Symposium F: Microstructured and Nanostructured Optical Fibers

Chair

  • SHUM Ping, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Co-Chairs

  • LU Chao, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
  • John LOVE, Australian National University, Australia
  • Jonathan C. KNIGHT, University of Bath, UK

Correspondence

SHUM Ping
Network Technology Research Centre, Nanyang Technological University,
Research Techno Plaza, 50 Nanyang Drive, Singapore 637553
Tel: (65) 6790 4217, Fax: (65) 6792 6894
Email:

Overview

Being able to channel light has flourished communications technology, and will possibly contribute to the much-anticipated optical computing technology. This symposium is dedicated to microstructured optical fibers (MOFs) with their cross-sectional features in micrometer or sub-micrometer scale, and dielectric wires in nanometer scale (nanowires). Apart from MOFs and nanowires, we also encourage discussions on: 1) specialty fibers which are in a form closer to conventional step-index fiber but with extraordinary optical properties (e.g., single-polarization fibers), and 2) longitudinally-invariant planar optical waveguides, due to similar physics involved. Both theoretical and experimental investigations of the above-mentioned waveguides, in fields like linear/nonlinear optics, amplification systems, sensing, high-power systems etc, will be covered.

Topics

  • Design and analysis of index-guiding MOFs and nanowires
  • Design and analysis of bandgap-guiding MOFs
  • Fabrication and characterization of MOFs and nanowires
  • Specialty Optical Fibers (without periodic microstructure)
  • Planar optical waveguides (longitudinally invariant)
  • Nonlinear optics in MOFs
  • Active MOFs and their applications
  • MOFs as transmission links
  • MOFs in subsystems
  • MOFs and nanowires for sensing
  • MOFs in high-power systems
  • MOFs in optical signal processing technology

Invited Speakers

  • Thomas T. ALKESKJOLD, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark
  • Géraud BOUWMANS, Laboratoire Phlam, France
  • Kin-Seng CHIANG, City University of Hong Kong, China
  • FU Libin, University of Sydney, Australia
  • Claire GU, University of California, USA
  • John HARVEY, University of Auckland, New Zealand
  • Jonathan C. KNIGHT, University of Bath, UK
  • Boris KUHLMEY, University of Sydney, Australia
  • Maryanne LARGE, University of Sydney, Australia
  • Jesper LARGSGAARD, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark
  • John LOVE, Australian National University, Australia
  • Christine RESTOIN, Xlim, France
  • Roy TAYLOR, Imperial College London, UK
  • TONG Limin, Zhejiang University, China
  • Tomasz R. WOLINSKI, Warsaw University of Technology, Poland

Manuscript Publication


Submission Deadline: 31 May 2007

Selected manuscripts submitted to Symposium F will be published in a Special Issue (SI) in Springer’s journal “Optical and Quantum Electronics”.

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