Research Projects

The main research activities of the Group focus on the study and the modelling of:

• specialty optical fibers, mainly photonic crystal fibers and multicore fibers;
• silicon photonic devices;
• high-power fiber lasers and amplifiers for industrial applications;
• fiber biosensors for the detection and the identification of DNA and other specific analytes;
• fiber lasers for ophthalmology;
• integration of quantum communication systems with classical telecommunication networks.

The group runs:

• a clean room laboratory with facilities and equipment for fiber-based device analysis, and for characterization and development of fiber lasers and amplifiers;
• a numerical laboratory for the development of high performance simulators of fiber guiding properties and of light propagation in amplifiers and lasers;
• a laser laboratory with several laser sources, used for applications such as two-photon polymerization, laser scribing of thin-film photovoltaic cells, material irradiation.

                              
Recent Research Projects