An Institute Excellence Center in Fiber Optic Technologies.
Acreo Fiber Optic Center is an industry-institute-academia competence center with focus on fiber optic technologies. With internationally leading research, innovation and development, the Center creates industrial value and scientific excellence. The Center is organized by Acreo.
Popular description (in Swedish)
Partners
Today, the Center gatheres 19 industrial partners, covering applications in telecommunications, medical technologies, building and construction, sensing, and industrial applications. All partners are listed here.
Technical programs
The research program focus on development of novel fiber optic technologies, such as specialty fibers, and demonstrating new principles using fiber optics, such as nano-second switching, microfluidics in hole fibers or efficient temperature sensing.
The technologies from the research program are further enhanced in the applied program, where the development projects directly aim at industrial value and growth. Examples of applied projects are fiber based sensor systems for industrial applications, fiber lasers, and fiber optic radar applications.
Our communications and support programs ensure that our results are communicated and exploited.
Resources
Extensive laboratory resources are available to the Center. At Acreo, these include Acreo Fiberlab, a fiber Bragg grating facility, and applications labs.
Organization
Center board
Helene Andersson-Svahn, KTH Nano Biotechnology
Håkan Dahlquist, System 3R International
Gunnar Edwall
Stefan Ekman (chair), Proximion Fiber Systems
Anders Larsson (deputy), Fiberson
Bengt-Olof Larsson, Acreo
Hans-Erik Nilsson (deputy), Mid Sweden University, Electronics design division
International R&D advisors
Prof. Raman Kashyap, Dept. Engineering Physics and Elect. Engineering, Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal, Canada
Prof. Valerio Pruneri, The Institute of Photonic Sciences, Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies, ICREA, Barcelona, Spain
Prof. Roy Taylor, Physics Department, Imperial College, London, England
Center management
Åsa Claesson, Center manager
Walter Margulis, Scientific leader
Links
Institute Excellence Centers (Vinnova)
Vinnova information on Acreo Fiber Optic Center