Enrico Prati (1974) is senior research scientist of CNR. He received the Italian Laurea Degree in Theoretical Physics in 1998 at the University of Pisa and, in 2002, the PhD in Physics with thesis on microwave frequency transport in semiconductors (Univ. of Pisa and Istituto per i Processi Chimico Fisici of the CNR, Italy, part of the work realized at Caswell Technology - Marconi - Towcester, UK). He joined Laboratorio MDM of INFM/CNR in 2003, up to 2013. From September 2013, he is at IFN-CNR. Its current research fields are both theoretical and experimental aspects low dimensional electron systems, quantum transport, applications of atomic scale nanoelectronics, microwave and THz effects in nanostructures. In February 2004 he has been awarded with the Young Scientist Award 2004 by the URSI Commettee for his work on negative refractive index propagation and metamaterials. He is currently Secretary of the Associazione Italiana per la Ricerca (www.associazionericerca.it) . In March 2009 he received the 4th Jury Prize for its Essay on the Nature of Time from the "Foundational Questions in Physics and Cosmology Institute" FQXi granted by the John Templeton Foundation. He developed the concepts of finite quantum grand canonical ensemble and temperature of a few particles system. He has been responsible of a bilateral project of CNR with NSC (Taiwan) and a bilateral project Italy-Japan with Waseda University granted by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MAE) [0]. He is JSPS Visiting Scholar of Waseda University (Tokyo). He has been co-organizer of the workshop DICE2010, DICE2012, DICE2014, DICE2016 and DICE2018 and he was member of the ITRS workgroup on deterministic doping chapter in Berkeley, January 2013. He was Plenary Keynote Speaker at IEDM 2014, TEDx Speaker in 2016, IOP Fall London Speaker in 2018. He is Professor of the Course "Quantum Artificial Intelligence" at the Scuola di Dottorato in FIsica of Politecnico di Milano. From November 2019 he is PI of the project granted by Italian Space Agency !QUASIX" on quantum devices for space QKD. He is working on quantum artificial intelligence and he organized the II WOrkshop on HPC and Quantum computing with CINECA in December 2019.
Recent Highlights
[1] E. Porotti, D. Tamascelli, M. Restelli, and E. Prati, Coherent transport of quantum states by deep reinforcement learning , Nature Communication Physics 2, 61 (2019) Open PDF
[2] D. Rotta. F. Sebastiano, E. Charbon, and E. Prati. Quantum information density scaling and qubit operation time constraints of CMOS silicon-based quantum computer architectures, Nature Quantum Information 3, 26 (2017)
10 Selected publications on International Journals
[0] E. Prati, M. Hori, F. Guagliardo, G. Ferrari, and T. Shinada, Anderson–Mott transition in arrays of a few dopant atoms in a silicon transistor, Nature Nanotechnology 7, 443–447 (2012) [IF 30.307]
[1] E. Prati, Propagation in gyroelectromagnetic guiding systems, J. Electr. Wav. Appl., 17, 8, 1177-1196 (2003) [IF 3.134]
[2] E. Prati, M. Fanciulli, G. Ferrari, M. Sampietro, Effect of the Triplet State on the Random Telegraph Signal in Si n-MOSFETs, Physical Review B 74, 033309 (2006) [IF 3.691]
[3] E. Prati, R. Latempa, M. Fanciulli, Microwave Assisted Transport in a Single Donor Silicon Quantum Dot, Physical Review B 80, 14, 165331 (2009) [IF 3.691] arXiv
[4] M. Pierre, R. Wacquez, B. Roche, X. Jehl, M. Sanquer, M. Vinet, E. Prati, M. Belli, M. Fanciulli, Compact silicon double and triple dots realized with only two gates, Applied Physics Letters, 95, 242107 (2009)[IF 3.844]
[5] E. Prati, M. Belli, M. Fanciulli and G. Ferrari, Measuring the Temperature of a Mesoscopic Electron System by means of Single Electron Statistics, Applied Physics Letters 96, 113109 (2010) arXiv:1002.0037 [IF 3.844]
[6] E. Prati, M. Belli, S. Cocco, G. Petretto and M. Fanciulli, Adiabatic Charge Control in a Single Donor Atom Transistor, Applied Physics Letters, 98, 5, 053109 (2011) [IF 3.844]
[7] G. Mazzeo, E. Prati, M. Belli, G. Leti, S. Cocco, M. Fanciulli, F. Guagliardo, and G. Ferrari, Charge dynamics of a single donor coupled to a few-electron quantum dot in silicon, Applied Physics Letters 100, 213107 (2012) [IF 3.844]
[8] E. Prati, M. De Michielis, M. Belli, S. Cocco, M. Fanciulli, D. Kotekar-Patil, M. Ruoff, D. P Kern, D. A. Wharam, J. Verduijn, G. C. Tettamanzi, S. Rogge, B. Roche, R. Wacquez, X. Jehl, M. Vinet and M. Sanquer, Few electron limit of n-type metal oxide semiconductor single electron transistors, Nanotechnology, 23, 215204 (2012) [IF 3.979]
[9] E. Ferraro, M. Michielis, G. Mazzeo, M. Fanciulli, and E. Prati, Effective Hamiltonian for the hybrid double quantum dot qubit, Quantum Information Processing, 13, 1 (2014) [IF 2.96]
[10] Y. Shimizu, H. Takamizawa, K. Inoue, F. Yano, Y. Nagai, L. Lamagna, M. Perego, G. Mazzeo, E. Prati, Behavior of phosphorous and contaminants from molecular doping combined with a conventional spike annealing method, Nanoscale, 6(2), 706-710 (2014) [IF 6.201]
Microwave, THz, Metamaterials
[11] E. Prati, S. Faralli, M. Martinelli, G. Annino, G. Biasiol, L. Sorba, Improved Microwave Hall Effect Measurements Method, Review Scientific Instruments, 74, 1, 154-159 (2003) [IF 1.738]
[12] E. Prati, Crossover between the cell size and the wavelength of the incident radiation in metamaterials, Microw. Opt. Technol. Lett. 40, 4, 272 (2004) [IF 0.743]
[13] E. Prati, G. Annino, M. Martinelli, Complex Variational Axial Matching Method for Single-mode and Overmoded Dielectrid Resonators, Electromagnetism, 24, 8, 565-582 (2004) [IF 0.792]
[14] E. Prati, Microwave propagation in ferromagnetic semiconductors, J. Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, 272-276, 3, 1999-2001 (2004) [IF 1.283]
[15] E. Prati, Microwave Propagation in Round Guiding Structures Based on Double Negative Metamaterials, Int. Journ. Infr. And Mill. Waves, 27, 1227-1239 (2006) [IF 0.692]
[16] F. Costa , C. Amabile, A. Monorchio, E. Prati, Waveguide Dielectric Permittivity Measurement Technique Based on Resonant FSS Filters, IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters, 21,5, 273 - 275 (2011) [IF 2.302]
[17] C. Amabile, E. Prati, F. Costa, A. Monorchio, Effect of the metal sheet thickness on the frequency blueshift in single layer composite materials at Ka microwave frequency, Progress in Electromagnetic Research Letters 22, 47-58 (2011) [IF NA]
[18] T.-T. Yeh, S. Genovesi, A. Monorchio, E. Prati, F. Costa, T.-Yu H., and T.-J. Yen, Ultra-broad and sharp-transition bandpass terahertz filters by hybridizing multiple resonances mode in monolithic metamaterials, Optics Express, 20, 7, 7580-7589 (2012) [IF 3.710]
Silicon nanoelectronics, single atom physics, and quantum dots
[19] E. Prati, M. Fanciulli, F. Capotondi, G. Biasiol, L. Sorba, A. Kovalev, J. D. Caldwell, and C.R. Bowers, Magnetoresistively Detected Electron Spin Resonance in Low Density Two Dimensional Electron Gas in GaAs/AlGaAs Single Quantum Wells, IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology 4, 100 (2005) [IF 2.154]
[20] M. Fanciulli, O. Costa, S. Baldovino, S. Cocco, G. Seguini, E. Prati, and G. Scarel, Defects at the high-k/semiconductor interfaces investigated by spin dependent spectroscopies, NATO Series book on "Defects in High-K Gate Dielectric tacks", Vol. 220 p. 263 (2005).
[21] G. Ferrari, L. Fumagalli, M. Sampietro, E. Prati and M. Fanciulli, CMOS fully compatible microwave detector based on MOSFET operating in resistive regime, IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters, 15, 7, 445 (2005) [IF 2.302]
[22] G. Ferrari, L. Fumagalli, M. Sampietro, E. Prati and M. Fanciulli, DC current modulation in field effect transistors operating under microwave irradiation for quantum read out, J. Appl. Physics, 98, 044505 (2005) [IF 2.201]
[23] E. Prati, M. Fanciulli, Manipulation of localized charge states in n-MOSFETs with microwave irradiation, Physics Letters A 372, 3102-3104 (2008) [IF 2.174]
[24] E. Prati, M. Fanciulli, A. Calderoni, G. Ferrari, M. Sampietro, Microwave irradiation effects on random telegraph signal in a MOSFET, Physics Letters A 370, 491-493 (2007) [IF 2.174]
[25] E. Prati, M. Fanciulli, G. Ferrari, A. Calderoni, M. Sampietro, Effect of microwave irradiation on the emission and capture dynamics in silicon metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistors, Journal of Applied Physics 103, 104502, (2008) [IF 2.201]
[26] E. Prati, M. Fanciulli, G. Ferrari, M. Sampietro, Giant random telegraph signal generated by single charge trapping in submicron n-metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistors, Journal of Applied Physics 103, 1 (2008) [IF 2.201]
[27] E. Prati, R. Latempa, M. Fanciulli, Photon assited tunneling in quantum dots, in: “Electron spin resonance in low dimensional structures and related phenomena”, Topics in Applied Physics, 115/2009, 241-258, Springer (2009) [IF 1.510]
[28] E. Prati, R. Latempa, M. Fanciulli , Microwave Effects in Silicon Low Dimensional Nanostructures, Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 10, 4, 2650–2655 (2010) [IF 1.987]
[29] E. Prati, Finite Quantum Grand Canonical Ensemble and Temperature from Single Electron Statistics in a Mesoscopic Device , Journal of Statistical Mechanics P01003 (2010)[IF 2.758] arXiv
[30] E. Prati, Valley Blockade Quantum Switching in Silicon Nanostructures, Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 11, 10, 8522-8526 (2011) [IF 1.987]
[31] G. Leti, E. Prati, M. Belli, G. Petretto, M. Fanciulli, R. Wacquez, M. Vinet, and M. Sanquer, Switching quantum transport in a three donors silicon Fin-Field Effect Transistor, Applied Physics Letters, Applied Physics Letters 99, 242102 (2011) [IF 3.844]
Quantum information
[32] M. De Michielis, E. Prati, M. Fanciulli, G. Fiori, G. Iannaccone , Geometrical Effects on Valley-Orbital Filling Patterns in Silicon Quantum Dots for Robust Qubit Implementation, Applied Physics Express 5, 124001 1-3 (2012) [IF 3.013]
[33] E. Ferraro, M. De Michielis, M. Fanciulli, and E. Prati, Effective Hamiltonian for two interacting double-dot exchange-only qubits and their controlled-NOT operations.,Quantum Information Processing, 14(1), 47-65 (2015) [IF 2.96]
[34] M. De Michielis, E. Ferraro, M. Fanciulli, and E. Prati, Universal set of quantum gates for double-dot exchange-only spin qubits with intradot coupling, Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical, 48 065304 (2015) [IF 1.687]
Foundational physics
[35] E. Prati, The Nature of Time: from a Timeless Hamiltonian Framework to Clock Time of Metrology, FXQi Essay Contest (2008) (Fourth classified)
[36] E. Prati, Generalized clocks in timeless canonical formalism, J. Phys.: Conf. Ser. 306 012013 (2011)
[37] E. Prati, Speakable and unspeakable in physics of time, EPJ Web of Conferences 58, 01019 (2013)
arXiv Preprint
C. Amabile and E. Prati, Density Effects on the Negative Refractive Index of a Split Ring Resonator Metamaterial, arXiv:1001.2976
List of publications on Conference Proceedings
E. Prati, K-U Band Crossover in Split Ring Resonator Negative Permeability Metamaterials, International Student Seminar on Microwave Applications of Novel Physical Phenomena Proceeding, S. Tretyakov and S. Maslovski Ed., S260, Espoo, Finland, May 2003
E.Prati, Crossover Behaviour of Negative Permeability Metamaterials at 20-50 GHz, OHD2003 Proceeding, Calais, France, Sept. 2003
E.Prati, S.Faralli, M.Martinelli, G.E.Annino, Contactless microwave Hall effect transport in ZnSe, 33rd European Microwave Conference, Vol.1, pp. 479-482, Munich, 7-9 Oct. 2003
E. Prati, J Ravazzola, Merging and Crossing Modes in Double Negative Metamaterials, URSI 2004, Pisa, May 2004
E. Prati, M. Fanciulli, G. Ferrari, M. Sampietro, P. Fantini, Microwave Induced Effects on the Random Telegraph Signal in a MOSFET, APS Proceedings, ICNF 2005, Salamanca, Spain, Sept. 2005, in press
M. Fanciulli, E. Prati, G. Ferrari, M. Sampietro, Random Telegraph Signal in Si n-MOSFETs: a Way Towards Single Spin Resonance Detection, APS Proceedings, UPON 2005, Gallipoli, Italy, Jun. 2005, in press
Patents
E.Prati, M. Fanciulli, G. Ferrari, M. Sampietro, and L. Fumagalli, "CMOS compatible Microwave Detector"
C. Amabile, E. Prati, F. Costa, and A. Monorchio "Measurement of dielectric constant based on FSS in a waveguide"
Books
E. Prati, Cinematica e gli Strumenti Matematici della Fisica Generale, Hoepli-Alpha Test, General Physics for the University, 2003
L. Diósi, H-T.Elze, L. Fronzoni, J. Halliwell, E. Prati, G. Vitiello and J. Yearsley (eds.): DICE 2010 - Space-Time-Matter - Current Issues in Quantum Mechanics and Beyond, J. Phys. Conf. Ser. 306, 011001 (2011) IOP, Bristol, 2011
E. Prati and T. Shinada, Single-Atom nanoelectronics (2013) ISBN: 978-981431631-6 DOI: 10.4032/9789814316699
Recent Invited Talks
[A] E. Prati et al., Microwave Effects in Silicon Nanostructures, ANM2008, Aveiro, May. 2008 (INVITED)
[B] E. Prati et al.,Control of the Energy Levels of a Single Atom in a Back Gated Silicon Quantum Dot, Nano2010, Rome, Sept. 2010 (INVITED)
[C] E. Prati, Competition of Spin and Valley Degrees of Freedom in Silicon Quantum Dots for Quantum Information Processing, ANM2010, Agadir, Sept. 2010 (INVITED)
[D] E. Prati, Exploring the foundations of physics in solid state systems at ultra-low energy, DICE2010 - Space Time Matter: Quantum Mechanics and Beyond, Castiglioncello, Italy, Sept. 2010 (INVITED)
[E] E. Prati, 21st-century directions in de Broglie-Bohm theory and beyond, Vallico, Italy, Sept. 2010 (INVITED)
[F] E. Prati, Exploring the foundations of physics in solid state systems at ultra-low energy, DICE2010 - Space Time Matter: Quantum Mechanics and Beyond, Castiglioncello, Italy, Sept. 2010 (COORGANIZER)
[G] E. Prati, Experiments with individual electrons, COST Action: QM Without Observers, Sesto, Italy, Aug. 2011 (INVITED)
[H] E. Prati et al., Atom Arrays in Semiconductors: From Quantum Computers to Quantum Encryption, PQCrypto 2011, Taipei, Taiwan, Nov. 2011 (RECENT RESULTS SESSION)
[I] T. Shinada et al., Quantum transport in deterministically implanted single-donors in Si FETs, IEDM 2011, Washington, USA, Dec. 2012 (SELECTED ORAL <30%)
[L] E. Prati, Phase transitions in few electron systems, CORTONA 2012, Convegno Informale di Fisica Teorica, Cortona, Italy, May. 2012 (INVITED)
[M] E. Prati, Silicon nanoelectronic devices based on few donors, Nano 2012, Rhodes, Greece, Aug. 2012 (INVITED)
[N] E. Prati, Phase transitions in few atom systems, DICE 2012, Castiglioncello, Italy, Sept. 2012 (COORGANIZER)
[O] E. Prati et al., Single atom arrays for coherent transport in silicon devices, Silicon Quantum Electronics Workshop, Grenoble, France, Feb. 2013 (SELECTED ORAL < 30%)
[P] E. Prati, Formation of Hubbard bands in arrays of a few dopant atoms in a silicon transistor, Edison 18, Matsue, Japan, Jul. 2014 (INVITED)
Conferences
[a] E. Prati, Official Launch of Metamaterials.net Project (www.metamaterials.net), Meeting Materiali Speciali e Metamateriali per l’Elettromagnetismo e le TLC, Firenze, Italy, Apr. 2003
[b] E. Prati, K-U Band Crossover in Split Ring Resonator Negative Permeability Metamaterials, International Student Seminar on Microwave Applications of Novel Physical Phenomena, Finland, May 2003
[c] E.Prati, Crossover Behaviour of Negative Permeability Metamaterials at 20-50 GHz, OHD2003 Proceeding, Calais, France, Sept. 2003
[d] E.Prati, S.Faralli, M.Martinelli, G.E.Annino, Microwave Hall Effect in n-doped ZnSe, European Microwave Week 2003, Munich, Oct. 2003
[e] E. Prati, J Ravazzola, Merging and Crossing Modes in Double Negative Metamaterials, URSI 2004, Pisa, May 2004
[f] E. Prati, M. Fanciulli, G. Ferrari, M. Sampietro, P. Fantini, Noise Modulation in MOSFETs Under Microwave Irradiation, UPON 2005, Gallipoli, Italy, Jun. 2005
[g] M. Fanciulli, E. Prati, G. Ferrari, M. Sampietro, Random Telegraph Signal in Si n-MOSFETs: a Way Towards Single Spin Resonance Detection, UPON 2005, Gallipoli, Italy, Jun. 2005 Posters at International Conferences
[h] E.Prati, S.Faralli, Microwave Hall Mobility in GaAs and ZnSe, Poster session, INFMeeting 2001, Rome, Italy (2001)
[i] E.Prati, S.Faralli, M.Martinelli, G.E.Annino, Microwave Hall Mobility in ZnSe and 2DEGs, Poster session, INFMeeting 2002, Bari, Italy (2002)
[l] E.Prati, S.Faralli, M.Martinelli, G.E.Annino, Microwave Hall Mobility in ZnSe and 2DEGs, Poster session, MIUR Meeting, Lecce, Italy (2002)
[m] E.Prati Microwave Propagation in Magnetic Semiconductors, Poster session, INFMeeting 2003, Genova, Italy (2003)
[n] E.Prati K-U Band Crossover in Negative Permeability Metamaterials, Poster session, INFMeeting 2003, Genova, Italy (2003)
[o] E.Prati, Gyroelectromagnetic Modes In a Ferromagnetic Semiconductor, Poster session, IV Convegno Nazionale sulla Scienza e Tecnologia dei Materiali, Ischia, Italy (2003)
[p] E. Prati, M. Fanciulli, F. Capotondi, G. Biasiol, L. Sorba, A. Kovalev, J. D. Caldwell, and C.R. Bowers, Magnetoresistively Detected Electron Spin Resonance in Low Density Two Dimensional Electron Gas in GaAs/AlGaAs Single Quantum Wells, Quantum Device Technology Workshop, Potsdam, NY, USA (2004)
[q] E. Prati, M. Fanciulli, G. Ferrari, M. Sampietro, P. Fantini, Microwave Induced Effects on the Random Telegraph Signal in a MOSFET, ICNF 2005, Salamanca, Spain (2005)
[r] E. Prati, M. Fanciulli, E. Dalle Mese, “Metamateriali con Passo Reticolare Confrontabile con la Lunghezza d’Onda”, II Simposio per le Tecnologie Avanzate “Applicazione delle Nanotecnologie per la Difesa nei settori Strutturale, Elettronico, Biotecnologico”, Proceedings, pp. 105-110, (2005)
[s] E. Prati, G. Ferrari, M. Sampietro, M. Fanciulli, “High Magnetic Field Dependence of Capture/Emission Fluctuations of a Single Defect in Silicon MOSFETs”, AIP Conf. Proc. 780, 221 (2005)
[t] E. Prati, G. Ferrari, L. Fumagalli, M. Sampietro, M. Fanciulli, “Microwave Power Detector Based on a Single MOSFET in Standard Technology”, Microwave Conference, 2005 European, 4-6 Oct. 2005, Vol. 2, 4 pp. ISBN: 2-9600551-2-8
[u] E. Prati, G. Ferrari, L. Fumagalli, M. Sampietro, M. Fanciulli “CMOS Compatible Microwave Power Detector Based on a Single MOSFET”, III Simposio per le Tecnologie Avanzate “Applicazione delle Nanotecnologie per la Difesa nei settori Strutturale, Elettronico, Biotecnologico”, Proceedings, (2006)
