Prof. Sabat is an expert in optical materials, nanotechnology, and photonics. Specifically, he conducts research on measuring, understanding, and enhancing the mechanical, electrical, and optical properties of transducer-type materials to be used in functional devices and applications. His main research thrust is on the laser fabrication of optical nanostructures, microstructures and metasurfaces in photomechanical azobenzene thin films. After fabrication, these films, having customizable surface features including biomimicry, exhibit interesting plasmonic and optical properties which are well-suited for incorporation in practical devices such as diffraction gratings, electro-optical modulators, light waveguides, light-based sensors and biosensors, thin film solar cells, active optical coatings, selective spectroscopy surfaces and all types of imaging devices and applications.
For more information, see: Laboratory for Optical Materials
Recent Publications in International Journals:
Current Graduate Students
- Trevor Hopkins (MSc, RMC)
- Amanda Ales (MSc, RMC)
- Rebecca Martel (MSc, RMC)
Past Graduate Students
- Eoin Dawson (MSc, RMC, 2024)
- James Leibold (PhD, RMC, 2021)
- Yevgeniy Mikhyeyev (MSc, RMC, 2019)
- Geneviève Tadeson (MSc, RMC, 2019)
- Afshin Shahalizad Namin (PhD, Queen’s, 2019)
- Yazan Bdour (MSc, Queen’s, 2018)
- Nicholas Swanson (MSc, RMC, 2018)
- Erin Bailey (MSc, RMC, 2017)
- Wayne Karperien (MSc, RMC, 2016)
- Jimmy Zhan (MSc, Queen’s, 2016)
- James Leibold (MSc, RMC, 2015)
- Maxime Bernier-Brideau (MSc, RMC, 2014)
- Justin Jefferies (MSc, RMC, 2012)
Comments
Comments or suggestions are welcomed at: bryce.bennett@rmc-cmr.ca