Electromagnetic Fields and Photonics Group
Current projects:

(2021-2024) NATO SPS - OPTIcal liMIing and SwiTching with nanoscale photonic structures (OPTIMIST)

(2020-2022) US Army Research Laboratory Grant: Extreme nonlinear optics in epsilon-near-zero materials

(2019-2022) PRIN 2017 - Nonlinear photonics in metal-less metasurfaces (NOMEN)

(2019-2021) CNR Joint lab project: 
                   Nonlinear photonics with metal-less nanoantennas and metasurfaces (OMEN)

(2018-2022) Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degree in Microwaves, Electronics and Optics (EMIMEO)
(2017-2022) ERC Advanced Grant: Spatiotemporal multimode complex optical systems (STEMS).

(2017-2020) PRIN 2015 - Nonlinear dynamics of optical frequency combs (NEMO). 

Past projects:
(2017-2020) MIUR - Rita Levi Montalcini award: Linear and nonlinear dynamics of plasma resonant materials
(2016-2019) H2020-MSCA-RISE project: Capturing and quantitative analysis of multi-scale multi-channel                          diagnostic data" (CARDIALLY) 
(2016-2018) INFN project: DiElectric and METallic Radiofrequency Accelerator (DEMETRA).
(2014-2018) Erasmus Mundus Action 2 Strand 2 project:
                    Europe - Asia - Pacific Exchange programme in Nanophotonics (NANOPHI).                
(2014-2017) PRIN project: "Extreme wave events in nonlinear optics and hydrodynamics".
(2014-2016) Graphene Flagship project: "GRAphene PHotonics Applications for Transmitters And                                     Receivers" (GRAPHATAR).
(2014-2016) Cariplo Foundation project: "Second harmonic plasmon enhanced sensing" (SHAPES).
(2013-2014) Galileo Project: "Supercontinuum sources in fiber ring cavities"
(2012-2014) Cariplo Foundation project: "Mid-wave infrared supercontinuum from silicon waveguides".
(2011-2013) PRIN project: "Optical Shocks: theory and experiments"
(2011-2012) Cariplo Foundation project: "Engineering optical non-linearities using plasmon resonances in                         metal-insulator metamaterials" (METAMETA).
(2010-2013) Dote Ricercatori e Dote Ricerca Applicata (Regione Lombardia): "Tecnologie, materiali                                 e metodologie per la conversione, il risparmio e il recupero energetico"
(2010-2011) EOARD project: "Optical waveform generators based on temporal and spectral shaping in                             nonlinear metamaterials"
(2010-2011) Cariplo Foundation project: "Study of nonlinearities in periodically poled silicon waveguides for                     new mid-infrared laser sources"
(2010-2011) PRIN project: "Nonlinear cross-polarization interactions in photonic devices and systems"
(2010-2011) British-Italian Partnership Programme project: "Modelling of carbon nanotube based nonlinear                     saturable absorbers for all-optical processing applications"
(2010-2011) Azioni integrate Italia-Spagna project: "Sistemi e dispositivi ottici non lineari"
(2008-2009) PRIN project: "Temporal and spectral shaping of optical pulses in lithium niobate and lithium                       tantalate sub-microstructured waveguides"
(2007-2008) PRIN project: "Design of a single-chip Ultra Wide Band portable radar"
(2006-2007) PRIN project: "Numerical and analytical modeling of parametric and photonic-bandgap devices                    in waveguides in surface periodically poled lithium niobate and lithium tantalate"
(2006-2007) PRIN project: "Design of nanosensors based on photonic crystal slabs"
(2004-2005) PRIN project: "Numerical and analytical modeling of parametric and photonic-bandgap devices                    in proton exchanged waveguides in surface periodic poled lithium niobate"
(2003-2005) FIRB project: "Modeling and numerical methods of photonic devices for high capacity optical                        networks"
(2001-2002) PRIN project: "A novel technology for the realization of parametric photonic devices in lithium                       niobate optical waveguides" 
(2000-2002) IST project: "Ultrafast all optical signal processing in engineered quadratic nonlinear                                   waveguides"
(1998-1999) IST project: "Optical routing based on quadratic spatial solitons interactions"