The Centre for Research in Photonics (CRPuO) is a research facility at the
University of Ottawa
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in
Ottawa, Ontario
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, Canada. The center was created in 2002 to study
photonics
Photonics is a branch of optics that involves the application of generation, detection, and manipulation of light in form of photons through emission, transmission, modulation, signal processing, switching, amplification, and sensing. Though ...
. Photonics embraces the science of light, its interaction with matter, and the technology for its generation, manipulation, transmission and detection. Within the CRPuO there are the Solar Cells and Nanostructured Lab (SUNLab) as well as the Photonic Technology Laboratory (PTLab) among others.
The CRPuO is also in the process of recruiting three more faculty to support the CERC, and is likely the strongest concentration of photonics professors in Canada. Recognising the strength of Photonics at the University of Ottawa, the university is constructing a $55M building (the Advanced Research Centre) to house all the photonics professors and their research groups.
[{{cite web, title=The Advanced Research Complex—Fostering innovation in photonics and geoscience, url=https://www.uottawa.ca/articles/the-advanced-research-complex, accessdate=22 November 2012, archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121118012237/http://www.uottawa.ca/articles/the-advanced-research-complex, archive-date=18 November 2012, url-status=dead] The construction is due to complete in 2014.
External links
Centre for Research in Photonics at the University of OttawaOfficial site.
Photonics Network Technology Laboratory (PNTL)Trevor J. Hall, Director of the Centre for Research in Photonics at the University of Ottawa Microwave Photonics Research Laboratory (MWPLab) SUNLabPTLabOttawa Photonics Cluster
References
University of Ottawa creates Centre for Research in Photonics. February 5, 2002
University of Ottawa
Photonics
Educational institutions established in 2002
2002 establishments in Ontario