From flexible electronics to flexible photonics: A brief overview

GC Righini, J Krzak, A Lukowiak, G Macrelli, S Varas… - Optical Materials, 2021 - Elsevier
The development of the information technology and, very recently, of new application
scenarios like Internet of Things (IoT) and Industry 4.0 has pushed the research towards new …

Towards a glass new world: the role of ion-exchange in modern technology

S Berneschi, GC Righini, S Pelli - Applied Sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
Glasses, in their different forms and compositions, have special properties that are not found
in other materials. The combination of transparency and hardness at room temperature …

Rare-earth activated SnO2 photoluminescent thin films on flexible glass: synthesis, deposition and characterization

TNL Tran, A Szczurek, S Varas, C Armellini… - Optical Materials, 2022 - Elsevier
Flexible photonics is undoubtedly the next technological platform, capable to revolutionize
current light-based technologies, thanks to their spatial freedom characteristics. Beyond …

RF-sputtering fabrication of flexible glass-based 1D photonic crystals

A Carlotto, O Sayginer, H Chen… - Fiber Lasers and …, 2022 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Integration of photonic systems on deformable substrates has given rise to flexible
photonics, a research field that has rapidly emerged in recent years. By adding mechanical …

[HTML][HTML] Influence of fluoroalkyl chains on structural, morphological, and optical properties of silica-based coatings on flexible substrate

K Startek, S Arabasz, A Bachmatiuk, A Lukowiak - Optical Materials, 2021 - Elsevier
The presented work aimed to investigate the dependence of the fluoroalkyl precursors, used
in the sol–gel synthesis of silica-based materials, on the structural and optical properties of …

Design, fabrication and assessment of an optomechanical sensor for pressure and vibration detection using flexible glass multilayers

O Sayginer, E Iacob, S Varas, A Szczurek, M Ferrari… - Optical Materials, 2021 - Elsevier
We introduce an easily implementable optomechanical device for pressure and vibration
sensing using a multilayer structure on a flexible substrate. We present the design …

[HTML][HTML] Low losses Er3+-doped flexible planar waveguide: Toward an all-glass flexible planar photonic system

A Carlotto, TNL Tran, B Babiarczuk, N Bazzanella… - Ceramics …, 2023 - Elsevier
Thin films have a crucial role in integrated optics. The development of passive and active
devices such as splitters, waveguides, multiplexers and optical amplifiers is by now …

[HTML][HTML] Under bending optical assessment of flexible glass based multilayer structures fabricated on polymeric substrates

G Zanetti, A Carlotto, TNL Tran, A Szczurek… - Optical Materials: X, 2023 - Elsevier
We present the results of the spectral transmittance and reflectance of a SiO 2/TiO 2 1D
photonic crystal deposited by Radio Frequency sputtering on a flexible polymeric substrate …

Flexible photonics: Where are we now?

GC Righini, A Szczurek, J Krzak… - 2020 22nd …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The growing success of printed, flexible, wearable electronics (with an expected market over
$40 billion in 2020) has opened the way to the development of flexible and stretchable …

Rare-earth-doped glasses and glass-ceramics for integrated optics

TNL Tran, Z Lidia, A Chiasera, C Andrea… - Integrated Optics Vol 1 …, 2021 - iris.unitn.it
In this chapter, we highlight some basic aspects and applications of doped glasses in
integrated optics. First, we will briefly summarize the role of rare-earth (RE) ions in integrated …