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Le professeur Frédéric Leblond, Polytechnique Montréal et membre du COPL, se retrouve régulièrement sous les projecteurs pour ses avancées majeures dans le développement de dispositifs de détection de cellules cancéreuses par spectroscopie Raman. Lauréat du prix « Découverte scientifique de l’année 2017 » décerné par le magazine Québec Science avec son co-développeur, l’oncologue neurochirurgical, Kevin ...

Since its creation, COPL has been actively involved in promoting the science of light. Its initiatives, which aim to raise the profile of this enabling discipline, cover the entire educational and scientific spectrum, thereby contributing to the renewable cycle of research and innovation. From sparking scientific curiosity in young people to training the next generation ...

The innovative silicon nitride (SiN) devices created by Professor Michaël Ménard’s team using reverse design techniques have been featured in the prestigious scientific journal Nature Communications, which has an impact factor of 15.7 according to the Journal Citation Report. Prof. Ménard and his team have successfully demonstrated the relevance of this technique for significantly improving ...

The summer has been a prolific one for Professor Wei Shi’s team, including doctoral student Alireza Geravand, in collaboration with Professor Leslie A. Rusch, whose discovery has been widely praised in the media. Indeed, their new silicon chip technology, which promises to carry more than 1,000 gigabits per second with optimized energy consumption, has been ...

CANADA EXCELLENCE RESEARCH CHAIR (CERC) IN PHOTONICS Application deadline: 2025-09-16 Université Laval is recruiting candidates for a Canada Excellence Research Chair (CERC) in Photonics. The Chair holder will be a full professor and member of the Centre for Optics, Photonics and Lasers (COPL). Université Laval is located in Québec City QC, Canada. CERCs are the ...

✨ A look back at the 36th COPL Annual Conference and the 2nd edition of the Summer School held at the Centre Culturel de l’Université de Sherbrooke on June 2 and 3! ✨ A huge thank you to our speakers who eloquently shared a parcel of the scope of their research with the COPL community. ...

François Légaré, professor at INRS, and his team have won Québec Science’s 2024 Discovery of the Year Public Award for a major breakthrough in radiotherapy. Using lasers and ambient air, they have succeeded in generating electron beams capable of destroying cancerous tumors, a feat previously considered impossible. This discovery simplifies the “FLASH” approach to radiotherapy, ...

COPL recently accepted the appointment of Professor Gabriella Tessitore of Université Laval as a regular member. Here is an overview of her research interests: Exploiting the special interactions between light and matter at the nanoscale through spectroscopic and microscopic investigations. Development and applications of spectroscopic and structural techniques Nanophotonics Optical spectroscopy Link to her profile: ...

The COPL community is pleased to welcome Professor Mariia Zhuldybina from École de technologie supérieure (ÉTS) as a regular member! Here’s an overview of her research interests: Metamaterials Materials characterization Terahertz (THz) spectroscopy Non-destructive testing Printed electronics Actuators and sensors Intelligent textiles To consult her profile: https://coplweb.ca/en/membres/mariia-zhuldybina/  

Caroline Boudoux, a full professor in the Engineering Physics Department at Polytechnique Montréal and a member of COPL, would be the first woman from her home university to receive this distinction from Optica. Optica (formerly OSA), Advancing Optics and Photonics Worldwide, is the society dedicated to promoting the generation, application, archiving and dissemination of knowledge ...