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Roberto Morandotti

Roberto Morandotti is a physics topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Roberto Morandotti rather than just read about it. In short: Roberto Morandotti is a physicist and full Professor, working in the Energy Materials Telecommunications Department of the Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique (INRS-EMT, Montreal, Canada). The work of his team includes the areas of integrated and quantum photonics, nonlinear and singular optics, as well as terahertz photonics.

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Reference excerpt

Roberto Morandotti is a physicist and full Professor, working in the Energy Materials Telecommunications Department of the Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique (INRS-EMT, Montreal, Canada). The work of his team includes the areas of integrated and quantum photonics, nonlinear and singular optics, as well as terahertz photonics.

Educational background 1993: M.Sc. Physics, University of Genoa 1999: Ph.D. Electrical Engineering, University of Glasgow

Professional background 1999-2001: Postdoctoral Researcher, Weizmann Institute of Science 2001-2002: Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Toronto 2003-2008: Associate Professor, INRS-EMT, Université du Québec 2008 - : Full Professor, INRS-EMT, Université du Québec

Professional recognition, honors and awards Excellence Prize for Scholar Merit, Rotary Association PhD fellowship, Bilateral UK – Israeli Fund Postdoctoral Fellowship, Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPRSC) (UK) Postdoctoral Fellowship, Weizmann Institute of Science Marie Curie European Community Fellowship Postdoctoral Fellowship, University of Toronto FQRNT (Fonds québécois de la recherche sur la nature et les technologies) Strategic Professor Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Fellow of the Engineering Institute of Canada Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering Fellow, Institute of Nanotechnology (IoN) Full Member (Fellow), Sigma Xi, the Scientific Research Society Fellow of the OSA (Optical Society), for "seminal contributions to the field of nonlinear optics, in particular for the discovery of discrete optical solitons" Fellow of the SPIE, for "achievements in nonlinear optics and magneto-optics" Fellow of the Institute of Physics Fellow of the American Physical Society for "pioneering contributions in discrete optics, nonlinear dynamics, and nonlinear optics in the THz domain" Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science for "distinguished contributions to the field of nonlinear and quantum optics" Fellow of the Institute for Electrical and Electronic Engineering for "contributions to integrated nonlinear and quantum optics" NSERC E.W.R. Steacie Memorial Fellow NSERC Synergy Award Recipient NSERC Brockhouse Award Recipient Marie-Victorin Award Recipient Urgel-Archambault Award Recipient UQ Leadership in Research Award IEEE Quantum Electronic Award Optica Max Born Award

Most important scientific contributions Experimental demonstration of discrete solitons and their dynamical properties. Demonstration of Anderson Localisations and band gap structures in waveguide arrays. Kerr spatio-temporal solitons in a planar glass waveguide (light bullets) and liquid crystals, X waves in bi-dispersive media, self-accelerating non-diffractive beams Ultrafast, extremely low power nonlinear optics in glass and semiconductor integrated waveguides Various contributions in the fields of linear and nonlinear optics in the THz Regime: A state of the art high power THz source to probe the nonlinear interaction of intense few-cycle terahertz pulses, demonstration of nonlinear wavelength conversion using THz waves, of new THz characterization techniques, including the first THz Optical Isolator. Demonstration of multiphoton, multidimensional and cluster complex quantum states using optical micro combs

References

External links Energy Materials Telecommunications Department of the Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique

Videos CLEO: 2014 - What's New with QELS- Fundamental Science 2014? Nonlinear Optics and Novel Phenomena Hot Topic - CLEO: 2012 Hot Topic CLEO:QELS - Fundamental Science 5 - Nonlinear Optics and Novel Phenomena

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Example 2 — changing one variable

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Example 3 — an exam-style question

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Applications of Roberto Morandotti

In research: Roberto Morandotti appears in physics research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Roberto Morandotti in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Roberto Morandotti is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1967 births, 21st-century Canadian physicists, 21st-century Italian physicists, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
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