About Me.
Ass. Prof. Rinaldo Trotta
Recent Publications
J. Neuwirth, F. Basso Basset, M. B. Rota, E. Roccia, C. Schimpf, K. D. Jöns, A. Rastelli, and R. Trotta Quantum dot technology for quantum repeaters: from entangled photon generation toward the integration with quantum memories Materials for Quantum Technologies, 1, 043001, (2021) T. Lettner, S. Gyger, K. D. Zeuner, L. Schweickert, S. Steinhauer, C. Reuterskiöld Hedlund, S. Stroj, A. Rastelli, M. Hammar, R. Trotta, K.D. Jöns, and, Zwiller, V. „Strain-Controlled Quantum Dot Fine Structure for Entangled Photon Generation at 1550 nm" Nano Letters 21, 10501 (2021) G. Carvacho, E. Roccia, M. Valeri, F. Basso Basset, D. Poderini, C. Pardo, E. Polino, L. Carosini, M. B.L. Rota, J. Neuwirth, S.F.C. da Silva, A. Rastelli, N. Spagnolo, R. Chaves, R. Trotta, and F. Sciarrino "Quantum violation of local causality in urban network with hybrid photonic technologies" rXiv:2109.06823 H. Huang, D. Csontosová, S. Manna, Y. Huo, R. Trotta, A. Rastelli, and P. Klenovský "Electric field induced tuning of electronic correlation in weakly confining quantum dots" Physical Review B, 104, 165401, (2021) S. F. C. da Silva, G. Undeutsch, B. Lehner, S. Manna, T. M. Krieger, M. Reindl, C. Schimpf, R. Trotta, and A. Rastelli "GaAs quantum dots grown by droplet etching epitaxy as quantum light sources" Applied Physics Letters, 119, 120502, (2021). F. Basso Basset, M. Valeri, E. Roccia, V. Muredda, D. Poderini, J. Neuwirth, N. Spagnolo, M. B. Rota, G. Carvacho, F. Sciarrino, and R. Trotta „Quantum key distribution with entangled photons generated on demand by a quantum dot" Science Advances 7, eabe637 (2021) C. Schimpf, M. Reindl, F. B. Basset, K. Joens, R. Trotta, And A. Rastelli „Quantum dots as potential sources of strongly entangled photons: Perspectives and challenges for applications in quantum networks" Appl. Phys. Lett. 118, 100502 (2021) I. R. Jahromi, G. Juska, S. Varo, F. Basso Basset, F. Salusti, R. Trotta, A. Gocalinska, F. Mattana, E. Pelucchi „Optical properties and simmetry optimization of spectrally (excitonically) uniform site-controlled GaAs pyramidal quantum dots" Appl. Phys. Lett. 118, 073103 (2021) F. Basso Basset, F. Salusti, L. Schweickert, M. B. Rota, D. Tedeschi, S. F. Covre da Silva, E. Roccia, V. Zwiller, K. D Jöns, A. Rastelli, and R. Trotta „ Quantum Teleportation with Imperfect Quantum Dots " npj Quantum Information 7 (2021) |
Associate Professor Dr. Rinaldo Trotta
Department of Physics, Sapienza University of Rome Piazzale A. Moro 5, 00185 Rome (Italy) Phone: +39 0649914404 rinaldo.trotta at uniroma1.it Academic Career
Date and place of birth: 16.08.1981, Tivoli (Italy). 2001 – 2005 Studying Physics at the University of Rome "La Sapienza" (Italy). 2005 (September 29th) “Laurea” (“Diplom”) in Physics. Title: "Investigation of the electronic properties of dilute nitrides by means of optical spectroscopy techniques" grade: 110/110 cum laude. 2005 – 2008 PhD Student in Materials Science at the Physics Departement of the University of Rome “La Sapienza”, Italy. 2008 (December 19th) PhD in Materials Science, Supervisors Prof. A. Polimeni and Prof. M. Capizzi. Title: "Hydrogen-assisted defect engineering in dilute nitride semiconductors" awarded as the best Italian PhD thesis in materials science (experimental), "Giuseppe Turilli" prize (2009). 2009 Post-Doc at the Physics department of the University of Rome “La Sapienza” (Italy), in the group of Prof. A. Polimeni and Prof. M. Capizzi. 2010 - 2011 Post-Doc at the Institute for Integrative Nanosciences IIN, IFW-Dresden, Dresden, Germany, in the group of Prof. A. Rastelli and Prof. O.G. Schmidt. 2011 - 2012 Head of the optics group (group leader) at the Institute for Integrative Nanosciences IIN, IFW-Dresden, Dresden, Germany. 06/2012 - 11/2013 University Assistant at the Institute of Semiconductor and Solid State Physics, Johannes Kepler Universität Linz, Austria. 11/2013 – 05/2017 Assistant Professor at the Institute of Semiconductor and Solid State Physics, Johannes Kepler Universität Linz, Austria. 2015 Received the ERC Starting Grant (start date: 04/2016) 10/2016 Received the "Fritz Kohlrausch Prize" of ÖPG. 04/2017 Habilitation (venia docendi), at the JKU Linz: “Towards scalable sources of single and entangled photons based on quantum dots” 06/2017 Associate Professor at the Johannes Kepler University – Linz 11/2017 Associate Professor at the University of Rome, La Sapienza - Rome 05/2021 Italian Habilitation as Full Professor (valid until 05/2030) AWARDS / RECOGNITION
2008 the best Italian PhD thesis in materials science (experimental), "Giuseppe Turilli" prize (2009). 2015 Received the ERC Starting Grant (start date: 04/2016). 10/2016 Received the "Fritz Kohlrausch Prize" of the Austrian Physical Society (ÖPG) for the outstanding experimental work performed in Austria. |
Invited Talks
2021
Quantum Communication with Entangled Photons from Quantum Dots
VI International Conference on Quantum Information and Measurement (QIM) of the Optical Society, on-line event
Towards Quantum Communication with Entangled Photons from Quantum Dots
Palacky University Olomouc, Faculty of Science, Olomouc, (Czech Republic)
Towards Quantum Communication with Entangled Photons from Quantum Dots
8th International Workshop on “Epitaxial Growth and Fundamental Properties of Semiconductor Nanostructures”, Semiconnano2021, Milan (Italy)
Towards Quantum Communication with Entangled Photons from Quantum Dots
Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, C2N, Palaiseau (France)
2020
Quantum Communication with Entangled Photons from Quantum Dots
Tyndall National Institute, Cork (Ireland)
Site-controlled and energy-tuneable single-photon sources in two-dimensional materials
Condensed Matter General conferences, European Physcial Society, CMD2020GEFES, Strain in Metal-Halide Perovskites and other Emerging Nanomaterials, Madrid (Spain)
Playing with entangled photons from semiconductor quantum dots
Summer School on "Quantum Dots for Photonic Quantum Information Technologies", Copenaghen, (Denmark)
2019
Towards Entanglement Distribution with Photons from Quantum Dots
Winter School on "Quantum Dots: from growth to fundamental properties", Würzburg (Germany)
Quantum teleportation and entanglement swapping with photons from quantum dots
2nd International Symposium on "Single Photon based Quantum Technologies", Berlin (Germany)
Quantum teleportation and entanglement swapping with photons from an artificial atom
Frontiers in Quantum Materials & Devices Workshop, Tokzo (Japan)
Quantum teleportation and entanglement swapping with photons from an artificial atom
PIERS 2019 Photonics & Electromagnetics Research Symposium, Rome (Italy)
Quantum teleportation and entanglement swapping with photons from an artificial atom
7th International Workshop on Engineering of Quantum Emitter Properties, Berlin (Germany)
2018
GaAs Quantum Dots for Quantum Networking
Heraeus-Seminar on Quantum Networks, Bad Honnef (Germany)
GaAs Quantum Dots for Quantum Networking
Technical University of Denmark, Department of Photonics Engineering, Copenhagen (Denmark)
Towards scalable sources of entangled photons based on quantum dots
University of Rome Tor Vergata, Physics Department (Italy)
2017
Scalable Sources of Indistinguishable Entangled Photons from Quantum Dots
UK Quantum Dot Day 2017, Edinburgh (UK)
Strain-tunable quantum dots interfaced with atomic vapors
DFG (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft) Conference, Dresden (Germany)
Towards scalable sources of entangled photons based on strain-engineered quantum dots
KTH Stockholm (Sweden)
Strain-engineered artificial atoms for quantum nanophotonics
CeNS Workshop 2017 "Design and Control of NanoSystems"
Advanced Quantum Optics with GaAs Quantum Dots
5th International Workshop on Engineering of Quantum Emitter Properties, Waterloo (Canada)
2016
Single and Entangled Photons from Strain-Tunable Quantum Dot Devices
University of Basel (Switzerland)
Mechanical control of excitons in GaAs quantum dots
III International Workshop on Metal Droplet Epitaxy of Semiconductor Nanostructures (DeWork3), Jeju, Korea
Scalable Sources of Entangled Photons based on Semiconductor Quantum Dots
Annual meeting of the Austrian Physical Society, (Vienna, Austria)
Nanostrutture “stessate”: nuove sorgenti di luce quantistica
European Researchers' Night, Parma (Italy)
Semiconductor-Piezoelectric Quantum-Dot Devices for Quantum Networking
Quantum innovators workshop, University of Waterloo (Canada)
Scalable Sources of Indistinguishable Entangled Photons from Quantum Dots
4th International Workshop on Engineering of Quantum Emitter Properties, Tyndall Cork (Ireland)
2015
Single and Entangled Photons from Semiconductor Quantum Dots
Masaryk University BRNO (Czech Republic)
Semiconductor-Piezoelectric Quantum-Dot Devices for Quantum Networking
Masaryk University BRNO (Czech Republic)
Semiconductor-Piezoelectric Quantum Devices for Quantum Networking
University of Trento (Italy)
2014
Strain-tunable quantum-dot devices
18th International Winterschool on New Developments in Solid State, Mauterndorf (Austria)
Semiconductor-Piezoelectric Quantum Dot Devices
Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh (UK)
Semiconductor-Piezoelectric Quantum Dot Devices
Second International Conference of Young Researchers on Advanced Materials (IUMRS-ICYRAM 2014), Haikou (China)
Semiconductor-Piezoelectric Quantum Devices Institute of Physics
The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing (China)
Single and Entangled Photons from Semiconductor-Piezoelectric Quantum Dot Devices
2nd International Workshop on Engineering of Quantum Emitter Properties, Innsbruck University (Austria)
2013
High‐fidelity entangled photons from strain-tunable optoelectronic devices
Institute for Physics, Augsburg (Germany)
Reshaping the optical properties of quantum dots via electro-elastic fields
Annual meeting of the Nanoscience Lab, University of Trento, Trento (Italy)
2012
Electro-elastic control of excitons in self-assembled quantum dots
DFG (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft) Conference, Berlin (Germany)
Controlling artificial atoms in nanomembranes by the simultaneous application of large strain and electric fields
ICSNN – International Conference on Superlattices, Nanostructures, and Nanodevices, Dresden (Germany)
2011
Strain-tuneable quantum-dot devices
CC3DMR Collaborative Conference on 3D & Materials Research, Jeju (Korea)
2010
Hydrogen-assisted defect engineering in dilute nitride semiconductors
Institute for Magnetic and Electronic Materials
(IMEM-CNR), Parma (Italy)
Hydrogen-mediated nanostructuring of dilute nitride semiconductors
Conference of the European Materials Research Society (E-MRS). Congress centre, Strasbourg, (France)
2009
Hydrogen-assisted defect engineering in dilute nitride semiconductors
Laboratory for Photonics and Nanostructures, LPN-CNRS, Paris (France)
2021
Quantum Communication with Entangled Photons from Quantum Dots
VI International Conference on Quantum Information and Measurement (QIM) of the Optical Society, on-line event
Towards Quantum Communication with Entangled Photons from Quantum Dots
Palacky University Olomouc, Faculty of Science, Olomouc, (Czech Republic)
Towards Quantum Communication with Entangled Photons from Quantum Dots
8th International Workshop on “Epitaxial Growth and Fundamental Properties of Semiconductor Nanostructures”, Semiconnano2021, Milan (Italy)
Towards Quantum Communication with Entangled Photons from Quantum Dots
Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, C2N, Palaiseau (France)
2020
Quantum Communication with Entangled Photons from Quantum Dots
Tyndall National Institute, Cork (Ireland)
Site-controlled and energy-tuneable single-photon sources in two-dimensional materials
Condensed Matter General conferences, European Physcial Society, CMD2020GEFES, Strain in Metal-Halide Perovskites and other Emerging Nanomaterials, Madrid (Spain)
Playing with entangled photons from semiconductor quantum dots
Summer School on "Quantum Dots for Photonic Quantum Information Technologies", Copenaghen, (Denmark)
2019
Towards Entanglement Distribution with Photons from Quantum Dots
Winter School on "Quantum Dots: from growth to fundamental properties", Würzburg (Germany)
Quantum teleportation and entanglement swapping with photons from quantum dots
2nd International Symposium on "Single Photon based Quantum Technologies", Berlin (Germany)
Quantum teleportation and entanglement swapping with photons from an artificial atom
Frontiers in Quantum Materials & Devices Workshop, Tokzo (Japan)
Quantum teleportation and entanglement swapping with photons from an artificial atom
PIERS 2019 Photonics & Electromagnetics Research Symposium, Rome (Italy)
Quantum teleportation and entanglement swapping with photons from an artificial atom
7th International Workshop on Engineering of Quantum Emitter Properties, Berlin (Germany)
2018
GaAs Quantum Dots for Quantum Networking
Heraeus-Seminar on Quantum Networks, Bad Honnef (Germany)
GaAs Quantum Dots for Quantum Networking
Technical University of Denmark, Department of Photonics Engineering, Copenhagen (Denmark)
Towards scalable sources of entangled photons based on quantum dots
University of Rome Tor Vergata, Physics Department (Italy)
2017
Scalable Sources of Indistinguishable Entangled Photons from Quantum Dots
UK Quantum Dot Day 2017, Edinburgh (UK)
Strain-tunable quantum dots interfaced with atomic vapors
DFG (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft) Conference, Dresden (Germany)
Towards scalable sources of entangled photons based on strain-engineered quantum dots
KTH Stockholm (Sweden)
Strain-engineered artificial atoms for quantum nanophotonics
CeNS Workshop 2017 "Design and Control of NanoSystems"
Advanced Quantum Optics with GaAs Quantum Dots
5th International Workshop on Engineering of Quantum Emitter Properties, Waterloo (Canada)
2016
Single and Entangled Photons from Strain-Tunable Quantum Dot Devices
University of Basel (Switzerland)
Mechanical control of excitons in GaAs quantum dots
III International Workshop on Metal Droplet Epitaxy of Semiconductor Nanostructures (DeWork3), Jeju, Korea
Scalable Sources of Entangled Photons based on Semiconductor Quantum Dots
Annual meeting of the Austrian Physical Society, (Vienna, Austria)
Nanostrutture “stessate”: nuove sorgenti di luce quantistica
European Researchers' Night, Parma (Italy)
Semiconductor-Piezoelectric Quantum-Dot Devices for Quantum Networking
Quantum innovators workshop, University of Waterloo (Canada)
Scalable Sources of Indistinguishable Entangled Photons from Quantum Dots
4th International Workshop on Engineering of Quantum Emitter Properties, Tyndall Cork (Ireland)
2015
Single and Entangled Photons from Semiconductor Quantum Dots
Masaryk University BRNO (Czech Republic)
Semiconductor-Piezoelectric Quantum-Dot Devices for Quantum Networking
Masaryk University BRNO (Czech Republic)
Semiconductor-Piezoelectric Quantum Devices for Quantum Networking
University of Trento (Italy)
2014
Strain-tunable quantum-dot devices
18th International Winterschool on New Developments in Solid State, Mauterndorf (Austria)
Semiconductor-Piezoelectric Quantum Dot Devices
Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh (UK)
Semiconductor-Piezoelectric Quantum Dot Devices
Second International Conference of Young Researchers on Advanced Materials (IUMRS-ICYRAM 2014), Haikou (China)
Semiconductor-Piezoelectric Quantum Devices Institute of Physics
The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing (China)
Single and Entangled Photons from Semiconductor-Piezoelectric Quantum Dot Devices
2nd International Workshop on Engineering of Quantum Emitter Properties, Innsbruck University (Austria)
2013
High‐fidelity entangled photons from strain-tunable optoelectronic devices
Institute for Physics, Augsburg (Germany)
Reshaping the optical properties of quantum dots via electro-elastic fields
Annual meeting of the Nanoscience Lab, University of Trento, Trento (Italy)
2012
Electro-elastic control of excitons in self-assembled quantum dots
DFG (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft) Conference, Berlin (Germany)
Controlling artificial atoms in nanomembranes by the simultaneous application of large strain and electric fields
ICSNN – International Conference on Superlattices, Nanostructures, and Nanodevices, Dresden (Germany)
2011
Strain-tuneable quantum-dot devices
CC3DMR Collaborative Conference on 3D & Materials Research, Jeju (Korea)
2010
Hydrogen-assisted defect engineering in dilute nitride semiconductors
Institute for Magnetic and Electronic Materials
(IMEM-CNR), Parma (Italy)
Hydrogen-mediated nanostructuring of dilute nitride semiconductors
Conference of the European Materials Research Society (E-MRS). Congress centre, Strasbourg, (France)
2009
Hydrogen-assisted defect engineering in dilute nitride semiconductors
Laboratory for Photonics and Nanostructures, LPN-CNRS, Paris (France)
