Scalable vapor cells technology is a key enabler for atomic quantum sensors that combine high sensitivity with robustness and portability. In collaboration with ICFO and CNR-IFN we introduced a novel fabrication method of laser-written vapor cells (LWVCs) and we demonstrated proof-of-principle atomic spectroscopy and optical magnetometry with picotesla sensitivity. I’ll present the recent progress towards the integration of this technology with PICs and microfluidic channels in all-glass atomic-photonic chips for quantum sensing and metrology applications.
Prof. Gianvito Lucivero obtained his PhD in Photonics at ICFO with the thesis "Quantum metrology with high-density atomic vapors and squeezed light states". Between 2016 and 2019 he was a postdoc at Princeton University, where he contributed to the first detection of human biomagnetism in unshielded environment with optically pumped magnetometers. Between 2019 and 2023 he was a MSCA fellow back at ICFO, with the project "Integrated Atomic Quantum Sensing", where he developed a new vapor cell technology based on direct laser writing. Since February 2023 he is an Assistant Professor at the University of Bari where he leads the AQuTech group and in 2024 he won the national grant “Rita Levi Montalcini”. In May 2024 he founded QSENSATO to develop and market integrated atomic vapor cells and atomic-photonic chips for quantum sensing and metrology applications.