Program

Scientific Program

Link to Program_P4PG.pdf

09:30-09:45 WELCOME & INTRODUCTION

09:45-10:00 Rui M. Almeida (Universidade de Lisboa), “Sol-gel derived microcavities for up-conversion based solid state lighting”.

10:00-10:15 Francesco Baldini (CNR-IFAC, Sesto Fiorentino, FI), “Optical fibres in biomedicine: a sensing journey from the past to the present”.

10:15-10:30 Dominik Dorosz (AGH University of Krakow), “Germanate based glasses as a platform for active near-infrared fiber optics”.

10:30-10:45 Wilfried Blanc (Université Côte d'Azur, Nice), “Passion for non-transparent optical fibres”.

10:45-11:00 Alessandro Chiasera (CNR-IFN, Trento), “Glass Photonic in Trento”.

11:00-11:30 Coffee Break

11:30-11:45 Rossana Dell’Anna (FBK - Fondazione Bruno Kessler, Trento), “From disorder to light: ion implantation and activation of color centers in diamond (From rare-earth systems in glasses to quantum defects in diamond)”.

11:45-12:00 Marco Bettinelli (Università di Verona), “Lanthanide luminescence in oxide glasses: my interaction with Maurizio Ferrari”.

12:00-12:15 Francesco Enrichi (Università di Verona), “Broadband and efficient excitation of RE3+ ions in glasses and glass-ceramics through semiconductor or metal nanoaggregates”.

12:15-12:30 Anna Łukowiak (Polish Academy of Sciences, PAS, Wroclaw), “Versatility of sol–gel-derived systems in photonic and biomedical applications”.

12:30-12:45 Guglielmo Macrelli (Isoclima Group, R&D Dept., Este, PD) and Vincenzo M. Sglavo (Università di Trento), “The relevance of boundary conditions in ion exchange in silicate glasses”.

12:45-13:00 Francesco Prudenzano (Politecnico di Bari), “Progress on Fluoride Glasses and Perspectives in Mid-IR Applications”.

13:00-14:00 Lunch Break

14:00-14:15 Alessandro Martucci (Università di Padova), “Solution processed nanostructured coatings for optical and photonic applications”.

14:15-14:30 Stefano Pelli (CNR-IFAC, Sesto Fiorentino, FI), “WGM silica optical microresonators: a flexible platform for sensing and light generation”.

14:30-14:45 Silvia Maria Pietralunga (CNR-IFN, Milano), “Fabricating Tungsten Oxide films for photonics application by RF-sputtering: investigations and perspectives”.

14:45-15:00 Mariola Ramirez (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid), “All-Optical Ferroelectric Modulation of Second-Harmonic Generation in Monolayer MoS2”.

15:00-15:15 Davor Ristić (Institute Ruđer Bošković, Zagreb), “The influence of the Kerr eFect on the routes to chaos in radiation pressure induced optoacoustical oscillations of silica microspheres”.

15:15-15:30 Francesco Scotognella (Politecnico di Torino), “Semiconductor nanostructures for ultrafast photonics”.

15:30-16:00 Coffee Break

16:00-16:15 Luigi Sirleto (CNR-ISASI, Napoli), “Nonlinear optical characterization of nanostructured glasses using Z-scanning methods based on femtosecond laser sources”.

16:15-16:30 Adolfo Speghini (Università di Verona), “Luminescent hybrid nanomaterials for theranostics in nanomedicine”.

16:30-16:45 Giorgio Speranza (FBK - Fondazione Bruno Kessler, Trento), “A Brilliant Journey in Glass Photonics: XPS and Shared Coffees Along the Way

16:45-17:00 Stefano Taccheo (Politecnico di Torino), “Rare-Earth doped glass amplifiers and lasers: a passion to share”.

17:00-17:15 Lam Thi Ngoc Tran (Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg), “Integrated rare-earth-doped Glass Photonics”

17:15-17:30 CLOSING