Abstract: Currently, there is a substantial research effort directed toward optical signal processing for high bit rate fiber-optic communications. Much of the work is aimed at mitigating the effects of transmission impairments that arise on the link between a transmitter and receiver. It is being pursued in the presence of a need to increase the per-channel bit rate and spectral efficiency of practical systems in order to meet the growing demand for telecommunication services. This talk presents a brief overview of optical signal processing technology and considers all-optical 3R regeneration (re-amplification, re-shaping, and re-timing) as a specific example to illustrate what can be achieved by processing optical signals in the optical domain.

Biography: John Cartledge is with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Queen's University, Kingston, Canada, where he holds an appointment as a Queen’s Research Chair. He is a Fellow of the Optical Society of America, a Fellow of the IEEE, an IEEE Photonics Society Distinguished Lecturer, Chair of the IEEE Photonics Society’s Optical Communication Systems and Networks technical committee, and recipient of the IEEE Canada Outstanding Engineering Educator Award (2009). His current research interests include optical signal processing, electronic signal processing for optical waveform generation, and optical measurement techniques.

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