Optical Networks and Systems

Tutorial Speaker:

Radio Over Fibre Systems
Alwyn J. Seeds, University College London, UK

Invited Speakers:

The Use of Semiconductor Optical Amplifiers in Future Passive Optical Networks
Ivan Andonovic, University of Strathclyde, UK

Coding for Free-Space Optical Communications
Ivan B. Djordjevic, University of Arizona, USA

Optical Network Strategies of Operators
Andreas Gladisch, T-Systems Deutsche Telekom, Germany

Access Networks
Patrick P. Iannone, AT&T, USA

Hybrid Wireless-Optical Broadband Access Networks
Biswanath Mukherjee, University of California – Davis, USA

Experimental Emulation of Air-to-Space Laser Communication Links
Jeffrey M. Roth, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, USA

Telecom-Band Quantum Communication Experiments
Hiroki Takesue, NTT Corporation, Japan

Components for Optical Networking
Ian H. White, University of Cambridge, UK