Charles Cox to speak at 2008 Microwave Photonics Meeting

Charles Cox, President of Photonic Systems, Inc. (PSI),  will be a plenary speaker at the 2008 IEEE Topical Meeting on Microwave Photonics to be held in Gold Coast City, in the state of Queensland, Australia from the 1st-3rd of October, 2008. For more information, visit:  www.mwp2008.org.

Chris Janson, VP of Business Development for Photonic Systems, Inc. (PSI) will present a talk on microwave photonic links with intrinsic gain and low noise figure at the 35th Symposium and Exposition of the New England chapter of the International Microelectronics and Packaging Society. The meeting will be on May 5, 2008 at the Holiday Inn Boxboro Woods, Boxboro, Massachusetts. For more information, visit: www.imapsne.org.

Photonic Systems, Inc. (PSI) recently delivered a customized small form factor modulator bias controller to the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center San Diego (SSC San Diego). Based on the PSI-0204-11 chip scale modulator bias controller, the customized controller enables operation from a single voltage power supply with very low power consumption. The customized controller measures 2.75” x 0.5” and consumes less than 65 mW.

Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center San Diego (SSC San Diego) is responsible for development of the technology to collect, transmit, process, display and manage information essential to successful military operations. The Center develops capabilities that allow decision-makers of the Navy to carry out their operational missions and protect their forces.

PSI offers comprehensive microwave photonics engineering and manufacturing capabilities. With decades of collective photonics experience, PSI brings best-in-class component and link solutions to customers in defense, communications, research and government.

Photonic Systems, Inc. recently completed deliveries of its PSI-1600 series microwave photonic links to several customers involved in the construction and operation of radio astronomy systems. Microwave photonic links are used to distribute broad segments of the radio spectrum from receiving antennas to processing stations.

Radio astronomy studies celestial objects in the radio frequency portion of the electromagnetic spectrum. The field originated from the discovery that most astronomical objects emit radiation in radio wavelengths as well as optical wavelengths. Organizations involved in radio astronomy include the SETI institute (www.seti.org), the Square Kilometer Array (www.skatelescope.org & www.ska.ac.za) & the Jodrell Bank Observatory (www.jb.man.ac.uk/observatory).

PSI offers comprehensive microwave photonics engineering and manufacturing capabilities. With decades of collective photonics experience, PSI brings best-in-class component and link solutions to customers in defense, communications, research and government.

2008 Product survey award winners.

Photonic Systems, Inc (PSI) is pleased to announce that Jim Assurian of Reactel, Inc and Rod Rippey of Argon ST were randomly drawn as winners in our 2008 product survey. As a means to gain understanding of market needs for microwave photonic components, PSI conducted the survey which polled participants on their view of various microwave components, related specifications and their cost sensitivity for enhanced performance. PSI will use this feedback to develop specifications for product development over the coming year.

PSI offers comprehensive microwave photonics engineering and manufacturing capabilities. With decades of collective photonics experience, PSI brings best-in-class component and link solutions to customers in defense, communications, research and government.

Dr. Ed Ackerman named IEEE Fellow.

Ed Ackerman, PSI's Vice President of Research and Development, was named to join the 2007 class of IEEE Fellows for his continued work in the area of optimization of analog optical links. This distinction was awarded in recognition of Ed's long standing accomplishments in the field including demonstrations of intrinsic (amplifierless) link gain and low noise figure.

PSI to present lowest measured noise figure of a broad bandwidth optical link at MWP in Victoria, BC.

Building on its track record of photonic innovation, PSI will present this new paper at the International Topical Meeting on Microwave Photonics on Thursday, October 4.