FACILITIES AND INFRASTRUCTURE

COPL researchers have access to arguably the most impressive facilities to be found on a university campus anywhere in Canada. Through research collaborations, industrial partners can benefit from several of these facilities.

Here is a list of the major research equipment available at the COPL beginning with an overview of the infrastructure located on the campus of Université Laval.

The POP (Pavilion of Optics and Photonics)
The POP is the only infrastructure of its kind in Canada. It features 5,000 m² of class 100,000 clean-room laboratory space including 220 m² of class 10,000, 1,000 and 100 labs devoted to micro- and nano-fabrication. The POP houses some 100 labs, 20% of which are shared. The building was designed for maximum control over dust, vibration, temperature and humidity.

12 mJ @ 1 kHz Femtosecond Laser System

Bragg grating laboratory

Phase-mask etching laboratory

Optical communication test and measurement laboratory incuding a new high bit rate optical communication testbed with advanced modulation formats

Fiber-optic fabrication facilities

Amplified Ti:Sapphire laser system

Ti:Sapphire femtosecond terawatt laser system

Photonic material characterization laboratory

Thin film deposition laboratory

Dual-focussed ion beam system for characterization and etching

Optical component fabrication laboratory

Optical fibre characterization laboratory