Research summary
Wireless communications systems are by nature easier to intercept than wired ones—and as the world increasingly relies on them, security is ever more critical. Dr. François Blanchard, Canada Research Chair in Spatiotemporal Encryption of Terahertz Light Assisted by Computational Method, specializes in the security of high-frequency wireless communications at the physical layer, where data are exchanged.
Blanchard and his research team are combining innovative ideas in active microelectronics with the generation and detection of terahertz (THz) waves by non-linear effects in addition to deep signal processing. By developing innovative, active THz emitters, detectors and routing optic devices, they hope to pursue new, ultrafast THz sensing methods.