Luca Sortino

Exploiting 2D materials - Nature Photonics Two-dimensional materials have revolutionized the field of photonics by enabling the manipulation of light at the nanoscale. As their potential continues to grow, we can expect to see more innovative ...

Alongside the paper, I had the chance to give a brief interview on this work presented last year in Melbourne: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Atomic-layer assembly of ultrathin optical cavities in van der Waals heterostructure metasurfaces - Nature Photonics Ultrathin multilayer van der Waals material stacks are shaped into precisely engineered resonant nanostructures, giving strong nonlinearities at ultralow fluences of <1 nJ cm–2, more than three ord...

Thrilled to share that our latest research is now out in Nature Photonics: rdcu.be/enHK2

We assembled optical cavities "layer by layer" supporting strong light-matter interactions at room temperature and strong nonlinearities. Grateful to all coauthors who helped to make this possible!

Light-matter interactions in layered materials and heterostructures: from moiré physics and magneto-optical effects to ultrafast dynamics and hybrid meta-photonics - IOPscienceSearch Light-matter interactions in layered materials and heterostructures: from moiré physics and magneto-optical effects to ultrafast dynamics and hybrid meta-photonics, Sortino, Luca, Guimarães, Marcos H D, Molina-Sánchez, Alejandro, Quan, Jiamin, Garoli, Denis, Maccaferri, Nicolò

Happy to share a perspective article now published in 2D Materials @ioppublishing.bsky.social

Thanks to all the coauthors and @nicolomaccaferri.bsky.social for the opportunity and coordination.

Read it here: iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...

Incredibly relevant and actual piece on the path of the academic career post PhD

"... with a combination of lack of options and a slow career progression [...] The result is the selection of a rather stereotyped scientist who concentrates on career progression to the exclusion of everything else."

Linear and nonlinear record high optical birefringence in anisotropic van der Waals crystals - Light: Science & Applications Light: Science & Applications - Linear and nonlinear record high optical birefringence in anisotropic van der Waals crystals

I am happy to share this recent News and Views article for Light: Science & Applications journal, first step in 2025 :) Read it here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...