FiberWork is a company specialized in Optical Fiber Communication Technology. It offers contract research and development; consulting; training and technical courses; planning, specification, design, installation, tests and diagnoses of fiber optic networks; technical support in its areas of expertise. FiberWork’s main strength is its Talent Bank, a team of highly qualified PhD researchers and engineers. They are continuously updated with technological trends and keep close contact with several world-renowned institutions, companies and scientists. Quality services and customers satisfaction are the company driving principles, which will take it to a leading position in a medium to long term. Its areas of expertise are: * DWDM networks and systems * High capacity fiber networks * Amplifiers, transmitters, receivers, Mux/Demux, OADM, fiber gratings and other components for optical fiber communication systems * Impairments in optical fiber links, fiber attenuation, chromatic dispersion, polarization mode dispersion (PMD), fiber non-linearities * Broadband fiber access networks, FTTx technologies (Fiber To The Cabinet/Curb/Building/ Home) * SDH/SONET * HFC – Hybrid fiber-coax networks (CATV networks) * Fiber optic LAN’s and FDDI * Planning, specification, design and installation of fiber optic networks * Testing and diagnosis of fiber networks (tests of PMD, chromatic dispersion, return loss, OTDR, optical power loss) * Laboratory measurements, calibration and standardization in fiber optics * Computational modeling and simulation * Fiber plant monitoring and maintenance systems * Availability and reliability of optical networks * Fiber cleaving, splicing and connectorization * Operation of OTDR, power meter, fault locator and other field test equipments * POF technology – Plastic Optical Fibers and their applications * Fiber sensors and smart structures * Fiber optic applications in avionics, car industry, concrete structures, lightening systems