Fall 2020 Meeting FRQNT - STRATEGIC CLUSTER
2 LEADERSHIP AND EXCELLENCE IN OPTICS-PHOTONICS
• 48 Professors • 2 Canada Excellence Research Chairs • 12 Canada Research Chairs • 5 NSERC Industrial Research Chairs • 12 OSA Fellows • 5 SPIE Fellows
3 MISSION
• HQP training (Master’s, PhD, Post-Doc)
• Fundamental and applied research
• Industry support
4 STUDENTS & PDFs
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145 >400 HQPs
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Maîtrise Doctorat Postdoc RESEARCH AT COPL
Discovery Technologies Applications
Nature of light Fiberoptics Biophotonics
Integrated photonics Environment
Photonic materials Laser sources Industrial processes
Optical systems Optical communications
Laser-matter interaction Signal detection Defense & security
Knowledge Components Systems AREAS OF RESEARCH
Photonic Materials Fiber optics Lasers
Optical Communications Biophotonics AREAS OF RESEARCH
Photonic Materials Fiber optics Lasers Prof. Younès Messadeq • Vitreous and glass ceramics • Nanoparticles and nanostructured • Functional materials
Optical Communications Biophotonics AREAS OF RESEARCH
Photonic Materials Fiber optics and waveguides Lasers Prof. Nicolas Godbout • Specialty optical fibers • Fiber components • Integrated photonics
Optical Communications Biophotonics AREAS OF RESEARCH
Photonic Materials Fiber optics Lasers and ultrafast Prof. François Légaré • Ultrafast source & dynamics • All-fiber lasers • Metrology & applications
Optical Communications Biophotonics AREAS OF RESEARCH
Photonic Materials Fiber optics Lasers
Optical Communications Biophotonics Prof. Christine Tremblay • Modulation formats • All-optical networks • Wideband access • Photonic devices for telecom AREAS OF RESEARCH
Photonic Materials Fiber optics Lasers
Optical Communications Biophotonics Prof. Daniel Côté • Diagnostics • Therapeutics and surgery • Analytical tools RESEARCH CHAIRS
Canada Excellence Research Chairs
. Prof. Y. Messaddeq, CERC in Photonics innovations
. Prof. P. Marquet, CERC in Neurophotonics
13 RESEARCH CHAIRS
Canada Research Chairs . Prof. Y de Koninck, CRC (tier 1) in Innovative strategies to ease chronic pain . Prof. T. Galstian, CRC (tier 1) in Liquid crystals photonics . Prof. S. LaRochelle, CRC (tier 1) in Advanced photonic technologies for Communications . Prof. M. Leclerc, CRC (tier 1) in Electroactive and photoactive polymers . Prof. R. Morandotti, CRC (tier 1) in Smart Photonics . Prof. L. Rusch, CRC (tier 1) in Communication systems enabling the cloud . Prof. M. Skorobogatiy, CRC (tier1) in Photonics crystals . Prof. J. Azana, CRC (tier 2) in Ultrafast photonic signal processing . Prof. S. Cloutier, CRC (tier 2) in Printable hybrid optoelectronic materials and devices . Prof. B. Gosselin, CRC (tier 2) in Smart Biomedical Microsystems . Prof. W. Shi, CRC (tier 2) in Silicon photonics . Prof. D. Seletskiy, CRC (tier 2) in Ultrafast Quantum Photonic
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Industrial Research Chairs . Prof. P. Charette, IRC in Next Generation MEMS and Microphotonics . Prof. D. Côté, IRC in Biophotonics . Prof. L. Rusch, IRC in Optical communications . Prof. S. Thibault, IRC in Lens design . Prof. R. Vallée, IRC in Light-matter interaction
15 OUTCOME
Annual average since 2015 • > 40 graduate degrees completed • > 180 articles published in peer-reviewed publications • > 80 invited talks at major international conferences
Since 2000 • 22 spin-off companies • 140 patents issued
A strategic partner of Quebec’s photonics sector: • over 220 companies • 20 research centres • 22,000 jobs • nearly $3 billion in GDP 16 PARTNERS NSERC Synergy Awards for Innovation
Paul Charette Roberto Morandotti Category: Small and Medium-Sized Companies Category: Two or More Companies Université de Sherbrooke INRS-ÉMT Teledyne DALSA Semiconductor Inc. OptoElectronic Components Inc. & QPS Photronics Inc. Prix Innovation de l’ADRIQ
Prof. Simon Thibault and Dr. Denis Brousseau for their partnership with Photon etc. COPL MAJOR FACILITIES AND SERVICES AT UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL COPL-ULAVAL : Optical Fiber Fabrication
Fused silica Custom IR materials COPL-ULAVAL : Thin Films
Leybold Syrus PRO Intlvac Nanochrome Intlvac Nanochrome (e- beam + plasma) (ac sputtering) (e-beam + thermal evaporator)
- Metal oxides, silicon oxides, ITO - Semi-conducting metals - Chalcogenide, doping, - Multilayers (> 200) - Oxides, metal nitrides - Co-deposition - UV to IR (< 3 µm) - Multilayers (99) - Far IR COPL-ULAVAL : SEM & FIB
• Scanning Electron Microscopy - Resolution: 1.2 nm - Magnification from 50-500 000X
40 µm 5 µm
• Focused Ion Beam Milling - Micro- and nanostructure etching - Thin film cross section analysis - Resolution: 7 nm (imaging) 30 nm (etching) 1 µm 5 µm COPL-ULAVAL : Lens and mirror fabrication
Processes Materials • Grinding • Glass • Diamond turning • Crystals • Milling • Ceramics • Polishing • Metals COPL-ULAVAL : Femtosecond lasers
Coherent Legend Elite Coherent REGA 0950 OPA Light conversion Topaz • 10 - 300 kHz • 1 kHz • 70 fs • 35 fs • 800 nm • 266 nm – 20 000 nm • 4 µJ • 4 mJ FRQNT - STRATEGIC CLUSTER
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