Position
Post-doc – Dipartimento di Fisica
Contact details
Email: giovanni.rodari[at]uniroma1.it
Scientific activity
Giovanni Rodari obtained his Ph.D. title in January 2025 with his work entitled vProf. Sciarrino.
In his Ph.D. thesis, Giovanni contributed to the design and the assembly of a state-of-the-art hybrid photonic platform, merging together a wide array of technologies, towards the implementation of photon-based Quantum Information protocols. Specifically, he developed a versatile architecture consisting of a Quantum Dot single-photon source and a time-to-spatial demultiplexing setup, interfaced with either in-bulk interferometric setups or fully-reconfigurable integrated photonic processors. With such a platform, several Quantum Information protocols were demonstrated: he investigated tests for the characterization of multi-photon indistinguishability properties, validated protocols for the manipulation of quantum randomness, developed routines for the implementation of variational quantum algorithms, and studied Boson-Sampling inspired architectures going beyond a standard linear optical paradigm.
Giovanni’s current research activities are focusing on the experimental investigation of quantum information protocols realized within the aforementioned integrated photonic processor. Specifically, he is investigating the quantum dynamics underlying the (non)linear optical evolution implied by Boson Sampling and its derivation; variational protocols on photonic-based platforms and demonstrations of nonclassicality. He is a co-author of 10 articles in peer-reviewed scientific journals, including 1 in Science Advances and 1 in PRX Quantum as the first author; with an overall h-index of 4 according to Scopus.