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Professors Leslie Rusch and Wei Shi, along with their prolific and visionary UltraLight research team—comprising Alireza Geravand, Zibo Zheng, Farshid Shateri, and Simon Levasseur—saw their work recognized with the Lumière – Nature and Technology Award for their exceptional contribution to the development of photonic chips. This recognition was presented to them at the recent Gala ...

On March 31 at the Québec City Convention Center, Université Laval hosted the second edition of its event dedicated to showcasing its wide-ranging research fields, which have shaped its enviable global reputation since the university’s founding. This valuable research, a driving force behind societal progress, contributes both through its analysis of contemporary issues and through ...

This is huge news for Canadian and Quebec research and development ecosystems in artificial intelligence, quantum computing, and advanced photonics. The Institut national d’optique (INO) and the Centre de recherche informatique de Montréal (CRIM) announce the creation of Luqia, an industrial innovation laboratory in artificial intelligence and photonics dedicated to developing and industrializing critical technologies ...

Une immense nouvelle pour les écosystèmes de recherche et développement canadiens et québécois en intelligence artificielle, quantique et photonique avancée. L’Institut national d’optique (INO) et le Centre de recherche informatique de Montréal (CRIM) annoncent la création de Luqia, un laboratoire d’innovation industrielle en intelligence artificielle et photonique destiné à développer et industrialiser des technologies critiques ...

COPL member and distinguished professor at INRS-ÉMT. Roberto Morandotti becomes the first Canadian to receive this international recognition. As co-scientific director of the Laboratory for Ultrafast Light Beam Manipulation and the QUALITY (Quantum and Artificial Intelligence Light Infrastructure for Tomorrow sustainable sYstems) research infrastructure, his advances in quantum photonics have revolutionized the production, manipulation, and ...

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 ...