On November 17th, 2017 there will be the workshop “Photonics as a key enabling technology”.
The workshop will take place in FBK, Open Space EIT Ed. Nord 1st floor.
The main organizer of the event is the SPIE Student Chapter of the University of Trento.
We will have several speaker from UniTN and FBK and also the Invited Speaker Prof. Andrea Armani from the University of Southern California. Prof. Armani will present two talks: “Developing nanotechnology to study biological systems” and “How to Prepare for an Academic Position”.
For more information see the workshop site
Oblique beams interference for mode selection in multimode silicon waveguides 
S.Signorini,
Journal of Applied Physics > Volume 122, Issue 11 >10.1063/1.5003252
Complex-shaped hydrogels by diffusion controlled gelation of nanocellulose crystallites 
C. A. Maestri, P. Bettotti and M. Scarpa
J. Mater. Chem. B, 2017, DOI: 10.1039/C7TB01899A
Role of sonication pre-treatment and cation valence in the sol-gel transition of nano-cellulose suspensions 
C. A. Maestri, M. Abrami, S. Hazan, E. Chistè, Y. Golan, J. Rohrer, A. Bernkop-Schnürch, M. Grassi, M. Scarpa & P. Bettotti
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Optical Switching in Next Generation Data Centers
Editors: Francesco Testa and Lorenzo Pavesi 
This book introduces the reader to the optical switching technology for its application to data centers. In addition, it takes a picture of the status of the technology and system architecture evolution and of the research in the area of optical switching in data center. The book is organized in four parts: the first part is focused on the system aspects of optical switching in intra-data center networking, the second part is dedicated to describing the recently demonstrated optical switching networks, the third part deals with the latest technologies developed to enable optical switching and, finally, the fourth part of the book outlines the future prospects and trends.
- New Journal Article Published
- SPIE Student Chapter of the University of Trento awarded by the SPIE FOCUS grant to organize the 6th International Symposium on Optics and its Applications (OPTICS-2018)
- New Journal Article Published
- Stefano Signorini awarded by IEEE Photonics Society 2017 during Group Four Photonics Conference
- We won the People's Choice prize at the Optics Outreach Games 2017