The objective of the 2010 Photonics in Switching Topical Meeting, to be held at the Monterey Plaza Hotel in Monterey, California, on July 25-28, 2010, is to discuss the rapidly evolving technology, in a small group, with leaders in the field.
Intellectual merit: The conference will assemble the key leaders in the field to present recent advances in Photonics in Switching and will discuss future developments and applications in optical networking, computing and Internet infrastructures. The meeting discussions will advance the leading edge of Photonic Switching research by bringing together researchers from the different impacted disciplines, to define and answer their emerging needs of the next decades.
Broader impact: The Photonics in Switching Topical Meeting has been the premier meeting addressing the technology since 1987 and attracts bright researchers in academia, industry and government agencies. By rotating its venue between the US, Asia and Europe on a three year cycle it offers an international forum conducive to direct dialog, dissemination and discussions in identifying novel directions. This meeting has been instrumental in defining the research required by the growing demands in internet traffic and for reduction in power consumption and device footprint. This Topical Meeting of the Optical Society of America will contribute to the training of participating students and the topics will be disseminated through the Conference Technical Digest.
The Photonics in Switching Topical Meeting was held on July 25-28, 2010 in Monterey, California. This meeting addressed all research areas in which photonic technologies are applied to innovate and enhance the future networking, computing, and Internet infrastructures. This area also includes photonic switching devices, high-throughput optical systems, efficient optical network architectures, data center networking, and computing systems with optical interconnects, optical cross-connects and interconnects, integrated photonics and system on chip, optical routers and switches. In particular, developing optical subsystems, optical processors and novel integrated circuit requires proper balancing of photonic and electronic technologies. Optical infrastructures will leverage the opportunities offered by photonics to answer the emerging needs of the next decades such as the realization of all-optical network and computing elements, the reduction of network power consumption and device footprint by integration. Topics covered at the meeting: Optical Switching Technologies Optical Subsystems Optical Systems Optical Networking This NSF grant covered the registration costs and travel expenses for students to attend the 2010 Photonics and Switching Topical Meeting. This support allowed the conference to be more affordable for the student's research group, making it more likely to attend the meeting. Students found it to be a valuable experience to interact with leading researchers and industry experts. Students were able to meet with developers that shared their latest research on new and future applications within this specialized field.
