Photonic Networks

1: Transport Networks.- Optical Networks: from Myth to Reality.- The ATT/DEC/MIT All-Optical Network Architecture.- PHOTONET WDM Supervision.- Problems and their Possible Solutions in the Dispersed Photonic Digital Networks.- Multiwavelength Ring Architectures and Protection Schemes.- Architectures for Hardware and Software Scalable Multiwavelength Networks.- Hypermedia Photonic Information Networks.- WDM Devices, State of the Art.- Tunable Laser Diodes.- Wavelength Conversion Technology.- Planar Lightwave Circuits (PLCs).- Optical Fiber Devices.- System Applications and Emerging Technologies for Photonic Switching.- System Demonstrations and Assessment of Optical Switching in Broadband Networks.- Technologies and Applications for Space-Switching in Multi-Wavelength Networks.- System Applications of Large-Scale Optical Switch Matrices Using Silica-Based Planar Lightwave Circuits.- Photonic Technologies for Interconnection and Switching: Present and Future Applications.- 2: Access Networks.- WDM Passive Optical Networks: A Robust and Flexible Infrastructure for Local Access.- Upgrade of Hybrid Fibre Coax Networks Towards Bi-directional Access.- Laser Diodes for Local Access.- Functional Optical Modules Based on Planar Waveguides.- A 50 Mb/s Low Cost ONU Receiver for V-PON.- Ubiquitous Optical Link in Access and Residential Broadband Networks.- 3: Packet Switched Networks.- State of the Art of Photonic Packet Switched Networks.- Large-Capacity WDM Packet Switching.- From STARNET to CORD: Lessons Learned from Stanford WDM Projects.- System Functionalities and Architectures in Photonic Packet Switching.- Optical Packet Switching System Based on Optical Amplifier Gates.- Synchronisation Issues in Optical Packet Switched Networks.- All Optical Multihop Architectures for Photonic Packet Switching.- Deflection Routing in Multihop Space-Division Optical Networks.- Ultrafast All-Optical Signal Processing for Packet Switching.- Wavelength Division Multiplexed Local Area Networks Using Low-Cost Optoelectronics.- Optoelectronic Components for Computer Interconnects.- High Speed Circuits for Optical Networks.- Data Processing and Data Communication Networks — The Drive for Cost Effective Photonic Technology.- Application of LiNbO3 Acousto Optic Tunable Switches and Filters in WDM Transmission Networks at High Bit Rates.- Systems Applications for All-Optical Semiconductor Switching Devices.