Cirillo Carla

Researcher

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Salerno
84084

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CNR researcher since 2009. Degree in Physics 2001. Ph.D in Physics Università di Salerno in 2006.

The main part of the experimental research activity focuses on the study of superconducting materials mostly in thin film form. It comprises the deposition of thin films and heterostructures by sputtering technique and the investigation of their electrical transport properties in presence of magnetic fields up to 11 Tesla and at low temperatures down to 0.3 K. She was intensively involved in the study of superconductor/ferromagnetic hybrids and to the physical phenomena related to the inhomogeneous character of the superconducting order parameter in these systems. Experience was gained also in the electrical characterization on different class of materials as, for instance, magnetic films, graphene-based heterostructures, and Mott insulators in form of single crystals.

More recently, the research activity is devoted to the investigation of disordered superconductors for their application as Superconducting Single Photon Detectors in collaboration with University of Naples Federico II, Delft University, and the company Single Quantum. In this contest she coordinated the activity related to the Italian project PON ARS01_00734 “QUANCOM: Development of quantum systems and technologies for the security in communication networks” PON 12 Aree “R&I” 2014-2020 (Azione II – OS 1.b) within the CNR SPIN research unit of Salerno.

Expertise has been acquired in the following activities: thin films and superlattices deposition by sputtering technique and their electric characterization; optical and e-beam lithography; X-Ray reflectivity and high angle diffraction; vacuum and cryogenic skills; magnetic characterization by SQUID magnetometer.

She is co-author of more than 129 articles on refereed international journals (about 1280 citations, scopus h-factor=22).

In 2022 she obtained the national scientific qualification as Associate Professor ASN2021 SSD 02/B1 (Experimental condensed matter physics)

She is part of the Steering Committee of the Italian Project PNRR INFN IRIS-Innovative Research Infrastructure on applied Superconductivity within the CNR SPIN research unit of Salerno.

She coordinated the outreach and education activities (Spoke 9) for the CNR SPIN Institute and she currently part of the "Photonic Platform for Quantum Technologies - Spoke 4" within the Partenariato Esteso National Quantum Science and Technology Institute (NQSTI).

She was the head of the research module “Superconducting and hybrids based materials and devices” in the framework of the research line named “Superconducting, hybrid and quantum devices and nanostructures” of the CNR-SPIN Institute.

She was Work Package leader in the framework of the EU-FP7 (Grant 264098) research project named MAMA “Unlocking research potential for multifunctional advanced materials and nanoscale phenomena” (WP4 Organization of Workshops and Conference).