OIDA Workshop: Optical Fiber Communications

Shanghai New International Trade Fair Center, SNIEC - Conference Room W1-M1

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• Markets – The status and forecast of the markets for fiber optic equipment and components will be reviewed. Emphasis will be on market drivers that provide impetus to system deployments and component demand.

• Networks – The most recent developments in telecommunications networks ranging from long haul to fiber to the home will be discussed. In long haul networks, topics for discussion include: recent & planned network deployments, economics of current and future 100 Gb/s systems, and key technological challenges and new research trends. In access/FTTH networks new architectures, network economics, customer penetration will be discussed. 

• Components – Key technologies for long-haul and metro systems and status of commercial devices and research results for 10, 40 and 100G applications, both for transmit and reconfiguration will be discussed. Additionally, in view of the tremendous research activity in integrated photonics in China, the workshop will feature a talk that summarizes the current status of integrated photonics research in China.  

Optical Fiber Communications Workshop

Conference Room W1-M1 - Wednesday, 21 March

09:30 – 09:45    Welcome and Introduction

Fred J. Leonberger, Principle, EOvation Advisors, LLC

Fred Leonberger is the Principal of EOvation Advisors LLC, a technology and business advisory firm. He serves on the Board of Directors for a number of venture-funded photonics companies and has been a Senior Advisor at the MIT Center for Integrated Photonic Systems (CIPS). Dr. Leonberger previously served as Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer of JDS Uniphase Corporation (JDSU), a leading optical components supplier, and was a co-founder and General Manager of UTP, an optical modulator company. He has also held management positions at MIT Lincoln Laboratory and United Technologies Research Center. He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering, a Fellow of IEEE and OSA, a recipient of the IEEE Photonics Award, and presently serves on the OIDA Advisory Board. He received the B.S.E. degree from the University of Michigan, and the S.M. and Ph.D. degrees from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

09:45 – 10:15    Demand Drivers for Telecommunications Networks and Component Requirements Thereof

Over the last decade, high-bandwidth services have experienced explosive growth in all segments of the network.  To meet this demand, telecommunications service providers have deployed new networks in addition to upgrading existing networks.  This talk will examine the demand drivers for high-bandwidth services in telecommunications networks. New component technologies that enable long-haul networks will also be discussed.
 
Ganesh Gopalakrishnan is the Executive Technical Director of OIDA. He has more than 20 years of experience in the telecommunications and optoelectronics industries. A recognized expert on high-speed optical modulation, Ganesh founded CODEON/Covega (now Thorlabs Quantum Electronics) in 1999, and grew the company to the stature of becoming a globally recognized supplier of optical components to the telecommunications industry. Since 2008 he has served as an independent consultant providing advanced technology consultancy services in the field of photonics. Ganesh holds a Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Texas A&M University, and is a Fellow of the IEEE.

10:15 – 10:45    Optical Metro Networks 2.0

Jörg-Peter Elbers is VP Advanced Technology at ADVA AG Optical Networking in Munich, Germany, and responsible for technology strategy and new product concepts. Prior to joining ADVA in 2007, he was Director of Technology in the Optical Product Unit of Marconi (now Ericsson). From 1999 to 2001 he worked at Siemens AG, last as Director of Network Architecture in Siemens Optical Networks. He received the Dr.-Ing. (PhD) degree in electrical engineering from the Technical University of Dortmund, Germany, in 2000.

10:45 – 11:15    FTTx Technology Trends

Reg Wilcox, Huawei Technologies, USA

This presentation will address the technology trends in Fiber and Copper access networks. It will provide an overview of the emerging 10G GPON (i.e. XG-PON1) as well as Next Generation PON technologies. It will then present the advances in Very high bit rate Digital Subscriber Line (VDSL) technologies such as G.Vector, channel bonding etc. and briefly outline new on-going work in G.Fast.  The paper will then discuss the potential use of XG-PON1 with VDSL Vectoring and G.Fast for “fiber equivalent” services at lower costs.  Lastly, a brief overview will be given with respect to regional variation of these trends that are observed globally.
 
Mr. Wilcox is Huawei Technologies’ Vice President of Network Marketing and Product Management for North America.   Prior to joining Huawei, Mr. Wilcox was an Executive VP responsible for operations at Menara Networks, a high performance optical transceiver company.   Mr. Wilcox also spent 19 years with Nortel where he held a variety of positions which included Vice President of Optical Development and President of Qtera Networks.  In his tenure with Nortel, Mr. Wilcox played a pivotal role in Nortel's 10 Gb/s market success, its penetration into Metro DWDM and its transition to next generation transport systems. Mr. Wilcox holds both a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Toronto located in Toronto, Canada.

11:15 – 11:45    Perspectives on 850 nm VCSEL-based Extended-Reach Multimode Optical Fiber Links at 25-56 Gb/s

J. A. Lott, VI Systems GmbH, Germany

We demonstrate error-free 25 Gb/s optical fiber interconnects with our 850 nm vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs) operating with a very low power consumption of only a few milliwatts per device. At 25°C through 100, 303, and 603 meters of standard commercial 850 nm multimode optical fiber we achieve record heat-to-bit-rate ratios of 99, 122, and 188 mW/Tbps (or equivalently in units of fJ/bit), respectively.  Our VCSELs are the most energy efficient directly modulated high-speed light sources for data transmission across all distances up to 1 km of multimode optical fiber reported to date. When combined with equally low-power-consuming VCSEL driver integrated circuits and when configured as parallel channel arrays we expect our high-speed optical engines will enable highly practical energy efficient short to extended-reach optical fiber interconnects for datacenters, and optical interconnects for exascale computer communication. Finally we present the design and characteristics of our 40 Gb/s 850 nm VCSELs and review our perspectives on producing optical fiber links that operate at up to 56 Gb/s.  

James A. Lott has over 25 years of experience in managing and leading research, product development, and manufacturing programs in electronics, photonics, and integrated systems. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering (EE) and computer sciences from the University of California at Berkeley and a Doctor of Philosophy degree from the University of New Mexico (USA). He performed research at Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico on VCSELs and other quantum-engineered semiconductor device structures from 1988 to 1993. From 1993 through 2006 he served as Professor of EE at the AFIT and completed sabbaticals as a visiting scientist at NEC Optoelectronics Research Center, Tsukuba, Japan in 1995 and at Samsung Electronics, Suwon, Korea in 1996. Since 2007 he has been the Chief Technology Officer of VI Systems GmbH, a company focused on high-speed optical products based in Berlin, Germany.

11:45 – 13:30    Lunch Break (on your own)

13:30 – 14:00    High-Speed Optoelectronic Components Research and Applications in China

Hu Yi, Wuhan Telecommunication Devices Co., China

Optoelectronic components are the enabling devices for the higher and higher capacity fiber optics networks. In this workshop, the status of commercial devices and technologies of high-speed optoelectronic components for 10G PON, 40G and 100G applications will be discussed. Also, study on technical standard and progresses for 400G will be also introduced. The discussion will address the worldwide status with a focus on the China market, the biggest user and manufacturer and a growing important developer of optoelectronics components.

Hu Yi is R&D Manager, Senior engineer of Wuhan Telecommunication Devices Co., tutor for post-graduates and national “863” and “973” project manager in China.

14:00 – 14:30    Integrated Photonic Research in China

Andrew Poon, Hong Kong Univ. of Science & Technology, Hong Kong

Researchers in China have long been making major contributions to integrated photonics research for optical communications and more recently for optical interconnects and biosensing.  With a growing number of research groups from universities and institutes and unprecedented government backing, China is poised to take a leading role in this exciting area of research, which promises tremendous commercialization potential for the country and globally.  In this talk, the speaker will summarize the current status of integrated photonics research in China, highlighting national research programs and major projects and their recent research activities, and discuss commercialization potential of integrated photonics research in China.

Andrew Wing On Poon received his Ph.D. and M. Phil. degrees in physics from Yale University, New Haven, in 2001 and 1998, respectively.  He received his B.A. degree (with honors) in physics from The University of Chicago, Illinois, in 1995.  In 2001 he joined the department of electronic and computer engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), as an assistant professor.  He is now an associate professor.  He has authored or co-authored more than 100 papers in journals and international conferences, co-authored two book chapters, co-edited one book, and awarded one patent.  He has served as the chair of The IEEE Photonics Society Hong Kong Chapter (2008-2009).  During his 2nd term tenure, the Hong Kong Chapter was awarded the Society “Chapter of the Year” Award 2009.  He has served on various technical program committees of international conferences.  He is currently an Associate Editor of IEEE Photonics Technology Letters.  His research interests include silicon photonics and optical microresonators for optical communications, optical interconnects, optofluidics and biosensing.

14:30 – 15:00    Tea Break

15:00 – 16:00    Invited Speaker Panel Discussion

16:00 – 17:00    Visit Exhibition

Travel and Accommodations

Participants requiring accommodations, travel information and letters of invitations for their visa applications are encouraged to refer to the Laser World of Photonics China travel and accommodations website. Information about nearby hotels, a map of the surrounding area and venue as well as procedures for requesting an official letter of invitation can be found on this website.

The OIDA Workshop is collocated with:

OSA Energy Photonics Workshop Tuesday, 20 March 2012 09:30 – 17:00

Tuesday, 20 – Thursday, 21 March 2010