Lorenzo Tunesi

Ph.D. in Ingegneria Elettrica, Elettronica E Delle Comunicazioni , 37th cycle (2021-2024)

Ph.D. obtained in 2025

Dissertation:

Integrated Silicon Photonics Switches for Transparent Optical Networks

Tutors:

Paolo Bardella Vittorio Curri Andrea Carena

Research presentation:

Poster

Profile

Research topic

Design and characterization of silicon photonics integrated components for optical networks

Research interests

Optical and Wireless Digital Transmissions Systems
Photonic devices and solar cells

Biography

Lorenzo Tunesi is a PhD student in Electronic and Communications Engineering at Politecnico di Torino. He was born on the 5th of December, 1996 in Savigliano, Italy.
He obtained his Bachelor's Degree in Electronic And Communications Engineering in 2019 (Politecnico di Torino). In 2019 he enrolled in a Master's Degree in Electronic Engineering at Politecnico di Torino, with a major in Devices and Technologies for Integrated Electronics and Optoelectronics. He graduated in 2021 with a Masters's thesis on: "Integrated Benes optical switches: an automated bottom-up design implementation".
He received a research scholarship in Politecnico from May 2021 to September 2021, focusing on Silicon Photonics applications for optical networking and multi-stage switching architectures.
On October 2021 he enrolled in the Electronic and Communication engineering PhD, continuing his previous work on integrated devices for optical networking, which is currently ongoing.
His current research topics cover the design of Silicon Photonic devices for multi-band transparent networking and the characterization of integrated solutions for both WDM and core switching applications.

Awards and Honors

  • Si propone una struttura integrata per il filtraggio dei canali per telecomunicazioni ottiche su sistemi WDM. Questa struttura è composta da un accoppiatore a due guide con perturbazioni periodiche di indice. Attraverso il controllo delle proprietà delle guide tramite materiali a transizione di fase si può controllare la risposta in uscita, permettendo demultiplexing elastico e non-volatile, (2024)

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