Applications

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The field of photonics is huge and applications can be found in virtually all technological industries. The long list of photonic applications grows practically by the day. Drawing such an extensive list is an imagination-defying task that once accomplished would just as soon become obsolete! Who would have ventured to predict the impact of early laser experimentation on telecommunications…

The photonics industry is generally subdivided as follows:

• Avionics, 3% in the province of Québec
• Electronics, 20% in the province of Québec
• Health, 5% in the province of Québec
• Industrial process control, 18% in the province of Québec
• Instrumentation, tests and measurements, 18% in the province of Québec
• Telecom, 36% in the province of Québec

Photonic applications from QPN members:

Avionics


Electronics

• Compact hybrid glass circuits on silicon chips
• Conventional cable products and optical patchcords, pigtails, and multi fiber cables (O-M6)
• Physical Layer ICs (Agilent)
• Specialized fiber cables, cables with specialized jackets, custom terminations, high-technology assemblies, custom cables and cable harnesses (O-M6)

Health

• Bio-medical sensors & instrumentation (O/E Land)
• Capillary electrophoresis, columns & accessories (Agilent)

Industrial Process Control

• Accelerated component life-testing equipment (MPB Communications)
• Lab-on-a-Chip (Agilent)
• Optical networking components for machine vision and industrial inspection industries (Stocker-Yale)
• Specialized illumination systems for machine vision and industrial inspection industries (Stocker-Yale)

Instrumentation

• Digital multimeters, power supplies, function generators, counters (Agilent)
• RF & Microwave instruments & Systems (Agilent)
• Sensors & instrumentation for foundry services (O/E Land)

Telecom

• Carrier grade data networks (Nortel Network)
  Flat Super Raman with extra 2.5 dB of margin increase (MPBC)
• High-performance, intelligent, value-added Internet services (Nortel Network)
• Low and high power C-band, L-band and dual-band ASE sources (MPBC)
• Raman fiber lasers, C-band and L-band EDFAs (gain blocks, rack mount or benchtop units) (MPBC)
• Telecom networking products (Agilent)
• Telecom-ready Raman amplifier subsystems (MPBC)