Technical Program

Plenary Talks

New Generation Network -Beyond Internet-
Prof. Tomonori Aoyama (Keio University)

Evolution of Products and Enabling Technologies for Optical Networks
Dr. Alfredo Viglienzoni (Ericsson)

Targeted Optical Signal Processing for High-Performance Optical Networks
Prof. Alan Willner (USC)

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Invited Talks (Device)

D-01: Novel Devices
A Comparison of Beam Deflection Electro-Optic Switches
Prof. Andrew Kirk (McGill University)

D-01: Novel Devices
Recent Progress on LASOR Optical Router and Related Integrated Technologies
Prof. Jon Barton (UCSB)

D-02: Silicon Photonics
Ultra Fast Silicon Photonic Devices
Prof. Michal Lipson (Cornell)

D-02: Silicon Photonics
Hybrid Silicon Photonic Integrated Circuits for Optical Networking
Dr. Emily Burmeister (University of California, Santa Barbara)

D-02: Silicon Photonics
Heterogeneous III-V/Silicon-on-Insulator Photonic Integrated Circuits
Mr. Gunther Roelkens (Ghent University- IMEC)

D-03: Fiber-Based Technologies
Novel Approaches in Nonlinear Optical Fibre-Based Signal Processing
Dr. Sonia Boscolo (Aston University)

D-03: Fiber-Based Technologies
Advanced Optical Processing Systems Combining Linear Pulse Shapers and Fibre-Based Nonlinear Switches
Dr. Periklis Petropoulos (University of Southampton)

D-03: Fiber-Based Technologies
Ultrafast Pulse Processing and Shaping Based on Long-Period Fiber Gratings for Optical Coding and Switching Applications
Prof. Jose Azana (Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique (INRS))

D-04: Optical Buffer and Memory
Optical Buffer Memory Based on Polarization Bistability in VCSELs
Prof. Hitoshi Kawaguchi (Nara Institute of Science and Technology)

D-05: Wavelength Converter and All-Optical Regenerator
All-Optical Digital Processing through Semiconductor Optical Amplifiers: State of the Art and Perspectives
Dr. Luca Potì (CNIT)

D-06: Optical Switches and Routing Devices
Recent Progress on Silica-Based Planar Lightwave Circuit for Flexible and Transparent Photonic Networks
Dr. Hiroshi Takahashi (NTT Photonics Laboratories)

D-07: Optical Signal Processing
Ultra-High-Speed Serial Optical Communications: Enabling Technologies
Prof. Leif Katsuo Oxenløwe (Technical University of Denmark)

D-07: Optical Signal Processing
New Tool for Response Characteristic Test of Optical Devices:Optical Spectrogram Scope
Mr. Tsuyoshi Konishi (Osaka University)

D-08: All-Optical Logic Technologies
Scaling Optical Packet Buffers
Prof. Harmen Joseph Dorren (Eindhoven University of Technology)

D-08: All-Optical Logic Technologies
Integrated Photonic Digital-to-Analog Converter for Arbitrary Waveform Generation
Dr. Young-Kai Chen (Alcatel-Lucent)

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Invited Talks (System)

S-01: Optical Packet Node
Optical Satellite Networks and Ultrafast Technologies
Dr. Scott A. Hamilton (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

S-02: Optical Network Control and Management
10 GE Optical Layer Protection Evaluation Using PLZT Optical Switches
Dr. Satoru Okamoto (Keio University)

S-02: Optical Network Control and Management
All-Optical Networking Testbed Demonstration
Dr. Tomohiro Otani (KDDI R&D Laboratories, Inc.)

S-03: Photonic Interconnecting Technologies
Nanophotonic Interconnection Networks for Multicore Embedded Computing Systems
Prof. Keren Bergman (Columbia University)

S-03: Photonic Interconnecting Technologies
Field Trials of WDM/OCDMA
Dr. Xu Wang (Heriot Watt University)

S-03: Photonic Interconnecting Technologies
Securing Data Networks Using Optical Signal Processing
Prof. Paul R Prucnal (Princeton University)

S-04: Rapidly Reconfigurable Networks
Recent Progress in Terabit-LAN Challenges in Japan
Mr. Osamu Ishida (NTT)

S-04: Rapidly Reconfigurable Networks
Recent Progress and Future Prospects for Advanced Photonic Network
Mr. Tetsuo Takahashi (NTT Network Innovation Labs.)

S-05: Optical Packet Network
Optical Packet Switching and Optical Burst Switching: Technologies, Systems, and Networking Issues for the Future Internet
Prof. S. J. Ben Yoo (University of California, Davis)

S-06: Next Generation Optical Access/Core Network
Emerging Advanced Optical Transmission Technologies: Their Impact on Optical Transport Networks and Optical Packet Switching
Dr. Masahiko Jinno (NTT Network Innovation Labs.)

S-06: Next Generation Optical Access/Core Network
Converged Optical Network for Fixed and Mobile Broadband Services
Dr. Masatoshi Suzuki (KDDI R&D Laboratories)

S-07: Optical Packet/Burst Switching System
Optoelectronic Approach to Optical Packet Switching
Hirokazu Takenouchi (NTT Photonics Laboratories)

S-07: Optical Packet/Burst Switching System
Recent Progress of Colored Optical Packet Switching
Dr. Naoya Wada (National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT))

S-08: All-Optical Networking Technologies
A Review of Optical Performance Monitoring Techniques
Prof. Yun C. Chung (KAIST)

S-08: All-Optical Networking Technologies
Multi-Domain ASON/GMPLS Network Operations
Mr. Soichiro Araki (NEC Corporation)

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Workshop

1. IEICE PN/PS2008 Joint: Optical Network Related Projects in Japan and their Latest Achievements
This workshop is organized jointly by the Technical Committee on Photonic Network (PN) and The Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers (IEICE), Japan as part of the PS2008 Conference.

2. Optical Memories and Flip-Flops

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