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The Most Recent NEFC Dinner Meeting
June 28, 2005


Topic: MIL-Aero Applications of Fiber Optics

KVH's Polarization Maintaining Fiber and Its Use in Fiber Optic Gyros
JAY NAPOLI
Director, Fiber Optic Gyro and OEM Business Development, KVH Industries
The presentation described:
•KVH's approach to manufacturing its PM fiber
•The components within the fiber optic gyro's optical circuit that are made from the fiber such as pigtailed lasers, couplers, polarizers
•KVH's fiber optic gyros: their characteristics and customer applications


Advances in Mil / Aero Fiber Optic Cable Manufacture
TONY CHRISTOPHER
VP Engineering, kSARIA Corporation
This presentation discussed kSARIA Corporation's approach to meeting the quality and reliability demands for military fiber optic assemblies through the deployment of unique automated manufacturing technology. kSARIA's history began in servicing the commercial telecom marketplace and has evolved its business to a niche in the military market where high value is placed on product quality/ reliability for mission critical applications.




A Review of
FiberFest 2005

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Topic : New Business Opportunities in FTTP/FTTH
May 2, 2005
Holiday Inn, Boxborough


Chairman: Dr. M. Mahmud Awan
President/CEO Regional Technology Corporation
President, New England Fiberoptic Council


Panelists:

James O. Farmer
Chief Technology Officer, Wave7Optics
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Richard Mack
Vice President/GM KMI Research
High-volume FTTx deployments are underway in several key telecom markets around the world, including the U.S., yet there are major differences among the carriers’ strategies and their choices in system architecture and network products. A review of different FTTx markets, the products used, and demand forecasts.
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Dr. Paul Polishuk
President, IGI Group
Review of the present plans of the RBOCs for FTTX and the impact on
CATV and DBS
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Robert Whitman
FTTH Council
Global Broadband Market Devlopment Manager, Corning, Inc.
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Randy Reagan
Vice President, FONS Corporation


Advanced Technologies Prospects in the Fiberoptic Industry
May 9, 2005
Somerset Marriott



Chairman: Dr. M. Mahmud Awan
President/CEO Regional Technology Corporation
President, New England Fiberoptic Council


Panelists:

Dr. David J. Bishop
VP of Nanotechnology Research at Bell Labs
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James O. Farmer
Chief Technology Officer, Wave7Optics
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Dr. James A. Harrington
Professor of Ceramic Science & Engineering
Rutgers University

Hollow Waveguides – New Structures and Applications
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Dr. Paul Polishuk
President, IGI Group

Recent developments in the Plastic Optical Fiber, applications, & markets
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Richard Mack
Vice President/GM KMI Research

Discussion of several technical advances in fiberoptics since the 1980s and provide quantitative assessments of key fiberoptic product families and the markets they serve.
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Robert Whitman
FTTH Council
Global Broadband Market Devlopment Manager, Corning, Inc.
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Recent NEFC Meeting Presentations Now Available:

March 2005 Meeting
Taking a Proven and Powerful Technology to New Frontiers
Axsun Technologies' Petros Kotidis
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February 2005 Meeting
Five Speakers
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December 2004 Meeting
CONTINUUM Photonics' Aaron Bent
EM4 Defense Inc.'s Mike Downing

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September 2004 Meeting
FTTH Fiber To The Home: The Prospects for Municipal FTTH
bySharon Gillett, MIT Comunications Futures Programs
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July 2004 Meeting
VERIZON'S FIBER-TO-THE-PREMISE PLANS

Presented by
Dr. Vincent O'Byrne of Verizon
at the most recent NEFC meeting.
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