Sophie LaRochelle

Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Université Laval

Canada Research Chair in Advanced Photonic Technologies for Communications (Tier 1)

Director, Center for optics, photonics and lasers

Fellow of the Optical Society of America (OSA)

Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE)

Member of Ordre des ingénieurs du Québec (OIQ)

Research Interests

• Design of few-mode and microstructured optical fibers for space division multiplexing
• Design of fiber amplifiers with exotic glasses
• Silicon photonics for high capacity communications
• Mid-infrared photonics and sensors
• Nonlinear integrated photonics