Autore: Tito Arecchi

Chair of Physics, University of Firenze and Scientific Responsible of Istituto Nazionale di Ottica Applicata (INOA) --- Main scientific contributions: 1) Cooperative effects in quantum optics 2) Photon statistics and laser fluctuations 3) Deterministic chaos in optics 4) Pattern formation in extended media 5) Complex phenomena and cognitive processes --- Publications Scientific papers: more than 300. Communications to scientific meetings: more than 300. Books: Laser Handbook, vol. 1 and 2. (with E. Schulz Du Bois), North Holland 1972; Instabilities and Chaos in Quantum Optics (with R.G. Harrison), Springer 1987; I simboli e la realtà, Jaca Book, (with I. Arecchi), Milano 1990; Optical chaos (selected papers on) (with R.G. Harrison), SPIE Opt. Eng. Press 1994; Lexicon of Complexity (with A. Farini), Firenze 1996; also Co-Editor of several Proceedings of International Conferences or Schools