AP-MWP 2006


	Devices, Components and Techniques • Ultra-fast lasers, detectors, optical modulators, and packaging • Microwave and millimeter-wave modulated optical signal generation techniques • Signal processing and techniques for optical spectra synthesis • Optically controlled and/or injected microwave devices • Optical probing and measurements • High-speed optical analogue to digital conversion • Hybrid and chip level integration of photonics devices • Photonic and electromagnetic wave band-gap (PBG and EBG) structures • Sensors using photonic and/or microwave technologies • Lightwave technologies for millimeter-wave and Terahertz-wave generation • MEMS for microwave photonics Systems and Applications • Radio on Fiber and/or optical CATV systems • Optical wireless systems based on free-space optics • Optical control of array antennas • Lightwave transmission systems using advanced modulation techniques (PSK, CDMA, etc.) • Terahertz waves and system applications • Photonics-based satellite applications • Security technologies for optical wireless systems • Performance monitoring and clock extraction for high-speed transmission systems • Optical labeling techniques using subcarrier multiplexing and/or advanced modulation formats • Photonic technologies for advanced wireless communications including MIMO and UWB systems, etc.