Telecommunications

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This laboratory is part of the
Electrical and Computer Department
It began operations in 2008.
The laboratory is run by
Dr. Esau Vicente Vivas and
Dr. Ramon Gutierrez Castrejón
It is located in building 18
II UNAM. Ciudad Universitaria

SCOPE

Research and development in high-speed optical fiber systems, and the development of the technology associated with subsystems and payloads for small satellites.

ACTIVITIES

The purpose of the Telecommunications Engineering laboratory is to exchange information (voice, data and video) by transmission through long distances. Through rigorous understanding of how to carry out the generation, transmission and interaction of photons, electrons and radio waves, the lab personnel designs, analyzes and builds the next generation of devices, subsystems and telecommunication systems, which are key elements for the development of the so-called information society. Our research ranges from the simulation of ultra-fast amplifiers, micrometric and nonlinear for their use in future optical networks based on packet switching, to the manufacture of small satellites.

MAJOR WORKS AND RECENT PROYECTS

Research on WDM systems to implement the next 100 Gb Ethernet standard and photonic logic gates.

In the satellite field, we have successfully developed an educational satellite SATEDU to train and attract students to the world of science and technology. SATEDU was designed, manufactured and fully validated at the Institute of Engineering at UNAM, for use in school laboratories, classrooms, technological schools, universities, and research centers (http://proyectos.iingen.unam.mx/satedu/). Based on university-generated technology the SATEDU project already has the complete design of a picosatellite and a nanosatellite, one of which was constructed in late 2009 in an international project with the participation of 8 countries.

In the space field, we are part of the promoting group of the Mexican Space Agency. For this purpose, we have a strong liaison with the promoting group in the state of Hidalgo, with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and with the Regional Center for Education in Space Technology for Latin America and the Caribbean, with whom we collaborated in the organization of the Sixth Space Conference of the Americas which was held in our country in 2010.

EQUIPMENT

Computer equipment and equipment for the development of integrated circuits.