Reconfigurable MicroPhotonic Systems
Speaker: Associate Professor Kamal Alameh, Research Director, Centre of Excellence for MicroPhotonic Systems
When: 2003-10-23 10:00:00
Venue: 78-420
Host: Professor Stuart Crozier
Abstract:This seminar will discuss two areas of MicroPhotonics
research. First among them will be a review of research on
MicroPhotonic devices based on Opto-ULSI processors. Topics to be
covered will be successes in qualitatively and quantitatively
demonstrating the steering and multicasting capabilities of
Opto-ULSI processors as well as novel algorithms that allow
real-time optimisation of MicroPhotonic devices. This portion of
the seminar will also discuss integration to facilitate the
commercialization of MicroPhotonic devices. The other part of the
seminar will be a brief overview of other MicroPhotonic research
areas including MicroPhotonic RF signal processing, MicroPhotonic
based broadband smart antenna beamforming, and optical header
recognition for packet switched optical networks.
Biography:Kamal Alameh is an Associate Professor, with the School of
Engineering and Mathematics, and the Research Director of the Centre
of Excellence for MicroPhotonic Systems, Edith Cowan University,
WA. He is currently engaged in research on (i) novel integrated
Opto-ULSI processors that realise dynamic photonic components for
future optical telecommunications networks, (ii) intelligent passive
optical networks for fibre-to-the-home applications, (iii)
Multifunction MicroPhotonics processors for intelligent optical
networks, (iv) multiport optical amplifiers, (v) intelligent
photonics-based broadband smart antenna architectures for wireless
communications networks, and (vi) reconfigurable RF photonic signal
processors. His strategic plan and research directions and write-ups
enabled Edith Cowan University to win the $40m WA-government-funded
Centre of Excellence for MicroPhotonics Systems, in which Kamal is
now the Research Director.
Before joining Edith Cowan University Kamal was the Director of
Photonics Engineering with Intelligent Pixels, Incorporation, USA,
working on developing a 64?64 LCOS-based intelligent reconfigurable
optical switch for future telecommunications networks. At
Intelligent Pixels, he made fundamental contributions towards the
development of RayChip, which is the biggest 4-phase
polarization-insensitive Opto-VLSI processor in the world.
He formerly occupied the post of Senior Research Fellow with the
Photonics Group at the University of Sydney, where he worked for 10
years. At Sydney University, he was an active member of Australian
Photonics Cooperative Research Centre (APCRC). He made fundamental
contributions in the field of photonic systems: He was the first to
(i) propose new concepts for microwave high-Q notch filtering based
on non-commensurate photonic transversal filter structures, (ii)
propose novel WDM Bragg-grating-based beamforming networks for
multi-beam phased array radar, (iii) provide a novel analytical
expression for the intermodulation products in subcarrier
multiplexed (SCM) lightwave transmission systems. Furthermore, he
made exceptional contributions in the design and development of
superposed Bragg gratings that realise picosecond true time delay
and in the area of tuned optical receivers. He has had 7 patents and
published more than 60 papers and has given a number of invited
presentations at national and international conferences, generally
on the topics of high-speed photonic signal processing, RF photonic
signal processing, in-fibre Bragg gratings, photonics-based phased
array antennas, and liquid-crystal-based Opto-VLSI processor
applications.
Associate Professor Kamal Alameh in collaboration has won several
ARC research grants as well as a collaborative project grant with
the Optical Fibre Technology Centre, Sydney University, and acted as
a consultant in 10 externally-funded projects for the photonic
industry. He is an OSA reviewer, and an IEEE Member. He has served
as a co-chair in SCI2003 Conference, Orlando, Florida, USA, 2003,
CCCT2003 Conference, Orlando, Florida, USA, 2003, and APMC, Sydney,
2000, and he is the publication chair for the 2nd International
Workshop on Electronic Design, Test and Application (DELTA 2004),
Perth, January 2004, and Chair of the Special Session on
MicroPhotonics Systems and Test.
Type: ITEE Seminar
Contact:Professor Stuart Crozier, seminar host (stuart@itee.uq.edu.au)
or Guido Governatori (ITEE seminar co-ordinator)
(guido@itee.uq.edu.au)