Sezione di Optoelettronica e Fotonica

Optoelectronics and Photonics Department

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS (2000-2003)

PUBBLICAZIONI SU RIVISTE INTERNAZIONALI (2000-2003)

Fiber-Optic and Optoelectronic Sensors

F. Baldini, A. Falai, A.R. De Gaudio, D. Landi, A. Lueger, A. Mencaglia, D. Scherr, W. Trettnak
“Continuous monitoring of gastric carbon dioxide with optical fibres”
Sensors and Actuators B, 90, pp. 132-138, 2003.

L. Tedeschi, C. Domenici, A. Ahluwalia, F. Baldini, A. Mencaglia

“Antibody immobilisation on fibre optic TIRF sensor”
Biosens,. & Bioelectr, 19 (2), pp. 85-93, 2003.

F.Baldini, C.Domenici, A. Giannetti, D. Masci, A. Mencaglia

“Time-resolved absorption as optical method for herbicide detection”
Sensors and Actuators B, 90, pp. 198-203, 2003.

F. Baldini
“In vivo monitoring of the gastrooesophageal system using optical fibre sensors”
Anal. Bioanal. Chem., 375 (6), pp. 732-743, 2003.

F. Baldini, A.G. Mignani

“Optical-fiber medical sensors”
MRS Bulletin, 27 (5), pp. 383-387, 2002.

A.G. Mignani, A.A. Mencaglia

“Direct and chemically-mediated absorption spectroscopy using optical fiber instrumentation”
IEEE Sensors Journal, 2 (1), pp. 52-57, 2002.

F.Baldini, A. Capobianchi, A.Falai, A.A.Mencaglia, G.Pennesi

"Reversible and selective detection of NO2 by means of optical fibres"
Sensors and Actuators B, 74, pp.12-17, 2001.

R. Falciai, A.G. Mignani, A. Vannini

“Long period gratings as solution concentration sensors”
Sensors and Actuators B, 74, pp. 74-77, 2001.

F. Baldini, A. Falai, A. Flamini, P. Pasetto, A.A. Mencaglia

"A potential new optical transducer for the detection of Hg(II) in water"
Quimica Analitica, 19, pp. 105-111, 2000.

F.Baldini, P.Bechi, F.Cianchi, A.Falai, C.Fiorillo, P.Nassi

"Analysis of the optical properties of bile"
J.Biomedical Optics, 5 (3), pp. 321-329, 2000.

C. Preininger, A. Mencaglia, F. Baldini

"Polymer-coated optical fibres for application in a direct evanescent wave immunoassay"
Anal. Chim. Acta, 403, pp.67-76, 2000.

M. P. Xavier, B. Vallejo, M.D. Marazuela, M.C. Moreno Bondi, F. Baldini, A. Falai

"Fiber optic monitoring of carbamate pesticides using porous glass with covalently bound chlorophenol red"
Biosens,. & Bioelectr., 14, pp. 895-905, 2000.
Fluorescence LIDAR sensing
Lognoli D., Cecchi G., Mochi I., Pantani L., Raimondi V., Chiari R., Johansson Th., Weibring P., Edner H., Svanberg
S.
“Fluorescence Lidar Imaging of the Parma Cathedral and Baptistery”
Appl. Phys. B 76: 457–465, 2003.

Pantani L., Bazzani M., Cecchi G., Raimondi V.

“The fluorescence lidar and its role in sea remote sensing”
in Recent research developments in applied physics, 5: 167-180 (Transworld Research Network Publisher, Trivandrum,
India, 2002)

Lognoli D., Lamenti G., Pantani L., Tirelli D., Tiano P., Tomaselli. L.
“Detection and characterisation of biodeteriogens on stone cultural heritage by fluorescence lidar”
Appl. Optics 41: 1780-1787, 2002.

P. Weibring, J. Swartling, H. Edner, S. Svanberg, T. Caltabiano, D. Condarelli, G. Cecchi, L. Pantani

”Optical monitoring of volcanic sulphur dioxide emissions - Comparison between four different remote-sensing
spectroscopic techniques”
Optics amd Laser in Engineering, 37, 267-284, 2002.

Ballerini G., Bracci S., Pantani L., Tiano P.

“Lidar remote sensing of stone cultural heritage: detection of protective treatments”
Opt. Eng. 40: 1579-1583, 2001.

Weibring P., Johansson T., Edner H., Svanberg S., Sundnér B., Raimondi V., Cecchi G., Pantani L.
“Fluorescence lidar imaging of historical monuments”
Appl. Opt.-LP 40: 6111-6120, 2001.

Cecchi G., Pantani L., Raimondi V., Tomaselli L., Lamenti G., Tiano P., Chiari R.
“Fluorescence lidar technique for the remote sensing of stone monuments”
J. Cult. Heritage 1: 29-36, 2000.

Pantani L., Ballerini G., Cecchi G., Edner H., Lognoli D., Johansson T., Raimondi V., Svanberg S., Tiano P.,
Tomaselli L., Weibring B.
“Experiments on stony monument monitoring by laser-induced fluorescence”
J. Cult. Heritage 1: S345-S348, 2000.

Optical Waveguides and Integrated Optical Devices

M.A.Forastiere, R.M.Montereali, A.Pace, S.Pelli, M.Piccinini, G.C.Righini,
“Leaky modes in lithium fluoride thick films thermally evaporated on glass
Opt. Comm., 217, 249-256, 2003.

G.C. Righini, M. Brenci, A. Chiasera, M. Ferrari, M. Montagna, G. Nunzi Conti, S. Pelli

“Ion-exchange processes in active glasses: spectroscopic and structural characterization”
Glass Sci. Technol. vol. 76 C2, 29-34 (2003). [invited paper]

A. Chiasera, M. Montagna, E. Moser, F. Rossi, C. Tosello, M. Ferrari, L. Zampedri, S. Caponi, R. R. Goncalves, S.

Chaussedent, A. Monteil, D. Fioretto, G. Battaglin, F. Gonella, P. Mazzoldi, G. C. Righini,
“Brillouin scattering in planar waveguides. II. Experiments“
J. Appl. Phys. 94, 8, 4882-4889, 2003.

R.R. Gonçalves, G. Carturan, L. Zampedri, M. Ferrari, A. Chiasera, M. Montagna, G.C. Righini, S. Pelli, S.J.L. Ribeiro,
Y. Messaddeq
“Infrared-to-visible CW frequency upconversion in erbium activated silica-hafnia waveguides prepared by solgel route”
J. Non-Cryst. Solids, 322, 306-310, 2003.
A. Chiasera, C. Tosello, E. Moser, M. Montagna, R. Belli, R. R. Gonçalves, G. C. Righini, S. Pelli, A. Chiappini, L.
Zampedri and M. Ferrari,
“Er3+/Yb3+-activated silica-titania planar waveguides for EDPWAs fabricated by rf-sputtering”
J. Non-Cryst. Solids, 322, 1-3, 289-294, 2003.

G. Nunzi Conti, V. K. Tikhomirov, M. Bettinelli, S. Berneschi, M. Brenci, B. Chen, S. Pelli, A. Speghini, A. B. Seddon,
and G. C. Righini
“Characterization of ion-exchanged waveguides in tungsten tellurite and zinc tellurite Er3+-doped glasses”
Optical Engineering, 42 (10), 2805-2811, 2003.

B.J. Chen, G.C. Righini, M. Bettinelli, A. Speghini

“A comparison between different methods of calculating the radiative lifetime of the I13/2 level of Er3+ in various
glasses”
Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids 322, 319-323, 2003.

G.C. Righini
Glass waveguide fabrication
in Encyclopedia of Optical Engineering, 650-666 (Marcel Dekker, New York, 2003)

A. Chiasera, M. Montagna, R. Rolli, S. Ronchin, S. Pelli, G.C. Righini, R.R. Goncalves, Y. Messaddeq, S.J.L. Ribeiro,
C. Armellini, M. Ferrari, L. Zampedri
“Er/Yb co-activated silica-alumina monolithic xerogels”
J. Sol-Gel Sci. & Techn., 26, pp. 943-946, 2003.

L. Zampedri, M. Ferrari, C. Armellini, F. Visintainer, C. Tosello, S. Ronchin, R. Rolli, M. Montagna, A. Chiasera, S.

Pelli, G.C. Righini, A. Monteil, C. Duverger, R.R. Goncalves
“Erbium-activated silica-titania planar waveguides”
J. Sol-Gel Sci. & Techn., 26, pp. 1033-1036, 2003.

M.A. Forastiere, G.C. Righini, M. Brenci, S. Pelli, M. Ferraris, D. Milanese

“Modelling of diffractive structures in photorefractive Er/Yb-co-doped glass waveguides”
Optics and Lasers in Engineering 39, 3, 333-344, 2003.

L. Sirleto, D. S. Hermann, G. Scalia, L. Komitov, F. De Marco, G. Abbate, M. Lindgren, P. Mormile, G.C. Righini
“Integrated electro-optic switches based on ferroelectric liquid crystal waveguides”
Fiber and Integrated Optics, 21 (4), pp. 277-294, 2002.

L. Sirleto, G. Coppola, G. Breglio, G. Abbate, G.C. Righini, J.M. Otòn

“Electro-optical switch and continuously tunable filter based on a Bragg grating in planar waveguide with a liquid
crystal overlayer”
Optical Engineering, 41 (11), pp. 2890-2898, 2002.

M.A. Forastiere, G.C. Righini

“On a novel mode solver and beam propagation method based on Galerkin approach and Arnoldi iteration technique”
Optical and Quantum Electronics 34, pp. 559-575, 2002.

M. Cremona, J. A. M. Pereira, S. Pelli and G. C. Righini

“Optical waveguides produced in LiF by MeV ion beam bombardment”
Applied Physics Letters, 81 (22), pp. 4103-4105, 2002.

L. Sirleto, L. Petti, P. Mormile, G.C. Righini, G. Abbate

“Fast integrated electro-optic switch and beam deflector based on nematic liquid crystal waveguides”
Fiber and Integrated Optics, 21 (6), pp. 435-450, 2002.

G. C. Righini, M. Brenci, M.A. Forastiere S. Pelli G. Ricci, G. Nunzi Conti, N. Peyghambarian, M. Ferrari, M.
Montagna
“Rare earth doped glasses and ion exchanged integrated optical amplifiers and lasers”
Philosophical Magazine B, 82 (6), pp. 721-734, 2002.
G. C. Righini, S. Pelli, M. Ferrari, C. Armellini, L. Zampedri, C. Tosello, S. Ronchin, R. Rolli, E. Moser, M. Montagna,
A. Chiasera, S.J. L. Ribeiro
“Er-doped silica-based waveguides prepared by different techniques: RF-sputtering, sol-gel and ion-exchange”
Optical and Quantum Electronics, 34, pp. 1151–1166, 2002.

C. Duverger, M. Montagna, R. Rolli, S. Ronchin, M. Fossi, S. Pelli, G.C. Righini, C. Armellini, M. Ferrari
“Erbium-activated silica xerogels: spectroscopic and optical properties”
J. Non-Crystalline Solids 280, pp. 261-268, 2001.

M.A. Forastiere, S. Pelli, G.C. Righini, M. Guglielmi, A. Martucci, M.M. Ahmad, O. McCarthy, E. Yeatman, A.
Vannucci
“Strip-loaded sol-gel waveguides: design and fabrication”
Fiber and Integrated Optics 20, pp. 29-43, 2001.

M.A. Forastiere and G.C. Righini

“Improved scalar analysis of integrated optical structures by mapped Galerkin method and Arnoldi iteration”
J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 18, pp. 966-974, 2001.

G. C. Righini, S. Pelli, M. Brenci, M. Ferrari, C. Duverger, M. Montagna, R. Dall’Igna

“Active optical waveguides based on Er- and Er/Yb-doped silicate glasses”
J. Non-Crystalline Solids, 284, pp. 223-229, 2001.

S. Ronchin, R. Rolli, M. Montagna, C. Duverger, V. Tikhomirov, A. Jha, M. Ferrari, G.C. Righini, F. Pozzi, S. Pelli, M.
Fossi
“Erbium-activated aluminum fluoride glasses: optical and spectroscopic properties”
J. Non-Crystalline Solids, 284, pp. 243-248, 2001.

C. Tosello, F. Rossi, S. Ronchin, R. Rolli, G.C. Righini, F. Pozzi, S. Pelli, M. Fossi, E. Moser, M. Montagna, M.
Ferrari, C. Duverger, A. Chiappini, C. De Bernardi
“Erbium-activated silica-titania planar waveguides on silica-on-silicon substrates prepared by rf sputtering”
J. Non-Crystalline Solids, 284, pp. 230-236, 2001.

David Sparre Hermann, Francesco De Marco, Giusy Scalia, Luigi Sirleto, Giancarlo Righini, Mikael Lindgren and
Giancarlo Abbate
“Electro-optic modulation of light by a planar waveguide based on ferroelectric liquid crystal”
Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst., 352, pp. 379-388, 2000.

L. Fornarini, S. Martelli, R.M. Montereali, G.C. Righini, S. Pelli, M. Cremona

“Realisation and characterization of LiF/NaF thin film planar waveguides”
Thin Solid Films, 358, pp. 191-195, 2000.

Optoelectronics – Miscellany
C. Balocco, M.A. Forastiere, G. Grazzini, G.C. Righini
“Experimental results of transparent, reflective and absorbing properties of some building materials”
Energy and Building, 33, pp. 563-568, 2001.