F I R S T A N N O U N C E M E N T International Conference on PHOTONICS and FIBRE OPTICS P H O T O N I C S - 96 at I.I.T. MADRAS (India) from 10th Dec. to 14th Dec. 1996 FIRST CALL FOR PAPERS Theme : Technologies of Photonics for 21st Century Photonics-96 aims at bringing in focus the phenomenal changes taking place in Fibre Optics, Optical Fibrae based Communications technologies, Sensors and the futuristic thrust towards Quantum Effect devices. This opportunity is to bring Academia, Technologists and Industry together under this forum to interact and mutually benefit. This Conference has therefore been planned with TECHNICAL SESSIONS, TUTORIALS AND EXHIBITION. The topics being covered under Technical Sessions and Tutorials are listed below TECHNICAL SESSIONS (1) OPTICAL FIBRE/CABLE TECHNOLOGIES Optical Fibres-Near Infra-red/Far Infra-red technologies for MM/SM/DS/DF/PM. Radiation Hardened/High Tensile Strength, Sensitized Fibres for Sensors, Rare-earth Doped Fibres Cables-Submarine, Aerial, Tethered, OPGW and other formats of cables. (2) INTEGRATED OPTICS and NANO FABRICATION TECHNOLOGIES Integrated Optics-Guided Wave Optics in Slabs/Thin Films of Silicon/LiNbO3/III-V/II-VI/IV-VI compounds, Guided wave Optical Inter- connects, Optical Switches. Nano-FabricationScanning Probe Microscopy, CVD-STM, ALE,MOCVD, MBE techniques HBT/Single Electron/Single Photon Devices, Mesoscopic Structures, Atomic Level Inter-connects. (3) OPTICAL SOURCES/DETECTORS TECHNOLOGIES Sources-Edge/Surface Emitting Diodes/DFB/MQW/Quantum Dot and other Quantum Engineered/Effect Sources, Semiconductor Amplifiers/Solitons Detectors-PIN/APD/SAGM/Single Photon Detectors, Optical Materials-for Fibres and Optical Devices. (4) FIBRE OPTIC SENSORS Bio-medical, Chemical and Environmental Sensors, Sensor Networks (5) LINEAR AND NON-LINEAR PHENOMENA IN OPTICAL FIBRES, Optical Fibre Amplifiers, Optical Fibre Soliton Generators/Pulse Compression Techniques, Four-wave Mixing, Optical Chirping, (6) OPTICAL NETWORK COMPONENTS Fibre Optic Couplers, Fibre Filters, Fibre Polarisers, Polarisation Twisters. (7) OPTICAL COMPUTING/OPTICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING Optical Computing-Optical Logic Elements, Adders, Multipliers, Matrix Multipliers, Optical Computing System, Architecturers, Algorithms, Optical Signal Processing-Multiplexers/Demultiplexers including Wave- length and Dense Wave-length Division Multiplexers, A/F/0/P Modulators/Demodulators, Coders, Equalisers, etc. (8) PHOTONIC NETWORKS/PHOTONIC SWITCHING/INTELLIGENT PHOTONIC INTER-CONNECTS AND NODES Photonic Networks-Ultra-wide Band Network Architectures/ Topologies/ Protocols, Dense Wave-length Division Networks, Networks Protocols for Giga-bit/s and Tera-bit/s for SONET/SDH/ATM Environments, Coherent Optical Networks, Soliton Based Networks, Cable TV. Networks, Photonic Switching-Ultra-fast Switching, All Photonic Switching, Wave- length Dependent Switching, Intellignet Optical Inter-Connects and Nodes, Optical Drop and Insert Techniques, Optical Modems, Optical and AH Photonic Network Controllers. T U T O R I A L S Six to eight tutorials are being organized/planned to expose participants to the latest technologies in these fields. The tutorials will be conducted by an international faculty of experts. EXHIBITIIONS An International Exhibition is also planned during the Conference enabling International Agencies active in the field of Fibre Optics and Photonics to Exhibit their products for the benefit of participants from all over the world. This will also be a unique opportunity for the growing Indian market in the area of Telecommunication to benefit from exposure to Global expertise and available of Technology in this fast growing field. AUTHOR'S SCHEDULE: Deadline for Receipt of Abstracts: 15th of Feb. 1996 Communication on Acceptance of Papers : 15th of May 1996 Deadline for Receipt of Final Manuscript : 15th of Aug. 1996 EXHIBITORS' SCHEDULE Deadline for Exhibition : 15th of Oct. 1996 TUTORIAL SCHEDULE Deadline for Participants to the Tutorial Classes : 25th of Oct. 1996 For further details please contact the Convener of the Conference : PROF. (DR.) J. P. RAINA Department of Electrical Engineering INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS 600 036 (INDIA) E-mail : eedpt1@iitm.ernet.in FAX Nos : +91-(44)-235-1405 +91-(44)-235-0509 OR Mallikarjun Tatipamula Member of Scientific Staff Bell Northern Research Mail Stop 170 Station C, Ottawa, Ontario Canada K1Y 4H7. Phone: (613) 763 8984 Fax: (613) 763 9511 e-mail: mallikt@bnr.ca Received: from sangam.ncst.ernet.in by bnr.ca id <19950424220235-0@bnr.ca>; Mon, 24 Apr 1995 18:02:42 -0400