Fixed-term tenure-track assistant professor 
Department of Applied Science and Technology (DISAT) 
  Profile
Research interests
Scientific branch
(Area 0002 - Physical sciences)
Skills
ERC sectors
SDG
Teaching
Collegi of the degree programmes
- Collegio di Ingegneria Elettronica, delle Telecomunicazioni e Fisica. Componente invitato
 
Teachings
Master of Science
- Quantum and Matter Physics Introduction. A.A. 2025/26, QUANTUM ENGINEERING. Collaboratore del corso
 - Quantum theory of condensed matter. A.A. 2025/26, PHYSICS OF COMPLEX SYSTEMS (FISICA DEI SISTEMI COMPLESSI). Collaboratore del corso
 - Quantum and Matter Physics Introduction. A.A. 2024/25, QUANTUM ENGINEERING. Collaboratore del corso
 - Quantum theory of condensed matter. A.A. 2024/25, PHYSICS OF COMPLEX SYSTEMS (FISICA DEI SISTEMI COMPLESSI). Collaboratore del corso
 - Quantum theory of condensed matter. A.A. 2023/24, PHYSICS OF COMPLEX SYSTEMS (FISICA DEI SISTEMI COMPLESSI). Collaboratore del corso
 - Quantum theory of condensed matter. A.A. 2022/23, PHYSICS OF COMPLEX SYSTEMS (FISICA DEI SISTEMI COMPLESSI). Collaboratore del corso
 - Quantum theory of condensed matter. A.A. 2021/22, PHYSICS OF COMPLEX SYSTEMS (FISICA DEI SISTEMI COMPLESSI). Collaboratore del corso
 
Bachelor of Science
- Fisica I. A.A. 2025/26, INGEGNERIA AEROSPAZIALE. Collaboratore del corso
 - Fisica I. A.A. 2024/25, INGEGNERIA AEROSPAZIALE. Collaboratore del corso
 - Fisica I. A.A. 2023/24, INGEGNERIA AEROSPAZIALE. Collaboratore del corso
 - Fisica I. A.A. 2022/23, INGEGNERIA AEROSPAZIALE. Collaboratore del corso
 - Fisica I. A.A. 2022/23, INGEGNERIA AEROSPAZIALE. Collaboratore del corso
 - Fisica II. A.A. 2021/22, INGEGNERIA MECCANICA. Collaboratore del corso
 
Research
Institute
Research groups/teams
Research projects
Projects funded by competitive calls
-  DiQuT - Dipolar Quantum Simulator of Topological Phases, (2023-2025) - Responsabile Scientifico 
Nationally funded research - PRIN 
Supervised PhD students
- Aparna Kadakkavattathu Parameswaran. Programme in Fisica (40th cycle, 2024-in progress)
 - Nitya Cuzzuol. Programme in Fisica (38th cycle, 2023-in progress)
 
Publications
Last years publications
Latest publications View all publications in Porto@Iris
-   Padhan, Ashirbad; Barbiero, Luca; Mishra, Tapan (2025)
Correlated-hopping-induced topological order in an atomic mixture. In: PHYSICAL REVIEW A, vol. 112. ISSN 2469-9926
Contributo su Rivista -   Chanda, T.; Barbiero, L.; Lewenstein, M.; Mark, M. J.; Zakrzewski, J. (2025)
Recent progress on quantum simulations of non-standard Bose-Hubbard models. In: REPORTS ON PROGRESS IN PHYSICS, vol. 88. ISSN 0034-4885
Contributo su Rivista -   Burba, D.; Juzeliunas, G.; Spielman, I. B.; Barbiero, L. (2025)
Many-body phases from effective geometrical frustration and long-range interactions in a subwavelength lattice. In: COMMUNICATIONS PHYSICS, vol. 8. ISSN 2399-3650
Contributo su Rivista -   Cuzzuol, Nitya; Barbiero, Luca; Montorsi, Arianna (2025)
Nonlocal order parameter of pair superfluids. In: SCIPOST PHYSICS CORE, vol. 8. ISSN 2666-9366
Contributo su Rivista -   Gallego-Lizarribar, Kerman; Julià-Farré, Sergi; Lewenstein, Maciej; Weitenberg, ... (2024)
Probing spontaneously symmetry-broken phases with spin-charge separation through noise correlation measurements. In: PHYSICAL REVIEW RESEARCH, vol. 6, pp. 1-7. ISSN 2643-1564
Contributo su Rivista -   Baldelli, Niccolò; Cabrera, Cesar R.; Julià-Farré, Sergi; Aidelsburger, Monika; ... (2024)
Frustrated Extended Bose-Hubbard Model and Deconfined Quantum Critical Points with Optical Lattices at the Antimagic Wavelength. In: PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, vol. 132. ISSN 0031-9007
Contributo su Rivista -   Argüello-Luengo, Javier; Mark, Manfred J.; Ferlaino, Francesca; Lewenstein, Maciej; ... (2024)
Stabilization of Hubbard-Thouless pumps through nonlocal fermionic repulsion. In: QUANTUM, vol. 8. ISSN 2521-327X
Contributo su Rivista -  Fraxanet, Joana; Dauphin, Alexandre; Lewenstein, Maciej; Barbiero, Luca; ... (2023)
Higher-Order Topological Peierls Insulator in a Two-Dimensional Atom-Cavity System. In: PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, vol. 131. ISSN 0031-9007
Contributo su Rivista -   Goldman, N.; Diessel, O. K.; Barbiero, L.; Prüfer, M.; Di Liberto, M.; Peralta Gavensky, ... (2023)
Floquet-Engineered Nonlinearities and Controllable Pair-Hopping Processes: From Optical Kerr Cavities to Correlated Quantum Matter. In: PRX QUANTUM, vol. 4, pp. 1-37. ISSN 2691-3399
Contributo su Rivista -   Rossi, Lorenzo; Barbiero, Luca; Budich, Jan Carl; Dolcini, Fabrizio (2023)
Long-time rigidity to flux-induced symmetry breaking in quantum quench dynamics. In: PHYSICAL REVIEW. B, vol. 108. ISSN 2469-9950
Contributo su Rivista -   Barbiero, Luca; Cabedo, Josep; Lewenstein, Maciej; Tarruell, Leticia; Celi, Alessio (2023)
Frustrated magnets without geometrical frustration in bosonic flux ladders. In: PHYSICAL REVIEW RESEARCH, vol. 5, pp. 1-7. ISSN 2643-1564
Contributo su Rivista -   Halimeh, Jad C.; Barbiero, Luca; Hauke, Philipp; Grusdt, Fabian; Bohrdt, Annabelle (2023)
Robust quantum many-body scars in lattice gauge theories. In: QUANTUM, vol. 7. ISSN 2521-327X
Contributo su Rivista -   Kebric, Matjaž; Borla, Umberto; Schollwöck, Ulrich; Moroz, Sergej; Barbiero, Luca; ... (2023)
Confinement induced frustration in a one-dimensional Z2 lattice gauge theory. In: NEW JOURNAL OF PHYSICS, vol. 25. ISSN 1367-2630
Contributo su Rivista -   Montorsi, A.; Bhattacharya, U.; Gonz??lez-Cuadra, Daniel; Lewenstein, M.; Palumbo, G.; ... (2022)
Interacting second-order topological insulators in one-dimensional fermions with correlated hopping. In: PHYSICAL REVIEW. B, vol. 106. ISSN 2469-9950
Contributo su Rivista -   Julià-Farré, Sergi; González-Cuadra, Daniel; Patscheider, Alexander; Mark, Manfred J.; ... (2022)
Revealing the topological nature of the bond order wave in a strongly correlated quantum system. In: PHYSICAL REVIEW RESEARCH, vol. 4. ISSN 2643-1564
Contributo su Rivista -   Aramthottil, Adith Sai; Bhattacharya, Utso; González-Cuadra, Daniel; Lewenstein, Maciej; ... (2022)
Scar states in deconfined Z2 lattice gauge theories. In: PHYSICAL REVIEW. B, vol. 106. ISSN 2469-9950
Contributo su Rivista -   Fraxanet, J.; Gonzalez-Cuadra, D.; Pfau, T.; Lewenstein, M.; Langen, T.; Barbiero, L. (2022)
Topological Quantum Critical Points in the Extended Bose-Hubbard Model. In: PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, vol. 128. ISSN 0031-9007
Contributo su Rivista -   Stasinska, J.; Dutta, O.; Barbiero, L.; Lewenstein, M.; Chhajlany, R. W. (2021)
Clustered superfluids in the one-dimensional Bose-Hubbard model with extended correlated hopping. In: PHYSICAL REVIEW. B, vol. 103. ISSN 2469-9950
Contributo su Rivista -   Macri, T.; Lepori, L.; Pagano, G.; Lewenstein, M.; Barbiero, L. (2021)
Bound state dynamics in the long-range spin- ½ XXZ model. In: PHYSICAL REVIEW. B, vol. 104. ISSN 2469-9950
Contributo su Rivista -   Li, W.; Dhar, A.; Deng, X.; Kasamatsu, K.; Barbiero, L.; Santos, L. (2020)
Disorderless Quasi-localization of Polar Gases in One-Dimensional Lattices. In: PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, vol. 124. ISSN 0031-9007
Contributo su Rivista -  Dell'Anna, L.; Barbiero, L.; Trombettoni, A. (2019)
Dynamics and correlations in Motzkin and Fredkin spin chains. In: JOURNAL OF STATISTICAL MECHANICS: THEORY AND EXPERIMENT, vol. 2019. ISSN 1742-5468
Contributo su Rivista -  Schweizer, C.; Grusdt, F.; Berngruber, M.; Barbiero, L.; Demler, E.; Goldman, N.; Bloch, ... (2019)
Floquet approach to ℤ2 lattice gauge theories with ultracold atoms in optical lattices. In: NATURE PHYSICS, vol. 15, pp. 1168-1173. ISSN 1745-2473
Contributo su Rivista -   Barbiero, L.; Schweizer, C.; Aidelsburger, M.; Demler, E.; Goldman, N.; Grusdt, F. (2019)
Coupling ultracold matter to dynamical gauge fields in optical lattices: From flux attachment to ℤ2 lattice gauge theories. In: SCIENCE ADVANCES, vol. 5. ISSN 2375-2548
Contributo su Rivista -   Barbiero, L.; Santos, L.; Goldman, N. (2018)
Quenched dynamics and spin-charge separation in an interacting topological lattice. In: PHYSICAL REVIEW. B, vol. 97. ISSN 2469-9950
Contributo su Rivista -   Pilati, S.; Barbiero, L.; Fazio, R.; Dell'Anna, L. (2017)
One-dimensional repulsive Fermi gas in a tunable periodic potential. In: PHYSICAL REVIEW A, vol. 96. ISSN 2469-9926
Contributo su Rivista -   Barbiero, L.; Dell'Anna, L.; Trombettoni, A.; Korepin, V. E. (2017)
Haldane topological orders in Motzkin spin chains. In: PHYSICAL REVIEW. B, vol. 96. ISSN 2469-9950
Contributo su Rivista -   Barbiero, L.; Dell'Anna, L. (2017)
Spreading of correlations in a quenched repulsive and attractive one-dimensional integrable system. In: PHYSICAL REVIEW. B, vol. 96. ISSN 2469-9950
Contributo su Rivista -   Barbiero, L.; Malomed, B. A.; Salasnich, L. (2016)
Localized-interaction-induced quantum reflection and filtering of bosonic matter in a one-dimensional lattice guide. In: NEW JOURNAL OF PHYSICS, vol. 18. ISSN 1367-2630
Contributo su Rivista -   Barbiero, L.; Abad, M.; Recati, A. (2016)
Magnetic phase transition in coherently coupled Bose gases in optical lattices. In: PHYSICAL REVIEW A, vol. 93. ISSN 2469-9926
Contributo su Rivista -   Dell'Anna, L.; Salberger, O.; Barbiero, L.; Trombettoni, A.; Korepin, V. E. (2016)
Violation of cluster decomposition and absence of light cones in local integer and half-integer spin chains. In: PHYSICAL REVIEW. B, vol. 94. ISSN 2469-9950
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