APMP 2012 Devices, Components and Techniques Broadband, linear, and high-power photonic devices Devices and techniques for optical generation, distribution, detection, processing, filtering and control of microwave, millimeter-wave and terahertz signals Signal processing techniques for optical spectra synthesis Integration techniques for microwave photonic devices and circuits MEMS technologies for microwave photonics Meta-materials and band-gap structures in microwave and light-wave regions Optical analog-to-digital or digital-to-analog conversion Optical measurements for high-frequency electronics Optical frequency metrology and control Call For Papers Microwave Photonics is an inter-disciplinary field that studies the interactions between microwaves and light-waves, and has been expanding in numerous application fields such as wireless and fiber-optic communications networks, radars, sensors, measurement and instrumentation. The 7th Asia-Pacific Microwave Photonics Conference (APMP2012) is to provide an exciting forum for researchers to exchange new findings and developments in the area of Microwave Photonics. APMP2012 is now soliciting papers on the following topics; April 25-27, 2012, Kyoto, JAPAN http://www.apmp2012.org Submission Schedule 4 Pages Summary Submission: Notification of Acceptance: Organizing Committee Chair Yuichi Matsushima Waseda University Vice Chairs Koji Yasukawa Osaka Institute of Technology Christina Lim University of Melbourne Jong-In Song Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology Technical Program Committee Chair Tadao Nagatsuma Osaka University Vice Chairs Tetsuya Kawanishi National Institute of Information and Communications Technology Woo-Young Choi Yonsei University Chao Lu Hong-Kong Polytechnic University Systems and Applications Wireless-over-fiber systems and networks Analog, digital and subcarrier multiplexed microwave photonic links Wired and wireless access network integration and convergence Ultra-broadband wireless systems based on photonics Optically controlled phase array antenna systems and antenna remoting Fiber-optic transmission systems using advanced modulation formats Terahertz applications and systems Silicon photonics systems Emerging applications of microwave photonics in safe, secure, and energy efficient systems 28 November 2011 15 January 2012 Technical co-sponsors Sponsor Financial co-sponsors Cooperation