Welcome to the McMaster Silicon Photonics Research Group
Welcome to the McMaster University Silicon Photonics Research Group (SPRG). We have retained an important presence in the field of Silicon Photonics since 2003 and our Alumni populate a range of high profile positions in both industry and academia. Our core research spans fundamental material development to device and system deployment for data-communications via integrated silicon optical circuits.
We are always interested in hearing from prospective students (both graduate and undergraduate) wishing to explore research in silicon integrated optics. We also welcome communication from potential academic and industrial collaborators, or indeed anyone interested in our work.
We are always interested in hearing from prospective students (both graduate and undergraduate) wishing to explore research in silicon integrated optics. We also welcome communication from potential academic and industrial collaborators, or indeed anyone interested in our work.
Opportunities
At this time we have filled our vacant positions for entrance in 2017. If you are interested in graduate work beginning in May or September 2018 we invite you to contact us. Potential projects are listed below, with more information at the opportunities page.
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Post-Doctoral Fellow
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Ph.D. Students
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MASc Students
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Undergraduate Student Research Assistants and EP3H04 and EP4H04 project students
We hire between 2 and 4 undergraduate summer students to work alongside the graduate students in our group. At this time we have completed our hiring for 2017, but welcome interest for summer 2018. We are also interested in hearing from McMaster Engineeering Physics students looking to carry out project work as part of the EP3H04 and EP4H04 courses. Contact Professor Knights if you are an undergraduate looking for such a position.
We hire between 2 and 4 undergraduate summer students to work alongside the graduate students in our group. At this time we have completed our hiring for 2017, but welcome interest for summer 2018. We are also interested in hearing from McMaster Engineeering Physics students looking to carry out project work as part of the EP3H04 and EP4H04 courses. Contact Professor Knights if you are an undergraduate looking for such a position.
Recent & Upcoming Events
June 2017. The Knights Group had a significant presence at the annual Photonics North conference, held this year at the Shaw Centre in Ottawa. Group members, Ross Anthony, Zhao Wang and David Hagan made oral presentations of their research. Undergraduate students Dylan Genuth-Okon and Ashley Gilbank also attended. Andy Knights is co_chair of the Photonic theory design and simulations session.
Feb 2017. McMaster Daily News announces an award of $524,500 for the Knights Group to fund a three-year NSERC sponsored project aiming to develop optical amplification for silicon photonic circuits.
Jan 2017. Andy Knights and David Hagan gave oral presentations at the annual SPIE Photonics West gathering in San Francisco in January 2017. Andy gave an invited talk on silicon modulator control; while David made a presentation on MIR-integrated optics. The associated proceedings papers are now available. Andy is co-Chair of the conference's Silicon Photonics symposium.
Oct 2016. PhD student Dixon Paez was part of the NIX sensor team which recently won the LionsLair competition in Hamilton. Dixon was an intern at NIX in 2016 and was retained by NIX on a part-time basis while he completes his PhD.
Sept 2016. Congratulations to David Hagan on the publication of his work on loss mechanisms in MIR-silicon waveguides. The work will appear in the IOP Journal of Optics in November 2016.
Aug 2016. Congratulations to Dixon Paez on the publication of his work on ultra-thin silicon PVs. This paper was published in the September 2016 edition of Thin Solid Films.
Aug 2016. Congratulations to Zhao Wang on the publication of his work on dispersion compensation using silicon micro-ring resonators. This work appears in the Aug 2016 edition of the IEEE Journal of Lightwave Technology.
Aug 2016. The group hosted the 2016 SiEPIC Actives workshop. Over 30 graduate students and engineers from Canada and USA attended this hands-on training event. We have been proud members of the SiEPIC consortium for four years. More details on SiEPIC may be found at http://siepic.ubc.ca/.
May 2016. Andy Knights gave an invited presentation at the Canadian IEEE conference in Vancouver in May 2016. The topic of the talk was the need for materials development in order for silicon photonics to keep pace with capacity demands.
Feb 2017. McMaster Daily News announces an award of $524,500 for the Knights Group to fund a three-year NSERC sponsored project aiming to develop optical amplification for silicon photonic circuits.
Jan 2017. Andy Knights and David Hagan gave oral presentations at the annual SPIE Photonics West gathering in San Francisco in January 2017. Andy gave an invited talk on silicon modulator control; while David made a presentation on MIR-integrated optics. The associated proceedings papers are now available. Andy is co-Chair of the conference's Silicon Photonics symposium.
Oct 2016. PhD student Dixon Paez was part of the NIX sensor team which recently won the LionsLair competition in Hamilton. Dixon was an intern at NIX in 2016 and was retained by NIX on a part-time basis while he completes his PhD.
Sept 2016. Congratulations to David Hagan on the publication of his work on loss mechanisms in MIR-silicon waveguides. The work will appear in the IOP Journal of Optics in November 2016.
Aug 2016. Congratulations to Dixon Paez on the publication of his work on ultra-thin silicon PVs. This paper was published in the September 2016 edition of Thin Solid Films.
Aug 2016. Congratulations to Zhao Wang on the publication of his work on dispersion compensation using silicon micro-ring resonators. This work appears in the Aug 2016 edition of the IEEE Journal of Lightwave Technology.
Aug 2016. The group hosted the 2016 SiEPIC Actives workshop. Over 30 graduate students and engineers from Canada and USA attended this hands-on training event. We have been proud members of the SiEPIC consortium for four years. More details on SiEPIC may be found at http://siepic.ubc.ca/.
May 2016. Andy Knights gave an invited presentation at the Canadian IEEE conference in Vancouver in May 2016. The topic of the talk was the need for materials development in order for silicon photonics to keep pace with capacity demands.