Scaling fiber optic and micro/millimeter wave communication systems in the next decade and beyond

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Connectivity drives the way we work, live, play and learn, and the long term objective of the proposed research program is to realize higher capacities and bandwidths in both fiber transmission systems and dispersion engineered micro/millimeter-wave systems. In this context, we are proposing research on two interrelated topics: Theme 1: Terabit Fiber Optic Transmission Systems; and Theme 2: Dispersion Engineered Micro/Millimeter-Wave Signal Processing Systems. The past decade has seen profound changes not only in the way we communicate using the Internet but also in our expectations of what the Internet will deliver. The exponentially growing demand created by human generated traffic and machine generated traffic will push fiber optic networks to their fundamental capacity limits. The long term objective of Theme 1 is to provide innovative and original solutions to the problem of capacity and bandwidth exhaust in fiber optic transmission systems. Our proposed Theme 1 research will significantly impact both system design and technology deployment in future fiber optic metro networks and wide area networks. As use of Internet capacity grows, so too does consumption of the local wireless frequency spectrum. Specifically, GHz-range Ultra-WideBand (UWB) signals will enable new short range high data rate (multi-Gbps) communication systems, as well as being applied in areas such as penetrating radar for medical, rescue and security applications. The long term objective of Theme 2 is to develop and demonstrate tools of unprecedented flexibility in the time-and-frequency domain manipulation of UWB signals for such wireless communications and sensing systems. Successful implementation of Theme 2 research will significantly impact how UWB signals in the wireless world are processed. The ICT sector is central to Canada's economic development and this sector has grown at twice the annual growth rate of the overall Canadian economy since 2002. Furthermore, R&D spending in the ICT sector is 38% of the total Canadian private sector R&D expenditures. Ideas developed will be embraced by Canada's innovative ICT industry, an industry with which I have extensive collaborations.