (2017) [Link]

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2016:

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Roadmap on structured light
H. Rubinsztein-Dunlop, A. Forbes, M. V. Berry, M. R. Dennis, D. L. Andrews, M. Mansuripur, C. Denz, C. Alpmann, P. Banzer, T. Bauer, E. Karimi, L. Marrucci, M. Padgett, M. Ritsch-Marte, N. M. Litchinitser, N. P. Bigelow, C. Rosales-Guzmán, A. Belmonte, J. P. Torres, T. W. Neely, M. Baker, R. Gordon, A. B. Stilgoe, J. Romero, A. G. White, R. Fickler, A. E. Willner, G. Xie, B. McMorran, A. M. Weiner, J. Opt. 19, 013001 (2017) [free Link]

Electromagnetic confinement via spin-orbit interaction in anisotropic dielectrics
A. Alberucci, C. P. Jisha, L. Marrucci, G. Assanto, ACS Photonics 3, 2249-2254 (2016) [Link]

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Femtosecond laser surface structuring of silicon with Gaussian and optical vortex beams
J. JJ Nivas, S. He, Z. Song, A. Rubano, A. Vecchione, D. Paparo, L. Marrucci, R. Bruzzese, S. Amoruso, Appl. Surf. Sci., corrected proof published online (2016) [Link]

Entangled vector vortex beams
V. D'Ambrosio, G. Carvacho, F. Graffitti, C. Vitelli, B. Piccirillo, L. Marrucci, F. Sciarrino, Phys. Rev. A 94, 030304(R) (2016) [Link] [PDF] © APS 2016

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Guiding light via geometric phases
S. Slussarenko, A. Alberucci, C. P. Jisha, B. Piccirillo, E. Santamato, G. Assanto, L. Marrucci, Nature Photonics 10, 571-575 (2016) [DOI-Link] [free-view-only-link]

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Birth and evolution of an optical vortex
G. Vallone, A. Sponselli, V. D'Ambrosio, L. Marrucci, F. Sciarrino, P. Villoresi, Optics Express 24, 16390-16395 (2016) [Link] [PDF]

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Statistical moments of quantum-walk dynamics reveal topological quantum transitions
F. Cardano, M. Maffei, F. Massa, B. Piccirillo, C. de Lisio, G. De Filippis, V. Cataudella, E. Santamato, L. Marrucci, Nature Communications 7, 11439 (2016) [Link] [PDF] (Supplementary material)

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Controlled generation of higher-order Poincaré sphere beams from a laser
D. Naidoo, F. S. Roux, A. Dudley, I. Litvin, B. Piccirillo, L. Marrucci, A. Forbes, Nature Photonics 10, 327-332 (2016) [Link]

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2015:

Direct femtosecond laser surface structuring with optical vortex beams generated by a q-plate
Jijil JJ Nivas, S. He, A. Rubano, A. Vecchione, D. Paparo, L. Marrucci, R. Bruzzese, S. Amoruso, Scientific Reports 5, 17929 (2015) [Link] [PDF]

Vortex and half-vortex dynamics in a nonlinear spinor quantum fluid
L. Dominici, J. M. Fellows, S. Donati, D. Ballarini, M. De Giorgi, F. M. Marchetti, B. Piccirillo, L. Marrucci, A. Bramati, G. Gigli, M. H. Szymańska, D. Sanvitto, Science Advances 1, e1500807 [Link] [PDF]

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Spin-orbit photonics
F. Cardano, L. Marrucci, Nature Photonics 9, 776-778 (2015) [Link]

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Directly measuring mean and variance of infinite-spectrum observables such as the photon orbital angular momentum
B. Piccirillo, S. Slussarenko, L. Marrucci, E. Santamato, Nature Communications 6, 8606 (2015) [Link] [PDF]

Q-plate enabled spectrally diverse orbital-angular-momentum conversion for stimulated emission depletion microscopy
L. Yan, P. Gregg, E. Karimi, A. Rubano, L. Marrucci, R. Boyd, S. Ramachandran, Optica 2, 900-903 (2015) [Link] [PDF] (Supplementary material)

Laser ablation of silicon induced by a femtosecond optical vortex beam
Jijil J. J. Nivas, He Shutong, K. K. Anoop, A. Rubano, R. Fittipaldi, A. Vecchione, D. Paparo, L. Marrucci, R. Bruzzese, S. Amoruso, Opt. Lett. 40, 4611-4614 (2015) [Link] [PDF] © OSA 2015

Polar asymmetry of La(1-δ)Al(1+δ)O3/SrTiO3 heterostructures probed by optical second harmonic generation
A. Rubano, G. De Luca, J. Schubert, Z. Wang, S. Zhu, D. G. Schlom, L. Marrucci, D. Paparo, Appl. Phys. Lett. 107, 101603 (2015) [Link] [PDF] © AIP 2015

Proof of the spin-statistics theorem
E. Santamato, F. De Martini, Foundations of Physics 45, 858-873 (2015) [Link] (see also arxiv:1408.0941)

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Storage and retrieval of vector beams of light in a multiple-degree-of-freedom quantum memory
V. Parigi, V. D'Ambrosio, C. Arnold, L. Marrucci, F. Sciarrino, J. Laurat, Nature Communications 6, 7706 (2015) [Link] [PDF]

4 × 20 Gbit/s mode division multiplexing over free space using vector modes and a q-plate mode (de)multiplexer
G. Milione, M. P. J. Lavery, H. Huang, Y. Ren, G. Xie, T. A. Nguyen, E. Karimi, L. Marrucci, D. A. Nolan, R. R. Alfano, A. E. Willner, Opt. Lett. 40, 1980-1983 (2015) [Link] [PDF© OSA 2015

Q-plates as higher order polarization controllers for orbital angular momentum modes of fiber
P. Gregg, M. Mirhosseini, A. Rubano, L. Marrucci, E. Karimi, R. W. Boyd, S. Ramachandran, Opt. Lett. 40, 1729-1732 (2015) [Link] [PDF© OSA 2015

Pancharatnam-Berry phase optical elements for generation and control of complex light: Generalized superelliptical q-plates
B. Piccirillo, V. Kumar, L. Marrucci, E. Santamato, Proceedings of SPIE 9379, 937907 (2015) [Link]

Directional superficial photofluidization for deterministic shaping of complex 3D architectures
S. Lee, H. S. Kang, A. Ambrosio, J.-K. Park, L. Marrucci, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 7, 8209-8217 (2015) [Link] [PDF]

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Quantum walks and wavepacket dynamics with twisted photons
F. Cardano, F. Massa, H. Qassim, E. Karimi, S. Slussarenko, D. Paparo, C. de Lisio, F. Sciarrino, E. Santamato, R. W. Boyd, L. Marrucci, Science Advances 1, e1500087 (2015)  [Link] [PDF] (Supplementary material)

 

Resilience of hybrid optical angular momentum qubits to turbulence
O. J. Farias, V. D'Ambrosio, C. Taballione, F. Bisesto, S. Slussarenko, L. Aolita, L. Marrucci, S. P. Walborn, F. Sciarrino, Scientific Reports 5, 8424 (2015) [Link] [PDF]

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Nodal areas in coherent beams
G. J. Ruane, G. A. Swartzlander Jr., S. Slussarenko, L. Marrucci, M. R. Dennis, Optica 2, 147-150 (2015) [Link] [PDF] (Supplementary material)

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Observation of optical polarization Möbius strips
T. Bauer, P. Banzer, E. Karimi, S. Orlov, A. Rubano, L. Marrucci, E. Santamato, R.W. Boyd, G. Leuchs, Science 347, 964-966 (2015)[Link]

Arbitrary, direct and deterministic manipulation of vector beams via electrically-tuned q-plates
V. D'Ambrosio, F. Baccari, S. Slussarenko, L. Marrucci, F. Sciarrino, Scientific Reports 5, 7840 (2015) [Link] [PDF

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Quantum optics: spin gives direction
L. Marrucci, Nature Physics 11, 9-10 (2015) [Link]

Optical second harmonic imaging as a diagnostic tool for monitoring epitaxial oxide thin-film growth
A. Rubano, T. Günter, M. Lilienblum, C. Aruta, F. Miletto Granozio, U. Scotti di Uccio, L. Marrucci, D. Paparo, M. Fiebig, Appl. Surf. Sci327, 413-317 (2015) [Link]

 

2014:

Generation of tunable entanglement and violation of a Bell-like inequality between different degrees of freedom of a single photon
A. Valles, V. D'Ambrosio, M. Hendrych, M. Micuda, L. Marrucci, F. Sciarrino, J. P. Torres, Phys. Rev. A 90, 052326 (2014) [Link] [PDF© APS 2014

Soft matter and optical vortices: a good match for new science and technology
L. Marrucci, Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst595, 9-20 (2014) [Link]

Direct femtosecond laser ablation of copper with an optical vortex beam
Anoop K.K., Fittipaldi R., Rubano A., Wang X., Paparo D., Vecchione A., Marrucci L., Bruzzese R. and Amoruso S., J. Appl. Phys116, 113102 (2014) [Link] [PDF© AIP 2014

Free-space quantum key distribution by rotation-invariant twisted photons
G. Vallone, V. D'Ambrosio, A. Sponselli, S. Slussarenko, L. Marrucci, F. Sciarrino, P. Villoresi, Phys. Rev. Lett113, 060503 (2014) [Link] [PDF© APS 2014 (Supplemental material)

Potential-well depth at amorphous-LaAlO3/crystalline-SrTiO3 interfaces measured by optical second harmonic generation
De Luca G., Rubano A., di Gennaro E., Khare A., Miletto Granozio F., Scotti di Uccio U., Marrucci L. and Paparo D., Appl. Phys. Lett104, 261603 (2014) [Link] [PDF© AIP 2014

Femtosecond laser surface structuring of silicon using optical vortex beams generated by a q-plate
Anoop K.K., Rubano A., Fittipaldi R., Wang X., Paparo D., Vecchione A., Marrucci L., Bruzzese R. and Amoruso S., Appl. Phys. Lett104, 241604 (2014) [Link] [PDF© AIP 2014

Optical Second Harmonic Generation as a tool for in-situ, real-time monitor of thin film epitaxial growth
Rubano A., Günter T., Lilienblum M., Paparo D., Marrucci L., Miletto Granozio F., Scotti di Uccio U. and Fiebig M., Key Engin. Mat. 605, 223-226 (2014) [Link] [PDF© Trans Tech Publications, Switzerland 2014

Hardy's paradox tested in the spin-orbit Hilbert space of single photons
E. Karimi, F. Cardano, M. Maffei, C. de Lisio, L. Marrucci, R. W. Boyd, E. Santamato, Phys. Rev. A 89, 032122 (2014) [Link] [PDF© APS 2014

From q-plates to the photonic gear: tailoring the rotational properties of light 
L. Marrucci, F. Sciarrino, Proceedings of SPIE 8999, 89990H (2014) [Link]

Incoherent polarized white light vector vortex from a q–plate
T. A. Nguyena, Y. S. Rumala, G. Milione, D. A. Nolan, E. Karimi, S. Slussarenko, L. Marrucci, R. R. Alfano, Proceedings of SPIE 8999, 89990P (2014) [Link]

Tuning vector vortex in spatially coherent supercontinuum multicolored optical beam using q-plate
Y. S. Rumala, G. Milione, T. A. Nguyena, S. Pratavieira, Z. Hossain, D. Nolan, S. Slussarenko, E. Karimi, L. Marrucci, R. R. Alfano, Proceedings of SPIE 8999, 89990D (2014) [Link]

Nonlocality, No-Signalling and Bell’s Theorem investigated by Weyl’s Conformal Differential Geometry
F. De Martini, E. Santamato, Physica Scripta T163, 014015 (2014) [Link]

Interpretation of Quantum Nonlocality by Conformal Quantum Geometrodynamics
F. D. De Martini, E. Santamato, Int. J. Theor. Phys53, 3308–3322 (2014)

 

2013:

Electronic states at polar/nonpolar interfaces grown on SrTiO3 studied by optical second harmonic generation
A. Rubano, C. Aruta, U. Scotti di Uccio, F. Miletto Granozio, L. Marrucci, T. Günter, T. Fink, M. Fiebig, D. Paparo, Phys. Rev. B 88, 245434 (2013) [Link] [PDF© APS 2013

Joining and splitting the quantum states of photons
E. Passaro, C. Vitelli, N. Spagnolo, F. Sciarrino, E. Santamato, L. Marrucci, Phys. Rev. A 88, 062321 (2013) [Link] [PDF© APS 2013

Tunable supercontinuum light vector vortex beam generator using a q-plate
Y. S. Rumala, G. Milione, T. A. Nguyen, S. Pratavieira, Z. Hossain, D. Nolan, S. Slussarenko, E. Karimi, L. Marrucci, R. R. Alfano, Opt. Lett. 38, 5083-5086 (2013) [Link] [PDF© OSA 2013

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The orbital angular momentum of light: Genesis and evolution of the concept and of the associated photonic technology
B. Piccirillo, S. Slussarenko, L. Marrucci, E. Santamato, Riv. Nuovo Cimento 36, 501-554 (2013) [Link]

Influence of generalized focusing of few-cycle Gaussian pulses in attosecond pulse generation
E. Karimi, C. Altucci, V. Tosa, R. Velotta, L. Marrucci, Opt. Express 21, 24991 (2013) [Link] [PDF]

Test of mutually unbiased bases for six-dimensional photonic quantum systems
V. D'Ambrosio, F. Cardano, E. Karimi, E. Nagali, E. Santamato, L. Marrucci, F. Sciarrino, Scientific Reports 3, 2726 (2013) [Link] [PDF]

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Photonic polarization gears for ultra-sensitive angular measurements
V. D'Ambrosio, N. Spagnolo, L. Del Re, S. Slussarenko, Y. Li, L. C. Kwek, L. Marrucci, S. P. Walborn, L. Aolita, F. Sciarrino, Nature Communications 4, 2432 (2013) [Link] [PDF]  (Supplementary information)

Quantum simulation of a spin polarization device in an electron microscope
V. Grillo, L. Marrucci, E. Karimi, R. Zanella, E. Santamato, New J. Phys. 15, 093026 (2013) [Link] [PDF]

The q-plate and its future
L. Marrucci, J. Nanophoton. 7, 078598 (2013) [Link] [PDF© SPIE 2013

Violation of Leggett-type inequalities in the spin-orbit degrees of freedom of a single photon
F. Cardano, E. Karimi, L. Marrucci, C. de Lisio, E. Santamato, Phys. Rev. A 88, 032101 (2013) [Link] [PDF© APS 2013

Optical second harmonic generation selection rules and resonances in buried oxide interfaces: the case of LaAlO3/SrTiO3
D. Paparo, A. Rubano, L. Marrucci, J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 30, 2452-2460 (2013) [Link] [PDF© OSA 2013

Quantum multiplexing in single photons
L. Marrucci, C. Vitelli, N. Spagnolo, F. Sciarrino, SPIE Newsroom, DOI: 10.1117/2.1201308.005020 (2013) [Link] [PDF]

Light confinement via periodic modulation of the refractive index
A. Alberucci, L. Marrucci, G. Assanto, New J. Phys. 15, 083013 (2013) [Link] [PDF]

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Spinning the Doppler effect
L. Marrucci, Science 341, 464-465 (2013) [DOI-link© AAAS 2013

 

Influence of the Atomic Termination on the LaAlO3/SrTiO3 Interfacial Polar Rearrangement
A. Rubano, T. Günter, T. Fink, D. Paparo, L. Marrucci, C. Cancellieri, S. Gariglio, J.-M. Triscone, and M. Fiebig, Phys. Rev. B 88, 35405 (2013) [Link] [PDF© APS 2013

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Joining the quantum state of two photons into one
C. Vitelli, N. Spagnolo, L. Aparo, F. Sciarrino, E. Santamato, L. Marrucci, Nature Photonics 7, 521-526 (2013) [Link] [PDF]© NPG 2013 newsviews

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Photonic hybrid multidimensional systems and their application in quantum communication 
V. D'Ambrosio, E. Nagali, L. Marrucci, F. Sciarrino, Proceedings of SPIE 8773, 87730P (2013) [Link© SPIE 2013

Optical vortices in antiguides
L. Marrucci, N. F. Smyth, G. Assanto, Opt. Lett. 38, 1618-1620 (2013) [Link] [PDF© OSA 2013

Molecular model for light-driven spiral mass transport in azopolymer films
A. Ambrosio, P. Maddalena, L. Marrucci, Phys. Rev. Lett. 110, 146102 (2013) [Link] [PDF© APS 2013 (Supplemental material)

Generation and dynamics of optical beams with polarization singularities
F. Cardano, E. Karimi, L. Marrucci, C. de Lisio, E. Santamato, Opt. Express 21, 8815-8820 (2013) [Link] [PDF]

Liquid-crystal spatial-mode converters for the orbital angular momentum of light
S. Slussarenko, B. Piccirillo, V. Chigrinov, L. Marrucci, E. Santamato, J. Opt. 15, 025406 (2013) [Link] [PDF© IoP 2013

Derivation of the Dirac equation by conformal differential geometry
E. Santamato, F. D. De Martini, Foundations of Physics 43, 631–641 (2013)

Solving the nonlocality riddle by conformal quantum Geometrodynamics
E. Santamato, F. D. De Martini,  J. Phys.: Conf. Ser. 442, 012059 (2013)

A Conformal Geometric Approach to Quantum Entanglement for Spin-1/2 Particles
F. De Martini, E. Santamato, EPJ Web of Conferences 58, 01012 (2013)

 

2012:

Spatial inhomogeneities at the LaAlO3/SrTiO3 interface: Evidence from second harmonic generation
T. Günter, A. Rubano, D. Paparo, M. Lilienblum, L. Marrucci, F. Miletto Granozio, U. Scotti di Uccio, R. Jany, C. Richter, J. Mannhart, M. Fiebig, Phys. Rev. B 86, 235418 (2012) [Link] [PDF© APS 2012

Liquid crystal q-plates: classical and quantum photonic applications 
L. Marrucci, Proceedings of SPIE 8475, 84750P (2012) [Link]

Spin and orbital angular momentum of light and particle beams and their inter-conversion 
L. Marrucci, Proceedings of SPIE 8461, 846118 (2012) [Link]

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Light-induced spiral mass transport in azo-polymer films under vortex-beam illumination
A. Ambrosio, L. Marrucci, F. Borbone, A. Roviello, P. Maddalena, Nature Communications 3, 989 (2012) [Link] [PDF] (Supplementary information)

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Complete experimental toolbox for alignment-free quantum communication
V. D'Ambrosio, E. Nagali, S. P. Walborn, L. Aolita, S. Slussarenko, L. Marrucci, F. Sciarrino, Nature Communications 3, 961 (2012) [Link] [PDF]  (Supplementary information)

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Spin-to-orbital optical angular momentum conversion in liquid crystal q-plates: classical and quantum applications
L. Marrucci, E. Karimi, S. Slussarenko, B. Piccirillo, E. Santamato, E. Nagali, F. Sciarrino, Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst. 561, 48-56 (2012) [Link]

Orbital angular momentum for quantum information processing 
V. D’Ambrosio, E. Nagali, L. Marrucci, F. Sciarrino, Proceedings of SPIE 8440, 84400F (2012) [Link]

Polarization pattern of vector vortex beams generated by q-plates with different topological charges
F. Cardano, E. Karimi, S. Slussarenko, L. Marrucci, C. de Lisio, E. Santamato, Appl. Opt. 51, C1-C6 (2012) [Link] [PDF© OSA 2012

Fundamental tests on higher quantum dimensionality by exploiting the photonic orbital angular momentum
E. Nagali, V. D’Ambrosio, L. Marrucci, F. Sciarrino, AIP Conf. Proc. 1424, 324-334 (2012) [Link© AIP 2012

Spin-to-orbital angular momentum conversion and spin-polarization filtering in electron beams
E. Karimi, L. Marrucci, V. Grillo, E. Santamato, Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 044801 (2012) [Link] [PDF© APS 2012 (Supplemental material)

Deterministic qubit transfer between orbital and spin angular momentum of single photons
V. D’Ambrosio, E. Nagali, C. H. Monken, S. Slussarenko, L. Marrucci, F. Sciarrino, Opt. Lett. 37, 172-174 (2012) [Link] [PDF© OSA 2012

Time-division multiplexing of the orbital angular momentum of light
E. Karimi, L. Marrucci, C. de Lisio, E. Santamato, Opt. Lett. 37, 127-129 (2012) [Link] [PDF© OSA 2012

Unveiling the "mystery" of quantum nonlocality by conformal Geometrodynamics
F. De Martini, E. Santamato, AIP Conference Proceedings 1508, 162-171 (2012) [Link]

Derivation of Dirac's equation from conformal differential geometry
F. De Martini, E. Santamato, AIP Conference Proceedings 1424, 45-54 (2012) [Link]

Solving the nonlocality riddle by Conformal Quantum Geometrodynamics
E. Santamato, F. De Martini, Int. J. Quantum Inform. 10, 1241013 (2012)

 

2011:

Converter of orbital momentum into spin momentum for the polarization of particle beams
V. Grillo, L. Marrucci, E. Karimi, E. Santamato, Patent (Italy nr. TO2011A001161, US 8,552,398)

Onset and dynamics of vortex-antivortex pairs in polariton optical parametric oscillator superfluids
G. Tosi, F. M. Marchetti, D. Sanvitto, C. Antón, M. H. Szymańska, A. Bercenau, C. Tejedor, L. Marrucci, A. Lemaître, J. Bloch, L. Viña, Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 036401 (2011) [Link] [PDF© APS 2011

Laser-induced radial birefringence and spin-to-orbital optical angular momentum conversion in silver-doped glasses
J. M. Amjad, H. R. Khalesifard, S. Slussarenko, E. Karimi, L. Marrucci, E. Santamato, Appl. Phys. Lett. 99, 011113 (2011) [Link] [PDF© AIP 2011

Engineering of photonic orbital angular momentum quantum states for quantum information processing
E. Nagali, L. Marrucci, E. Santamato, F. Sciarrino, Proceedings of the Laser and Electro-Optics Conference and 12th European Quantum Electronics Conference (CLEO Europe/EQEC), art. n. 5943445 (2011), E-ISBN: 978-1-4577-0532-8, ISBN: 978-1-4577-0533-5 [Link]

Vortex stability and permanent flow in nonequilibrium polariton condensates
G. Tosi, D. Sanvitto, M. Baudish, E. Karimi, B. Piccirillo, L. Marrucci, A. Lemaître, J. Bloch, L. Viña, J. Appl. Phys. 109, 102406 (2011) [Link] [PDF© AIP 2011

Spin-to-orbital conversion of the angular momentum of light and its classical and quantum applications
L. Marrucci, E. Karimi, S. Slussarenko, B. Piccirillo, E. Santamato, E. Nagali, F. Sciarrino, J. Opt. 13, 064001 (2011) [Link] [PDF© IoP 2011

Resilience of orbital-angular-momentum photonic qubits and effects on hybrid entanglement
D. Giovannini, E. Nagali, L. Marrucci, F. Sciarrino, Phys. Rev. A 83, 042338 (2011) [Link] [PDF© APS 2011

Spectral and spatial distribution of polarization at the LaAlO3/SrTiO3 interface
A. Rubano, M. Fiebig, D. Paparo, A. Marino, D. Maccariello, U. Scotti di Uccio, F. Miletto Granozio, L. Marrucci, C. Richter, S. Paetel, J. Mannhart, Phys. Rev. B 83, 155405 (2011) [Link] [PDF© APS 2011

Nonlocal optical second harmonic generation from centrosymmetric birefringent crystals: the case of muscovite mica
A. Savoia, M. Siano, D. Paparo, L. Marrucci, J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 28, 679-688 (2011) [Link] [PDF© OSA 2011

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Tunable liquid crystal q-plates with arbitrary topological charge
S. Slussarenko, A. Murauski, T. Du, V. Chigrinov, L. Marrucci, E. Santamato, Opt. Express 19, 4085-4090 (2011) [Link] [PDF]

Efficient generation and control of different-order orbital angular momentum states for communication links
S. Slussarenko, E. Karimi, B. Piccirillo, L. Marrucci, E. Santamato, J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 28, 61-65 (2011) [Link] [PDF© OSA 2011

 

2010:

Photon spin-to-orbital angular momentum conversion via an electrically tunable q-plate
B. Piccirillo, V. D'Ambrosio, S. Slussarenko, L. Marrucci, E. Santamato, Appl. Phys. Lett. 97, 241104 (2010) [Link] [PDF© AIP 2010

The polarizing Sagnac interferometer: a tool for light orbital angular momentum sorting and spin-orbit photon processing
S. Slussarenko, V. D'Ambrosio, B. Piccirillo, L. Marrucci, E. Santamato, Opt. Express 18, 27205-27216 (2010) [Link] [PDF© OSA 2010

Photon self-induced spin-to-orbital conversion in a terbium-gallium-garnet crystal at high laser power
S. Mosca, B. Canuel, E. Karimi, B. Piccirillo, L. Marrucci, R. De Rosa, E. Genin, L. Milano, E. Santamato, Phys. Rev. A 82, 043806 (2010) [Link] [PDF© APS 2010

Spin-orbit hybrid entanglement of photons and quantum contextuality
E. Karimi, J. Leach, S. Slussarenko, B. Piccirillo, L. Marrucci, L. Chen, W. She, S. Franke-Arnold, M. J. Padgett, E. Santamato, Phys. Rev. A 82, 022115 (2010) [Link] [PDF© APS 2010

Photonic quantum information applications of patterned liquid crystals
L. Marrucci, E. Nagali, F. Sciarrino, L. Sansoni, F. De Martini, B. Piccirillo, E. Karimi, E. Santamato, Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst526, 108-118 (2010)  [Link] [PDF© T&F 2010

Experimental optimal cloning of four-dimensional quantum states of photons
E. Nagali, D. Giovannini, L. Marrucci, S. Slussarenko, E. Santamato, F. Sciarrino, Phys. Rev. Lett105, 073602 (2010) [Link] [PDF© APS 2010

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Persistent currents and quantized vortices in a polariton superfluid
D. Sanvitto, F. M. Marchetti, M. H. Szymańska, G. Tosi, M. Baudish, F. P. Laussy, D. N. Krizhanovskii, M. S. Skolnick, L. Marrucci, A. Lemaître, J. Bloch, C. Tejedor, L. Viña, Nature Physics 6, 527-533 (2010) [Link] [PDF© NPG 2010 

Optical induced vortices and persistent currents in polariton condensates
G. Tosi, M. Baudish, D. Sanvitto, L. Viña, A. Lemaître, J. Bloch, E. Karimi, B. Piccirillo, L. Marrucci, Journal of Physics: Conference Series 210, 012023 (2010) [Link] [PDF© IoP 2010

Experimental generation and characterization of single-photon hybrid ququarts based on polarization and orbital angular momentum encoding
E. Nagali, L. Sansoni, L. Marrucci, E. Santamato, F. Sciarrino, Phys. Rev. A 81, 052317 (2010) [Link] [PDF© APS 2010

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Polarization-controlled evolution of light transverse modes and associated Pancharatnam geometric phase in orbital angular momentum
E. Karimi, S. Slussarenko, B. Piccirillo, L. Marrucci, E. Santamato, Phys. Rev. A 81, 053813 (2010) [Link] [PDF© APS 2010

 

2009:

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Optimal quantum cloning of orbital angular momentum photon qubits through Hong–Ou–Mandel coalescenceE. Nagali, L. Sansoni, F. Sciarrino, F. De Martini, L. Marrucci, B. Piccirillo, E. Karimi, E. Santamato, Nature Photonics 3, 720-723 (2009) [Link] [PDF© NPG 2009

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Blue luminescence of SrTiO3 under intense optical excitation
A. Rubano, D. Paparo, F. Miletto Granozio, U. Scotti di Uccio, L. Marrucci, J. Appl. Phys106, 103515 (2009) [Link] [PDF© AIP 2009

Photoluminescence dynamics in strontium titanate
A. Rubano, F. Ciccullo, D. Paparo, F. Miletto Granozio, U. Scotti di Uccio, L. Marrucci, J. Luminescence 129, 1923-1926 (2009) [Link] [PDF© ELS 2009 

Polarization control of single photon quantum orbital angular momentum states
E. Nagali, F. Sciarrino, F. De Martini, B. Piccirillo, E. Karimi, L. Marrucci, E. Santamato, Opt. Express 17, 18745-18759 (2009) [Link] [PDF© OSA 2009

Polar catastrophe and electronic reconstructions at the LaAlO3/SrTiO3 interface: evidence from optical second harmonic generation
A. Savoia, D. Paparo, P. Perna, Z. Ristic, M. Salluzzo, F. Miletto Granozio, U. Scotti di Uccio, C. Richter, S. Thiel, J. Mannhart, L. Marrucci, Phys. Rev. B 80, 075110 (2009) [Link] [PDF© APS 2009

Universal unitary gate for single-photon spin-orbit four-dimensional states
S. Slussarenko, E. Karimi, B. Piccirillo, L. Marrucci, E. Santamato, Phys. Rev. A 80, 022326 (2009) [Link] [PDF© APS 2009

Quantum information transfer from spin to orbital angular momentum of photons
E. Nagali, F. Sciarrino, F. De Martini, L. Marrucci, B. Piccirillo, E. Karimi, E. Santamato, Phys. Rev. Lett103,  013601 (2009) [Link] [PDF© APS 2009

Efficient generation and sorting of orbital angular momentum eigenmodes of light by thermally tuned q-plates
E. Karimi, B. Piccirillo, E. Nagali, L. Marrucci, E. Santamato, Appl. Phys. Lett94, 231124 (2009) [Link] [PDF© AIP 2009

Quantum interference by coherence transfer from spin to orbital angular momentum of photons
E. Nagali, F. Sciarrino, L. Sansoni, F. De Martini, L. Marrucci, B. Piccirillo, E. Karimi, E. Santamato, Proceedings of SPIE 7355, 735507 (2009) [Link] [PDF© SPIE 2009

Light propagation in a birefringent plate with topological charge
E. Karimi, B. Piccirillo, L. Marrucci, E. Santamato, Opt. Lett34, 1225-1227 (2009) [Link] [PDF© OSA 2009

 

2008:

Improved focusing with Hypergeometric-Gaussian type-II optical modes
E. Karimi, B. Piccirillo, L. Marrucci, E. Santamato, Opt. Express 16, 21069-21075 (2008) [Link] [PDF© OSA 2008

Generation of helical modes of light by spin-to-orbital angular momentum conversion in inhomogeneous liquid crystals
L. Marrucci, Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst488, 148-162 (2008) [Link] [PDF© T&F 2008

Coherent Raman spectroscopy of YBa2Cu3O7
A. Rubano, D. Paparo, F. Miletto Granozio, U. Scotti di Uccio, L. Marrucci, Opt. Express 16, 9054-9059 (2008) [Link] [PDF© OSA 2008

Time-resolved photoluminescence of n-doped SrTiO3
A. Rubano, D. Paparo, M. Radović, A. Sambri, F. Miletto Granozio, U. Scotti di Uccio, L. Marrucci, Appl. Phys. Lett92, 021102 (2008) [Link] [PDF© AIP 2008

Helical modes of light and optical spin-to-orbital angular momentum conversion in inhomogeneous liquid crystals: prospects for nonlinear optics
L. Marrucci, Winter Topical Meeting Series, 2008 IEEE/LEOS, art. n. 4444420, 102-103 (2008), E-ISBN: 978-1-4244-1595-3, ISBN: 978-1-4244-1594-6 [Link]

Time-resolved fluorescence and dichroism in absorbing liquids
D. Paparo, C. Manzo, L. Marrucci, in Time-resolved spectroscopy on complex liquids: an experimental perspective, edited by R. Torre (Springer, 2008, ISBN: 978-0-387-25557-6) [PDF]

 

2007:

Hypergeometric-Gaussian Modes
E. Karimi, G. Zito, B. Piccirillo, L. Marrucci, E. Santamato, Opt. Lett32, 3053-3055 (2007) [Link] [PDF© OSA 2007

Recombination kinetics of a dense electron-hole plasma in strontium titanate
A. Rubano, D. Paparo, F. Miletto, U. Scotti di Uccio, L. Marrucci, Phys. Rev. B 76, 125115 (2007) [Link] [PDF© APS 2007

Femtosecond field ion emission by surface optical rectification
A. Vella, B. Deconihout, L. Marrucci, E. Santamato, Phys. Rev. Lett99, 046103 (2007) [Link] [PDF© APS 2007

Rotating light with light: Generation of helical modes of light by spin-to-orbital angular momentum conversion in inhomogeneous liquid crystals
L. Marrucci, Proceedings of SPIE 6587, 658708 (2007) [Link] [PDF]  © SPIE 2007

 

2006:

Liquid crystal geometrical phase optical elements and a system for generating and rapidly switching helical modes of an electromagnetic wave, based on these optical elements
L. Marrucci, Patent (Italy nr. TO2006A000303; EU nr. EP2013647; US nr. US2009141216) [Link] [PDF]

Pancharatnam-Berry phase optical elements for wavefront shaping in the visible domain: switchable helical modes generation
L. Marrucci, C. Manzo, D. Paparo, Appl. Phys. Lett88, 221102 (2006) [Link] [PDF© AIP 2006

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Optical spin-to-orbital angular momentum conversion in inhomogeneous anisotropic media
L. Marrucci, C. Manzo, D. Paparo, Phys. Rev. Lett96, 163905 (2006) [Link] [PDF© APS 2006

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Light-induced rotation of dye-doped liquid crystal droplets
C. Manzo, D. Paparo, L. Marrucci, I. Jánossy, Phys. Rev. E 73, 051707 (2006) [Link] [PDF© APS 2006

Photoinduced dynamics of azobenzene dyes in Langmuir films investigated by optical second harmonic generation
C. Manzo, A. Savoia, D. Paparo, L. Marrucci, Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst454, 91-100 (2006) [Link] [PDF© T&F 2006

Total optical torque and angular momentum conservation in dye-doped liquid crystal droplets spun by circularly polarized light
C. Manzo, D. Paparo, L. Marrucci, I. Jánossy, Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst454, 101-110 (2006) [Link] [PDF] © T&F 2006

 

2004:

Photoinduced random molecular reorientation by nonradiative energy relaxation: An experimental test
C. Manzo, D. Paparo, L. Marrucci, Phys. Rev. E 70, 051702 (2004) [Link] [PDF© APS 2004

Fluorescence-based investigation of the Jánossy effect anomalous wavelength dependence
C. Manzo, D. Paparo, S. Lettieri, L. Marrucci, Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst. 421, 145-155 (2004) [Link] [PDF© T&F 2004

 

2003:

Molecular reorientation by photoinduced modulation of rotational mobility
M. Kreuzer, E. Benkler, D. Paparo, G. Casillo, L. Marrucci, Phys. Rev. E 68, 011701 (2003) [Link] [PDF© APS 2003

 

2002:

Large deuterium isotope effect in the rotational diffusion of anthraquinone dyes in liquid solution
D. Paparo, C. Manzo, L. Marrucci, M. Kreuzer, J. Chem. Phys. 117, 2187-2191 (2002) [Link] [PDF© AIP 2002

Large deuterium isotope effect in the optical nonlinearity of dye-doped liquid crystals
M. Kreuzer, F. Hanisch, R. Eidenschink, D. Paparo, L. Marrucci, Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 013902 (2002) [Link] [PDF© APS 2002

Optical analysis of surfaces by second harmonic generation: possible applications to tribology
L. Marrucci, D. Paparo, G. Cerrone, S. Solimeno, R. Russo, T. L. Lenza, P. Siano, Tribotest 8, 329-337 (2002) [Link] [PDF© JWS 2002
[first version appeared in 2000 AIMETA Int. Tribology Conf. Proceedings]

Probing interfacial properties by optical second harmonic generation
L. Marrucci, D. Paparo, G. Cerrone, C. de Lisio, E. Santamato, S. Solimeno, S. Ardizzone, P. G. Quagliotto, Optics and Lasers in Engineering 37, 601-610 (2002) [Link] [PDF© ELS 2002

Photoinduced reorientation phenomena in dyed liquid crystals: recent steps toward a complete understanding of the underlying mechanism
L. Marrucci, Proceedings of SPIE 4799, 74-82 (2002) [Link] [PDF© SPIE 2002

Mechanisms of giant optical nonlinearity in light-absorbing liquid crystals: a brief primer
L. Marrucci, Liquid Crystals Today 11 (No.3), 6-33 (2002) [Link] [PDF© T&F 2002

 

2001:

Fluctuating-friction molecular motors
L. Marrucci, D. Paparo, M. Kreuzer, J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 13, 10371-10382 (2001) [Link] [PDF© IoP 2001

 

2000:

Role of dye structure in photoinduced reorientation of dye-doped liquid crystals
L. Marrucci, D. Paparo, M. R. Vetrano, M. Colicchio, G. Viscardi, E. Santamato, J. Chem. Phys. 113, 10361-10366 (2000) [Link] [PDF© AIP 2000

Light-induced modification of kinetic molecular properties: enhancement of optical Kerr effect in absorbing liquids, photoinduced torque and molecular motors in dye-doped nematics
M. Kreuzer, L. Marrucci, D. Paparo, J. Nonlinear Opt. Phys. Mater. 9, 157-182 (2000) [Link] [PDF© WSP 2000

Longitudinal extra-torque in liquid crystals due to the optical beam shape
L. Marrucci, B. Piccirillo, F. Vetrano, E. Santamato, J. Opt. A: Pure Appl. Opt. 2, 294-298 (2000) [Link] [PDF© IoP 2000

Optical analysis of surfaces by second harmonic generation: possible applications to the tribological field
L. Marrucci, D. Paparo, G. Cerrone, S. Solimeno, R. Russo, T. L. Lenza, P. Siano, 2000 AIMETA Int. Tribology Conf. Proceedings, p. 389-396 (2000) [PDF]

 

1999:

Optical reorientation in nematic liquid crystals controlled by the laser beam shape
L. Marrucci, F. Vetrano, E. Santamato, Opt. Commun. 171, 131-136 (1999) [Link] [PDF© ELS 1999

Dynamical regimes and motion intermittence induced by a laser beam in a nematic liquid crystal film
E. Santamato, G. Abbate, P. Maddalena, L. Marrucci, D. Paparo, B. Piccirillo, Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst. 328, 479-487 (1999) [Link] [PDF© T&F 1999

Molecular-field-enhanced optical Kerr effect in absorbing liquids
D. Paparo, L. Marrucci, G. Abbate, E. Santamato, M. Kreuzer, P. Lehnert, T. Vogeler, Highlights INFM 1996-97, 11-12 (1999) [PDF]

 

1998:

Enhanced optical nonlinearity by photoinduced molecular orientation in absorbing liquids
L. Marrucci, D. Paparo, G. Abbate, E. Santamato, M. Kreuzer, P. Lehnert, T. Vogeler, Phys. Rev. A 58, 4926-4936 (1998) [Link] [PDF© APS1998

Experimental study of the molecular reorientation induced by the ordinary wave in a nematic liquid crystal film
E. Santamato, P. Maddalena, L. Marrucci, B. Piccirillo, Liq. Cryst. 25, 357-362 (1998) [Link] [PDF© T&F1998

Liquid crystal reorientation induced by completely unpolarized light
L. Marrucci, P. Maddalena, G. Arnone, L. Sirleto, E. Santamato, Phys. Rev. E 57, 3033-3037 (1998) [Link] [PDF© APS1998

Optical nonlinearity by photoinduced variation of intermolecular forces in liquids and liquid crystals
L. Marrucci, Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst. 321, 57-75 (1998) [Link] [PDF© T&F1998

Optical Kerr-like response of dye-doped nematics
E. Santamato, G. Abbate, P. Maddalena, L. Marrucci, D. Paparo, E. Massera, M. Colicchio, Pure Appl. Opt. 7, 191-199 (1998) [Link] [PDF© IoP 1998

Catheter for therapeutic tissue perfusion
P. Mastronardi, A. E. Rossi, F. Fraganza, M. D’Onofrio, L. Marrucci, Patent (Filing nr. ITMI2519, patent nr. IT1303778-B)

Nonlinear optics of liquid crystals
L. Marrucci, Y. R. Shen, in The optics of thermotropic liquid crystals, ed. by R. Sambles & S. Elston (Taylor & Francis, London, 1998) [PDF]

 

1997:

Role of guest-host intermolecular forces in photoinduced reorientation of dyed liquid crystals
L. Marrucci, D. Paparo, P. Maddalena, E. Massera, E. Prudnikova, E. Santamato, J. Chem. Phys. 107, 9783-9793 (1997) [Link] [PDF© AIP1997

Photoinduced molecular reorientation of absorbing liquid crystals
L. Marrucci, D. Paparo, Phys. Rev. E 56, 1765-1772 (1997) [Link] [PDF© APS 1997

Optical reorientation in dye-doped nematics
E. Santamato, G. Abbate, P. Maddalena, L. Marrucci, D. Paparo, E. Massera, Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst. 302, 111-120 (1997) [Link] [PDF] © T&F 1997

Molecular-field-enhanced optical Kerr effect in absorbing liquids
D. Paparo, L. Marrucci, G. Abbate, E. Santamato, M. Kreuzer, P. Lehnert, T. Vogeler, Phys. Rev. Lett. 78, 38-41 (1997) [Link] [PDF© APS 1997

 

1996:

Nonlinear effects in nematics doped by dyes and chiral agents
G. Abbate, G. Arnone, A. Lauria, P. Maddalena, L. Marrucci, D. Paparo, E. Santamato, in Novel Optical Materials and Applications, ed. by I. C. Khoo, F. Simoni, and C. Umeton (John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1996) [PDF]

Optical Fréedericksz transition induced by depolarized light
G. Arnone, L. Sirleto, L. Marrucci, P. Maddalena, E. Santamato, Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst. 282, 191-204 (1996) [Link] [PDF© T&F 1996

Time resolved fluorescence of dye solutions in nematic liquid crystals
D. Paparo, L. Marrucci, G. Abbate, E. Santamato, P. Bartolini, R. Torre, Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst. 282, 461-472 (1996) [Link] [PDF© T&F 1996

 

1995:

Lagrangian approach to light propagation in liquid crystals
E. Santamato, G. Abbate, P. Maddalena, L. Marrucci, Phys. Rev. E 52, 5053-5060 (1995) [Link] [PDF© APS 1995

Optically induced reorientation in nematics doped by chiral agents
P. Maddalena, G. Arnone, G. Abbate, L. Marrucci, E. Santamato, Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst. 261, 113-122 (1995) [Link] [PDF© T&F 1995

Orientation of amphiphilic molecules on polar substrates
X. Zhuang, D. Wilk, L. Marrucci, Y. R. Shen, Phys. Rev. Lett. 75, 2144-2147 (1995) [Link] [PDF© APS 1995

Dependence of liquid crystal bulk alignment on its surface monolayer
X. Zhuang, L. Marrucci, D. Johannsmann, Y. R. Shen, Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst. 262, 35-43 (1995) [Link] [PDF© T&F 1995

 

1994:

Optical field induced reorientational effects in chiral-doped nematics
G. Arnone, P. Maddalena, G. Abbate, L. Marrucci, E. Santamato, Proceedings of the 5th European Quantum Electronics Conference, 157-158 (1994), ISBN: 0-7803-1791-2 [Link]

Surface-monolayer-induced bulk alignment of liquid crystals
X. Zhuang, L. Marrucci, Y. R. Shen, Phys. Rev. Lett. 73, 1513-1516 (1994) [Link] [PDF© APS 1994

 

1993:

Diffusione stimolata autoindotta della luce in un cristallo liquido nematico
L. Marrucci, Tesi di Dottorato di Ricerca (PhD thesis), National Libraries of Rome and Florence (1993) [Link] [PDF]

A new optical method for the measurement of viscoelastic coefficient in nematic liquid crystals
L. Marrucci, G. Abbate, S. Ferraiuolo, P. Maddalena, E. Santamato, Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst. 237, 39-46 (1993) [Link] [PDF© T&F 1993

Optical reorientation in cholesteric-nematic mixtures
G. Abbate, A. Ferraiuolo, P. Maddalena, L. Marrucci, E. Santamato, Liq. Cryst. 14, 1431-1438 (1993) [Link] [PDF© T&F 1993

 

1992:

Self-induced stimulated light scattering in nematic liquid crystals: theory and experiment
L. Marrucci, G. Abbate, S. Ferraiuolo, P. Maddalena, E. Santamato, Phys. Rev. A 46, 4859-4868 (1992) [Link] [PDF© APS 1992

First-order optical Fréedericksz transition in nematics doped with chiral agents
G. Abbate, P. Maddalena, L. Marrucci, L. Saetta, A. Ferraiuolo, S. Ferraiuolo, E. Santamato, Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst. 223, 11-18 (1992) [Link] [PDF© T&F 1992

Detailed study near the threshold of the optical Fréedricksz transition: multistability and optical phase-locking
G. Abbate, P. Maddalena, L. Marrucci, L. Saetta, E. Santamato, Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst. 222, 181-188 (1992) [Link] [PDF© T&F 1992

Experimental problems in the observation of multistability in the optical Fréedericksz transition in nematics
G. Abbate, P. Maddalena, L. Marrucci, L. Saetta, E. Santamato, Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst. 212, 173-182 (1992) [Link] [PDF© T&F 1992

 

1991:

Photodynamical effects induced by the angular momentum of light in liquid crystals
G. Abbate, P. Maddalena, L. Marrucci, L. Saetta, E. Santamato, Phys. Scripta T39, 389-393 (1991) [Link] [PDF© IoP 1991

Multistability and nonlinear dynamics of the optical Fréedericksz transition in a homeotropically aligned nematic
G. Abbate, P. Maddalena, L. Marrucci, L. Saetta, E. Santamato, J. Phys. II 1, 543-557 (1991) [Link] [PDF© LEP 1991

Multistability hysteresis and optical phase locking in the optical Fréedericksz transition with linearly polarized light at normal incidence
G. Abbate, P. Maddalena, L. Marrucci, L. Saetta, E. Santamato, Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst. 207, 161-172 (1991) [Link] [PDF© T&F 1991

Photodynamical effects induced by the angular momentum of light in liquid crystals
G. Abbate, P. Maddalena, L. Marrucci, L. Saetta, E. Santamato, Conf. Proc. Italian Phys. Soc. 29, 161-168 (Ed. Compositori, Bologna, 1991) [PDF]

Photodynamical effects induced by laser radiation in a nematic liquid crystal film
G. Abbate, P. Maddalena, L. Marrucci, E. Santamato, Y. R. Shen, Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst. 198, 225-230 (1991) [Link] [PDF© T&F 1991

Polarization effects in the optical reorientation of freely suspended smectic-C liquid crystal films
G. Abbate, P. Maddalena, L. Marrucci, E. Santamato, J. Appl. Phys. 69, 1269-1274 (1991) [Link] [PDF© AIP 1991

 

1990:

Laser-induced nonlinear dynamics in a nematic liquid crystal film
E. Santamato, G. Abbate, P. Maddalena, L. Marrucci, Y. R. Shen, Phys. Rev. Lett. 64, 1377-1380 (1990) [Link] [PDF© APS 1990 

Time-dependent dynamical reorientation induced by cw laser beam in a nematic liquid crystal film
E. Santamato, G. Abbate, P. Maddalena, L. Marrucci, Y. R. Shen, Digest of the First International Meeting on Nonlinear Optics: Materials, Phenomena and Devices, 149-150 (1990) [Link] [PDF]

Laser-induced nonlinear dynamics in a liquid crystal film
E. Santamato, G. Abbate, P. Maddalena, L. Marrucci, Y. R. Shen, Digest of XVII International Conference on Quantum Electronics, 154-155 (1990), ISBN: 1557521336 [Link] [PDF]

Undamped nonlinear oscillations of the director of a nematic liquid crystal induced by an elliptically polarized laser beam
E. Santamato, G. Abbate, P. Maddalena, L. Marrucci, Y. R. Shen, Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst. 179, 189-200 (1990) [Link] [PDF© T&F 1990

 

1989:

Effetti ottici non lineari dinamici nei cristalli liquidi
E. Santamato, G. Abbate, P. Maddalena, L. Marrucci, Conf. Proc. Italian Phys. Soc. 21, 145-150 (Ed. Compositori, Bologna, 1989) [PDF]

 

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