Notizie
Laurea Triennale in Ingegneria delle Comunicazioni - Secondo semestre
Corso: Fondamenti di Comunicazioni Ottiche
Inizio Lezioni: Mercoledì 26 Febbraio 2025
Orario lezioni: Mercoledì 8-10 (Aula A.22); Giovedì 14-17 (Aula A.10)- Corso erogato in presenza
Gli studenti che intendono frequentare il corso sono pregati di contattare il docente per email (stefan.wabnitz@uniroma1.it) in modo da essere inseriti sulla classroom
Laurea Magistrale in Ingegneria delle Comunicazioni - Secondo semestre
Corso (in lingua inglese): Optical Communication Systems
Inizio Lezioni: Lunedì 3 Marzo 2025
Orario lezioni: Lunedì 8-11 (Aula A.20); Martedì 14-16 (Aula A.23) -Corso erogato in presenza
Gli studenti che intendono frequentare il corso sono pregati di contattare il docente per email (stefan.wabnitz@uniroma1.it) in modo da essere inseriti sulla classroom
Orari di ricevimento
Per appuntamento scrivere a: stefan.wabnitz@uniroma1.it
Curriculum
Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell’Informazione, Elettronica e Telecomunicazioni, Università La Sapienza, Via Eudossiana 18, 00184 Roma
Scopus Author’s ID: 7005398377
GOLDEN PARAGRAPH Current Position: Full Professor ING-INF/03
Scientific Profile:
• Nonlinear optical guided wave devices / >40 years of research experience in the academic environment
• Optical signal processing />40 years of research experience in the academic environment
• Optical communication systems and devices / 6 years of industry R&D experience and >30 years of academic research
• Ultrashort pulse fiber lasers/ more than 30 years of research experience in private and public research institutes
• Optical imaging devices for biomedical applications / >5 years of experience in the frame of EU funded research projects
Bibliometric Indicators:
# Publications: 857; # Citations: 17599; H index: 67 (Source: Scopus)
3 most relevant publications or patents:
• A. Pasquazi, M. Peccianti, L. Razzari, D.J. Moss, S. Coen, M. Erkintalo, Y.K. Chembo, T. Hansson, S. Wabnitz, P. Del’Haye, X. Xue, A.M. Weiner, R. Morandotti, Micro-combs: A novel generation of optical sources, Physics Reports, 729, 1-81 (2018)
• J.M.C. Boggio, D. Bodenmüller, S. Ahmed, S. Wabnitz, D. Modotto, T. Hansson, Efficient Kerr soliton comb generation in micro-resonator with interferometric back-coupling. Nat Commun 13, 1292 (2022)
• K. Krupa, A. Tonello, B.M. Shalaby, M. Fabert, A. Barthélémy, G. Millot, S. Wabnitz, V. Couderc, Spatial beam self-cleaning in multimode fibres, Nat Photonics 11, 237-241 (2017)
ROLE To lead the development of novel optical devices and systems
WORK EXPERIENCE
2018 – Current
Full Professor of Telecommunications
Sapienza University of Rome, DIET, Via Eudossiana 18, 00184 Rome
Main duties/responsibilities: Manager of nonlinear photonics laboratory
Sector: Academia
2007 – 2018
Full Professor of Electromagnetic Fields
University of Brescia, DII, Via Branze 38, 25123 Brescia
Main duties/responsibilities: Manager of nonlinear optical communications group
Sector: Academia
2003 – 2007
Full Professor of Physics
Université de Bourgogne, Dijon, France
Main duties/responsibilities: Manager of nonlinear optical devices group
Sector: Academia
2001 – 2003
Senior Engineer in Optical Communication Systems
Xtera Communications Inc., Allen, Texas, USA
Main duties/responsibilities: Manager of Advanced Technology Group
Sector: Industry, Telecom Sector
1999 – 2001
Senior Engineer in Optical Communication Systems
Alcatel Research and Innovation Labs, Marcoussis, France
Main duties/responsibilities: Manager of nonlinear photonics laboratory (6 Postdocs, 1 PhD student)
Sector: Industry, Telecom Sector
1996 – 1999
Full Professor of Physics
Université de Bourgogne, Dijon, France
Main duties/responsibilities: Manager of nonlinear optical devices group
Sector: Academia
1983 – 1996
Senior Researcher
Fondazione Ugo Bordoni, Rome, Italy
Main duties/responsibilities: Research on nonlinear optical communications and devices
Sector: Research Institute
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
1983-1988
PhD in Applied Electromagnetics
Ministry of Education, ITALY, Nonlinear optical communications and guided wave devices
1982-1983
MS in Electrical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, USA
1982-1983
Laurea in Electronics Engineering, Sapienza University of Rome, ITALY
PERSONAL SKILLS
Organisational / managerial skills ▪ leadership (currently responsible for a nonlinear photonics lab team of 7people)
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Most relevant publications in the last 10 Years
• S. Wehbi, T. Mansuryan, K. Krupa, M. Fabert, A. Tonello, M. Zitelli, M. Ferraro, F. Mangini, Y. Sun, S. Vergnole, H. Kano, S. Wabnitz, Vincent Couderc, Continuous spatial self-cleaning in GRIN multimode fiber for self-referenced multiplex CARS imaging, Optics Express 30, 16104 (2022)
• N.O. Moussa, T. Mansuryan, C.H. Hage, M. Fabert, K. Krupa, A. Tonello, M. Ferraro, L. Leggio, M. Zitelli, F. Mangini, A. Niang, G. Millot, M. Papi, S. Wabnitz, V. Couderc, Spatiotemporal beam self-cleaning for high-resolution nonlinear fluorescence imaging with multimode fiber, Sci Rep 11, 18240 (2021)
• K. Krupa, A. Tonello, B.M. Shalaby, M. Fabert, A. Barthélémy, G. Millot, S. Wabnitz, V. Couderc, Spatial beam self-cleaning in multimode fibres, Nat Photonics 11, 237-241 (2017)
• J.M.C. Boggio, D. Bodenmüller, S. Ahmed, S. Wabnitz, D. Modotto, T. Hansson, Efficient Kerr soliton comb generation in micro-resonator with interferometric back-coupling. Nat Commun 13, 1292 (2022)
• A. Pasquazi, M. Peccianti, L. Razzari, D.J. Moss, S. Coen, M. Erkintalo, Y.K. Chembo, T. Hansson, S. Wabnitz, P. Del’Haye, X. Xue, A.M. Weiner, R. Morandotti, Micro-combs: A novel generation of optical sources, Physics Reports, 729, 1-81 (2018)
• M. Cazzanelli, F. Bianco, E. Borga, G. Pucker, M. Ghulinyan, E. Degoli, E. Luppi, V. Véniard, S. Ossicini, D. Modotto, S. Wabnitz, R. Pierobon, L. Pavesi, Second-harmonic generation in silicon waveguides strained by silicon nitride, Nat Materials 11, 148-154 (2012)
Projects/Grants
2025-2028
FIS2 Advanced Grant
Multimode nonlinear fibers for biomedical imaging and treatment
2000000 €
2024-2027
HORIZON-EIC-2024-PATHFINDER OPEN 101185664
Multimode nonlinear fiber based endoscopic imaging and treatment
619000 €
2022-2023
HORIZON 2022-ERC-POC 10108187
Multimode Fiber Raman Amplifier for Unrepeatered Optical Communications
150000 €
2022-2024
HORIZON-MSCA-2021 101064614
Beam self-cleaning for spatiotemporal mode-locked fiber lasers
172750 €
2021-2023
H2020-MSCA-IF-2020-101023717
Nonlinear spatiotemporal light bullets: origin and stability
171473 €
2020-2023
FARE 2018-R18SPB8227
Wavefront shaping of optical beams for the control of ultrashort light pulses in multimode fibers
153979 €
2019-2021
H2020 2019-ERC-POC 874596
Wavefront Shaping System for Nonlinear Fiber-Based Microscopy and Endoscopy
150000 €
2019-2023
H2020-MSCA-ITN-2018-814147
Multiscale optical frequency combs: advanced technologies and applications
1092262 €
2017-2022
Russian Megagrant 14.Y26.31.0017
Spatio-temporal nonlinear optics of multimode and multi-core fiber systems
1600000 €
2017-2023
H2020-ERC-2016-ARG-740355
Spatiotemporal multimode complex optical systems
2084181 €
2017-2020
PRIN-2015-2015KEZNYM
Nonlinear dynamics of optical frequency combs
661232 €
2016-2019
H2020-MSCA-RISE-2015-691051
Capturing and quantitative analysis of multi-scale multi-channel diagnostic data
234000 €
2010-2012
PRIN-2008-2008MPSSNX
Nonlinear cross-polarization interactions in photonic devices and systems
84354 €
Patents
M. Zitelli, S. Wabnitz, “Mode-division multiplexed fiber Raman
amplifier system and method”, US Patent App. 63/284445, USPTO, Nov. 2021
Patent application by S. WEHBI, T. MANSURYAN, A. TONELLO, V. COUDERC, S. WABNITZ, Dispositif de microscopie CARS multiplex, UNIVERSITE DE LIMOGES/CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE/ALPHANOV, France N° 2113526, 2021
Patent application by G. MILLOT, V. COUDERC, K. KRUPA, A. TONELLO, S. WABNITZ, J.E. MONTAGNE, Guide d’onde multimode configuré pour générer une radiation monomode à partir d’une radiation monomode, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE/Compagnie Industrielle des Lasers CILAS/Université de Limoges, FR2002799, 2020
Patent application by G. MILLOT, V. COUDERC, K. KRUPA, A. TONELLO, S. WABNITZ, J.E. MONTAGNE, Multimode wave guide configured to generate a single-mode radiation from a single-mode radiation, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE/Compagnie Industrielle des Lasers CILAS/Université de Limoges, US20210296841A1, 2020
2011- V. Kozlov, N. N. Rosanov, S. Wabnitz on “Method for generation of ultrashort optical pulses”; RU 201-11-09-511, St. Petersburg University
Conferences
• Invited Lectures
• Quadratic optical frequency combs, CLEO USA, Charlotte, 2024
• Optical entropy maximization leads to spatial beam self-cleaning in multimode GRIN fibers, 24th International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks, Bari, 2024
• Beam self-cleaning and wave thermalization in multimode fibers, Laser Optics, Saint Petersburg, 2024
• Wave turbulence, thermalization, and multimode locking in optical fibers, Solvay Workshop on Dissipative Solitons, Turbulence and Extreme Events in Nonlinear Photonics, Brussels 2023
• Multidimensional rogue waves in quadratic media, International Workshop on Extreme Waves, Dresden 2023
• Nonlinear Multimode Fiber Optics: From Wave Thermalization to Extreme Nonlinear Optics, CLEO Europe, Munich 2023
• Femtosecond Extreme Nonlinear Optics with Multimode Fibers, Nonlinear Optics, Honolulu 2023
• Multimode nonlinear optical fiber calorimetry, CLEO USA, San José, 2023
• Bistable solitons in third-harmonic generation frequency combs, Photonics West, San Francisco 2023
• Statistical mechanics of multimode fiber beams, Workshop on nonlinear photonics and applications, Helsinki 2022
• Efficient soliton crystal microcomb generation by interferometric back-coupling, Workshop on frequency combs, Brussels 2022
• Walk-off solitons and singlemode spatiotemporal attractor in multimode GRIN fibers, OSA Advanced Photonics Congress, Maastricht 2022
• Exotic optical effects in nonlinear multimode fibers, Laser Optics, Saint Petersburg, 2022
• Extreme nonlinear optics in optical fibers, Workshop on nonlinear waves, Berlin 2022
• Spatiotemporal condensation of walk-off multimode solitons, Integrable Systems and Nonlinear Dynamics, Yaroslavl 2021
• Quadratic Optical Frequency Combs: Towards a New Platform for Multi-Octave Microcombs, Laser Optics, Saint Petersburg, 2020
• Nonlinear multimode fiber optics: recent advances, Optics and Photonics, Nice, 2020
• Dynamics of high-energy multimode Raman solitons, ICTON, Bari, 2020
• Tutorial on Nonlinear Optics in Multimode Fibers, Specialty Optical Fibers, Montreal, 2020
• Nonlinear optics in multimode fibers, ECOC, Dublin, 2019
• Quadratic optical frequency combs, IEEE Phot., San Antonio, USA, 2019
• Hydrodynamic 2D turbulence and beam self-cleaning in multimode optical fibers, Solitons, Collapses and Turbulence, Yaroslavl, 2019
• Spatiotemporal dynamics in multimode nonlinear optical fibers, Advanced Electromagnetics Symposium, Lisbona, 2019
• Hydrodynamic transverse condensation in multimode optical fibers, Frontiers in Nonlinear Physics, Nizhny Novgorod, 2019
• Multidimensional shaping of spatiotemporal waves in multimode nonlinear fibers, ICTON, Angers, 2019
• Complex Optical Pulse Shaping in Nonlinear Multimode Optical Fibers, PIERS, Rome, 2019
• Nonlinear multimode fibers for high power fiber lasers, Modern Problems in Laser Physics, Novosibirsk, 2018
• Spatiotemporal pulse shaping with multimode nonlinear guided waves, Laser Optics, Saint Petersburg, 2018
• Nonlinear multimode fiber optics, CLEO, San José, 2018
• Optical Kerr spatiotemporal dark extreme waves, Photonics West, San Francisco, 2018
• Nonlinear dynamics in multimode optical fibers, Photonics West, San Francisco, 2018
• Nonlinear dynamics of spatiotemporal waves in multimode fibers, Nonlinear Optics, Waikoloa, 2017
• Nonlinear spatiotemporal dynamics in multimode fibers, URSI GASS, Montreal, 2017
• Spatiotemporal beam dynamics in multimode nonlinear optical fibers, ICTON, Girona, 2017
• Modeling of nonlinear optical frequency comb generation, Photonics North, Ottawa, 2017
• Nonlinear dynamics of optical frequency combs, SPIE Optics+Optoelectronics, Prague, 2017
• Microresonator optical frequency combs, Intl. School of Photonics, Erice, 2016
• Spatiotemporal nonlinear beam shaping, Latin America Optics and Photonics, Medellin, 2016
• Spacetime dynamics of nonlinear multimode fibers, Laser Optics, Saint Petersburg, 2016
• Theory of quadratic optical frequency combs, ICTON, Trento, 2016
• Stability of microresonator soliton frequency combs, Photonica, Belgrade 2015
• Multicomponent rogue waves, PIERS, Prague, 2015
• Optical turbulence and synchronisation in fiber lasers, EOSAM, Berlin, 2014
• Nonlinear dynamics of comb generation in optical microresonators, Photonics West, San Francisco, 2014
Honours and awards
2009 Fellow of the Optical Society of America “For extensive and significant contributions to the field of nonlinear photonic devices and soliton communications”
1994 Philip Morris Prize of Italy for scientific contribution to the «Information superhighway»
1983 Moisè Ascoli Prize for the best Laurea in Electrical Engineering of 1982 from the Italian Association of Electrical Engineers, Italy