Tutorial Speakers
1. Fibers and Optical Propagation Effects
Nonlinear Fibers and Applications, Govind Agrawal; Univ. of Rochester, USA
Dispersion Compensating Fibers: Properties and Applications, Lars Grüner-Nielsen; OFS Denmark, Denmark
2. Amplifiers and Lasers: Fiber or Waveguide
Fiber Parametric Amplifiers: Physics and Applications, Stojan Radic; Univ. of California at San Diego, USA
Silicon Photonics, Graham Reed; UK
3. Signal Measurement, Distortion Compensating Devices and Sensors
Coupled Resonator Optical Devices, Amnon Yariv; Caltech, USA
4. Switching, Wavelength-Selective Filtering and Routing Devices
High Density Integration of Functional Optical Circuits with Higher Index Difference, Brent Little; Little Optics, USA
5. Optoelectronic Devices
Recent Advances in Germanium Quantum Well Structures — A New Modulation Mechanism for Silicon-Compatible Optics, David A. B. Miller; Stanford Univ., USA
6. Digital Transmission Systems
D(Q)PSK Transmission Technologies for ULH Systems, Stuart Abbott; Tyco Telecommunications, USA
Introduction to Quantum Communications, Yoshihisa Yamamoto; Stanford Univ., USA
7. Transmission Subsystems and Network Elements
Electronic Dispersion Compensation, Henning Bülow; Alcatel SEL AG, Germany
ROADM Network Elements, Madhu Krishnaswamy; JDSU, Canada
8. Optical Processing and Analog Subsystems
SOA-Based All Optical Processing, Alistair J. Poustie; Ctr. for Integrated Photonics, UK
9. Networks
Services from a Carrier's Perspective, Stuart Elby; Verizon Communications, USA
10. Emerging Applications and Access Solutions
Service Oriented Architectures with User Controlled Light Paths, Bill St. Arnaud; Canarie Inc., Canada
NFOEC B: Network Technologies
Electronic Dispersion Compensation, Charles Laperle; Nortel, Canada