Featured Projects
Biophotonics - Hanan Anis
Dr. Hanan Anis
Research Themes
- Biosensors
- Nonlinear Microscopy
- CARS Endoscopy
- Femtosecond Fibre Laser
Contact information for Hanan Anis
 Femtosecond Fibre Laser
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 Biosensors
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 Multimodal CARS Endoscopy
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In-fiber structures for laser, sensors and devices - Xiaoyi Bao
Dr. Xiaoyi Bao
Research Themes
- Fabrication of the in-fiber waveguides and interferometers
- Low phase, frequency noise fiber lasers and applications
- Distributed fiber sensors for structural health monitoring
Contact information for Xiaoyi Bao
 Frequency comb enabled by random fiber laser
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 Tuneable microwave generator at 39GHz by random fiber laser
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Surface Plasmon Photonics - Pierre Berini
Dr. Pierre Berini
Research themes
- Waveguides and passive elements
- Micro/nanofabrication
- Integrated circuits
- Telecom devices
- Nanoantennas
- Amplification
- Biosensors
- Lasers
Contact information for Pierre Berini
 Integrated Circuits
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 Biosensors
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 Métasurfaces
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 Optical Nanoantennas
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Ultrafast Photonics - Ravi Bhardwaj
Dr. Ravi Bhardwaj
Research themes
Interaction of intense light pulses with atoms and molecules:
- High Harmonic Generation (HHG)
- Molecular dynamics
Interaction of intense light pulses with solids:
- Laser ablation
- Material modification
- Embedded and novel photonics devices
Contact information for Ravi Bhardwaj
 Image of XUV and soft X-ray generation
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 HHG in chiral molecules
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Quantum Nonlinear Optics - Robert Boyd
Dr. Robert Boyd
Research themes
- Quantum Imaging
- Nanophotonics
- Plasmonics
- New photonic materials
- High-capacity quantum key distribution
- Orbital angular momentum of light
- Photonic devices
Contact information for Robert Boyd
 Nonlinear ENZ Materials
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 Time Refraction
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 Spontaneous pattern formation
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 Photon drag and slow light
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Matter in Intense Fields - Thomas Brabec
Dr. Thomas Brabec
Research themes
- Strong laser field physics
- Attosecond science
- Few-body quantum dynamics
- Nonlinear optics
- Physics of finite plasmas
Contact information for Thomas Brabec
 HPC - ab initio plasma physics
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 Attosecond Science, Movies of Molecules |
 HPC - few electron dynamics: atoms and molecules in strong fields
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 Dynamics in trapped quantum gases
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Integrated Nanophotonics - Pavel Cheben
Dr. Pavel Cheben
Research Themes
- Silicon photonic integrated circuits
- Nanophotonic waveguides
- Dielectric metamaterials
- Photonics for telecom and sensing
- Nanophotonic couplers
- On-chip spectrometers
- Optical phased arrays
Contact information for Pavel Cheben
 Wavelength multiplexer
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 Metamaterial waveguides
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 On-chip spectrometer
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 Nanophotonic coupler
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Nonlinear Fiber Optics - Liang Chen
Dr. Liang Chen
Research themes
- Brillouin scattering in fiber
- Polarization mode dispersion
- Polarization dependent loss
- Chromatic dispersion
- Nonlinear Schrodinger Equation
Attosecond Photonics - Paul Corkum
Dr. Paul Corkum
Research themes
- Nonlinear light-matter interactions
- Attosecond pulse characterization
- Soft X-ray technology
- Attosecond physics
- Molecular imaging and dynamics
- Imaging mass spectrometry
Contact information for Paul Corkum
 A low energy electron hologram of N2
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 An “oscilloscope” trace of the electric field of a few cycle 800 nm light pulse
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 Projections of an electron that has tunneled from N2 and then diffracted from its parent ion
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 A snap shot of an attosecond pulse
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Nonlinear Photonics - Ksenia Dolgaleva
Dr. Ksenia Dolgaleva
Research themes
- Integrated photonic circuits
- Passive nonlinear optical devices
- Integrated optics based on III-Vs
- Photonic crystal devices
- Metamaterials
- Local field effects
Contact information for Ksenia Dolgaleva
 Manifestation of local-field effects
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 Chiral Metamaterials
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 Four-wave mixing in
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 Waveguides for NLO
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Photonics Technology Laboratory - Trevor Hall
Dr. Trevor Hall
Research themes
- InP-based lasers and amplifiers
- Coherent optical transmission in radio over fiber
- Photonic networks and switches
- Silicon-based photonics integrated circuits
Contact information for Trevor Hall
 Advanced modulation formats for dual-polarization multiplexing systems (48 Gbps)
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 Metamaterial Luneburg Lens (Si)
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 PIN modulators and switches (Si)
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Quantum Theory of Materials, Nanostructures and Devices - Pawel Hawrylak
Dr. Pawel Hawrylak
Research themes
- Theoretical condensed matter
- Nanophotonics and nanospintronics
- Computational nanoscience
- Nanomaterials
- 2D crystals and topological insulators
- Solid state quantum information processing
Contact information for Pawel Hawrylak
 Computational Nanoscience
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 Semiconductor quantum dots
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Materials Chemistry & Nanophotonics - Eva Hemmer
Dr. Eva Hemmer
Research themes
- Lanthanide-based micro- and nanoparticles
- Chemical materials synthesis
- Upconverting and near-infrared emitters
- Hyperspectral imaging
- Photoluminescence spectroscopy
- Biomedical applications (optical, magnetic)
- Energy conversion technologies
Contact information for Eva Hemmer
 Microwave-assisted Materials Synthesis
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 Lanthanide-doped Micro/Nanoparticles
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 Hyperspectral Imaging
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Photovoltaic and Solar Systems - Karin Hinzer
Dr. Karin Hinzer
Research themes
- Direct band gap semiconductors
- Nanostructures
- Optoelectronic device design
- Active devices
- Optical design
- Calibrated tests and measurements
- Cost models
Contact information for Karin Hinzer
 Solar system performance, Littlerock, California
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 Solar Cell
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 Solar Cell Testing
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Printed and Low Cost Photonics and Optoelectronics - Ghassan Jabbour
Dr. Ghassan Jabbour
Research themes
- Printed Smart Paper and Packaging
- Printed Energy, Solid State Lighting, and Displays
- Reactive Printing of Functional Nanoparticles (NPs)
- Intelligent Textile and Wearables
- 3D/2D Printed Systems with Embedded Intelligence
Contact information for Ghassan Jabbour
 Smart Paper and Packaging
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 Flexible Displays
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 Printed Energy
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 Reactive Printing of Functional NPs
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Structured Quantum Optics - Ebrahim Karimi
Dr. Ebrahim Karimi
Research themes
- Optical Angular Momentum
- Twisted Matter Waves
- Quantum Key Distribution (QKD)
- Foundation of Quantum Mechanics
- Novel Optical and Plasmonic Devices
Contact information for Ebrahim Karimi
 Quirky phenomena
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 Novel Devices
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 Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) |
 Twisted Waves
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Photovoltaics and Quantum Effects in Biology - Jacob Krich
Dr. Jacob Krich
Research themes
- Novel solar cells
- Carrier lifetimes
- Energy transport in molecular systems
- Ultrafast probes of quantum processes
Contact information for Jacob Krich
 Photovoltaics
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 Theoretical studies
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 Fundamental semiconductor processes
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Organic Electronics: Synthesis to Prototype - Benoît Lessard
Dr. Benoît Lessard
Research Themes
- Organic thin film transistors
- Organic photovoltaics
- Biosensors
- Thin film/surface nano/micro engineering
- Solid electrolytes/polymer dielectrics
- Ultra pure semiconductive carbon nanotubes
Contact information for Benoît Lessard
 Synthesis
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 Organic thin film transistor
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 Ultra pure Nanotubes
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 Biosensors
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2D Materials: Electronic properties - Adina Luican-Mayer
Dr. Adina Luican-Mayer
Research Themes
- 2D materials
- Fabrication of 2D materials devices
- Quantum low-dimensional materials
- Scanning Tunneling Microscopy
- Environmental sensors
Contact information for Adina Luican-Mayer
 Scanning Probe Microscopy
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 Individual atoms in graphite
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 Graphene sensors
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Experimental Quantum Photonics - Jeff Lundeen
Dr. Jeff Lundeen
Research themes
- Quantum information in integrated optics
- Quantum optics in waveguide networks
- Quantum metrology
- Foundations of quantum physics
- Sources of single and entangled photons
- Quantum measurement
Contact information for Jeff Lundeen
 Direct Measurement of the Wavefunction
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 Detector Tomography
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 Waveguide Sources of Entangled Photons
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Ultrafast terahertz spectroscopy - Jean-Michel Ménard
Dr. Jean-Michel Ménard
Research Themes
- Photonic crystal fibers
- Time-resolved spectroscopy
- Ultrafast phenomena
- Semiconductors
- Strongly correlated materials
- Dynamical Bose-Einstein condensates (BEC)
Contact information for Jean-Michel Ménard
 Hollow-core photonic
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 Ultrafast THz spectroscopy
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 Dynamical Bose-Einstein condensates (BEC)
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Nanoelectronics and IoT Sensors - Jeongwon Park
Dr. Jeongwon Park
Research Themes
- Nanoelectronics and nanofabrication
- IoT Sensor and sensor network
- Integrated circuits
- Semiconductor devices
- Deep Learning and Wearables IoT sensors
- Brain-Computer interface
- Low dimensional materials
- Biosensors
Contact information for Jeongwon Park
 Integrated chemical sensors
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 Carbon nanotubes
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 SAXS images
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 Nanopattern for X-ray SLM
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Computational Nanophotonics - Lora Ramunno
Dr. Lora Ramunno
Research themes
- Plasmonic colours
- Metamaterials
- Nonlinear metasurfaces
- Computational Nanophotonics
- Nonlinear optical microscopy
- Artificial intelligence for photonics
Contact information for Lora Ramunno
 Plasmonic colours
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 Metamaterials
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 Nonlinear metasurfaces
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 Computational Nanophotonics
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 Nonlinear optical microscopy
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 Artificial intelligence for photonics
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Photochemistry applications to nanotechnology - Tito Scaiano
Dr. Tito Scaiano
Research themes
- Photochemistry
- Metallic nanoparticles for photonics
- Catalysis of organic reactions
- Antibacterial agents
Contact information for Tito Scaiano
 Catalysis reactivity maps
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 New nanostructures (silver in photo)
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Engineered Complex Systems and Sustainable Technologies - Henry Schreimer
Dr. Henry Schriemer
Research themes
- Photonic crystals
- Optoelectronics
- Integrated optics
- Photovoltaics
- Solar power systems
Contact information for Henry Schriemer
 Photovoltaic systems
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 Optical forces
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Micro and Nano Systems - Raphael St-Gelais
Dr. Raphael St-Gelais
Research themes
Microsystems at the interface of mechanics, photonics and heat transfer for:
- Energy conversion
- Acceleration sensing
- Photodetection
- Mid-IR light sources
Contact information for Raphael St-Gelais
 Square membrane high-Q mechanical resonator with heater
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 Heated nanophotonic resonators for coherent thermal emission
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 SEM of a nanosystem
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Molecular Photonics - Albert Stolow
Dr. Albert Stolow
Research themes
- Ultrafast molecular-electronic dynamics
- Coherent non-linear microscopy
- Strong field phenomena in molecules
- Quantum control
- Non-linear optics and four-wave mixing
- Ultrafast optical technology
- Atomic and molecular beam techniques
- Charged particle imaging
Contact information for Albert Stolow
 Molecular Beams
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 Ultrafast Molecular Electronic Dynamics
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 Ultrafast Lasers
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 Nonlinear Microscopy
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Fracture & Femtosecond Research Ottawa Group (FROG) - Arnaud Weck
Dr. Arnaud Weck
Research themes
- Ultrafast laser-mater interactions
- Micromachining
- Nano- & micro-scale features for: optics, colors, biocompatibility, wettability, microfluidics
- Creation of defects for material fracture studies
Contact information for Arnaud Weck
 Microlens array
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 X-ray tomography of laser induced microvoids in titanium
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 Colors obtained upon laser irradiation
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Microwave Photonics - Jianping Yao
Dr. Jianping Yao
Research themes
- Photonic generation of microwave signals
- Photonic processing of microwave signals
- Photonic generation of arbitrary RF waveforms
- Radio over fiber
- Optically controlled phased array antennas
- Silicon photonics
- Microwave photonic sensors
- Fiber Bragg gratings
Contact information for Jianping Yao
Integrated microwave photonic signal processor