CNR -IFN Padova

The Institute for Photonics and Nanotechnologies (IFN) is part of the National Research Council (CNR), which is the largest public organisation pursuing research and innovation in Italy.  The CNR-IFN Padova laboratories  are specialized in the design and realization of optical systems for scientific and industrial applications, in the test and characterization of optical systems and detectors, with particular attention to the vacuum ultraviolet and in the characterization of thin films, development of adaptive optics systems, metrology and gas spectroscopy.