Prof. Dr. Giovanni De Ninno
University of Nova Gorica
Vipavska Cesta 11c
Ajdovščina, SLOVENIA 5270
T: +386 5 3653-518
E: giovanni.de.ninno@ung.si
Elettra – Sincrotrone Trieste S.C.p.A
Strada Statale 14, km 163.5
34149 Basovizza Trieste ITALY
T: +39 040 375-8008 (off.)
Group leader
Education
1999
Ph.D. in physics at University Blaise Pascale of Clermont-Ferrand (France).
Thesis title: “Beam studies for the CERN Antiproton Decelerator (AD) and a new interpretation of the resonance theory for betatron motion”.
Scientific supervisor: Prof. Philipp Bryant (CERN-Geneva).
1997-1999
Fellow at CERN (Switzerland).
1999-2002
Postdoc at LURE (Laboratoire pour l’Utilisation du Rayonnement Electromagnétique), Orsay (Paris, France).
Employment
From 2002
Researcher at Sincrotrone Trieste (Italy). Head of the “New light sources” group.
2005 – 2008
Contract Professor at Trieste University.
From 2008
Associate Professor at Nova Gorica University.
Relevant Publications
- G. De Ninno, D. Fanelli, et al., “Controlled Hopf bifurcation of a storage-ring free-electron laser”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 094801 (2004)
- J. Barré, T. Dauxois, G. De Ninno, D. Fanelli, S. Ruffo, “Statistical theory of high-gain free-electron laser saturation”, Phys. Rev. E 69, 045501 (2004)
- E. Allaria, G. De Ninno, et al., “Soft X-rays free electron lasers using a single harmonic cascade”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 014801 (2007)
- F. Curbis, A. Antoniazzi, G. De Ninno, D. Fanelli, “Maximum entroy principle and coherent harmonic generation using a single-pass free-electron laser: a recipe for predicting the saturated regime”, Eur. Phys. J. B 57, 527 (2007)
- G. De Ninno, E. Allaria, M. Coreno, F. Curbis, M. B. Danailov, E. Karantzoulis, A. Locatelli, T. O. Menteş, M. A. Nino, C. Spezzani, and M. Trovò, “Generation of Ultrashort Coherent Vacuum Ultraviolet Pulses Using Electron Storage Rings: A New Bright Light Source for Experiments”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 053902 (2008)
- G. De Ninno, E. Allaria, M. Coreno, S. Chowdhury, F. Curbis, M. B. Danailov, B. Diviacco, M. Ferianis, E. Karantzoulis, E. C. Longhi, I. V. Pinayev, C. Spezzani, M. Trovò, and V. N. Litvinenko, “Self-Induced Harmonic Generation in a Storage-Ring Free-Electron Laser”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 100, 104801 (2008)
- E. Allaria, F. Curbis, M. Coreno, M. Danailov, B. Diviacco, C. Spezzani, M. Trovó, and G. De Ninno, “Experimental Characterization of Nonlinear Harmonic Generation in Planar and Helical Undulators”, Rev. Lett. 99, 100, 174801 (2008)
- E. Allaria , M. Danailov and G. De Ninno, “Tunability of a seeded free-electron laser through frequency pulling”, Eur. Phys. Letters 89 64005 (2010)
- R. Bachelard , T. Manos , P. de Buyl , F. Staniscia , F. S. Cataliotti , G. De Ninno , D. Fanelli, N. Piovella, “Experimental perspectives for systems based on long-range interactions”, J. Stat. Mech. P06009 doi: 10.1088/1742-5468/2010/06/P06009 (2010)
- E. Menotti, G. De Ninno, A Novel, “Derivation for the Free-Electron-Laser Integral Equation”, Nucl. Instr. and Meth. A, 631, 125 (2010)
- C. Spezzani, E. Allaria, M. Coreno, B. Diviacco, E. Ferrari, G. Geloni, E. Karantzoulis, B. Mahieu, M. Vento, G. De Ninno, “Coherent Light with Tunable Polarization from Single-Pass Free-Electron Lasers”, Phys. Rev. Lett. Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 084801 (2011)
- E. Allaria, G. De Ninno, C. Spezzani, “Experimental demonstration of frequency pulling in single-pass free-electron lasers”, Optics Express, 19, 10619 (2011)
- B. Mahieu, S. Coraggia, C. Callegari, M. Coreno, G. De Ninno, M. Devetta, F. Frassetto, D. Garzella, M. Negro and C. Spezzani, C. Vozzi, S. Stagira, L. Poletto, “Full tunability of laser femtosecond high-order harmonics in the ultraviolet spectral range”, Appl. Phys. B, DOI 10.1007/s00340-012-4944-6 (2012)