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Samanta Piano

Professor of Metrology, Faculty of Engineering

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Samanta Piano is part of the Research Group.

Research Summary

I am a Professor of Metrology at the Department of Mechanical, Materials and Manufacturing Engineering, at the 糖心原创. My research interests are to investigate new optical… read more

Recent Publications

  • GUO, P., LIU, M., ZHANG, B., LI, J., XIONG, Z., PIANO, S. and ZHANG, S., 2023. Precision Engineering. 79, 236-244
  • EASTWOOD, J., LEACH, R. K. and PIANO, S., 2023. Measurement Science and Technology. 34(3),
  • EASTWOOD, J., GAYTON, G., LEACH, R. K. and PIANO, S., 2023. Optics Express. 31(5), 7966-7982
  • AHMADIEH KHANESAR, M., YAN, M., SYAM, W. P., PIANO, S., LEACH, R. K. and BRANSON, D. T., 2023. IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics. 1-11

Current Research

I am a Professor of Metrology at the Department of Mechanical, Materials and Manufacturing Engineering, at the 糖心原创. My research interests are to investigate new optical techniques and systems for 3D precision measurements.

Past Research

I am a physicist with a successful history of prestigious awards, including a Marie Curie IEF Fellowship and my just ended Nottingham Advance Research Fellowship, and with a strong record of leading contributions to several forefront areas of experimental condensed matter physics, materials science, atomic and optical physics, metrology and nanoscience.

I received my PhD in 2007 under the joint supervision of Prof AM Cucolo at Salerno (Italy) and Prof MG Blamire at Cambridge (UK), with a dissertation entitled: "Andreev reflections and transport phenomena in superconductors at the interface with ferromagnets and normal metals". I was investigating the symmetry of the order parameter in unconventional and high temperature superconductors with point contact Andreev Reflection techniques. During my visit at Cambridge (Nov 05-Oct 06), I fabricated and characterised strongly ferromagnetic Josephson junctions, useful for applications to spintronics and quantum computing. Results from this last topic [Phys.Rev.Lett. 97, 177003 (2006)] have attracted more than 100 citations.

Then, I expanded my research activity in this field by investigating ferromagnetic semiconductor materials. In fact, in 2009 I was awarded a Marie Curie IEF Fellowship (score: 97/100) by the European Commission, hosted by the Semiconductor Spintronics Group (Prof B Gallagher) at the 糖心原创. During my Fellowship I provided the first accurate measurement of the spin polarisation of the ferromagnetic semiconductor (Ga,Mn)As by combining scanning probe microscopy experiments (in a setup which I built at Nottingham) with a new theoretical modelling developed in collaboration with Prof M Eschrig, now at Royal Holloway London [Phys.Rev.B 83, 081305(Rapid) (2011)]. I also carried out the first detailed surface analysis of (Ga,Mn)As by atomic force microscopy, revealing the presence of self-organised periodic ripples. In collaboration with Prof V Holy at Prague, I unveiled a correlation between these structures and the uniaxial magnetic anisotropy, which had been observed in (Ga,Mn)As since a decade without a satisfactory microscopic explanation. This result has been praised as a potential cornerstone for the field [Appl.Phys.Lett. 98, 152503 (2011)]. Moreover, in collaboration with Prof J. Fontcuberta I have carried out a detailed studied of spin filter efficiency in ferrimagnetic materials.

Then, in 2011 I won a prestigious Nottingham Advance Research Fellowship (only 5 awarded yearly in the whole 糖心原创) with an original project aimed at developing probes for high-sensitive magnetometry using ultracold atoms. This included the design and construction of a whole new laboratory at Nottingham, which I have led and am now completing in collaboration with my fellow colleagues at the Midlands Ultracold Atoms Research Centre. I have obtained the magneto-optical trapping of 87Rb atoms by using two sets of overlapping laser beams. With a dual colour magneto-optical trapping I have observed a doubling in the number of trapped atoms, demonstrating that this technique is very useful in experiments where both high vacuum level and large atom number are required [paper in preparation].

As a post-doc research fellow in the ultra-cold atom group, I worked on the investigation of ways to couple cold and ultra-cold atoms to photons delivered through a waveguide. Our goal was to realise a complex hybrid light-matter network for quantum information processing based on integrated chip devices. In principle such a light-and-matter interface can act as a building block for photon storage, optical switching or quantum computational tasks. The waveguides are written by short laser pulses into normal glass, which locally changes the refractive index.

I also worked as a part-time teaching associate at the 糖心原创, organising and coordinating the second year workshops for all the undergraduate courses at the School of Physics and Astronomy.

  • GUO, P., LIU, M., ZHANG, B., LI, J., XIONG, Z., PIANO, S. and ZHANG, S., 2023. Precision Engineering. 79, 236-244
  • EASTWOOD, J., LEACH, R. K. and PIANO, S., 2023. Measurement Science and Technology. 34(3),
  • EASTWOOD, J., GAYTON, G., LEACH, R. K. and PIANO, S., 2023. Optics Express. 31(5), 7966-7982
  • AHMADIEH KHANESAR, M., YAN, M., SYAM, W. P., PIANO, S., LEACH, R. K. and BRANSON, D. T., 2023. IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics. 1-11
  • KHANESAR, M. A., YAN, M., ISA, M., PIANO, S., AYOUBI, M. A. and BRANSON, D. T., 2023. Machines. 11(4),
  • KHANESAR, M. A., YAN, M., KENDAL, P., ISA, M., PIANO, S. and BRANSON, D., 2023.
  • KHANESAR, M. A., YAN, M., ISA, M., PIANO, S. and BRANSON, D. T., 2023. Sensors. 23(12),
  • DONG, J., HOOSHMAND, H., LIU, M. and PIANO, S., 2023. Optics and Lasers in Engineering. 171,
  • CATALUCCI S, THOMPSON A, PIANO S, BRANSON D and LEACH R K, 2022. J. Adv. Manufac. Technol. 120, 4271鈥�4290
  • ISA M, KHANESAR M A, LEACH R K and BRANSON D, 2022. Frequency scanning interferometry for accurate robot position measurement In: Proc. 22nd Int. euspen Conf., Geneva, Switzerland, Jun..
  • HELIA HOOSHMAND, MINGYU LIU, RICHARD LEACH, SAMANTA PIANO, MINGYU LIU, RICHARD LEACH and SAMANTA PIANO, 2022. Quantifying the validity conditions of the Beckmann-Kirchhoff scattering model In: SPIE Optics + Photonics.
  • GUO, PAN, LIU, MINGYU, ZHANG, BOWEN, LI, JINTAO, XIONG, ZHIWEN, PIANO, SAMANTA and ZHANG, SHAOJIAN,, 2022. International Journal of Precision Engineering and Manufacturing.
  • EASTWOOD, J., GAYTON, G., LEACH, R. and PIANO, S., 2022.
  • CATALUCCI, S., THOMPSON, A., EASTWOOD, J., ZHANG, Z. M., BRANSON III, D. T., LEACH, R. and PIANO, S., 2022. Smart optical coordinate and surface metrology Measurement Science and Technology. 34(1),
  • ZHANG, Z. M., CATALUCCI, S., THOMPSON, A., LEACH, R. and PIANO, S., 2022. International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology.
  • EASTWOOD, J., LEACH, R. and PIANO, S., 2022.
  • ISA, M. A., KHANESAR, M. A., LEACH, R., BRANSON, D. and PIANO, S., 2022.
  • HOOSHMAND, H., LIU, M., LEACH, R. and PIANO, S., 2022. Optical Engineering. 61(12),
  • CATALUCCI S, SENIN N, PIANO S and LEACH R K, 2021. Automated assessment of measurement quality in optical coordinate metrology of complex freeform parts In: Proc. 21st Int. euspen Conf. 277鈥�280
  • EASTWOOD, J., NEWTON, L., LEACH, R. and PIANO, S., 2021.
  • FIDERER, L. J., TUFARELLI, T., PIANO, S. and ADESSO, G., 2021. General Expressions for the Quantum Fisher Information Matrix with Applications to Discrete Quantum Imaging: Prx Quantum Prx Quantum. 2(2),
  • ECHETA I, DUTTON B, LEACH R K and PIANO S, 2021. Finite element modelling of defects in additively manufactured strut-based lattice structures Additive Manufacturing. 102301
  • EASTWOOD J, NEWTON L, LEACH R K and PIANO S, 2021. Precision Engineering. 74, 1-11
  • ISA M, LEACH R K, BRANSON D and PIANO S, 2021. The effect of motion blur on photogrammetric measurements of a robotic moving target In: Proc. ASPE, Minneapolis, USA. 155-160
  • ISA, M. A., LEACH, R., BRANSON, D. and PIANO, S., 2021.
  • SIMS-WATERHOUSE, D., ISA, M., PIANO, S. and LEACH, R., 2020. Precision Engineering. 63, 1-9
  • EASTWOOD J, ZHANG S, ISA M, SIMS-WATERHOUSE D, LEACH R K and PIANO S, 2020. In: Proc. SPIE. 11352. 113520A
  • ISA M, SIMS-WATERHOUSE D, PIANO S and LEACH R K, 2020. Precision Engineering. 58, 188-199
  • ZHANG H, EASTWOOD J, ISA M, SIMS-WATERHOUSE D, LEACH R K and PIANO S, 2020. Precision Engineering. 67, 178-188
  • EASTWOOD, J., SIMS-WATERHOUSE, D., PIANO, S., WIER, R. and LEACH, R., 2020.
  • LEACH, R., BOINTON, P., FENG, X., LAWES, S., PIANO, S., SENIN, N., SIMS-WATERHOUSE, D., STAVROULAKIS, P., SU, R., SYAM, W. and THOMAS, M., 2019.
  • NAPOLI, C., PIANO, S., LEACH, R., ADESSO, G. and TUFARELLI, T., 2019. Physical Review Letters. 122(14),
  • HADIAN, H., PIANO, S., FENG, X. and LEACH, R., 2019.
  • CATALUCCI S, SENIN N, PIANO S and LEACH R K, 2019. Intelligent systems for optical form measurement: automated assessment of pose and coverage In: Proc. ASPE, Pittsburgh, USA, Oct. 145鈥�150
  • ISA M, SIMS-WATERHOUSE D, PIANO S and LEACH R K, 2019. Kinematic error analysis of stage tracking using stereo vision In: Proc. ASPE, Pittsburgh, USA, Oct..
  • ECHETA, I., FENG, X., DUTTON, B., LEACH, R. and PIANO, S., 2019. International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology.
  • SHI, S, JING LIN, XIAOQIANG XU and XIAOBING FENG, 2018. The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology. 95(1-4), 205鈥�217
  • SIMS-WATERHOUSE, D., PIANO, S. and LEACH, R., 2018.
  • KARIM, S., PIANO, S., LEACH, R., BRANSON, D. and TOLLEY, M., 2018.
  • SIMS-WATERHOUSE D, PIANO S and LEACH R K, 2017. Measurement Science & Technology. 28, 055010
  • SIMS-WATERHOUSE D, PIANO S and LEACH R K, 2017. In: Proc. SPIE. 103730. 1037304-1-9
  • STAVROULAKIS, PETROS, SIMS-WATERHOUSE, DANNY, PIANO, SAMANTA and LEACH, RICHARD, 2017. OPTICAL ENGINEERING. 56(10), 104106
  • SIMS-WATERHOUSE, D., BOINTON, P., PIANO, S. and LEACH, R. K., 2017. OPTICAL MEASUREMENT SYSTEMS FOR INDUSTRIAL INSPECTION X. 10329,
  • STAVROULAKIS, PETROS I., CHEN, SHUXIAO, SIMS-WATERHOUSE, DANNY, PIANO, SAMANTA, SOUTHON, NICHOLAS, BOINTON, PATRICK and LEACH, RICHARD, 2017. MODELING ASPECTS IN OPTICAL METROLOGY VI. 10330,
  • SIMS-WATERHOUSE, DANNY, PIANO, SAMANTA and LEACH, RICHARD, 2017. MEASUREMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY. 28(5),
  • LI, Y., WU, J., FENG, G., NUTE, J., PIANO, S., HACKERMUELLER, L., MA, J., XIAO, L. and JIA, S., 2015. LASER PHYSICS LETTERS. 12(5),
  • ADESSO, GERARDO and PIANO, SAMANTA, 2014. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS. 112(1),
  • PIANO, SAMANTA and ADESSO, GERARDO, 2013. ENTROPY. 15(5), 1875-1886
  • PIANO, S., RUSHFORTH, A. W., EDMONDS, K. W., CAMPION, R. P., ADESSO, G. and GALLAGHER, B. L., 2012. JOURNAL OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY. 12(9), 7545-7549
  • PIANO, S., GREIN, R., MELLOR, C.J., V脻BORN脻, K., CAMPION, R., WANG, M., ESCHRIG, M. and GALLAGHER, B.L., 2011. Physical Review B. 83(8), 081305
  • PIANO, S., MARTI, X., RUSHFORTH, A. W., EDMONDS, K. W., CAMPION, R. P., WANG, M., CAHA, O., SCHUELLI, T. U., HOLY, V. and GALLAGHER, B. L., 2011. APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS. 98(15),
  • FOERSTER, M., PIANO, S., RIGATO, F., MELLOR, C. J. and FONTCUBERTA, J., 2011. JOINT EUROPEAN MAGNETIC SYMPOSIA (JEMS). 303,
  • C. ALTAVILLA, F.BOBBA, P.CIAMBELLI, A.M. CUCOLO, A. DI BARTOLOMEO, F. GIUBILEO, S.PIANO, D. SANNINO, AND A.SCARFATO, 2011. US2011/0210415 A1 01/01/1900 00:00:00
  • RIGATO, FRANCO, PIANO, SAMANTA, FOERSTER, MICHAEL, GIUBILEO, FILIPPO, CUCOLO, ANNA MARIA and FONTCUBERTA, JOSEP, 2010. PHYSICAL REVIEW B. 81(17),
  • CUCOLO, A. M., PIANO, S., GIUBILEO, F., SCARFATO, A., BOBBA, F. and DI BARTOLOMEO, A., 2010. PHYSICA C-SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND ITS APPLICATIONS. 470, S243-S244
  • GIUBILEO, F, PIANO, S, SCARFATO, A, BOBBA, F, DI BARTOLOMEO, A and CUCOLO, A M, 2010. A tunneling spectroscopy study of the pairing symmetry in the electron-doped Pr(1-x)LaCe(x)CuO(4-y). Journal of physics. Condensed matter : an Institute of Physics journal. 22(4), 045702
  • GIUBILEO, F., PIANO, S., SCARFATO, A., BOBBA, F., DI BARTOLOMEO, A. and CUCOLO, A. M., 2010. JOURNAL OF PHYSICS-CONDENSED MATTER. 22(4),
  • GIUBILEO, F., PIANO, S., SCARFATO, A., BOBBA, F., DI BARTOLOMEO, A. and CUCOLO, A. M., 2010. PHYSICA C-SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND ITS APPLICATIONS. 470(19), 922-925
  • PIANO, S., DE SANTIS, A., BOBBA, F., GIUBILEO, F., LONGOBARDI, M., DI BARTOLOMEO, A., POLICHETTI, M., SCARFATO, A., ZOLA, D., VECCHIONE, A. and CUCOLO, A. M., 2009. JOURNAL OF PHYSICS-CONDENSED MATTER. 21(25),
  • DI BARTOLOMEO, A., SARNO, M., GIUBILEO, F., ALTAVILLA, C., IEMMO, L., PIANO, S., BOBBA, F., LONGOBARDI, M., SCARFATO, A., SANNINO, D., CUCOLO, A. M. and CIAMBELLI, P., 2009. JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS. 105(6),
  • PIANO, S, DE SANTIS, A, BOBBA, F, GIUBILEO, F, LONGOBARDI, M, DI BARTOLOMEO, A, POLICHETTI, M, SCARFATO, A, ZOLA, D, VECCHIONE, A and CUCOLO, A M, 2009. Journal of physics. Condensed matter : an Institute of Physics journal. 21(25), 254205
  • SAMANTA PIANO, FABRIZIO BOBBA, FILIPPO GIUBILEO and ANNA MARIA CUCOLO, 2009. . In: KOENRAAD N. COURTLANDT, ed., Superconducting Cuprates: Properties, Preparation and Applications 4. Nova Science Publishers, Inc. Hauppauge, NY. 135-160
  • SAMANTA PIANO, 2009. . In: GIULIA C. LOMBARDI and GINEVRA E. BIANCHI, eds., Electrical and magnetic properties of nano-scale pi-junctions 7. Nova Science Publishers, Inc. Hauppauge, NY. 185-212
  • PIANO, SAMANTA, 2009. ELECTRICAL AND MAGNETIC PROPERTIES OF NANO-SCALE pi-JUNCTIONS SPINTRONICS: MATERIALS, APPLICATIONS, AND DEVICES. 185-211
  • DE SANTIS, A., ZOLA, D., PIANO, S., BOBBA, F., GIUBILEO, F., LONGOBARDI, M., POLICHETTI, M., PACE, S. and CUCOLO, A. M., 2008. La0.7Ca0.3MnO3/YBa2Cu3O7-x/La0.7Ca0.3MnO3 heterostructures: Superconducting and magnetic properties MAGNETIC MATERIALS. 1003, 13-15
  • DI BARTOLOMEO, A., GIUBILEO, F., SARNO, M., ALTAVILLA, C., SANNINO, D., IEMMO, L., BOBBA, F., PIANO, S., CUCOLO, A. M. and CIAMBELLI, P., 2008. Multiwalled carbon nanotube films as temperature nano-sensors NSTI NANOTECH 2008, VOL 1, TECHNICAL PROCEEDINGS. 112-115
  • ROBINSON, J. W. A., PIANO, SAMANTA, BURNELL, GAVIN, BELL, CHRIS and BLAMIRE, MARK G., 2007. IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON APPLIED SUPERCONDUCTIVITY. 17(2), 641-644
  • PIANO, SAMANTA, BOBBA, FABRIZIO, GIUBILEO, FILIPPO, DE SANTIS, ADELE and CUCOLO, ANNA MARIA, 2007. PHYSICA C-SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND ITS APPLICATIONS. 460, 886-887
  • ROBINSON, J. W. A., PIANO, S., BURNELL, G., BELL, C. and BLAMIRE, M. G., 2007. PHYSICAL REVIEW B. 76(9),
  • GIUBILEO, F., BOBBA, F., SCARFATO, A., PIANO, S., APRILI, M. and CUCOLO, A. M., 2007. PHYSICA C-SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND ITS APPLICATIONS. 460, 587-588
  • PIANO, S., ROBINSON, J. W. A., BURNELL, G. and BLAMIRE, M. G., 2007. EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL B. 58(2), 123-126
  • PIANO, S., BOBBA, F., DE SANTIS, A., GIUBILEO, F., SCARFATO, A. and CUCOLO, A. M., 2006. 7TH EUROPEAN CONFERENCE ON APPLIED SUPERCONDUCTIVITY (EUCAS'05). 43, 1123-1126
  • ROBINSON, J. W. A., PIANO, S., BURNELL, G., BELL, C. and BLAMIRE, M. G., 2006. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS. 97(17),
  • PIANO, S, BOBBA, F, GIUBILEO, F, VECCHIONE, A and CUCOLO, AM, 2006. JOURNAL OF PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY OF SOLIDS. 67(1-3), 384-386
  • PIANO, S, BOBBA, F, GIUBILEO, F, CUCOLO, AM, GOMBOS, M and VECCHIONE, A, 2006. PHYSICAL REVIEW B. 73(6),
  • PIANO, S, BOBBA, F, GIUBILEO, F, CUCOLO, AM and VECCHIONE, A, 2005. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MODERN PHYSICS B. 19(1-3), 323-325
  • GIUBILEO, F, APRILI, M, BOBBA, F, PIANO, S, SCARFATO, A and CUCOLO, AM, 2005. PHYSICAL REVIEW B. 72(17),

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