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Abstract: After 40 years of development, optical fiber communication has moved from laboratory R&D to wide commercial applications. The technology innovations in recent years, including fiber amplifiers and WDM systems, provided a solid foundation for this industry. However, the economic bubble at the turn of the century brought huge damage to the industry of communication equipment. Optical communication is going through a bottom this year and will have modest recovery next year. In the long term, optical communication will see rapid growth again to meet the demand of fast growing data traffic.

Speaker Bio: Yan Sun is CTO and VP of Engineering at Onetta, Inc. Before co-founding Onetta in 2000, Dr. Yan Sun worked at Bell Laboratories, Lucent Technologies, as a senior manager. He and his colleagues pioneered multiple fronts in the area of WDM optical communications, including ultra wide band optical amplifiers, long haul transmission at terabits levels, and DWDM system transmission with semiconductor optical amplifiers. Dr. Sun was the recipient of several prestigious awards, including the Bell Labs President Gold Award from Lucent Technologies and the Innovator of the Year Trophy in Paris, France. He is the author and co-author of more than 100 publications and presentations. Dr. Sun is a senior member of IEEE and a member of OSA, and is a Guest Professor at Tsinghua Univeristy and Southeast Jiaotong University.

Ocotober/2002 EOA Ocotober Seminar Announcement

Time: 10:00 am, Saturday, 10/12/02

Title: Laser Driven Processing for Rapid NanoMaterials Synthesis and PLC chip Fabrication

Speaker: Dr. Xiangxin Bi

Place: Stanford University CIS Building (Center for Integrated Systems), Room 101 (Cypress auditorium)

Fee: Member free, $10 for non-member , $5 for student

Abstract:Is the Intelligent Broadband Optical Network is a hype or a progressive reality in the business of building the next-generation optical network? This presentation is to address the direction, requirements and challenges of developing an "efficient optical network infrastructure" from a practitioner's point of view. The speaker will share with the audience about his testimony of critical success factors when building an optical metropolitan service in this very stormy industry. The areas such as cost, integration issues and the optical network operation and management sub-systems will be covered.

Speaker Bio: Dr. Xiangxin Bi has degrees of BS in semiconductor physics, MS in optical physics and Ph. D. in solid-state physics. He has extensive experience in nanoscale materials synthesis, characterization and application development. He studied nanoscale materials applications in post doctorate research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology before joining the International Center for Materials Research (ICMR), USA. He is the inventor of world first commercial scale nanoscale powder production technology based on a laser driven process (NPM) and the inventor of PLC chip fabrication using Laser Reactive Deposition (LRD Processing). These two technologies are currenly being employed by two VC funded companies including NanoGram Devices and NeoPhotonics Corporation, in which Dr. Bi is a co-founder. Since the founding of the company in 1996, he has taken on the roles of Vice Presentdent, Research, Chief Scientist and Technical Strategy at the companies.

September/2002 EOA September Seminar Announcement

Time: 10:00 am, Saturday, 9/14/02

Title: Photonics & Telecom: the Tide, the Cloud

Speaker: Xin Huang, Principle Analyst, Point East Research LLC

Place: Stanford University CIS Building (Center for Integrated Systems), Room 101 (Cypress auditorium)

Fee: Member free, $10 for non-member , $5 for student

Abstract:This presentation is to address the dynamics inside photonics & telecom space from the Venture Capitalist point of view.

Speaker Bio: Dr. Xin is currently the Principal Analyst at Point East Research LLC, where he performs technical and strategic consulting for several leading VC firms including Pequot Capital, Fidelity Ventures, Worldview Technology Partners, JAFCO Ventures, Siemens Ventures Capital, Focused Ventures, Technology Venture Partners, St Paul Ventures and others. For the VC community, Xin provides technical validation and due diligence for emerging technologies in the optical and networking markets. Prior to joining PointEast Research, Xin worked as a Senior Analyst with Firsthand Capital Management, where he was responsible for researching and analyzing the competitive landscape of the optical networking industry. Xin conducted comprehensive due diligence in optical systems and component companies. His insight in the networking space and in-depth technical knowledge is highly regarded by many sell-side analysts and hedge fund analysts in the industry. Prior to joining Firsthand, Xin worked in various capacities within the communications industry, including entrepreneur, consultant, engineer and researcher. As a network & system consultant, he worked for INS (International Network Services Inc), Hewlett-Packard and Cisco etc. Earlier in his career, Xin worked as an optical system engineer at BNR and as a researcher in TRIO's Lightwave Communications Research Laboratory in Canada. Xin holds a Bachelor of Applied Science degree in Electrical Engineering (summa cum laude) and a Master of Applied Science degree in Electrical Engineering, both from the University of Ottawa, Canada. He was also the recipient of two IEEE awards in his technical career. He is also the co-chairman of Smart Capital Committee of NCVCA (Northern California Venture Capital Association).

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