Photonics and PRO: An Overview Ryerson University March 2002

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Photonics and PROAn OverviewRyerson
UniversityMarch 2002

• Dr. G.F. Lynch
• President and CEO, Photonics Research Ontario
• Chairman, Canadian Photonics Consortium

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What is Photonics Research Ontario?

• PRO is an Ontario Centre of Excellence funded in
  part by the Ministry of Energy, Science and
  Technology .
• PRO stimulates and supports excellence in
  university research and transfers the resulting
  technology and highly skilled people to
  strengthen the Ontario photonics industry.

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The Ontario Centres of Excellence

• Materials and Manufacturing Ontario (MMO)
• Centre for Research in Environment and Space
  technology (CresTech)
• Communications and Information Technology Ontario
  (CITO)
• Photonics Research Ontario (PRO)

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The Impact of the Four OCEs

• OCE Program Investment of 32.3M p.a.
• Matched by Industry Investment of 27.5M p.a.
• 560 Current Industry Partners
• 2098 Current Researchers
• gt7000 Graduates since inception
• 12 Companies Created in 2000
• gt15 Companies Created in 2001
• gt100 Patents and protected IP in 2001
• gt5B Annual Industrial Sales (gross contribution)

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PHOTONICS

• Generation, manipulation, transmission and
  detection of light
• Critical technology enabling the trillion dollar
  world industries
• Multi-sectoral applications with no boundaries
• Markets and services that will employ millions of
  people

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TECHNOLOGY PUSH

• Photonics is the ultimate scaleable technology

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Photonics Industrial Network
Vancouver
Quebec City
Montreal
Ottawa
Southwest Ontario
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Industrial/Academic Network

• Alberta

• Calgary

• Simon Fraser

• Regina

• Mount Allison

• Manitoba

• Laval

• New Brunswick

Sherbrooke

• Dalhousie

Montreal

• Ecole Polytechnique
• McGill

Hull

• Carleton

Ottawa
Toronto

• Queens

Wilfrid Laurier

• York

Western Ontario

• McMaster

Windsor
Waterloo
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Vision To grow Ontario as the global hub in
photonics

• Mission
• To promote photonics by
• Creating new photonics knowledge and technology
• Fostering the supply of HQP at all levels
• Enhancing applications and commercialization
• Establishing regional and international
  collaborations

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Consortia Formation

• Industrial
• Photonics Clusters (OPC, OPTIC.)
• Canadian Photonics Consortium (CPC)
• Government
• Canadian Photonics Fabrication Centre (CPFC)
• Institut National dOptique (INO)
• Photonics Research Ontario (PRO)
• Academic
• Ontario Photonics Education and Training
  Association (OPETA)
• Ontario Photonics Consortium (OPC)
• Ottawa Photonics Research Alliance (OPRA)

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University Research Programs Supported by PRO

• PHOTONICS gt
• Light-Matter Interaction
• the use of lasers to manipulate matter at the
  atomic and molecular level to attain the ultimate
  limits of control by light.
• High-Intensity Laser Source Development
• development of advanced high-power lasers,
  ultra-violet and infrared for near term industry
  use and tunable short pulse for new research
  programs.
• Nano-Optics and Materials
• exploration of material properties at ultra-short
  wavelengths for enhanced photochemistry and new
  material and diagnostic technologies.
• Optical Communications, Processing and Sensors
• new concepts in laser sources and optical
  detection for telecommunications industry
  applications.

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University Research Programs Supported by PRO

• BIOPHOTONICS gt
• Clinical Therapeutics
• the application of light-induced thermal,
  chemical or mechanical alterations in cells and
  tissues to achieve specific clinical/biological
  endpoints.
• Clinical Diagnostics
• the use of light to monitor tissue function, for
  early disease detection and for monitoring
  response to treatments.
• Photonics for Biomedicine Science and
  Biotechnology
• combining available photonics technologies with
  established or evolving technologies and methods
  in molecularly-based medicine and biology and
  advancing optical imaging and spectroscopy at the
  micro scale.

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Recent Research Successes

• Photonic Bandgap Materialsnew technology
  analogy with microelectronicsgt 100M sector
• Femtosecond Laser Technologyworld's brightest
  pulse power densities micromachine "anything"gt
  100M enabling capacity in telecom/medicine
• Medical diagnosticsWorld's first demonstration
  of endoscopic Raman spectroscopy
• Medical therapeuticsnurturing of M49
  multicentre program in image-guided
  minimally-invasive therapies
• "Single Photon Transistor"Late Breaking News
  step towards quantumcomputing/encryption

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Photonics Facility

• core competences
• laser scanning microscopy, Raman spectroscopy,
  infrared thermography and microscopy, surface
  profilometry, laser beam analysis,
  opto-mechanical design, fiber Bragg grating
  fabrication
• capabilities and services
• contract research, training, prototype
  incubation, feasibility testing, equipment rental
  measurements and analyses
• customers
• large companies in aerospace and
  telecommunications,
• SMEs in manufacturing, consumer electronics,
  entertainment and transportation

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Biophotonics Facility

• core competencies
• photobiology, optical instrumentation, biomedical
  instrumentation, optical biophysics, and
  photomedicine
• capabilities and services
• contract research, consulting, collaborative
  clinical trials, incubation of spin-off
  companies, training
• customers
• physicians, hospitals, medical device
  manufacturers
• operated jointly with Ontario Cancer Institute

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Laser Micromachining Facility

• joint PRO-MMO initiative in partnership with
  University of Toronto and McMaster
• unites novel laser technologies which permit
  advancements in manufacturing capabilities
• customers manufacturing, electronics, medical
  devices, plastics, metal working, and aerospace
  sectors

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Industrial Collaborations Program

• facilitates the matching of industrial
  contributions to collaborative research projects
  of relevance to the Centre
• projects with potential for commercialization in
  1-2 years
• contribution may be in the form of direct
  financial and/or in-kind support
• University partner may be an Ontario academic or
  facility scientist
• proposals accepted throughout the year and
  evaluated by industry/academic review committee
• IP terms negotiated with industrial partner on a
  case-by-case basis

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Photonics Education/Training Pyramid
Work Force Credential
Educational Institution
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Impact

• 185 graduate students, postdoctoral fellows,
  research associates and summer students supported
  annually
• 62 students graduated, 41 hired by Ontario
  companies in 2001
• 45 research projects funded to a total of 12.5M
  over 5 years at
• 10 Ontario universities (Guelph, McMaster,
  Queen's, Royal Military College, Toronto,
  Waterloo, Western, Wilfrid Laurier, York,
  Ottawa)
• 3 research institutes (John P. Robarts Research
  Institute, Ontario Cancer Institute, Steacie
  Institute) and
• 5 hospitals (Hospital for Sick Children, Mt.
  Sinai, Princess Margaret, St. Michael's, and
  Toronto Hospital)
• 45 patents filed
• 400 contracts with industry, consultations with
  200 companies annually

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Some Successes

• Training - New 7.6M college program, in
  collaboration with Niagara and Algonquin
  Colleges, Ontario Government and industry, to
  train 115 photonics technicians and technologists
  annually
• FOX-TEK - New company in construction technology
  called smart structures founded by PRO
• BTI Photonics - Ottawa company for which PRO
  provided expertise and transferred a highly
  skilled scientist
• Trillium Photonics - Ottawa optical systems
  company receives 45M in January, 2002

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Canada is Open for International Research and
Business Partnerships

• Collaboration Agreements have been signed with
• Boston Photonics Center (Boston)
• The Institute of Optics (Rochester)
• National University of Singapore
• Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft (Germany)
• Memoranda of Understanding being developed with
• Institute of Photonics (Strathclyde)

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PRO provides the leadership and infrastructure
support to address all of these demands
Impact
Relevance
Excellence