Optoelectronic integration, devices and materials

• Semiconductor lasers, modulators, amplifiers and detectors

• Optoelectronic integration and on-chip subsystems

• Free-space and MEMS optical devices

• Other photonic devices for switching, interconnection etc

Optical fibers and fiber-based devices

• Fiber design, fabrication and characterization

• Optical fiber passive devices

• Optical fiber lasers, amplifiers and other sources

• Nonlinear and ultra-fast fiber optics, etc

Transmission systems and networks

• Coherent optical transmission systems

• Modulation formats and multiplexing technologies

• Optical wireless, subsystem for fiber communication

• Access, local area and home networks, etc

Photonics sensors and sensing networks 

• Optical fiber sensing technology

• Optical sensor systems and networks

• Applications of photonics sensors

Microwave photonics and optical signal processing

• Analog optical links for microwave & mm-wave transmission

• Microwave photonic signal processing

• Photonic techniques for antennas and beam-forming

• Terahertz (THz) technologies and applications, etc