Valerio Pruneri is Corning Inc. Chair leading the Optoelectronics group at the Institute of Photonic Sciences (ICFO). Previously he worked for Avanex, Corning, Pirelli, and the University of Southampton. He is inventor in more than 65 patent families and has given more than 110 invited talks. With his group he has developed technologies for the photonics, quantum, sensing and display industries. These include multifunctional optical surfaces for antireflection and antimicrobial applications, low voltage integrated modulators and tunable lasers for DWDM, quantum random number generators, quantum phase imagers, quantum key distribution systems for cryptography, His work has led to numerous industrial collaborations (e.g. Corning Inc. and Carl Zeiss) and the creation of three spin offs, Quside, Sixsenso and Luxquanta.
Research interests
The Optoelectronics group (OptoGroup) at the Institute of Photonic Sciences (ICFO) studies and develops new advanced materials, devices and systems for optical telecommunication, sensing and quantum industry. In particular, the main driving is to carry out research which bridges academia and industry, by developing fundamental ideas which will have an impact on commercial products.
Selected publications
- Aldama J, Sarmiento S, Vidarte LT, Etcheverry S, Grande IL, Castelvero L, Hinojosa A, Beckerwerth T, Piétri Y, Rhouni A, Diamanti E & Pruneri V 2025, 'Integrated InP-based transmitter for continuous-variable quantum key distribution', Optics express, 33 - 4 - 8139 - 8149.
- Paganini G, Cuevas A, Camphausen R, Demuth A & Pruneri V 2025, 'High-quality entangled photon source by symmetric beam displacement design', Apl photonics, 10 - 3 - 031302.
- Michelini C, Signorini S, Pavesi L & Pruneri V 2025, 'Quantum undetected photon phase measurement on a silicon chip', Apl photonics, 10 - 10 - 101301.
- Blanco PA, Vidarte LT, Casas MR, Saavedra JRM, de la Iglesia F, Mur-Petit J & Pruneri V 2025, 'Integration of quantum random number generators with post-quantum cryptography algorithms', 2025 25th anniversary international conference on transparent optical networks, icton.
- Demuth A, Camphausen R, Gandola M, Manuzzato E, Tontini A, Gasparini L & Pruneri V 2025, 'Real-time waveguided quantum ghost imaging', Optica, 12 - 12 - 1992 - 2000.
- Karadzhov I, Hussain R, Mezzadrelli A, Senaratne W, Mazumder P & Pruneri V 2025, 'Lithography-free fabrication of transparent, durable surfaces with embedded functional materials in glass nanoholes', Apl materials, 13 - 12 - 121112.