Tito Arecchi (11 December 1933 – 15 February 2021) was an Italian physicist who made significant contributions to laser physics and quantum optics.
Arecchi graduated from the Polytechnic University of Milan in 1957 with a degree in electrical engineering.
He also served as a guest professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology from 1969 to 1970 and was invited to IBM research laboratories in San Jose and Zürich.
[2] In 2006, the Italian Physical Society awarded he and Giorgio Careri the Premio Enrico Fermi for their contributions to the study of radiation and matter.
Arecchi died from a fall in Florence on 15 February 2021, at the age of 87.