Research project title
Ultra-fast laser writing of photonic structures in materials
Education level
Master or doctorate
Director/co-director
Director: Sébastien Loranger
End of display
September 1, 2026
Areas of expertise
Primary sphere of excellence in research
Innovative Materials
Secondary sphere(s) of excellence in research
New Frontiers in Information and Communication Technologies
Unit(s) and department(s)
Department of Electrical Engineering
Conditions
- Have completed courses in optics and/or advanced electromagnetic waves and/or optoelectronics.
- Be comfortable with programming and numerical calculations.
- Having experience in optics, optoelectronics, quantum and fiber optics is a significant bonus.
If interested, please send your CV, cover letter and university transcripts. Any incomplete application will not be considered.
WARNING: Any generic application or any message claiming "self-financed" will be ignored. Your application and motivation letter must be specific to the intended project. Financial support is automatically given.
Detailed description
Ultrafast (fs) laser writing allows tunable, configurable and versatile integrated photonics. This technique can create waveguide, photonic devices and photonic cristals in any transparent dielectric materials, such as glass, cristals, etc. For instance, we have demonstrated in the past photonic devices in hardened glass used as smartphone screen, waveguides in non-linear glasses and photonic structures in flexible biocompatible substrate (PDMS). Ultrafast laser writing not only offers a large versatility in engineering, it is also a very interesting field of light-matter interactions.
Current projects (multiple collaboration possible) involves laser writing in non-linear material (for non-linear conversion schemes), writing in flexible substrate (for tunable imaging filters) and light-matter interaction in magnetic materials.
Financing possibility
A minimum financial support will be given according to the official recommended financial support of the institution.
Many possibilities of getting provincial or federal graduate scholarships for outstanding CVs.
Sébastien Loranger
Assistant Professor
