ICTON 2011 - 2011 13th International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON)

The National Institute of Telecommunications, Department of Transmission and Optical Technologies in Warsaw, together with The Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) and the IEEE Photonics Society Poland Chapter are pleased to announce the 13th International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks ICTON 2011 which will be kindly hosted by the KTH, Stockholm, Sweden, June 26-30, 2011.
ICTON conference, started in 1999, is a growing reality with, in the past 3 editions, more than 300 participants from more than 40 countries spread across Europe, US and Asia.
The scope of the Conference is concentrated on the applications of transparent and all-optical technologies in telecommunications, computing and novel applications, and includes:
Digital all-optical networks
Ultra-dense wavelength-division multiplexing
Ultra-fast optical time domain multiplexing
Next generation networking
Optical switching and routing (WAOR)
Optical packet networks and services
Optical memories and data storage
Quality of service issues
Optical transparency and network scalability
Network reliability and availability (RONEXT)
Wireless and optical networking (GOWN)
Radio-over-fibre transmission
Broadband metro and access networks
Industry and standardisation
Photonic band-gap structures (ESPC)
Photonic crystal fibres
Nonlinear and active PBG devices
Nanoscale and ultrafast photonics (NAON)
VCSELs and other novel light sources
Microresonators and photonic molecules (MPM)
Novel glasses
Photonic component integration (PICAW)
Market in telecommunications (MARS)
Network planning and design tools
Non-conventional optical communications
Sub-wavelength photonic devices
Communication in transportation systems (CTS)
Green optical communications (GOC)
Intelligent Systems for Optical Networks Design (ISOND)
Other relevant topics
Authors are cordially encouraged to submit the contributions (max. of 4 pages in electronic form, MS Word accompanied by a PDF version) for regular and poster sessions to icton-AT-itl.waw.pl by March 31, 2011. Please state clearly for which workshop/session your submission is appropriate.
The authors will be notified on the acceptance by May 5, 2011. Post-deadline papers with very recent results are requested by June 1, 2011.