A new center, the Fibre Optic Communications Research Centre, has brought added strength to research into fiber optic systems at Chalmers University of Technology (Gothenburg, Sweden). Although the Centre is already fully operational, it will be inaugurated officially on May 27 with an interdisciplinary workshop.
Fiber optic systems are vital to global communication and crucial to carrying the current internet traffic volume. At Chalmers University of Technology research has been conducted on this theme for several decades and the university is also a leader internationally.
"Now we are coordinating all research at Chalmers with a strong link to optical communication. This co-operation extends across traditional disciplinary boundaries and covers the whole chain, from component to system and from experiment to analysis," states Professor Peter Andrekson, head of the Fibre Optic Communications Research Centre (FORCE).
The core of the Centre, which is based at the Department of Microtechnology and Nanoscience, MC2, comprises research groups from the Photonics Laboratory at MC2, and from the Communication Systems and Information Theory Division at the Department of Signals and Systems. They will work on both relatively short-term, industry-oriented research and on more long-term research of a fundamental nature.
"The Centre is open to everyone at Chalmers who is interested in becoming involved. This is expected to result in new, interesting links and ideas. One specific purpose is to create internal and external visibility but also to act as a meeting point for researchers, students and industry," states Peter Andrekson.
An example of a current research theme is high-spectral efficiency communication. This involves methods by which more information is squeezed into an optical fibre with limited optical bandwidth, making it possible to satisfy the rapidly growing need for capacity. Another is cost-effective, energy-efficient solutions when optical communication is used for shorter distances and its use is beginning to appear in consumer electronics.
The official inauguration of the Centre will take place on May 27, 2010.
Further information:
www.chalmers.se/force
Peter Andrekson, MC2, peter.andrekson(@)chalmers.se
Fiber optic systems are vital to global communication and crucial to carrying the current internet traffic volume. At Chalmers University of Technology research has been conducted on this theme for several decades and the university is also a leader internationally.
"Now we are coordinating all research at Chalmers with a strong link to optical communication. This co-operation extends across traditional disciplinary boundaries and covers the whole chain, from component to system and from experiment to analysis," states Professor Peter Andrekson, head of the Fibre Optic Communications Research Centre (FORCE).
The core of the Centre, which is based at the Department of Microtechnology and Nanoscience, MC2, comprises research groups from the Photonics Laboratory at MC2, and from the Communication Systems and Information Theory Division at the Department of Signals and Systems. They will work on both relatively short-term, industry-oriented research and on more long-term research of a fundamental nature.
"The Centre is open to everyone at Chalmers who is interested in becoming involved. This is expected to result in new, interesting links and ideas. One specific purpose is to create internal and external visibility but also to act as a meeting point for researchers, students and industry," states Peter Andrekson.
An example of a current research theme is high-spectral efficiency communication. This involves methods by which more information is squeezed into an optical fibre with limited optical bandwidth, making it possible to satisfy the rapidly growing need for capacity. Another is cost-effective, energy-efficient solutions when optical communication is used for shorter distances and its use is beginning to appear in consumer electronics.
The official inauguration of the Centre will take place on May 27, 2010.
Further information:
www.chalmers.se/force
Peter Andrekson, MC2, peter.andrekson(@)chalmers.se
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