Claudio Hail

Claudio Hail is a Researcher in Applied Physics & Materials Science affiliated with the Atwater Group, joining in October 2020 as a Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) Fellow. He holds a Master's degree from MIT (2015) and a Ph.D. from ETH Zurich (2020), where his work focused on integrating solid-state quantum emitters and designing optical nanostructures for color mixing and high-resolution imaging.

Research interests:

• Nanophotonic materials and devices
• Metasurfaces for optical imaging, communication, and computation
• Quantum emitters and 2D materials (e.g., molybdenum diselenide)
• Advanced wavefront manipulation techniques
• Nonlinear optical phenomena in nanoscale systems
• Photonic propulsion (lightsail technology)

His publications highlight cutting-edge work in metasurface design, radiation pressure measurement, and polarization control, with applications in imaging, computation, and aerospace engineering. Recent studies emphasize high-quality factor (High-Q) metasurfaces and third-harmonic generation.

Scientific awards:

• Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) Fellowship