2004 Invited and Tutorial Speakers

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Category A

Fibers and Propogation

Category B

Amplifiers and Lasers: Fiber or Waveguide

Category C

Resonant Devices and Signal Conditioning

Category D

Optical Switching and Wavelength Routing Devices

Category E

Optoelectronic Devices

Category F

Digital Transmission Systems

Category G

Subsystems, Network Elements and Analog Systems

Category H

Networks

Category I

Applications

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Category A: Fibers and Propogation

Invited

Ultra low PMD fibers by fiber spinning, FA1
Ming-Jun Li
Corning, Inc., USA

The development of hollow core waveguides for applications in telecommunications, sensors, and laser power delivery, WA3
James Harrington
Rutgers University, USA

Design and analysis of high-speed short-reach multimode optical communications systems, ThI2
Steven E. Golowich
Bell Labs, Lucent Technologies, USA

Frozen-in stresses and strains in optical fibers, TuB1
Andrew D. Yablon
OFS, USA

Ultra low loss and long length photonic crystal fiber, WI7
Katsusuke Tajima
NTT, Japan

Field measurements of PMD and state of polarization from a Tier-1 Carrier, FI1
Daniel L. Peterson
WorldCom, USA

Manufacture of plastic optical fibers, ThI1
Whitney White
OFS, USA

Practical applications of holey optical fibers, ThA1
David Richardson
University of Southampton, United Kingdom

 

Tutorial

Design and modeling of microstructure optical fiber, WA4
Steven G. Johnson, MIT, USA

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Category B: Amplifiers and Lasers, Fiber or Waveguide

Invited

New nonlinear fibers with applications to amplification, TuC3
Masashi Onishi
Sumitomo Electric Industries, Japan

Advances in diode laser pumps for Raman amplification, WB1
Naoki Tsukiji
The Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd., Japan

Potential of nanoparticle technology for next generation erbium-doped fibers, FB5
Simo Tammela
Liekki, Finland

Nonlinear amplifiers and fiber processing devices, TuK1
Kyo Inoue
NTT Basic Research Laboratories, Japan

Alternative amplifiers, ThJ3
Gerlas N. van den Hoven
Genexis, B.V., The Netherlands

Medical imaging applications of telecom sources, ThB3
Joseph A. Izatt
Duke University, USA

Transients in Raman amplifiers, WB4
Simon Chen
Onetta, USA

 

Tutorial

Fundamental of Ramen amplifiers, WJ1
Roger Stolen
Virginia Tech, USA

Category C: Resonant Devices and Signal Conditioning

Invited

Interference-based optical MEMS filters, TuD3
Olav Solgaard
Stanford University, USA

Is photonic crystal technology commercially viable?, ThR4
James Pond
Lumerical, Canada

Manufacture of high-performance fiber Bragg gratings for dipsersion compensation, ThC3
Mikhail Sumetsky
OFS Labs, USA

All-fiber devices based on tapered fibers, ThK2
Timothy A. Birks
Dept of Physics, Univ. of Bath, United Kingdom

High-speed liquid crystal devices for polarization control and analysis, TuJ5
Bharat Acharya
Bell Laboratories, Lucent Technologies, USA

Advanced MEMS devices for channelized dispersion compensation, WK4
David T. Neilson
Bell Laboratories, Lucent Technologies, USA

Recent advances in thin film filters, TuD6
Robert Sargent
OCLI, a JDS Uniphase Company, USA

 

Tutorial

Photonic crystals and their applications, ThK1
Eli Yablonovitch
UCLA Electrical Engineering Dept., USA

Category D: Optical Switching, Wavelength Separation and Planar Waveguide Device

Invited

Modular wavelength selective cross-connects, ThQ1
Dan Marom
Lucent, USA

Packaging of highly integrated PLC components, ThL1
Detlef Krabe
OpTun GmbH, Germany

Ingo Baumann
OpTun GmbH, Germany

Direct UV-written integrated optical components, FK2
Mikael Svalgaard
COM, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark

Hybrid integration of active devices on PLC, ThL4
Toshikazu Hashimoto
NTT Photonics Laboratories, Japan

Integrated circuit on-PLC integration, WC6
Shinji Mino
NTT Photonics Laboratories, Japan

Polymer waveguides for optoelectronic devices, packaging and interconnects, FK1
Garo Khanarian
Rohm and Haas, USA

Wavelength-selective switching - Architecture and technology overview, WC3
John Tomlinson
JDS Uniphase Corp., USA

 

Tutorial

Planar waveguide devices for efficient switching and wavelength routing, TuI1
Corrado Dragone
Lucent Technologies, Inc., USA

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Category E: Optoelectronic Devices

Invited

100 Gbit/s time-domain processing techniques for optical packet switching, WD1
Scott A Hamilton
MIT Lincoln Lab., USA

1.3-µm InGaAlAs directly modulated MQW RWG DFB lasers operating over 10 Gb/s and 100°C, ThD1
Koji Nakahara
Hitach Central Research Labs., Japan

Traveling electrode EA modulators toward 100Gbps, FL1
Lars Thylen
Royal Institute of Technology, Japan

High-performance semiconductor optical amplifiers, ThS1
Tony Kelly
Kamelian, UK

Intersubband all optical switches for 160Gb-1Tb/s OTDM systems, WD6
Hiroshi Ishikawa
Femtosecond Technology Association (FESTA), Japan

High-speed waveguide photodetectors, TuM1
Joe Campbell
Univ. of Texas at Austin, USA

LiNbO3 - where do we go from here?, FL3
Leon McCaughan
Univ. of Wisconsin, USA

Waveguide optical isolator integratable to LDs and SOAs, TuE5
Tetsuya Mizumoto
Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan

 

Tutorial

Ultrafast InP technologies for optical fiber communications, FD1
Osamu Wada
Kobe University, Japan

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Category F: Digital Transmission Systems

Invited

Accurate methods for calculating bit-error rates, TuN5
Curtis Menyuk UMBC, USA

Nonlinear effects in phase shift keyed transmission, ThM4
Xiang Liu
Bell Labs, Lucent Technologies, USA

Deployment of 40Gb/s systems: Technical and cost issues, ThE6
Benny Mikkelsen
Mintera Corp, USA

Digital signal processing and electronic equalization of ISI, WM6
Daniel Castagnozzi
AMCC Corp., USA

Ultra high density and long haul transmissions, ThE1
Benyuan Zhu
OFS, USA

Novel modulation coding formats in ultra-high-speed optical transmission systems, and their applications, WE5
Akira Hirano
NTT Network Innovation Labs., Japan

Polarization dependent loss and its impact in optical communications systems, WE5
Antonio Mecozzi
Univ. Degli Studi Dell'Aquila, Italy
Mark Shtaif
Tel Aviv University, Israel

Spectral hole burning in long haul transmission systems, FM3
Alexei N. Pilipetskii
Tyco Telecommunications, USA

 

Tutorial

Phase shift keyed transmission, TuF5
Alan Gnauck
Lucent Technologies, USA

P.J. Winzer
Lucent Technologies, USA

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Category G: Subsystems, Network Elements and Analog Systems

Invited

A comparison of electronic and optical packet/burst switching fabrics, WF1
Dominique Chiaroni
Alcatel, France

PMD compensation: A system perspective, ThF4
Michael Eiselt
Celion Networks, USA

PMD and chromatic disperson control for 10 and 40 Gbs systems, ThU3
Herbert Haunstein
Lucent Nuremberg, Germany

New measurement techniques to characterize high speed signals, FF5
Christophe Dorrer
Lucent Technologies, USA

All-optical regeneration and wavelength conversion, WN1
Juerg Leuthold
Lucent Technologies, USA

Electronic equalization in receivers for extended reach, TuG1
Gregory Kanter
Santel Networks, USA

Electrical PMD equalizer ICs for a 40-Gbit/s transmission, TuG4
Makoto Nakamura
NTT Photonics Laboratories, Japan

 

Tutorial

Ultra high bandwidth optical sampling oscilloscopes, TuO1
Peter Andrekson
Lehigh University, Chalmers University of Technology, USA

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Category H: Networks

Invited

Optical packet networks: Conclusions of the European DAVID project, TuQ1
Lars Dittman
COM Center, Denmark

New architectures and applications for integrated packet and optical routing equipment in metro area networks, ThV5
Filippo Bentivoglio Ravasio
Telecom Italia Lab, Italy

An overview of the Network Global Expectation Model, TuH7
Steven Korotky
Bell Laboratories, Lucent Technologies, USA

Metro optical networks: A carrier's perspective, WG3
Steve Plote
Looking Glass Networks, USA

Optical burst switching: Research and applications, FO1
Polina Bayvel
University College London, United Kingdom

Traffic grooming in mesh optical networks, ThG1
Biswanath Mukherjee
UC Davis, USA

Shared mesh restoration in optical networks, TuP3
Jean-Francois Labourdette
Tellium, USA

Multiple failure restoration in mesh optical networks, ThO1
Muriel Medard
MIT, USA

Modeling performance impairments on the transport layer of metro optical networks, WG4
Yiannis Roudas
University of Patras, Greece

 

Tutorial

Niche player or future broadband access network of choice?: What's in the cards for Fiber-to-the-Home?, WO1
Nick Frigo
AT&T Labs — Research, USA

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Category I: Applications

Invited

Government network testbeds, ThH1
Mari Maeda
NSF, USA

Optical biosensors: Applying telecommunication products to the biomedical diagnostics market, ThH5
Naresh Menon
ChromoLogic LLC, USA

Optical networking research: A European perspective, WH1
Mike O'Mahony
University of Essex, United Kingdom

NTT's deployment of FTTH services, ThW2
Hiromichi Shinohara
NTT Access Network Service Systems Labs., Japan

Key business and technical considerations in evaluating and selecting next-generation optical technology for network evolution, WP1
Steve Goeringer
Qwest, USA

Optical networking evolution in ITU-T and IETF - A reality check, FH1
Wesam Alanqar
Sprint, USA

Sprint's fiber to the home planning, ThW1
Jim McNaughton
Sprint Local Telecommunications Division,USA

Large capability contents handling over optical networks - Motion pictures on optical networks, ThH2
Kimio Oguchi
NTT Network Innovation Laboratories, Japan

Optical VPNs, FH4
Christopher Liljenstolpe
Network Strategies, Cable & Wireless, USA

Optical fiber networks and systems in India, WH6
Kumar Sivarajan
Tejas Networks, India

 

Tutorial

Network planning considerations and techniques for transport networks, WP4
Paramasiviah Harshavardhana
VPIsystems

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