Session #1, Optical Devices and Communications
Tuesday, March 17 2009, 15:00-18:30
Chair: Zeev Zalevsky


S1T1 15:00-15:20 Dan Sadot, Ben-Gurion University (invited)
Channel Capacity and Cost Effectiveness Enhancement Technique Using a Combined Time Division and Multilevel Modulation signals
S1T2 15:20-15:32 Ronen Levy, Tel-Aviv University
Critical sensitivity in dual mode interferometer sensor using spectral interrogation
S1T3 15:32-15:52 Dan Cojoc, CNR-INFM, TASC, Trieste, Italy (invited)
Double view high resolution imaging of optically manipulated sample with multiple traps
S1T4 15:52-16:04 Yossi Paltiel, Soreq NRC
The complex confinement potential of self assembled nano dots and coupling control solutions
S1T5 16:04-16:24 Mark Shtaif, TAU (invited)
Coherent optical communications systems under the effect of polarization dependent loss
S1T6 16:24-16:36 Dan Marom, Hebrew University
Adaptive optics for optical communication: spatial solutions for spectral issues
S1T7 17:00-17:20 Alan Willner, University of Southern California, USA (invited)
Advanced System Functions in Optical Communications Using E-O Technologies
S1T8 17:20-17:32 Damian Goldring Tel-Aviv University
Band-edge resonant modes of one dimensional photonic crystal and their applications for sensing
S1T9 17:32-17:52 Alex Hayat, Technion (invited)
Two-photon device from quantum photonic communications
S1T10 17:52-18:04 Uriel Levy, Hebrew University, Jerusalem
A Tunable Micro Ring Resonator Driven by Electrowetting
S1T11 18:04-18:24 Moshe Nazarathy, Technion (invited)
Recent Advances in Coherent Optical OFDM High-Speed Transmission
S1T12 18:24-18:36 Yoel Sebbag, Jerusalem College of Technology
Modeling of a silicon optical modulator based on mode confinement inside a heavily-doped p-n junction
S1T13 18:36-18:48 Yifat Paran Biederman, Ben-Gurion University
Mode scrambling processes in multi-mode graded-index optical fibers