Curriculum Vitae of Armando Ricciardi Personal Information Name: Armando Ricciardi Nationality: Italian Date of birth: 01/12/1981 Address: C.da Pezzapiana, 82100 Benevento (ITALY) Mobile Tel.: +39 339 7782935 Office Tel.: +39 0824 305601 E-mail: [email protected] Tax Code: RCC RND 81 T01 A783R Education From January 11 Post-Doc student at the Engineering Department (Optoelectronic Division) of the University of Sannio in Benevento (Italy) January 08 – December 10 Ph.D. student at the Department of Technology of the University of Naples „Parthenope‟ (Italy) Dissertation: „Guided Resonances in Photonic Crystals and Quasicrystals‟ April 09 – July 10 Visiting student at the Microphotonic Group of the Physics and Astronomy Department of the St Andrews University (UK) January 04 – March 06 Second Level Degree in Telecommunication Engineering at University of Sannio in Benevento (Italy) Dissertation: „Analysis of Polymeric Photonic Crystal Structures‟ Final mark: 110/110 with distinction September 99 – March 03 First Level Degree in Telecommunication Engineering at University of Sannio Dissertation: „Analysis and Synthesis of Fiber Bragg Gratings for Telecommunications Applications‟ Final mark: 110/110 September 93 – July 99 High School Certificate at Liceo Classico „P. Giannone‟, Benevento Final mark: 88/100 Main subjects: Italian Literature, Latin, Old Greek, Story and Philosophy (humanistic studies) Grants May 06 – May 07 Grant for the project „Creation of Process and Product Innovation Operators for Small and Medium Companies‟ at the Regional Expertise Center for New Technologies, University of Naples „Federico II‟ September 04 – March 05 Semester at the Polytechnic School, University of Alcalá, (Alacalà de Henares - Madrid) – for the Erasmus Exchange Programme. Modules: Software Engineering, Operative Systems Laboratory, Voice Digital Processing. Languages Italian English Spanish Native Very Good writing and oral skills Excellent writing and skills Computer skills OS Programming Office Mathematics Scientific Windows, Linux/Unix Java, C/C++ Microsoft Office, OpenOffice.org MATLAB, Mathematica Comsol Multiphysics, RSOFT (BANDSolve, FULLWave, …), MPB, RCWA Teaching experience From September 08 Teaching Assistant, Digital Electronics Exercises and laboratory works. From March 08 Supervisor of Master theses, essentially concerning numerical and experimental analysis of Photonic Crystal - based Structures. Other work experiences September 03 – January 06 · Tutor for the students of A.S.U.A. (Associazione Studenti Universitari Audiolesi – Voiceless University Students Association), Benevento. Main subjects: Physics and Math, Signals Processing Theory. October 03 – November 03 Laboratory Junior Engineer at the Engineering (Optoelectronic Division) of University of Sannio. Department Interests Music My Passion. Essential think in my life. I love songwriters. I play guitar and mouth harp. Travel The best way to invest saving. Travelled extensively throughout Europe Sports Basketball at semi-professional level during 9 years. Soccer at amateur level Fan of F.C. Napoli Publications International Journals A. Ricciardi, M. Pisco, I. Gallina, S. Campopiano, V. Galdi, L. O‟ Faolain, T. F. Krauss, and A. Cusano, “Evidence of guided resonances in photonic quasi-crystals slabs,” Phys. Rev. B, 84, 085135 (2011). A. Ricciardi, M. Pisco, I. Gallina, S. Campopiano, V. Galdi, L. O‟ Faolain, T. F. Krauss, and A. Cusano, “Experimental evidence of guided resonances in photonic crystals with aperiodically-ordered supercells,” Opt. Letters, vol. n. 35, 23, 3946-3948, (2010). M. Pisco, A. Ricciardi, I. Gallina, G. Castaldi, S. Campopiano, A. Cutolo, A. Cusano, and V. Galdi, Tuning efficiency and sensitivity of guided resonances in photonic crystals and quasi-crystals: A comparative study, Opt. Express 18, 17280-17293 (2010). A. Ricciardi, S. Campopiano, A. Cusano, T.F. Krauss, L. O‟Faolain, “Broadband Mirrors in the Near-Infrared based on Sub-Wavelength Gratings in SOI”, IEEE Photonics, vol. 2, 5, 696-702, (2010). M. Pisco, A. Ricciardi, S. Campopiano, C. Caucheteur, P. Megret, A. Cusano, “Time Delay Measurements as Promising Technique for Tilted Fiber Bragg Grating Sensors Interrogation”, IEEE Phot. Technol. Letters, Vol. 21, Iss. 23, pp.1752 – 1754, (2009). M. Pisco, A. Ricciardi, S. Campopiano, C. Caucheteur, P. Mégret, A. Cutolo, A. Cusano, “Fast and slow light in optical fibers through tilted fiber Bragg gratings”, Opt. Express Vol. 17, Iss. 26, pp. 23502–23510 (2009). I. Gallina, M. Pisco, A. Ricciardi, S. Campopiano, G. Castaldi, A. Cusano, V. Galdi, “ Guided resonances in photonic crystals with point-defected aperiodically-ordered supercells”, Opt. Express, Vol. 17, Issue 22, pp. 1958619598 (2009). I. Gallina, A. Ricciardi, M. Pisco, S. Campopiano, G. Castaldi, A. Cusano, A. Cutolo, and V. Galdi, “Parametric study of guided resonances in octagonal photonic quasicrystals,” Microw. Opt. Technol. Lett. Vol. 51, Iss. 11, pp. 2737–2740 (2009). A. Ricciardi, I. Gallina, S. Campopiano, G. Castaldi, M. Pisco, A. Cutolo, V. Galdi, A. Cusano, “Guided resonances in photonic quasicrystals”, Opt. Express, Vol. 17 Issue 8, pp.6335-6346 (2009). Book Chapters A. Ricciardi, S. Campopiano, M. Pisco, A. Cusano, I. Gallina, G. Castaldi, and V. Galdi, “Out-of-Plane Propagation in Photonic Quasicrystals: Guided Resonances,” in “Selected Topics in Photonic Crystals and Metamaterials,” by A. Andreone, A. Cusano, A. Cutolo and V. Galdi, World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd, (expected publication year 2011). M. Pisco, A. Cusano, A. Ricciardi, S. Campopiano, G. Castaldi, and V. Galdi, “Guided Resonances in Photonic Crystal Slabs for Sensing Applications,” in “Photonic Bandgap Structures: a Novel Technological Platform for Physical, Chemical and Biological Sensing,” by M. Pisco, A. Cusano and A. Cutolo, Bentham Science Publishers Ltd., (expected publication year 2011) A. Ricciardi, C. Ciminelli, M. Pisco, S. Campopiano, C.E. Campanella, E. Scivittaro, M.N. Armenise, A. Cutolo, A. Cusano, “Photonic Crystals: towards a novel generation of integrated optical devices for chemical and biological detection”, book chapter in “An Introduction to Optoelectronic Sensors (Series in Optics and Photonics)”, by G.C. Righini, A. Tajani, A. Cutolo, World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd, ISBN-13: 978-9812834126 (2008) Conferences A. Ricciardi, A. Crescitelli, M. Consales, A. Micco, E. Esposito, V. Galdi, A. Cutolo, A. Cusano, “Analysis of Plasmonic-Photonic Resonances in Hybrid Metallo-Dielecric Quasicrystals,” METAMATERIALS 2012, Paris, France, 19 – 22 April, (2012). A. Crescitelli, A. Ricciardi, M. Consales, E. Esposito, A. Cutolo, A. Cusano, “Lab on Fiber Technology enables Nanophotonics within optical fibers,” METAMATERIALS 2012, Paris, France, 19 – 22 April, (2012). A. Ricciardi, A. Crescitelli, M. Consales, Vi. Galdi, E. Esposito, A Cusano, “Plasmonic-Photonic Resonances in Nanostructured Metallo-Dielectric Quasi-Crystals: Tuning and Sensitivity Analysis,” Asia Pacific Optical Sensors 2012, Sydney, Australia, 31 January – 03 February (2012). A.Crescitelli, A. Ricciardi, M. Consales, E. Esposito, V. Galdi, C. Granata, A. Cutolo, A. Cusano, “Tunable and Reconfigurable PlasmonicPhotonic Resonances in Hybrid Metallo-Dielectric Quasicrystals for Biosensing,” IEEE Sensors 2011, Limerick, Ireland, (28 -31 October) 2011. E. Esposito, A.Crescitelli, M. Consales, A. Ricciardi, C. Granata, A. Cutolo, A. Cusano , “Lab on Fiber Technology for Sensing Applications,” IEEE Sensors 2011, Limerick, Ireland, (28 -31 October) 2011. A. Ricciardi, A. Crescitelli, M. Consales, A. Cutolo, G. Castaldi, V. Galdi, E. Esposito, A. Cusano, “Out-of-plane resonances in dielectric and metallodielectric photonic quasi-crystal slabs,” Fifth International Congress on Advanced Electromagnetic Materials in Microwaves and Optics, METAMATERIALS 2011, Barcelona, Spain (2011). A. Crescitelli, A. Ricciardi, M. Consales, C. Granata, E. Esposito, V. Galdi, A. Cutolo, A. Cusano, “Plasmonic-Photonic Resonances in Low Contrast Hybrid Metallo-Dielecric Quasicrystals”, EOS Topycal Meetings on Optical Mycrosystems, Capri, Italy, (26-28 September 2011). A. Ricciardi, A. Crescitelli, M. Consales, C. Granata, E. Esposito, A. Cutolo, A. Cusano, “Lab on Fiber: Towards the Integration to the Fiber facet Of Hybrid Photonic Plasmonic Crystals,” EOS Topycal Meetings on Optical Mycrosystems, Capri, Italy, (26-28 September 2011). A. Cusano, M. Consales, M. Pisco, A. Crescitelli, A. Ricciardi, E. Esposito, A. Cutolo, “Lab on Fiber and related devices”, International Conference on Application of Optics and Photonics (AOP), Braga, Portugal (3-7 May 2011). A. Ricciardi, M. Pisco, I. Gallina, S. Campopiano, V. Galdi, L. O‟ Faolain, T.F. Krauss, A. Cutolo, A. Cusano, “Guided Resonances in Photonic Crystal Slabs with Aperiodically-Ordered Supercells”, Second Mediterranean Photonic Conference, Eliat, Israel (29 November- 2 December 2010) A. Ricciardi, T.F. Krauss, L. O‟Faolain, “Broadband High-Reflectivity Mirrors in the NIR based on Periodic and Aperiodic Sub-Wavelength Gratings in SOI”, PECS IX, Granada, Spain, (26-30 September 2010) M. Pisco, A. Ricciardi, S. Campopiano, C. Caucheteur, P. Mégret, A. Cutolo, A. Cusano, “Novel interrogation technique for tilted fiber Bragg gratings sensors based on single-wavelength time delay measurements”, 20th International Conference on Optical Fibre Sensors‟, Edinburgh, UK, (05-09 October 2009) A. Cutolo, A. Ferrara, M.Pisco, D. Mascolo, A. Ricciardi, “Compact tunable terahertz source: perspectives on planar configurations”, Proc. of SPIE Europe Security and Defence 2009, Vol 7485, 74850N (2009) A. Ricciardi, I. Gallina, S. Campopiano, G. Castaldi, A. Cusano, A. Cutolo, V. Galdi, M. Pisco, “Guided resonances in photonic quasicrystals: some preliminary results”, 4th National Workshop on Metamaterials and Special Materials for Electromagnetic Applications and TLC, Napoli, Italy (1819 December 2008) A. Ricciardi, M. Pisco, A. Cusano, A. Cutolo, “On the possibility of using the Cherenkov effect for tunable THz sources”, First Mediterranean Photonic Conference, Ischia, Italy (25-28 June 2008). References Prof. Antonello Cutolo Full Professor of Optoelectronics and Electronics Università degli Studi del Sannio, Facoltà di Ingegneria Palazzo Dell'Aquila Bosco Lucarelli, Corso Garibaldi, 107 - 82100 Benevento (Italy) Tel +39 0824 305812 e-mail: [email protected] Prof. Andrea Cusano Associate Professor of Optoelectronics and Electronics Università degli Studi del Sannio, Facoltà di Ingegneria Palazzo Dell'Aquila Bosco Lucarelli, Corso Garibaldi, 107 - 82100 Benevento (Italy) Tel +39 0824 305835 e-mail: [email protected] Prof. Stefania Campopiano Associate Professor of Optoelectronics and Electronics Università di Napoli "Parthenope", Dipartimento per le Tecnologie Centro Direzionale - Isola C4 80143, Napoli Italy Tel +39 081 5476717 Email: [email protected] Prof. Thomas Krauss Professor of Optoelectronics Head of School School of Physics & Astronomy University of St Andrews North Haugh St Andrews KY16 9SS Scotland, UK Email: [email protected]