MAURIZIO FERRARI

Managerial responsibilities at CNR-IFN

• Since 01-04-2010: Delegate of the CNR President in the joint committee between CNR and University of Trento.
• Since 19-06-2008: Delegate of CNR-IFN Director for Trento Unit direction (UOS-CNR-IFN Trento)
• Head of CSMFO Lab. CNR-IFN Research Line: "Characterization and Development of Materials for Photonics and Optoelectronics", (http://www.science.unitn.it/~gcsmfo/).
• Person in charge Science Advisor “Photonics: Materials, structures, and diagnostic” of CNR-IFN at the Department Materials and Devices of CNR.
• Since April 23, 2002 to January 27,: Member of the Board of Management of the CNR-IFN Institute
• Since June 25, 2010: Member of the Board of Management of the CNR-IFN Institute

Agreements

(2008-2011) CNR-IFN Responsible for the agreement between CNR-IFN Unit of Trento and CIVEN (Coordinamento Interuniversitario Veneto per le Nanotecnologie.

(2010-2011) CNR-IFN Responsible for the agreement between CNR-IFN Unit of Trento and IUT (Institut Universitarie de Tecnologie du Mans) Le Mans – Francia.

(2010) CNR-IFN UOS Trento Responsible for the agreement with the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas (CSIC-Spain) concerning the scientific stage of dr. Araceli de Pablos Martin at CNR-IFN Trento from 14 March to 14 May 2011.

Project leader:

• CNR-CNRS (1991-1993): "Development of original techniques for characterization and study of the properties of glasses prepared by sol-gel route doped by a) semiconductor nanoparticles b) rare earth ions"
• CNR "Special Project” (1996 –1997): Material Physics: Non-linear Optics and Integrated Optics – development of materials and processing. “Glassy waveguides for non-linear optics”.
• PAIS 1999 Project: "Laser deposition of thin oxide films for optoelectronic devices".
• Joint Project CeFSA-Dept. of Physics (2000): GULP –“Planar waveguides” 
• CNR-CNCPRST (2000-2003): "Sol-Gel-based waveguides for all-optical chemical and biochemical sensing. Sensors for water vapor”
• CNR-ICCTI (2001-2002): "Optical amplification in rare-earth doped glass integrated optical waveguides"
• CNR-CNRS (2002-2003) : “Improvement of the multi-target rf sputtering and sol-gel techniques for fabrication of Er3+-Yb3+ silica-based photonic components operating in the C-telecommunication band”.
• CNR-Short Mobility 2003 “Developing planar waveguides in Erbium-activated tellurite glasses.
• PAT 2004-2006 FAPVU “Fabrication of optical planar amplifiers in ultratransparent glass-ceramics.”
• CNR-CNRS (2004-2007): “Application of PVD technique to the fabrication of rare earth doped zirconium fluoride-based glass ceramics working as planar optical amplifier in the C-telecommunication band”.
• European Project INTAS 2004-2005: “Mechanism of Optical Losses in Low Phonon Energy Glasses for Infrared Fibers”.
• CNR – GRICES 2005-2006: “Fabrication by sol-gel and rf sputtering techniques of dielectric-based photonic crystals operating in the C-telecom band”
• CNR-Short Mobility 2005 “Development by sol-gel technique of nanocomposite materials for multifunctional photonic devices”.
• Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Project FOTONE:  “Fabrication of planar WDM optical amplifiers in nanostructured glassy matrix”. Joint project for the scientific and technologic research between Italy and Morocco.2004-2006. Area: Information and Communication Science and Technology. Partner: Institue National des Postes et Télécommunications (INPT), Rabat.
• Ministry of Foreign Affairs “Significant bilateral research project” Italia-Vietnam “Synthesis and processing of nano-materials for sensing, optoelectronic and photonic applications” Ministry of Foreign Affairs : Italian-Vietnamese Programme of scientific and technological co-operation, 2006-2008.
• PAT 2007-2010 Progetto PAT Post-Doc - FaStFAL “Fabbricazione di Strutture Dielettriche a Cristallo Fotonico Inverso per Azione Laser nella Regione Nir”, referente Post-Doc Dr. Andrea Chiappini.
• FCT 2007-2010 Progetto Post-Doc “Fabrication of 3-D dielectric photonic crystals by sol-gel processing for application in fiberoptic telecommunication systems”. Scientific supervisor per il CNR-IFN dell’attività Post-Doc del Dr. Luís Miguel Amante Fortes finanziata da FCT (Fundaçao para a Ciencia e a Tecnologia) Ministero portoghese della Scienza, Tecnologia e Insegnamento Superiore. Scientific supervisor per Istituto Superior Técnico: Prof. Rui Manuel Amaral de Almeida .
• Working Group WG1 “Plasmonics, Metamaterials, and Non-reciprocity”, COST Action MP0702 2008-2011: Towards Functional Sub-Wavelength Photonic Structures.
• ITPAR 2008-1011 project “Fabrication and Characterization of novel photonic crystal structures (polystyrene and polystyrene-silica) and Si/Ge quantum dots for photonics applications” India-Trento (Università degli Studi di Trento, Fondazione Bruno Kessler, Provincia Autonoma di Trento) Bose-Romagnosi Program for Advanced Research. Project Coordinators Prof. D. Narayana Rao, Prof. S. K. Ray, Prof. Lorenzo Pavesi, Dr. Maurizio Ferrari.

Leader of the Assistant Contractor Group in the following Project

• FIRB (2002-2006) "Miniaturized systems for electronics and photonics”.
• Industrial Research and Development project (2008 -2009) HCSC (High Concentration Solar Cell) – OPTOI Srl
• NAOMI (2008-2010) “A NAno on MIcro approach to a multispectral analysis system for protein essays”

Key scientist of following Projects:.

• Galileo Project (1996-1998): “Study of photosensitivity in inorganic materials obtained by sol-gel route. Application to all-optical devices”
• Galileo Project (1998-2000): “Development of planar waveguides activated by Pr3+ and Er3+ ions and metallic nanoparticles. Application to non-linear devices such as optical amplifiers, frequency converters, and all-optical switching”
• MURST-COFIN97 (1997-1998): “Preparation and spectroscopic characterization of planar waveguides activated by rare-earths or metallic nanoparticles”
• MURST-COFIN99 (1999-2000): “Composite materials and alloys: nanostructured shapes for optical and magnetic applications”.
• MIUR-COFIN2002 (2002-2003):”Dynamic and Thermodynamic in out-equilibrium materials: structural glasses, gels and polymeric materials”
• MIUR-COFIN2002 (2002-2003):” Sol-gel synthesis, functionality and characterization of nanostructured molecular units in organic-inorganic hybrid materials for photonics applications”
• MIUR-COFIN2002 (2002-2003):”Nanostructured materials for integrated optics”
• NATO (2002-2003)"Optical and electrical properties of rare-earth activated a-C films", SA(PST.CLG.978890)6607/FP
• Co-Principal Investigator of joint Research Program 2003-2006, India-Trento Bose-Romagnosi Program for Advanced Research. Project Title: “Research & Development of Active Bulk and Planar Waveguides based on Nanostructured Glassy Systems”.
• European Project -FP5 (2002-2006) “New Hybrid Nanocomposites From Functional NanoBuilding Blocks” –NBB-HYBRIDS
• MIUR-PRIN2004 (2004-2005): “Nano-composite glasses for photonics”
• Italian-Vietnamese Interuniversity Network, Research Project 2004-2005. Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Area: Basic and Applied Science.
• MIUR-PRIN 2005 (2006-2007): “Hybrid organic/inorganic materials for multiphotonic applications via assembling of nanostructured molecular units.”
• Galileo project 2007 “Modeling and fabrication of innovative optical devices demonstrators for high-efficiency communication systems”.
• CNR – GRICES 2007-2008. “Fabrication by sol-gel and rf sputtering techniques of dielectric-based photonic crystals operating in the C-telecom band”

Publications, scientific and didactic tasks, awards 
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• 205 scientific articles on international reviews (ISI-JCR).
• 16 scientific articles on international reviews (non ISI-JCR).
• 158 publications in proceedings of national and international conferences.
• 365 communication at national and international congress
• 6 other publications
• 9 Book chapters
• Several lectures in Italy and abroad as invited speaker
• Organization of several scientific lectures, congress, school and stages of research.
• Guest editor of Journal of Non-Crystalline Solid, Optical Materials, Opto-Electronics Review.
• Research co-Director of : 14 Laurea Thesis (12 Physics, 1 Mathematics, 1 Applied Chemistry ) , 2 thesis "Diploma di Laurea” (1 Physical Methods, 1 Telecommunication Engineering), 1 thesis (Specialized Thesis in Physics), 6 PhD Thesis(1Materials Engineering, 5 Physics )
• Member of the Jury at 16 Ph.D. Thesis (physics) in France, 3 in India, 1 in Italy.
• Referee of 12 PhD Thesis in Physics (2 in Italy, 8 inFrance, 2 in India)
• Member of several Scientific, Program and Steering Committes, and Co-Chair in national and international conferences and workshops
• Member of evaluation committee at CNR and for other national and foreign research institutions
• Member of  Evaluation Committee of UMR-CNRS laboratories.
• Invited Professor in several Universities, especially in France, and external teacher for some courses at the Trento University.
• SIOF (Italian Society of Optics and Photonics) member
• Member of the Chair Committee of SIOF 2003-2008
• SPIE Senior Member
• OSA member
• Referee of several international scientific reviews (Applied Optics; Applied Physics B; Applied Physics Letters; Applied Spectroscopy; Central European Journal of Physics; Ceramics International; Chemical Physics; Chemical Physics Letters; European Physical Journal - Applied Physics (EPJAP);  Europhysics Letters; IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics; International Journal of Optics; International Materials Reviews; Journal of Applied Physics; Journal of Luminescence; Journal of Material Research; Journal of Material Science; Journal of Micro/Nanolithography, MEMS, and MOEMS (JM3); Journal of Nanomaterials; Journal of Nanoparticle Research; Journal of Nanophotonics; Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids; Journal of Optical Society of America B; Journal of Optics; Journal of Optics A: Pure and Applied Optics; Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids; Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics; Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter; Journal of Raman Spectroscopy; Journal of Solid State Chemistry; Journal of Sol-Gel Science and Technology; Journal of the American Ceramic Society; Materials Chemistry and Physics; Material Research Bulletin; Materials Science and Engineering B; Modern Physics Letters B; Nanotechnology; New Journal of Physics; Optical Engineering; Optical Materials; Optics Communications; Optics Express; Optics Letters; Opto-Electronics Review; Philosophical Magazine; Philosophical Magazine Letters; Physica B Condensed Matter; Physica Scripta; Physical Review B; Physical Review Letters; Physics Letters A; Semiconductor Science and Technology; Sensors; Sensors & Actuators: A. Physical; Solid State Communications; The Journal of Physical Chemistry; Thin Solid Films.)
• Member of Committee of Institute CNR-IFN since April 23, 2002.
• Scientific evaluator of Research Projects and Applications submitted to foreign institutions: 1)“Materials Sciences and Engineering”, Science and Technology Foundation – Portugal; 2)“Sciences et Technologies de l’Information et de la Communication” Région Bretagne, Direction de l’Enseignement supérieur, de la Recherche, des transferts de Technologies et de la Valorisation; 3) Engineering, technology, instrumentation, materials science, experimental fluid dynamics / Opto-electronic (including lasers, optical microscopy), International Joint project, Royal Society,UK; 4) Agence Nationale de la Recherche ANR – France ; External assessorof the Universiti Teknologi MARA for the promotion exercise of academic staff; 6) Futuro in Ricerca 2010 MIUR.
• 2007 Award MIPRO Croatian Society for exceptional outstanding paper “Coherent Raman Scattering of Acoustical Vibrations of Three-dimensional Ge Quantum Dot Supracrystals” by M. Ivanda, M. Buljan, U.V. Desnica, G. Dražić, N. Radić, P. Dubćek, S. Bernstorff, M. Ferrari
• 2010 Elected to the grade of Senior Member of SPIE for specific achievements in photonic glasses and spectroscopic characterization techniques

Main scientific area of research

•  Properties, structure and processing of glasses, crystals and film for optical applications and photonics.
• Glasses obtained by melting and by sol-gel route activated by rare-earth ions and chromophores (local structure, nucleation, crystallization, energy transfer, optical and spectroscopic properties)
• Planar waveguides obtained by different techniques (dip-coating, spin-coating rf-sputtering, ionic-exchange) activated by rare-earth ions and chromophores (local structure, nucleation, crystallization, energy transfer, optical and spectroscopic properties)
• Nanostructured, composite and nanophase materials i.e. ultratransparent glass ceramics and co-doping with metallic nanoparticles and confined structures (bulk, film, planar waveguides, photonic crystals, microcavities, and microresonators)

Research techniques

• Time Resolved Resonant and non-resonant luminescence spectroscopy
• Raman and Brillouin spectroscopy (Low Frequency Inelastic Raman Scattering)
• m-line spectroscopy and luminescence, Raman, and Brillouin spectroscopies in waveguide configuration, losses measurement and measurements of amplification or signal enhancement
• Modeling of the chemical-physical processes in glasses and structures.
• Preparation of glasses, waveguides, and confined structures  by sol-gel route and rf sputtering.

Main Current Collaborations

• CNRS-LASIR Laboratoire de Spectrochimie Infrarouge et Raman, Lille, Francia, Sylvia Turrel (Photorefractive Materials, non-conventional glasses).
• CNRS-LPCML Laboratoire de Physico-Chimie des Materiaux Luminescents, Lyon, France, Bernard Champagnon (Structural properties of glasses).
• Departamento de Engenharia de Materiais, Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisboa, Portugal, Almeida Rui (Sol-gel waveguides, rare earth and metallic nanoparticles codoped systems, non-conventional glasses).
• Departamento de Química, Universidade de São Paulo Faculdade de Filosofia Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto- FFCL RP, Rogéria Rocha Gonçalves (Nanostructured materials, planar waveguides, sol-gel photonics).
• IUT Le Mans, Claire Duverger (Education, Training and Qualifying technologies)
• Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Sciences Appliquées et de Technologies, Lannion France, Feron Patrice (Integrated optics microlasers).
• Dip. Ingegneria dei Materiali Trento, Sandra Dirè, Gian Domenico Sorarù (Development of optical sol-gel materials).
• Hyderabad University, School of Physics, D. Narayana Rao (Nonlinear optics, Ultrafast phenomena and Spectroscopy)
• IFAC-CNR, Istituto di Fisica Applicata Nello Carrara, Firenze, Righini Giancarlo C. (Waveguides by ion-exchange, gain measurements, modeling, non-conventional glasses).
• IFN–CNR, Sez. Roma MEMS group, Vittorio Foglietti (Channel waveguides fabrication).
• Institue National des Postes et Télécommunications (INPT), Rabat, Morocco, Ahouzi Esmail (Glass-based materials and devices for Information and Communication Technology.
• Institut für Physik, Universität Greifswald, Germany, Alexander Quandt (Theory of Low Dimensional Composite Nanomaterials, Metamaterials, Plasmonics).
•  ITIMS International Training Institute for Material Science, Hanoi University of Technology, Vietnam, Pham Than Huy (Synthesis and Processing of nano-materials for sensing, optoelectronics and photonic applications.
• Lab. des Fluorures CNRS Université du Maine, France, Le Mans, Brigitte Boulard, Claire Duverger (Non-conventional glasses).
• Laboratory of Photonic Materials, Institure of Chemistry, UNESP, Araraquara Brazil, Ribeiro Sidney (Glassceramic waveguides, nanophase materials and passive polimeric waveguides, non oxide glasses).
• Novel Photonic Glasses School of Mechanical Materials, Manufacturing Engineering and Management University of Nottingham, Seddon B Angela (Glass Ceramics in non oxide glasses).
• Politecnico Bari, Dip. Elettrotecnica ed Elettronica, Francesco Prudenzano, (Modeling of Planar Waveguides).
• Rudjer Boskovic Institute, Zagreb, Croatia, Mile Ivanda (Nanocomposite-based complex structures fabrication by LPCVD, Stimulated Raman,Scattering) .
• Università d'Angers, Lab. CNRS- POMA, Angers, France, Andre Monteil (c(3) measurements, modeling by molecular dynamics, Judd-Ofelt analysis).
• Università di Padova, Dipartimento di Ingegneria Meccanica Set. Materiali, Martucci Alessandro (Sol-gel planar waveguides and photonic structures).
• Università di Trento, Dipartimento di Fisica (Caratterizzazione e Sviluppo di Materiali per la Fotonica e l’Optoelettronica).
• Università di Venezia, Gonella Francesco, (Metal nanoparticles and Waveguides by ion-exchange).
• Università di Verona, Dip. Sci. e Tecnico, Verona, Bettinelli Marco (Oxides glasses by melting).
• Universitè Béni Mellal, Faculté des Sciences & Techniques, Départment de Physique Appliquée, Morocco, Adel Bouajaj (All-optical chemical and biochemical sensing).