Reference number : GC-2017-Q4-00096, amendment number : , agreement type : G, recipient legal name : Bachand, Charles-Antoine (Cégep de l’Outaouais), recipient country : CA, recipient province : nan, recipient city : Quebec|Québec, recipient postal code : nan, program name english : Innovation Enhancement Grants - Entry Level, program name french : Subventions de renforcement de l'innovation - niveau d'entrée, program purpose english : Today's microelectronics industry pushes miniaturization to its limits and faces important challenges. An_x000D_
alternative is to use light to control and transfer information, like in fiber-optics telecommunication._x000D_
Nanophotonics - the science that studies the interactions of light with matter on the nanometric scale - is at the_x000D_
heart of on-chip optical devices to interface and replace traditional electronics. Nanophotonic quantum dot_x000D_
lasers and resonators are key technologies to build photonic integrated circuits. Applied research in_x000D_
nanophotonics at the Cégep de l'Outaouais will focus on adapting these technologies - initially developed for_x000D_
telecommunications applications - to biomedical instrumentation, with possible applications in photodynamic_x000D_
therapy and biosensing (parallel DNA sequencing, real-time pathogen detection, ...). This research is part of a_x000D_
global initiative at Cégep de l'Outaouais to increase its contribution to applied research, entrepreneurship, and_x000D_
specialized technical education in the Outaouais region. The inauguration of its new research and innovation_x000D_
center in the Winter 2018 will help and support collaborations with local industrial partners, a key aspect of_x000D_
this research., program purpose french : Today's microelectronics industry pushes miniaturization to its limits and faces important challenges. An_x000D_
alternative is to use light to control and transfer information, like in fiber-optics telecommunication._x000D_
Nanophotonics - the science that studies the interactions of light with matter on the nanometric scale - is at the_x000D_
heart of on-chip optical devices to interface and replace traditional electronics. Nanophotonic quantum dot_x000D_
lasers and resonators are key technologies to build photonic integrated circuits. Applied research in_x000D_
nanophotonics at the Cégep de l'Outaouais will focus on adapting these technologies - initially developed for_x000D_
telecommunications applications - to biomedical instrumentation, with possible applications in photodynamic_x000D_
therapy and biosensing (parallel DNA sequencing, real-time pathogen detection, ...). This research is part of a_x000D_
global initiative at Cégep de l'Outaouais to increase its contribution to applied research, entrepreneurship, and_x000D_
specialized technical education in the Outaouais region. The inauguration of its new research and innovation_x000D_
center in the Winter 2018 will help and support collaborations with local industrial partners, a key aspect of_x000D_
this research., agreement title english : Fabless development of nanophotonic circuits and devices, agreement title french : Fabless development of nanophotonic circuits and devices, agreement number : CCIPE, agreement value : 200000.0, agreement start date : 2018-03-07, agreement end date : nan, description english : nan, description french : nan, expected results english : nan, expected results french : nan, additional information english : Grant or Award spanning more than one fiscal year (2017-2018 to 2019-2020)., additional information french : Subvention ou bourse octroyée s'appliquant à plus d'un exercice financier (2017-2018 à 2019-2020)., owner organization : nserc-crsng, owner organization title : Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada | Conseil de recherches en sciences naturelles et en génie du Canada