Lorenzo Ferrara

Development of an optical system based on Partial Coherence Interferometry. Free propagation and full fiber NIR interferometric setup. VCSEL expertise

Design and development of passive and active optical modules for the emulation of C.elegans connectome. • Study and prototyping of 3D structured beam projection. • Comparative analysis of 3D optical distribution, components, fabrication and alignment techniques. • Design and implementation of optical modules for emission and reception in 3D. Design and development of an optical system based on DMD technology for high resolution photo-lithography • Fabrication of microfluidic devices.

Nanofabrication of 2D plasmonic substrates for single molecule activation and study of atom diffusion • nanodeposition and nanomilling techniques • Design and fabrication of nanoantennas, nanoholes and nanocones • Use of AFM cantilevers integrated with plasmonic antennas • Design and fabrication of nanowires in 2D geometry • Microfabrication with 2-photon-polymerization • Study of fabricating techniques for surface patterning and gold atoms migration on nanopatterned substrate

Design of an optical setup for two-photon-fluorescence on neural tissue. • Design of an optical setup for confocal 2-photon microscopy • Comparison, selection and testing of SLM and laser • Holography testing

Integrated optical devices for the evaluation of mechanical properties of cellular membrane • Optical stretcher setup improvement • Interfacing dual-beam optical stretcher with microfluidic chip • Cells trapping and stretching • Analysis of stretching and comparison between cells of healthy and diseased patients.

Fabrication and test of fiber optical tweezers • FIB patterning and SEM analysis of optical fibers • Improvement of fabrication time and efficiency of fiber optical tweezers

Characterization and installation of EUV filters for UVCI coronagraph. HERSCHEL project • UV filter characterization • UV installation on a coronagraph for the Herschel mission • Control of ionizing light source • Labview automation for spectral acquisition • Pump system control • Epoxy resin preparation

Thesis: Design and characterization of integrated optical devices for biophotonics - optical tweezers - optical strecther

Optoelectronics Thesis: EUV filter characterization for UVCI coronagraph

Thesis: Experimental characterization of two-section semiconductor lasers