gian-luca oppo


Position:
Professor, Chair of Computational and Nonlinear Physics
Department of Physics, University of Strathclyde,
107 Rottenrow, Glasgow, G4 0NG, Scotland, U.K.
Telephone: +44 141 548 3761
Fax: +44 141 552 2891
E-mail: gianluca-at-phys.strath.ac.uk
Research Group: Computational Nonlinear and Quantum Optics

Career:
2005-2006 Complex Dynamics Fellow, University of Florence, Italy
2003-2004 Senior Research Fellow Royal Society - Leverhulme Trust
2000-2005 Chair of Computational Physics supported by SGI
1998-2000 Professor of Computational and Nonlinear Physics
1993-1998 Reader
1992-1993 Senior Lecturer
1989-1992 Lecturer
1987-1989 Research Assistant, Drexel University, Philadelphia, USA
1985-1987 Research Assistant, University of Toronto, Canada
1984-1985 Research Assistant, Istituto Nazionale di Ottica, Florence, Italy
1983 Doctorate in Physics, University of Florence, Italy
1958 Born in Modena, Italy

Research Interests:
Complexity and Spatial Structures in Nonlinear Optics
Nonlinear Dynamics of Lasers and Optical Devices
Numerical Simulations of Opto-electronics Devices
Quantum Images
Quantum Coherences in Multi-level Atoms
Major Grants and Research Collaborations:
Quantum Structures ( QSTRUCT)
Virtual Interactive Design of Electronics and Opto-electronics Systems ( VIDEOS)
Visualisation and Imaging Supercomputing: Interdisciplinary Open Network ( VISION)
Quantum Images (QUANTIM)
Fundamentals, Functionalities and Application of Cavity Solitons ( FunFACS)
Selection of Recent Publications:
2007
S. Kajari-Schroder, G. Morigi, S. Franke-Arnold and G.-L. Oppo, Phys. Rev. A 75, 013816 (January 2007)
R. Franzosi, R. Livi, and G.-L. Oppo, J. Phys. B 40, 1195 (March 2007)
2006
R. Livi, R. Franzosi, and G.-L. Oppo, Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 060401 (August 2006)
G.-L. Oppo and J. Jeffers, "Quantum Fluctuations in Cavity Solitons" Chapter 10, Quantum Imaging, ed. M. Kolobov, Springer, Berlin (December 2006)
2005
A.J. Scroggie, J. Jeffers, G. McCartney, and G.-L. Oppo, Phys. Rev. E 71, 046602 (April 2005)
D. Gomila, and G.-L. Oppo, Phys. Rev. E 92, 016614 (July 2005)
A.J. Scroggie, J. Jeffers, G. McCartney, and G.-L. Oppo, Phys. Rev. A 72, 023824 (August 2005)
A.J. Scroggie, D. Gomila, W.J. Firth, and G.-L. Oppo, App. Phys. B 81, 963 (November 2006)
2004
D. Gomila, P. Colet, G.-L. Oppo and M. San Miguel, J. Opt. B 6, S265-S270 (May 2004)
D. Gomila, R. Zambrini and G.-L. Oppo, Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 253904 (June 2004)
2003
D. Gomila, P. Colet, G.-L. Oppo and M. San Miguel, IEEE J. Quant. Electr. 39, 238-244 (February 2003)
M. Hoyuelos, G.-L. Oppo, P. Colet and M. San Miguel, Eur. Phys. Jour. D 22, 441-452 (March 2003)
I. Rabbiosi, A.J. Scroggie and G.-L. Oppo, Eur. Phys. Jour. D 22, 453-460 (March 2003)
R. Neubecker, E. Benkler, R. Martin and G.-L. Oppo, Phys. Rev. Lett. 91, 113903 (September 2003)
I. Rabbiosi, A.J. Scroggie and G.-L. Oppo, Phys. Rev. E 68, 36602 (September 2003)
2002
M. Santagiustina, E. Hernandez-Garcia, M. San Miguel, A.J. Scroggie and G.-L. Oppo, Phys. Rev. E 65, 36610 (March 2002)
G.K. Harkness, W.J. Firth, G.-L. Oppo and J. McSloy, Phys. Rev. E 66, 46605 (September 2002)
J. McSloy, W.J. Firth, G.K. Harkness and G.-L. Oppo, Phys. Rev. E 66, 46606 (September 2002)
G. Morigi, S. Franke-Arnold and G.-L. Oppo, Phys. Rev. A 66, 53409 (November 2002)
I. Rabbiosi, A.J. Scroggie and G.-L. Oppo, Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 254102 (December 2002)
2001
G.-L. Oppo, A.J. Scroggie and W.J. Firth, Phys. Rev. E 63, 66209 (June 2001)
D. Gomila, P. Colet, G.-L. Oppo and M. San Miguel, Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 194101 (November 2001)
D. Skryabin, A. Yulin, D. Michaelis, W.J. Firth, G.-L. Oppo et al., Phys. Rev. E 64, 56618 (November 2001)

Courses:
12.321 Quantum Physics
PH.201 Computational Physics
12.372 Physics of Fluids
12.376 Nonlinear Physics
12.902 Light-Matter Interactions
12.905 Research Skills II

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