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Now that 20 years have passed since Francisco Araújo, researcher at INESC TEC’s Centre for Applied Photonics (CAP), developed the first Bragg network in April 1994 (see Figure 1), the CAP researchers Paulo Marques (coordinator) and Daniel Alexandre fabricated the first Bragg network using a femtosecond laser (impulses lasting 200x10-15s, that is, one millionth of one billionth of a second), purchased recently as part of the BEST CASE (Figure 2) project.
03rd February 2015
Biomedical engineering is one of the most recent areas of expertise at INESC TEC, particularly after the creation of the Centre for Biomedical Engineering Research (C-BER) in the beginning of this year. However, INESC TEC was already working on several bio-related projects.
03rd December 2014
Portugal has a high potential to produce quality wines, especially due to its climate and geological conditions, wine variety and tradition in the sector. But if it is certain that the natural conditions have contributed to strengthen the country’s position as the 12th largest wine producer in the world [1], it is also true that combining technology and these innate factors is key to strengthen this status.
01st October 2014
The Centre for Telecommunications and Multimedia (CTM) and the Centre for Applied Photonics (CAP) at INESC TEC have recently completed the project “Steering of light in nonlinear waveguides with resonant interactions” (Steering). Essentially theoretical, the project has contributed to the development of devices for optical signal processing and optical communications systems.
25th September 2014
The poster “MIPs-based e-tongue for the detection of quaternary ammonium salts”, created by João Paulo Barbosa, researcher at INESC TEC’s Centre for Applied Photonics (CAP)*, has recently received an Honourable Mention. The poster was presented at the 4th Portuguese Young Chemists Meeting (4th PYCheM), which took place in Coimbra between 29 April and 1 May.
16th June 2014
The researchers Susana Silva and Raquel Queirós were awarded by the Portuguese Optics and Photonics Society with a best PhD thesis and an honourable mention, respectively, for their doctoral studies in Physics at the Faculty of Science of the University of Porto (FCUP). The researchers concluded their doctoral studies in 2013 while doing research at INESC TEC’s Centre for Applied Photonics (CAP)*.
05th June 2014
INESC TEC’s Optoelectronics and Electronic Systems Unit (UOSE) has recently concluded the first prototype of a system with Light Detection And Ranging (LIDAR) technology, which measures the properties of reflected light in order to obtain information, such as distance and the 3D shape of a certain object.
06th December 2013
Between 23 and 26 July, the Faculty of Science of the University of Porto (FCUP) hosted the RIAO/OPTILAS conference (8th Iberoamerican Conference on Optics and 11th Latin-American meeting on Optics, Lasers and Applications). The event was organised by the Portuguese Society for Photonics, together with the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto, FCUP and INESC TEC’s Optoelectronics and Electronic System Unit (UOSE).
01st August 2013
On 12 June, the Micro and Nanofabrication Unit of the Centre of Materials, University of Porto (NMTEC/CEMUP), an infrastructure dedicated to research on materials, inaugurated a new Clean Room. INESC TEC has been a partner of CEMUP and will be one of clean room’s main users.
04th July 2013
Ana Rita Ribeiro, a researcher at INESC TEC’s Optoelectronics and Electronic Systems Unit (UOSE), was selected to receive a ThorLabs Full Scholarship to participate in the 6th International Graduate Summer School – Biophotonics '13, which will take place between 8 and 15 June in Sweden. Of 70 registrations accepted, the Portuguese researcher was the only one to receive the scholarship that will cover registration and accommodation costs.
07th May 2013
INESC TEC’s Optoelectronics and Electronic Systems Unit (UOSE) has recently started working on a European project where the aim is to install optical fibre sensors in coal piles in self-combustion resulting from mining. The goal is to remotely monitor the evolution of scenarios associated to combustion processes.
08th March 2013
INESC TEC, which brings together close to 700 researchers, of which 230 have PhDs, continues to maintain a high level of excellence in the science and technology produced by its researchers. Proof of that is the exponential increase in the publication of scientific papers.
28th February 2013