Conference Agenda

Invited - Optical Biosensors based on Bound States in the Continuum: a new paradigm in Healthcare and Food Quality Assessment

Bruno Miranda¹, Aida Seifalinezhad¹, Fabrizio Riminucci², Ivo Rendina¹, Adam Schwartzberg², Vito Mocella¹, Gianluigi Zito¹, Silvia Romano¹

1: Institute of Applied Sciences and Intelligent Systems, National Research Council; 2: Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Unlocking Maximum Chirality via Bound State in a Continuum in Plasmonic Metasurface

Hanan Ali¹, Simone Zanotti¹, Giovanni Pellegrini¹, Emilija Petronijevic², Lucio Andreani¹

1: Università degli Studi di Pavia, Italy; 2: Sapienza Università di Roma, Italy

Invited - Quantum Phase Operator

Fabio Antonio Bovino¹, Davide Boschetto²

1: Department of Basic and Applied Sciences for Engineering (SBAI), Sapienza University, via A. Scarpa 16, I-00161, Rome, Italy; 2: Laboratoire d’Optique Appliqu´ee, ENSTA Paris, CNRS, Ecole Polytechnique, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, 91761 Palaiseau, France

Invited - Revisiting temporal coupled-mode theory in ultrafast physics: an ab-initio approach

Tong Wu, Philippe Lalanne

IOGS-University of Bordeaux-CNRS, France

Raman gain in transparent nanostructured glass-ceramic

Pasquale Pernice¹, Luigi Sirleto², Manuela Rossi¹, Alesandro Vergara¹, Rocco Di Girolamo¹, Claudio Imparato¹, Antonio Aronne¹

1: University of Naples Federico II; 2: ISASI- CNR, Italy

Coherent control of scattering and absorption in organic microresonators

Frithjof Pietsch, Jakob Lindenthal, Tobias Antrack, Johannes Benduhn, Markas Sudzius, Karl Leo

TU Dresden, Germany

Waveguide injection of Bloch Surface Waves from a planar resonant cavity

Zongyuan Tang^1,2, Tianlong Guo³, Yannick Augenstein⁴, Yanjun Liu², Carsten Rockstuhl⁴, Matthieu Roussey³, Emiliano Descrovi¹

1: Politecnico di Torino, Italy; 2: Southern University of Science and Technology, China; 3: University of Eastern Finland, Finland; 4: Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany

Photo-acoustic technique with widely tuneable laser

Claudia Skubisz¹, Emilija Petronijevic¹, Grigore Leahu¹, Tiziana Cesca², Carlo Scian², Giovanni Mattei², Roberto Li Voti¹, Concita Sibilia¹, Alessandro Belardini¹

1: Sapienza Università di Roma, Italy; 2: University of Padova, Italy

Invited - Laser beam shaping in ultrasound-controlled liquid media for high-throughput material processing

Salvatore Surdo¹, Alessandro Zunino², Martí Duocastella³

1: Università di Pisa, Italy; 2: Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Italy; 3: University of Barcelona, Spain

Thermo-optical Properties of MoO3 thin films in the mid-infrared and phonon frequency shift

Alessandro Bile¹, Daniele Ceneda¹, Marco Centini¹, Federico Vittorio Lupo², Maria Pia Casaletto³, Roberto Macaluso², Koray Aydin⁴, Maria Cristina Larciprete¹

1: Department of Basic and Applied Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, 00161 Italy.; 2: Department of Engineering, University of Palermo, Palermo, 90128, Italy.; 3: National Research Council (CNR), Institute for Nanostructured Materials (ISMN), Palermo, 90146, Italy.; 4: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, USA.

Modulating room temperature mid-ir properties in w-doped vo2 films

Daniele Ceneda¹, Alessandro Bile¹, S. Maryam Vaghefi Esfidani², Daniele Scirè³, Mauro Mosca³, Dominique Persano Adorno⁴, Roberto Macaluso³, Roberto Li Voti¹, Concita Sibilia¹, Thomas G. Folland², Koray Aydin⁵, Marco Centini¹, Maria Cristina Larciprete¹

1: La Sapienza, Italy; 2: University of Iowa, United States; 3: Dipartimento di Ingegneria, Università di Palermo, Italy; 4: Dipartimento di Fisica e Chimica, Università di Palermo, Italy; 5: Northwestern Univertity, United States

Fabrication and characterisations of 2D-MoS2 thin films for optoelectronic and photonic device applications

Geeta Sharma, Eric Burimah, Sarath Kumar Loganathan, Chun Wang, Animesh Jha

University of Leeds, United Kingdom

Optical Characterisation of Doped Silicon Wafers Using THz Time-Domain Ellipsometry

Antonello Andreone, Zahra Mazaheri

Università di Napoli, Italy

Invited - Laser-assisted micromachining: an innovative tool for advancing the multifunctional optofluidic lab-on-a-chip

Luigino Criante

Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Italy

Dynamic 3D optofluidic control as a multifunctional platform for microfluidic applications

Falko Schmidt¹, Adarsh Vasista¹, Jaime Ortega Arroyo¹, Emilio Ruiz Reina², Raul Rica³, Romain Quidant¹

1: ETH, Switzerland; 2: University of Malaga, Spain; 3: University of Granada, Spain

A sensorised, microfluidic Ussing chamber manufactured by stereolithography and soft lithography techniques

Bastián Carnero^1,2, Yago Radziunas-Salinas¹, Bruno K. Rodiño-Janeiro², Patrícia M. Rodrigues³, Alar Ainla³, Miguel Xavier³, Lorena Diéguez³, María Teresa Flores-Arias¹

1: Photonics4Life research group, Department of Applied Physics, Facultade de Física and Institute of Materials (iMATUS), Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Campus Vida, Santiago de Compostela, 15782, Spain; 2: BFlow S.L., Edificio Emprendia, Santiago de Compostela, 15706, Spain; 3: International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory (INL), Avenida Mestre José Veiga s/n. 4715-330 Braga, Portugal

Simulating and fabricating chalcogenide-based waveguides for agroenvironmental applications

Martin Khouri^1,2, Raphaël Escalier², Daphné Heran¹, Caroline Vigreux², Ryad Bendoula¹

1: ITAP, Univ. Montpellier, INRAE, Institute Agro, Montpellier, France; 2: ICGM, Univ. Montpellier, CNRS, ENSCM, MONTPELLIER, FRANCE

Invited - Detection of microplastics and nanoplastics: Are Raman tweezers and enhanced Raman methods the solution for sub 20 µm particles?

Silvie Bernatova^1,2, Antonino Foti¹, Martin Kizovsky², Maria Donato¹, Onofrio Marago¹, Alessandro Magazzu¹, Jan Jezek², Pavel Zemanek², Pietro Gucciardi¹

1: Institute for Chemical-Physical Processes (IPCF) - CNR, Italy; 2: Institute of Scientific Instruments (ISI) of the CAS, Czech Republic

Artificial Intelligence-assisted Raman Spectroscopy for Liver cancer diagnosis

Concetta Esposito^1,2, Mohammed Janneh^1,2, Sara Spaziani^1,2, Vincenzo Calcagno^1,2, Mario Luca Bernardi^2,3, Martina Iammarino^2,3, Chiara Verdone^2,3, Maria Tagliamonte^2,4, Luigi Buonaguro^2,4, Marco Pisco^1,2, Lerina Aversano^2,3, Andrea Cusano^1,2

1: Optoelectronic Division-Engineering Department, University of Sannio, 82100 Benevento, Italy; 2: Centro Regionale Information Communication Technology (CeRICT Scrl), 82100 Benevento, Italy; 3: Informatics Group, Engineering Department, University of Sannio, 82100 Benevento, Italy; 4: National Cancer Institute-IRCCS “Pascale”, Via Mariano Semmola, 52, 80131 Napoli, Italy

Intracellular delivery, imaging and drug-sensing using a plasmonic-enhanced hybrid nanostystem

Maria Mangini¹, Donatella Delle Cave², Chiara Tramontano³, Marco Corona², Luca De Stefano³, Ilaria Rea³, Anna Chiara De Luca¹, Enza Lonardo²

1: National Research Council, Institute for Experimental Endocrinology and Oncology “G. Salvatore”, Second Unit, Naples 80131, Italy; 2: National Research Council, Institute of Genetics and Biophysics, Naples 80131, Italy; 3: National Research Council, Institute of Applied Sciences and Intelligent Systems, Unit of Naples, Naples 80131, Italy

Development and validation of a microRaman spectroscopy method to detect small microplastics in food matrix

Mara Putzu², Marta Fadda¹, Alessio Sacco¹, Francesco Romaniello¹, Andrea Mario Giovannozzi¹, Korinna Altmann³, Nizar Benismail⁴, Andrea Mario Rossi¹

1: National Metrology Institute of Italy, Italy; 2: University of Turin, Italy; 3: Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und-prüfung, Germany; 4: Nestlé Quality Assurance Centre, France

Surface enhanced Raman scattering based detection of pesticides and additives by flexible substrates

Deniz Yılmaz¹, Bruno Miranda², Valeria Nocerino², Alessandro Esposito¹, Enza Lonardo³, İlaria Rea², Luca De Stefano², Anna Chiara De Luca¹

1: Institute for Experimental Endocrinology and Oncology, “G. Salvatore” (IEOS), National Research Council of Italy (CNR), Naples, Italy; 2: Institute of Applied Sciences and Intelligent Systems (ISASI), National Research Council of Italy (CNR), Naples, Italy; 3: Institute of Genetics and Biophysics (IGB), National Research Council of Italy (CNR), Naples, Italy

Invited - Free space whispering gallery mode microlasers as highly sensitive biosensors

Stefano Ferretti¹, Angela Capocefalo², Maria Grazia Ceraolo³, Silvia Gentilini¹, Lorenzo Barolo⁴, Paola Baiocco⁴, Claudio Conti⁵, Barbara Cortese⁶, Claudia Bearzi⁷, Roberto Rizzi⁸, Neda Ghofraniha¹

1: National Research Council - Institute for Complex Systems (CNR-ISC), c/o Department of Physics, University "La Sapienza", Rome, Italy; 2: Department of Physical and Chemical Sciences, University of L’Aquila, L’Aquila, Italy; 3: Istituto Nazionale di Genetica Molecolare INGM "Romeo ed Enrica Invernizzi", Milan, Italy; 4: Dipartimento di Scienze Biochimiche "A. Rossi Fanelli", University "La Sapienza", Rome, Italy; 5: Department of Physics, University "La Sapienza", Rome, Italy; 6: National Research Council - Institute of Nanotechnology (CNR-Nanotec), c/o Department of Physics, University "La Sapienza", Rome, Italy; 7: National Research Council - Institute for Biomedical Technologies (CNR-ITB), Milan, Italy; 8: Department of Medical Surgical Sciences and Biotechnologies, University "La Sapienza", Rome, Italy

Femtosecond laser ablation of 3D-printed PCL Scaffolds as a strategy to enhance bone tissue regeneration efficacy

Yago Radziunas-Salinas^1,3, Bastián Carnero^1,3, María Pita-Vilar^2,3, Lucía Aboal-Castro^2,3, Luis Antonio Díaz-Gómez^2,3, María Teresa Flores-Arias^1,3

1: Photonics4Life Research Group, Applied Physics Department, Facultade de Física and Facultade de Óptica e Optometría, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Campus Vida, E15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain.; 2: Department of Pharmacology, Pharmacy, and Pharmaceutical Technology, I+D Farma (GI-1645), Facultade de Farmacia, and Health Research Institute of Santiago de Compostela (IDIS), Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, E15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain; 3: Instituto de Materiales (iMATUS), Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, E15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain.

Raman and Surface Enhanced Raman spectroscopy analysis of breast cancer cell lines with different HER2 expression profiles

Sara Spziani^1,2, Alessandro Esposito³, Giovannina Barisciano⁴, Giuseppe Quero⁵, Manuela Leo⁴, Vittorio Colantuoni⁴, Maria Mangini², Marco Pisco^1,2, Lina Sabatino⁴, Anna Chiara De Luca³, Andrea Cusano^1,2

1: Centro Regionale Information Communication Technology (CeRICT Scrl), 82100, Benevento, Italy1; 2: Optoelectronic Division-Engineering Department, University of Sannio, 82100, Benevento, Italy; 3: Institute for Experimental Endocrinology and Oncology G. Salvatore, IEOS, second unit, 80131, Naples, Italy.; 4: Department of Sciences and Technologies, University of Sannio, 82100, Benevento, Italy; 5: Biosciences and Territory Department, University of Molise, 86090 Pesche, Italy

Precision localization of cellular proteins with fluorescent Fab-based probes

Vincenzo Manuel Marzullo¹, Federica Liccardo², Matteo Lo Monte¹, Giuseppe Palumbo³, Marko Lampe⁴, Giuseppe Coppola⁵, Alberto Luini¹

1: Istituto di Endocrinologia ed Oncologia Sperimentale, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Napoli, Italia; 2: Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, USA; 3: Department of Biotechnology and Molecular Medicine (MMBM) School of Medicine, University Federico II, Napoli, Italia; 4: Advanced Light Microscopy Facility, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg, Germany; 5: Istituto di Scienze Applicate e Sistemi Intelligenti, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Napoli, Italia

In-situ assessment of laser-chemically machined surfaces by means of an indirect optical measurement approach and scanning confocal fluorescence microscopy

Claudia Niehaves¹, Yasmine Bouraoui², Tim Radel², Andreas Tausendfreund¹, Andreas Fischer¹

1: University of Bremen, Germany; 2: BIAS, Germany

Invited - Mode coupling and sensing in plasmonic layered structures

Zouheir Sekkat

MAScIR-UM6P, Morocco

Molecular aptamer beacon-based sers biosensor for the detection of nucleic acids

Sara Martino^1,2, Deniz Yilmaz^3,4, Alessandro Esposito³, Ambra Giannetti⁵, Gabriella Misso¹, Michele Caraglia¹, Anna Chiara De Luca³, Luca De Stefano², Ilaria Rea²

1: Dept. of Precision Medicine, University of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”, 80138 Naples, Italy; 2: Inst. of Applied Sciences and Intelligent Systems “Eduardo Caianiello”, Unit of Naples, CNR, 80131 Naples, Italy; 3: Inst. of Experimental Endocrinology and Oncology “G. Salvatore”-Second Unit, CNR, 80131 Naples, Italy; 4: Sabanci University Nanotechnology Research and Application Center, 34956, Istanbul, Turkey; 5: Inst. of Applied Physics “Nello Carrara” (IFAC), (CNR), 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Firenze, Italy

Characterization of kuwait crude oil via terahertz frequency domain spectroscopy

Carlito Jr Salonga Ponseca

Gulf University for Science and Technology, Kuwait

Plasmon resonance detection of gas adsorption isotherms

Lucrezia Catanzaro, Marcello Condorelli, Vittorio Scardaci, Giuseppe Compagnini

Department of Chemical Sciences, Catania University– Catania, Italy

Label-free scattering snapshot classification for living cell identification

David Dannhauser¹, Paolo Antonio Netti^1,2, Filippo Causa¹

1: Università degli studi di Napoli, Federico II; 2: Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT)

Invited - Light-field based 3D optical tweezers

Etienne Le Priol^1,2, Atsushi Sasaki^1,3, Anthony Beaucamp^1,3

1: Keio University, Japan; 2: Ecole Normale Supérieure Paris-Saclay, France; 3: Anax Optics Inc., Japan

Speckle-based adaptation concept of a compensation system for free-space optical communications

Haider Mahdi Al-Juboori

South East Technological University, Ireland

Determination of the focus point for measurements of the modulation transfer function MTF

Hanno Dierke, Markus Schake

Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt PTB, Germany

Mid-IR narrow bandwidth tuneable laser source for the FAMU experiment

Marco Baruzzo^1,2, José J. Suárez-Vargas^1,2, Lyubomir I. Stoychev^1,8, Humberto Cabrera^1,3, Guido Toci⁵, Luigi Moretti^6,7, Eugenio Fasci^6,7, Livio Gianfrani^6,7, Cecilia Pizzolotto¹, Emiliano Mocchiutti¹, Miltcho B. Danailov⁴, Andrea Vacchi^1,2

1: INFN, sezione Trieste, Italy; 2: University of Udine, Department of Mathematics, Computer Science and Physics, Italy; 3: The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Italy; 4: Elettra-Sincrotrone Trieste, Italy; 5: CNR, Istituto Nazionale di Ottica, Italy; 6: INFN, sezione Napoli, Italy; 7: University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Department of Mathematics and Physics, Italy; 8: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Solid State Physics, Bulgaria

Directional deformation in light-responsive amorphous polymers

David Urban¹, Dag Roar Hjelme¹, Emiliano Descrovi²

1: Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway; 2: Politecnico di Torino, Italy

Invited - Novel Forward Brillouin Scattering measurement technique based on high-Q fiber ring resonator.

Anna I. Garrigues-Navarro¹, Martina Delgado-Pinar^1,2, Antonio Díez^1,2, Miguel V. Andrés^1,2

1: Laboratory of Fiber Optics, ICMUV, Universitat de València, Spain; 2: Departament de Física Aplicada i Electromagnetisme, Universitat de València, Spain

Low Coherence Interferometry Measurement: An Algorithm for fast processing with low noise and phase linearisation

Paulo Robalinho, António Rodrigues, Susana Novais, António B. Lobo Ribeiro, Susana Silva, Orlando Frazão

INESC TEC, Portugal

Wavefront folding interferometer for single-shot lensless imaging

Atri Halder¹, Henri Partanen², Matias Koivurova¹

1: University of Eastern FInland, Finland; 2: Dispelix Oy, Finland

Terahertz waveform synthesis in scattering systems via nonlinear ghost imaging

Vittorio Cecconi¹, Vivek Kumar², Juan Sebastian Totero Gongora¹, Antonio Cutrona¹, Luke Peters¹, Luana Olivieri¹, Jacopo Bertolotti³, Alessia Pasquazi¹, Marco Peccianti¹

1: Emergent Photonics Research Centre and Dept. of Physics, Loughborough University, Loughborough, UK; 2: Emergent Photonics (EPic) Laboratory, Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK; 3: Department. of Physics and Astronomy, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK

Applied Optics in the Development of Smart Road Markings

Orlando Lima Jr.¹, Iran Rocha Segundo¹, Edson Reis², Laura Mazzoni³, Manuel F. M. Costa¹, Elisabete Freitas¹, Joaquim Carneiro¹

1: University of Minho, Portugal; 2: Federal University of Pernambuco; 3: University of S. Paulo