Dr Luca Sapienza
- Reader (Electronic & Nanoscale Engineering)
telephone:
0141 330 1429
email:
Luca.Sapienza@glasgow.ac.uk
Biography
Dr Luca Sapienza is a Reader in Quantum Technologies at the James Watt School of Engineering and he is a member of the Centre for Quantum Technology of the University of Glasgow.
He is leading the Integrated Quantum Photonics research group whose activities focus on the fundamental understanding of quantum optics effects on a chip, the development of quantum and nano-photonic devices integrating single-photon emitters and the study of quantum effects in bio-molecules.
Research activities span electromagnetic simulation, nanofabrication and optical characterisation, by means of time-resolved micro-photoluminescence spectroscopy, down to cryogenic temperatures.
Device technology is based on III-V, silicon, silicon nitride and hybrid material systems to realise photonic crystal and plasmonic waveguides, optical cavities and resonators.
Prior to joining the University of Glasgow, Luca was an Associate Professor of Physics at the University of Southampton (United Kingdom) and he has held visiting positions at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (USA) and at the Ecole Normale Superieure de Paris (France).
Research interests
Luca is leading the Integrated Quantum Photonics research group whose activities focus on the fundamental understanding of quantum optics effects on a chip, the development of quantum and nano-photonic devices integrating single-photon emitters and the study of quantum effects in bio-molecules.
Research activities span electromagnetic simulation, nanofabrication and optical characterisation, by means of time-resolved micro-photoluminescence spectroscopy, down to cryogenic temperatures.
Device technology is based on III-V, silicon, silicon nitride and hybrid material systems to realise photonic crystal and plasmonic waveguides, optical cavities and resonators.
Supervision
We welcome applications from self-motivated students and postdoctoral researchers interested in working on fundamental quantum optics effects on a chip, nano and quantum photonic devices, electromagnetic simulations, nanofabrication and quantum biology.
Open positions can be found on our research group website: https://sites.google.com/view/integrated-quantum
Open PhD positions can be found here:
- On-chip single-photon sources for quantum information technology applications
- Quantum biology on a chip: investigating the optical properties of single biomolecules within nanofabricated photonic devices
Current supervised project:
- Purohit, Abhishek
On-chip Silicon Carbide Platform for Photonic Quantum Technologies
Additional information
More information can be found on our research group website:
Integrated Quantum Photonics research group
For more information, please contact Luca at: Luca.Sapienza@glasgow.ac.uk