BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:US/Eastern BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20210314T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20201101T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20210925T194631Z UID:6686994A-82DB-4395-B268-03E68CDC8239 DTSTART;TZID=US/Eastern:20210204T183000 DTEND;TZID=US/Eastern:20210204T203000 DESCRIPTION:Analog Photonic Systems: Features & Techniques to Optimize Perf ormance\n\nEdward I. Ackerman received his B.S. degree in electrical engin eering from Lafayette College in 1987 and his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in el ectrical engineering from Drexel University in 1989 and 1994\, respectivel y. From 1989 through 1994 he was employed as a microwave photonics enginee r at Martin Marietta¹s Electronics Laboratory in Syracuse\, New York\, wh ere he used low-loss narrowband impedance matching techniques to demonstra te the first amplifierless direct modulation analog optical link with RF g ain (+3.7 dB at 900 MHz). From 1995 to July 1999 he was a member of the Te chnical Staff at MIT Lincoln Laboratory\, where he developed high-performa nce analog photonic links for microwave communications and antenna remotin g applications. During this time he achieved the lowest noise figure ever demonstrated for an amplifierless analog optical link (2.5 dB at 130 MHz). While at Lincoln Laboratory he also developed and patented a novel linear ization technique that uses a standard lithium niobate modulator with only one electrode to enable improved analog optical link dynamic range across broad bandwidths and at higher frequencies than other linearization techn iques currently allow. Since 1999 he has been Vice President of R & D for Photonic Systems\, Inc. of Billerica\, Massachusetts. He has co-edited a b ook and has authored or co-authored three book chapters as well as more th an 70 technical papers on the subject of analog photonic subsystem perform ance modeling and optimization. Dr. Ackerman is a Fellow of the IEEE. He h olds eight US patents.\n\nPRESENTATIONS\n\nANALOG PHOTONIC SYSTEMS: FEATUR ES & TECHNIQUES TO OPTIMIZE PERFORMANCE\n\nBoth the scientific and the def ense communities wish to receive and process information occupying ever-wi der portions of the electromagnetic spectrum. This can often create an ana log-to-digital conversion “bottleneck”. Analog photonic channelization \, linearization\, and frequency conversion systems can be designed to all eviate this bottleneck. Moreover\, the low loss and dispersion of optical fiber and integrated optical waveguides enable most of the components in a broadband sensing or communication system\, including all of the analog-t o-digital and digital processing hardware\, to be situated many feet or ev en miles from the antennas or other sensors with almost no performance pen alty. The anticipated presentation will highlight the advantages and other features of analog photonic systems (including some specific systems that the author has constructed and tested for the US Department of Defense)\, and will review and explain multiple techniques for optimizing their perf ormance.\n\n[Edward I. Ackerman]\n\nBuffalo\, New York\, United States\, V irtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/255380 LOCATION:Buffalo\, New York\, United States\, Virtual: https://events.vtool s.ieee.org/m/255380 ORGANIZER:jmmoskal@ieee.org SEQUENCE:10 SUMMARY:Buffalo Section MTT/AP virtual presentation February 4\, 2021 URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/255380 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p>&nbsp\;<span style="font-size: 14pt\;">Ana log Photonic Systems: Features &amp\; Techniques to Optimize Performance</ span></p>\n<p class="yiv1956249375MsoNormal" style="background: white\;">< span style="color: #181818\; font-family: 'Arial'\, sans-serif\; font-size : 10pt\;">Edward I. Ackerman received his B.S. degree in electrical engine ering from Lafayette College in 1987 and his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in ele ctrical engineering from Drexel University in 1989 and 1994\, respectively . From 1989 through 1994 he was employed as a microwave photonics engineer at Martin Marietta&sup1\;s Electronics Laboratory in Syracuse\, New York\ , where he used low-loss narrowband impedance matching techniques to demon strate the first amplifierless direct modulation analog optical link with RF gain (+3.7 dB at 900 MHz). From 1995 to July 1999 he was a member of th e Technical Staff at MIT Lincoln Laboratory\, where he developed high-perf ormance analog photonic links for microwave communications and antenna rem oting applications. During this time he achieved the lowest noise figure e ver demonstrated for an amplifierless analog optical link (2.5 dB at 130 M Hz). While at Lincoln Laboratory he also developed and patented a novel li nearization technique that uses a standard lithium niobate modulator with only one electrode to enable improved analog optical link dynamic range ac ross broad bandwidths and at higher frequencies than other linearization t echniques currently allow. Since 1999 he has been Vice President of R &amp \; D for Photonic Systems\, Inc. of Billerica\, Massachusetts. He has co-e dited a book and has authored or co-authored three book chapters as well a s more than 70 technical papers on the subject of analog photonic subsyste m performance modeling and optimization. Dr. Ackerman is a Fellow of the I EEE. He holds eight US patents.</span></p>\n<div style="background: white\ ; border-width: medium medium 1pt\; border-style: none none solid\; border -color: currentColor currentColor whitesmoke\; padding: 0in\;">\n<p class= "yiv1956249375MsoNormal" style="background: white\; padding: 0in\; border: currentColor\;"><strong><span style="color: #181818\; text-transform: upp ercase\; font-family: 'Arial'\, sans-serif\; font-size: 12pt\;">PRESENTATI ONS</span></strong></p>\n</div>\n<p class="yiv1956249375MsoNormal" style=" background: white\;"><strong><em><span style="text-transform: uppercase\; font-family: 'Arial'\, sans-serif\; font-size: 12pt\;">ANALOG PHOTONIC SYS TEMS: FEATURES &amp\; TECHNIQUES TO OPTIMIZE PERFORMANCE</span></em></stro ng></p>\n<p class="yiv1956249375MsoNormal" style="background: white\;"><sp an style="color: #181818\; font-family: 'Arial'\, sans-serif\; font-size: 10pt\;">Both the scientific and the defense communities wish to receive an d process information occupying ever-wider portions of the electromagnetic spectrum. This can often create an analog-to-digital conversion &ldquo\;b ottleneck&rdquo\;. Analog photonic channelization\, linearization\, and fr equency conversion systems can be designed to alleviate this bottleneck. M oreover\, the low loss and dispersion of optical fiber and integrated opti cal waveguides enable most of the components in a broadband sensing or com munication system\, including all of the analog-to-digital and digital pro cessing hardware\, to be situated many feet or even miles from the antenna s or other sensors with almost no performance penalty. The anticipated pre sentation will highlight the advantages and other features of analog photo nic systems (including some specific systems that the author has construct ed and tested for the US Department of Defense)\, and will review and expl ain multiple techniques for optimizing their performance.</span></p>\n<p c lass="yiv1956249375MsoNormal">&nbsp\;</p>\n<p class="yiv1956249375MsoNorma l">&nbsp\;</p>\n<p class="yiv1956249375MsoNormal"><img id="yiv1956249375Pi cture_x0020_1" style="visibility: visible\;" src="https://apis.mail.aol.co m/ws/v3/mailboxes/@.id==VjN-SRU6rkbZ_jGcUCX4iwKE_CJB8fNEi9FVkKViOv4dN4qTCR S4Z9Oz_0GhIHIa1z31uJkxVnmnZD6O4VOaigQhwg/messages/@.id==AB8Mmu55aP5BX_Sy2g AjKOody9s/content/parts/@.id==2/thumbnail?appid=aolwebmail&amp\;downloadWh enThumbnailFails=true&amp\;pid=2" alt="Edward I. Ackerman" width="230" hei ght="289" /></p> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR