EE 290F – tentative schedule – 4/30 /04
OFT
IV ref
Date
Lecture
Topics
Comments
JAN 20
TU
1
Intro, Bios, Alcatel video
*
JAN 22
TH
2
‘OPTICAL FIBER
TELECOM: PRESENT, PAST
& FUTURE
*
JAN 27
TU
2
CONTINUE
Ditto
*
JAN 29
TH
3
FIBER MANUFACTURE,
CHROMATIC &
POLARIZATION MODE
DISPERSION,
NONLINEARITY
Shanna
Crankshaw, CD
Talk
14B,
15B
FEB 3
TU
3
CONTINUE
PMD
*
13B
Wendy Zhau, 4
Wave Mix Talk
9A,
Kiichi
Hamamoto,
System Devices
Lab, NEC, Japan
*
FEB 5
TH
FEB 10
TU
FWM,
3, 4
5
PLANAR LIGHTWAVE
DEVICES
PHOTONIC DEVICES FOR
FUTURE
TELECOMMUNICATION
NETWORKS
- NEC'S ACTIVITIES FOR
ENERGY CONSERVATION
FEB 12
TH
4
CONTINUE
PLANAR LIGHTWAVE
DEVICES
*
*
FEB 17
TU
6
SINGLE FREQUENCY &
TUNABLE LASERS
Mike Huang &
Forrest Sedgwick
11A,
12A,
13A
FEB 19
TH
7
MEMS PROCESSING AND
OPTICAL APPLICATIONS
Prof Richard
Muller
*
FEB 24
*
OFC- NO CLASS
*
*
1
TU
FEB 26
TH
8
MEMS RESEARCH
MAR 2
TU
9
WAVEGUIDES
Michael Moewe,
Devang Parekh
*
MAR 4
TH
11
LAYERING & RESILIENCE
IN IP/OPTICAL NETWORKS
John Strand,
AT&T labs
3B
MAR 9
TU
10
FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS
*
10A
MAR
11 TH
12
MODULATORS
*
6A
14
STARTING A PHOTONICS
COMPANY:
OPPORTUNITIES AND
PITFALLS FOR A
RESEARCHER
Prof Alan
Willner, USC
*
MAR
18 TH
13
AMPLIFIERS: EDFA,
RAMAN, SOA, NOISE
*
3A,
4A,
5A,
14A
MAR
23 TU
*
SPRING BREAK
*
*
MAR
25 TH
*
SPRING BREAK
*
*
MAR16
TU
J. Provine, K.
Castelino
*
MAR
30 TU
13
CONTINUE
AMPLIFIERS: EDFA,
RAMAN, SOA, NOISE; FEC
Kenneth
Castelino
3A,
4A,
5A,
14A
APR 1
TH
15
ACCESS: HFC, LEC
*
9B
APR 6
TU
16
FIBER TO THE HOME
*
10B
APR 8
TH
16
CONTINUE
PROG RPT #1; QAM; FTTH
Forrest
Sedgewick
2
APR 13
TU
VOIP
Wendy Zhau
*
APR 15
TH
TCP/IP, COMPRESSION
Devang
Parekh,Michael
Moewe
*
APR 20
TU
PERFORMANCE
EVALUATION OF DPSK
OPTICAL FIBER
COMMUNICATION
SYSTEMS
Jin Wang, PhD
student, EECS
*
Kenneth
Castelino,
Shanna
Crankshaw
11B
Mario Paniccia,
Intel
*
ETHERNET, ATM;
APR 22
TH
PROG RPT #2
SILICON PHOTONICS
RESEARCH:
APPLICATIONS, RECENT
RESULTS AND
INTEGRATION
CHALLENGES WITH
CMOS PROCESSING FOR
HIGH VOLUME
MANUFACTURING
APR 27
TU
FTTP (CONTINUE);
APR 29
TH
MAY 4
TU
17
ULTRA-LONG HAUL,
SUBMARINE SYSTEMS;
ELECTRONIC
EQUALIZATION AND
COMPENSATION
ULH (CONTINUE)
PRESENTATION – TEAM A
MAY 6
TH
4B,
5B,
6B,
7B
17B,
18B
ZMC - CABLE
PRESENTATION – TEAM B
SPC OMNIBAND - ILEC
3
Wendy, CEO;
Michael, CTO;
Kenneth, CFO
Shanna, CEO;
Devang, CTO;
Forrest, CFO
*
MAY
11 TU
WRAP UP AND LUNCH –
CLASS ENDS
MAY
14 FR
TERM PAPER DUE
MAY
22 SA
SEMESTER ENDS
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