The Istituto di Fotonica e Nanotecnologie (CNR-IFN) carries out innovative research in the fields of photonics and of nanotechnologies considering both the fundamental aspects and those applied involving the development of novel photonic devices and systems, optoelectronic equipment, and electronics devices.

IFN Trento is one of the actors of the “Trentino system for research and high education” and successfully operates in this framework driven by specific agreements and committees: Framework agreement between Autonomous Trento …

Sviluppare attività di ricerca avanzata nel campo della fotonica, della nanoelettronica e delle nanotecnologie, con particolare attenzione anche a settori emergenti quali la micromeccenica, la microottica ed i microsistemi.

IFN, belonging to the Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR) - National Research Council of Italy, is tightly integrated with the national scientific community and...

The Institute for Photonics and Nanotechnologies (IFN) was established upon unification of three former CNR research institutions active in the fields of nanotechnologies, materials and devices for photonics and electronics, namely, the "Centro di Elettronica Quantistica e Strumentazione Elettronica (CEQSE)" in Milan, the "Centro di Fisica ...

Sviluppare attività di ricerca avanzata nel campo della fotonica, della nanoelettronica e delle nanotecnologie, con particolare attenzione anche a settori emergenti quali la micromeccenica, la microottica ed i microsistemi.

The Cryo Quantum Lab of CNR-IFN Trento carries out research activities on superconducting quantum technologies, SQUIDs and ultralow noise micromechanical sensors, mainly in the context of fundamental and quantum physics. We also collaborate on the development of the space-based gravitational wave detector LISA.

A ground-breaking study led by researchers from Istituto di Fotonica e Nanotecnologie (IFN-CNR), Università di Padova, Politecnico di Milano, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, University of Oxford and Princeton University has unveiled a new approach to creating tunable terahertz (THz) metadevices using organic mixed ion-electron conductors ...

The Istituto di Fotonica e Nanotecnologie (CNR-IFN) carries out innovative research in the fields of photonics and of nanotechnologies considering both the fundamental aspects and those applied involving the development of novel photonic devices and systems, optoelectronic equipment, and electronics devices. CNR-IFN is tightly integrated with ...

Roberto Osellame is a Director of Research at the Institute for Photonics and Nanotechnologies (IFN) of the Italian National Research Council (CNR) and a Contract Professor of the Politecnico di Milano, teaching Quantum Optics and Information. He …