See: http://www.osa.org/mtg_conf/OFC/
Final Call for Papers
Important Conference Deadlines
Abstract and Summary
Electronic Submissions Thursday, October 5, 2000
Preregistration Friday, February 9, 2001
Housing Friday, February 16, 2001
For more information on:
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OFC Management
Phone: 202/416-1907
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Technical Program Information
[1]Cat. A-Fiber, Fiber Amplifiers, and Propagation
[2]Cat. B-Fiber and Waveguide Components
[3]Cat. C-Optoelectronic Devices
[4]Cat. D -Digital Transmission Systems
[5]Cat. E -Subsystems, Network Elements, and Analog Systems
[6]Cat. F -Networks: Switching, Access and Routing
[7]Cat. G-Applications
[8]Tutorials
OBJECTIVE
OFC® is the major North American conference on optical fiber
communication systems, networks, and applications. Last year's OFC
conference and exhibits had over 400 presentations, 65 short courses,
300 contributed papers, and nearly 475 exhibitors, that drew a
record-breaking-16,500 attendees. All signs indicate that the 2001
conference will be as exciting.
Global research, production, and system development leaders attend OFC
to learn about the latest groundbreaking research and science. The
conference provides a forum for identifying trends and focusing on new
optical communication initiatives, such as WDM, optical networks,
broadband lasers and detectors, optical amplifiers, and technology for
fiber optic networks. Attendees move from technical sessions that
focus on areas such as fiber and passive components, into an exhibit
hall where companies showcase their hottest wares. The OFC exhibit
experienced a 60% growth rate in 2000.
The invited and high-quality peer-reviewed oral and poster
presentations represent the leading edge of research and technology in
the fast moving fiber optics field. OFC®2001 will address fundamental
research, landmark advances in system applications, and significant
issues in manufacturing, reliability, and commercial technology. The
OFC Technical Program Committee is soliciting contributed papers that
reflect the various issues involved in development and deployment of
tele- and data-communications networks, including both backbone and
access.
In addition to the technical program, OFC places a strong emphasis on
providing attendees with diverse education and training opportunities.
Short courses, one-hour tutorials, commercial technology, product
presentations, and technical workshops, all geared to various
experience levels, are enormously popular features of the conference.
OFC® 2001 is organized and cosponsored by the Optical Society of
America (OSA), the IEEE/Lasers and Electro-Optics Society (IEEE/LEOS),
and the IEEE/Communications Society (IEEE/ComSoc).
PLENARY SESSION AND AWARDS CEREMONY
The OFC® 2001 Plenary and Awards session will take place on Monday,
March 19, 2001. This year's plenary session will include Robert Lucky,
Telcordia Technology. This session also includes presentations of the
John Tyndall Award and OSA, IEEE/LEOS, and IEEE/ComSoc fellowships.
More information will be available in the Advance Program.
TOPICS AND INVITED SPEAKERS
The technical program is divided into seven principle categories for
paper submissions and presentations:
Category A-Fiber, Fiber Amplifiers, and Propagation
The fibers, fiber amplifiers, and propagation category focuses on
fiber-related topics, such as:
* Fiber fabrication and design
* Fiber cabling issues
* Dispersion compensating fibers
* Specialty fibers
* Splices and connectors
* Fiber propagation characteristics
* Fiber nonlinear and polarization effects
* Fiber and planar amplifiers & lasers
* Wavelength flattened fiber amplifiers
* Fiber characterization techniques
* Fiber-based instrumentation
* Fiber-based interferometers
* Nonlinear loop mirrors
* Fiber-based sensors
Invited Speakers:
Broadband fiberoptic amplifiers
Susumu Kinoshita, Fujitsu, Japan
Advances in Raman amplifier fibers
Evgeny Dianov,GPI, Russia
S-band fiber optic amplifiers
Tadashi Sakamoto, NTT, Japan
High-power CATV optical amplifiers
Doug Anthon, ATX Telecom. Sys., USA
Dynamically flattened optical amplifiers
Simon Parry, Nortel, USA
General theory of optical noise figure
Rodney Tucker, Univ. of Melbourne, Australia
Dispersion slope compensation
V. Srikant, Corning Inc.
Category B-Fiber and Waveguide Components
The fiber and waveguide components category focuses on:
* Fiber and waveguide WDM components
* Fiber grating-based devices
* FBG dispersion compensators
* Fiber and waveguide filters
* Microstructured fibers
* Array waveguide devices
* Tunable optical filters
* Dielectic-layer interference devices
* Optical splitting and directional couplers
* Acousto-optic interactions and filters
* Nonsystem component testing
Invited Speakers:
High contrast waveguide devices
Yoshinori Hibino, NTT, Japan
Low voltage polymer modulators
William Steier, Univ. of Southern California, USA
Low dispersion add/drop fiber grating filters
Morten Ibsen, Southampton Univ., UK
All fiber polarization monitoring and control
Paul Westbrook, Bell Labs., Lucent Tech., USA
Photonic crystal fiber modeling and applications
Anders Bjarklev, TU Denmark, Denmark
Virtual phase array dispersion and dispersion slope compensation
Masalaka Shirasaki, Fujitsu, Japan
Update on component reliability and testing requirements
Felix Kapron, Corning Inc., USA
L PROGRAM INFORMATION
Category C-Optoelectronic Devices
The optoelectronic and integrated optics devices category focuses on
devices, such as:
* Semiconductor-based devices
* Semiconductor sources, detectors and modulators
* Semiconductor optical amplifiers
* Semiconductor nonlinear devices
* Optoelectronic hybrid integration
* Semiconductor device packaging
* Optoelectronic fabrication and epitaxy
* Device testing and reliability
* Photonic modulation and switching devices
* Lithium niobate modulators and switches
* Picosecond and femtosecond devices
* Wavelength conversion
* Optical interconnects and switching
* Optical MEMS
Invited Speakers:
MEMS OXC
Anis Husain, Optical Micro Machines, USA
Wavelength tunable VCSEL
Daryoosh Vakhshoori, CoreTek, USA
Sample grating monolithic tunable laser
Greg Fish, Agility, USA
Small form factor hybrid tunable laser
Tim Day, New Focus, USA
Frequency response metrology for high-speed optoelectronic components
Paul Hale, NIST, USA
Microresonator devices for DWDM
P. Daniel Dapkus, Univ. of Southern California, USA
Ultra high-speed wavelength conversion and regeneration using SOA's
A.E. Kelly, Corning Research Center, UK
Category D-Digital Transmission Systems
The digital transmission systems category focuses on:
* Transmission experiments
* Transmission system modeling
* System impact of fiber nonlinearities
* High speed transmission systems
* WDM transmission systems
* New/improved algorithms for modeling transmission systems
Invited Speakers:
FEC techniques in transmission systems
Omar Ait Sab, Alcatel, France
Technical challenges to multi-terabit transoceanic systems
Masatoshi Suzuki, KDD R&D Labs., Japan
High capacity WDM submarine systems
Carl Davidson, Tyco Sub. Sys., Ltd., USA
Challenges for 40Gbps WDM transmission
Lynn Nelson, Bell Labs., Lucent Tech., USA
Ultra-long haul transmission systems
Ian Haxell, Nortel Networks, USA
Raman amplification in broadband WDM systems
Alan Evans, Corning Inc., USA
Beyond 40 GbpsThe evolution of high capacity transport
A. Hadjifotiou, Nortel Networks, UK
Category E-Subsystems, Network Elements, and Analog Systems
The subsystems, network elements, and analog systems category focuses
on the following:
* Network elements and their performance
* Multiplexing and demultiplexing techniques
* Performance monitoring technology
* Cross-connects and add/drop multiplexers
* Modulation techniques
* Transmitter and receiver subsystems
* Optical amplifier dynamics and system gain equalization
* Microwave photonics
* Multichannel video systems
* Optical processing subsystems
* Free-space systems
* Optical regeneration
* Adaptive impairment compensators
* Photonic analog to digital conversion
Invited Speakers:
All-optical clock recovery for 3R optical regeneration
Bernard Sartorius, Heinrich Hertz, Germany
Fully monolithically integrated 40 Gbit/s transmitter and receiver
Ryoji Takeyari, Hitachi, Japan
Photonic analog-to-digital
Tom Clark, NRL, USA
Advanced upstream CATV access technologies
Shlomo Ovadia, General Inst., USA
Issues connected with optical switches in systems
Johnathan Lacey, Agilent Tech, USA
Reducing PMD impairments
Denis Penninckx, Alcatel, USA
Dynamic dispersion compensation devices for high speed transmission
systems
Benjamin Eggleton, Bell Labs., Lucent Tech., USA
All optical signal processing for ultrahigh capacity TDM/WDM systems
Kentaro Uchiyama, NTT Network Innovation Labs., Japan
Category F-Networks: Switching, Access and Routing
The networks switching, access and routing category focuses on optical
networks and the networking aspects of the constituent elements and
systems, key topics are:
* Network demonstrations
* Network architecture and performance
* Optical access systems
* Network control and management
* Protection and restoration
* Algorithms and protocols
* Hybrid fiber-coax networks
* Hybrid wireless-optical networks
* Issues related to overlaying IP, ATM, or SONET over an optical
network
Invited Speakers:
Optical metro networks
Leonid Kazovsky, Stanford Univ., USA
Optical metro networks
Pierre Humblet, Astral Point
Optical label switching
Gee Kung Chang, Telcordia, USA
Scalability of IP routers
Nick McKeown, Stanford Univ., USA
Signal and control of optical networks
Sid Chaudhuri, Tellium, USA
NGI
Mari Maeda, DARPA, USA
Category G-Applications
The applications category focuses on issues important to the
successful mass commercial deployment, field trial, business planning,
applications of optical fiber communications technology in public
(long hall, access, and submarine) and private/premises networks. Key
issues include:
* Field trials
* Network modeling planning and design
* Economic analysis and business cases
* Interoperability demonstrations
* Installation and testing
* Standards
* Network management
* System reliability and availability
Invited Speakers:
Ultra-long haul DWDM: Network economics
Andrew Wallace, AT&T, USA
10 Gb ethernet standards: LAN and WAN switching
Jonathan Thatcher, IEEE/HSGG, USA
Implications of MPLS on next generation optical networks
Jack Waters, Level 3, USA
Cost effective metro network architectures
Frank Ruhl, Telstra, USA
Terabit DWDM systems: A customer's view of drivers and features
Kathy Tse, AT&T, USA
Broadband access networks: A carrier's perspectives
Ralph Ballart, SBC, USA
All-optical switching: Economic opportunities and networking
challenges
Rajiv Ramaswami, Nortel Networks, USA
40 Gb/s transmission: Do carriers need it?
Michael Belanger, Nortel, USA
High capacity DWDM systems: Technologies, techniques and trials
Katsumi Emura, NEC, Japan
TECHNICAL PROGRAM INFORMATION
TUTORIALS
As part of the conference registration fee, a tutorial program will be
offered to attendees who wish to strengthen or expand their
backgrounds in optical fiber technology. The tutorials will be held
concurrently with the other technical sessions and will be taught by
internationally known experts in specialized areas. Each tutorial is
one-hour in length. Full technical registrants will be provided with a
copy of the Tutorial Sessions book, which includes copies of the
tutorial instructors' overheads and slides.
Category A-Fiber, Fiber Amplifiers, and Propagation
Fiber issues for system deployment
Jon Nagel, AT&T Labs., USA
Category B-Fiber and Waveguide Components
Photonic lightwave circuits
Chris Doerr, Bell Labs., Lucent Tech., USA
Photonic bandgap fibers and applications
Philip Russell, Bath University, UK
Category C-Optoelectronic Devices
MEMS technology for optical components
Ken Gabriel, Carnegie Mellon Univ., USA
Category D-Digital Transmission Systems
Impact of PMD in transmission systems
Dipak Chowdhury, Corning Inc., USA
Category E-Subsystems, Networks Elements and Analog Systems
Optical TDM devices and their applications
H. Avramopoulos, Tech. Univ. of Athens, Greece
Category F-Networks: Switching, Access, and Routing
MPLS: Application to optical networks
Mike O'Dell, UUNET, USA
Category G-Applications
New standards for optical internetworking
Larry McAdams, Cisco Systems, USA; RickBarry, Sycamore, USA
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