Primary activity: Study and development of solid state laser sources with diode pumping
Characterization of new solid state laser materials (crystals and ceramics)
LIDAR systems for environmental monitoring: design, development and field deployment
Study, modelling and diagnostics on laser material processing techniques

Main experiences acquired: Solid state laser materials with Ytterbium, Neodymium and Cerium doping
Design and development of solid state laser sources with diode pumping
Methods and instruments for spectroscopic diagnostics
Fluorescence LIDAR systems for environmental monitoring (vegetation and water bodies)
Desig of optical instrumentation for airborne applications

Scientific manager for INO of Funded Projects:
CERAMICHE MICROSTRUTTURATE TRASPARENTI PER APPLICAZIONI LASER DI ALTA POTENZA: SVILUPPO E VALIDAZIONE – Fase 1
Influence of composition and defects on the properties of transparent ceramics and crystals for laser and scintillator
applications.
Nuove ceramiche trasparenti di miscele di sesquiossidi per applicazioni laser avanzate: fabbricazione, spettroscopia e prestazioni di emissione laser

MEFREGRA Technologies for high performance compact cameras with specific focus on metalenses, freeform and gradient index optics.

Research Groups:
Spectroscopy and PHotonics for Environmental Research and Earth Studies
New Materials For Solid State Sources and Light Conversion

Publications, Research Results, now, in INO’s database are: 120
  –   Papers JCR/ISI Journals, are: 115
  –   Books or Chapters, are: 0
  –   Papers in Journals not indexed JCR/ISI, are: 2
  –   Conference proceedings, are: 34
  –   Abstract, are: 6

Bibliometric indices are calculated USING ONLY THE INO DATABASE and the number of citations from “WEB OF SCIENCE” (of Thomson Reuters) is updated at 2024-11-17
  –   maximum number of citations for an article: 113
  –   maximum impact factor (IF) for a journal when an article is published: 6.707
  –   H-INDEX: 26   G-INDEX: 34   HC-INDEX (contemporary): 14 
  –   List of TopTen papers in citations  –   List of TopTen journals in Impact Factor