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Photonics Briefing #23
Photonics Crystals - The next Paradigm shift for Optical Networks
February 27, 2002
9am to 3:00pm
Burlington Marriott, Burlington, MA
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Photonics Crystals - The next Paradigm shift for Optical Networks
People talk about technology breakthroughs and the development of communications grade optical fibers by Corning was certainly one. Thirty years later, photonics crystal fibers and components may just be the next revolution in optical fibers and components.
Work in photonics crystals have been growing in research laboratories around the world for the past ten years. It has only been recently that people have started to see practical solutions to existing optical networking problems offered by photonics crystal materials.
Photonics crystals are based on the optical properties of mundane materials, which can be radically enhanced by periodic microstructuring. A major challenge has been how to weave these enhancements into practical photonic crystal components, which effectively confine, direct and deliver optical signals.
Photonic crystal technology is made up of two parts, photonic crystal fibers (PCF) and photonic crystal components. Early proponents of PCF foresee fibers with losses of less than 0.01db/km, zero chromatic and PMD dispersion, and are capable of handling high powers. PC components are made from thin films of high dielectric, perforated array of holes (looking rather like salami slices of photonic crystal fiber), which can act as efficient vertical cavity resonators and highly disperse components. There is even the thought of making 3-D crystals from these materials.
If you are involved the optical fiber or optical components field, then you can’t miss this opportunity to see the next generation of optical components.
Who should be interested:
Executives from the following companies
- Venture Capitalists
- Component Suppliers
- Long Distance Carriers
- Telephone Companies
- Systems Suppliers
- Entrepreneurs
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- Consultants
- Investors
- CATV Companies
- Integrated Optic Providers
- Financial Institutions
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Contents
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Program
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Registration
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"Integrated Optics: Advances and Beyond"
Louay A. Eldada, Ph.D. CTO, Telephotonics, Inc.
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"Photonic Crystal Fiber"
James West, Corning Inc.
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"A Hole New Kind of Fiber"
Scott Berry, Blaze Photonics Ltd
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| Coffee Break |
"Photonic Crystal Fiber"
Michael Kjaer, Crystal Fibre A/S
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"Photonic Crystal Components"
Ben Eggleton, OFS Fitel Laboratories, Specialty Fiber Devices
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| Lunch |
"Commercializing Planar Photonic Crystals"
Mike Jackson, Galian Photonics
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"Photonic Crystal Components"
Dennis Prather, Univ.of Delaware
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"Building Blocks and Road Blocks en-route to the Optical Network"
Gregory Sonek, Optical Switch Corp.
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| Wrap up and final questions |
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