Objective This three-year long Marie Curie project is concerned with the development of a series of new devices based on long period gratings, and to their application to optical signal processing.The proposed experimental and theoretical research will allow the two university teams from INRS-EMT and the University of Pavia, to lead Canadian and European efforts in searching for low cost, high performance all-purpose optical sources.Our studies are directed toward the generation of train of pulses WITH ARBITRARILY CUSTOMIZED SHAPES, a problem of fundamental importance to several present and future applications.In particular, we propose an extremely simple geometry that will allow overcoming the limitations of both the conventional free-space based approach (limited integrated capabilities) and that based on fiber or semiconductor Bragg gratings (extremely demanding fabrication processes).Short-term research effort will be directed towards the:- Modeling of a series of devices for the realization of pulses of arbitrary shapes;- Design and fabrication of grating assisted co-directional couplers based on a novel thin film technology;- Experimental testing and analysis of the fabricated devices.This research will prepare the ground for the long-term integration of long grating based pulse shapers with semiconductor laser diodes. The resulting, compact sources could have a dramatic impact in several disciplines, such as telecommunication engineering and biomedical imaging. The simplicity of our design may well lead to the cost/performance and mass-reproducible characteristics, which are prerequisite to successful commercialization.Finally, the new knowledge generated from this project and the training associated to the different stages of this work will certainly contribute to offer a superb training to the candidate, and to enhance Europe and Canada's global competitiveness, especially in high-technology sectors. Fields of science natural scienceschemical sciencesinorganic chemistrytransition metalsengineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringsignal processingnatural sciencesphysical scienceselectromagnetism and electronicssemiconductivitynatural sciencesmathematicspure mathematicsgeometrynatural sciencesphysical sciencesopticslaser physics Keywords All-Optical Switching Fiber Optics Integrated Optics Long Period Gratings Optical Pulse Shaping Optical Signal Processing Optical Telecommunication Systems Thin Film Waveguides Programme(s) FP6-MOBILITY - Human resources and Mobility in the specific programme for research, technological development and demonstration "Structuring the European Research Area" under the Sixth Framework Programme 2002-2006 Topic(s) MOBILITY-2.2 - Marie Curie Outgoing International Fellowships (OIF) Call for proposal FP6-2005-MOBILITY-6 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme OIF - Marie Curie actions-Outgoing International Fellowships Coordinator UNIVERSITà DEGLI STUDI DI PAVIA EU contribution No data Address Corso Strada Nuova, 65 PAVIA Italy See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Participants (1) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE - à NERGIE, MATéRIAUX ET TéLéCOMMUNICATIONS Canada EU contribution No data Address 1650 boulevard Lionel Boulet VARENNES (QUéBEC) See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data
