Wednesday 9 September

Session A4 - Optical Imaging I: Applications

8:45 – 9:45

Chair: Pietro Ferraro

8:45 – 8:55

“A POLARIZED DIGITAL HOLOGRAPHIC APPROACH IN BIOLOGICAL AND MEDICAL RESEARCH”

Giuseppe Coppola¹, Maria Antonietta Ferrara^1*

1 Institute for Microelectronic and Microsystems, Unit of Naples, National Research Council of Italy, Via P Castellino 111, Naples, 80131, Italy

*antonella.ferrara@na.imm.cnr.it

8:55 – 9:05

“SILICONE-BASED GEL PHANTOMS FOR MULTIMODAL IMAGING”

Fulvio Ratto*, Lucia Cavigli, Sonia Centi, Claudia Borri, Giada Magni, Andrea Barucci, Marina Mazzoni, Roberto Pini

Istituto di Fisica Applicata Nello Carrara, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Via Madonna del Piano 10, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Firenze, Italy

*f.ratto@ifac.cnr.it 

9:05 – 9:15

 “A COMBINED EXPANSION MICROSCOPY AND CIDS APPROACH TO CHROMATIN DNA STUDY”

Riccardo Marongiu^1,2*, Aymeric Le Gratiet,¹, Luca Pesce^1,2,3, Paolo Bianchini¹, Alberto Diaspro^1,2

1 Nanoscopy, CHT Erzelli, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Via Enrico Melen 83, Building B, Genova, Italy

2 DIFILAB, Department of Physics, University of Genoa, Via Dodecaneso 33, 16146 Genova, Italy

3 Current address: European Laboratory for Non-Linear Spectroscopy, University of Florence, Via Nello Carrara 1, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy

*riccardo.marongiu@iit.it

9:15 – 9:25

“IMAGE SIMULATION AND THE PATH FROM RAY OPTICS TO WAVE OPTICS AND REAL PHYSICAL DEVICES MODELING”

Cesare Tozzo, COMSOL S.r.l.

Cesare.Tozzo@comsol.com

9:25 – 9:35

“COMBINED MULTISPECTRAL LASER SCANNING AND COHERENT 3D LIDAR IMAGING FOR REMOTE SENSING OF CROPS”

Muhammad N. Malik^1*, Fabio Falconi², Suzanne Melo¹, Mirco Scaffardi², Antonella Bogoni¹

1 Scuola Superiore Sant´Anna, Via Moruzzi, 56124 Pisa, Italy

2 CNIT, Via G. Moruzzi 1, Pisa, Italy

*08bicsenmalik@seecs.edu.pk

9:35 – 9:45

 “SPACE-TIME DIGITAL HOLOGRAPHY ENHANCES RESOLUTION AND FIELD OF VIEW FOR OPTICAL METROLOGY AND BIOIMAGING APPLICATIONS”

Zhe Wang^1,2, Vittorio Bianco^1*, Melania Paturzo¹and Pietro Ferraro¹

1 Institute of Applied Sciences and Intelligent Systems “E. Caianiello”, Italian National Research Council (ISASI-CNR), Via Campi Flegrei 34, 80078, Pozzuoli (Napoli), Italy.

2 Department of Chemical Engineering, Materials and Industrial Production, University of Naples Federico II, 80125 Naples, Italy

*v.bianco@isasi.cnr.it 

Session B4 - Young IEEE-SIOF 1: Optical nanobiosensing: current challenges and novel perspectives

8:45 – 9:45

Chair: Roberto Rella

8:45 – 8:55

“EXTENSIVE CHARACTERIZATION OF PATHOGENIC BACTERIAL SPECIES BY STED MICROSCOPY”

M. Lucidi1*, S. G. Stanciu2, D. E. Tranca2, R. Hristu2, A. M. Holban3, L. Nichele1, G. A. Stanciu2, G. Cincotti1

1 Department of Engineering, University Roma Tre, via Vito Volterra 62, 00146 Rome, Italy

2 Center for Microscopy - Microanalysis and Information Processing, University Politehnica of Bucharest, 313 Splaiul Independentei, 060042 Bucharest, Romania

3 Microbiology and Immunology Department, Faculty of Biology, University of Bucharest, 91–95 Splaiul Independenței, 050095 Bucharest, Romania

*massimiliano.lucidi@uniroma3.it

The cell morphology of eleven bacterial species has been characterized using STED microscopy. The KK114 dye stains both Gram-positive and Gram-negative species, and peculiar nanostructures of bacterial cells have been highlighted.
 

8:55 – 9:05

“MORPHO-FUNCTIONAL IN VIVO IMAGING OF BIOLOGICAL TISSUES BASED ON NIR TRANSILLUMINATION”

Valentina Bello1*, Elisabetta Bodo1, Sara Pizzurro1

1 Department of Electrical, Computer and Biomedical Engineering, University of Pavia, Via Ferrata 5, Pavia, Italy

*valentina.bello01@universitadipavia.it

 We present a NIR-VCSEL-based portable transillumination system for morpho-functional in vivo imaging of biological tissues. The setup has been successfully exploited for the analysis of human upper limbs and incubated chicken eggs.
 

9:05 -9:15

“AUTO AND CROSS CORRELATION MEASUREMENTS OF FEMTOSECOND LASER BEAMS IN SRS MICROSCOPE”

Rajeev Ranjan1*, Behjat S. Kariman1, Fabio Callegari1, Ali Mohebi1, Maria Antonietta Ferrara2, Luigi Sirleto2, Paolo Bianchini1, Alberto Diaspro1,3

1 CHT @Erzelli, Nanoscopy, Istituto Italiano Di Tecnologia, Genova, Italy

2 National Research Council (CNR), Institute for Microelectronics and Microsystems, Napoli, Italy

3 Department of Physics, University of Genova, Genova, Italy

*rajeev.ranjan@iit.it

 In this paper auto and cross correlation measurements of three femtosecond laser sources, a Ti:Sapphire (Ti:Sa) oscillotor, a femtosecond synchronized optical parametric oscillator (OPO) and a second Harmonic Generator (SHG), by two photon absorption are reported.
 

9:15 – 9:25

 “LABEL-FREE TIME-GATED IN VIVO IMAGING OF HYDRA VULGARIS WITH LUMINESCENT POROUS SILICON NANOPARTICLES AS LONG-LIVED PROBES”

C. Schiattarella1,2*, R. Moretta1, T. Defforge3, G. Gautier3, C. Tortiglione4, B. Della Ventura2, M. Terracciano5, L. De Stefano1, R. Velotta2, I. Rea1

1 Institute for Microelectronics and Microsystems, CNR, Naples, Italy

2 Department of Physics, University of Naples “Federico II”, Naples, Italy

3 GREMAN UMR-CNRS 7347, Université de Tours, INSA Centre Val de Loire, Tours, France

4 Institute of Applied Sciences and Intelligent Systems, CNR, Pozzuoli, Italy

5 Department of Pharmacy, University of Naples “Federico II”, Naples, Italy

*chiara.schiattarella@na.imm.cnr.it

Highly luminescent porous silicon nanoparticles are herein functionalized and exploited for high-contrast in vivo time-gated fluorescence imaging employing Hydra vulgaris as target organism.
 

9:25 – 9:35

“A MICROFLUIDIC APPROACH TO STUDY THE INTERACTIONS OF CYSTIC FIBROSIS PATHOGENS”

L. Nichele1*, M. Lucidi1, A. De Ninno2, A. Gerardino2, F. Bertani2, D. Visaggio3, P. Visca3, G. Cincotti1, L. Businaro2

1 Engineering Department, University Roma Tre, via Vito Volterra 62, 00146 Rome, Italy

2 Institute for Photonics and Nanotechnologies, via Cineto Romano 42, 00156 Rome, Italy

3 Department of Sciences, viale Guglielmo Marconi 446, 00146 Rome, Italy

*lorenzo.nichele@uniroma3.it

Two microfluidic devices have been designed and fabricated to study the interaction between the bacterial species Staphylococcus aureus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa, responsible for lung infections in cystic fibrosis patients.
 

9:35 – 9:45

 “SIGE: A MATERIAL PLATFORM FOR NEAR AND MID-INFRARED PHOTONICS”

Andrea Ballabio1, Jacopo Frigerio1, Andrea Barzaghi1, Enrico Talamas Simola1 and Giovanni Isella1 Qiankun Liu2, Joan Manel Ramirez2, Miguel Montesinos-Ballester2, Vladyslav Vakarin2 and Delphine Marris-Morini2

1 LNESS, Dip. di Fisica, Politecnico di Milano, via Anzani 42, 22100, Italy

2 Centre de Nanosciences et de Nanotechnologies, Université Paris Sud, CNRS, Université Paris Saclay, 91405 Orsay, France

*andrea.ballabio@polimi.it

9: 45 – 10:15 Break

Session A5 - Poster 1

10:15 – 11:30

Chair: Daniel Milanese

“A NOVEL MAGNETIC FIELD SENSOR BASED ON FERROFLUIDS AND SPR-POF SENSORS”

Nunzio Cennamo1*, Bruno Andò2, Francesco Arcadio1, Salvatore Baglio2, Vincenzo Marletta2, Luigi Zeni1

1 University of Campania L. Vanvitelli, Aversa, Italy

2 University of Catania, Catania, Italy

*nunzio.cennamo@unicampania.it

A novel magnetic field sensor is obtained by a POF covered with ferrofluids connected in input to an SPR-POF-sensor. The magnetic field changes the light in input to the SPR-POF-sensor and modifying the SPR phenomenon.
 

“COPPER (II) DETECTION IN DRINKING WATER EXPLOITING A CHEMICAL SPR-POF SENSOR”

Nunzio Cennamo1*, Maria Pesavento2, Antonella Profumo2, Daniele Merli2, Lucia Cucca2, Luigi Zeni1

1 University of Campania L. Vanvitelli, Aversa, Italy

2 University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy

*nunzio.cennamo@unicampania.it

A selective sensor for copper(II) detection in drinking water, exploiting a self-assembled monolayer (SAM) of D,L-penicillamine on a Surface Plasmon Resonance (SPR) plastic optical fiber (POF) sensor platform has been developed and tested.
 

“STRAIN TRANSFER ESTIMATION FOR COMPLEX SURFACE-BONDED OPTICAL FIBRES IN DISTRIBUTED SENSING APPLICATIONS”

Filippo Bastianini1, Paweł Bocheński2, Raffaella Di Sante3, Francesco Falcetelli3, Diego Marini4, Gabriele Bolognini4*

1 SestoSensor S.r.l., via Gesso 140, Zola Predosa 40069, Italy

2 Fibrain Sp. z.o.o., Wspólna 4A, Rzeszów 35-205, Poland;

3 Dept. of Industrial Engineering - DIN, Univ. of Bologna, via Fontanelle 40, Forlì 47100, Italy

4 Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, IMM Institute, via Piero Gobetti 101, Bologna 40129, Italy

*bolognini@bo.imm.cnr.it

In distributed sensing applications, the strain transfer from the host material to the optical fibre affects the level of accuracy. A novel analytical methodology applied to surface-bonded sensing cables is presented and verified experimentally.
 

“FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS EMBEDDED IN 3D-PRINTED PATCHES FOR SENSITIVITY ENHANCEMENT OF DEFORMATION MONITORING”

Pasquale Di Palma, Agostino Iadicicco, Stefania Campopiano*

Department of Engineering, University of Naples “Parthenope”, Isola C4, 80143 Naples, Italy

*stefania.campopiano@uniparthenope.it

This paper reports a study of a 3D printed patch embedding a fiber Bragg grating. The patch design and fabrication with a 3D printer is described. Finally, sensitivity to temperature and strain are evaluated.
 

“NOVEL LONG PERIOD GRATINGS IN CHANNELED OPTICAL FIBERS”

Anubhav Srivastava1, Flavio Esposito1, João M. B. Pereira2, Stefania Campopiano1, Agostino Iadicicco1,*

1 Department of Engineering, University of Naples “Parthenope”, Centro Direzionale Isola C4, Napoli, Italy

2 Fiber Optics, RISE Acreo, Electrum 236, 164 40, Kista, Sweden

*iadicicco@uniparthenope.it

In this work we report about the fabrication and sensing properties of Long Period Gratings inscribed in specialty optical fibers with side holes by means of electric arc discharge technique.
 

“NANOPARTICLE-MEDIATED ENDOCYTOSIS OF MOLECULAR BEACONS AS THERANOSTIC AGENTS IN HUMAN CANCER CELLS”

B. Adinolfi1*, S. Tombelli1, C. Trono1, A. Giannetti1, M. Pellegrino2, G. Sotgiu3, G. Varchi3, M. Ballestri3, F. Baldini1

1 Istituto di Fisica Applicata Nello Carrara, CNR, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy

2 Istituto Nazionale di Ottica, CNR, 56124 Pisa, Italy

3 Istituto per la Sintesi Organica e Fotoreattività, CNR, 40129 Bologna, Italy

*b.adinolfi@ifac.cnr.it

Polymethylmethacrylate nanoparticles were exploited as nanocarrier of theranostic molecular beacons. Nanoparticle ability to promote internalization of the beacon, involvement of endocytosis in nanoparticle uptake, nanoparticle fate and localization, beacon localization on endoplasmic reticulum were demonstrated.
 

“FBG BASED TEMPERATURE SENSORS DIRECTLY EMBEDDED IN PCB ELECTRONIC BOARDS”

Cosimo Trono1*, Francesco Petroni2, Francesco Baldini1

1 Istituto di Fisica Applicata “Nello Carrara”, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Sesto Fiorentino, Italy

2 Immobiliare Cerere, 57123 Livorno, Italy

*c.trono@ifac.cnr.it

A PCB board equipped with an array of three FBGs for the monitoring of temperature, is described. The possibility of embedding the fiber directly inside the PCB or in very thin steel capillary is demonstrated.
 

“ENHANCED PHOTOLUMINESCENCE OF RADIATION-INDUCED COLOUR CENTRES IN LiF FILM DETECTORS”

F. Bonfigli1, M.A. Vincenti1, V. Nigro1, E. Nichelatti2, M. Piccinini1, P. Gaudio3, R. Rossi3, R.M. Montereali1*

1 ENEA C.R. Frascati, Fusion and Technologies for Nuclear Safety and Security Dep., FSN-TECFIS-MNF, V. E. Fermi, 45, 00044 Frascati (Rome), Italy

2 ENEA C.R. Casaccia, Fusion and Technologies for Nuclear Safety and Security Dep., FSN-TECFIS-MNF, Via Anguillarese 301, 00123 S. Maria di Galeria, Rome, Italy

3 University of Rome Tor Vergata, Industrial Engineering Dep., Via del Politecnico 1, 00133 Rome, Italy

*rosa.montereali@enea.it

Enhancement of the visible photoluminescence of colour centres induced by soft X-rays in LiF film imaging detectors was studied to investigate the effects of reflective substrates.
 

“OPTICAL FIBER TIP FUNCTIONALIZED BY COLLOIDAL PHOTONIC CRYSTAL AND GOLD NANO-PARTICLES FOR SERS SENSING”

Lucia Sansone1, Marianna Pannico2, Pellegrino Musto2, Stefania Campopiano3, Michele Giordano1, Agostino Iadicicco3*

1 Institute for Polymers, Composites and Biomaterials (IPCB), CNR, 80055 Portici, Italy

2 Institute for Polymers, Composites and Biomaterials (IPCB), CNR, 80078 Pozzuoli, Italy

3 Department of Engineering, University of Naples “Parthenope”, 80143 Naples, Italy

*iadicicco@uniparthenope.it

This paper presents a functionalized optical fiber tip for SERS sensing in optodre configuration. It consists in metal-dielectric colloidal crystals fabricated directly onto fiber optic tip by successive depositions of PS and Au nanoparticles.
 

“ION-EXCHANGED GLASS MICRORODS FOR SERS DETECTION OF DNA”

C. D’Andrea1*, S. Berneschi,1* A. Giannetti1, F. Baldini1, M. Banchelli1, A. Barucci1, N. G. Boetti3, M. de Angelis1, D. Janner4, S. Pelli1,2, R. Pini1, D. Pugliese4, D. Milanese4,5, P. Matteini1

1 Istituto di Fisica Applicata Nello Carrara, Via Madonna del Piano 10, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy

2Centro “Enrico Fermi”, Piazza del Viminale 1, 00184 Roma, Italy

3 Istituto Superiore Mario Boella, Via P. C. Boggio 61, 10138 Torino, Italy

4 DISAT & RU INSTM, Politecnico di Torino, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24, 10129 Torino, Italy

5 CNR-IFN, Istituto di Fotonica e Nanotecnologie, Via alla Cascata 56/C, 38123 Povo (TN), Italy

*c.dandrea@ifac.cnr.it; s.berneschi@ifac.cnr.it

Different chemical or physical deposition processes have been previously proposed to equip surfaces with a layer of plasmonic NPs to produce effective SERS responses. Here, we present a SERS biosensor obtained by an ion-exchange process in soda-lime glass microrods for efficient DNA detection.

“SILVER NANOWIRES ARRAYS AS SERS SUBSTRATE FOR BIOMOLECULES DETECTION”

Chiara Amicucci, Martina Banchelli, Cristiano D’Andrea, Daniele Ciofini, Marella de Angelis, Salvatore Siano, Roberto Pini, Paolo Matteini*

Istituto di Fisica Applicata Nello Carrara, Via Madonna del Piano 10, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy

*p.matteini@ifac.cnr.it

Plasmonic substrates for SERS analysis require abiding by a number of characteristics in order to find application in basic research and sensing. Here we present a SERS-active substrate composed of assembled silver nanowires that satisfy most of the requirements and that can be used for effective detection of biomolecules.
 

“SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS OF THE LOWEST ORDER CLADDING MODE OF LONG PERIOD FIBER GRATINGS”

Tanoy Kumar Dey1*, Sara Tombelli2, Palas Biswas1, Ambra Giannetti2, Nandini Basumallick1, Francesco Baldini2, Somnath Bandyopadhyay1, Cosimo Trono2

1 CSIR- Central Glass & Ceramic research institute, 196 Raja S.C. Mullick Road, Kolkata - 700032, India

2 Institute of Applied Physics “Nello Carrara”, CNR- IFAC, Via Madonna del Piano 10, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy

*tanoykumardey@gmail.com

A long period fiber grating (LPFG) has been designed and fabricated in order to couple the LP0,2 cladding mode near turn around point (TAP), with the effect of maximum enhancement of the evanescent field of the sensor. The achieved sensitivity was 8751 nm/SRIU within an RI range of 1.333-1.3335, with a resolution of the order of 10-5 RIU.

Session B5 - Propagation effects in fiber-optic links

10:15 – 11:25

Chair: Cristian Antonelli

10:15 – 10:30

Invited paper: “SIMULATION OF MULTIMODE NONLINEAR FIBER OPTICS”

Jesper Lægsgaard, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark

10:30 – 10:40

“GAWBS SCATTERING EFFICIENCY ESTIMATION IN OPTICAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS”

Paolo Serena1*, Federica Poli1, Alberto Bononi1, Alexis Carbó Meseguer2, Jean-Christophe Antona2

1 Department of Engineering and Architecture, University of Parma, Parma, Italy

2 Alcatel Submarine Networks (ASN), Nozay, France

*paolo.serena@unipr.it

An estimation technique is proposed to separate GAWBS power from other nonlinear impairments to calculate the total scattering efficiency in modern optical communication systems.
 

10:40 – 10:50

“IMPACT OF PERIODIC GAIN EQUALIZATION IN PRESENCE OF STIMULATED RAMAN SCATTERING”

Chiara Lasagni*, Paolo Serena, Alberto Bononi

Department of Engineering and Architecture, University of Parma, Parma, Italy

*chiara.lasagni@unipr.it

We investigate the impact of periodic equalization of inter-channel stimulated Raman scattering on the nonlinear interference variance by exploiting a modified Raman-aware EGN model.
 

10:50 – 11:00

“NONLINEARITY ASSESSMENT IN LONG HAUL DISPERSION MANAGED FIBER OPTIC LINKS”

M. Ranjbar Zefreh1, F. Forghieri2, S. Piciaccia2, P. Poggiolini1*

1 DET, Politecnico di Torino, C.so Duca degli Abruzzi 24, 10129, Torino, Italy

2 Cisco Photonics Italy srl, via Santa Maria Molgora 48/C, 20871, Vimercate (MB), Italy

*pierluigi.poggiolini@polito.it

The accuracy of the EGN model is investigated for a legacy dispersion-managed ultra-long-haul optical link by comparing its predictions with split-step simulations. The EGN model shows good accuracy in system performance prediction, when signal power depletion and ASE contribution to NLI are considered.
 

11:00 – 11:10

“ESTIMATION OF OUTAGE PROBABILITY IN PRESENCE OF POLARIZATION DEPENDENT LOSS”

Chiara Lasagni*, Paolo Serena, Alberto Bononi

Department of Engineering and Architecture, University of Parma, Parma, Italy

*chiara.lasagni@unipr.it

We exploit a PDL-extended GN model to estimate the outage probability in ultra-long-haul optical links, focusing on the different impacts of PDL in the linear and nonlinear regime.
 

11:10 – 11:25

Invited paper: “APPROACHING THE CLIFF: WHEN SPACE SWITCHING REPLACES WAVELENGTH SWITCHING”

Peter J. Winzer – Nokia Bell Labs, Holmdel, USA

11:35 – 12:00 Break

Session A6 - Photonics for Cultural Heritage 2

12:00 – 12:50

Chair: Austin Nevin

12:00 – 12:10

“A NOVEL HYPERSPECTRAL CAMERA FOR THE IMAGING OF ARTWORKS”

Marta Ghirardello1*, Daniela Comelli1 , Gianluca Valentini1 , Cristian Manzoni2

1 Polytecnic of Milan, Physics Department, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, 20133 Milan, Italy

2 IFN-CNR, Polytecnic of Milan, Physics Department, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, 20133 Milan, Italy

*marta.ghirardello@polimi.it

Different artworks were investigated through a novel hyperspectral camera adopting time-gated photoluminescence imaging, allowing to identify and characterize the luminescent materials used in a rapid, non-invasive and reliable way.
 

12:10 – 12:20

“ASSESSMENT OF TIME GATED-LIF FOR THE CHARACTERIZATION OF FRESCOES AND PAINTED ARTWORKS: THE CASES STUDY OF THE ADAMO PROJECT”

M. Romani1, F. Colao2, R. Fantoni2

1 INFN-Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, via Enrico Fermi 40, 00044, Frascati (Italy)

2 ENEA-Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development, 00044, Frascati, Rome, Italy 

12:20 – 12:30

“LIF TECHNIQUE FOR NON-INVASIVE REMOTE ANALYSIS OF CH SURFACES: MARBLES, FRESCOES AND RESTORATION MATERIALS”

Luisa Caneve*, Valeria Spizzichino

ENEA, Via Enrico Fermi 45, 00044 Frascati (Rome), Italy

*luisa.caneve@enea.it

LIF scanning systems have been applied to analyse different kinds of artworks, like marbles and frescoes, allowing to obtain information on the surface composition and previous restoration actions.
 

12:30 – 12:40

“FACILITIES FOR IN-SITU PAINTING DIAGNOSTICS AND MONITORING”

A.Impallaria 1*, F.Petrucci 1

1Ferrara University and INFN, Ferrara, Italy

*impallaria@fe.infn.it

We present here an example of the application of two very well-known image diagnostics, X-ray radiograph and macro photography, attempting to be movable and easily used in museum environments.
 

12:40 – 12:50

 “PL MICRO-IMAGING SUPPORTED BY FTIR MAPPING FOR THE STUDY OF HISTORICAL MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS”

Albano M.1,2*, Comelli D.1, Ghirardello M.1, Fiocco G. 2,3, Malagodi M.2,4

1 Department of Physics, Polytechnic of Milan, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, 20133, Milano, Italy

2 Arvedi Laboratory of Non-Invasive Diagnostic, CISRiC, University of Pavia, via Bell’Aspa 3 26100 Cremona, Italy

3 Department of Chemistry, Università di Torino, Via Pietro Giuria 5, 10125, Torino, Italy

4 Department of Musicology and Cultural Heritage, Università degli Studi di Pavia, Corso Garibaldi 178, 26100 Cremona, Italy

*michela.albano@polimi.it

Multi-layered coating systems of historical violins were investigated through PL micro-imaging and FTIR-ATR mapping to identify and characterize the materials used by the ancient Cremonese Masters.

Session B6 - Young IEEE-SIOF 2: Optical nanobiosensing: current challenges and novel perspectives

12:00 – 12:50

Chair: Silvia Maria Pietralunga

12:00 – 12:10

“LAB-ON-FIBER OPTRODES INTEGRATED WITH SMART CAVITIES”

Federica Gambino1, Martino Giaquinto1, Anna Aliberti1, Alberto Micco1, Ruvo Menotti2, Antonello Cutolo3, Armando Ricciardi1, Andrea Cusano1,*

1 Optoelectronics Group, Department of Engineering, University of Sannio, I-82100, Benevento, Italy

2 Institute of Biostructure and Bioimaging, National Research Council, I-80134, Napoli, Italy

3 Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, University of Napoli Federico II, I-80125, Napoli, Italy

*a.cusano@unisannio.it

A microgel film sandwiched between two gold layers is integrated onto the optical fiber tip to form a multifunctional Lab-on-Fiber optrode able to work as a sensor for small biomolecules detection, and as a nano-opto-mechanical-actuator.
 

12:10 – 12:20

“ORDERED ARRAY OF AU NANOSTRUCTURES: TUNABLE PLASMONIC PROPERTIES AND BIOSENSING APPLICATIONS”

Adriano Colombelli1*, Maria Grazia Manera1, Daniela Lospinoso1, Roberto Rella1

1 Institute for Microelectronics and Microsystems, CNR IMM unit of Lecce, Campus Ecotekne, via Monteroni 73100 Lecce, Italy

*adriano.colombelli@le.imm.cnr.it

A simple and reproducible approach for the fabrication of highly ordered array of metal nanostructures by nano-sphere lithography (NSL) is presented, demonstrating their superior performances for biosensing applications.
 

12:20 – 12:30

“NANOCOMPOSITE PLASMONIC SENSORS FOR BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS”

B. Miranda1,2, S. De Martino3, R. Moretta1, P. Dardano1, I. Rea1, C. Forestiere2, L. De Stefano1*

1 Institute for Microelectronics and Microsystems, Via P. Castellino 111, 80131, Napoli, Italy

2 DIETI, Università degli Studi di Napoli “Federico II”, via Claudio 21, Napoli, 80125 Italy

3 Materias s.r.l., Via P. Castellino 111, 80131, Napoli, Italy

*luca.destefano@cnr.it

We analyze absorption spectra of spherical gold nanoparticles embedded in polyethylene glycol diacrylate. The designed wearable platforms could detect specific target analytes in localized surface plasmon resonance and fluorescence modes, in order to obtain a dual-mode sensor.
 

12:30 – 12:40

“SPECTRAL INTERFEROMETRY-BASED DETECTION OF OPTICAL RESONANCES OF MICRO-CAPILLARIES”

Valentina Bello1*, Alberto Simoni1

1 Department of Electrical, Computer and Biomedical Engineering, University of Pavia, Via Ferrata 5, Pavia, Italy

*valentina.bello01@universitadipavia.it

We propose a spectral interferometric method for the detection of the wavelength position of the optical resonances of low-cost micro-resonators. Measurements were carried out with a Michelson interferometer and a broadband light source.

12:40 – 12:50

“THERMO-PLASMONIC LAB-ON-FIVER OPTRODES”

Sofia Principe1, Martino Giaquinto1, Michele Riccio2, Alberto Micco1, Maria Alessandra Cutolo1, Federica Piccirillo1, Giovanni Breglio2, Antonello Cutolo2, Andrea Irace2, Armando Ricciardi1,*,  Andrea Cusano1,*

1 Optoelectronics Group, Department of Engineering, University of Sannio, I-82100, Benevento, Italy

2 Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, University of Napoli Federico II, I-80125, Napoli, Italy

*a.cusano@unisannio.it

The thermoplasmonic overheating induced on a Lab-on-Fiber device, consisting in a gold nanostructure directly integrated onto the tip of an optical fiber, is analysed in terms of temperature distribution, temporal dynamics and spectral selectivity.

Plenary Session

13:00 – 13:10

In memory of Carlo Giacomo Someda

Andrea Galtarossa – University of Padua

Plenary Session

13:10 – 13:30

“Photonics in view of Horizon Europe”

Roberta Ramponi – IFN-CNR and Photonics21