About us
LIF (Laboratório Integrado de Fotônica da Unicamp) is a multi-user laboratory, with a proposal focused on innovation and entrepreneurship
Areas of operation
Communication Systems
Communication Devices
III-V Lasers and Devices
Nonlinear Optics
Biophotonics
Several laboratories with decades of work come together in the LIF spaces:
- Laboratory for Device Research (LPD);
- Optical Communications Research Laboratory (LAPCOM)
- Laboratory of Applied and Computational Electromagnetism (LEMAC)
- National Institute of Science and Technology of Photonics Applied to Cell Biology (INFABiC)
- Group for Ultrafast Phenomena and Optical Communications (GFURCO)
Photonics
Fundamental in optical communication and interconnections
Great impact on interaction with biology and medical applications
Will permeate much of IoT components
Has strong hardware demand
Our proposal
Multi-User lab, innovation and entrepreneurship
Creation of new companies and establishment of a sustainable laboratory
Investment in answers by startups that invest in the lab
Work in line with SISFÓTON
Our structure allows us to face the main challenges of laboratories and entrepreneurship
Laboratory Challenges
- High cost of maintaining the laboratories
- Lack of technical support personnel
- Low entrepreneurial culture in academia
- Distance between academy and company
- Lack of R&D in the industry for partnerships
Entrepreneurship Challenges
- Need for access to sophisticated equipment and technology/knowledge
- Need for access to prototyping and hybrid integration equipment
- Access to mid- and high-volume prototyping
- High cost and risk for market entry investment
- Lack of technical training
Innovation & Entrepreneurship: Betting on Startups
