School on New Trends in Photonics Applications, Catania, November 11-15, 2024

I-PHOQS Infrastructure is thrilled to invite all the infrastructure’s members, PhDs and students to the School on New Trends in Photonics Applications. This immersive event will showcase the latest advancements and new perspectives in photonics based innovation and cutting-edge technologies, and offer a unique opportunity to explore how light-based technologies are shaping our future. The school goal is to provide to PhD students and young researchers a general overview on various areas of photonics applications in different fields. Topics span from quantum cryptography and technologies for biomedical imaging and cultural heritage,  to silicon photonics, microLEDs, 5G and 6G.

The school will be in an elegant facility in downtown Catania for easy access to the participants. Participation of PhD students and young researchers from the I-PHOQS community but also in general from academia or industry is highly welcome! Available positions are free of charge but limited to about 50 people. The school format will be of having lecture from morning to late afternoon, with coffee and lunch breaks.

The list of the lectures to be presented at the school, mostly confirmed by each speaker, is the following.

• Giorgio Cellere, Applied Materials, Heterogeneous integration / advanced packaging. Applications to uLEDs e co-packaged optics
• Riccardo Cicchi, CNR-INO, Multimodal non-linear optical microscopy for tissue characterization and diagnostics
• Daniela Comelli, Politecnico di Milano, Illuminating the Past: Unveiling Cultural Heritage through Photonics Technologies
• Diego Di Girolamo, Enel Green Power-3SUN: Perovskite based photovoltaics
• Alessandro Fonte, SIAE Microelettronica: 5G wireless backhaul
• Marina Foti, Enel Green Power-3SUN: Mainstream photovoltaic technologies
• Giorgia Franzò, CNR-IMM, Light emission of silicon based materials
• Matteo Galli, Università di Pavia, Silicon Photonics
• Giampiero Pepe, Università di Napoli Federico II, Superconducting devices for photonics: SNSPDs and microwave – optical transducers
• Giampiero Pepe, Università di Napoli Federico II, QUANCOM Project: Development of systems and technologies for quantum key distribution in communication networks
• Carlos Rios Ocampo, University of Maryland, Optical computing
• Salvatore Savasta, Università di Messina, Photonics for quantum computing
• Paola Taroni, Politecnico di Milano, Photonics for in vivo diagnostics: Focus on diffuse optics
• Guido Toci, CNR-INO, Metasurfaces for optical applications
• Giorgio Volpe, University College London, Complex Photonics: Applications to Imaging, Computing and Manipulation

Scientific Committee: S. Lombardo, S. Privitera, B. Fazio.

Local Committee: R. Patanè, G. Mirabella, G. Milazzo, R. Pagano.

CONTACTS: salvatore.lombardo@cnr.it, stefaniamariaserena.privitera@cnr.it, barbara.fazio@cnr.it