NRC-uOttawa Joint Centre for Extreme Photonics

The National Research Council (NRC) and the University of Ottawa (uOttawa) have a long‑standing research relationship in the field of photonics. The Joint Centre for Extreme Photonics (JCEP) team is composed of researchers whose work will lead to new technologies, patents and many other innovations.

Collaborators

Current areas of focus

  • free‑space quantum key distribution link over the city of Ottawa
  • non‑linear mixing of cylindrical vector beams in optical fibers
  • high‑sensitivity detection of terahertz radiation
  • high harmonic generation at the nanoscale
  • ultrafast electronic coherences in molecules using transient absorption and photoelectron imaging techniques
  • UV frequency combs

Research expertise

  • attosecond science
  • extreme and quantum photonics
  • high‑resolution, high‑accuracy clocks
  • nanophotonics
  • ultrafast quantum photonics

Research publications