Photonics for devices, networks and energy

Photonics have an often unseen but crucial role to play in almost all areas of life, enabling new and advanced technologies. The University of Ottawa Nexus for Quantum Technologies (NEXQT) Institute is a world-recognized research facility in which our Faculty’s researchers are hard at work to bring you the latest developments and innovations to truly transform our present into the future.

Areas of research

Research in photonics, that which embraces the science and technology of light, is having an impact on our lives much like what has been seen in previous electronic and digital revolutions. The various applications of photonics range from communications technology (i.e. transmission of voice, video and data on light waves) to entertainment systems, and from biology (i.e. surgeons utilizing lasers in surgery) and quantum computation to environmental sensing (i.e. laser scanners reading bar codes) and green technologies (i.e. solar energy).

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Solar energy
Biophotonics
Microwave photonics
Plasmonics
Quantum photonics
Fibre optics
Optoelectronics
Optical materials

What's happening in this field?

Research and Innovation

Revolutionary breakthrough in the manufacture of photovoltaic cells at the Univ…

Another step towards miniaturization of electronic devices The University of Ottawa, together with national and international partners, has achieved a world first by manufacturing the first back-co…

Technology

Collaborating to strengthen North America’s semiconductor supply chains

Semiconductors might not be the most visible to most of us, but they play a huge role in our daily lives and are increasingly in demand. However, since the COVID pandemic, sourcing these critical elec…