OFC/NFOEC 2007 Archive

OFC/NFOEC 2007 was a true reflection of the thriving industry that is optical communications. This year’s event showed promising new research achievements, innovative new products from the field’s leading companies and a vibrant business environment.

With 144 sessions this year and more than 600 presentations, the technical program remained the premier scientific event for fiber optics. This year’s papers focused on everything from a new transceiver that transmits and receives record-breaking amounts of high-speed data in optical form to a fiber-based light source for food detection and a transmission method that increases high-speed data transmission at 40 Gb/s from 6 kilometers to more than 6,000 kilometers, along with many more significant technical achievements. Additionally, keynote presentations from industry luminaries CC Fan, Tsinghua University, Beijing and the Chinese Institute of Communications; Nicholas Negroponte, One Laptop Per Child; and Mark Wegleitner, Verizon, drove home the importance of optical communications on an international scale.

Attracting 13,000 attendees from all over the globe, including 600 participating companies, the conference had a packed program that showcased the exciting new commercial developments within optical communications. News from exhibitors showed that companies are going public and new products are being rolled out on a regular basis. All of this development is certain to have an impact on the future of the field and OFC/NFOEC continues to provide the inside track on up-to-the-minute developments in the business of optical communications.

We can’t wait to see what next year brings and are looking forward to OFC/NFOEC 2008 from February 24 – 28 in San Diego, CA.

For access to full conference papers please visit Optics InfoBase and IEEE Xplore.