Lab Highlights

SPIE Fellows Honored - 40 new Fellows elected in 2026

"121 members from 24 countries have been elected as Fellows for their outstanding contributions and service to Optica and the community"

"IIT ranks first in Italy for this type of grant, which supports the introduction of innovations to the market or society."

"From intelligent metasurfaces to a new class of optical beam, researchers are redefining what’s possible in the field of photonics."

Giant Optical Anisotropy in a Natural van der Waals Hyperbolic Crystal for Visible Light Low-Loss Polarization Control

Electromechanical Response of Saddle Points in Twisted hBN Moiré Superlattices

Dalla luce liquida alle spirali di luce, ovvero le nanotecnologie e il futuro della Fotonica

Subcycle modulation of light’s orbital angular momentum via a Fourier space-time transformation

Visible-frequency hyperbolic plasmon polaritons in a natural van der Waals crystal

"Over the last few decades, angular momentum of light has attracted increasing interest from many research groups."

"An in-depth look at the latest research conducted at the IIT Vectorial Nano-imaging Research Line, coordinated by Antonio Ambrosio."

"The ERC has recently awarded a Proof of Concept grant to Antonio Ambrosio, the Italian researcher relocated in 2019 from the USA to the IIT in Milan."

"After “Science is ready” Festival, IIT again proposes an online streaming event in order to show high-tech scientific research, its inventors, and its many possible applications."

"Researchers at the IIT show the realization of coupled light vortices by means of optical metasurfaces. The results will have impact on fields as diverse as microscopy, optical communications and photonics simulations."

"Futuro24 ci porta a Milano all'Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, dove si lavora su nuovi materiali e innovative applicazioni che utilizzano la luce"