Silvano Donati Full Professor in Optoelectronics IEEE Life Fellow, OSA Fellow Department of Electronics Faculty of Engineering University of Pavia ADDRESS: v. Ferrata, 1 I-27100 Pavia (Italy) President, IEEE Italy Section (2007-09) OSA Int’l Advisory Committee (2006-09) IEEE LEOS Board of Governors (2002-07) Chairman, LEOS Italian Chapter ('96-'01) Counselor, IEEE Student Branch Department of Electronics v. Ferrata, 1 I-27100 Pavia (Italy) tel: +39 0382 985 204 fax: +39 0382 422 583 e-mail: silvano.donati@unipv.it, silvano.donati@ieee.org