Projects and contracts

• MIUR FIRB Futuro in Ricerca 2012-2015 "New challenges in molecular nanomagnetism: from spin dynamics to quantum information processing"

  Unit Coordinator: D. Gerace. Other units involved: S. Carretta (PI, Parma), A. Ghirri (Modena), L. Sorace (CNR, Florence). Status: Running.

• ENI S.p.A. research contract 2011-2014 "Photonics for photovoltaics systems based on fluorescent concentrators". Responsible: L. C. Andreani. Status: Running

• EU FP7 Marie Curie ITN Network 2011-2014

  PROPHET - "Postgraduate Research in Photonics as an Enabling Technology"

  Responsible: L. C. Andreani. Status: Running.

• Fondazione Cariplo 2010-2013 "Nanophotonics for thin-film photovoltaics"

  Responsible: L. C. Andreani. Status: Running.

• MIUR FIRB Futuro in Ricerca 2010-2013 "Nonlinear and quantum optics in nanoscale photonic structures"

  Responsibles: D. Bajoni, M. Liscidini. Status: Running.

• Fondazione Cariplo 2009-2011 "PHOtonic ENhancement In Chemical Sensors: nanomaterials for optics"

  Responsible: F. Marabelli. Status: Running.

• Fondazione Alma Mater Ticinensis "Semiconductor devices for entangled photon pair generation"

  Responsible: D. Bajoni. Status: Completed.

• ERA Nanoscience "Lasing of Erbium in Crystalline Silicon Photonic Nanostructures"

  Involved units: Catania, St. Andrews, Pavia, Grenoble.

  Responsible: M. Galli. Status: Completed.

• CNISM Innesco project 2007 "Photonic Crystal Polaritons for Entangled Photon Generation"

  Following a successful evaluation after the first year, the project has been funded for continuation until 2011.

  Responsible: D. Bajoni. Status: Completed.

• ENI S.p.A. research contract 2009-2011 "Photonic crystals for photovoltaic cells".

  Responsible: L.C. Andreani. Status: Completed.

• MIUR-FIRB 2007-2011 "Analog and Mixed-mode Microelectronics for advanced systems"

  Research unit 4 "Nanotechnologies and Nanoelectronic Materials" within a University project.

  Responsible: G. Guizzetti. Status: Completed.

• Fondazione Banca del Monte di Lombardia 2010-2011 "Laboratorio per il Fotovoltaico"

  Responsible: L. C. Andreani. Status: Completed.

• Fondazione Cariplo 2007-2010 "Manipulation of light on nanometric scales for photonic and plasmonic applications"

  Responsible: L.C. Andreani. Status: Completed.

• Regione Lombardia 2007-2009, research-educational project "From materials science to molecular biomedicine".

  Responsible: G. Guizzetti. Status: Completed.

• ST Microelectronics research contract 2007 "Silicon laser".

  Responsible: L.C. Andreani. Status: Completed.

• MIUR Cofin 2006 "Advanced photonic devices for biomedical applications"

  Involved units: Catanzaro, Pavia, Torino, Trento.

  Responsibles: A. Stella - M. Patrini. Status: completed

• Fondazione Cariplo 2005-2007 "All-optical switching in photonic crystals: towards the optical transistor"

  Responsible: L.C. Andreani. Status: completed.

• UE FP6 Network of Excellence "NanoPhotonics to Realize Molecular-Scale Technologies (PhOREMOST)" , 2005-2008

  Responsible: A.M. Malvezzi. Status: completed. NoE PhOREMOST has evolved into the Nanophotonics Europe Association

• MIUR Cofin 2004 "Silicon-based photonic crystals for the control of light propagation and emission"

  Involved units: Pavia, Trento, Torino, Trieste, Firenze.

  Responsible: L.C. Andreani. Status: completed.

• MIUR-FIRB 2003-2005 "Miniaturized systems for electronics and photonics"

  Participation to a large scale national project, especially on WP5 "2D and 3D photonic crystals in III-V and II-VI semiconductors and in silicon compounds".

  Responsible: L.C. Andreani. Status: completed.

• MIUR Cofin 2002 "Silicon-based photonic crystals: technology, optical properties and theory"

  Involved units: Pavia, Trento, Torino, Trieste, Firenze.

  Responsible: L.C. Andreani. Status: completed.

• INFM PRA 2002 "GaAs-based photonic crystals: fabrication, optical properties and theory"

  Involved units: Pavia, Trieste, Lecce, Firenze. Responsible: L.C. Andreani.

  Status: completed.

• INFM PAIS 2001 "Fabrication and optical characterization of two-dimensional photonic crystals"

  Involved units: Trieste, Lecce, Pavia.

  Responsible: L.C. Andreani. Status: completed.

• MIUR Cofin 2000 "One- and two-dimensional photonic crystals: growth, theory and optical properties"

  Involved units: Pavia and Trento.

  Responsible: L.C. Andreani. Status: completed.