Selected Publications

 

Novel optical materials:

 

A. Gocalinska, M. Saba, F. Quochi, M. Marceddu,  K. Szendrei, J. Gao, M.A. Loi, M. Yarema, R. Seyrkammer, W. Heiss, A. Mura, G. Bongiovanni
Size-Dependent Electron Transfer from Colloidal PbS Nanocrystals to Fullerene

Journal of  Chemical Physics Letters 1, 1149 (2010) (PDF)

 

M. Saba, S. Minniberger, F. Quochi, J. Roither, m. Marceddu, A. Gocalinska, M.V. Kovalenko, D.V. Talapin, W. Heiss, A. Mura, G. Bongiovanni


Exciton-exciton interaction and optical gain in colloidal CdSe/CdS dot/rod nanocrystals

Advanced Materials 21, 4942 (2009) (PDF)

 

F. Quochi, M. Saba, F. Artizzu, M.L. Mercuri, P. Deplano, A. Mura, and G. Bongiovanni


Ultrafast Dynamics of Intersystem Crossing and Resonance Energy Transfer in Er(III)−Quinolinolate Complexes

Journal of  Chemical Physics Letters 1, 2733 (2010)

 

F. Quochi, F. Artizzu, M. Saba, F. Cordella, M.L. Mercuri, P. Deplano, M.A. Loi, A. Mura and G. Bongiovanni


Population Saturation in Trivalent Erbium Sensitized by Organic Molecular Antennae

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 1, 141 (2010)

 

F. Quochi, M. Saba, F. Cordella, A. Gocalinska, R. Corpino, M. Marceddu, A. Anedda, A. Andreev, H. Sitter, N.S. Sariciftci, A. Mura, G. Bongiovanni


Temperature Tuning of Nonlinear Exciton Processes in Self-Assembled Oligophenyl Nanofibers under Laser Action

Advanced Materials 20, 3017 (2008) (PDF)

 

K. Szendrei, F. Cordella, M. V. Kovalenko, M. Böberl, G. Hesser, M. Yarema, D. Jarzab, O. V. Mikhnenko, A. Gocalinska, M. Saba, F. Quochi, A. Mura, G. Bongiovanni, P. W. M. Blom, W. Heiss, M. A. Loi


Solution-Processable Near-IR Photodetectors Based on Electron Transfer from PbS Nanocrystals to Fullerene Derivatives

Advanced Materials 21, 683 (2009) ) (PDF)

 

F. Cordella, F. Quochi, M. Saba, A. Andreev, H. Sitter, N.S. Sariciftci, A. Mura, and G. Bongiovanni
Optical Gain Performance of Epitaxially Grown para-Sexiphenyl Films
Advanced Materials 19, 2252 (2007) (PDF)

 

F. Artizzu, L. Marchi, M.L. Mercuri, L. Pilia, A. Serpe, F. Quochi, R. Orrů, F. Cordella, M. Saba, A. Mura, G. Bongiovanni, and P. Deplano
New Insights on Near-Infrared Emitters Based on Er-quinolinolate Complexes: Synthesis, Characterization, Structural, and Photophysical Properties
Advanced Functional Materials 17, 2365-2376 (2007) (PDF)

                   

J. Moreau, U. Giovanella, J.-P. Bombenger, W. Porzio, V. Vohra, L. Spadacini, G. Di Silvestro, L. Barba, G. Arrighetti, S. Destri, M. Pasini, M. Saba, F. Quochi, A. Mura, G. Bongiovanni, M. Fiorini, M. Uslenghi, and C. Botta

Highly Emissive Nanostructured Thin Films of Organic Host–Guests for Energy Conversion

ChemPhysChem 10, 1-8 (2009).

 

 

Ultracold atoms:

 

M. Saba, T. A. Pasquini, C. Sanner, Y. Shin, W. Ketterle, and D. E. Pritchard
Light scattering to determine the relative phase of two Bose-­Einstein Condensates
Science 307, 1945 (2005)
(PDF)

 

Y. Shin, M. Saba, T. Pasquini, W. Ketterle, D.E. Pritchard, and A.E. Leanhardt,
Atom interferometry with Bose-Einstein condensates in a double-well potential,
Phys. Rev. Letters 92, 050405 (2004) (PDF)

 

Y. Shin, M. Saba, M. Vengalattore, T.A. Pasquini, C. Sanner, A.E. Leanhardt, M. Prentiss, D.E. Pritchard, W. Ketterle,
Dynamical Instability of a Doubly Quantized Vortex in a Bose-Einstein condensate,
Phys. Rev. Letters 93, 160406 (2004)
(PDF)

 

Y. Shin, M. Saba, A. Schirotzek, T. A. Pasquini, A. E. Leanhardt, D. E. Pritchard, and W. Ketterle,
Distillation of Bose-Einstein condensates in a double-well potential.
Phys. Rev. Letters, 92, 150401 (2004) (PDF)

 

A. E. Leanhardt, T. A. Pasquini, M. Saba, A. Schirotzek, Y. Shin, D. Kielpinski, D. E. Pritchard, W. Ketterle,

Cooling Bose-Einstein Condensates Below 500 Picokelvin,

Science 301, 1513 (2003) (PDF)

 

T. A. Pasquini, Y. Shin, C. Sanner, M. Saba, A. Schirotzek, D. E. Pritchard, and W. Ketterle,
Quantum reflection of atoms from a solid surface at normal incidence.
Phys. Rev. Letters 93, 223201 (2004)
(PDF)

 

Y. Shin, C. Sanner, G.-B. Jo, T. A. Pasquini, M. Saba, W. Ketterle, and D. E. Pritchard,
Interference of Bose-Einstein condensates split with an atom chip
Phys. Rev. A 72, 021604(R) (2005)
(PDF)

 

Y. Shin, G.-B. Jo, M. Saba, T. A. Pasquini, W. Ketterle, and D. E. Pritchard,
Optical Weak Link between Two Spatially Separate Bose-Einstein Condensates
Phys. Rev. Letters 95, 170402 (2005) (PDF)

 

T. A. Pasquini, M. Saba, G. Jo, Y. Shin, W. Ketterle, D. E. Pritchard, T. A. Savas, and N. Mulders,
Low velocity quantum reflection of Bose-Einstein condensates
Phys. Rev. Letters 97, 093201 (2006)
(PDF)

 

G.-B. Jo, Y. Shin, S. Will, T. A. Pasquini, M. Saba, W. Ketterle, D. E. Pritchard, M. Vengalattore and M. Prentiss,
Long Phase Coherence Time and Number Squeezing of Two Bose-Einstein Condensates on an Atom Chip
Phys. Rev. Letters
98, 030407 (2007) (PDF)

 

Semiconductors:

 

S. Kundermann, M. Saba, C. Ciuti, T. Guillet, U. Oesterle, JL. Staehli, and B. Deveaud,

Coherent Control of Polariton Parametric Scattering in Semiconductor Microcavities,

Phys. Rev. Letters 91, 177402 (2003) (PDF)

 

M. Saba, C. Ciuti, J. Bloch, V. Thierry-Mieg, R. André, Le Si Dang,

S. Kundermann, A. Mura, G. Bongiovanni, JL. Staehli, and B. Deveaud,

High-temperature ultrafast polariton parametric amplification in semiconductor microcavities,

Nature 414, 731 (2001) (PDF)

 

M. Saba, F. Quochi, C. Ciuti, U. Oesterle, JL. Staehli, B. Deveaud, A. Mura and G. Bongiovanni,

Crossover from exciton to biexciton polaritons in semiconductor microcavities,

Phys. Rev. Letters 85, 385 (2000) (PDF)

 

M. Saba, F. Quochi, C. Ciuti, D. Martin, JL. Staehli, B. Deveaud, A. Mura and G. Bongiovanni,

Direct observation of the excitonic ac Stark splitting in a quantum well,

Phys. Rev. B 62, R13622 (2000) (PDF)

 

F. Quochi, M. Saba, C. Ciuti, R.P. Stanley, R. Houdré, U. Oesterle, JL.

Staehli, B. Deveaud, G. Bongiovanni, and A. Mura,

Direct observation of an ac Stark splitting in semiconductor microcavities

excited above the continuum onset,

Phys. Rev. B 61, R5113 (2000) (PDF)

 

F. Quochi, C. Ciuti, G. Bongiovanni, A. Mura, M. Saba, U. Oesterle, M.A.

Dupertuis, JL. Staehli and B. Deveaud,

Strong coherent gain from semiconductor microcavities in the regime of  excitonic saturation,

Phys. Rev. B 59, R15594 (1999) (PDF)

 

M. Saba, C. Ciuti, S. Kundermann, JL. Staehli and B. Deveaud,

Towards a room-temperature polariton amplifier
Semiconductor Science and Technology 18, S325 (2003)
(PDF)

 

M. Saba, S. Kundermann ,C. Ciuti , T. Guillet, JL. Staehli and B. Deveaud,

Polariton amplification in semiconductor microcavities
Phys. Stat. Sol. (b) 238, 432 (2003) (PDF)

 

B. Deveaud, F. Quochi, M. Saba, C. Ciuti and JL. Staehli,

Femtosecond dynamics and non-linearities of exciton-photon coupling in semiconductor microstructures,

Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences, Series IV - Physics, 2, 1439 (2001) (PDF)

 

JL. Staehli, M. Saba, S. Kundermann, C. Ciuti and B. Deveaud

Quantum kinetics of parametric polariton scattering in microcavities

Phys. Stat. Sol. (b) 234, 183 (2002) (PDF)

 

S. Kundermann, M. Saba, C. Ciuti, T. Guillet,  JL. Staehli and B. Deveaud,

Evidence for parametric memory and correlation in semiconductor microcavities

Phys. Rev. Letters, submitted, cond-mat/ 0312205 (PDF)