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Title:

Hyperspectral Ultrafast Source (HYPUS)

Agreement Number:

31184-224177

Agreement Value:

$153,164.72

Agreement Date:

Jan 17, 2022 - Jul 18, 2022

Description:

NRC's Security and Disruptive Technologies (SDT) research center hosts research in the field of strong optical interactions with materials and nanostructures, with applications towards improved sensing. High-intensity femtosecond lasers are required to reach the high-field regime of light-solid interaction. Because NRC utilizes materials with widely different properties and with various length scales (nanoscopic to macroscopic), the laser system must efficiently deliver a unique combination of intense and weak fields over a wide spectral range, from deep-ultraviolet to mid-infrared frequencies, at high repetition rate (100 kHz), and with short pulses. The high repetition rate assures the high-field response of small nano- and atomic-scale materials can be adequately measured; the wide spectral coverage enables pumping and probing of material-specific resonances. In this challenge, NRC is seeking a femtosecond laser system that operates at a repetition rate of 100 kHz and that, starting from a pump laser with a center wavelength of 1.03 μm and pulse duration of 200 femtoseconds (fs), delivers a minimum of three laser outputs with pulse durations < 100 femtoseconds over wavelengths ranging from the deep-ultraviolet (450 nm) to the far infrared (10 μm). To ensure a sufficiently high intensity can be reached on the solid target, NRC requires μJ-level pulse energies for wavelengths longer than 1 μm.

Organization:

National Research Council Canada

Expected Results:

Grow Canadian companies through direct funding to support early stage, pre-commercial research and development, late stage prototypes, and to accelerate commercialization.

Location:

Varennes, Quebec, CA J3X 1P7

Reference Number:

172-2022-2023-Q1-31184-224177

Agreement Type:

Contribution

Report Type:

Grants and Contributions

Recipient Business Number:

833980030

Recipient Type:

For-profit organization

Recipient's Legal Name:

few-cycle Inc.

Research Organization:

National Research Council Canada/Conseil national de recherches Canada

Federal Riding Name:

Pierre-Boucher--Les Patriotes--Verchères

Federal Riding Number:

24014

Program:

Innovative Solutions Canada

Program Purpose:

Fuel the development and adoption of technological innovation in Canada

Coverage:

• Support the scale up and growth of Canada's innovators and entrepreneurs by having the federal government act as a first customer. • Stimuler l'expansion et la croissance des innovateurs et entrepreneurs canadiens en faisant du gouvernement fédéral le premier client des innovations canadiennes.

NAICS Code:

334512