Grant: Applied Research and Development Grants - Level 1

Fiber lasers and amplifiers are poised to replace solid-state lasers which by themselves supplanted gas lasers. This is due to fiber lasers advantages such as simpler design/compact size, flexible power delivery, high optical beam quality, high power and reliability. QGlex Inc. is a high tech company specializing in design, development and manufacturing of high power fiber lasers and amplifiers for clients in telecommunication, material processing, marking systems and sensor systems industries. In order to be competitive, keep ahead of the market and adapt to changing client needs QGLex Inc must evolve product offerings and variety. QGLex has initiated cooperation with the team at Algonquin to develop and prototype a family of novel high power, polarization maintaining (PM) fiber optical amplifiers and lasers. This task requires, among others, developing efficient method/technique for splicing and integrating a variety of novel PM (double clad, micro structured etc) fibers into the company's fiber optical devices. This R&D project will faciliate the development and commercialization of new family of high power PM fiber lasers and amplifiers resulting in strengthening the company's position as an innovation and market leader in that field.