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The Institute of Photonics and Electronics (IPE) is a medium-size non-profit research institution belonging to the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, the Czech largest non-university research organization. The main activity of IPE is basic and applied research which is complemented by metrology, dissemination and training activities. The main fields of research are photonics, optoelectronics and electronics. In these fields, IPE advances scientific knowledge as well as pursues development of new cutting-edge technologies. In recognition of IPE's excellence in the area of time and frequency metrology, IPE has been entrusted with responsibility for the National Time and Frequency Standard. Education in the areas of IPE's research is an integral part of the Institute's mission. IPE is engaged in both graduate education and post-graduate training and through collaboration with universities it strives to contribute to quality of education in traditional as well as emerging and interdisciplinary areas.
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Hana Vaisocherová, Ph.D., scientist of the Department of Optical Sensors, was awarded with one of the three prestigeous fellowships of the L'Oréal Company for "Women in Science" for the project "Trap Shuts in a Few Minutes". The prise-giving ceremonial took place at Strahov Monastery on 19 May 2011.

50 years of laser:

May 16th 2010 we celebrated 50 years from the moment when Theodor Maiman lighted up the first laser. In our country we succeeded shortly after. In Czechoslovakia, the laser was successfully constructed in three independent labs within several weeks in spring 1963. One of the lasers was built in our institute. We achieved also other important results in this area.

Popularization articles for this anniversary (in Czech), published with kind approval of Czechoslovak journal for physics: [Fibre lasers, History of laser in ÚFE, Laser and holography]

Record accurate time signal transfer via Internet:

A Czech-Austrian experiment took place on March 1 and 2 2010 which compared the time scales of atomic clocks in Prague and Vienna using an optical link. The experiment was performed in cooperation with CESNET. A measurement uncertainty of less than one nanosecond was achieved. It is more than likely that an international transfer of a time signal over an optical line spanning a comparable distance and with a comparable accuracy has not yet been performed anywhere else in the world. The experiment indicated the type of real-time applications the future Internet will be suitable for.

Press release (in Czech): [HTML]

Head of the Photonics Division Assoc. Prof. Jiří Homola, Ph.D., DSc., was awarded the prestigeous INVENTION prize (donated by KAPSCH, a.s.), in the 8-th annual prize competition "Česká hlava" ("Czech Head").

Seznam vítězných laureátů

Member of Division of Photonics RNDr. Radan Slavík, PhD., DSc. has been awarded by Honorable mention of the president of the Czech Science Foundation for his work on project "Active tunable all-fiber components based on fiber long period gratings". Further information ... (in Czech only)
The Nobel Prize in Physics 2009:

Charles K. Kao (50%) "for groundbreaking achievements concerning the transmission of light in fibers for optical communication" and Willard S. Boyle a George E. Smith (50%) "for the invention of an imaging semiconductor circuit – the CCD sensor".

Congratulations!

Popularization articles on optical fibers (in Czech): [PDF]

Fine Mechanics and Optics 4/2010: [ PDF ] (in Czech only)
Charles Kuen Kao and optic fibers: [ PDF ] (in Czech only)

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Institute of Photonics and Electronics, Academy of Sciences CR, v.v.i.
Chaberska 57, 18251 Prague 8, Czech Republic

Tel: +420 284 681 804, Fax: +420 284 680 222, Email: ipe@ufe.cz

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