History

Optical fibers are important current communication system´s components, that allow transmitting along a single pair of fibers the same amount of information that otherwise would require several thousands of copper cables. Its importance is based on the potential ability for transmitting a light pulse within a ten-micron diameter waveguide along several tens of kilometers without amplification.

In 1995, LAMECO (Laboratorio Metrológico para las Comunicaciones Ópticas) started its activities at CIOp based on a multispecialists researh staff (space optics, laser and spectroscopy) , devoted to the development of knowledge and applications of optical fibers. LAMECO was supported by Comisión de Investigaciones Científicas de la Provincia de Buenos Aires and since then, more than 400 services to telecom firms as well as to federal labs were done, including optical equipment calibration and assessment.

As scientific research is concerned, characterization and metrology fiber techniques were implemented, study of doped fiber amplifiers, development of optical fiber lasers and sensors and short pulse fiber propagation. These works gave rise during tha last five years, to several international journals publications and meetings presentations, many of which were done in collaboration with other research groups. Since 2001, we were visited by Profesor Miguel Andrés from Departamento de Física Aplicada, Facultad de Física, Universidad de Valencia, España and in 2003 we work in collaboration with Laboratorio Láser , Fac. de Ingeniería, Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata in optical fiber sensors.

Several courses were lectured by LAMECO staff in telecom firms (TELECOM de Argentina, OPTIM S.A. and REYCOM S.A.) and in several national universities (La Plata, Corrientes, Comodoro Rivadavia, Bahía Blanca, Gral. Pico y Mar del Plata), where master and PhD thesis were supervised.
During 24 - 28 october 2005, the Training course on 'Optical Fibre Communication Networks', La Plata (Argentina) was carried out sponsored by International Centre for Science and Technology (ICS) Trieste, Italy and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), with participation of international professors and Latinamerican attendants.

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