Francesco Mattiotti

Post-Doc in Physics

About Me

I am a post-doc in the Theoretical Quantum Physics group at the University of Saarland.

Before, I have been a post-doc in the Quantum Matter Theory group at the Centre Européen de Sciences Quantiques (CESQ) - Institut de Science et d'Ingénierie Supramoléculaires (ISIS) of the University of Strasbourg.

I obtained my double Ph.D. degree in Physics in the International Doctoral Program in Science jointly offered by Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore and University of Notre Dame. During my Ph.D. I worked between the Quantum Biology group, under the supervision of Prof. G. Luca Celardo and Prof. Fausto Borgonovi (UCSC), and the Condensed Matter group, under the supervision of Prof. Boldizsár Jankó (UND).

I received my Master's degree in Physics from Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore and I wrote my thesis under the supervision of Prof. G. Luca Celardo and Prof. Fausto Borgonovi.

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Education

Employments

  • Post-doc; Mar 2025 - now, UdS
  • Post-doc; Apr 2021 - Mar 2025, Unistra
  • Teaching Assistant; Nov 2017 - Dec 2017, UCSC Brescia
  • Research Assistant; Apr 2016 - Dec 2016, UCSC Brescia
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Research Interests

I am interested in quantum systems strongly coupled to optical cavities, the interplay of cooperativity with disorder and noise and their implications on quantum transport, also in the context of many body physics.

Current research interests

  • Quantum Optics
  • Cavity QED
  • Many-body Physics
  • Cooperativity
  • Quantum Transport

Past research interests

  • Validity of non-Hermitian Hamiltonian approach to the dynamics of open quantum systems
  • Quantum chaos and thermalization in closed systems
  • Common theoretical framework for different cooperative effects
  • Superfluorescence in cesium lead halide perovskite nanocrystal superlattices
  • Interplay of superradiance, coherence and temperature
  • Superradiance and lasing

Publications

Relation between structure and functionality in photosynthetic antenna complex
Alessia Valzelli, Francesco Mattiotti, Jianshu Cao, Giuseppe Luca Celardo
Relation between structure and functionality in photosynthetic antenna complex of green sulfur bacteria: efficiency under natural sunlight pumping
The Journal of Physical Chemistry B (2026) Download
Time complexity of a monitored quantum search with resetting
Emma C. King, Sayan Roy, Francesco Mattiotti, Maximilian Kiefer-Emmanouilidis, Markus Bläser, Giovanna Morigi
Time complexity of a monitored quantum search with resetting
arXiv:2601.20560 (2026) Download
Disorder in Cavity-modified Transport and Chemistry
David Hagenmüller, Jérôme Dubail, Francesco Mattiotti, Guido Pupillo, Johannes Schachenmayer
Disorder in Cavity-modified Transport and Chemistry
Polariton Chemistry (Wiley, 2025)
Scale-invariant phase transition of disordered bosons in one dimension
Tanul Gupta, Guido Masella, Francesco Mattiotti, Nikolay V. Prokof'ev, Guido Pupillo
Scale-invariant phase transition of disordered bosons in one dimension
Physical Review B 111, L020503 (2025) Download
Large scale simulations of photosynthetic antenna systems
Alessia Valzelli, Alice Boschetti, Francesco Mattiotti, Armin Kargol, Coleman Green, Fausto Borgonovi, Giuseppe Luca Celardo
Large scale simulations of photosynthetic antenna systems: interplay of cooperativity and disorder
The Journal of Physical Chemistry B 128, 9643 (2024) Download
Extraordinary electrical conductance through amorphous non-conducting polymers under vibrational strong coupling
Sunil Kumar, Subha Biswas, Umar Rashid, Kavya S. Mony, Gokul Chandrasekharan, Francesco Mattiotti, Robrecht M. A. Vergauwe, David Hagenmuller, Veerabhadrarao Kaliginedi, Anoop Thomas
Extraordinary electrical conductance through amorphous non-conducting polymers under vibrational strong coupling
Journal of the American Chemical Society 146, 18999 (2024) Download
Universal stability of coherently diffusive one-dimensional systems
Fabricio S. Lozano-Negro, Emilio Alvarez Navarro, Nahum C. Chávez, Francesco Mattiotti, Fausto Borgonovi, Horacio M. Pastawski, G. Luca Celardo
Universal stability of coherently diffusive one-dimensional systems with respect to decoherence
Physical Review A 109, 042213 (2024) Download
Localization of light in three dimensions
Giuseppe Luca Celardo, Mattia Angeli, Francesco Mattiotti, Robin Kaiser
Localization of light in three dimensions: a mobility edge in the imaginary axis in non-Hermitian Hamiltonians
Europhysics Letters 145, 35002 (2024) Download
Multifractality in the interacting disordered Tavis-Cummings model
Francesco Mattiotti, Jérôme Dubail, David Hagenmüller, Johannes Schachenmayer, Jean-Philippe Brantut, Guido Pupillo
Multifractality in the interacting disordered Tavis-Cummings model
Physical Review B 109, 064202 (2024) Download
Engineering random spin models with atoms in a high-finesse cavity
Nick Sauerwein, Francesca Orsi, Philipp Uhrich, Soumik Bandyopadhyay, Francesco Mattiotti, Tigrane Cantat-Moltrecht, Guido Pupillo, Philipp Hauke, Jean-Philippe Brantut
Engineering random spin models with atoms in a high-finesse cavity
Nature Physics 19, 1128-1134 (2023) Download
Anomalous diffusion in the Long-Range Haken-Strobl-Reineker model
Alberto Catalano, Francesco Mattiotti, Jérôme Dubail, David Hagenmüller, Fabio Franchini, Guido Pupillo
Anomalous diffusion in the Long-Range Haken-Strobl-Reineker model
Physical Review Letters 131, 053401 (2023) Download
Enhanced robustness and dimensional crossover of superradiance
Sushrut Ghonge, David Engel, Francesco Mattiotti, G. Luca Celardo, Masaru Kuno, Boldizsár Jankó
Enhanced robustness and dimensional crossover of superradiance in cuboidal nanocrystal superlattices
Physical Review Research 5, 023068 (2023) Download
Efficient light harvesting and photon sensing via engineered cooperative effects
Francesco Mattiotti, Mohan Sarovar, Giulio G. Giusteri, Fausto Borgonovi, G. Luca Celardo
Efficient light harvesting and photon sensing via engineered cooperative effects
New Journal of Physics 24, 013027 (2022) Download
Bio-inspired natural sunlight-pumped lasers
Francesco Mattiotti, William M. Brown, Nicola Piovella, Stefano Olivares, Erik M. Gauger, G. Luca Celardo
Bio-inspired natural sunlight-pumped lasers
New Journal of Physics 23, 103015 (2021) Download
Disorder-Enhanced and Disorder-Independent Transport with long-range hopping
Nahum C. Chavez, Francesco Mattiotti, JA Mendez-Bermudez, Fausto Borgonovi, G. Luca Celardo
Disorder-Enhanced and Disorder-Independent Transport with long-range hopping: application to molecular chains in optical cavities
Physical Review Letters 126, 153201 (2021) Download
Thermal decoherence of superradiance in lead halide perovskite nanocrystal superlattices
Francesco Mattiotti, Masaru Kuno, Fausto Borgonovi, Boldizsár Jankó, G. Luca Celardo
Thermal decoherence of superradiance in lead halide perovskite nanocrystal superlattices
Nano Letters 20, 7382 (2020) Download
Real and imaginary energy gaps: a comparison between single excitation superradiance and superconductivity
Nahum C. Chavez, Francesco Mattiotti, JA Mendez-Bermudez, Fausto Borgonovi, G. Luca Celardo
Real and imaginary energy gaps: a comparison between single excitation superradiance and superconductivity
The European Physical Journal B 92, 144 (2019) Download
Macroscopic coherence as an emergent property in molecular nanotubes
Marco Gullì, Alessia Valzelli, Francesco Mattiotti, Mattia Angeli, Fausto Borgonovi, Giuseppe Luca Celardo
Macroscopic coherence as an emergent property in molecular nanotubes
New Journal of Physics 21, 013019 (2019) Download
Temperature of a single chaotic eigenstate
Fausto Borgonovi, Francesco Mattiotti, Felix M. Izrailev
Temperature of a single chaotic eigenstate
Physical Review E 95, 042135 (2017) Download
Non-Hermitian Hamiltonian approach to quantum transport in disordered networks with sinks
Giulio G. Giusteri, Francesco Mattiotti, G. Luca Celardo
Non-hermitian hamiltonian approach to quantum transport in disordered networks with sinks: Validity and effectiveness
Physical Review B 91, 094301 (2015) Download
Superradiance, disorder, and the non-hermitian hamiltonian in open quantum systems
G. L. Celardo, A. Biella, G. G. Giusteri, F. Mattiotti, Y. Zhang, L. Kaplan
Superradiance, disorder, and the non-hermitian hamiltonian in open quantum systems
AIP Conference Proceedings 1619, 64 (2014) Download

Contact

Address: Universität des Saarlandes
Campus E2 6
66123 Saarbrücken, Germany
Room: 4.21
Phone: +49 (0) 681 302 3777
E-mail: francesco.mattiotti@uni-saarland.de