WFOPC 2011 is intended to provide an international forum for experts and professionals working on the latest developments in the fields of: fibres and optical passive components, including integrated optics and covering technology, design, measurement, reliability, packaging and standardization.
A discussion will be held with an expert panel to raise relevant and topical issues.

Papers will cover original and not previously published results on fibres and optical passive components, including but not restricted to the following topics:

1) Fibres (SM and MM, DCF, non-zero dispersion, low PMD fibres, polymeric fibres, crystal fibres, etc.)

2) Splices and connectors, couplers, attenuators, filters, isolators, circulators

3) Tunable dispersion compensation devices and techniques

4) PMD emulators and mitigators

5) WDM and DWDM components, AWGs

6) Long- and short-period Fibre Bragg Gratings

7) Photonic crystals (materials, devices, technology)

8) Modulators and SHG devices

9) Thin film filters

10) Optical MEMS components

11) Fabrication technologies (all-fibre, micro-optics, integrated optics)

12) Characterisation and measurements

13) Impact on networks and systems

14) Packaging, reliability and standardisation issues