The Photonic Networks&Technologies Nat’l Lab (PNTLab) by CNIT is the reference laboratory in Italy for research and innovation transfer of photonics applied to ICT and sensing. With its 30 research and technical CNIT personnel and 50 affiliated university professors and researchers, mostly from Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, it represents the largest fully structured group in photonic networks and technologies operating in the Italian academics.
The areas covered in the PNT Lab, with as many area leaders, are:
Networks and Systems
- High-capacity Secure Optical Communication
- Optical Communication Theory and Techniques
- Photonic Networks Techniques
- Network Services
- Networks of Embedded Systems
- Microwave Photonics for Communication and Sensing
- Photonic Processing
Technologies
- Integrated Photonics
- Silicon Photonics Design
- Fabrication of Photonic Integrated Circuits (PICs)
- Advanced Photonic Packaging
- Graphene Photonics
- Photonic Subsystems for Quantum Communication
The PNTLab has a cooperation agreement with the collocated PIC fabrication&packaging facility INPHOTEC of Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna.