Microphotonics Laboratory

Affiliated To

• Department of Engineering Physics

Contact Information

• Telephone: (514) 340-4711 #3100
• Fax: (514) 340-3218
• Email: yves-alain.peter@polymtl.ca
• Web Site: http://www.polymtl.ca/pomp

Professors/Researchers

• Yves-Alain Peter, Responsible

Research Specification

Our research activities aim to develop tunable photonics microsystems. Tunability is achieved using Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS).

Expertise areas include design, microfabrication and characterization.

Research Personnel

• Professors/Researchers: 1
• Graduate Students: 8
• Postdoctoral Fellows: 2
• Research Assistants and Technicians: 1

Specialized Equipments

• White Light Interferometer (Fogale Photomap 3D) with sub-nanometer vertical resolution. Including dynamic (100 Hz – 2 MHz) and environmental (10 – 1 millibar; - 30ºC to + 100ºC) features
  
• Supercontinuum source (Leukos SM-20) 400 to 2200 nm; > 10 microW/nm
• Spectrometer (Acton Research Corporation SpectraPro-2750
• InGaAs IR camera (VDS Vosskühler NIR-610PGE)
• BroadBand Source (Newport BBS-430) 1520-1620nm; 13dBm
• Optical Spectrum Analyzer (Agilent 86140A)
• Optical Fiber Fusion Splicer (Fitel S182A)
• Tunable Laser (Agilent 81600B # 200) 1440nm to 1640nm
• High Sensitivity Power Sensor (Agilent 81634B) –110 dBm to +10 dBm
  
• Dispersion Analyzer (Agilent 86038B)

External Sources of Funding

• NSERC
• FQRNT
• CFI
• Industrial Contracts