Antonio Valletta

Dr. Antonio Valletta

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Academic Career Length

30Years (1997-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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19 November 2010 in Physical Review B
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DIDavide Innocenti
Davide Innocenti
Nicola PocciaNicola Poccia
Nicola Poccia
ARAlessandro Ricci
Alessandro Ricci
AVAntonio Valletta
Antonio Valletta
SCSergio Caprara
Sergio Caprara
Antonio BianconiAntonio Bianconi
Antonio Bianconi
Resonances in the superconducting properties, in a regime of crossover from BCS to mixed Bose-Fermi superconductivity, are investigated in a two-band superconductor where the chemical potential is tuned near the band edge of the second miniband generated by quantum confinement effects. The shape resonances at T=0 in the superconducting gaps (belonging to the class of Feshbach-like resonances) is manifested by interference effects in the superconducting gap at the first large Fermi surface when the chemical potential is in the proximity of the band edge of the second miniband. The case of a superlattice of quantum wells is considered and the amplification of the superconducting gaps at the Lifshitz transition of the type neck-collapsing of Fermi surface topology is clearly shown. The results are found to be in good agreement with available experimental data on a superlattice of honeycomb boron layers intercalated by Al and Mg spacer layers.

1 February 1998 in Physica C: Superconductivity and its Applications
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Antonio BianconiAntonio Bianconi
Antonio Bianconi
AVAntonio Valletta
Antonio Valletta
Andrea PeraliAndrea Perali
Andrea Perali
Naurang L. SainiNaurang L. Saini
Naurang L. Saini

4 December 2009 in Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical
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EZEmiliano Zampetti
Emiliano Zampetti
SPS. Pantalei
S. Pantalei
APA. Pecora
A. Pecora
AVAntonio Valletta
Antonio Valletta
Luca MaioloLuca Maiolo
Luca Maiolo
ABAndrea Bearzotti
Andrea Bearzotti

1 May 1997 in Solid State Communications
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ABA. Bianconi
A. Bianconi
AVAntonio Valletta
Antonio Valletta
APA. Perali
A. Perali
NSN.L. Saini
N.L. Saini

8 November 2012 in Superconductor Science and Technology
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APAndrea Perali
Andrea Perali
DIDavide Innocenti
Davide Innocenti
AVAntonio Valletta
Antonio Valletta
Antonio BianconiAntonio Bianconi
Antonio Bianconi

15 December 2010 in Superconductor Science and Technology
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DIDavide Innocenti
Davide Innocenti
SCSergio Caprara
Sergio Caprara
NPNicola Poccia
Nicola Poccia
ARAlessandro Ricci
Alessandro Ricci
AVAntonio Valletta
Antonio Valletta
Antonio BianconiAntonio Bianconi
Antonio Bianconi
The multigap superconductivity modulated by quantum confinement effects in a superlattice of quantum wells is presented. Our theoretical BCS approach captures the low-energy physics of a shape resonance in the superconducting gaps when the chemical potential is tuned near a Lifshitz transition. We focus on the case of weak Cooper-pairing coupling channels and strong pair exchange interaction driven by repulsive Coulomb interaction that allows to use the BCS theory in the weak-coupling regime neglecting retardation effects like in quantum condensates of ultracold gases. The calculated matrix element effects in the pairing interaction are shown to yield a complex physics near the particular quantum critical points due to Lifshitz transitions in multigap superconductivity. Strong deviations of the ratio $2\Delta/T_c$ from the standard BCS value as a function of the position of the chemical potential relative to the Lifshitz transition point measured by the Lifshitz parameter are found. The response of the condensate phase to the tuning of the Lifshitz parameter is compared with the response of ultracold gases in the BCS-BEC crossover tuned by an external magnetic field. The results provide the description of the condensates in this regime where matrix element effects play a key role.