José Azaña and Roberto Morandotti of the Institut national de la reserche scientifique (INRS) were awarded the Brockhouse Canada Prize for Interdisciplinary Research in Science and Engineering for the establishment of the Ultrahigh Speed Light Manipulation Laboratory. Azaña, a specialist in optical fiber telecommunications and ultrafast photonics, holds the Canada Research Chair in Ultrafast Photonic Signal Processing. Morandotti, specializing in nonlinear optics and micro- and nanofabrication of photonic structures, holds the Canada Research Chair in Intelligent Photonics. The award is given by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada and recognizes Canadian research teams from different disciplines that come together to engage in research that combines their skills.
