Schedule by Topic Category
1. Fibers and Optical Propagation Effects
2. Amplifiers and Lasers: Fiber or Waveguide
3. Signal Measurement, Distortion Compensation Devices and Sensors
4. Switching Wavelength-Selective Filtering and Routing Devices
5. Optoelectronic Devices
6. Digital Transmission Systems
7. Transmission Subsystems and Network Elements
8. Optical Processing and Analog Subsystems
9. Networks
10. Emerging Applications and Access Solutions
Reliability and Qualifications
1. Fibers and Optical Propagation Effects
SOLD OUT SC186, Hands-on Specialty Fiber Splicing, Clyde J. Troutman; 3SAE Technologies, USA
SC208, Specialty Optical Fiber Design and Applications, David DiGiovanni; OFS Labs, USA.
SC210, Hands-on Polarization-Related Measurements Workshop, Danny Peterson1, Kent Rochford2, Ivan Lima3, Rance Fortenberry4; 1Verizon Business, USA, 2NIST, USA, 3North Dakota State Univ., USA, 4Bookham Technology PLC, USA
NEW! SC288, Fundamentals of Polarization, PMD and PDL in Lightwave Systems, Robert Jopson; Lucent Technologies/Bell Labs, USA.
2. Amplifiers and Lasers: Fiber or Waveguide
SC123, Erbium-Doped Fiber Amplifiers and Raman Fiber Amplifiers, John Zyskind; JDSU, USA.
NEW! SC290, High Power Fiber Lasers and Amplifiers, Johan Nilsson; Univ. of Southampton, UK.
3. Signal Measurement, Distortion Compensation Devices and Sensors
SC259, Electronic and Optical Impairment Mitigation, Chris Fludger; CoreOptics GmbH, Germany.
SC265, Passive Optical Components and Filtering Technologies, Bruce Nyman1, Christi Madsen2; 1Princeton Lightwave, USA, 2Texas A&M Univ., USA.
NEW! SC293, Introduction to Fiber Sensors, Michel Digonnet; Stanford Univ., USA.
4. Switching Wavelength-Selective Filtering and Routing Devices
NEW! SC292, Planar Integrated Optics, Christopher R. Doerr; Bell Labs, Lucent Technologies, USA.
5. Optoelectronic Devices
SC125, Tunable Lasers, Jens Buus; Gayton Photonics Ltd., UK.
SC175, Packaging of Optoelectronic, Photonic and MEMS Components, Paul Haugsjaa; Polycision, Inc., USA.
SC177, High-Speed Semiconductor Lasers and Modulators, John Bowers; Univ. of California at Santa Barbara, USA.
SC178, Test and Measurement of High-Speed Communications Signals, Greg D. LeCheminant; Agilent Technologies, USA.
SC215, Nanofabricated Lasers, Waveguides and Dispersive Elements, Axel Scherer; Caltech, USA.
SC267, Silicon Microphotonics: Technology Elements and the Roadmap to Implementation, Lionel Kimerling; MIT, USA.
6. Digital Transmission Systems
SC102, WDM in Long-Haul Transmission Systems, Neal S. Bergano; Tyco Telecommunications, USA.
SC184, Introduction to Modeling High Data Rate Optical Fiber Communications Systems, Curtis R. Menyuk; Univ. of Maryland, Baltimore County, USA.
SC203, 40 Gb/s Transmission Systems, Design and Design Trade-offs, Martin Birk1, Benny Mikkelsen2; 1AT&T Labs - Res., USA, 2Mintera, USA.
NEW! SC289, Basics of Optical Communication Systems and WDM, Gerd Keiser; PhotonicsComm Solutions, Inc, USA.
7. Transmission Subsystems and Network Elements
SC103, Fast Reconfigurable WDM Optical Networks, Daniel Blumenthal; Univ. of California at Santa Barbara, USA.
SC105, Modulation Formats and Receiver Concepts for Optical Transmission Systems, Peter J. Winzer, S. Chandrasekhar; Bell Labs, Lucent Technologies, USA.
SC141, Combating Degrading Effects in Non-Static and Reconfigurable WDM Systems, Alan Willner; Univ. of Southern California, USA.
SC239, Short-Reach Optical Interconnects, Brian E. Lemoff; Inst. for Scientific Res., USA.
8. Optical Processing and Analog Subsystems
SC205, Integrated Electronic Circuits for Fiber Optics, Y. K. Chen; Bell Labs, Lucent Technologies, USA.
SC266, Quantum Cryptography and Quantum, Information, Matthew S. Goodman1, Richard Hughes2; 1Telcordia Technologies, USA, 2Los Alamos Natl. Labs, USA.
9. Networks
SC114, Passive Optical Networks and FTTX, Paul W. Shumate; IEEE Lasers & Electro-Optics Society, USA.
SC171, Introduction to Optical Control Plane Standards and Technology: OIF UNI, GMPLS, G.ASON and All That!, Greg Bernstein1, Bala Rajagopalan2; 1Grotto Networking, USA, 2Intel Corp, USA.
SC176, Metro Network Architectures, Today and Tomorrow, Joseph Berthold; Ciena Corp., USA.
SC216, An Introduction to Optical Core Network Design and Planning, Jane Simmons; Monarch Network Architects, USA.
SC243, Next Generation Transport Networks: The Evolution from Circuits to Packets , Ori Gerstel; Cisco Systems, USA.
SC261, ROADM Techologies and Network Applications, Thomas Strasser; Nistica, Inc., USA.
SC264, Optical Ethernet and Data Networking for Large Enterprises, Jeffrey L. Cox; JP Morgan Chase, USA.
SC268, Hands-on Workshop on Outside Plant Splicing, Testing and Troubleshooting for FTTx Networks, Larry Johnson; Light Brigade, Inc., USA.
SC269, Outside Plant Hands-on Testing and Troubleshooting, Larry Johnson; Light Brigade, Inc., USA.
10. Emerging Applications and Access Solutions
SC101A, Hands-on Workshop on Fiber Optic Measurements and Component Testing, Lorenz Cartellieri1, Peter Schweiger2, John Kim1, Karl Merkel3, Michael Kelly4, Caroline Connolly5, Richard Buerli5; 1Experior Photonics, USA, 2Agilent Technologies, Canada, 3Agilent Technologies, USA, 4Agilent Technologies GmbH, Germany, 5OptoTest, USA.
SOLD OUT SC101B, Hands-on Workshop on Fiber Optic Measurements and Component Testing, Lorenz Cartellieri1, Peter Schweiger2, John Kim1, Karl Merkel3, Michael Kelly4, Caroline Connolly5, Richard Buerli5; 1Experior Photonics, USA, 2Agilent Technologies, Canada, 3Agilent Technologies, USA, 4Agilent Technologies GmbH, Germany, 5OptoTest, USA.
SC160, Microwave Photonics, Keith J. Williams; NRL, USA.
SC185, Hands-on Polishing, Inspection and Testing of Connectors, Phil Shoemaker1, Katsuhisa Taguchi2, Neal Wagman3; 1Light Brigade, Inc., USA, 2Seikoh Giken, USA, 3Norland Products, USA.
SOLD OUT SC187, Hands-on Basic Fiber Optics for the Absolute Beginner, Dennis Horwitz; Micronor Inc., USA.
SC217, Hybrid Fiber Radio: The Application of Photonic Links in Wireless Communications, Dalma Novak; Pharad, LLC, USA.
SC260, Biomedical Diagnostic Applications of Communications Technologies, Brett E. Bouma; Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital, USA.
SC262, Alternative Broadband Access: Wired and Wireless Technologies for the Last Mile, Paul S. Henry; AT&T Labs -- Res.., USA.
SOLD OUT NEW! SC291, Hands-On Fiber Optics For Engineers Designing For Military, Aerospace, Shipboard and Industrial Harsh Environmental Applications, Dennis Horwitz; Micronor Inc., USA.
Reliability and Qualifications
SC133, Reliability Methodologies for Fiber-Optic Components, David Maack; JDSU, USA.
NEW! SC294, Qualification Programs for Fiber Optic Components, David Maack; JDSU, USA.
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