Luigi Montalto

Research Areas

His research activity is focused on the development of non-invasive methods and systems for test, quality assessment and characterization of transparent and opaque materials. In particular, optics, image processing and acoustic techniques are involved in the research.

Short Curriculum Vitae et Studiorum

He received his -Master degreein mechanical engineering at Università Politecnica delle Marche with a thesis developed by acollaboration with the SAINT GOBAIN RECHERCHE company. SinceApril 2013, he collaborates with UNIVPM engineering research groups and He got his Ph.D. in industrial engineering carrying out a thesis on the “Inspection and characterization of birefringentmaterials: development of methods and systems for scintillating anisotropic crystals”. By this, He received a PhD price from MESAP industrial group (TORINO) in the “smart manufacturing challenge”. Some collaborations: CERN, INFN, Saint-Gobain Recherche (Paris), Justus Liebig University (Giessen), Crytur (Turnov, CZ), University of West Attica (Athens), Filar OptoMaterials (Sardinia, Italy), BIOEMTECH (Athens). Hetakes part to the Crystal Clear Collaboration group at CERN, PANDA project, Mu2e Project and ICRYS group (Ancona, IT).

Some Publications

1. L. Montalto, N. Paone, L. Scalise, and D. RinaldiA PHOTOELASTIC MEASUREMENT SYSTEM FOR RESIDUALSTRESS ANALYSIS IN SCINTILLATING CRYSTALS BY CONOSCOPIC IMAGINGReview of Scientific Instruments 86, 063102 (2015); doi: 10.1063/1.4921870
2. L. Montalto, L. Scalise, D. Rinaldi, N. Paone.A PHOTOELASTICITY MEASUREMENT SET-UP FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF RESIDUAL STRESSES IN SCINTILLATING CRYSTALS.Proceeding  III Congresso Nazionale Del Coordinamento Della Meccanica Italiana (2014)
3. Luigi Montalto, Nicola Paone, Daniele Rinaldi, and Lorenzo ScaliseINSPECTION OF BIREFRINGENT MEDIA BY PHOTOELASTICITY: FROM DIFFUSE LIGHT POLARISCOPE TO LASER CONOSCOPICTECHNIQUEOptical Engineering 54(8), 081210 (2015)
4. L. Montalto , D. Rinaldi, N. Paone, L. Scalise and F. Davì.PHOTOELASTIC SPHENOSCOPIC ANALYSIS OF CRYSTALS,Review of Scientific Instruments, 87(1), 015113, 2016
5. A. Dezi, E. Monachesi, M. D’Ignazio, L. Scalise, L. Montalto, N. Paone, D. Rinaldi, P. Mengucci, G. Loudos, A. Bakas, C. Michail, I. Valais, C.ne Fountzoula, G. Fountos, S. David.STRUCTURALCHARACTERIZATION AND ABSOLUTE LUMINESCENCE EFFICIENCY EVALUATION of Gd₂O₂SHIGH PACKING DENSITY CERAMIC SCREENS DOPED WITH Tb³⁺ and Eu³⁺ FOR FURTHERAPPLICATIONS IN RADIOLOGY, Review of Scientific Instruments, 87(1), 015113, 2016. J. Phys.: Conf. Ser. 931 012029 2017
6. E. Monachesi, A. Dezi, M. D’Ignazio, L. Scalise, L. Montalto, N. Paone, D. Rinaldi, G. Loudos and S. David COMPARATIVE EVALUATION OF CESIUM IODIDE SCINTILLATORS COUPLED TO A SILICONPHOTOMULTIPLIER (SIPM): EFFECT OF THICKNESS AND DOPING ON THE SCINTILLATORSJournal of Physics: Conf. Series 1923314 2017
7. P. P. Natali, L. Montalto, F. Davì, N. Paone, D. Rinaldi, L. ScaliseOPTIMIZATION OF THE PHOTOELASTIC FRINGE PATTERN PROCESSING FOR THE STRESS EVALUATION IN SCINTILLATING ANISOTROPIC MEDIA, EEE Instrumentation and Measurement Society
8. L Montalto, P.P. Natali, F. Daví, P. Mengucci. N. Paone and D. Rinaldi.CHARACTERIZATION OF A DEFECTIVE PBWO4 CRYSTAL CUT ALONG THE a-c CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC PLANE: STRUCTURAL ASSESSMENT AND A NOVEL PHOTOELASTIC STRESS ANALYSISJournal of Instrumentation, Volume 12, December 2017
9. P. P. Natali, L. Montalto, F. Daví, P. Mengucci, A. Ciriaco, N. Paone, D. RinaldiTHEORETICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL EVALUATION OF PIEZO-OPTIC PARAMETERS AND PHOTOELASTIC CONSTANT IN TETRAGONAL PWOApplied Optics Vol. 57, No. 4 / 1 February 2018
10. Rinaldi, D.; Davì, F.; Montalto, L. (2018) On the photoelastic constants and the Brewster law for stressed tetragonal crystals Mathematical Methods In The Applied Sciences
11. Trusova, A. Vaitkevičius, Y. Tratsiak, M. Korjik, P. Mengucci, D. Rinaldi, L. Montalto, V. Marciulionyte, G. TamulaitisBarium and lithium silicate glass ceramics doped with rare earth ions for white LEDsE. Optical Materials 84 (2018) 459–465
12. P.  P.  Natali , L. Montalto, D. Rinaldi, F. Davì, N. Paone, and L. Scalise Non invasive Inspection of Anisotropic Crystals: Innovative Photoelasticity-Based Methods IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON NUCLEAR SCIENCE, VOL. 65, NO. 8, AUGUST 2018