ALBERTO PARINI

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Alberto PARINI

Electrical Engineer and Ph.D. in Electromagnetics and Optics

EXPERIENCE AND FORMATION

Period: December 2014 - present

Laboratory: FOTON/CNRS Laboratory (Lannion, FRANCE)

Position: Postdoctoral research engineer

Task: Exploration of all-optical switching functionalities for high throughput on-chip interconnects.

Description: Postdoctoral research position within the FOTON/CNRS Laboratory, in the framework of the French national level project «3D- Optical-ManyCores» (3D Many-Core Architectures based on Optical Network on Chip). Aim of 3D-Optical-ManyCores is to investigate how the introduction of optical technologies could improve the energy efficiency and enhance the data rate of interconnects used in many-core architectures for high-performance computing. Partners of the research consortium are: FOTON/CNRS, INRIA Rennes and the Institut des Nanotechnologies de Lyon (INL). Within the project, I am in charge of the work-package on modeling and proof-of-concept demonstration of new all-optical functions.

Period: 2010 - 2014

Laboratory: Laboratory for Micro and Sub-Micro Enabling Technologies of the Emilia-Romagna Region (MIST E‑R Laboratory, Bologna, ITALY)

Position: Optical Research Engineer

Task: Numerical modeling of optical devices and simulation codes development

Description: The Laboratory for Micro and Sub-Micro Enabling Technologies of the Emilia-Romagna Region (MIST E‑R Laboratory, www.laboratoriomister.it) is a public/private joint research structure on micro technologies, which federates together the Italian National Research Council (CNR), the Universities of Ferrara and Parma and several associated companies.

Within MIST E-R Laboratory, I was member of the research department on &quot;Micro and Nano Technologies for Integrated Optoelectronics, Optics and Photonics in Inorganic and Hybrid Substrates&quot;. In particular, I was in charge of the activities related to device modeling and numerical codes development.

Period: 2007 - 2009

Laboratory: Telecom SudParis School of Engineering, (Paris Region, FRANCE)

Position: Postdoctoral researcher

Task: Design of photonic crystal waveguides for slow-light applications

Description: Postdoctoral fellowship in the framework of the national level French project «L2CP - Lumière Lente dans les guides en Cristaux Photoniques», focused on the design of photonic crystal waveguides for slow-light applications. The partners in the project were also Thales-TRT (Palaiseau), Laboratoire de Photonique et Nanostructures-CNRS/LPN (Marcoussis), Ecole d'Ingénieurs TELECOM ParisTech and Institut d’Electronique, de Microélectronique et de Nanotechnologies-IEMN (Villeneuve d’Ascq). Aim of the project was the development of all-optical delay lines based on the photonic crystal technology. In this context, I was in charge of numerical simulations, masks drawing and experimental characterization of the fabricated structures.

Period: 2006 - 2007

Laboratory: Department of Engineering, University of Ferrara (Ferrara, ITALY)

Position: Postdoctoral researcher

Task: Design of lithium niobate waveguides for nonlinear frequency generation and conversion

Period: 2003 - 2006

Laboratory: Department of Engineering, University of Ferrara (Ferrara, ITALY)

Position: Ph.D. Fellow in Electromagnetics and Optics

Thesis title: Nonlinear effects in distributed feedback optical devices

Supervisor: Professor Stefano Trillo, University of Ferrara

Period: 2002 - 2003

Laboratory: Department of Engineering, University of Ferrara (Ferrara, ITALY)

Position: Research fellow

Task: Investigation of frequency conversion processes in optical waveguides

Period: 1996 - 2001

Institution: Faculty of Engineering, University of Ferrara (ITALY)

Activity: Master Degree (Laurea) in Electrical Engineering

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