NSERC CREATE Training Program in Extreme Photonics

激光和光纤引发的光子学革命已经改变了我们的日常生活。最近高科技行业的低迷为加拿大的光子业提供了多元化和探索电信以外机会的机会。在光子学的科学和应用方面，培养科学家、工程师和技术人员的需求日益增长。我们提出了一个极端光子学的培训计划，这是激光科学的一个新前沿，可以将时间和空间细分到阿秒持续时间和纳米尺寸。极端光子学为下一代成像、诊断、材料加工、仪器和设备技术提供了新的机会；因此，拟议的倡议完全符合所有四个优先领域。该提案将物理学家、工程师和医学研究人员聚集在一起，创建一个综合的、多学科的极端光子学培训计划，这将是加拿大独一无二的。利用大学的光子学教授和研究人员网络，我们将在研究生阶段提供(1)2门极端光子学新课程-极端光子学和高级量子光学课程，这将是所有CREATE学生的必修课程；(2)四年级本科激光与应用跨学科课程；(3)建立期刊俱乐部，帮助学生养成阅读和评价科学文献的习惯，培养批判性思维，提高科学沟通能力；(4)科研培训岗位，鼓励科学家和工程师以博士生或pdf文件的形式进入我们的实验室，并获得新的光子技术经验；(5)邀请来自加拿大和世界各地的主要演讲者介绍光学科学、激光光源、自适应光学、量子光学/信息、纳米光子学、非线性光纤、成像和光学传感器等领域的最新进展。(6)每年举办一次暑期学校，提供密集、综合和全面的极端光子学前沿培训。

The photonics revolution, unleashed by lasers and optical fibers, has transformed our daily life. Recent downturn in High-Tech sector provided an opportunity for photonics industry in Canada to diversify and explore opportunities beyond telecommunications. There is a growing need to train scientists, engineers and technicians in the science and applications of photonics. We propose a training program in extreme photonics - a new frontier in laser science that enables sub-division of time and space to attosecond durations and nanometer dimensions. Extreme photonics fuels new opportunities for next generation imaging, diagnostic, material processing, and instrumentation and device technologies; thus the proposed initiative falls well within all of the four priority areas. The proposal brings together physicists, engineers and medical researchers to create an integrated, multidisciplinary training program in extreme photonics that will be unique in Canada. Using the university's network of professors and researchers in Photonics we will offer (1) 2 new courses in Extreme Photonics at the graduate level - Extreme photonics and Advanced quantum optics courses that will be mandatory to all CREATE students; (2) a 4th year level undergraduate cross-disciplinary course on lasers and applications; (3) a journal club to help students develop the habit of reading and evaluating the scientific literature, critical thinking and improving scientific communication skills; (4) research-training positions to encourage scientists and engineers to enter our laboratories as PhD students or PDFs and gain experience with new photonics technologies; (5) key speakers from Canada and around the world will be invited to present the latest progress in the areas of attoscience, laser light sources, adaptive optics, quantum optics/information, nanophotonics, nonlinear fiber-optics, imaging and optical sensors (6) an annual summer school that will provide intensive, integrated and comprehensive training along the frontiers of extreme photonics.