Workshop on Beamforming Technology and Applications March 1 & 2, 2000 CALL FOR PAPERS Sparkman Center Auditorium Redstone Arsenal, AL OBJECTIVE: The objective of this workshop is to provide a forum for assessing the maturity of emerging concepts for control of millimeter and microwave beams for application in military platforms and weapons as well as commercial applications. An additional objective is to review progress in the optical and microwave components for achieving these concepts. Participants will be drawn from both the technology developers as well as the users, who jointly identify opportunities for technology insertion. New technology development opportunities based on hybrid concepts that combine optical and MEMS technologies with the identified and recommended for funding. TOPICS FOR SYSTEM / ARCHITECTURE: Digital Beamforming Optically Controlled Phased Array Antennas Photonic/Microwave Beam Forming True Time Delay Concepts Phase/Amplitude Control Hybrid Optical MEMS Concepts Other Novel Concept Transmit/Receive Systems RF Photonic Links Other Novel Systems/Methods for Control of Microwave TOPICS FOR COMPONENTS AND DEVICES: Optical Components High Speed Photonic Devices Lasers and Amplifiers Waveguide Splitters, Switches, Modulators, and Other Devices Photodetectors Fiber Optics Integrated Photonic Circuits Microwave Components Integrated Photonic-MMIC Systems Antenna Design Phase-shifters, Amplifiers MEMS and Other Novel Technologies ATTENDANCE: The Workshop is open to industry, academia, and government. One session of the workshop may be classified SECRET. Further information will be available regarding this issue. The remainder of this workshop will be UNCLASSIFIED. However, attendance is restricted. The workshop is open to U.S. citizens and non-citizens who are approved by the Department of Defense. Persons who are not citizens of the U.S. or represent a foreign entity must make a formal request to attend the workshop through their embassy sixty days in advance for approval by the Department of the Army, Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence. ALL U.S. CITIZENS MUST PROVIDE PROOF OF CITIZENSHIP AT WORKSHOP. THIS MEANS THAT YOU MUST BRING YOUR PASSPORT, CERTIFIED BIRTH CERTIFICATE OR CERTIFICATE OF NATURALIZATION. THERE WILL BE NO EXCEPTIONS TO THIS REQUIREMENT. All Government employees must present their Government picture ID badge. Each non-Government person planning to attend the workshop must present a photo ID and a copy of a properly executed DoD Form 2345, "Export Controlled Technical Data Agreement" authorizing their organization access to export controlled material. Those unfamiliar with the procedure of DoD 2345 may contact the Defense Logistics Services Center (DLSC) at 1-800-352-3572 for assistance. ABSTRACTS: Prospective speakers must submit UNCLASSIFIED abstracts of approximately 300 words. Abstracts must include the title, author(s), complete return address, telephone number, fax number, and e-mail address. Authors should state potential applications, if applicable, and indicate which of the topic areas listed categorize their abstracts. The abstracts must be received no later than November 1, 1999. Authors will be notified of paper acceptance no later than December 6, 1999. A final presentation must be provided for inclusion into the final proceedings no later than February 23, 2000. Please e-mail your abstracts to: STARLING-SL@redstone.army.mil or mail an electronic version of your abstract to: Beamforming Technology and Applications Attn: Sherry Starling University of Alabama in Huntsville Research Institute, E-47 Huntsville, AL 35899 ADMINISTRATION: The overall administration of the workshop, including registration, is being provided by the University of Alabama in Huntsville Systems Management and Production Laboratory. Registration information will be available in January, 2000. You may contact the Emerging Concepts, Components and Devices in Microwave Photonics Workshop Telephone Hotline at: (256) 890-6343 ext.279; or the workshop's Website at: http://smaplab.ri.uah.edu/BTA/ SPONSORS: U.S. Army Research Office U.S. Army Research Laboratory U.S. Naval Weapons Center U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory U.S. Army Aviation & Missile Command Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Missile Research, Development, & Engineering Center U.S. Army Space & Missile Defense Command U.S. Army Communications & Electronics Command