• Blue Laser Optical Recording
  Henk van Houten

• New frontiers in ultrafast all-solid-state lasers
  Ursula Keller

• Fast Wavelength-and-Timeslot Routing in Hybrid Fibre-Access Networks for IP-based Services
  Kees Steenbergen, Fons Janssen, Jeroen Wellen, Rob Smets, Ton Koonen

• CWDM Technology for Polymer Optical Fiber Networks
  H.P.A.v.d. Boom, W. Li, G.D. Khoe

• Extremely compact WDM cross connect on InP
  C.G.P. Herben, X.J.M. Leijtens, M.R. Leys, F.H. Groen and M.K. Smit

• Automated eye diagram analysis with a bit-error-rate tester
  P. Mégret, I. Rondou, V. Moeyaert, M. Blondel

• Tracking a light pulse through a waveguide in space and time
  M.L.M. Balistreri, J.P. Korterik, L. Kuipers and N.F. van Hulst

• Technology Process for a Large Variety of Polymers
  Jean-François Larchanche, Bob Bellini, Jean-Pierre Vilcot and Didier Decoster

• A new method to measure the shape of short THz pulses: Differential Electronic Gating
  J.N. Hovenier, R.W. van Es, T.O. Klaassen, W.Th. Wenckebach, M. Krätschmer, F. Klappenberger, E. Schomburg, S. Winnerl, G.M.H. Knippels and A.F.G. van der Meer

• Out-of-plane scattering losses in 1D photonic crystal slabs
  Wim Bogaerts, Peter Bienstman, Dirk Taillaert, Roel Baets

• Fully integrated optical polarimeter
  Ton Koster and Paul Lambeck

• Experimental demonstration of a non-linear optical fibre combiner
  J.J.G.M. van der Tol, H. de Waardt, Y. Liu

• Trans-impedance two stages OEIC Receiver using PIN Photodetector
  G. Torrese, S. Ajram, J.P. Raskin, P.A. Rolland, A. Vander Vorst

• Adaptive Photonic Space-Time Coding and Routing for Wireless Antenna Arrays
  J.V. Bruni, S.B. Colak, N. Calabretta, M.T. Hill, E. Tangdiongga and H.J.S. Dorren

• A System Demonstrator using 2-D fibre-based optical interconnect between CMOS IC’s
  L. Vanwassenhove, R. Bockstaele, R. Baets, M. Brunfaut, W. Meeus, J. Van Campenhout, J. Hall, H. Melchior, A. Neyer, J. Van Koetsem, K. Ebeling, Heremans

• High Efficiency InAlGaP Microcavity LEDs on Ge-substrates
  P. Modak, M. D’Hondt, D. Delbeke, I. Moerman, P. Van Daele, R. Baets, P. Demeester and P. Mijlemans

• Radiation effects in optical communication devices
  F. Berghmans, M. Van Uffelen, A. Nowodzinski, A. Fernandez Fernandez, B. Brichard, A. Gusarov and M. Decréton

• Polarization switching behavior of VCSEL arrays
  G. Verschaffelt, L. Desmet, K. Panajotov, J. Albert, M. Peeters, J. Danckaert, I. Veretennicoff and H. Thienpont

• On All-optical Buffering in Optical Packet Switched Cross Connects
  Y. Liu and H.J.S. Dorren

• RF-interconnections on InP
  J.H. den Besten, R. Pahuta, A.W. Roodnat, X.J.M. Leijtens, M.K. Smit

• Design of InGaAsP-InP Tapered Ridge Mode Transformer Using an Underlying ARROW Coupling Waveguide
  M. Galarza, K. De Mesel, R. Baets, M. López-Amo

• A Novel Optical Characterization Technique for Monitoring the Stress Build-up in Dental Cements
  H. Ottevaere, M. Tabak, F. Bartholomees, W.P. De Wilde, I. Veretennicoff, H. Thienpont

• Refractive Microlens Arrays made by Deep Lithography with Protons: technology and characterisation
  H. Ottevaere, B. Volckaerts, M. Muruzabal, A. Vila, P. Vynck, P. Tuteleers, V. Baukens, J. Lamprecht, J. Schwider, A. Hermanne, I. Veretennicoff and H. Thienpont

• Measuring absolute optical path differences with angstrom accuracy over ranges of millimeters
  R.G. Klaver, L.M. Krieg and J.J.M. Braat

• Fabrication of Polymeric Multimode Waveguides for Application in the Local Area Network and Optical Interconnects
  S. Musa, N. Lagali, Sulur, G. Sengo and A. Driessen

• Microlens fabrication in PMMA with scanning excimer laser ablation techniques
  Kris Naessens, Peter Van Daele and Roel Baets

• Improved Modeling of an InP-Based Spot-Size Converter
  J. Stulemeijer, H. Blok, A.F. Bakker, M.K. Smit

• The copper-doped p-Ge THz laser in the Voigt configuration: possibility of mode-locked operation
  J.N. Hovenier, R.M. de Kleijn, T.O. Klaassen, W.Th. Wenckebach, D.R. Chamberlin, E. Bründermann and E.E. Haller

• High-Finesse Integrated Optical Microcavities for Use in Spectroscopy
  E. Krioukov, D.J.W. Klunder, A. Driessen, J. Greve and C. Otto

• Free-space optical modules for interconnecting 2D-photonic VLSI circuitry over inter-chip distances
  V. Baukens, H. Ottevaere, I. Veretennicoff and H. Thienpont

• Deep lithography with protons for the fabrication of refractive micro-optical modules
  B. Volckaerts, H. Ottevaere, A. Vila, M. Muruzabal, C. Debaes, P. Vynck, P. Tuteleers, V. Baukens, A. Hermanne, I. Veretennicoff and H. Thienpont

• Effect of butt joint reflections on the performance of Extended Cavity Lasers and Phased Array Multi-Wavelength Lasers
  P.J. Harmsma, H. Vonk, M.R. Leys and Y.S. Oei

• InP-based Waveguides: comparison of ECR Plasma Etching and Wet-chemical Etching
  J.J.G.M.v.d. Tol, M. Silova, F. Karouta, R.G. Broeke, H.H. Tan, C. Jagadish, E. Smalbrugge and B.H. van Roy

• Non-uniformity tolerance of diffractive optical interconnect elements for errorless local image processing
  R. Buczynski, O. Morell Tormo, K. Bui Viet, M. Taghizadeh, T. Szoplik, I. Veretennicoff and H. Thienpont

• Neighbourhood as a speed-limiting factor in local image processing using optical interconnects
  Ryszard Buczynski, Tomasz Szoplik, Irina Veretennicoff and Hugo Thienpont

• Polarization switching in Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Lasers tuned by quantum well in-plane anisotropic strain
  K. Panajotov, G. Verschaffelt, J. Albert, B. Nagler, M. Peeters, J. Danckaert, I. Veretennicoff and H. Thienpont

• Electroplating of Gold using a Sulfite-based Electrolyte
  E. Smalbrugge, B. Jacobs, S. Falcone, E.J. Geluk and F. Karouta

• Multi-Fibre to InP-based Waveguides Coupling Efficiency Determination
  J.H.C. van Zantvoort, C.G.P. Herben and H. de Waardt

• Time-domain technique to measure amplitude and phase noise of a GHz-repetition rate optical pulse train and their correlation
  O. Pottiez, O. Deparis, R. Kiyan, P. Mégret, M. Blondel

• Numerical observation of in-phase and out-of-phase pulses in the polarization modes of a VCSEL operating in the low-frequency fluctuations regime
  M. Sciamanna, F. Rogister, P. Mégret, M. Blondel

• Demonstration of a novel type of tapered laser based on lateral selective wet oxidation
  Kurt De Mesel, Carl Sys, Steven Verstuyft, Ingrid Moerman, Peter Van Daele and Roel Baets

• Complete suppression of the pulse-to-pulse amplitude fluctuations in pulse train generated by rational harmonic repetition rate doubling actively mode-locked Er-doped fibre lasers
  R. Kiyan, O. Deparis, O. Pottiez, P. Mégret, M. Blondel

• Composite Quantum Wells on InP for blue Stark shift
  A.Yu. Silov, B. Aneeshkumar, M.R. Leys, H. Vonk and J. H. Wolter

• Long-period-grating band-pass filters for actively mode-locked Er-doped fiber lasers
  O. Deparis, I. Korolyov, S.A. Vasiliev, E.M. Dianov, R. Kiyan, O. Pottiez, P. Mégret and M. Blondel

• Low-loss adiabatic bend using minimised chip area
  C.G.H. Roeloffzen, R.M. de Ridder and A. Driessen

• A novel 2R regenerator based on an asymmetric Mach-Zehnder interferometer incorporating an MMI-SOA
  Jan De Merlier, Geert Morthier, Roel Baets

• Stochastic Effects in Polarisation Switching VCSELs: A Rate Equation Approach
  Bob Nagler, Jan Albert, Michael Peeters, Krassimir Panajotov, Guy Verschaffelt, Jan Danckaert, Irina Veretennicoff

• Crosstalk reduction in a tunable PHASAR
  A. Guarise, X.J.M. Leijtens, M.K. Smit, D.H.P. Maat, R.C. Horsten, F.H. Groen

• Crosstalk reduction in dilated MZI-based switches on InP by stray light removal
  D.H.P. Maat, Y.C. Zhu, F.H. Groen, J. Stulemeijer, H.J. Frankena

• Photo-induced stress and refractive index modulation in Bragg gratings written in Ge-doped silica fibers
  A. Gusarov and O. Deparis

• Photonic packet switching using all-optical header processing and storage of header information
  N. Calabretta, M.T. Hill, G. Destura, Y. Liu, F. Huijskens, J.V. Bruni and H.J.S. Dorren

• Growth of InGaAsN / InP structures by Chemical Beam Epitaxy
  M.R. Leys, M. Buda, A.Yu. Silov, H. Vonk, J.H. Wolter

• Experimental study of polarisation mode-hopping in single-mode VCSELs
  J. Albert, K. Panajotov, G. Verschaffelt, B. Nagler, H. Thienpont, J. Danckaert, F. Monti di Sopra, S. Eitel, S. Barbay, G. Giacomelli and F. Marin

• Replication of Refractive Micro Opto-mechanical Components Made with Deep Lithography with Protons
  P. Tuteleers, P. Vynck, B. Volckaerts, H. Ottevaere, V. Baukens, C. Debaes, A. Hermanne, I. Veretennicoff, M. Kufner, R. Einwächter, G. Himmelsbach, R. Schenk, M. Küpper and H. Thienpont

• Application of the Coupled Mode Theory to the problem of coupling between bent and straight waveguides
  J.A. Loaiza, D.J.W. Klunder, H.F. Bulthuis, M. Lohmeyer, H.J.W.M. Hoekstra and A. Driessen

• Performance Assessment of A Complete Packaged Sub-Gbps WDM Receiver
  E. Tangdiongga, J.H.C. van Zantvoort, P.K. van Bennekom, R.J.W. Jonker, F.M. Huijskens, H. de Waardt, X.J.M. Leijtens, M.K. Smit, Y.C. Zhu and F.H. Groen

• Current crowding in oxide-confined intracavity-contacted VCSELs
  R.C. Strijbos, L.M. Augustin and T.G. van de Roer

• Design of a short polarization converter on InP/InGaAsP using asymmetrical waveguides
  Y.C. Zhu, F.H. Groen, D.H.P. Maat, X.J.M. Leijtens and M.K. Smit

• Passive Q-switching Dynamics of SBS/Er Fiber Laser
  A. Fotiadi, O. Deparis, R. Kiyan, P. Mégret, M. Blondel

• Hot Electron Injection Laser: Vertically Integrated Transistor-Laser Structure for High-Speed, Low-Chirp Direct Modulation
  R.C.P. Hoskens, T.G. van de Roer, E. Smalbrugge, V.I. Tolstikhin and A. Förster

• Integrated optical polarizer based on the cross strip interferometer configuration
  M. Lohmeyer, T.M. Koster, P.V. Lambeck

• Intensity noise reduction in spectrum-sliced WDM systems using a saturated gain-clamped SOA
  Mingshan Zhao, Geert Morthier, Johan Dekoster and Roel Baets

• Optical bistability in a nonlinear photonic crystal waveguide notch filter
  R. Stoffer and Yu.S. Kivshar

• Network Architecture of a Packet-switched WDM LAN/MAN
  D. Dey, A.M.J. Koonen and M.R. Salvador

• New cryptographic scheme using semiconductor laser diodes subject to external optical feedback
  A. Locquet, F. Rogister, P. Mégret and M. Blondel

• New passive optical network architectures for fiber-to-the-desk application
  Igor Radovanovic, Wim van Etten, Wim Beuwer