| OFC Category Descriptions |
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Category 1. Fibers and Optical Propagation Effects
This category focuses on optical fibers, including their design, fabrication, and characterization; and on the physics of light propagation in optical fibers and free space, including transmission aspects in fiber and space communication systems. |
Category 2. Amplifiers and Lasers: Fiber or Waveguide
This category covers all aspects of optically pumped amplifiers, lasers, and other light sources based on fiber or planar waveguide technologies. |
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Topics include:
- Optical fiber design & fabrication
- Specialty optical fibers
- Microstructured fibers
- Photonic bandgap fibers
- Nanowires
- Fiber tapers
- Propagation effects in fiber and free space
- Nonlinear and polarization effects in fibers
- Propagation related transmission impairments
- Fiber coupling
- Fiber characterization and measurement techniques
- Fiber-based interferometers
- Fiber-based nonlinear switching
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Topics include:
- Optical fiber amplifiers
- Optical fiber lasers for telecom and non-telecom applications
- Glass planar waveguide amplifiers and lasers
- Rare-earth doped fiber and waveguide amplifiers
- Raman and Brillouin fiber amplifiers
- Optical parametric fiber amplifiers
- Hybrid fiber optical amplifiers
- Wavelength-flattened fiber amplifiers
- Fiber amplifiers with automatic gain control
- Optical amplifier design
- Supercontinuum sources
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Category 3. Signal Measurement Distortion Compensation Devices and Sensors
This category covers devices, techniques, and demonstrations in the areas of signal measurement, distortion compensation and sensors, including bio-photonics. It also includes technology employing etalons, ring resonators, fiber Bragg gratings, and acousto-optic devices. |
Category 4. Switching Wavelength-Selective Filtering and Routing Devices
This category focuses on devices and techniques for switching, filtering, and routing optical signals, including active and passive wavelength routing and demultiplexing, all based on planar waveguide and free space technologies. |
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- Electronic or optical devices for chromatic dispersion compensation - fixed and tunable
- Electronic or optical devices for ISI equalization or regeneration
- PMD compensation and emulation techniques
- Optical sensors, including lidar
- Polarization control and polarization conversion devices
- Etalon and ring resonator based devices
- Fiber gratings and devices incorporating fiber gratings
- Acousto-optic devices
- Optical performance monitoring techniques and devices
- Measurement of wavelength, power and state of polarization
- Characterization of photonic components, including PMD
- Instrumentation
- Biophotonic devices, including internal sensors and external monitoring systems
- Other novel devices for signal measurement, compensation and sensing
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Topics include:
- Photonic bandgap and nano-optic devices
- Attenuators and gain equalization filters
- Spectral interleavers and banding filters
- CWDM and DWDM routing components
- Wavelength add/drop switches and tunable filters
- Wavelength-selective cross connects
- Provisioning and protection switches including cross connects
- Thin film filters
- Passive optical interconnects
- Signal distribution including power splitters and fused fiber couplers
- PLC and planar waveguide devices
- Hybrid integrated devices
- Waveguide materials and theory
- Free-space optical devices
- Microelectromechanical (MEMS) devices
- Devices for OCDMA
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Category 5. Optoelectronic Devices
This category covers optoelectronic techniques for lasers, amplifiers, detectors, modulators and ultrafast switching devices, including both semiconductor and lithium niobate technologies. |
Category 6. Digital Transmission Systems
This category focuses on various aspects of modeling, demonstration and implementation of digital optical communications transmissions systems. |
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- Lasers (including external cavity lasers)
- Modulators
- Detectors
- Semiconductor optical amplifiers
- Wavelength converters
- Nonlinear devices
- Semiconductor-based switches
- Optoelectronic hybrid and monolithic integration
- Optoelectronic fabrication and epitaxy
- Device packaging
- Optoelectronic device testing and reliability
- Optical burst/packet switching devices
- Picosecond and femtosecond devices
- Sources and modulators for optical interconnects
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Topics include:
- Transmission system modeling
- New/improved algorithms for modeling transmission systems
- Transmission system experiments
- WDM and high-speed transmission systems
- System impact of fiber nonlinearities
- System impact of electrical signal processing devices
- System implications of modulation formats
- System aspects of polarization effects (PDL, PMD)
- System demonstrations of PMD mitigation and emulation
- Free-space optical communication experiments
- Forward error correction (FEC)
- Quantum communications
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Category 7. Transmission Subsystems and Network Elements
This category focuses on subsystems and network elements used to implement optical communications systems and networks. |
Category 8. Optical Processing and Analog Subsystems
This category covers subsystems and techniques for all-optical processing of signals, analog subsystems, and optical subsystems for non-telecom use. |
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- Network elements and their performance
- Transmitter and receiver subsystems
- Modulation techniques
- Electrical multiplexing and demultiplexing subsystems
- Cross-connect and add-drop multiplexer subsystems
- Gain-equalization subsystems
- Optical parameter and performance monitoring methods and subsystems
- Electrical methods of impairment compensation and adaptation, including PMD
- Electrical signal processing techniques for transmission systems
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Topics include:
- Optical wavelength conversion subsystems
- Optical regeneration and clock recovery subsystems
- Optical multiplexing and demultiplexing subsystems
- Optical adaptive impairment compensation subsystems, including GVD and PMD
- Optical packet switching/burst switching subsystems
- Photonic signal processing including ADC and DAC
- Microwave photonics
- Multichannel video sub-systems
- Optical subsystems for defense and non-telecom applications
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Category 9. Networks
This category focuses on the exploration and demonstration of novel optical networks and networking aspects of the constituent elements and systems. |
Category 10. Access Solutions, Demonstrations and Non-Telecom Applications
This category covers access solutions, demonstrations of network applications, and novel applications in non-telecom areas. |
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Topics include:
- Optical network experiments
- Network architecture and performance
- Algorithms and protocols (e.g., wavelength routing, bandwidth allocation/reservation, QoS)
- New techniques for network modeling and simulation
- Traffic grooming, including multi-granularity switching
- Network protection and restoration
- Network control and management
- Data-aware photonic networks (e.g., IP/WDM, optical grids)
- Networking impact of switching technology (e.g., granularity, reconfiguration time, packet/wavelength blocking)
- Optical packet switching and optical burst switching networks
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Topics include:
- Optical access solutions (e.g., passive optical networks, optical Ethernet)
- FTTx
- Wireless (free-space) access solutions
- Hybrid wireless-optical solutions
- OCDMA networks
- Novel access techniques
- Demonstrations of optical network applications
- Transmission experiments performed on installed fiber plant
- Control plane applications
- Distributed computer/GRID networks
- Optical backplanes and computer-room connectivity
- Novel applications of optical fiber communication technologies in non-telecom areas
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| NFOEC Categories |
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Category A. Optical Networks and Services
This category focuses on the design and operation of optical communications at the network level, with a focus on the near to mid term architecture, deployment and services. These networks include long-haul, metro, access, and enterprise. Areas of focus:
- Network architecture
- Network planning and planning tools
- Network reliability, restoration, and protection
- Network design and optimization: CAPEX/OPEX, utilization
- Definition and development, and application of services
- Network standards and protocols
- Network control, operations and management
- Field deployment and service demonstration
Topics Include:
- Convergence of optical and higher layer transport networks.
- Convergence of optical and TDM layers and packet/Ethernet layers
- Multilayer optical control plane and GMPLS
- Optical mesh, and multi-layer restoration/protection/reliability
- 10–40–100G ROADM networks
- Access PON (1/10 GPON, WDM) and FTTx networks
- Next generation MSPP/SONET/DCS networks
- IPTV and triple play networks
- Multi-layer control plane; GMPLS
- Emerging industry standards
- Dynamic bandwidth and wavelength services
- Pt-pt and multi-point Ethernet and packet services
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Category B. Network Technologies
This subcommittee concentrates on technologies enabling development and deployment of next generation optical networks and architectures with focus on the near to mid term availability of such technologies. Areas considered include: technologies for emerging access, metro and long haul networks, high speed systems design and implementation, and technologies and protocols facilitating convergence of optical and higher layer transport networks. Topics range from technologies for advanced PON/FTTX, e.g., 10 G PON and WDM PON, 40-100 G transport, next generations ROADMs, optical amplifiers, and new fibers to carrier technology requirements. Areas of focus:
- Near term network technologies issues
- Network engineering and deployment
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Optical transport and switched systems
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System performance emulation techniques
- Modulation techniques and error correction codes for high speed transmission
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Protocols and technologies for multilayer optical control plane
- Emerging industry standards
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High speed Ethernet technologies
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PON Technologies
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40 – 100 G transport
- Device, components and equipment
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Components, sub-systems, systems
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Reliability
- Testing and diagnostics
- Infrastructure, fiber and cabling
- Installations
- Manufacturability
- Physical inter-networking
- Field trial demonstration of beta capabilities
- Carrier/operator network technology requirements
- Technology economic analysis
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