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I graduated in Applied Physics, Optics and Electronics, at the University of Porto in 1991. Later I added a post-graduation in Science, Technology and Innovation at the University of Aveiro to my training, that has enabled me to develop my activity in technology transfer at INESCTEC.

Besides technology transfer, as a scientific discipline, I am interested in wireless optical communications and optical sensors.

Details

Details

  • Nationality

    Portugal
  • Centre

    Applied Photonics
  • Contacts

    +351220402301
    ireneu.dias@inesctec.pt
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Publications

2016

MarinEye - A tool for marine monitoring

Authors
Martins, A; Dias, A; Silva, E; Ferreira, H; Dias, I; Almeida, JM; Torgo, L; Goncalves, M; Guedes, M; Dias, N; Jorge, P; Mucha, AP; Magalhaes, C; Carvalho, MDF; Ribeiro, H; Almeida, CMR; Azevedo, I; Ramos, S; Borges, T; Leandro, SM; Maranhao, P; Mouga, T; Gamboa, R; Lemos, M; dos Santos, A; Silva, A; Teixeira, BFE; Bartilotti, C; Marques, R; Cotrim, S;

Publication
OCEANS 2016 - SHANGHAI

Abstract
This work presents an autonomous system for marine integrated physical-chemical and biological monitoring - the MarinEye system. It comprises a set of sensors providing diverse and relevant information for oceanic environment characterization and marine biology studies. It is constituted by a physical-chemical water properties sensor suite, a water filtration and sampling system for DNA collection, a plankton imaging system and biomass assessment acoustic system. The MarinEye system has onboard computational and logging capabilities allowing it either for autonomous operation or for integration in other marine observing systems (such as Observatories or robotic vehicles. It was designed in order to collect integrated multi-trophic monitoring data. The validation in operational environment on 3 marine observatories: RAIA, BerlengasWatch and Cascais on the coast of Portugal is also discussed.

2012

Long-Period Gratings Dynamic Interrogation With Modulated Fiber Bragg Gratings and Optical Amplification

Authors
Carvalho, JP; Coelho, L; Pontes, MJ; Barbero, AP; Martinez, MA; Ribeiro, RM; Weyl, J; Baptista, JM; Giraldi, MTR; Dias, I; Santos, JL; Frazao, O;

Publication
IEEE SENSORS JOURNAL

Abstract
It is reported a long-period grating (LPG) dynamic interrogation technique based on the modulation of fiber Bragg gratings located in the readout unit of the system. It permits to attenuate the effect of the 1/f noise of the electronics in the resolution of the LPG-based sensing head. The concept is tested to detect variations of the external refractive index and a resolution of 2.0 x 10(-4) NIR was achieved without system optimization. Additionally, the effect in the sensor resolution when introducing Erbium and Raman optical amplification is experimentally investigated.

2010

Dynamic Interrogation of Long Period Gratings with Modulated Fibre Bragg Gratings

Authors
Carvalho, JP; Coelho, L; Correia, L; Frazao, O; Jorge, PAS; Baptista, JM; Dias, I; Santos, JL; Weyl, J; Pontes, MJ; Martinez, MA; Barbero, AP; Ribeiro, RM; Abelem, AJG; Giraldi, MTR;

Publication
FOURTH EUROPEAN WORKSHOP ON OPTICAL FIBRE SENSORS

Abstract
It is reported a LPG dynamic interrogation technique based on the modulation of fibre Bragg gratings located in the readout unit that permits to attenuate the effect of the 1/f noise of the electronics in the resolution of the LPG-based sensing head. The concept is tested to detect variations of the external refractive index and a resolution of 2.0x10 (4) NIR was achieved without system optimization. Additionally, the effect in the sensor resolution when introducing Erbium and Raman optical amplification is experimentally investigated.

2010

Industrialization of advanced optical technologies for environmental monitoring

Authors
Frazao, O; Pereira, DA; Santos, JL; Dias, I; Dias, JM; Vaz, N; Teixeira, M; Quintela, A; Ferreira, J; Ferreira, LA; Araujo, FM;

Publication
CLEAN TECHNOLOGIES AND ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY

Abstract
In this work, an innovative fully integrated monitoring infrastructure based on optical fibre sensors was developed and implemented. In the framework of the research project named PROTEU [Tecnologias Avan double dagger adas para a Monitoriza double dagger o de Sistemas Estuarinos e Costeiros (PDCTM/P/MAR/15275/1999)], an 11 km optical fibre cable with Bragg sensors each 500 m was installed from the lagoon mouth to Vouga river, along the bed of the Espinheiro channel, allowing the real-time measurement of water temperature at each sensor location. The results of this project are currently feeding several studies concerning Ria de Aveiro and the surrounding area and are crucial for a continuous assessment and management of the environmental conditions. Meanwhile, a fibre optic sensing system for simultaneous measurement of temperature and salinity based on fibre Bragg grating (FBG) technology was also developed. In the following sections, a complete description of the fabrication process, as well as theoretical and experimental results regarding this particular sensing system, are addressed. Earlier in situ local measurements, as well as the latest remote monitoring and data processing scheme, are described. The developed technology is now being exploited by FiberSensing, an INESC Porto spin-off company devoted to the development of optical fibre Bragg grating-based sensor systems for advanced monitoring applications. The main markets of the company are the ones of structural health monitoring in civil and geotechnical engineering, energy production and distribution, and environment.

2009

A SIMPLE SMART COMPOSITE USING FIBER BRAGG GRATING SENSORS FOR STRAIN AND TEMPERATURE DISCRIMINATION

Authors
Frazao, O; Oliveira, R; Dias, I;

Publication
MICROWAVE AND OPTICAL TECHNOLOGY LETTERS

Abstract
A smart laminated composite with a simple geometry was produced with embedded fiber Bragg grating sensors. The smart structure is composed of two Bragg gratings located in regions of different thicknesses of the laminated composite. Although one of the Bragg gratings is embedded between two layers, the other is embedded in jour layers. When the strain is applied to the smart composite, different response is obtained. Because of this characteristic it is possible to discriminate strain and temperature using a traditional matrix method. To reduce the inherent error, an artificial neural network approach is proposed that will improve the strain and temperature measurement discrimination when using this new configuration. These instrumented carbon fiber laminates can be used for monitoring of reinforcement and protection of structures. (C) 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 51: 235-239, 2009; Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com). DOI 10.1002/mop.23990