Session Overview |
Photonics Technology Entrepreneurship and Innovation - Bloc 2Room: Auditorium |
Date: Tuesday, June 05 |
15:30 |
Optonique: How the new Pole of Excellence in Optics-Photonics will help the industry
Main Author: Marie-Christine Ferland Organization: Optonique, Canada For more than two decades, policymakers and economic development specialists, like Michael Porter, have stressed the importance of encouraging and supporting industry clusters to promote economic growth and job creation. A cluster-based approach starts with the industries, like it did in Quebec, and assets that are already present in the region, optics-photonics, and regional stakeholders pursue initiatives to make those industries better. |
15:55 |
Looking for Trouble - or the art of finding markets for photonic technologies
Main Author: Sébastien Blais-Ouellette Organization: Photon etc., Canada (Invited talk). While advances in digital technology are often born of needs in the marketplace, new photonic devices and concepts are by far and away driven by advances in the scientific community. The burden then often falls on the ill-equipped researchers to look far beyond their field of expertise to find applications serving a substantial community. Finding relevant markets therefore remains a question of chance encounter as the number of problems with possible photonic solutions defies simple analysis. This talk exposes how Photon etc. employs a ‘funnel approach’ to cast a wider net, multiplying the chances for a hit when it goes Looking for Trouble. |
16:20 |
Optical Transducers: The Challenges of Technology and Business Development
Main Author: Nicholas Burgwin Organization: Fibos Inc., Canada Fibos Inc. was founded by Nicholas Burgwin and Michael Bakaic in June of 2016 with a focus on developing ultra-high temperature sensors utilizing optical sensing technology. The pursuit to change the mentality of a slow-moving industry, establish credibility and get through third-party validation has been an on-going challenge for Fibos. This talk will dive into the Fibos story, outlining how the technology has been continuously tested, validated and iterated upon, and how that common product development approach has been applied to our business development strategy. Nicholas will also speak about the strong and growing startup environment within Canada, outlining both the positives of the environment, such as government R&D support, and the areas which could use further development or support. Nicholas will conclude on the future goals of Fibos and how the company plans to design, manufacture, grow and succeed while remaining in Canada. |
16:45 |
The INO/Quebec City Entrepreneur-in-Residence Program : A summary
Main Author: Pierre Galarneau Organization: INO, Canada To be announced |
17:10 |
A Tunable Thermo-Mechanical Fiber Optic Temperature Sensor
Main Author: Hamid E Limodehi Organization: INRS-EMT, Canada In this work, we introduce an innovative thermo-mechanical based fiber optic device for thermometry. The sensor comprises an optical fiber line, with a transducer positioned along a length thereof. The optical fiber line is connected to a light transmitter at one end and a receiver at another end. The transducer is situated inside an area, of which the temperature is measured. To do so, light is transferred from the source to the receiver via the optical fiber and is modified at the transducer. The transducer is a piece of the fiber optic line, which is vertically cleaved and slightly separated in the longitudinal direction, so that, there is a small gap between the two cleaved pieces of the fiber. The sensing mechanism is based on measuring the change of transmitted light intensity due to misalignment in the gap area, created by thermal expansion of a small bi-metal blade. Highlights of our introduced fiber optic thermometer: Capable to select different dynamic range, operating as a tunable temperature sensor. Ultra-high precision sensitivity, less than 0.01 °C, due to its excellent signal-to-noise ratio. Electromagnetic noise immunity, and inert to chemical contaminations/ reactions. Ease of performance and capable of being embedded into other fiber optic-based sensing systems, such as humidity sensors. |
17:25 |
Optical Nano-key for Personalized Authentication
Main Author: Devarshi Patel Organization: Simon Fraser University, Canada The ability to uniquely identify an object or device is important for authentication. In this paper, we propose a new concept of an electronic key based on optical variable nanostructures (OVNSs). We show a simple setup involving a pixelated substrate, personalized encryption layer, simple optics and a camera. This solution to optical identification with optical nano key could be employed as a robust security measure to prevent counterfeiting |