ZENIT SMART POLYCRYSTALS
Materials for
innovative lasers
Improving the processes and performance of laser systems

About us
Zenit Smart Polycrystals is a start-up founded in the ceramic district of Faenza (Italy) by a team of researchers from the Italian National Research Council (CNR). Supported by national and international funds, the group has patented a process that allows the creation of transparent polycrystalline components with complex shapes and geometries and chemical composition that can vary in three dimensions.
ZENIT SMART POLYCRYSTALS TEAM
Andrea Volfi 
Materials Engineer
Andreana Piancastelli 
Quality Control
Ennio Mammana 
COO
Laura Ferrari 
CMO
Marcello Mammana 
CFO
Valentina Biasini 
CTO
Zenit Smart Polycrystals aims primarily at the solid-state laser systems market. Zenit polycrystals are offered as an alternative to traditional single crystals.
Zenit polycrystals allow for better dissipation of the heat generated during the emission process, thus minimizing the degradation of performance caused by thermal gradients and related optical effects. This is possible thanks to the particular type and distribution of the dopant ions in the volume of the component, which can vary in three dimensions.
Zenit Smart Polycrystals allow to reduce production costs and to design and optimize the performance of the laser source for different applications. Thanks to the flexibility of shape and composition, Zenit polycrystals allow to
overcome the technology based on single crystals for the production of solid-state laser sources based on single crystals.
Zenit Smart Polycrystals aims primarily at the solid-state laser systems market. Zenit polycrystals are offered as an alternative to traditional single crystals.
Zenit polycrystals allow for better dissipation of the heat generated during the emission process, thus minimizing the degradation of performance caused by thermal gradients and related optical effects. This is possible thanks to the particular type and distribution of the dopant ions in the volume of the component, which can vary in three dimensions.
Zenit Smart Polycrystals allow to reduce production costs and to design and optimize the performance of the laser source for different applications. Thanks to the flexibility of shape and composition, Zenit polycrystals allow to overcome the technology based on single crystals for the production of solid-state laser sources based on single crystals.
Reference market
is very wide and in continuous growth.
Solid-state laser technology is widely used in the automotive sector, for example in mechanical processing/cutting and welding, in the medical laser sector, for example dermatology and eye surgery, in high-power lasers for scientific research. Zenit polycrystals are also of interest for the scintillation detector market, where the replacement of single crystals can reduce costs, and for lighting, particularly in the emerging sector of laser headlights for cars and LEDs.
Partners
Zenit Smart Polycrystals was established on 20 September 2021 and acquired the exclusive license on the intellectual property of the process from the CNR.



Collaborators


Awards
ZENIT SMART POLYCRYSTALS
2021 Ranked in the top 12 in the Idea Battle II contest
2020 Finalist at the Italian National Innovation Award PNI
2020 Finalist at the START CUP Emilia Romagna