1989

Creation of the Centre d’optique, photonique et laser (COPL), the second pillar of the industry, founded by Université Laval. Its objective is to support researchers in photonics and to train graduate students in physics. Today, the COPL brings together researchers from Université Laval, but also from Polytechnique Montréal, the Université de Sherbrooke, the École de technologie supérieure, the Institut national de la recherche scientifique, McGill University, the Université du Québec à Montréal and Concordia University.