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INESC Porto - Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores do Porto (Institute for Systems and Computer Engineering of Porto), is a private non-profit distributing association whose partners are INESC, the University of Porto and the Faculty of Engineering of University of Porto. INESC is an R&D nation-wide institute that was created in 1980, seeking strategic partnerships with companies, namely in the Telecom sector, and universities. INESC Porto was formally created in December 1998 and succeeded to the former branch of INESC that was established in Porto, in 1985. INESC Porto acts as an interface between the academic world and the Information Technology and Electronics sector, carrying out scientific research and development as well as technology transfer and advanced professional training.
The activities of INESC Porto are carried out by R&D Units under research contract with industry and services and in the framework of research projects funded by National Agencies and EC R&D programmes. It has been recognized as Public Interest Institution, which after having been classified as Excellent in the institutional evaluation of the Science and High Education Ministry (MCES), has been appointed as Associated Laboratory to the MCES. INESC Porto is divided in several research Units.
The research in Optical Communications is one research activity that involves the collaboration between two units: Telecommunications and Multimedia Unit and the Optoelectronics and Electronic Systems Unit. Some of this research is supported by in-house fibre optic technology such as the fabrication of Fibre Bragg Gratings (FBGs).
Overview of the Photonics and Optical Communications Laboratory:
headed by Prof. Henrique Salgado. The group is targeting two main areas
of research: fibre supported mm-wave and radio systems, all-optical networks.
Research Activities: Fiber supported transmission of microwave and mm-wave
signals in wireless networks; Modelling and simulation of optical fibre
transmission systems; WDM networks; High-speed optical switching capability;
Investigation of nonlinear-effects in optical fibbers for switching and
wavelength conversion. There is experience in radio over fiber from previous
collaborations in EU programmes namely MODAL and FRANS specifically in assessing
the impairments of intermodulation in system performance.
Prof.
Henrique Salgado
INESC Porto
FEUP campus
Rua Dr. Roberto Frias, 378
4200 - 465 Porto
Portugal
Tel: +351222094243
Fax: +351222094250
Prof. Henrique Salgado. Since 1999 he is an Assistant Professor and from 2003 Associate Professor at Department of Electronics and Computer Systems, Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto (UP). Simultaneously, he works at INESC Porto where he leads a R&D group in the area of Optical Communication Systems and Networks. Previously he has worked at University College London in the Telecommunications Research Group lead by Prof. John O'Reilly. There he worked on a project funded by the UK Educational, Physics and Science Research Council (Nonlinear modelling and linearization of semiconductor lasers for SCM systems) and on European Projects related to fibre-radio communications systems, namely MODAL (Microwave Optical DUplex Fibre Optic Link) of RACE II programme and FRANS (Fibre Radio ATM Network and Services) of ACTS programme
Francisco Manuel Moita Araújo; Francisco José Dias Pereira; João Oliveira.
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