Department of Microelectronics
Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics, and Computer Science

dr. E. Serra

Guest
Terahertz Sensing (THZ), Department of Microelectronics

Biography

 

Enrico Serra received his degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Padua in 1999 and his PhD in Industrial and Information Engineering from the University of Udine, Italy, in 2003. During his doctoral studies, he investigated the electromagnetic behavior of multistrand cable-in-conduit conductors and joints used in fusion energy systems (ITER Tokamak nuclear fusion reactor) and particle physics research. In 2004, he joined the Centre for Materials and Microsystems at Fondazione Bruno Kessler, where he contributed to the development of high-precision transducers for ground-based gravitational wave detectors. He also worked in the Cleanroom Facility as a designer and process engineer, developing MEMS sensors and silicon solar cells for concentration photovoltaics. Since 2015, he has been affiliated with the National Institute for Nuclear Physics (INFN), where he coordinates projects in quantum opto-mechanics aimed at investigating boundaries of quantum physics and gravity with ultra-coherent micro-opto-mechanical systems. He is also involved in an innovative research program with THz group on the coherent transduction of weak electro-optical signals via mechanical resonators.

Publications

  1. Optical self-cooling of a membrane oscillator in a cavity optomechanical experiment at room temperature
    P. Vezio; M. Bonaldi; A. Borrielli; F. Marino; B. Morana; P.M. Sarro; E. Serra; F. Marin;
    Physical Review A,
    Volume 108, pp. 063508, 2023. DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.108.063508

  2. Low Noise Opto-Electro-Mechanical Modulator for RF-to-Optical Transduction in Quantum Communications
    Michele Bonaldi; Antonio Borrielli; Giovanni Di Giuseppe; Nicola Malossi; Bruno Morana; Riccardo Natali; Paolo Piergentili; Pasqualina Maria Sarro; Enrico Serra; David Vitali;
    Entropy,
    Volume 25, Issue 7, 2023. DOI: 10.3390/e25071087

  3. Active feedback cooling of a SiN membrane resonator by electrostatic actuation
    A. Borrielli; M. Bonaldi; E. Serra; P. M. Sarro; B. Morana;
    Journal of Applied Physics,
    Volume 130, pp. 014502, 2021.
    document

  4. Quantum Signature of a Squeezed Mechanical Oscillator
    A. Chowdhury; P. Vezio; M. Bonaldi; A. Borrielli; F. Marino; B. Morana; G. A. Prodi; P. M. Sarro; E. Serra; F. Marin;
    Physical Review Letters,
    Volume 124, pp. 023601, 2020. DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.124.023601

  5. Quantum motion of a squeezed mechanical oscillator attained via an optomechanical experiment
    P. Vezio; A. Chowdhury; M. Bonaldi; A. Borrielli; F. Marino; B. Morana; G. A. Prodi; P. M. Sarro; E. Serra; F. Marin;
    Physical Review A,
    Volume 102, pp. 053505, 2020.
    document

  6. Calibrated quantum thermometry in cavity optomechanics
    Chowdhury, Avishek; Vezio, Paolo; Bonaldi, Michele; Borrielli, Antonio; Marino, Francesco; Morana, Bruno; Pandraud, Gregory; Pontin, Antonio; Prodi, Giovanni; Sarro, Lina; Serra, Enrico; Marin, Francesco;
    Quantum Science and Technology,
    2019.

  7. Quantum nondemolition measurement of optical field fluctuations by optomechanical interaction
    A Pontin; M Bonaldi; A Borrielli; L Marconi; F Marino; G Pandraud; GA Prodi; PM Sarro; E Serra; F Marin;
    Physical Review A,
    Volume 97, Issue 3, pp. 033833, 2018.

  8. Imaging Correlations in Heterodyne Spectra for Quantum Displacement Sensing
    Pontin, A.; Lang, J. E.; Chowdhury, A.; Vezio, P.; Marino, F.; Morana, B.; Serra, E.; Marin, F.; Monteiro, T. S.;
    Physical Review Letters,
    2018. DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.120.020503

  9. MEMS-based multi-modal vibration energy harvesters for ultra-low power autonomous remote and distributed sensing
    Iannacci, J.; Serra, E.; Sordo, G.; Bonaldi, M.; Borrielli, A.; Schmid, U.; Bittner, A.; Schneider, M.; Kuenzig, T.; Schrag, G.; Pandraud, G.; Sarro, P. M.;
    Microsystem Technologies,
    pp. 5027-5036, 2018. DOI: 10.1007/s00542-018-3923-1

  10. Control of recoil losses in nanomechanical SiN membrane resonators
    A. Borrielli; L. Marconi; F. Marin; F. Marino; B. Morana; G. Pandraud; A. Pontin; G. A. Prodi; P. M. Sarro; E. Serra; M. Bonaldi;
    Physical Review B,
    Volume 94, pp. 121403, 2016.

  11. Microfabrication of large-area circular high-stress silicon nitride membranes for optomechanical applications
    E. Serra; M. Bawaj; A. Borrielli; G. Di Giuseppe; S. Forte; N. Kralj; N. Malossi; L. Marconi; F. Marin; F. Marino; B. Morana; R. Natali; G. Pandraud; A. Pontin; G. A. Prodi; M. Rossi; P. M. Sarro; D. Vita;
    AIP Advances,
    Volume 6, pp. 065004, 2016.

  12. Dynamical two-mode squeezing of thermal fluctuations in a cavity opto-mechanical system
    A. Pontin; M. Bonaldi; A. Borrielli; L. Marconi; F. Marino; G. Pandraud; G. A. Prodi; P.M. Sarro; E. Serra; F. Marin;
    Physical Review Letters,
    Volume 116, pp. 103601, 2016.

  13. Dynamical back-action effects in low loss optomechanical oscillators
    A. Pontin; M. Bonaldi; A. Borrielli; F. Marino; L. Marconi; A. Bagolini; G. Pandraud; E. Serra; G.A. Prodi; F. Marin;
    Annalen der Physik,
    Volume 527, Issue 1-2, pp. 89-99, 2015.

  14. Fabrication and characterization of low loss MOMS resonators for cavity opto-mechanics
    E. Serra; M. Bonaldi; A. Borrielli; F. Marin; L. Marconi; F. Marino; G. Pandraud; A. Pontine; G.A. Prodi; P.M. Sarro;
    Microelectronic Engineering,
    2015.
    document

  15. Selective coating deposition on high Q single crystal silicon resonators for the investigation og thermal nois statistical properties
    E. Serra; M. Bonaldi; A. Borrielli; L. Conti; G. Pandraud; P.M. Sarro;
    In Procedia Engineering 87: EUROSENSORS 2014, the 28th European Conference on Solid-State Transducers,
    pp. 1485-1488, 2014.

  16. MEMS-Based Multi-Modal Vibration Energy Harvesters for Ultra-Low Power Autonomous Remote and Distributed Sensing
    Jacopo Iannacci; Enrico Serra; Guido Sordo; Michele Bonaldi; Antonio Borrielli; Ulrich Schmid; Achim Bittner; Michael Schneider; Thomas Kuenzig; Gabriele Schrag; Gregory Pandraud; Pasqualina Sarro;
    In 14th Mechatronics Forum International Conference,
    2014.

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Last updated: 13 Nov 2025

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