Curriculum Vitae of Enrico Allaria
Place and date of birth : Bahia Blanca (Argentina) - 10/01/1973
Nationalities : Italian, German and Argentinean
Permanent residence : Via Castello di Cintoia, 2
50027 Strada in Chianti
Firenze, Italy
Tel. : +39 349 5811699,+39 055 2312662
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web page :www.ino.it/home/allaria
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Curriculum of Enrico Allaria
Schools and Titles of Studio:
1979-1984 Elementary school Strada in Chianti (Firenze).
1982-1985 Intermediate school F. D’Accursio, Impruneta (Firenze).
1986-1991 Scientific College P. Gobetti (Firenze), Diploma obtained the 14 July 1991 (42/60).
1992-1999 Degree in Physics at the University of Florence, the 1994-1995 academic year has been done at the University of Mainz in Germany in the framework of the European Project ERASMUS; the Degree’s Thesis has been discussed the 18 April 2000 (102/110).
2000-2002 Specialization diploma on Optics at the University of Florence, the Specialization’s Thesis has been discussed the 19 December 2002 (70/ 70 cum Laude).
from 2003 Ph.D. at the University of Florence in “Nonlinear Dynamics and Complex Systems”
10-15 Mach 2002 The 7th Minerva Winter School “Frontiers In Non-Linear Physics”, at the Weizmann Institute Of Science in Rehovot (Israel).
8-11 May 2003 Workshop “Signal Analysis for Synchronization, Control and Modeling of Spatially Extended Systems”, University of Mining and Metallurgy, Krakow Poland.
11 July 2003 Workshop “Fisici in finanza: Professione, Ricerca, Formazione”, Politecnico di Milano, Milano.
23,24 April 2004 Workshop “Integration between vehicle routing algorithms and microscopic simulation”, Dipartimento di Sistemi e Informatica - Università di Firenze.
Competences:
During my degree on Physics besides the standard courses I attend the courses on :
Optics, Physics of Low Temperatures, Laboratory for the Physics of Matter, Superior Physics (Quantum Physics, NonLinear Systems), Electronics’ Laboratory.
The courses I attend for the Specialization school are:
Laboratory of Optics I, General Optics, Technique and application of Lasers, Infrared techniques, Quantum Optics, Optical Fibers, Laboratory of Optics II, Optoelectronic systems.
I have knowledge of the main operative systems (Windows and Linux) and its main programs for :
Office Automation (MS Office, Open Office, etc.); e-mail (Outlook, Eudora, Pine, Elm, etc.); Data elaboration (Origin, Xmgrage,etc.)
I have experience of programming in Fortran, C, Matlab and other mathematic software for numerical calculation and data analysis. I also know how to program in LabView for automatic data acquisition routines.
I have good knowledge of Spanish and French and basic knowledge of English and German.
Didactic activity:
I participate at the graduation thesis on physics at the University of Florence of the student David Cinotti in 2002.
Scientific and work activity:
· Graduation thesis at the Istituto Nazionale di Ottica from April 1999 to April 2000; parallel to the experimental work of the thesis [A], I participate to experiments for the characterization of chaotic dynamics in a CO2 laser with large Fresnell number. [1,2].
· Scientific collaboration with the Istituto Nazionale di Ottica from April 2000 a September 2000 for the study of synchronization problems in a Chaotic CO2 laser [3].
· Pre-Doc Fellowship at the Istituto Nazionale di Ottica Applicata in the framework of the European project "Control, Synchronization and Characterization of Spatially Extended Nonlinear Systems" (HPRN-CT-2000-00158) from September 2000 to September 2003.
- I participate at the preparation of the project Azione Integrata Italia-Spagna “Sincronizzazione e controllo in sistemi ottici nonlineari” approved for the years 2002-2003 (IT853), and the Azione Integrata Italia-Spagna “Controllo e Sincronizzazione di Dinamiche Laser e Sistemi Spazialmente Estesi” approved for the years 2004-2005 (IT1348).
· Three years collaboration with the University of Florence in the framework of the Italian Project “Science and Technology in the society of Knowledge: Economics and Complexity” from September 2003.
- Guest researcher at the University Rey Juan Carlos, Mostoles (Spain), January 2004.
My activity has been focused mainly on studies of nonlinear dynamics in optics. I can divide my activity in three principal arguments:
- Control and synchronization of chaos.
- Modes for the nonlinear dynamics in isotropic lasers.
- Optics measurements in the infrared.
Publications:
[A] Graduation thesis in Physics, at the Università degli Studi di Firenze, “Realizzazione e caratterizzazione di un laser ad Alessandrite”, April 2000.
[B] Specialization thesis in Optics at the Università di Firenze, “Fenomeni di controllo e sincronizzazione in un a CO2 in regime di caos omoclinico”, December 2002.
[1] M. L. Ramon, R. Meucci , E. Allaria, and S. Boccaletti “Pattern Dynamics in an annular CO2 laser” Eur. Phys. J. D 12, 329-337 (2000).
[2] M. L. Ramon, S. Boccaletti, R. Meucci, and E. Allaria, “Pattern formation and dynamics in an annular CO2 laser” Int. J. Bif. and Chaos, 11 2759-2770 (2001).
[3] E. Allaria, F. T. Arecchi, A. Di Garbo and R. Meucci “Synchronization of Homoclinic Chaos” Phys. Rev. Lett., 86 791-794 (2001).
[4] A.N. Pisarchik, B.F. Kuntsevich, R. Meucci and E. Allaria “Negative hysteresis in a laser with modulated parameters” Opt. Commun. 189, 313-319 (2001).
[5] I. Leyva, E. Allaria, R. Meucci “ Polarization competition in a quasi-isotropic CO2 laser”, Optics Lett. 26, 605-607 (2001).
[6] F.T. Arecchi, R. Meucci, A. Di Garbo and E. Allaria, “Homoclinic chaos in a laser: synchronization and its implications in biological systems” to be published on Optics and Lasers in Engineering 39, 293-304 (2003).
[7] R. Meucci, A. Di Garbo, E. Allaria and F.T. Arecchi “Autonomous bursting in a homoclinic system” Phys. Rev. Lett 88, 4101 (2002).
[8] F.T. Arecchi, R. Meucci, E. Allaria, A.DiGarbo, L.S. Tsimring, “Delayed self-synchronization in homoclinic chaos” Phys. Rev. E 65, 0562-1 (2002).
[9] M.Thiel, M.C. Romano, J. Kurths, R. Meucci, E. Allaria and F.T. Arecchi, “Influence of observational noise on the Recurrence Quantification Analysis” Physica D 171, 138 (2002).
[10] S. Boccaletti, E. Allaria, R. Meucci and F.T. Arecchi “Experimental characterization of the transition to phase synchronization of chaotic CO2 laser systems” Phys. Rev. Lett 89, 194101 (2002).
[11] I.P. Mariño, E. Allaria, R. Meucci, S. Boccaletti, F.T. Arecchi, “Information encoding in homoclinic chaotic systems” Chaos 13, 286-290 (2003).
[12] E. Allaria, S. Brugioni, S. De Nicola, P. Ferraro, S. Grilli and R. Meucci, “Digital Holography at 10.6 mm”, Opt. Commun. 215, 257-262 (2003).
[13] I.Leyva, E. Allaria and R. Meucci, “Polarization competition in a quasi–isotropic CO2 laser” Opt. Commun. 217, 335-342 (2003).
[14] C.S. Zhou, J. Kurths, E. Allaria, S. Boccaletti, R. Meucci and F.T. Arecchi, “Noise enhanced synchronization of homoclinic chaos in a CO2 laser ” Phys. Rev. E 67, 015205(R) (2003).
[15] C.S. Zhou, E. Allaria, F.T. Arecchi, S. Boccaletti, R. Meucci and J. Kurths “Constructive effects of noise in homoclinic chaotic systems” Phys. Rev. E 67, 66220 (2003).
[16] I. Leyva, E. Allaria, F.T. Arecchi and S. Boccaletti, “In-phase and antiphase synchronization of coupled homoclinic chaotic oscillators” Chaos 14, 118 (2004).
[17] E. Allaria, S. Brugioni, S. De Nicola, P. Ferraro, S. Grilli and R. Meucci, “Interferometric analysis of reorientational nonlinear phenomena at 10.6mm in a nematic liquid crystal” Applied Optics 42, 4827 (2003).
[18] M.S. Baptista, S. Boccaletti, E. Allaria, R. Meucci, F. T. Arecchi, “Controlling transient dynamics to communicate with homoclinic chaos” Chaos 13, 921 (2003).
[19] R. Meucci, D. Cinotti , E. Allaria, I. Triandaf, L. Billings, I.B. Schwartz and D. Morgan, “Controlled and sustained chaos in a driven laser” Physica D 189, 70-80 (2004).
[20] I.Leyva, E. Allaria and R. Meucci, “Polarization ans spatial competition in a transverse multimode CO2 laser” Phys. Rev. A 68, 053806 (2003).
[21] I. Leyva, E. Allaria, F.T. Arecchi and S. Boccaletti, “Competition of synchronization patterns in arrays of homoclinic chaotic systems” Phys. Rev. E 68, 066209 (2003).
[22] F.T. Arecchi, E. Allaria and I. Leyva, “A Propensity criterion for Networking” Phys. Rev. Lett. 91, 234101 (2003).
[23] S. Boccaletti, R. Meucci, E. Allaria, F.T Arecchi, C.S. Zhou, and J. Kuths, “Effects of noise on homoclinic chaos” sub. to Fluc. and Noise Lett.
[24] F.T. Arecchi, E. Allaria, I. Leyva and S. Boccaletti, “Synchronization Domains in Arrays of Chaotic Homoclinic Systems”, Proceedings of the Conference PhysCon2003, edited by A.L. Fradkov and A.N. Churilov (IEEE Catalog Number 03EX708C), page 539 (2003).
[25] S. Boccaletti, E. Allaria, R. Meucci, and F.T. Arecchi, “Investigating the transition to phase synchronization in experimental nonlinear optics”, Applied Nonlinear Dynamics 11, 179 (2003) .
[26] S. Boccaletti, E. Allaria, R. Meucci, “Experimental control of coherence of a chaotic oscillator” Phys. Rev. E. Phys. Rev. E 69, 066211 (2004).
[27] L. Billings, I.B. Schwartz, D.S. Morgan, E.M.Bollt, R. Meucci and E. Allaria, “Stochastic bifurcation in a driven laser system: Experiment and theory” to be pub. on Phys. Rev. E.
[28] I.P. Marino, E. Allaria, M.A.F. Sanjuan, R. Meucci, F.T. Arecchi, “Coupling scheme for complete synchronization of periodically forced chaotic CO2 lasers” to be pub. on Phys. Rev. E.
[29] I. Tokuda, J. Kurths, E. Allaria, R. Meucci, S. Boccaletti and F.T. Arecchi “Predicting Phase Synchronization in a spiking chaotic CO2 Laser” sub to Phys. Rev. E.
Conferences, Meetings e Proceedings:
1. 22-26 July 2001, 6th Experimental Chaos Conference, Potsdam Germany
- Poster : F.T. Arecchi, R. Meucci, A. Di Garbo and E. Allaria, “ Homoclinic chaos in a laser: synchronization and its implications in biological systems”
- Proceeding: F.T. Arecchi, R. Meucci, E. Allaria, A.DiGarbo, L.S. Tsimring, “Delayed self-synchronization in homoclinic chaos”
- Proceeding: I. Leyva, E. Allaria, R. Meucci “Polarization competition in a quasi-isotropic CO2 laser”.
2. 10-15 March 2002, Meeting del Contratto Europeo “CoSyc of SENS”, Weizmann Institute Of Science in Rehovot (Israel).
- Oral presentation : E. Allaria, F.T. Arecchi, S. Boccaletti, R. Meucci, C.S. Zhou, and J. Kurths “Noise-induced Synchronization and Coherence Resonance in Homoclinic Chaos”.
3. 26-29 August 2002, The 7th Experimental Chaos Conference, San Diego, California (USA)
- Proceeding: R. Meucci, C.S. Zhou, E. Allaria, F.T. Arecchi, S. Boccaletti and J. Kuths, “Evidence of Noise Induced Synchronization and Coherence Resonance in Homoclinic Chaos”
4. 14-18 July 2002, The 6th World Multiconference on Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics, Orlando, Florida (USA)
- Proceeding : F.T. Arecchi, R. Meucci, E. Allaria, A. Di Garbo and L. Tsimring, “Controlling long sequences of homoclinic spike trains in a laser”,.
5. 25-30 August 2002, 19th Congress of the International Commission for Optics, Firenze Italy
- Oral & proceeding: I.P. Marino, E. Allaria, R. Meucci, S. Boccaletti and F.T.Arecchi, “ Information encoding in a chaotic laser”.
- Poster & proceeding: F.T. Arecchi, R. Meucci, E. Allaria, A. Di Garbo and L.S. Tsimring, “Self-Delayed Synchronization and analogies with long term memories”, 19th Congress of the International Commission for Optics, Firenze Italy, 25-30 August 2002.
- Proceeding: E. Allaria, S. Brugioni, S. De Nicola, P. Ferraro, S. Grilli, R. Meucci, G. Pierattini, “Interferometric analysis of Self-Phase-Modulation at 10.6µm in a nematic liquid crystal”, 19th Congress of the International Commission for Optics, Firenze Italy, 25-30 August 2002.
6. 11 October 2002, Mid Term Meeting of the European Contract “CoSyc of SENS”, Firenze
- Oral presentation : E. Allaria “Experimental characterization of the transition to phase synchronization”.
7. 20-27 November 2002, Erice, Sicilia, “ Int. School of Quantum Electronics
- Procedengs: R. Meucci, I. Leyva, and E. Allaria “ Polarization instabilities in a quasi – isotropic CO2 laser”.
8. December 2002, Wseas Int. Conference, Tenerife, SpainFirenze
- Procedings : C.S. Zhou, E. Allaria, F.T Arecchi , S. Boccaletti, R. Meucci and J. Kuths, “Noise induced synchronization and coherence resonance of homoclinic chaos”
9. 8 January 2003, Seminario U.O. 1 INOA, Firenze.
- Oral presentation : E. Allaria “Synchronization phenomena in a homoclinic CO2 laser”.
10. 10 May 2003, Workshop “Signal Analysis for Synchronisation, Control and Modelling of Spatially Extended Systems” University of Mining and Metallurgy, Krakow Polonia.
- Oral presentation : E. Allaria “ Coherence effects in transient polarization dynamics in a class B laser ”.
11. 27-31 June 2003, Snowbird, UT, USA SIAM Conference on Applications of Dynamical Systems,
- Proceedings: R. Meucci, F.Tito Arecchi and E. Allaria “Characterization of the transitinon to Phase synchronization in homoclinic chaos”.
12. 28-30 July 2003, Conference “BIFURCATION The Use and Control of Chaos” University of Southampton (UK).
- Oral presentation : S. Boccaletti, E. Allaria, R. Meucci and F.T. Arecchi “Experimental characterization of the transition to phase synchronization of chaotic system”.
13. 3-8 August, 2003 Tilton School Gordon Conference, Tilton, NH, USA
- Poster: R.Meucci, I Leyva and E. Allaria “Coherence Effects in Transient Polarization Pynamics in a Class B Laser”.
14. 15 January, 2004 Dept. of Physics, Univers. Rey Juan Carlos, Mostoles, Spain
- Oral: E. Allaria “Characterization of synchronization phenomena in a CO2 laser ”.
15. 6, 7 May, 2004 Fifth Network meeting European Contract “CoSyc of SENS”, Potsdam Germany
- Oral: E. Allaria “Characterization of synchronization phenomena in a CO2 laser ”.
16. 14-17 June 2004 Experimental Chaos Conference, Firenze, Italy
- Oral & proceedings: E. Allaria, S. Boccaletti and R. Meucci “Control of oscillation coherence in a chaotic laser”
- Poster: M.A.F. Sanjuan, I.P. Marino, E. Allaria, R. Meucci, F.T. Arecchi : “Synchronization with an amplitude modulation coupling in a periodically forced chaotic laser”
Firenze 30, June 2004
Enrico Allaria
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