Welcome to the Optical and Quantum Communications Group

The Optical and Quantum Communications Group (OQCG) has its roots in the former (1988) Photonic Systems Group of the Technical University of Madrid, and was founded within the Technical University of Valencia (UPVLC) in 1991, hosted by the Communications Department. Nowadays, the OQCG is currently formed by 27 young telecom engineers and physicists, and is part of the Institute of Telecommunications and Multimedia Applications (iTEAM).

The OQCG mission is to produce high-quality scientific knowledge in the field of optics, quantum optics and photonics, through research projects, R&D contracts and collaboration agreements with the private sector. The OQCG research activity is focused on several applications of photonics, mainly on optical communications of analog and digital signals, and radio-over-fiber systems. Part of the research is also performed in the field of fiber optic sensor and industrial photonics.