Exploring the limits of glass optical fibers

探索玻璃光纤的极限

• 批准号: RGPIN-2015-05633
• 负责人: Messaddeq, Younès
• 金额: $ 3.06万
• 依托单位: Université Laval
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Discovery Grants Program - Individual
• 财政年份: 2019
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2019-01-01 至 2020-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=688468
• 关键词: Exploring; limits; glass; optical; fibers

The proposed 5-year research program relates to the exceptional discovery potential of Specialty Glass Fibers (SGF), an innovative line of research where Physics, Fiber optics, and Materials sciences converge, bringing transformative concepts, new application paradigms, and technological impact to a wide range of knowledge-users. The objective of the research program consists of the long-term study of SGFs, and of the interrelation between Materials science, Physics, and Chemistry, that imparts creativity and innovation to this line of inquiry which is at the heart of many recent high-impact research advances in telecommunications, health care, energy production, and environmental monitoring. This research program will involve the training of highly qualified personnel in the field of optics, photonics, chemistry, materials sciences, and physics, within research units that raise the standard for best practice.***Specifically, the proposed research program aims at stimulating a broad spectrum of scientific and technological outcomes from innovative glass fibers, promoting and maintaining a diversified base of high-quality research in glass science, while leveraging top Canadian research infrastructures in order to foster research excellence and to provide a stimulating environment for research training:***1- DISCOVERY RESEARCH: Research new materials, new geometries, and new functionalization in glasses and glass fibers, and explore novel challenges and potentially transformative concepts for specialty glass fibers;***2- INNOVATIVE OUTREACH: Innovate, discover new application paradigms, and create technological impact to a wide range of knowledge-users and technology-users in academia and industry, at the national and international levels;***3- EXCELLENCE PROGRAM: Support the long-term ongoing excellence research program of Canada's Excellence Research Chair in Photonic Innovations (CERC), and leverage the state of the art infrastructures already set up at Laval University for Specialty Glass Fibers research;***4- WORLD LEADERSHIP: Make Canada a world leader in glass materials research and innovative fiber technologies, and maintain world leadership through a critical mass of research excellence training for highly qualified personnel in advanced glass science and technologies.**

拟议的5年研究计划涉及特种玻璃纤维（SGF）的特殊发现潜力，这是一个创新的研究领域，物理学，光纤和材料科学融合，为广泛的知识用户带来变革性概念，新的应用范例和技术影响。该研究计划的目标包括SGF的长期研究，以及材料科学，物理学和化学之间的相互关系，为这一研究领域提供创造力和创新，这是许多最近在电信，医疗保健，能源生产和环境监测方面的高影响力研究进展的核心。该研究计划将涉及光学，光子学，化学，材料科学和物理学领域的高素质人才的培训，提高最佳实践标准的研究单位。具体而言，拟议的研究计划旨在刺激创新玻璃纤维的广泛科学和技术成果，促进和保持玻璃科学高质量研究的多元化基础，同时利用加拿大顶级研究基础设施，以促进卓越的研究并为研究培训提供激励环境：*1-发现研究：研究玻璃和玻璃纤维中的新材料、新几何形状和新功能化，探索特种玻璃纤维的新挑战和潜在变革概念;***2-创新拓展：创新，发现新的应用范例，并在国家和国际两级对学术界和工业界的广泛知识用户和技术用户产生技术影响;*3-卓越：支持加拿大光子创新卓越研究主席（CERC）的长期持续卓越研究计划，并利用拉瓦尔大学已经建立的最先进的基础设施进行特种玻璃纤维研究;*4-世界领先地位：使加拿大成为玻璃材料研究和创新纤维技术的世界领导者，并通过对先进玻璃科学和技术的高素质人才进行关键质量的卓越研究培训，保持世界领先地位。**