Centro de Investigaciones en Optica


Centro de Investigaciones en Optica is a research center in the field of optics which is a branch of physics. CIO is located in the city of Leon in the state of Guanajuato in Mexico. It also has an industrial research facility in the city of Aguascalientes.

History

It was founded in 1980

Research

The center has 62 researchers. It is split into two sub-departments known as "divisions" which are Optics and Photonics.

Optics

In this division researchers are dedicated to problems in classical optics, optical design and engineering, holography, interferometry, polarimetry, vision, etc.

Photonics

In this division researchers are dedicated to problems in optical properties of matter, optical fibers, nanomaterials, ultrafast optics, terahertz, dynamic systems, photonic crystals, etc.

Teaching

All the academic There are 3 graduate programmes offered by the center:
All three programmes include a number of courses that have to be fulfilled by the student followed by the preparation of a thesis which has to resolve an industrial problem in the case of the MOm degree or a research problem in the case of the other two programmes followed by an oral thesis defense.

Knowledge transfer

The direccion de tecnologia e inovacion manage the Centers's intellectual property portfolio, working with the Center researchers who wish to commercialise their work by identifying, protecting and marketing technologies through patenting and licensing as well as selling institutional consulting to companies.
DTI provides researchers with commercial advice, funds patent applications and legal costs, negotiates third-party licences and identifies and manages consultancy opportunities for researchers at the center.

Administration

Administratively the center is divided into four directions:
  1. Research. This direction is in charge of all the research done in the center. It has certain administrative responsibilities, especially related to
  2. Academic.
  3. Kowledge transfer.
  4. Administration.
Centro de Investigaciones en Optica is a CONACYT research center that depends of the National Council for Science and Technology of Mexico, similar to the national laboratories of the USA.