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Photonics Tutorials #23
Photonics Crystals Tutorials
February 26, 2002
Burlington Marriott, Burlington, MA
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Photonics Crystals - Tutorials
Information Gatekeepers, Inc. is organizing two tutorials on Photonics Crystals; 1) Photonic Crystal Fibers, 2) Photonic Crystal Components. The tutorials will take place the day before the Executive Photonics Briefing on Photonics Crystals. The objectives of the two tutorials is to provide those unfamillar with the technology of Photonics Crystals a basic understanding of how they work and describe the potential of this new technology.
Who should be interested:
Executives from the following companies
- CLECs
- Component Suppliers
- Long Distance Carriers
- Telephone Companies
- Systems Suppliers
- Entrepreneurs
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- Consultants
- Venture Capitalists
- Investors
- CATV Companies
- Integrated Service Providers
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Time
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Program
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8:00am - 9:00am
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Registration
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| 9am -12pm |
Photonic Crystal Fiber Tutorial
James West - Corning
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Brief introduction--What are photonic crystal fibers?
Basics of Optical Waveguides
- Why is refractive index important?
- How do optical fibers guide light?
- Loss, nonlinearity and dipserison
Effective-Index Photonic Crystal Fiber (EI-PCF)
- Discussion of optical modes
- Explanation of the remarkable endlessly single-mode behavior
- Applications
- Dispersion
- Limits of performance (loss, periodicity)
Air-Clad Fibers (ACF)
- Limiting case of PCF
- Applications
- Limits of performance
Photonic Band-Gap Fibers (PBGF)
- History of hollow optical fibers
- Origin and explanation of band gaps in general
- Comparison between EI-PCF and PBGF
- Understanding of band gaps in these fibers and how they lead to
waveguiding
- Spectrum and loss mechanisms
Opportunities and Markets for these Technologies
- Components
- Long-haul fibers
- Research vs. large-scale manufacturing
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| 2pm - 5pm |
Photonic Crystal Components Tutorial
Dennis Prather - Univ. of Delaware
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- Introduction and Motivation for Micro- and Nano-Optical Devices
- IMU’s, Microfluidics, Sensors, Telecommunications
- Basic Science of Light
- Refraction, Reflection, Total Internal Reflection, Diffraction, Spatial Frequencies, Guided Waves
- Overview of Passive Optical Devices
- Lenses, Gratings, Holograms, Waveguides, Optical Fibers
- Optical Properties of Materials
- Amorphous, polycrystalline, and crystalline
- Overview of Semiconductor Physics
- Crystal Lattice, Unit Cell, Brillouin Zone, Dispersion
- Photonic Crystal, or Photonic Band Gap (PBG), Structures
- Periodic materials, Localization of Light, Introduction of Defects, Applications
- Design and Analysis of PBG Devices
- Plane wave method, numerical electromagnetic techniques
- Fabrication methods
- Self assembly, Interferometric, UV and Ebeam Lithography, Etching
- Coupling Issues and Methods
- End Fire, Grating, Prism, Tapered Structures
- Integration Methods
- Active and Passive Device integration
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