Invited Speakers

Category A. Fibers and Optical Propagation Effects
Category B. Fiber and Waveguide-Based Devices: Amplifiers, Lasers, Sensors, and Performance Monitors
Category C. Optical Devices for Switching, Filtering, and Signal Compensation
Category D. Optoelectronic Devices
Category E. Digital Transmission Systems
Category F. Transmission Subsystems and Network Elements
Category G. Optical Processing and Analog Subsystems
Category H. Core Networks
Category I. Access Networks
Category J. Network Experiments and Non-Telecom Applications
NFOEC 1: Optical Networks and Services
NFOEC 2: Network Technologies

Category A. Fibers and Optical Propagation Effects

Next Generation Transmission Fiber for Coherent Systems, Michel Belanger; Nortel, Canada
Actively Doped Solid Core Photonic Bandgap Fiber, Jes Broeng; Crystal Fiber, Denmark
High Power Fiber Lasers and Amplifiers for Applications in Telecommunications, George H. BuAbbud; IPG Photonics Corp., USA
Ultimate Power Limits of Optical Fibers, Jay W. Dawson; Lawrence Livermore Natl. Lab, USA
Bismuth-Doped Optical Fibers, Evgeny M. Dianov; Fiber Optics Res. Ctr., RAS, Russian Federation
Nanostructured Fibers for FTTx and Beyond, Ming-Jun Li; Corning Inc., USA
Recent Progress in Tellurite Fibers, Yasutake Ohishi; Toyota Technological Inst., Japan

Category B. Fiber and Waveguide-Based Devices: Amplifiers, Lasers, Sensors and Performance Monitors

Burst-Mode Optical Amplifier, Yoshinari Awaji; NICT, Japan
Fiber Optic Technologies in Astrophotonics, Joss Bland-Hawthorn; Univ. of Sydney, Australia
New Prospects for Poled Fiber Technology in Frequency Doubling and Sensing, Simon Fleming; OFTC Sydney, Australia
Yb Fiber-Based Frequency Combs, Ingmar Hartl; IMRA America, Inc., USA
Applications of Volume Bragg Gratings in High-Power Fiber Laser Systems, Fredrik Laurell; Royal Inst. of Technology, Sweden
Advances in Semiconductor Amplifiers and Their Applications, Juerg Leuthold; Univ. of Karlsruhe, Germany
Ultra Narrow Linewidth Fiber Lasers, Yaakov Shevy; Orbits Lightwave, Inc., USA
Polychromatic Sampling for High-Speed Real-Time Processing, Andreas O. Wiberg; Univ. of California at San Diego, USA

Category C. Optical Devices for Switching, Filtering and Signal Compensation

Nano/Micro Photonics, Toshihiko Baba; Yokohama Natl. Univ., Japan
Network Requirements for WSS Filter Shape in Cascaded ROADM Networks, Fred Heismann; JDSU, USA
Silicon Integrated Waveguide Devices for Filtering and Wavelength Demultiplexing, Folkert Horst; Intl. Business Machines Corp., Zurich Res. Lab, Switzerland
Polarization Independent Optical Phase Array Switch Monolithically Integrated on InP, Yoshiaki Nakano; Univ. of Tokyo, Japan
Optical PMD Compensators, Reinhold Noe; Univ. Paderborn, Germany
Efficient Energy Coupling in Nanophotonic Devices, Motoichi Ohtsu; Univ. of Tokyo, Japan
Towards SOI DQPSK Demodulators, Lars Zimmermann; Berlin Univ. of Technology, Germany

Category D. Optoelectronic Devices

High Performance Photonic Integrated Circuits for Coherent Fiber Communication, Chris Doerr; Bell Labs, Alcatel-Lucent, USA
High-Speed EAM Integrated DFB Laser, Hideki Fukano; NTT, Japan
Beyond 10Gb/s Commerical VCSELs, James Guenter; Finisar Corp., USA
Status of InP Device Integration, Charles Joyner; Infinera, USA
High Performance "Green" VCSELs for Data Centers, Akihiko Kasukawa; Furukawa Electric Co. Ltd., Japan
Key Devices for Access 10 Gb/s WDM-PON, Christophe Kazmierski; Alcatel-Thales III-V Lab, France
The Development High-Speed OE Devices, Circuits, and Systems for Optical Interconnects, Kurata Kazuhiko; NEC, Japan
InP-Based Photonic Integration Circuits, Shinji Matsuo; NTT Photonics Labs, Japan
High Speed Electronics/Optical Circuits for 100 Gb/s Transport Networks, Michael Moeller; Univ. des Saarlandes/MICRAM Microelectronic GmbH, Germany
1060-nm VCSEL for Short Link Applications, Hideyuki Nasu; FITEL Photonics Lab, Japan
High Power and High Speed Long Wavelength (1.55um) VCSEL, M. Ortsiefer; VERTILAS GmbH, Germany
High-Speed Optical/Electrical Devices and Their Integration for Highly-Efficient 100GbE, Toshiki Sugawara; Hitachi, Ltd., Japan

Category E. Digital Transmission Systems

MLSE-Equalized Transmission, Nikola Alic; Univ. of California at San Diego, USA
56 GS/s ADC: Enabling 100GbE, Ian Dedic; Fujitsu Microelectronics Europe GmbH, UK
High Symbol Rate OFDM Transmission Technologies, Fatima C. Garcia Gunning; Tyndall Natl. Inst., Univ. College Cork, Ireland
Ultra-High Spectral Efficiency Transmission, Alan Gnauck; Bell Labs, Alcatel-Lucent, USA
Data-Aided vs. Blind Single-Carrier Coherent Receivers, Maxim Kuschnerov; Federal Armed Forces Univ., Germany
Nonlinear Polarization Effects and Mitigation in Polarization Multiplexed Transmission, Chongjin Xie; Alcatel-Lucent, USA
Advanced Coherent Modulation Formats and Algorithms: Higher-Order Multi-Level Coding for High-Capacity System Based on 100Gbps Channel, Xiang Zhou; AT&T Lab, USA

Category F. Transmission Subsystems and Network Elements

40G Deployment on 10G Infrastructure: Market Overview and Trends, Coherent Versus Conventional Technology, Jean-Paul Faure; Alcatel-Lucent France, France
Implementation Drawbacks in Real-Time Digital Signal Processing of DP-QPSK, Chris Fludger; CoreOptics GmbH, Germany
OFDM Mitigation Techniques for Fiber and System Non-Linearities, Herbert F. Haunstein; Univ. Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany
Recent Progress on Nonlinear Compensation Technique in Digital Coherent Receiver, Takeshi Hoshida; Fujitsu Labs Ltd., Japan
Towards Real-Time Implementation of Optical OFDM Transmission, Qi Yang; Bell Labs, Alcatel-Lucent, USA
Next Generation Photonic Network Elements - Multigranularity Switching and Rate Flexible Transponders, Kazushige Yonenaga; NTT Network Innovation Labs, Japan

Category G. Optical Processing and Analog Subsystems

Optical Label Processing in Optical Packet Switched Networks, Nicola Calabretta; Technical Univ. of Eindhoven, Netherlands
Optical Packet Add/Drop Systems, Dominique Chiaroni; Bell Labs, Alcatel-Lucent, France
Microwave and Terahertz Photonics, Thomas E. Darcie; Univ. of Victoria, Canada
Randomly Sampled Optical ADC, Michael L. Dennis; Applied Physics Lab, Johns Hopkins Univ., USA
Photonic Generation and Processing Technologies for Converged Ultra-High Speed Fiber-Wireless Systems, Zhensheng Jia; Telcordia Technologies, USA
Phase Modulated Optical Fiber Links with Optical Phase Lock Loop Detection, Leif A. Johansson; Univ. of California at Santa Barbara, USA
All-Optical Packet Processing Technologies, Yoshiaki Nakano; Univ. of Tokyo, Japan
Generation and Coherent Time Division Demultiplexing of up to 5.1 Tb/s Single Channel, Carsten Schmidt-Langhorst; Fraunhofer Heinrich-Hertz-Inst., Germany
Wideband Wireless over Fibre Systems, Ian White; Univ. of Cambridge, UK

Category H. Core Networks

Architectural Trade-offs for Video Transport Networks, Didier Colle; Ghent Univ., Belgium
Advanced Technologies for Next-Generation Fiber Networks, Milorad Cvijetic; NEC Corp., USA
Next Generation Transport Network Architecture, Ken-ichi Sato; Nagoya Univ., Japan
Lessons Learned from CORONET, Ann Von Lehmen; Telcordia Technologies, USA

Category I. Access Networks

RSOA-Based 10G WDM PON Using FEC and MLSE Equalizers, Akira Agata; KDDI R&D Labs Inc., Japan
Ultra-Wideband Radio over Fiber Techniques and Networks, Benoit Charbonnier; R&D Orange FT Group, France
Optical Access Solutions beyond 10GEPON/XGPON, Joerg-Peter Elbers; ADVA AG Optical, Germany
High-Speed Circuit Technology for 10Gb/s Optical Burst-Mode Transmission, Yusuke Ohtomo; NTT Microsystem Integration Lab, Japan
The Convergence of Wired and Wireless Services Delivery in Access and In-Home Networks, Mikhail Popov; Acreo AB, Sweden
Results from EU Project SARDANA on 10G Extended Reach WDM PONs, Joseph Prat; Univ. Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain
Integrated PON and WiMAX Access Networks, Chunming Qiao; SUNY Buffalo, USA
Key Roles of Green Technology for Access Network Systems, Yoh Somemura; NTT Labs, Japan

Category J. Network Experiments and Non-Telecom Applications

Optical Flow Switching, Vincent Chan; Lab for Information and Decision Systems, MIT, USA
Progress of Visible Light Communication, Shin-ichiro Haruyama; Keio Univ., Japan
Low Power and High Density Optical Interconnects for Future Supercomputers, Petar K. Pepeljugoski; IBM Res., USA
Nanoscale Silicon Photonics for Processor-Memory Optical Interconnects, Vladimir Stojanovic; MIT, USA

NFOEC 1: Optical Networks and Services

Status of Next-Gen Access Networks in Europe, Bruno Capelle; France Telecom, France
Network Innovations Brought by Digital Coherent Receivers, Takeshi Hoshida; Fujitsu Labs Ltd., Japan
Google Optical Network, Cedric Lam; Metro Optical Systems, Opvista Inc., USA
The Impact of Peer-to-Peer Networking on User Behaviour and Network Design, Claus P. Larsen; Acreo AB, Sweden
Economics of 100G Transport, Ross Saunders; Opnext, Inc., USA
Lessons from Converged Networks, Munefumi Tsurusawa; KDDI R&D Labs Inc., Japan

NFOEC 2: Network Technologies

100GBE Transmission, Appropriate Modulation Formats, Impact on Deployed Transport Networks, Marco Camera; Ericsson, Italy
Mapping and Transport Standard for OTU4, Mark Jones; Tellabs, USA
Fiber Access Deployment Lessons, Vincent O’Byrne; Verizon, USA
Challenges of Ultra High Bit-Rate WDM Transmission at 40 and 100 Gbps in Metro and Core Networks and Challenges of Corresponding Deployments on PMD-Limited Fiber Infrastructure, Erwan Pincemin; France Telecom, France
100G Coherent DWDM Transponder Module Enabling Seamless Upgrade of Long Haul Optical Transmission Systems, Ted Schmidt; Opnext, USA
Next Generation Optical Transport Network, Kathy Tse; AT&T, USA
FiOS Cost Efficiency, Rajesh Yadav; Verizon Inc., USA