2007 Workshops

NOTE NEW TIMES! Workshops will be held on Sunday, March 25 from 3:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. and Monday, March 26 from 8:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. The workshops provide an interactive learning environment and are open to all conference registrants.

OSuA, Sunday, March 25, 3:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m., Ballroom A

100 Gpbs Ethernet Systems, Applications and Enabling Technologies, Heinz-Gunter Bach¹, Bryan Robinson², Marcus Duelk³, John D'Ambrosia⁴; ¹Heinrich-Hertz Inst., Germany, ²MIT Lincoln Labs, USA, ³Lucent Technologies, USA, ⁴Force10 Networks, Inc., USA
Heinz-Gunter Bach: Heinz-Gunter.Bach@hhi.fraunhofer.de
John D’Ambrosia: jdambrosia@force10networks.com
Marcus Duelk: duelk@lucent.com
Bryan Robinson: brobinson@ll.mit.edu

Focus on 100 Gb/s Ethernet is growing. The applications and architectures driving the need for 100 GbE will be defined, and used to outline the challenges that will need to be overcome. High speed electrical and optical components and transmission technologies are being explored, and updates will be provided. The question of serial versus parallel transmission schemes will be considered. Finally, recent standards activity and challenges of implementing systems to address 100GbE will be explored. The last part of the workshop will include a panel session with the audience discussing the hurdles that must be overcome to develop 100 GbE.

OSuB, Sunday, March 25, 4:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m., Ballroom B

Optical Amplifiers for Reconfigurable Dynamic Networks, Martin Birk¹, Atul Srivastava²; ¹AT&T Labs - Res., USA, ²OneTerabit, USA
Martin Birk: mbirk@research.att.com
Atul Srivastava: atul.srivastava@oneterabit.com

Optical amplifiers are vital components of reconfigurable dynamic networks using remotely reconfigurable optical add-drop multiplexers (ROADMs). Service providers can reduce per-wavelength cost by providing express channels through ROADM nodes, with longer reach between regeneration sites. Panelists address the critical challenges and potential solutions for application of EDFA’s in dynamic networks. Topics include:

• Transients in reconfigurable networks,
• Tighter control requirements on power of channels due to limits posed by nonlinear effects and OSNR in longer-reach systems
  
• Static and dynamic spectral tilt compensation due to Raman effect
  
• Gain error due to spectral hole burning
  
• Polarization dependent gain/loss.
  

OSuC, Sunday, March 25, 3:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m., Ballroom C

Future Optical Networks, Chunming Qiao¹, Mike O'Mahony², Daniel Blumenthal³, Ken-ichi Kitayama⁴, Tanya Politi⁵; ¹SUNY at Buffalo, USA, ²Univ. of Essex, UK, ³Univ. of California at Santa Barbara, USA, ⁴Osaka Univ., Japan, ⁵Natl. Technical Univ. of Athens, Greece
Chunming Qiao: drqiao01@gmail.com
Mike O'Mahony: mikej@essex.ac.uk
Daniel Blumenthal: danb@ece.ucsb.edu
Ken-ichi Kitayama: kitayama@comm.eng.osaka-u.ac.jp
Tanya Politi: tpoliti@telecom.ntua.gr

Optical networking is of growing interest, but many challenges remain and debates over its applications are ongoing. This workshop will focus on visions of future optical networking architectures, technologies, and their roles and applications. It will feature invited talks from different regions to present views on (1) optical networking architectures 5-10 years from now, (2), how do we get there, i.e., what technological challenges lie ahead and (3) what are the major roles and applications of these future networks. The workshop will have a panel comprising people from government, industry, and academia to discuss and debate the above topic.

Invited Speakers include:

Technologies, Architecture and Services for the Next-Generation Core Optical Networks, Adel Saleh, DARPA/ITO, USA

Optical Networks in GENI, Paul Morton, NSF, USA

Network Transformation and the Role of Optical Networks, Andreas Gladisch, T-Systems, Germany

Terabit LAN Challenges, Osamu Ishida, NTT Labs, Japan

Optical Networks for IT, Dimitra Simeonidou, Univ. of Essex, UK

A Regional Multicasting Testbed in China, Weisheng Hu, Shanghai Jiaotong Univ., China

Photonic Service Gateways in the Japan's Lambda Utility Project, Soichiro Araki, NEC Labs, Japan

Photonics in Converged Packet Networks, Rod Alferness, Alcatel-Lucent, USA

Photonics 21- Technology Platform, Peter van Daele, Univ. of Gent, Belgium

A National Project on Photonic Network Technologies: Development of an Optical Label Switching Node Prototype, Yoshiaki Nakano, Univ. of Tokyo, Japan

Silicon Photonics for Optical Buffers and Transmitters, John Bowers, Univ. of California at Santa Barbara, USA

For more information about this workshop visit: http://www.cse.buffalo.edu/~qiao/workshop/FON2

OSuD, Sunday, March 25, 4:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m., Ballroom D

Multi-Port WSS/ROADM Technologies: Performance Comparisons, Ting Wang¹, Paul Colbourne²; ¹NEC Labs, USA, ²JDS Uniphase, Canada
Ting Wang: ting@nec-labs.com
Paul Colbourne: Paul.Colbourne@jdsu.com

Agile optical networks employing multi-port Wavelength Selective Switches are enabling unprecedented configuration and reconfiguration flexibility. There has been rapid development of WSS/ROADM technology in recent years, with numerous competing design approaches. This workshop outlines the needs of network suppliers and carriers, and compares these needs with cost and performance characteristics of various WSS/ROADM technologies. We discuss the most practical convergence point between wish lists of network suppliers and the capabilities of WSS/ROADM technologies, now and in the future. Presentations by carriers, network suppliers and WSS/ROADM suppliers are followed by a discussion period in which audience participation is encouraged.

OSuE, Sunday, March 25, 4:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m., Ballroom E

Future of Fiber Optic Sensors, Joseph Friebele; NRL, USA
Joseph Friebele: friebele@nrl.navy.mil

Fiber optic sensors have been developed over the past 30 years, and a number have been successfully commercialized and are in field applications today. New FO technologies based on silica and non-silica specialty fibers are under development, including chemical/biological sensors, sensors using microstructured fibers, nanoparticles, surface plasmons, and slow light. One issue is how to transition new sensors from the laboratory to commercial applications where they could be used to advantage. This workshop will address the present and future prospects for FO sensors, including sensor development and commercialization with talks on sensing techniques and applications, as well as emerging technologies.

OMA, Monday, March 26, 8:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m., Ballroom A

Slow Light, Scott A. Hamilton¹, Satoki Kawanishi², Alan Willner³ ¹MIT Lincoln Lab, USA, ²NTT Network Innovation Labs, Japan, ³Univ. of Southern California, USA
Scott Hamilton: shamilton@ll.mit.edu
Satoki Kawanishi: kawanishi.satoki@lab.ntt.co.jp
Alan Willner: willner@csi.usc.edu

Researchers have worked for three decades to develop fiber networks capable of transmitting more than a million-billion data bits at light speed around the globe daily. Today, the focus has shifted to developing techniques for slowing, or even stopping, light to enable ground-breaking new capabilities in multi-terabit-per-second transparent packet routing, wideband computer interconnects, unbreakable quantum cryptography, massively-parallel quantum computing, and possibly even enabling the study of relativistic physics by creating an artificial black hole in the laboratory. In this workshop, we will discuss the physics of light control, material and structural engineering used for slowing light, and next-generation system applications.

OMC, Monday, March 26, 8:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m., Ballroom D

Challenges in Meshed Optical Networks, Kathy Tse; AT&T Labs, USA
Kathy Tse: katse@att.com

This workshop will examine all aspects of planning and deploying a photonic mesh network and the enabling technologies and features that provide the value-added functionality. Participants range from Carriers that have deployed or are planning to deploy new metro/regional architectures or backbones, systems developers that provide the end-to-end solutions and critical component suppliers. Discussion will include challenges such as network planning and engineering trade-offs, timeframes for new technologies and value propositions.

OMD, Monday, March 26, 8:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m., Ballroom E

Optical and Electronic Techniques for Signal Processing in Optical Fiber Communications, John C. Cartledge¹, José Capmany², Henning Bülow³, Hideki Kamitsuna⁴; ¹Queen's Univ., Canada, ²Univ. Politecnica de Valencia, Spain, ³Alcatel Res. & Innovation, Germany, ⁴NTT Photonics Labs, Japan
John C. Cartledge: john.cartledge@queensu.ca
José Capmany: jcapmany@dcom.upv.es
Henning Bülow: henning.buelow@alcatel.de
Hideki Kamitsuna: kamituna@aecl.ntt.co.jp

Recently, there has been considerable attention focused on signal processing for optical fiber communications in both the optical and electronic domains. This has led to innovative techniques that process signals within the same domain or convert signals to and from another domain for processing. The objective of the workshop is to explore the current status and future challenges of various aspects of optical fiber communications that can be implemented using optical or electronic techniques. These include, but are not limited to, time division multiplexing and demultiplexing, clock recovery, signal regeneration, compensation for transmission impairments, microwave filtering, and analog-to-digital conversion.

Invited speakers include:

Fred Buchali, Alcatel-Lucent, Germany
Chris Doerr, Alcatel-Lucent, USA
Ken-ichi Kitayama, Osaka Univ., Japan
Sander Jansen, KDDI Labs, Japan
Masataka Nakazawa, Tohoku Univ., Japan
Jim Stimple, Agilent, USA
Jean-Claude Simon, CNRS-ENSSAT, France

OMB, Monday, March 26, 8:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m., Ballroom C

Ultra-Short Reach Interconnects, Ashok Krishnamoorthy; Sun Microsystems Inc., USA
Ashok Krishnamoorthy: Ashok.Krishnamoorthy@Sun.com

In recent years, we have witnessed the adoption of very-short reach fiber optic links (<300m) within central offices and data centers; the release of several multi-source agreements between vendors; the announcement of several single-channel and parallel fiber optic products with aggregate bandwidths ranging from 2Gbps to 40Gbps; the growing demand for Infiniband and Fiberchannel transceivers, and the emergence of a 10Gbps Ethernet standard. We have also witnessed the deployment of fiber optic data networks within automobiles. This workshop will review progress in very short reach interconnects and discuss potentials for ultra-short reach fiber optical interconnections between components within a system.

Invited Speakers include:

Marc A. Taubenblatt, IBM T.J. Watson Res. Center, USA
Alex Dickenson, Luxtera, USA
Ron Ho, Sun Microsystems, USA
Dan Blumenthal, Professor, Univ. of California at Santa Barbara, USA
Loukas Paraschis, Technical Leaders, Service Provider Group, Cisco Systems, Inc., USA
Stan Swirhun, Vice President and General Manager, Zarlink Semiconductor, USA
Mario Paniccia, Director of Photonics, Intel Corp., USA
John Lambkin, Chief Technology Officer, Firecomms, Ireland
Abhijit Shanbhag, Chief Technology Officer, Scintera Networks, USA

NFOEC WORKSHOP

NMA, Monday, March 26, 8:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m., Ballroom B

40 Gig Networks: The Actual World PMD (Polarization Mode Dispersion) Challenge, Sergio Barcelos; FiberWork Optical Communications, Brazil
Sergio Barcelos: sbarcelos@fiberwork.net

With the current move towards 40Gb/s router interfaces, DWDM transmission shall have to follow swiftly. New major long distance fiber constructions are not expected soon, thus 40Gig transmission must tolerate PMD impairments as currently seen in the field rather than as idealized in laboratory demonstrations. However, the extent of the world PMD problem has not yet been recognized as most PMD-impaired networks are still operating at low channel rates and few DWDM channels. This workshop will discuss the PMD levels of the world installed fiber plant to evaluate its compliance with 40Gig. Interested presenters should contact the organizer.

Invited Speakers include:

PMD Measurements and Standards, Richard Ednay, Optical Technology Training Ltd., United Kingdom

Cost Impact of PMD on 40G Deployment, Michel P. Belanger, Kim Roberts; Nortel Networks, Canada

40G & PMD: Market at a Crossroads, Karen Liu, Ian Redpath; Ovum-RHK, United Kingdom and USA

Techno-economic Considerations for Managing Real World Installed Fiber Plant PMD, Ross Saunders, StrataLight Communications, USA

Review of Telcordia PMD Field Measurement Results, John W. Peters, Telcordia, USA

PMD as Bottleneck Problem for the Introduction of 40Gbit/s and Future 100Gbit/s Ethernet into German WDM Backbone, Werner Weiershausen, T-Systems, Germany

PMD Measurement Experiences – United Kingdom, Richard Ednay, Optical Technology Training Ltd., United Kingdom

PMD Measurement Experiences – Portugal, Modesto de Morais, Joaquim Anacleto; Portuguese Electrotechnical Inst., Portugal

Sharing worldwide PMD tests results: are they all meeting international standards specifications?, Andre Girard¹, Dan Källgren²; ¹Exfo, Canada, ²Telia Sonera, Sweden

Nation-wide PMD audit of installed fiber networks, Elso L. Rigon, FiberWork Optical Communication, Brazil and USA