Fiber raman lasers and nonlinear frequency generation

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Fiber lasers have become the fastest-growing laser type for the last few years due to their distinctive features**such as durability, reduced on-going maintenance, power efficiency, and low cost. They have important**applications in numerous fields from communications, instrumentation, sensing, and medical surgery; in 2017,**the total fiber laser revenue worldwide is projected to be $1.41 billion. While the fiber laser market initially**focused on the 1550 nm wavelength range, there are increasing opportunities for fiber lasers in the UV, visible,**and mid-IR wavelength ranges. Such wavelengths can be obtained using all-fiber Raman lasers and nonlinear**frequency generation. This research represents a strategic collaboration between McGill University and O/E**Land Inc. that is directed at the key challenge of developing low-cost, high-power, widely tunable Raman fiber**lasers at 1650 nm as well as their nonlinear frequency conversion to obtain radiation at 800 - 850 nm as well as**400 - 425 nm. Fiber lasers at 1650 nm are of great importance chemical sensing, LIDAR, and free-space**communications, yet are not readily available from conventional doped-fiber; sources at 800 - 850 nm and 400**- 425 nm are used in biophotonics, photonic quantum information, time-resolved spectroscopy, and**fluorescence microscopy, amongst others. A successful project outcome will allow O/E Land to develop these**new laser products and address a gap in what is commercially available, add to their technology portfolio, and**give them a competitive advantage in meeting their clients' needs. Training of HQP will provide them with**opportunities to solve complex problems, perform critical analysis, and develop specific technical skills that**are highly valuable to the broad Canadian Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) sector**employers including optical component and instrumentation suppliers such as MPB Communications**(Montreal, QC), EXFO (Quebec City, QC), OZ Optics (Ottawa, ON), and Lumentum (Ottawa, ON).