Vol. 11 No1 2013

Technical Journal of the Canadian Photonic Industry ConsortiumRevue technique du Consortium photonique de l’industrie canadienne

Making Light Work for Canada

PHOTONS

Réseau photonique du QuébecQuebec Photonic Network

The Canadian Photonic Industry ConsortiumLe Consortium photonique de l’industrie canadienne

www.photonscanada.ca

Photonics is a strategic engine for innovation and economic growth in Canada.

La photonique est un moteur stratégique pour l’innovation et la croissance au Canada.

Vision

Our mission is to assist Canadian companies to optimize operations and to improve pro�ts by facilitating and accelerating the application of photonic technologies that improve quality, productivity and pro�tability.

Notre mission est d’aider les entreprises canadiennes à optimiser leurs opérations et améliorer leurs béné�ces en facilitant et accélérant l’application des technologies photoniques qui améliorent la qualité, la productivité et la rentabilité.

Mission

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E d i t o r i a l

The Canadian Institute for Photonic Innovations (CIPI) has been very successful in bringing together the talents of Canadian researchers from universities, government and industry for the purpose of strengthe­ning Canada’s position at the forefront of photonics research and innovation. While the CIPI era has ended in March 2012, it was very important to continue the technology transfers and to maintain the momentum created by the network. The Canadian Photonic Indus­try Consortium (CPIC) was therefore created by the merger of CIPI and the Canadian Photonic Consor­tium to continue the networking activities, to stimu­late innovations in photonics, and to promote their ex­ploitation in order to generate wealth and enhance the quality of life for Canadians.

The impact of CIPI was very tremendous with the creation of new companies and the transfer of know­ledge and technologies from universities to the Canadian industry and above all, the successful colla­boration between researchers, students and the industry. CPIC has been created to continue such collaboration and the activities performed during its first year were good examples. Two workshops, one in Ottawa and one in Montreal, were held on silicon­photonics, a technology of the future. Industry representatives met with university and R&D organizations to identify the way ahead targeting the development of a Canadian capability in this domain. A workshop on photonics for ship building was held in Halifax, promoting the use of lasers in manufacturing. Finally, a workshop on photonics for automobile covering new equipment, components and fabrication processes applicable to the auto industry was held in Toronto. These activities were excellent opportunities for photonic researchers and industries to meet with end­users. As industry­led organization, CPIC continues to organize projects

which respond to the needs of the Canadian industry. The priority areas identified so far for developing col­laboration projects between industries and researchers include the integration of photonics and microelectro­nics, sensing and laser processing.

This issue of PHOTONS covers the new approach for the Canadian photonic networking organisation starting with an excellent example of collaboration program from NRC. It is well known that the addi­tion of photonic into integrated circuits is needed to increase the power of micro­electronic circuits. Based on its very strong expertise, the NRC capability in photonics and microelectronics is the center piece in the new Advanced Photonic Components collabora­tion program. This article is followed by an overview of the CIPI success story demonstrating some exam­ples of impact for the industry. The article on putting light work for Canada is a press release generated in 2012 announcing the creation of CPIC. Finally, the 2013 press release on Canadian photonics companies heading West to seize global market opportunities presents the evaluation by few industries of their participation to Photonics West, the most significant photonic trade show in America.

Enjoy the reading

Robert CorriveauPresident & Executive Director, CPIC

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É d i t o r i a l

L’Institut canadien pour les innovations en photonique (ICIP) a très bien réussi à réunir les talents des cher­cheurs canadiens des universités, du gouvernement et de l’industrie dans le but de renforcer la position canadienne à l’avant­garde de la recherche et de l’in­novation en photonique. Alors que l’ère ICIP prenait fin en mars 2012, il était très important de continuer les transferts technologiques et de maintenir l’élan créé par le réseau. Le Consortium photonique de l’industrie canadienne (CPIC) a donc été créé par la fusion de l’ICIP avec le Consortium photonique du Canada afin de poursuivre les activités de réseautage, de stimuler les innovations en photonique et de promouvoir leur exploitation afin de générer de la richesse et d’amélio­rer la qualité de vie des Canadiens.

L’impact de l’ICIP a été très considérable avec la création de nouvelles entreprises et le transfert de connaissances et de technologies entre les universités et l’industrie canadienne et, surtout, avec la collabo­ration fructueuse entre les chercheurs, les étudiants et l’industrie. Le CPIC a été créé pour poursuivre cette collaboration et les activités réalisées au cours de sa première année étaient de bons exemples. Deux ateliers, l’un à Ottawa et l’autre à Montréal, ont eu lieu sur la photonique sur silicium, une technologie de l’avenir. Les représentants de l’industrie y ont rencontré des organisations universitaires et de R & D afin d’iden­tifier la voie à suivre dans le développement d’une capacité canadienne dans ce domaine. Un atelier sur la photonique pour la construction navale a aussi été tenu à Halifax, couvrant l’utilisation des lasers dans le secteur manufacturier. Enfin, un atelier sur la pho­tonique pour l’automobile couvrant de nouveaux équipements, composants et procédés de fabrication applicables à l’industrie de l’automobile a eu lieu à Toronto.

Ces activités étaient d’excellentes occasions pour les chercheurs et les industries photoniques de faire des

liens avec les utilisateurs finaux. En tant qu’orga­nisme dirigé par l’industrie, le CPIC continuera à orga­niser des projets qui répondent aux besoins de l’indus­trie canadienne. Les domaines prioritaires identifiés à ce jour pour développer des projets de collaboration entre les industries et les chercheurs comprennent l’in­tégration de la photonique avec la microélectronique, les capteurs et le traitement par laser.

Ce numéro de PHOTONS présente la nouvelle approche pour le réseau photonique canadien en débutant par un excellent exemple de programme de collaboration du CNRC. Il est bien connu que l’ajout de la photonique dans des circuits intégrés est nécessaire afin d’aug­menter la puissance des circuits micro­électroniques. S’appuyant sur une forte expertise, la capacité du CNRC en photonique et en microélectronique est la pièce maîtresse dans ce nouveau programme de collaboration sur les composants photoniques de pointe. Cet article est suivi d’un aperçu historique du succès de l’ICIP, montrant quelques exemples de col­laboration avec impact pour l’industrie. L’article sur la lumière au service du Canada est le communiqué de presse généré en 2012 annonçant la création du CIPC. Enfin, le communiqué de presse de 2013 sur les entreprises photoniques canadiennes qui vont vers l’ouest pour saisir les opportunités du marché global présente l’évaluation par certaines industries de leur participation à Photonics West, le salon photonique le plus important en Amérique.

Bonne lecture

Robert CorriveauPrésident­Directeur exécutif, CPIC

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The NRC Advanced Photonic Components Program: Growing the Canadian Photonics Industry

Siegfried Janz National Research Council of Canada, 1200 Montreal Road, Ottawa ON, K1A 0R6, Canada

ABSTRACT – The National Research Council of Canada (NRC) has regrouped extensive resources and expertise in photonics and semiconductor technology under a new program with a mission to support and expand the photonics industry in Canada. The newly­launched Advanced Photonic Components (APC) program at NRC works with pho­tonics component companies to increase their technology offering and market share through collaborative research to develop new products, by providing facilities for prototype fabrication and testing, and by carrying out process validation runs.

1.0 INTRODUCTION

The National Research Council of Canada (NRC) is an industry­focused Research and Technology Organization (RTO) dedicated to building a more inno­vative Canadian economy. NRC works with Canadian industries to bridge technology gaps, and invests in large­scale research projects that are directed by and for Canadian business. Given the major role that tele­communications and photonics industry plays in the Canadian Economy, NRC is investing in and building its capabilities in photonic component technology under a new program with a mandate to support and expand the photonics industry in Canada.

1.1 The photonic component technology landscape

A growing fraction of the world is adopting the internet as their primary vehicle for information, entertainment, and social interaction. The information bandwidth required to support each user is also expanding rapidly with the proliferation of smart­phones, tablet computers, video streaming (YouTube, Netflix) and cloud computing. Compounded demand is pushing the global optical communications network beyond the limits of capacity; current optical network backbones worldwide are close to saturated. This need for more information­carrying capacity (bandwidth) is driving a new wave in photonic component and systems innovation. Such an upsurge in market­driven technology development is comparable in scope to the initial deployment of optical communication networks more than two decades ago.

The wave of innovation and associated turbulence in the photonics component market means opportunity, particularly for Canada. As the birthplace of telecom­munication companies like Nortel, JDS Uniphase and Mitel, Canada has always been a leading nation

in the telecommunication market. Although the busi­ness landscape has changed with market swings and globalization, Canada remains an international centre of photonics and telecom­munication expertise. Most of the world’s largest optical communications com­panies maintain research centres and large facilities in Canada. Canada is also home to many smaller photonics start­ups and suppliers. The opportunity and challenge now is for the Canadian photonics industry to capture and grow market share in this new envi­ronment of innovation, by ramping up its ability to develop, manufacture and deploy the needed optical components and systems.

1.2 Advanced Photonic Components partnership opportunities

NRC has created the Advanced Photonic Components (APC) program to meet this challenge. The APC pro­gram partners with photonics component companies, both Canadian­owned and multinational, to increase their technology offering and market share through collaborative research to develop new products, by providing facilities for prototype fabrication and testing; and by carrying out validation runs to establish fabrication process yield and reproducibility.

Collaborative research agreements are an effective way to engage NRC, particularly if considerable tech­nology development work remains to be done before a product prototype is realized. In such projects risk and project costs are shared among partners and NRC. When the technology is more mature, the role of NRC is often simply to provide testing services or proto­type assembly. In such scenarios NRC provides its facilities and services to the client on a cost­recovery basis. At any given time the NRC is engaged in many partnerships of both types. In selecting projects, the APC program gives priority to technology

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2.1 Canadian Photonics Fabrication Centre

The CPFC provides fabrication equipment and facilities that include 11,000 square feet of clean room space, more than thirty full­time fabrication staff, and a large array of equipment for III­V and silicon photonic device fabrication and processing. CPFC staff has extensive industrial experience in photonic device manufacturing, and are able to work closely with partners and clients to develop the fabrication processes for prototype produc­tion that by design can readily be transferred to large scale manufacturing.

development projects that promise the greatest impact on expanding the photonics industry in Canada.

Although working directly with industry is the most effective way to bring new technology to the market place, NRC also recognizes that leading­edge technolo­gy development can be accelerated by working with universities. Such interactions may involve producing proof­of­concept devices, or accessing specialized expertise that can be found only at universities. Such interactions often involve a third industrial partner. The guiding criterion for building such interactions is benefit to Canadian industry.

2.0 FACILITIES AND RESOURCES

2.1 Photonics at NRC

NRC has been Canada’s largest centre for non­com­petitive semiconductor and photonics device research for twenty-five years. Several Canadian photonics companies can trace their roots back to technologies developed and spun out of NRC labs. Over this time period NRC has maintained and operated extensive facilities for growing semiconductor materials and for semiconductor device fabrication, including the addi­tion in 2004 of Canadian Photonic Fabrication Centre, a state­of­the art foundry that has provided photonic device prototyping services to industry for almost ten years. NRC also operates laboratories for a full range of photonic device design and testing.

The facilities and resources that clients and partners can access through the APC program include the com­bined materials growth and fabrication capabilities of the Canadian Photonic Fabrication Centre (CPFC). This is coupled with well­equipped labs for test­ing of active and passive photonic components, and a full suite of industry standard software tools for photonic device design, performance simulation, and mask layout. The key resource of the APC pro­gram is the technical staff, almost all of whom have previous experience in commercial photonic product development in both start­up settings and large corporate research labs. NRC researchers have been deeply involved in development efforts for products ranging from lasers and photodetectors to wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) demultiplexer chips. Many are internationally recognized leaders in their fields of expertise, which include silicon photonics, high­performance laser design, and material science.

Figure 1. A electron microscope cross-section of a buried heterostructure laser. Fabrication requires many different steps including patterning followed by MOCVD overgrowth.

Figure 2 (a) Silicon photonic wires waveguides are only 220 nm thick, and are the building block for creating complex photonic integrated circuits on a silicon chip. (b) A silicon wavelength add-drop filter that is 25 µm across and is patterned by e-beam lithography.

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Within the CPFC, semiconductor heterostructures are grown by MOCVD on InP and GaAs substrates for lasers, photodetectors, and modulators. Growth capabilities include regrowth and selective area epitaxy for more complex devices such as the buried heterostructure laser in Fig. 1 and for active­passive integration. Materials growth using MBE and CBE is also available.

Lithography tools include a stepper for 3 inch wafer patterning (approx. 0.4µm feature size), and e­beam lithography for nanoscale devices with down to 10 nm dimensions. The NRC e­beam facility is of particular interest for companies seeking rapid turn­around times

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for developing products on the silicon waveguide plat­form (Fig. 2). Silicon photonics manufacturing is only carried out at few large CMOS foundries throughout the world, and turn­around times from mask submission to wafer delivery can be unacceptable for companies in the early stages of product development. The NRC e­beam lithographic system and associated fabrication resources can provide prototypes within a few weeks.

Holographic lithography facilities are also available for wafer scale grating patterning, for example in DFB laser manufacturing (see Fig. 3). The CPFC also houses a full suite of etching and dielectric deposition tools, as well as the backend processes to the support the production of active and passive integrated optical components. In addition NRC can design and deposit customized optical coatings on photonic chip facets, to achieve high and low reflectivity or facets with tai­lored spectral characteristics.

Figure 3 (a) A grating fabricated using the CPFC holographic lithography table, and (b) a cross sectional SEM view of a grating after MOCVD to form a buried grating DFB laser.

is available. Active device design capabilities include industry standard carrier dynamics simulation tools, laser design packages as well as customized in house software. APC can also provide first principles design and physical property prediction for basic material structures such as quantum, well superlattices and quantum dots. The device group has design expe­rience in components for WDM systems using both arrayed waveguide grating and echelle grating config­urations on silicon and InP. The group has also worked on active devices including thermally and electrically actuated optical switches, and designed some of the world’s highest performance buried heterostructure and DFB lasers.

The device test labs provide full­range photonic chip test capabilities. Passive device optical testing can be car­ried out at wavelengths from 1250 nm to 1700 nm using commercial device test equipment. Active device test­ing facilities include semiconductor laser test stations providing complete light­current­voltage­temperature characterization, relative intensity noise measurement and modulation response up to 20 GHz.

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The fabrication facilities are complemented by the NRC surface and interface characterization laborato­ries that provide a comprehensive capability in post­growth and post fabrication materials analysis and structural characterization of devices. Tools include scanning and transmission electron microscopy, X­ray diffraction, photoluminescence, and secondary ion mass spectroscopy. Finally, equipment is in place to carry out lifetime and reliability testing, to ensure that components produced by partners working with the APC program will meet market expectations for field reliability.

2.2 Photonic design and test

APC technical staff has extensive experience and facilities for integrated photonic device design and testing in both silicon photonics and III­V semicon­ductor platforms. Modeling assisted design using beam-propagation method (BPM), finite difference time domain (FDTD) and mode expansion methods

Figure 4 The NRC device laboratories can assess all aspects of photonic device performance. This station can acquire full L-I-V-T data for a semiconductor laser.

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2.3 Photonic technology development

NRC is working both with partners and internally to develop technology offerings in areas that have been identified as critical in the coming years. For example, the silicon photonic platform is now widely seen as the most suitable platform for multi­element photonic integrated circuits. The near term development effort is focusing on the problems of silicon chip coupling and the integration of III­V active devices on a sili­con platform. These two areas are recognized as the critical steps in manufacturing viable and cost effec­tive silicon­based photonic packages. Surface grating couplers in particular are seen as essential for practical silicon device packaging. NRC has developed a unique sub­wavelength patterning process to build grating couplers. Sub­wavelength patterning is a method for producing functional optical structures on silicon chips using two­dimensional patterning, rather than three­dimensional multi­step fabrication processes. With this approach, surface coupling gratings on silicon such as those shown in Fig. 5 are fabricated using one lithography and etch step, but can be tai­lored to provide apodized input/output bean shapes and acceptance angles. This technology is expected to realize a substantial reduction in manufacturing cost and complexity for a typical silicon photonic integrated circuit.

APC is also addressing the need for parallelism in photonic transmitters modules using a family of lasers based on a unique InAs quantum dot gain structure. The light­emitting material in these lasers consist of arrays of InAs dots a few hundred nanometers across.

Unlike any other telecommunications laser, one quan­tum dot laser can simultaneously produce a dozens of laser lines, shown in Fig. 6, each aligned to the wave­length grid of a typical optical fiber communication link. Thus one laser can replace many independent units, thereby providing the parallelism and cost reduction desperately need in shorter range datacenter and access network links.

2.3 SUMMARY

The information load carried by optical fiber is over­whelming communication networks, as result of the penetration of computers and connectedness in all aspects of our lives. The photonics technology land­scape is evolving rapidly to adapt, and as a result opportunities for innovation and capturing new market share abound. The goal of the Advanced Photonic Components Program is to support Canadian tele­communication companies meet this challenge and expand their market share by: providing opportunities for collaborative research that will mitigate product development risk; offering prototyping services; and providing validation runs to establish and optimize production ready fabrication processes.

Figure 5 Sub-wavelength patterning technology sim-plifies manufacturing of surface grating couplers on Si photonic chips, by replacing multi-level grating fabri-cation with a simple digital etch process.

Figure 6 The NRC quantum dot lasers can be designed so that one laser chip produces wavelength combs with as few as four or as many as 100 wavelength channels. The optical characteristics of each channel are suitable for use as a source for independently modulated WDM telecommunication channel.

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CIPIA Success Story

After few years of strategy discussions and meetings the CIPI network, hosted by Université Laval, be­gan its first Network Centre of Excellence (NCE) phase in 1999 with Michael Steinitz as Chair of the Board, Michel Têtu and William van Wijgaarden as co­directors. The research program was organized in five thrusts with Harold Haugen, Harry Ruda, Michel Têtu, Alain Villeneuve and William van Wijgaarden as leaders. It was a start of a tremendous successful story in Canadian photonics.

In 2002, the CIPI organization and research program were modified to focus on three main thrusts organized around applications: Materials and Devices headed by Robert Fedosejevs, Information and Telecommunica­tions headed by Réal Vallée, and Health, Environment and Security with Brian Wilson as leader. Douglas James was Chair of the Board, Ian MacDonald the President and Michel Piché the Scientific Director. A new program called Technology Exploitation and Networking (TEN) was created, with the objective of strengthening industry involvement and accelerating the exploitation of the newly developed technologies. At the same time, a student network in photonics, CIPI­S, was created under the leadership of Claudine

Allen. Other students including Yannick Lizé, Kim Samkoe, Luc Charron, Trinh Nguyen, Noah Puskas and Barry Vuong followed as President of CIPI­S. This organization has been an excellent vehicle for the students to organize training workshops and ex­changes, complementing their technical training and improving their employment skills.

CIPI activities during its second funding phase, starting in 2005, with Douglas James as Chair of the Board, Robert Corriveau as President and Robert Fedosejevs as Scientific Director were focused on the transfer of technology and knowhow to Canadian industry through three thrusts: Biophotonics headed by Brian Wilson, Frontier and Applied Photonics headed by Réal Vallée and Information and Telecom­munications headed by Paul Jessop. In 2006, the CIPI Board created the Innovative Photonic Application program which involved an end­user company, a photonic company and academic researchers with the goal of solving specific problems of importance to the end­user community through the development of new photonic technologies.

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CIPI Management Structure in 1999

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CIPI Management Structure in 2002

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the companies were either satisfied or very satisfied with their interaction with CIPI. A survey of com­panies involved in TEN and IPA projects concluded that 35% of them were expecting, within the next five years, combined revenues amounting to 60 times the total CIPI investment in these projects, demonstrating a very strong return on investment.

Through its flagship programs — Research, TEN and IPA — CIPI has succeed, evolving into an efficient and effective network with improved networking, knowledge, and technology transfer. The Network has dramatically increased the transfer of technol­ogy to industry and end­users and carried out world leading research and training of HQP in strategic ar­eas of importance to Canada. Many thanks to all CIPI researchers, officers and stakeholders. Following the sunset clause of NCE research networks, CIPI has ceased its research activities at the end of March 2012. However, the networking and collaboration in pho­tonics between researchers, industry and Government organizations continued through the newly formed Canadian Photonic Industry Consortium (CPIC) resulting from the merger of CIPI with the Canadian Photonics Consortium. Therefore, the momentum cre­ated by CIPI to foster photonics in Canadian industry is maintained, demonstrating the strategic importance of photonics for generating wealth in Canada.

CIPI has had a marked impact on the photonics R&D landscape in Canada. CIPI researchers involved in high intensity lasers prepared a CFI proposal which resulted in the creation of the Advanced Laser Light Source (ALLS), a laboratory with multiple femtosecond light sources at INRS­EMT in Varennes Quebec, which is now being used by Canadian researchers and the industry.

The CIPI research projects also resulted in the creation of fourteen new companies of which 8 are still active, 138 patents and licenses, the generation 4000 scientific publications and 220 of the 515 students who left CIPI following their training were hired by the industry. In order to reach high school students, CIPI has created the Canadian photonic kit with 8 experiments demon­strating the applications of photonics. A total of 50 kits have been distributed all over Canada to kit keepers who organize visits at local schools.

The three research pro­grams resulted in a very signifi cant involvement of Canadian industry, facilitating the transfer of technology as well as the hiring of high­ly qualified personnel (HQP) trained in proj­ects of interest to the industry. The yearly average contribution by the CIPI Affiliates grew from $1.4M at the beginning to $3,1M during the last phase of CIPI.

As outcomes of CIPI, 88% of the affiliate companies reported a positive impact on their degree of innova­tion, 77% reported a positive impact on their time to market and 72% on the ability to attract investment. Furthermore, the impact for the companies that hired students was significantly greater than the impact on the ones that did not hire students. Overall, 82% of

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Canadian Photonic KIT

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First NCE Cycle Second NCE Cycle

1998 - 2002 2002 - 2005 2005 - 2009 2009 - 2012

NCE Funding - Average per year $ 3,262,000 $ 3,262,000 $ 4,243,000 $ 4,243,000

Affiliate Cash Contribution- Average per year $ 246,000 $ 254,000 $ 495,000 $ 603,000

Affiliate Inkind Contribution - Average per year $ 1,170,000 $ 1,851,000 $ 2,031,000 $ 2,523,000

Number of Partners - Average per year49 71 85 111

Number of Industry - Average per year 22 32 49 71

Number of Patents/Licenses 10 15 43 70

Number of Spin-Offs 2 3 4 5

Post Network Employment- overall 148 143 142 82

Post Network Employment- % working in industry 59% 24% 44% 48%

Number of Researchers - Average per year 54 67 107 109

Number of Research Assistants and Post-Doctorate Fellows - Average per year

34 34 39 34

Number of Graduate Students Trained - Average per year 173 218 210 126

Number of Theses Completed 91 105 158 63

Number of Refereed Publications 514 749 1072 617

Key Outcomes from the CIPI Research program

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Projects Industry and Impact

IR Picosecond Lasers and Novel Ultrafast Laser techno­logy (University of Toronto) and Ultrafast Lasers for ablation of Tissue (McGill University)

Attodyne (Toronto, ON) Ultra-fast fibre lasers for manufacturing Spin­off; now offers 2 laser systems; Since 2011 hired 6 persons.

Long Wavelength laser development, Quantum Cascade laser (University of Alberta)

Boreal Laser (Edmonton, AB) Detection of Hazardous Gas New product called GasFinderPT for Hydrogene Fluo­ride monitoring, cumulative sales to date of $200k, one additional employee

Hybrid Microwires and non­linear Devices (McGill University), Bragg Filters in Multi­mode Fibers (Université Laval), Laser Induced Cooling (École Polytechnique Montreal)

CorActive Hightech (Quebec, QC) Novel types of Optical Fibres Projects have contributed to the development of the laser platform called CoraLight and to the development of fibres for the laser marking market. Sales of few Millions per year.

Anti-Reflection Coatings (Ottawa University); Fabrication of high Efficiency Solar cells (Université de Sherbrooke)

Cyrium (Ottawa, ON) More efficient and Cost-Effective Solar Energy Staff increased to > 20 by 2010, 1st Gen product general availability by Dec. 2009Penetration of Asian market in 20112nd Gen released by Dec. 2012

Continuous Monitoring of water Patogens (University of Calgary)

D-Tex (Calgary, AB) Detection of Harmful Bacteria such as Lysteria, E.Coli and Salmonella Leveraging $1M in additional investment, 2 new patents, hired 5, growing to 16 in 2014, revenues of $1M in 2013, growing to $3M in 2014

Programmable and Tunable Laser (Université Laval) and Coherent Raman Spectroscopy (Université Laval and NRC)

Genia Photonics (Montreal, QC) Novel Laser Technology New types of lasers and Services now offered, sales growing by 400% in 2011 and 300% in 2012; employment grew from 2 in 2009 to 21 in 2012

Laser Cutting system for soft tissues(Université Laval)

LaserAX (Quebec, QC) Novel Laser Cutting technology for soft material Setting­up of LaserAX, a CIPI spin­off; Demonstration at an major industrial customer site; Development of a new platform for laser cutting in an industrial environ­ment; Creation of 2 new jobs

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Projects Industry and Impact

Optical imaging platform for real­time preclinical and clinical applications (Ontario Cancer Institute, University Health Network)

Moleculight (Toronto, ON) Revolutionizing Wound Care at the Point-of-Care Company was spun out, prototype PRODIGI™ imaging device was successfully validated in over 100 patients in multiple hospitals, wound clinics and home care settings with results indicating significant benefit to patients and payers. Target launch of the first product in early 2015.

Spectrally Programmable Light Engine and MEMS based hyperspectral imaging (University of British Columbia)

OneLight (Vancouver, BC) To Accelerate the Detection, Diagnosis and Treatment of Cancer New patent; Annual sales of $500k; Currently seeking financing to implement new design

Photonic Crystals as Indicators (University of Toronto)

Opalux (Toronto, ON) Turning Nature’s Canvas into Photonic Paint Work led to continued funding support of more than $1.5M to date with security division growing from 2 to 5 people in last 2 years

Fiber Laser applications of SMA Optical Fiber Modulator, Development of a bio­sensors (Université Laval)

PhasOptx (Montreal, QC) Connecting fibers and bio-sensors Development of the OptimendTM platform; proof of concept for new market, Industrial Technology centre of 6000ft2; plan 12 to 45 employees by 2014 and creation of a subsidiary called PhasOptx Telecom.

Optical frequency Standard as reference; Multi­Channel Tunable equalizer (Université Laval) Integrated Dual­Wavelength Source, Narrow Linewidth lasers, Vibration Monitoring (Ottawa university); Low­cost coupling (Université de Sherbrooke)

TeraXion (Quebec, QC) Innovating at speed of Light CIPI projects where TeraXion has been involved have greatly contributed to enhance our products portfolio and create new market opportunities. Today, tunable chromatic dispersion compensators are a 50M$ market and TeraXion has become the leader. Low­cost cou­pling to silicon waveguide is a key aspect of our future technology platform opening a new market opportunity of more than 300M$.

Live Animal Imaging Active Stabilization Unit (Université Laval)

WDI, Wise Devices Inc. (Markham, ON)Real Time Image Stabilization for Live Animal Imaging Now offer a new product called Live Animal Stabilization Sensor (LASS); Expect sales of $75k in 2013 and $150k in 2014

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Putting Light to Work for Canada

New Canadian Photonic Industry Consortium (CPIC) Aims to Help Companies Acquire New Customers, Investment, and Share

of the $330 Billion Global Photonics Market

MONTREAL, Quebec; June 7, 2012 – In the heart of Montreal, the global photonics community convened for Photonics North, the international conference on the application of photonic technology, and celebrated the official launch of the new Canadian Photonic Industry Consortium (CPIC). Following a merger of the Canadian Institute for Photonic Innovations (CIPI) and Canadian Photonic Consortium (CPC), CPIC com­bines the strengths of these organizations to further increase the competitiveness of Canada’s photonics industry. By connecting photonics companies to new knowledge, investment and end­customers, CPIC aims to accelerate the application and adoption of Canadian photonic technologies across all sectors of the global economy. This promises to help increase the productivity and profitability of these firms, and create new opportunities to exploit the $330 billion global photonics market.

Officially established in April 2012 with leadership from industry, CPIC brings together 10 inaugural member organizations across Canada. These include small to medium-sized firms that develop novel pho­tonic technologies; multinational corporations that can put these innovations to work; and research centres that support photonics R&D and commercialization. These organizations have fostered different types of photonics expertise and span several end­user sectors.

CPIC will address the specific needs of Canadian pho­tonics companies, including access to financing, new technologies, talent and commercial opportunities. As a first priority, CPIC will connect photonic firms to prospective customers in communications; energy and lighting; life sciences and health care; defence and

security; transport; and manufacturing. To kick start this activity, the consortium is currently planning ini­tial workshops such as Photonics for Shipbuilding to be hosted in Halifax, Nova Scotia and Vancouver, BC in October, 2012. CPIC will also help photonics innovators tap into research funding opportunities with the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC).

CPIC is undertaking a critical mandate as Canada’s photonics industry plays an essential role in the national economy. Comprised of 450 firms that col­lectively employ more than 20,300 highly skilled people, the photonics sector generated $4.4 billion in sales in 2008. Over the last four years, 74 percent of these firms reported revenue growth while 65 percent of companies reported an increase in the number of employees. Moreover, the global photonics sector represents a wealth of opportunity for Canadian firms with a glo bal market with an estimated value of $330 billion in 2008.

The consortium aims to grow its membership by 100 percent before the end of the year to further broaden its reach and impact. In support of this goal, CPIC will also establish partnerships with interna­tional counterparts such as Photonics 21 and the European Photonics Industry Consortium (Europe); the Knowledge Transfer Networks (UK); and the International Society for Optical Engineering (US).

“CPIC aims to provide Canadian photonics companies with an edge over competitors around the world,” said Mr. Robert Corriveau, President and CEO of CPIC. “We aim to help these firms fully capitalize on every facet of our national photonics innovation system.

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This includes facilitated access to photonic knowhow and talent, prospective users in different sectors; and technological solutions that address their needs. By helping companies to navigate this landscape and build the right relationships, CPIC will drive the continued growth and success of Canada’s photonics industry.”

The oil and gas sector represents an important re­ceptor for Canadian photonic technologies, moti­vating the Petroleum Technology Alliance Canada (PTAC) to join CPIC as a member. “We are pleased to be among the inaugural members of CPIC,” said Dr. Soheil Asgarpour, President of the PTAC. “As we strive to help Canada become a global hydrocarbon energy leader, this consortium will enable us to engage photonics experts, and explore how these technologies could address some of the key challenges facing this sector. These future applications will promote greater innovation, thereby delivering benefits to technolo­gy providers and end users while helping sustainable development of Canada’s world class hydrocarbon resources.”

Dr. John Tulip, Technical Director of Boreal Laser, an Edmonton­based CPIC member company, understands how photonics can resolve critical issues in the highly competitive energy industry: “With support from the CIPI in 2010, we developed a novel laser targeted to oil and gas companies. It uses light to detect, moni­tor and measure hazardous gases, and generated the data required to guide corrective action and improve the safety of this sector. With several purchase orders in the pipeline, we now aim to broaden our market reach and build a global business. CPIC’s networking and knowledge exchange will help us to identify and establish relationships with future customers in multi­ple sectors.”

About the Canadian Photonics Industry Consortium (CPIC)

The Canadian Photonics Industry Consortium (CPIC) is an industry­led organization that aims to increase the competitiveness of Canada’s photonics sector by accelerating the application and adoption of novel Canadian photonics technologies across the econo­

my. Founded in April 2012 following a merger of the Canadian Institute for Photonic Innovations (CIPI) and the Canadian Photonic Consortium (CPC), CPIC strives to improve the productivity and profitability of Canadian photonics companies by facilitating knowledge exchange and business collaboration; linkages between university researchers, technology developers and end-users; and the identification of new domestic and international market opportuni­ties. Based in Quebec City, CPIC was founded by Mr. Robert Corriveau and ten inaugural members that span different areas of photonics expertise and end­user sectors.

Media inquiries:Sonya ShoreySenior Communications StrategistCell: 613.851.9416sonyashorey@rogers.com

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La lumière au service du Canada

Le nouveau Consortium photonique industriel du Canada (CPIC) soutiendra les compagnies qui désirent accéder à un marché mondial évalué

à quelque 330 milliards de dollars

MONTRÉAL (Québec); le 7 juin 2012 – La com­munauté mondiale de la photonique s’est assem­blée au coeur de Montréal pour Photonics North, la conférence internationale annuelle sur les applications technologiques de la photonique, et pour le lance­ment du nouveau Consortium photonique industriel du Canada (CPIC). Constitué de la fusion de l’Institut canadien pour les innovations en photonique (ICIP) et du Consortium photonique du Canada (CPC), le CPIC s’appuie sur les forces des deux organisations pour augmenter plus que jamais la compétitivité de l’industrie de la photonique au Canada. Il travaillera à exposer les entreprises du milieu de la photonique à des connaissances de pointe, à de nouvelles sources d’investissement et à des utilisateurs finaux dans le but d’accélérer l’adoption et la mise en oeuvre des technologies canadiennes de la photonique dans tous les secteurs de l’économie. Cet effort contribuera à accroître la productivité et la rentabilité de ces entre­prises et créera de nouvelles occasions d’affaires dans un marché mondial évalué à 330 milliards de dollars.

Établi officiellement en avril 2012 sous la direction de l’industrie, le CPIC rassemble à son démarrage dix orga nisations membres provenant de toutes les régions du pays. Parmi celles­ci, on retrouve des PME qui développent des technologies innovantes, des multi­nationales qui les intègrent dans leurs produits et des centres de recherche qui soutiennent la R­D et la com­mercialisation. Ces organisations ont généré une riche expertise qui couvre plusieurs secteurs d’application.

Le CPIC répondra aux besoins spécifiques des compa­gnies photoniques canadiennes, notamment l’accès à du financement, à de nouvelles technologies, à du per­sonnel hautement qualifié et à des occasions d’affaires. Comme première priorité, le CPIC établira des liens

entre des entreprises du milieu de la photonique et des clients potentiels dans le marché des communi­cations, de l’énergie, de l’éclairage, des sciences de la vie, du domaine médical, de la sécurité­défense, du transport et de l’industrie manufacturière. Le Consor­tium démarrera ses activités par la tenue d’ateliers sur le thème de la photonique en construction navale, qui auront lieu à Halifax (Nouvelle­Écosse) et à Vancouver (Colombie­Britannique) en octobre 2012. Le CPIC aidera aussi les innovateurs du milieu de la photonique à se brancher aux sources de financement offertes par le Conseil de recherches en science natu­relle et génie (CRSNG).

Au moment où la photonique occupe une place im­portante dans l’économie canadienne, le mandat du CPIC est d’autant plus critique. Ce secteur comprend 450 entreprises employant plus de 20 300 personnes hautement qualifiées. Il génère des ventes qui se sont élevées à 4,4 milliards de dollars, en 2008. Au cours des quatre dernières années, 74 pour cent de ces entre­prises ont signalé une croissance de leur revenu tandis que 65 pour cent ont rapporté une augmentation du nombre d’employés. De plus, avec un marché mondial évalué à quelque 330 milliards de dollars, les occa­sions d’affaires foisonnent.

Avant la fin de l’année, le Consortium vise une aug­mentation de ses membres de 100 pour cent afin d’accroître sa portée et son impact. En appui à cet objectif, le CPIC établira des partenariats avec des organismes similaires à l’étranger, comme Photonics 21 et le Consortium européen de l’industrie de la photonique (Europe), les réseaux Knowledge Transfer (Royaume­Uni) et la International Society for Optical Engineering (États­Unis).

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« Le CPIC souhaite fournir aux compagnies cana­diennes en photonique un avantage par rapport à leurs concurrents à travers le monde », affirme Robert Corriveau, le président et Directeur exécutif du CPIC. Nous voulons aider ces compagnies à profiter pleine­ment du système canadien d’innovation en photonique dans toutes ses facettes. Cela comprend un accès simplifié à des connaissances, à de la main-d’oeuvre spécialisée, à des clients potentiels dans divers secteurs et à des solutions technologiques qui répondent à leurs besoins. Ces nouvelles applications accéléreront les innovations chez les fournisseurs de technologie et les usagers et par le fait même faciliteront les dévelop­pements durables pour ces ressources canadiennes de classe mondiale en hydrocarbure. »

L’industrie du pétrole et des gaz dispose d’une très grande capacité réceptrice pour les technologies photoniques. C’est ce qui a poussé la Petroleum Technology Alliance Canada (PTAC) à adhérer au Consortium. « Nous sommes heureux d’être parmi les premiers membres du CPIC », déclare Soheil Asgarpour, président de PTAC. « Dans nos efforts en vue de faire du Canada un chef de file mondial de l’énergie des hydrocarbures, le Consortium nous permettra d’engager des experts et d’explorer les différents moyens d’utiliser les technologies photo­niques pour relever les défis critiques de notre secteur. Ces nouvelles applications propulseront l’innovation et la productivité à travers notre industrie et procure­ront des avantages nouveaux aux utilisateurs finaux. »

John Tulip, le directeur technique de Boreal Laser, une compagnie d’Edmonton (Alberta) membre du CPIC comprend comment la photonique est en mesure de résoudre les problèmes critiques de l’industrie de l’énergie. « Avec l’appui de l’ICIP, nous avons réussi en 2010 à développer un laser innovateur à l’intention des entreprises du secteur du pétrole et des gaz. La lumière sert à détecter, contrôler et mesurer les gaz nocifs. Les données ainsi recueillies orientent la mise en oeuvre de solutions et améliorent la sécurité. Nous avons beaucoup de commandes à remplir et cherchons maintenant à affirmer notre présence dans le marché afin d’avoir une portée internationale. Le réseautage et l’échange des connaissances favorisés par le CPIC nous aideront à définir et à établir des partenariats avec de futurs clients dans de multiples secteurs. »

Au sujet du Consortium photonique industriel du Canada (CPIC)

Le Consortium photonique industriel du Canada (CPIC) est un organisme dirigé par l’industrie qui travaille à accroître la compétitivité du secteur de la photonique au pays en accélérant la mise en oeuvre et l’adoption de technologies photoniques canadiennes à travers l’économie. Fondé en avril 2012 à la suite de la fusion de l’Institut canadien pour les innovations en photonique (ICIP) et du Consortium photonique du Canada (CPC), le CPIC vise à améliorer la pro­ductivité et la rentabilité des compagnies photoniques canadiennes en favorisant l’échange des connais­sances et le rapprochement des entreprises; les liens entre les chercheurs universitaires, les intervenants du développement technologique et les utilisateurs finaux; et la création d’occasions d’affaires tant au pays qu’à l’étranger. Basé à Québec, le CPIC a été fondé par Robert Corriveau et dix membres originaux possédant de l’expertise variée en photonique et repré­sentant différents utilisateurs finaux.

Pour informationSonya ShoreyStratège principale en communicationsCell.: 613.851.9416sonyashorey@rogers.com

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Canadian Photonics Companies Head West to Seize Global Market Opportunity

The Canadian Photonic Industry Consortium (CPIC) and Dozens of Firms Showcase

Canada’s Technology Strengths at Photonics West 2013

Québec City, Québec; April 2, 2013 – This winter, Canadian photonics companies headed west to esta­blish new customer relationships, pursue new global market opportunities and showcase Canada’s tech­nology strengths on the international stage. Together with the Canadian Photonic Industry Consortium (CPIC), a delegation of almost 50 Canadian photonics companies attended Photonics West from February 5 to 7, 2013 in San Francisco, California. Recognized as the largest and most influential photonics confe­rence, this event brought Canadian firms together with more than 20,000 prospective customers, part­ners and fellow photonics stakeholders from around the world. Photonics West 2013 stimulated many new commercial opportunities now under development by Canadian participants, helping these companies to further capitalize on the US$386 billion global photo­nics market1.

The Canadian contingent at Photonics West 2013 included small to medium-sized firms and large com­panies from Québec, Ontario, Alberta and British Columbia that design, manufacture and commercia­lize photonic-based products. Many of these firms showcased new innovations in biomedical optics; biophotonics; micro­opto­electromechanical systems (MOEMS) and micro­electromechanical systems (MEMS); photonic materials, components and de­vices; lasers; and other light­based systems. They also engaged fellow members of the global photonics community while participating in plenary sessions, technical events, short courses and various networking events.

Hosted by SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics, Photonics West attracted photonics technology developers, manufacturers, suppliers, dis­tributors and adopters from a host of industrial sectors. These include: information and communications tech­nologies (ICT), life sciences, automotive, aerospace, manufacturing, natural resources, security, energy and environment. This enabled Canadian participants to engage industry leaders in these sectors, and gather insights on key requirements and market opportuni­ties. These delegates are now actively pursuing many business development leads emerging from this event.

“Photonics West offers Canadian photonic and opto­electronic companies a proven and well­established channel to global markets,” said Robert Corriveau, President of CPIC. “The relationships established during this event often generate new commercial op­portunities and outcomes for participating firms. These include increased sales, exports and foreign revenues. It also allows our industry leaders to explore new international R&D and business partnerships; source top global R&D talent; and collectively demonstrate the superior quality of Canadian photonic products to the world.”

“I have coined the Photonics West conference ‘Photonics Best’ because it is the single most valu­able marketing event we attend all year,” said Omur Sezerman, President and CEO of OZ Optics of Ottawa. “We generate more qualified sales leads and product orders at Photonics West than any other show. This year, we met many new customers who will benefit from our fibre optic components, test equipment and sensor­based systems. Going forward, we aim to work

1. http://www.photonics21.org/download/Eric­Larkins_Photonics21­presentation_v4.pdf

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more closely with CPIC to increase Canada’s indus­try presence at Photonics West, and help firms build a stronger global photonics business.”

“Photonics West packs a world of market opportunity into a three­day event,” said Ghislain Lafrance, Vice President of Business Development for TeraXion. “As a leader in the design and manufacture of optical components and modules, we aim to meet global cus­tomers on a regular basis. At Photonics West 2013, we hosted more than 30 meetings with existing clients, and generated more than 50 new leads that we are now converting into sales. We also launched our new TPSR tunable pulse stretcher for ultra­fast optical lasers. This prompted several requests for quotations and ini­tial sales from fellow participants.”

“Photonics West is instrumental to our business devel­opment,” said Félicien Legrand, Application Scientist for Montreal-based Nüvü Caméras. “Our firm designs and manufactures high­performance, low­ light imaging cameras for biomedical applications, astro­nomy and quantum photonics. Photonics West en­ables us to engage new end­users and distributors from around the world. This year, we showcased our new high­sensitivity thermoelectric EMCCD camera, garnering significant interest from scientists and pro­fessionals. We anticipate these leads will translate into significant new revenues in the coming year.”

“Photonics West provides Canadian companies such as QGLex with direct exposure to a critical mass of prospective customers, partners and investors,” said Dr. Sergei Tchouragoulov, President and CEO of QGLex Inc. “As a company that designs and manu­factures fiber lasers and optical fiber amplifiers, we require channels to international materials processing, communications, defence and life science markets. Photonics West facilitates direct access to technology adopters in these sectors, enabling us to build a strong global sales pipeline for the coming year. This is in­valuable for a SME like QGLex.”

“Photon Control designs and manufactures preci­sion optical measurement sensors, spectrometers and other high­performance measurement tools,” said Jessica Dunn, Sales and Marketing Manager of Photon Control. “As a Vancouver-based firm, we

aim to continually promote our brand and our prod­ucts globally. Photonics West allows us to meet with existing and prospective clients in worldwide energy, semiconductor and life science markets. It also enables us to build new business at home. We are currently deve loping a new device for a BC­based organization as a result of our participation this year.”

“As pioneers in hyperspectral imaging, Photon etc. develops state­of­the­art optical and photonic instru­mentation for researchers, engineers and technicians,” said Dr. Sébastien Blais­Ouellette, President and CEO of Photon etc. “Photonics West provides a direct chan­nel to prospective clients from laboratories around the world. This year, we launched two products at the show including RIMA™, an ultra­fast hyperspectral Raman imaging system, and a novel MCT infrared camera. Based on the strong response from partici­pants, we expect to generate at least $3 million in sales as a result of this event.”

About the Canadian Photonic Industry Consortium (CPIC)

The Canadian Photonic Industry Consortium (CPIC) is an industry­led organization that aims to increase the competitiveness of Canada’s photonics sector by accelerating the application and adoption of novel Canadian photonics technologies across the economy. Founded in April 2012 following a merger of the Canadian Institute for Photonic Innovations (CIPI) and the Canadian Photonic Consortium (CPC), CPIC strives to improve the productivity and profitabili­ty of Canadian photonics companies by facilitating knowledge exchange and business collaboration; linkages between university researchers, technolo­gy developers and end-users; and the identification of new domestic and international market opportu­nities. Based in Québec City, CPIC was founded by Mr. Robert Corriveau and ten inaugural members that span different areas of photonics expertise and end­user sectors. For additional information, please visit: http://photonscanada.ca/en/

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Media inquiriesSonya ShoreySenior Communications StrategistCanadian Photonic Industry Consortium (CPIC)Cell: 613.851.9416sonyashorey@rogers.com

Dr. William Arnold, President of SPIE (left) and Mr. Robert Corriveau, President of CPIC (right) welcome Canadian companies to Photonics West 2013.

(Left to Right): Mr. Robert Corriveau, President of CPIC; Ms. Mireille Jean, President of the Québec Photonics Network (QPN); Dr. William Arnold, President of SPIE; Mr. John Zimmerman, Consul and Senior Trade Commissioner, Canadian Consulate, San Francisco, California; and Dr. Eugene Arthurs, CEO of SPIE gather in front of the CPIC exhibition booth at Photonics West 2013.

Canadian delegates engage prospective customers, partners and fellow photonics stakeholders from around the world during an exhi-bition at Photonics West 2013.

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Les entreprises photoniques canadiennes vont vers l’ouest pour saisir les opportunités du marché global

Le Consortium photonique de l’industrie canadienne et des douzaines d’entreprises présentent leur vitrine technologique à Photonics West 2013

Ville de Québec, Québec; le 2 avril 2013 – Cet hiver, les entreprises photoniques canadiennes se sont dirigé vers l’ouest pour établir de nouvelles relations clients, poursuivre de nouvelles opportunités sur le marché mondial et présenter les forces canadiennes en photo­nique sur la scène internationale. En collaboration avec le consortium photonique de l’industrie canadienne (CIPC), une délégation de près de 50 entreprises pho­toniques canadiennes ont participé à Photonics West à San Francisco, en Californie, les 5­7 février 2013. Reconnue comme la plus grande conférence et celle qui a le plus d’influence en photonique, cet événe­ment a mis en contact les entreprises canadiennes avec plus de 20.000 clients potentiels, partenaires et autres parties prenantes en photonique provenant du monde entier. Photonics West 2013 a stimulé de nom­breuses opportunités commerciales présentement en développement par les participants canadiens, aidant ces entreprises à capitaliser davantage sur le marché photonique global de $ 386 milliards de dollars1.

Le contingent canadien à Photonics West 2013 incluait de petites, moyennes et grandes entreprises du Québec, de l’Ontario, de l’Alberta et de la Colombie­Britan­nique qui conçoivent, fabriquent et commercialisent des produits basés sur la photonique. Plusieurs socié­tés ont présenté de nouvelles innovations dans les do­maines de l’optique biomédicale, la biophotonique, les systèmes micro­opto­électromécaniques (MOEMS) et microsystèmes électromécaniques (MEMS), les maté­riaux, les composants et dispositifs photoniques, les lasers, et d’autres systèmes qui utilisent la lumière. Ils se sont également impliqués avec les autres membres de la communauté photonique mondiale en participant

à des séances plénières, des événements techniques, des formations et à diverses activités de réseautage.

Organisé par SPIE, la Société internationale pour l’optique et la photonique, Photonics West a attiré les développeurs de technologie photonique, les fabricants, les fournisseurs, les distributeurs et les utilisateurs pour un large éventail de secteurs industriels. Ceci comprend l’information et les communications (TIC), les sciences de la vie, l’automobile, l’aérospatiale, la fabrication, les ressources naturelles, la sécurité, l’énergie et l’envi­ronnement. Cette conférence a permis aux participants canadiens d’engager des relations avec les chefs de file dans ces secteurs et de recueillir de l’information sur les principales exigences et opportunités du marché. Ces délégués poursuivent maintenant activement les pistes de développement commerciales qui émergent de cet événement.

« Photonics West offre aux entreprises canadiennes photoniques et optoélectroniques un accès éprouvé et bien établi au marché global », a déclaré Robert Corriveau, président du CIPC. « Les relations établies lors de cet événement génèrent souvent de nouvelles opportunités commerciales et les résultats tangibles pour les entreprises participantes. Il s’agit notamment de l’augmentation des ventes et des exportations, donc des revenus étrangers. Il permet également à nos lea­ders de l’industrie d’explorer de nouvelles avenues internationales de R & D et des partenariats d’affaires; de côtoyer des talents de haut calibre en R & D, et de démontrer collectivement aux étrangers la qualité su­périeure des produits photoniques canadiens. »

1. http://www.photonics21.org/download/Eric­Larkins_Photonics21­presentation_v4.pdf

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« J’évalue Photonics West comme étant la meil­leure conférence photonique et c’est notre événe­ment de marketing le plus important auquel nous assistons dans l’année», a déclaré Omur Sezerman, président­directeur général de OZ Optics d’Ottawa. « À Photonics West, nous générons le plus grand nombre de pistes commerciales de qualité que tout pour autre conférence. Cette année, nous avons ren­contré un bon nombre de nouveaux clients qui vont bénéficier de nos composants à fibres optiques, de nos équipements de test et de nos systèmes de capteurs. Nous planifions travailler encore plus étroitement avec le CIPC pour accroître la présence de l’industrie canadienne à Photonics West et aider les entreprises photoniques à devenir des entreprises globales. »

«Photonics West, c’est un monde de possibilités com­merciales dans un événement de trois jours», a déclaré Ghislain Lafrance, vice­président au développement commercial chez TeraXion. «En tant que chef de file dans la conception et la fabrication de composants et de modules optiques, nous cherchons à rencontrer les clients du monde entier sur une base régulière. À Photonics West 2013, nous avons organisé plus de 30 réunions avec les clients existants et avons généré plus de 50 nouvelles pistes que nous sommes main­tenant à convertir en ventes. Lors de cet événement, nous avons également lancé notre nouvelle plateforme TPSR qui modifie l’étirement d’impulsions pour les lasers optiques ultra­rapides ce qui a résulté en plu­sieurs demandes de devis et d’achat initiales par les participants. »

«Photonics West est essentiel à notre développement d’affaires», a déclaré Félicien Legrand, scientifique d’applications chez Nüvü Caméras basé à Montréal. «Notre société développe et manufacture des caméras de haute performance pour l’imagerie à faible lumi­nosité utilisées en biotechnologie, en astronomie et en fabrication. Photonics West nous permet d’identifier de nouveaux utilisateurs finaux et des distributeurs internationaux. Cette année, nous avons présenté notre nouvelle caméra thermoélectrique ultra­sensible EMCCD qui a suscité un vif intérêt chez les scien­tifiques et les professionnels du monde entier. Nous prévoyons que ces pistes vont générer des revenus significatifs au cours des 12 prochains mois. »

« Photonics West offre aux entreprises canadiennes, comme QGLex une exposition directe à une masse cri­tique de clients potentiels, de partenaires et d’investis­seurs», a déclaré le Dr Sergei Tchouragoulov, président et chef de la direction de QGLex Inc à Ottawa. « En tant qu’entreprise qui conçoit et fabrique des lasers à fibre et des amplificateurs optiques à fibre, nous avons besoin de canaux pour rejoindre les compagnies internationales qui font le traitement des matériaux et celles en communication, en défense et en sciences de la vie. Photonics West facilite l’accès direct aux organismes qui adoptent les nouvelles technologies dans ces secteurs ce qui nous permet de construire un pipeline solide de ventes mondiales pour les années à venir. Ceci est inestimable pour une PME comme la QGLex. »

« Photon­Control conçoit et fabrique des capteurs pour la mesure de précision, des débitmètres et d’autres outils de mesure à rendement élevé», a déclaré Jessica Dunn, directeur commercial et marketing de Photon Control. «En tant que jeune entreprise basée à Vancouver, nous cherchons à promouvoir notre marque et nos produits dans le monde entier. Photo­nics West nous permet de rencontrer des clients exis­tants et potentiels dans les marchés de l’énergie, de semi­conducteurs et des sciences de la vie. Cela nous permet également de développer de nouvelles affaires au Canada. Comme exemple, nous sommes en train d’élaborer un nouveau dispositif pour une organi­sation basée en Colombie­Britannique suite à notre participation au salon Photonics West de cette année. »

« En tant que pionniers de l’imagerie hyperspectrale, Photon etc développe de l’instrumentation optique et photonique à la fine pointe de la technologie pour les chercheurs, ingénieurs et techniciens», a déclaré le Dr Sébastien Blais­Ouellette, président et chef de la direction de Photon etc «Photonics West offre une voie directe vers des clients potentiels de laboratoires du monde entier. Cette année, nous avons lancé deux nouveaux produits au salon, soit RIMA ™, un sys­tème ultra­rapide d’imagerie hyperspectrale Raman et MCT, une nouvelle caméra infrarouge. Sur la base de la forte réaction des participants, nous nous attendons à générer au moins 3 millions de dollars de ventes à la suite de cet événement. »

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Demandes des médiasSonya ShoreyStratège principale en communicationsConsortium photonique de l’industrie canadienne (CPIC)Cell: 613.851.9416sonyashorey@rogers.comDr. William Arnold, Président du SPIE (à gauche) and M. Robert

Corriveau, Président du CPIC (à droite) accueillent les compagnies canadiennes à Photonics West 2013.

(de gauche à droite): M. Robert Corriveau, Président du CPIC; Mme. Mireille Jean, Présidente du Réseau photonique du Québec (RPQ); Dr. William Arnold, Président du SPIE; M. John Zimmerman, Consul et délégué commercial principal, consulat canadien, San Francisco, Californie; et Dr. Eugene Arthurs, PDG du SPIE rassemblés en face du pavillon du CPIC à Photonics West 2013.

Les délégués canadiens discutant avec leurs clients et partenaires éventuels et leurs collègues photoniques de partout dans le monde durant le salon Photonics West 2013.

Au sujet du Consortium photonique de l’industrie canadienne (CPIC)

Le Consortium photonique de l’industrie canadienne (CPIC) est un organisme dirigé par l’industrie qui vise à accroître la compétitivité de l’industrie canadienne en accélérant l’application et l’adoption des technolo­gies photoniques. Fondé en Avril 2012 à la suite d’une fusion de l’Institut canadien pour les innovations en photonique (ICIP) et le Consortium canadien photo­nique (CPC), le CPIC vise à améliorer la productivité et la rentabilité des entreprises au Canada en facilitant l’échange de connaissances et la collaboration entre les entreprises ; les liens entre les chercheurs univer­sitaires, les développeurs de technologies et les utili­sateurs finaux ; ainsi que l’identification de nouvelles opportunités de marché national et international. Basé à Québec, le CPIC a été fondé par M. Robert Cor­riveau et dix membres fondateurs qui couvrent diffé­rents domaines d’expertise de la photonique et des uti­lisateurs finaux des secteurs. Pour plus d’informations, s’il vous plaît visitez : http://photonscanada.ca.

Réseau photonique du QuébecQuebec Photonic Network

The Canadian Photonic Industry ConsortiumLe Consortium photonique de l’industrie canadienne

www.photonscanada.ca

Photonics is a strategic engine for innovation and economic growth in Canada.

La photonique est un moteur stratégique pour l’innovation et la croissance au Canada.

Vision

Our mission is to assist Canadian companies to optimize operations and to improve pro�ts by facilitating and accelerating the application of photonic technologies that improve quality, productivity and pro�tability.

Notre mission est d’aider les entreprises canadiennes à optimiser leurs opérations et améliorer leurs béné�ces en facilitant et accélérant l’application des technologies photoniques qui améliorent la qualité, la productivité et la rentabilité.

Mission

Technical Journal of the Canadian Photonic Industry ConsortiumRevue technique du Consortium photonique de l’industrie canadienne

Vol. 11 No. 1 2013

1. EdIToRIal / ÉdIToRIal

3. The NRC advanced Photonic Components Program: Growing the Canadian Photonics Industry

Siegfried Janz

7. CIPI – a Success Story

12. CIPI University partners / Partenaires universitaires de l’ICIP

13. Putting light to Work for Canada15. la lumière au service du Canada

17. Canadian Photonics Companies Head West to Seize Global Market opportunity

20. les entreprises photoniques canadiennes vont vers l’ouest pour saisir les opportunités du marché global

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