• The Dynamic Bandwidth of Fiber-to-the-Home (abstract only)
  G.N. van den Hoven, E.G.C. Pluk

• Broadband Communication research activities at the COBRA Institute (abstract only)
  A.M.J. Koonen

• Agile All-Photonics Networks — A Vision of Optical Networks for 2012 and Beyond (abstract only)
  D.V. Plant

• All Optical Control of Light by Photonic Crystal Nanocavities (abstract only)
  M. Notomi

• Low cost high capacity data transmission over plastic optical fibre using quadrature amplitude modulation
  J. Yang, X. Li, M.S. Alfiad, A.M.J. Koonen, H.P.A. van den Boom

• Embedded OTDR Monitoring of the Fiber Plant behind the PON Power Splitter
  W. Chen, B. De Mulder, J. Vandewege, X.Z. Qiu

• Performance of Maximum Likelihood Sequence Estimation in 10 Gb/s Transmission Systems with Polymer Optical Fiber
  S.C.J. Lee, F. Breyer, S. Randel, B. Spinnler, I.L. Lobato Polo, D. van den Borne, J. Zeng, E. de Man, H.P.A. van den Boom, A.M.J. Koonen

• Optical Code Sensing Multiple Access / Collision Detection (OCSMA/CD) on a Passive Optical Network Employing a Single Spectral En/Decoder
  B. Huiszoon, H. de Waardt, G.D. Khoe, A.M.J. Koonen

• Interactions with a photonic crystal micro-cavity using an AFM in contact or tapping mode operation
  W.C.L. Hopman, K.O. van der Werf, A.J.F. Hollink, W. Bogaerts, V. Subramaniam, R.M. de Ridder

• Electrically Injected Thin-film InGaAsP Microdisk Lasers Integrated on a Si-wafer
  J. Van Campenhout, P. Rojo-Romeo, D. Van Thourhout, C. Seassal, P. Regreny, L. Di Cioccio, J.M. Fedeli, R. Baets

• Size limitations of quantum dot microdisc lasers
  J. Molina Vázquez, R.W. Smink, B.P. de Hon, A.G. Tijhuis, G.D. Khoe, H.J.S. Dorren

• Efficient coupling structures for integration of pillar photonic crystals with ridge waveguides
  A.A.M. Kok, R. Meneghelli, J.J.G.M. van der Tol, M.K. Smit

• Integrated Waveguide Device for Picosecond Pulse Amplification and Spectral Shaping
  M.J.R. Heck, E.A.J.M. Bente, Y. Barbarin, A. Fryda, H.D. Jung, Y.S. Oei, R. Nötzel, D. Lenstra, M.K. Smit

• Ring resonator-based single-chip 1×8 optical beam forming network in LPCVD waveguide technology
  L. Zhuang, C.G.H. Roeloffzen, R.G. Heideman, A. Borreman, A. Meijerink, W. van Etten

• A nanophotonic NEMS-modulator in Silicon-on-Insulator
  J. Roels, I. De Vlaminck, D. Van Thourhout, L. Lagae, D. Taillaert, R. Baets

• Multimode Waveguides of Photodefinable Epoxy for Optical Backplane Applications
  M.B.J. Diemeer, L.T.H. Hilderink, H. Kelderman, A. Driessen

• Beyond the Size Limit on Cavity Solitons with Left-Handed Materials
  L. Gelens, P. Tassin, G. Van der Sande, I. Veretennicoff, P. Kockaert, M. Tlidi, D. Gomila, J. Danckaert

• Use of weakly tilted fiber Bragg gratings for strain sensing purposes
  C. Caucheteur, C. Chen, J. Albert, P. Mégret

• Feedback phase sensitivity of a semiconductor laser subject to filtered optical feedback
  H. Erzgräber, B. Krauskopf, D. Lenstra, A.P.A. Fischer, G. Vemuri

• A Biosensor based on Surface Plasmon Interference
  P. Debackere, S. Scheerlinck, P. Bienstman, R. Baets

• Fabrication of an electro-optic polymer microring resonator
  M. Balakrishnan, E. Klein, M.B.J. Diemeer, A. Driessen, M. Faccini, W. Verboom, D. N. Reinhoudt, A. Leinse

• An integrated transceiver based on a reflective semiconductor optical amplifier for the access network
  L. Xu, X.J.M. Leijtens, J.H. den Besten, M.J.H. Sander-Jochem, T. de Vries, Y.S. Oei, P.J. van Veldhoven, R. Nötzel, M.K. Smit

• Dual-Channel Approach to Photonic Modulators in Silicon-on-Insulator Technology
  V.M.N. Passaro, F. De Leonardis, F. Dell’Olio

• Modeling of an All-Optical Raman Modulator in Silicon-on-Insulator Technology
  F. De Leonardis, V.M.N. Passaro

• An integrated polarization splitter and converter
  L.M. Augustin, J.J.G.M. van der Tol, R. Hanfoug, W. de Laat, M.K. Smit

• Numerical Observations of Negative Group Velocity in a Two-port Ring-resonator Circuit and Its Potential for Sensing Applications
  H.P. Uranus, H.J.W.M. Hoekstra

• Deep etching of DBR gratings in InP using Cl2 based ICP processes
  B. Docter, E.J. Geluk, M.J.H. Sander-Jochem, F. Karouta, M.K. Smit

• A Mach-Zehnder interferometric switch within the POLarization based Integration Scheme (POLIS)
  A.J.G.M. van de Hulsbeek, U. Khalique, J.J.G.M. van der Tol, F.H. Groen, M.K. Smit, H.H. Tan, C. Jagadish

• Defect Grating Simulations: Perturbations with AFM-like Tips
  R. Stoffer, M. Hammer

• Metal mask free dry-etching process for integrated optical devices applying highly photostabilized resist
  G. Sengo, H. van Wolferen, K. Wörhoff, A. Driessen

• Al2O3 and Y2O3 Thin Films for Active Integrated Optical Waveguide Devices
  J.D.B. Bradley, F. Ay, K. Wörhoff, M. Pollnau

• Thin film InGaAs MSM photodetectors integrated onto silicon-on-insulator waveguide circuits
  J. Brouckaert, G. Roelkens, D. Van Thourhout, R. Baets

• Non-linear behavior in quantum-well polarization converters
  M.J.H. Marell, U. Khalique, J.J.G.M. van der Tol, E.A.J.M. Bente, M.K. Smit

• Phase-locking on the beat signal of a two-mode 2.7 terahertz metal-metal quantum cascade laser
  J.N. Hovenier, A.J.L. Adam, I. Kasalynas, J.R. Gao, T.O. Klaassen, A. Baryshev, B.S. Williams, S. Kumar, Q. Hu, J.L. Reno

• Mode structure of a vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser subject to optical feedback
  K. Green, B. Krauskopf, D. Lenstra

• Frequency Doubled Er/Brillouin All-Fiber Laser
  A.A. Fotiadi, O. Deparis, P. Mégret, C. Corbari, A. Canagasabey, M. Ibsen, P.G. Kazansky

• InAs/InP Quantum Dot Fabry-Pérot and Ring Lasers in the 1.55 µm Range using Deeply Etched Ridge Waveguides
  Y. Barbarin, S. Anantathanasarn, E.A.J.M. Bente, Y.S. Oei, M.K. Smit, R. Nötzel

• Complete rate equation modelling for the dynamics of multi-mode semiconductor lasers
  S. Beri, M. Yousefi, P.C. De Jager, D. Lenstra, M.K. Smit

• Ultrafast all-optical wavelength conversion in Silicon-Insulator waveguides by means of Cross Phase Modulation using 300 femtosecond pulses
  R. Dekker, J. Niehusmann, M. Först, A. Driessen

• Investigations on Electronic Equalization for Step-Index Polymer Optical Fiber Systems
  F. Breyer, N. Hanik, S. Randel, B. Spinnler

• Transmission of QAM Signals Over 100 m Step-Index PMMA Polymer Optical Fiber with 0.98 mm Core Diameter
  M.S. Alfiad, X. Li, J. Yang, A.M.J. Koonen, H.P.A. van den Boom

• Optimisation of optical bandpass filters for semiconductor optical amplifier-based all-optical wavelength conversion using genetic algorithms
  J. Molina Vázquez, Z. Li, Y. Liu, E. Tangdiongga, S. Zhang, D. Lenstra, G.D. Khoe, H.J.S. Dorren

• Demonstration of an All-Optical Data Vortex Switch node base on MZI-SOA gates
  H.D. Jung, I. Tafur Monroy, A.M.J. Koonen

• Spectral Slicing for Data Communications
  M.S. Leeson, B. Luo, A.J. Robinson

• Switched DWDM Ethernet Passive Optical Networks
  R. Roy, C.G.H. Roeloffzen, W. van Etten

• Ultrafast optical differentiators based on asymmetric Mach-Zehnder interferometer
  Z. Li, S. Zhang, J. Molina Vázquez, Y. Liu, G.D. Khoe, H.J.S. Dorren, D. Lenstra

• Fiber Bragg Gratings for In-line Dispersion Compensation in Cost-effective 10.7-Gbit/s Long-Haul Transmission
  D. van den Borne, V. Veljanovski, E. Gottwald, G.D. Khoe, H. de Waardt

• Towards a reliable RoF infrastructure for broadband wireless access
  M. Garcia Larrode, A.M.J. Koonen

• The Effect of Passive Optical Components in Multimode Fibre Links Using Mode Group Diversity Multiplexing
  C.P. Tsekrekos, A.M.J. Koonen

• Distributed measurement of parametric oscillations in WDM systems
  G. Ravet, F. Vanholsbeek, P. Emplit, M. Wuilpart, P. Mégret

• Subcarrier Modulated Transmission over Silica and Polymer Multimode Fibres
  J. Zeng, A. Ng’oma, S.C.J. Lee, Y. Wanatabe, H.P.A. van den Boom, A.M.J. Koonen

• High Capacity Switched Optical Interconnects for Low-Latency Packet Routing
  K.A. Williams

• Sensitivity Analytic Calculation of Rib Waveguides for Sensing Applications
  F. Dell’Olio, V.M.N. Passaro, F. De Leonardis

• Sensitivity of Polarization Maintaining Fibres to Temperature and Strain for Sensing Applications
  C. Cunelle, M. Wuilpart, P. Mégret

• Time-of-flight Optical Ranging Sensor Based on a Current Assisted Photonic Demodulator
  D. Van Nieuwenhove, W. Van der Tempel, R. Grootjans, M. Kuijk

• Optical Biosensor based on Silicon-on-Insulator Microring Resonators for Specific Protein Binding Detection
  K. De Vos, I. Bartolozzi, P. Bienstman, R. Baets, E. Schacht

• Improved Modulation Techniques for Time-Of-Flight Ranging Cameras using Pseudo Random Binary Sequences
  R. Grootjans, W. Van der Tempel, D. Van Nieuwenhove, C. de Tandt, M. Kuijk

• 16 channels optical interface utilizing InP-based mode adapters combined with 3 µm intervals spaced fibre pitch converters
  J.H.C. van Zantvoort, F.M. Soares, F. Karouta, M.K. Smit, S. Zhang, G.D. Khoe, A.M.J. Koonen, H. de Waardt

• Fiber Array to Photonic Integrated Circuit Assembly Method with Post-Weld-Shift Compensation
  J.H.C. van Zantvoort, S.G.L. Plukker, E. Smalbrugge, M.T. Hill, E.C.A. Dekkers, G.D. Khoe, A.M.J. Koonen, H. de Waardt

• Optical interconnections embedded in flexible substrates.
  E. Bosman, G. Van Steenberge, P. Geerinck, W. Christiaens, J. Vanfleteren, P. Van Daele

• Technology Demonstrator of an Optical Board-to-Board Data-Link
  T. Lamprecht, C. Berger, R. Beyeler, R. Dangel, L. Dellmann, F. Horst, N. Meier, T. Morf, B.J. Offrein

• Membrane couplers and photodetectors for optical interconnections on CMOS ICs
  P.R.A. Binetti, X.J.M. Leijtens, M. Nikoufard, T. de Vries, Y.S. Oei, L. Di Cioccio, J.-M. Fedeli, C. Lagahe, R. Orobtchouk, C. Seassal, P.J. van Veldhoven, R. Nötzel, M.K. Smit

• Focused-ion-beam fabrication of slanted fiber couplers in silicon-on-insulator waveguides
  J. Schrauwen, F. Van Laere, D. Van Thourhout, R. Baets

• The Asymptotic Properties of Electromagnetic Pulse Transmission in Photonic Crystals by Saddle-point Analysis
  R. Uitham, B.J. Hoenders

• Semiconductor Optical Bloch Equations Explain Polarization Dependent Four Wave Mixing Quantum Beats in Bulk Semiconductors
  W. Wang, J. Zhang, D. Lenstra

• Judd-Ofelt Analysis of Nd(TTA)3Phen-doped 6-FDA/Epoxy Planar Waveguides
  J. Yang, M.B.J. Diemeer, L.T.H. Hilderink, R. Dekker, A. Driessen

• Near Field Pattern Simulations of Graded-Index Multimode Fibres
  R.W. Smink, C.P. Tsekrekos, B.P. de Hon, A.M.J. Koonen, A.G. Tijhuis

• Variational effective index mode solver
  O.V. Ivanova, M. Hammer, R. Stoffer, E. van Groesen

• Spatial Effects in the Emitted Field of Zero Diffraction Resonators
  P. Tassin, M. Tlidi, G. Van der Sande, I. Veretennicoff, P. Kockaert