Research Equipment for Photonics Applications in the Mid-Infrared Wavelength Range of 1.5-3.4 microns

所要求的设备将用于支持麦吉尔大学的M. Rochette和L. Chen教授、<s:1>科尔理工学院的Y. A. Peter教授和拉瓦尔大学的Y. Messaddeq教授的NSERC发现项目。该设备由一个独特的光谱分析仪（OSA）组成，工作在1.5-3.4 um的中红外波长范围内。这种OSA最近才开始商业化，具有前所未有的宽光谱带宽、长波长范围、超高灵敏度和高光谱分辨率等特点。中红外OSA很容易被需要，因为该团队已经涵盖了理论背景，并拥有互补的设备，可以在中红外光源（M. Rochette）、双波段光纤激光器（L. Chen）、特种光纤表征（Y. Messaddeq）和微谐振器表征（Y. A. Peter）上进行原始和高水平的实验。在快速发展的中红外光子学领域培训HQP是至关重要的，使用这种独特的OSA将带来一系列全新的技能。作为一个小组，我们预计在短期内中红外OSA将影响14名研究生的研究（M. Rochette组6名，L. Chen组4名，Y.A. Peter组2名，Y. Messaddeq组2名）。在接下来的5年里，我们期望这项成功的拨款申请将有助于培养20多名研究生，并扩大我们在中红外光子学方面的专业知识，从而在这一研究领域获得动力。

The requested equipment will be used to support the NSERC Discovery programs of Professors M. Rochette and L. Chen at McGill University, Y. A. Peter at école Polytechnique, and Y. Messaddeq at Laval University. The equipment consists of a unique optical spectrum analyzer (OSA) operating in the wavelength range of 1.5-3.4 um in the mid-infrared. This OSA has only recently become commercially available, with unprecedented features of broad spectral bandwidth, long-wavelength reach, ultrahigh sensitivity and high spectral resolution. The mid-infrared OSA is readily required as the team has covered the theoretical background and possess the complementary equipment to perform original and high level experiments on mid-infrared optical sources (M. Rochette), dual-band fiber lasers (L. Chen), specialty fiber characterization (Y. Messaddeq), and micro-resonators characterization (Y. A. Peter). Training HQP in the quickly evolving field of mid-infrared photonics is of prime importance and the use of this unique OSA will bring an entirely new range of skillsets. As a group, we expect in a short term that the mid-infrared OSA will impact the research of 14 graduate students (6 in M. Rochette’s group, 4 in L. Chen’s group, 2 in Y.A. Peter’s group, and 2 in Y. Messaddeq’s group). In the next 5 years, we expect that in itself, this successful grant application will contribute to the training of more than 20 graduate students in addition to expanding our expertise in mid-infrared photonics and thus gain momentum in this research area.