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Event Information ECE Colloquium: "Parametric processing of optical signals," Colin J. McKinstrie, Bell Labs Friday, October 12, 2007 2:00 p.m. A.V. Williams Bldg., Rm. 2460 For More Information: Ted Knight 301 405 3596 http://www.ece.umd.edu/colloquium ECE Colloquium: Parametric processing of optical signals Colin J. McKinstrie Bell Laboratories, Alcatel-Lucent Abstract: Parametric devices based on four-wave mixing in fibers provide many functions that are required by optical communication systems. When operated in the linear regime, para-metric devices provide amplification, frequency conversion and phase conjugation, all with high gain levels and broad bandwidths. They can also be used to buffer, monitor and switch optical signals. When operated in the nonlinear regime, parametric devices regen-erate signals. They also produce entangled and squeezed states of light. In this talk recent research on parametric devices will be reviewed, and the implications of this research for classical and quantal communication systems will be discussed. Biography: Colin J. McKinstrie received BSc and PhD degrees from the Universities of Glasgow and Rochester, in 1981 and 1986, respectively. From 1985 to 1988 he was a Postdoctoral Fel-low of Los Alamos National Laboratory, where he was associated with the Applied Phys-ics Division and the Center for Nonlinear Studies. In 1988 he returned to the University of Rochester as a Professor of Mechanical Engineering and a Scientist in the Laboratory for Laser Energetics, where his main research interests were plasma-based particle accel-eration, laser-plasma interactions and nonlinear fiber optics. Since 2001 Dr. McKinstrie has been a Member of the Technical Staff at Bell Laboratories, where his research con-cerns the amplification and transmission of optical pulses in communication systems. He has served on technical committees for CLEO, FiO and OFC, and is the Chair of the OSA Quantum Electronics Division. This Event is For: Public • Clark School

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