Periodic Reporting for period 1 - NANO-GLASS (Nano-structured glass for future display and communication technologies)
Periodo di rendicontazione: 2021-03-01 al 2023-02-28
NANO-GLASS aims to develop disruptive nano-structuring designs and methods, that will provide unprecedented functionalities to display screens and optical fibres. The research programme comprises four individual research projects (IRPs), each assigned to a different early-stage researcher (ESR) and aligned with the following specific research and technological objectives:
• IRP1: Durable multifunctional micro-nano-structured surfaces: To develop and optimize simple, scalable, cost and time efficient processes to nanostructure glass surfaces for optoelectronic applications.
• IRP2: Optical surfaces for display with application-specific functionalities: To obtain a new design of functional surfaces based on metal nano-caps optically coupled to atomically thick metals.
• IRP3: Fiberized quantum photon generators and processors: To develop and test micro-nano-structured optical fibres with tailored linear dispersion and highly nonlinear properties that generates high visibility quantum signals (e.g. entangled photons) for information security/secure communication.
• IRP4: Quantum memories based on fibre materials: To create a nano-structured glass or fibre with enhanced photon storage time for processing quantum signals, including entangled photons, in an optical network.
• IRP1: Durable multifunctional micro-nano-structured surfaces: To develop and optimize simple, scalable, cost and time efficient processes to nanostructure glass surfaces for optoelectronic applications.
• IRP2: Optical surfaces for display with application-specific functionalities: To obtain a new design of functional surfaces based on metal nano-caps optically coupled to atomically thick metals.
• IRP3: Fiberized quantum photon generators and processors: To develop and test micro-nano-structured optical fibres with tailored linear dispersion and highly nonlinear properties that generates high visibility quantum signals (e.g. entangled photons) for information security/secure communication.
• IRP4: Quantum memories based on fibre materials: To create a nano-structured glass or fibre with enhanced photon storage time for processing quantum signals, including entangled photons, in an optical network.
NANO-GLASS project started on 01/03/2021 and the scientific activities started with the progressive recruitments of the ESRs.
For each ESRs, a 6-months training period, before the official starting of the PhD program, was planned. During this period, several introductory training sessions were planned.
During this 1st 24 months of the projects, all the ESRs passed their initial training period and they enrolled in the official PhD Programme.
As far as secondments is concerned, ESR1 and ESR4 have already completed their first stay at CORNING and ESR2 and ESR3 are currently there.
For each ESRs, a 6-months training period, before the official starting of the PhD program, was planned. During this period, several introductory training sessions were planned.
During this 1st 24 months of the projects, all the ESRs passed their initial training period and they enrolled in the official PhD Programme.
As far as secondments is concerned, ESR1 and ESR4 have already completed their first stay at CORNING and ESR2 and ESR3 are currently there.
The impact of NANO-GLASS will be relevant for the information and communication technologies (ICT), thus in everyday life of everyone. Indeed, ESRs will focus on disruptive solutions, and, at the same time, make sure that are industrially viable. In particular, their research aims at leading to mass-scalable and innovative products in the future.
This program will also strengthen the collaboration between ICFO and Corning, a partnership that has already existed for more than 10 years.
This program will also strengthen the collaboration between ICFO and Corning, a partnership that has already existed for more than 10 years.