| Organisation | Laser and Fibre Optics Centre |
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| Abbreviation | LAFOC |
| Parent | Institutes / Center/ Units; School of Physical Sciences |
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| Country | Ghana |
| Location | Cape Coast |
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| Sector | Universities |
| Organisation Type | African Public Sector |
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| Notes | The Laser and Fibre Optics Centre (LAFOC) located at the Department of Physics of the University of Cape Coast has been existence since March 1993 as an affiliated centre of the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP). It is one of two ICTP regional centres of excellence in applied optics (lasers) and spectroscopy that were established with financial assistance from the governments of Italy and Sweden and the ICTP to serve the West African Sub-Region: one in Cape Coast, Ghana, for the support of the Anglophone countries and the other in Dakar, Senegal, for the Francophone countries. Funding Main funding sources for LAFOC are: * University of Cape Coast: Provides salaries of staff and basic infrastructure such as laboratory space and some support towards the running expenses of the centre. * ICTP - Office of External Activities (OEA): Annual grant of US$ 25 000 towards fellowship grants to graduate students, acquisition of equipment and textbooks. Small grants and donations are also received from: * Third World Academy of Sciences (TWAS): Grants for research projects. * International Programme in Physical Sciences (IPPS), University of Uppsala and Lund Institute of Technology, * Sweden: Support for research projects and PhD programmes in applied spectroscopy. * National Institute of Applied Optics, Italy: Contributions in terms of optical components and detectors. * Optical Society of America: Educational material and optical design software [ Retrieved on 13-09-07 ] |
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| Coordinator | Dr. M.J. Eghan | 2007 | |
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| Record last updated on 14 SEP 2007 |