Conference Scope:

(1) Devices, components and subsystems

* Advances in high-speed and broadband photonic devices: lasers, modulators, detectors, amplifiers, etc.
* Advances in materials for analog fiber links
* Integration technologies for microwave photonic devices
* Optically controlled electromagnetic wave synthesis and control, from microwave to THz frequencies
* Analog and digital optical fiber links
* Ultra-fast optical probing and measurements
* Optical frequency metrology and controls
* High-speed optical analog-to-digital conversion
* Hybrid- and chip-level integration of photonic devices and circuits
* New frontiers in microwave photonic devices

(2) Systems, applications and others

* Fiber-fed wireless and cellular radio systems and networks
* Low-cost techniques for radio-over-fiber
* Subcarrier multiplexed and CATV systems
* Fiber-optic communications based on novel modulation formats
* Optically controlled arrayed antenna systems
* Satellite-based applications
* THz systems
* Microwave photonic design and modeling
* Optical processing and control of analog and digital signals
* Field trials
* Microwave photonic technologies for bio-medical applications
* Novel applications of microwave photonic systems

Important Dates

* Paper Submission due: May 5, 2008
* Notification of acceptance: Will be announced
* Post deadline procedure: Will be announced
* Advance Registration due: Will be announced
* Conference Dates: October 1-3, 2008