Research axes

Quantum Photonics Biophotonics Optical Communications Photonic systems and microsystems Fiber-Optics and Guided-Wave Optics Photonic Materials Lasers and Ultra-fast Phenomena

Infrastructures and laboratories

COPL researchers have at their disposal an impressive array of optics-photonics equipment, in addition to a state-of-the-art research infrastructure that is in many ways unique in the world and allows them to work in synergy.

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Achievements

COPL's teams are responsible for achievements that have redefined the boundaries of scientific knowledge, led to the development of new technologies and even to the creation of companies or the development of innovative methods. Discover some of them here.

Success profiles Collaborations

Fiber-Optics and Guided-Wave Optics

The Fiber-optics and Guided-Wave Optics axis is concerned with the development of a new generation of functional optical components based on light confinement inside a guide, either cylindrical (fiber) or planar (integrated optics). This axis brings together 15 researchers from 5 universities and 1 CEGEP, in partnership with an applied research centre (INO). Their work provides solid support to the other axes that require custom-designed active and passive fibers and components for a variety of applications. The optical fiber fabrication facilities at Université Laval and the expertise of Professor Messaddeq’s Canada Excellence Research Chair are definite assets to this axis consisting of themes that cover all major guided-wave optics technologies.

These themes are focused on innovation in specialty optical fibers, fiber components and waveguides for applications in information technology and biophotonics.

Head of research

Maksim Skorobogatiy

Professor, Polytechnique Montréal

Members

Martin Bernier

Pablo Bianucci

Caroline Boudoux

Paul Charette

Lawrence R. Chen

Tigran Galstian

Nicolas Godbout

Sophie LaRochelle

Younès Messaddeq

Michel Olivier

Research Themes

THÈME 1

Specialty optical fiber fabrication

THÈME 2

Fiber-based components

Silica, fluoride glass, chalcogenide, phosphate, germanate, polymer optical fibers
Single-mode, multi-mode, multi-core, double-clad optical fibers
Micro-structured, Bragg, hollow core fibers
Visible spectrum, near and far infrared and Terahertz band fibers
Highly non-linear fibers

THÈME 3

Fiber-based components

Tapered fibers
Fused couplers
Bragg gratings
Doped-fiber amplifiers
Supercontinuum
All-fiber filters: narrow band, tunable, gain flattening, multi-channel, etc.
Fiber-tipped micro-probes
Femtosecond laser photo-inscribed components
Power separators
Wavelength and mode multiplexing
Single-mode, multimode and double-clad components
Coherent demodulators, interferometors
Quantum and non-linear components

THÈME 4

Integrated optical components

Planar waveguides
Materials: silica, silica on silicon, silicon nitride, semiconductors, soft glass, etc.
Photo-inscription by femtosecond laser
Multi-layered structures
High-density connectors to optical fibers
Integrated sensors
Micro-resonators

Professor-researchers
COPL members

The COPL brings together talented scientists who are distinguished by the excellence of their research and by their dedication to the training of the next generation of highly qualified personnel in optics-photonics. 

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