* National and foreign researchers gathered in the Center for Optics and Photonics at the University of Concepción to address recent topics related to quantum physics. Computing and quantum communication have been the protagonists of these meetings. For five years… Read More ›

Sebastián Lavín Varela, young student and member of the Center for Optics and Photonics, CEFOP, of the University of Concepción, defended his thesis on Tuesday entitled “Experiments of light-atom coherent interaction in 85Rb and 87Rb isotopes using semiconductor lasers,” thus… Read More ›

In view of the ‘smart cities’: Jorge Alzamora, Head of Division Unit State Modernization and Digital Government Ministry General Secretariat of the Presidency, noted the lateness of the research taking place in our center and how they are congruent with upcoming development challenges of the country, for example in terms of “smart cities”.

Dr. Clivia Sotomayor T. has made teaching in several European countries, and currently she leads a research group on phonons and photons at Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, ​​which allows her you to have a holistic view of scientific development in the old continent.

Interested Science students, who are taking part in Explora Camp Chile Va!, visited CEFOP laboratories, coming directly to Optics and Photonics world.

In presence of several Biobío Region actors, who were interested on this topic, besides researchers, professors and students, Esteban Valenzuela, president of the Presidential Commission for Decentralization, shared what way will probably take imminent announcements President Bachelet shall make these days.

Roberto Carvajal got his Master of Science in Engineering degree with specialization in Electrical Engineering, for an investigation that began three years ago and told under the Dr. Luis Arias guide.

CEFOP members and collaborators presented the more relevant results of their current work in the event sponsored by Sochifi.

Pedro Gutierrez earned his engineering degree, thanks to a research he conducted in CEFOP laboratories about secure communication applications. “Implementation of a Mach-Zehnder optical fiber interferometer with multiplexing polarization” is the name of a research developed by Pedro Gutiérrez, member… Read More ›

It is a network of specialized devices, completely designed and produced by development engineers and researchers from The University of Concepción, which reduces accidents in this productive activity. Wednesday November 5, a demonstration of the prototype “Telemetry and Expert System… Read More ›

On Thursday 23 and Friday 24 of October, was developed in the auditorium of the Faculty of Engineering at Universidad Católica de la Santísima Concepción (UCSC) the “XIII Conference on Hydraulics: The use of remote sensing in Hydraulic Engineering”, an… Read More ›

The Regional Governor Rodrigo Diaz and representatives from the Company Airbus Defence and Space have met an important meeting for the future of aerospace development in Biobío Region. French visitors submitted to government authority a project which in the midterm… Read More ›

PhD. Jacqueline Sepúlveda Carreño, Academic Vice-Rector of the Universidad de Concepción (UdeC), visited the Center for Optics and Photonics the past 12th September. In that occasion, she shared and talked with the researchers to know the main current projects. Directors… Read More ›

Arauco S.A. is a forest industry holding which trusts in our Center’s Science and Technology development. Because of that reliability, CEFOP’s researchers from Technological Development Department were invited to participate in its Industrial Fair 2014. This invitation is part of… Read More ›

In our center, the Lidar technique is used since 2011 to study the optical properties of aerosols. In this area, Cristofer Jiménez got the highest mark for his master’s thesis, getting to be the first member of CEFOP who combined his undergraduate and graduate studies about atmospheric optics.

Dr. Mario Molina, Dr. Rodrigo Vicencio and Dr. Cristian Mejía, from the Non-linear Optics Division at Universidad de Chile visited Sweden on August and shared with other researchers in the Non-linear Optics field.

Until August 7 will stay open the 4th Contest of Exploitation of Research at the University (known by its acronym in Spanish, VIU), which aims to promote and guide innovation in the university community. Undergraduate and graduate students have the… Read More ›

Our researcher Patricio Acevedo and his graduate student Manuel Castro, both members of the Division of Digital Image Processing, attended in October 2013 to the “Latin American Remote Sensing Week (LARS).” The activity was organized by the Aerophotogrametric Service (FAS)… Read More ›

CEFOPs scientists present “Fotones al Colegio” (Photons at School), an experience that brings optics to students across the Bio Bio region. Is light a wave or a particle? A question usually heard in classrooms all around, but just a few… Read More ›

We opened a competition for a postdoctoral position in the field of Optical Lasers, Fiber Optics, Optoelectronics or Optical sensors with an initial term of two and half years. The National Council for Science and Technology (CONICYT) and the Universidad… Read More ›

Sebastian Etcheverry Cabrera has been selected by the Chilean fellowship Program “Becas Chile”, to continue abroad studies. As he told us, he will start a Ph.D.program on Sweden, in the ACREO Institute, research center on electronics, optics and communication technologies,… Read More ›

In Santiago will take place, the second version of “Latin American Remote Sensing Week, LARS-2013”, from October 23 to 25. The slogan of this meeting is “Planet Earth: Building Dynamic Processes for a Sustainable Future”. Prepared by the Aerophotogrametric Service… Read More ›

Networks are essential components for the transfer of data; therefore, advances in this area have many potential applications. Technology advances in order to facilitiate our data needs, achieving data stored in “clouds”, or to have “remote access” to data banks, seems like everyday actions.

The divisions of Nonlinear Optics and Optical and Quantum Information have joined forces to enable a new laboratory at the University of Chile, where they hope to work on a joint research line could have important results. The project will… Read More ›

How it’s generates a brain disease and to seek a solution, is the aim of deciphering the human brain connectome study. The scientific challenge is even more complex than the study of the genome, as explained the Biomedical Engineer, Nicole… Read More ›

A conversation about the deoxygenation of the oceans opened the second round of Colloquiums on Microbiology of Concepcion, in Alamiro Robledo Auditorium. PhD. Osvaldo Ulloa, professor at the Faculty of Natural and Oceanographic Sciences, was on hand to lay the… Read More ›

In the seven days of the “Advanced school on modern trends of Biophotonics for diagnosis and treatment of cancer and microbial control”, Dr. María José Gallardo was able to learn the latest advances in Photodynamic Therapy (PDT). At the meeting… Read More ›

The Istituto Nazionale di Ricerca Metrologica (INRIM) is organizing the VII international workshop “Advances in Foundations of Quantum Mechanics and Quantum Information with atoms and photons” (Quantum 2014). The event, held every two years, will take place next year, at… Read More ›

Pablo Meza, a member of Optoelectronics Division of our Center, saw an opportunity to be an academic at the University of La Frontera (UFRO) as a way of giving thank to his training as an engineer. That university will receive… Read More ›

The student of Optoelectronics Division developed his title memory with Dr. Guilherme B. Xavier and he defended it on March 25. “Quantum Communications. Generation of quantum states and distribution through optical fibers “, was framed in a larger Professor Xavier’s… Read More ›

Pablo González, Gustavo Cañas y Pablo Riquelme won the CONICYT scholarship to continue doctorates programs. González y Cañas will continue their investigations in the laboratories of Quantum Optics and Quantum Information Division. Pablo Riquelme, however, resigned from the scholarship, because… Read More ›

Professor Delgado was invited to participate on “Mathematics Methods of Quantum Tomography”, workshop performed in The Fields Institute for Research in Mathematical Sciences, Toronto, since February 19 to 22. Professor Delgado said “Basically, this activity allows us to show the… Read More ›

The National Commission for Scientific and Technological Research (Conicyt) opened the grant for Doctoral scholarships in foreign countries, “Becas Chile” 2013, for Chileans and foreing people living in Chile. The aim of this scholarship is to train advanced human capital… Read More ›

University of Waterloo’s Institute for Quantum Computing, Canada, seeks to put in the forefront of science and technology to those attending undergraduate school Experimental Quantum Information Processing, USEQIP 2013. Twenty students will be accepted to the two-week program (from May… Read More ›

Two guest researchers, specialists in quantum mechanics, were invited by the Optics and Quantum Information Division to give two lectures designed to provide a better understanding of this area. As part of the international guest speaker program, Dr. Paolo Mataloni… Read More ›

Dr. Rodrigo Fuentes, a member of our Center, worked for four months to create a solar telescope. This telescope was specifically created for an informative activity organized by the organization More Science for Chile (Más Ciencia para Chile) on January… Read More ›

This week the results of the FONDECYT 2013Regular Competition were published. Dr. Sergio Torres, Head Researcher in the Opto-electronics Division of CEFOP was awarded funding for a new project. According to Dr. Torres, the project consists of the creation of… Read More ›

Dr. Omar Jiménez of the University of Antofagasta was invited to visit our center, so that he could see the laboratories and develop collaborative research with Dr. Aldo Delgado, head researcher in the Optics and Quantum Information Division. The reconstruction… Read More ›

The Physics Faculty of the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile invites applications for a full-time post-doctoral position for three years in the Anillo project “Nanoevidence for High Precision Measurements in Biology and Nanostructured Materials for Biomedicine”. Candidates should have a… Read More ›

As part of his visit to CEFOP, Claudio Iemmi will give a talk entitled “Generation and Detection of Polarization States using Liquid Crystal Displays”, in which he will present two of his projects and  the extent of his research tomorrow… Read More ›

The master’s thesis presented by the student from the Non-destructive Material Characterization Division was entitled “Thermal Lens Spectroscopy in the Characterization of the Metallic Compound PB -2-(Thiazolylazo)-p Cresol”. “There was a lot of hard work, a lot of time and… Read More ›