CIPI at a Glance

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1 CIPI at a Glance

2 Mission To bring university researchers together with public sector and industrial partners in a network with state-of-the-art facilities in order to stimulate innovations in photonics and promote their exploitation to generate wealth and enhance the quality of life for Canadians Program Biophotonics Frontier Photonics Information and Telecommunications Technology Exploitation and Networking (New collaborations, Transfer and fellowship, Technology Exploitation) Team Small Administration cell Distributed Research teams University professors and students

3 CIPI Network at a Glance Simon Fraser U. U.British Columbia Research Thrusts: Biophotonics Frontier Photonics Alberta U. Calgary U. Information and Telecom Carleton U. Ottawa U. Mc Master U. Queen s U. Toronto U. Waterloo U Western U. Concordia U. INRS Laval U. McGill U. Montréal U. Polytechnique Sherbrooke U. 90 researchers, 270 graduate students / 18 universities, 66 affiliate members

4 The Bench to Market Pyramid Wealth Generation Manufacture License/Start-up Prototype Scale-up IP Protection Feasibility Discovery Research Grants and Contracts Infrastructure (Space, Equipment) People (Researchers, PDF s, Students) CIPI From Vancouver Coastal Health Research institute, UBC

5 Biophotonics (p.1/5) Leader: Brian Wilson, University of Toronto Lab on a Chip enhanced drug discovery and tools for biosciences Optical nanoprobing Hollow fibre probe tip

6 Biophotonics (p.2/5) Leader: Brian Wilson, University of Toronto Lab on a Chip enhanced drug discovery and tools for biosciences High sensitivity analysis Lysing a laser trapped cell into laser written channel

7 Biophotonics (p.3/5) Leader: Brian Wilson, University of Toronto Photon therapeutics improved patient care Two-photon photodynamic therapy Two-Photon Excitation Photodynamic Therapy Photoreceptors Blood vessels Diseased tissue

8 Biophotonics (p.4/5) Leader: Brian Wilson, University of Toronto Photon diagnosis Digital micromirrors on large area confocal microscope Femtosecond nonlinear imaging Neurophotonics Detector (CCD Array) Imaging neurons in brain tissue Detector Lens Detection Filter Excitation Filter Illumination Lens f DMD f Beamsplitter Entrance Pupil Laser Scan Lens Digital Mirror MACROScope Extended Light source Mirror Motorized Stage

9 Biophotonics (p.5/5) Leader: Brian Wilson, University of Toronto Photon diagnosis Multidimensional imaging - ultrasound, micro x-ray and OCT OCT images of laboratory mouse tissue obtained with three different sources identified by center wavelength: 800 nm / 1310 nm and 1560 nm Light impinges from the left

10 Frontier Photonics (p.1/4) Thrust Leader: Réal Vallée, Laval University Ultrashort High harmonic attosecond sources and application Attoscience one of top ten science advances in 2002 identified by Nature and Science ionization Recollision and high harmonic emission Self electron diffraction electron wavepacket

11 Frontier Photonics (p.2/4) Thrust Leader: Réal Vallée, Laval University Ultrashort High performance femtosecond sources and applications Fs fibre oscillator and amplifier systems nj - fs laser pulses Continuum generation process Output spectra Tapered fiber

12 Frontier Photonics (p.3/4) Thrust Leader: Réal Vallée, Laval University Ultrasmall (micro and nano) Microstructured fibre sources and sensing Nanowires for light emission and detection Nanowires Microstructured fibres

13 Frontier Photonics (p.4/4) Thrust Leader: Réal Vallée, Laval University Ultrasmall (micro and nano) Nanoprecision materials processing (waveguides, machining and deposition) VUV writing of microfluidic Channels

14 Information and Telecommunications (p.1/4) Leader: Paul Jessop, McMaster University Integrated high bandwidth networks the first/last mile Fully integrated optical tranceivers Polarization rotating waveguides

15 Information and Telecommunications (p.2/4) Leader: Paul Jessop, McMaster University Integrated high bandwidth networks the first/last mile Packet switching with photonic code based processing Encoded data Encoded data Node Data OC Label λ,λ,λ Coded data + Label 1 2 n λ,λ,..., λ n + 1 n + 2 λ,λ,... Node Node Δλ,Δλ,Δλ, Δλ 1 Coded data Δλ 2 Coded data Packet Switched Networks with Photonic Code Based Processing OCDMA-PON LAN WDM/TDM-PON LAN CWDM/OCDMA-PON LAN

16 Information and Telecommunications (p.3/4) Leader: Paul Jessop, McMaster University Silicon based photonic microsystems All silicon EO modulator - Intel

17 Information and Telecommunications (p.2/2) Leader: Paul Jessop, McMaster University Quantum Cryptography

18 The TEN Program (Technology Exploitation and Networking) New collaborations Technology Transfer and Linkages Technology Exploitation Exchange Program for Graduate Students Seminars, Conferences & Workshops Accessing National Facilities

19 CIPI Network CIPI Research Teams Colleges, CEGEP and R&D Organizations CIPI Optic Industry Application Industry

20 Impact of CIPI Applied Research at the Forefront of Photonics Efficient Networking at the National as well as the International Level University Researchers, Industries, Government Laboratories HQP Training, Networking and Marketability Technology Transfers

21 Thanks to our Premier Affiliates IMS+IMI CSE And to our 50 Regular Affiliates

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