Reference number : GC-2017-Q1-00583, amendment number : , agreement type : G, recipient legal name : Ung, Bora (École de technologie supérieure), recipient country : CA, recipient province : nan, recipient city : Quebec|Québec, recipient postal code : nan, program name english : Idea to Innovation, program name french : De l'idée à l'innovation, program purpose english : There is a burgeoning transformation in the optics & photonics world driven by old and new applications that benefit from a beam of light with the shape of an annular ring. Current methods of generating and delivering such annular beams mostly rely on a complex arrangement of maintenance-intensive and bulky optical components that inhibits industrial adoption. To address this issue, a novel type of optical fiber called "annular-core photonic crystal fiber" (AC-PCF) has been developed. The AC-PCF allows the efficient generation and delivery of singularly annular beams at all input wavelengths - a unique feature - in a simple, flexible, compact and cost-effective manner. The AC-PCF is thus uniquely tailored to deliver high-quality annular beams over a very wide bandwidth and for a variety of applications. In this project, we focus on three rapidly growing segments of the optics & photonics industry that can immediately benefit from the AC-PCF: laser material processing, light beam shaping and super-resolution microscopy. With the collaboration of three leading photonic industrials, we propose in this project to fabricate, test and validate the commercial potential of this fiber-optic technology within fiber-laser material processing and high-resolution fiber-optic microscopy scenarios, in particular. A commercialization strategy is also outlined for the intellectual protection of the technology and its eventual transfer to potential industrial end-users., program purpose french : There is a burgeoning transformation in the optics & photonics world driven by old and new applications that benefit from a beam of light with the shape of an annular ring. Current methods of generating and delivering such annular beams mostly rely on a complex arrangement of maintenance-intensive and bulky optical components that inhibits industrial adoption. To address this issue, a novel type of optical fiber called "annular-core photonic crystal fiber" (AC-PCF) has been developed. The AC-PCF allows the efficient generation and delivery of singularly annular beams at all input wavelengths - a unique feature - in a simple, flexible, compact and cost-effective manner. The AC-PCF is thus uniquely tailored to deliver high-quality annular beams over a very wide bandwidth and for a variety of applications. In this project, we focus on three rapidly growing segments of the optics & photonics industry that can immediately benefit from the AC-PCF: laser material processing, light beam shaping and super-resolution microscopy. With the collaboration of three leading photonic industrials, we propose in this project to fabricate, test and validate the commercial potential of this fiber-optic technology within fiber-laser material processing and high-resolution fiber-optic microscopy scenarios, in particular. A commercialization strategy is also outlined for the intellectual protection of the technology and its eventual transfer to potential industrial end-users., agreement title english : Annular-core photonic crystal fibers for laser material processing, beam shaping and biomedical imaging, agreement title french : Annular-core photonic crystal fibers for laser material processing, beam shaping and biomedical imaging, agreement number : I2IPJ, agreement value : 114207.0, agreement start date : 2017-04-25, 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 2018-2019), additional information french : Subvention ou bourse octroyée s'appliquant à plus d'un exercice financier. (2017-2018 à 2018-2019), 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