- SC1. MEMS for Optical Networking
- L. Lin, University of Washington, USA
- Description: Since its advent in 1980's,
MEMS technology has made significant progresses and contributions in broad
areas ranging from automobile and aviation industries to bio-medical engineering,
with applications in optical communications most actively pursued in recent years.
Chiefly fueled by the swift maturation of wavelength-division-multiplexing
(WDM) technologies and the rapid growth in demand for optical network capacity,
innovative component and sub-system technologies have become critical
in improving WDM transmission performance and providing crucial optical
networking management capabilities. This course focuses on the applications
of MEMS in various optical-fiber communication components and sub-systems.
The aim is to provide a broad understanding of MEMS technology,
and detailed principles of optical-network elements implemented by MEMS.
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- SC2. Optical Amplifiers for Wavelength-Multiplexing Systems
- E. Goldstein, University of Washington, USA
- Description: The emergence and swift
maturation of practical optical gain has launched a
fundamental rebuilding of lightwave-communications networks,
with fiber amplifiers dramatically boosting point-to-point
capacities via WDM, and standard cross-office interfaces
raising the prospect of optical-layer networking on a
continental scale. In single-wavelength systems, the
gain-compressed fiber amplifier, once rediscovered,
almost immediately resolved the fundamental problem of
fiber loss by delivering self-regulated signal-power levels
while accumulating spontaneous-emission noise close to
the quantum-mechanical minimum. However, when lightwave
networks employ WDM signals, some of the more substantial
challenges are those posed by the amplifier chains themselves.
In this course, we closely examine these challenges and
their physical underpinnings and describe the emerging arsenal
of techniques for ameliorating them.
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- SC3. Optical Components for DWDM Optical Networks
- P. Yeh, Department Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California Santa Barbara, USA
- Description: This course should
enable you to: (a) Have a good understanding of the network
needs; (b) Have a good understanding of the enabling properties
of optical components; (c) Have a good understanding of the
problems in optical networks, and the optical solutions;
(d) Have a good understanding of the problem of wavelength
management and dispersion management; (e) Design optical
components to solve network problems
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- SC4. Fundamentals of Organic Light-Emitting Devices
- G. Jabbour, Optical Sciences Center, University of Arizona, USA
- Description: The course will provide an introduction to organic light-emitting devices (small molecules and polymer) including operational mechanism, fabrication already working in the area will benefit from the contents of this course.
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- SC5. High Speed Electronic and Optoelectronic Components for Optic Fiber Communications
- Y. K. Chen, High Speed Electronics Research, Bell Laboratories, Lucent Technologies, USA
- Description: To provide an overview
of the critical electronic and optoelectronic components used
in today's long haul and metro optic fiber network.
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- SC6. DWDM Photonics Systems for Broadband Telecom Networks
- C. L. Lin, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
- Description: This course provides
an introductory-level overview on the dense-wavelength-division
multiplexing (DWDM) technologies and systems applications.
The students will learn about the role of various DWDM
technologies in high-capacity fiber communications systems,
their applications from ultra-long-haul systems to local
access networks, and recent trends.
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- SC7. Packaging of Optoelectronic Components and Modules
- W. H. Cheng, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Taiwan
- Description: This short course
provides an overview of the issues, current solutions,
and future trends in optoelectronic component and module
packaging. The course will cover the aspects of materials,
optics, and joint methods required to understand the packaging
technology for low-cost and high-performance optoelectronic
components and modules. The current packaging technology in
passive alignment, laser welding, and plastic techniques for
laser modules will be discussed.
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- SC8. Broadband Access Neworking Technologies for Next Generation Internet
- G. K. Chang, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
- Description: The goal is to
understand key technologies and applications for next
generation Internet (NGI). Paradigm shift of killer
applications from the user and network service providers
perspectives will be emphasized. Emerging network technologies
and standards on the horizon, such as EPON for access,
10 GbE network for LAN and Metro, iFCP and FCIP for SAN,
InfiniBand and iSCSI for backplane communications, and OC-768
for SONET/SDH will be reviewed. Key optical and electronic
technologies that can meet network interface and performance
requirements of NGI will be investigated. Networking
technologies that enable burst mode data transport and
switching using optical headers and dynamic distributed
control plane will be presented. New services and functions
in the area of network protection and restoration, biomedical
imaging and data transport, massive data transfer and storage,
and surveillance video for homeland security will be discussed.
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- SC9. Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Lasers
- C. J. Chang-Hasnain, University of California, Berkeley, USA
- Description: In this short course,
I will review basic device physics, design principles,
recent advances and system performance of vertical cavity
surface emitting lasers (VCSELs). Recent progress and various
designs on long wavelength VCSELs will be reviewed, including
those employ new active materials such as GaInNAs(Sb) and
GaAsSb quantum wells, and In As quantum dots, and those
with novel Bragg reflector designs such as metamorphic GaAlAs
on InP and GaAlAsSb on InP . System level transmission
performance and their direct relationship with VCSEL designs
will be discussed. I will also discuss VCSEL applications
in local area networks (LAN), storage area networks (SAN)
and metropolitan area networks (MAN).
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