Federal Laboratory of Espírito Santo - UFES

RESEARCH LINES

• Fiber optic sensors for oil and gas industry, industry 4.0, structure monitoring, robotics, biomechanics and orthodontics;
• Performance analysis of optical access networks, OTN and intra and inter datacenter;
• Optical communications in free space;
• Photonic devices and sistemthose of communication;
• IoT network infrastructure integration.

SKILLS

• Characterization of optical sensors;
• Characterization of photonic devices;
• Synthesis of nanoparticles;
• Characterization of materials from dynamic mechanical analysis;
• sis projecttemoptics and optical networks.

ACTIVITY FOCUS AREA

• communications;
• Power;
• Industry.

MOST ADVANCED RELEVANT TECHNOLOGIES

• Optical level sensor using optical fiber;
• Multi-pump Raman amplifier modules;
• Sistemwireless optical communications for 4.0 applications;
• Smart photonic textiles for wearable and medical applications.

HIGHLIGHTS

• Creation of the startup Vixphy, a company that works with cloud services;
• Sensor technology transfer to Petrobras;
• Creation of the Nucleus of Excellence in Photonics in partnership with CNPq and FAPES;
• Creation of the Emerging Center for 5G Technologies in partnership with CNPq and FAPES;
• Creation of the Center for Research and Innovation in Photonics and Advanced Sensing in partnership with CNPq and FAPES;
• Creation of the Emerging Nucleus in Software Defined Networks in partnership with CNPq and FAPES;
• Creation of the Scientific and Technological Research, Innovation and Development Center (CPID) of the state of Espírito Santo in partnership with FINEP and FAPES;
• Creation of a performance analysis laboratory in the generation of photovoltaic energy and system designtemat;
• Creation of mechatronic devices with sistemintegrated optics.