Carmelo Mordini

Education

20152019
PhD in Physics – University of Trento
Thesis title: Measurement of the density profile of quantized vortices and of the equation of state in a 3D interacting Bose gas
http://eprints-phd.biblio.unitn.it/3728/
Date: 21/06/2019
20102015
Diploma di Licenza – Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa
Date: 19/12/2016
20132015
Master degree in Physics – University of Pisa
Date: 21/10/2015
20112013
Bachelor degree in Physics – University of Pisa
Date: 25/07/2013

Scientific career

Jan 2024now
Ricercatore (RTDA) in the Quantum Information and Matter Group – University of Padua
Project: Development of an ion trap experiment for quantum computing and simulation
Within the PNRR project "National Centre for HPC, Big Data and Quantum Computing" – Spoke 10
Jan 2021Dec 2023
Postdoc in the Trapped Ion Quantum Information Group (TIQI) – ETH Zurich
Project: Integrated photonics for trapped-ion quantum computing
Supervisor: Jonathan Home
  • Ion trapping in surface traps
  • Integrated photonics
  • Ion transport
Sep 2019Jan 2021
Postdoc in the Ultracold atomic gases laboratory of the BEC Center – University of Trento
Project: Experimental investigation of equilibrium and non-equilibrium properties of Bose–Einstein condensates
Supervisor: Giacomo Lamporesi
  • Thermodynamics of Bose gases
  • Non-equilibrium dynamics of the BEC transition
  • Spinor condensates

Teaching

Courses

Mar 2024Jun 2024
Introduction to Quantum Hardware – Department of Physics, University of Padua
Sep 2023Dec 2023
Quantum Information Processing 1 – Department of Physics, ETH Zurich
Mar 2023Jun 2023
Trapped-ion physics – Department of Physics, ETH Zurich
Sep 2022Feb 2023
Physik 3 – Department of Physics, ETH Zurich
Sep 2021Sep 2022
Physikpraktikum 3 + 4 – Department of Physics, ETH Zurich
Sep 2019Mar 2020
Physics Lab 2 – Department of Physics, University of Trento
Mar 2019Sep 2019
Physics 1 – Department of Physics, University of Trento
Mar 2016Sep 2016
Physics 1 – Department of Civil, Environmental and Mechanical Engineering (DICAM), University of Trento

Supervision

  • 2 semester project students
  • 5 master project students

Publications

2024
C. Mordini, A. R. Vasquez, Y. Motohashi, M. Müller, M. Malinowski, C. Zhang, K. K. Mehta, D. Kienzler, J. P. Home.
Multi-zone trapped-ion qubit control in an integrated photonics QCCD device arXiv:2401.18056
2023
F. Lancellotti, S. Welte, M. Simoni, C. Mordini, T. Behrle, B. de Neeve, M. Marinelli, V. Negnevitsky, J. P. Home.
Low-excitation transport and separation of high-mass-ratio mixed-species ion chains arXiv:2312.14006
2023
K. K. Mehta, A. R. Vasquez, C. Mordini, G. Beck, M. Malinowski, M. Stadler, C. Zhang, D. Kienzler, J. P. Home.
Ion trap quantum computing using integrated photonics. Integrated Optics: Devices, Materials, and Technologies XXVII 124240I, 10.1117/12.2655382
2023
A. R. Vasquez, C. Mordini, C. Vérnière, M. Stadler, M. Malinowski, C. Zhang, D. Kienzler, K. K. Mehta, J. P. Home.
Control of an atomic quadrupole transition in a phase-stable standing wave. Phys. Rev. Lett. 130: 133201, 10.1103/PhysRevLett.130.133201arXiv:2210.02597
2022
PRA Editor's suggestion
L. Wolswijk, C. Mordini, A. Farolfi, D. Trypogeorgos, F. Dalfovo, A. Zenesini, G. Ferrari, G. Lamporesi.
Measurement of the order parameter and its spatial fluctuations across Bose-Einstein condensation. Phys. Rev. A 105: 033316, 10.1103/PhysRevA.105.033316arXiv:2201.08569
2021
A. R. Vasquez, C. Mordini, C. Zhang, M. Malinowski, D. Kienzler, K. K. Mehta, J. P. Home.
Ion Qubit Control in a Passively Phase-Stable Optical Standing Wave. Quantum Information and Measurement VI 2021, 10.1364/QIM.2021.F2B.6
2021
A. Farolfi, A. Zenesini, D. Trypogeorgos, C. Mordini, A. Gallemì, A. Roy, A. Recati, G. Lamporesi, G. Ferrari.
Quantum-torque-induced breaking of magnetic domain walls in ultracold gases. Nature Physics 17: 1359–1363, 10.1038/s41567-021-01369-yarXiv:2011.04271
2020
C. Mordini, D. Trypogeorgos, L. Wolswijk, G. Lamporesi, G. Ferrari.
Single-shot reconstruction of the density profile of a dense atomic gas. Opt. Express 28 (20): 29408–29418, 10.1364/OE.397567arXiv:2005.05674
2020
C. Mordini, D. Trypogeorgos, A. Farolfi, L. Wolswijk, S. Stringari, G. Lamporesi, G. Ferrari.
Measurement of the Canonical Equation of State of a Weakly Interacting 3D Bose Gas. Phys. Rev. Lett. 125: 150404, 10.1103/PhysRevLett.125.150404arXiv:2003.13627
2020
PRL Editor's suggestion — Featured in Physics
A. Farolfi, D. Trypogeorgos, C. Mordini, G. Lamporesi, G. Ferrari.
Observation of Magnetic Solitons in Two-Component Bose-Einstein Condensates. Phys. Rev. Lett. 125: 030401, 10.1103/PhysRevLett.125.030401arXiv:1912.10513
2018
E. Fava, T. Bienaimè, C. Mordini, G. Colzi, C. Qu, S. Stringari, G. Lamporesi, G. Ferrari.
Observation of Spin Superfluidity in a Bose Gas Mixture. Phys. Rev. Lett. 120 (17): 170401, 10.1103/PhysRevLett.120.170401arXiv:1708.03923
2018
G. Colzi, E. Fava, M. Barbiero, C. Mordini, G. Lamporesi, G. Ferrari.
Production of large Bose-Einstein condensates in a magnetic-shield-compatible hybrid trap. Phys. Rev. A 97 (5): 053625, 10.1103/PhysRevA.97.053625arXiv:1803.08814
2018
F. Dalfovo, Russell N. Bisset, C. Mordini, G. Lamporesi, G. Ferrari.
Optical Visibility and Core Structure of Vortex Filaments in a Bosonic Superfluid. J. Exp. Theor. Phys. 127 (5): 804–811, 10.1134/S1063776118110018arXiv:1804.03017
2017
C. Mordini, M. Zanoli.
Proceedings of the event IPSP2017: Industrial Problem Solving with Physics – 17-22/07/2017 – University of Trento
https://event.unitn.it/ipsp2021/IPSP2017_proceedings_ebook.pdf
ISBN: 978-88-8443-787-7
2016
T. Bienaimè, E. Fava, G. Colzi, C. Mordini, S. Serafini, C. Qu, S. Stringari, G. Lamporesi, G. Ferrari.
Spin-dipole oscillation and polarizability of a binary Bose-Einstein condensate near the miscible-immiscible phase transition. Phys. Rev. A 94 (6): 063652, 10.1103/PhysRevA.94.063652arXiv:1607.04574

Conferences and seminars

07/07/202412/07/2024
ECCTI 2024 - Early Career Conference in Trapped Ions – Innsbruck, Austria
Contribution: poster
https://indico.cern.ch/event/1346005/
11/10/202313/10/2023
Quantum Computing and Simulation Workshop – Venezia, Italy
Contribution: poster
https://indico.dfa.unipd.it/event/818/page/56-venue
25/09/202329/09/2023
ECTI 2023 - 7th European Conference on Trapped Ions – Schloss Bückeburg, Germany
Contribution: poster
https://konferenz.uni-hannover.de/event/79/
17/09/202322/09/2023
IEEE Quantum Week 2023 – Bellevue, Washington, USA
Contribution: invited talk at "Emerging Technologies for Scaling Trapped-ion Quantum Systems Workshop"
https://qce.quantum.ieee.org/2023/
https://www.sandia.gov/quantum/trapped-ion-workshop/
02/05/202305/05/2023
Quantum Science Generation Workshop 2023 – ECT*, Trento
Contribution: talk
https://indico.ectstar.eu/event/162/
18/09/202223/09/2022
IEEE Quantum Week 2022 – Broomfield, Colorado, USA
Contribution: poster
https://qce.quantum.ieee.org/2022
26/06/202201/07/2022
ECCTI 2022 - Early Career Conference in Trapped Ions – CERN, Geneva
Organizers: Organized within the COST action TIPICQA
Contribution: talk
https://indico.cern.ch/event/991843/
29/11/202102/12/2021
EQTC 2021 - European Quantum Technologies Conference – National University of Ireland, Galway – online
Organizers: European Quantum Flagship and Irish Centre for High-End Computing
Contribution: talk
https://www.eqtc.org/
20/07/2020
Summer School on Physical Sensing and Processing – University of Bologna – online
Organizers: D. Bonacorsi, N. Lanconelli, E. Leonessi (University of Bologna)
https://site.unibo.it/school-physical-sensing-and-processing/en
15/07/2019
Workshop on Quantum Mixtures – University of Trento
Organizers: F. Dalfovo, S. Giorgini, A. Recati (University of Trento), C. Salomon (LKB, Paris), Tin-Lun Ho (Ohio State University)
http://bec.science.unitn.it/qmix2019/
15/11/201817/11/2018
Florence - Trento meeting on Quantum gases – Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa, Italy
Organizers: BEC Center, Trento, and LENS, Florence
Contribution: talk
https://bec.science.unitn.it/BEC/imgs/pisa-program.jpg
28/08/201801/09/2018
EuroSciPy 2018 – Fondazione Bruno Kessler, Trento
Organizers: The EuroSciPy team
https://www.euroscipy.org/2018/
22/07/201827/07/2018
ICAP 2018 – International Conference on Atomic Physics – University of Barcellona, Spain
Organizers: University of Barcellona, ICFO – Institute for Photonic Sciences
Contribution: poster
http://icap2018.eu
31/08/201603/09/2016
BEC2016 – Quantum gases and quantum coherence – University of Salerno, Italy
Organizers: F. Chevy (ENS, Paris, Fr), R. Citro (UniSa, Salerno, Italy), G. Lamporesi (INO-CNR BEC, Italy)
Contribution: poster
http://bec2016.physics.unisa.it/
21/02/2016
International Conference on Quantum Optics 2016 – Obergurgl, Tirol, Austria
Organizers: Hanns-Christoph Nägerl (University of Innsbruck)
https://www.uibk.ac.at/th-physik/obergurgl2016/
07/07/201509/07/2015
Introductory Course on Ultracold Quantum Gases – Institute of Quantum Optics and Quantum Information (IQOQI), Innsbruck
Organizers: Francesca Ferlaino, Rudolph Grimm (University of Innsbruck)
https://www.uibk.ac.at/sp-physik/events/introductory_course_ultracold_quantum_gases_2015/index.html.en
22/06/201525/06/2015
Cold atoms meet High Energy Physics – ECT*, Villazzano, Trento
Organizers: Sandro Stringari (Università di Trento)
https://www.ectstar.eu/workshops/cold-atoms-meet-high-energy-physics/
12/01/201523/01/2015
International Winter School and Workshop on "Strongly correlated fluids of light and matter" – ECT*, Villazzano, Trento
Organizers: Iacopo Carusotto (Università di Trento)
http://www.science.unitn.it/~carusott/PHOTON15/index.html

Outreach and scientific events

Jun 2022
Participation in the Nacht der Physik outreach event
https://www.phys.ethz.ch/de/news-und-veranstaltungen/nacht-der-physik-2022.html
Mar 2020
Collaboration in the Trento session of the orientation and outreach event TIQIT 2020 organized by the Italian Association of Physics Students (AISF)
http://ai-sf.it/tiqit20/
Feb 2017Jun 2017
Organization of the technology transfer event IPSP - Industrial Problem Solving with Physics, 4th edition
https://www.unitn.it/archivio/events/ipsp2017.html
Nov 2016