Publications de Rolando Ferrini

Optical-stack optimization for improved SPAD photon detection efficiency

Edoardo Charbon, Claudio Bruschini, Ivan Michel Antolovic, Ekin Kizilkan, Rolando Ferrini, Scott Anthony Lindner, Arin Can Ülkü, Marc Schnieper, Frédéric Zanella

Single-photon avalanche diodes (SPADs) are direct photon-to-digital detectors that enable scalable arrays with Poisson-limited signal-to-noise ratio and picosecond timing resolution. However, SPAD detectors require a guard-ring structure to prevent lateral ...

2019

Submicrometer Organic Thin-Film Transistors: Technology Assessment Through Noise Margin Analysis of Inverters

Christian Enz, Jean-Michel Sallese, Rolando Ferrini, Franz Xaver Pengg, Nenad Marjanovic, Frédéric Zanella

In this paper, we propose a methodology to evaluate the potential of submicrometer organic thin-film transistors (OTFTs) with nanoimprinted gate and self-aligned source and drain contacts. In the first step, the dedicated static model we previously reporte ...

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers2014

Design and modeling of self-aligned nano-imprinted sub-micrometer pentacene-based organic thin-film transistors

Christian Enz, Jean-Michel Sallese, Rolando Ferrini, Randoald Müller, Nenad Marjanovic, Frédéric Zanella

Sub-micrometer channel length (0.5 mu m) organic thin-film transistors (OTFTs) are demonstrated using a process flow combining nano-imprint lithography (NIL) and self-alignment (SA). A dedicated test structure was designed and samples were fabricated on 4- ...

Elsevier2013

Color conversion films comprising polymer-substituted organic fluorescent dyes

Libero Zuppiroli, Holger Frauenrath, Rolando Ferrini, Stéphane Suarez, Roman Niklaus Marty

The present invention concerns a color conversion film comprising at least one active layer, said layer comprising an organic fluorescent dye containing a fluorescent core, wherein said dye is substituted with at least one polymer segment. It also concerns ...

2012

Low-loss polymer waveguides on nanoporous layers

Libero Zuppiroli, Rolando Ferrini, Gaëtan Wicht

Multimode planar polymer waveguides were fabricated on hybrid polymer nanoporous layers with a fast industrial aqueous-based method well adapted to coat large-surface plastic substrates and easily scalable up to economical mass production volumes. Using a ...

American Institute of Physics2011

Nanoporous films with low refractive index for large-surface broad-band anti-reflection coatings

Libero Zuppiroli, Rolando Ferrini, Gaëtan Wicht

Nowadays, nanoporous films are widely employed in biochemical applications or in opto-photonic devices such as displays, solar cells, or light-guiding systems. In particular, the technological feasibility of nanoporous layers with low refractive indices ha ...

Wiley-Blackwell2010

Fluorescent nanopigments: Quantitative assessment of their quantum yield

Libero Zuppiroli, Rolando Ferrini

In the last few years, an intense research effort has focused on the synthesis of fluorescent nanopigments for functional inks, light harvesting, tagging, tracing, (bio)labeling, imaging, and lighting applications. Moreover, combined with dielectric matric ...

American Institute of Physics2010

Quantum Yield Measurement of Fluorescent Zeolite Nanopigments

Libero Zuppiroli, Rolando Ferrini

Organic fluorescent molecules are infiltrated in the channels of zeolite L nanocrystals, thus creating organic-inorganic fluorescent nanoparticles. Combined with dielectric matrices, these fluorescent nanopigments open the way to the realization of novel o ...

Wiley-Blackwell2009

Local infiltration of planar photonic crystals with UV-curable polymers

Romuald Houdré, Libero Zuppiroli, Rolando Ferrini, Laurent Balet, Pascale El-Kallassi

We present the local polymer infiltration of planar photonic crystal cavities via a maskless laser-writing technique. After the infiltration of the air holes with a UV-curable monomer a focused laser is used to locally polymerize the monomer in selected ho ...

2008

Impact of feature-size dependent etching on the optical properties of photonic crystal devices

Romuald Houdré, Rolando Ferrini

Feature size dependence in Ar/Cl2 chemically assisted ion beam etching of InP-based photonic crystals (PhCs) and its influence on the optical properties of PhC devices operating in the band gap are investigated. The analysis of the measured quality factors ...

2008