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Contact Details

Organization: Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Position: Honorary (Fellow)
Email:
Homepage: http://www.ee.unimelb.edu.au/cubin
Work: (03) 83448870
Fax: (03) 83446678
Room: 5.17
Level: 05
Building: Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Campus: Parkville

Research Expertise and International Linkages

Research Expertise

Research Interest Key Words Country of Expertise
Optical systems and networks Optical subsystems and components Australia

International Linkages

Country Establishment Collaboration
Singapore A-Star Exchange, Research

Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
Bachelor of Engineering Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology 31-Dec-1998
Doctor of Philosophy University of Melbourne 31-Dec-2002

Memberships

Membership Type Membership Body Description Start Date End Date
Member IEEE 01-Jan-2004 31-Dec-2005

Other Awards

Award Type Awarding Body Comments Date Awarded
Other (Award) RMIT Ericsson Prize for best student in first year 01-Mar-1995
Other (Award) RMIT Krone Prize for best student in Communications Eng. subject 01-Mar-1995
Other (Award) RMIT Bob Rose Memorial Prize for best student in third year 01-Mar-1997
Other (Award) RMIT MM Cables Prize for best graduating student 01-Mar-1998
Scholarship University of Melbourne IPRS scholarship to study PhD 10-Apr-1998
Scholarship University of Melbourne MRS scholarship to study PhD 10-Apr-1998

Government Research Classifications

Research Fields, Courses and Discipline Classifications

Socio-Economic Objective Classifications

Grants and Contracts

Research Grants, Contracts and Consultancies awarded to the University of Melbourne as the administering institution (since 2003) as recorded in Themis Agreements.

Grants

Title Role Funding Source Scheme Award Date
Next-Generation Optical Broadband Access for Rural and Regional Areas Chief Investigator AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL Linkage Projects 01/01/2007
Delivering Next-Generation Broadband Internet Access to Australia: Integration of Broadband Optical and Wireless Networks Chief Investigator AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL Discovery Projects 01/01/2009

Publications

Publications produced at the University of Melbourne and reported in the Annual Publications Collection and 'Research Report' since 2001. The Themis Publications module, released in November 2006, allows additional publications from previous institutions and publications from past years to be entered.

Publications in 2008

Conference Publications/Papers

  • 10 Gb/s upgrade for high-split and long-reach PON using remote repeater
    Year: 2008
    Event name: OECC/ACOFT 2008 Conference: Joint Conference of the Opto-Electronics and Communications Conference and the Australian Conference on Optical Fibre Technology
    Conference Publication: OECC/ACOFT 2008 Conference: Joint Conference of the Opto-Electronics and Communications Conference and the Australian Conference on Optical Fibre Technology
    Page numbers: 1-2
    Publisher: IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers(Piscataway)
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Publications in 2007

Journal Articles

  • Video service delivery over a repeater-based optical access network
    Year: 2007
    Journal: IEEE Photonics Technology Letters
    Volume: 19
    Issue: 20
    Page numbers: 1637-1639
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Conference Publications/Papers

  • CSMA/CD-Based Fiber-to-the-Desk System with Remote Repeater
    Year: 2007
    Event name: OFC/NFOEC 2007
    Conference Publication: OFC/NFOEC 2007
    Page numbers: 1-3
    Publisher: Omnipress(Madison)
    Author(s):
  • Integrated Video Services Delivery Scheme over a Repeater Based Optical Access Network
    Year: 2007
    Event name: COIN-ACOFT 2007
    Conference Publication: International Conference on the Optical Internet (COIN) with the 32nd Australian Conference on Optical Fibre Technology (ACOFT)
    Page numbers: 1-3
    Publisher: Australian Optical Society(Melbourne)
    Author(s):
  • Optical access architecture with local video service delivery
    Year: 2007
    Event name: 20th Annual Meeting of the IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society
    Conference Publication: 2007 IEEE LEOS Annual Meeting Conference Proceedings (LEOS 2007)
    Page numbers: 800-801
    Publisher: IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers(Piscataway)
    Author(s):
  • Repeater-based optical access networks
    Year: 2007
    Event name: IPTC 2007. The 7th International Photonics Conference
    Conference Publication: Proceedings. IPTC 2007. The 7th International Photonics Technology Conference.
    Page numbers: 83-103
    Publisher: Optical Society of Korea(Seoul)
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Publications in 2006

Journal Articles

  • Bandwidth-efficient PON system for broad-band access and local customer internetworking
    Year: 2006
    Journal: IEEE Photonics Technology Letters
    Volume: 18
    Issue: 5
    Page numbers: 670-672
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  • Cascadability performance of remote-repeater-based FTTP systems
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Electronics Letters
    Volume: 42
    Issue: 24
    Page numbers: 1-2
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  • Cascadability study for optical label swapping using synchronous phase modulation
    Year: 2006
    Journal: IEEE Photonics Technology Letters
    Volume: 18
    Issue: 13
    Page numbers: 1445-1447
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  • Low-cost and scalable passive optical network architecture using remote repeater
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Electronics Letters
    Volume: 42
    Issue: 10
    Page numbers: 589-590
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Conference Publications/Papers

  • Cost-effective fiber-to-the-home system using remote repeater
    Year: 2006
    Event name: OFC/NFOEC: Linking the Science and Business of Optical Communications
    Conference Publication: OFC/NFOEC 2006: Linking the Science and Business of Optical Communications
    Page numbers: 1-3
    Publisher: Omnipress(Madison)
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  • Demonstration of Repeater-Based Access Network Using VCSEL Transmitters and Multi-mode fibers
    Year: 2006
    Event name: COIN-NGNCON
    Conference Publication: The Joint International Conferences on Optical Internet and Next Generation Network - COIN-NGNCON
    Page numbers: 380-382
    Publisher: IEEE Communications Society(New York)
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  • Economic Analysis of Repeater-based Optical Access Network Architecture
    Year: 2006
    Event name: ATNAC'06
    Conference Publication: Australian Telecommunication Networks and Applications Conference ATNAC’06
    Page numbers: 133-136
    Publisher: CUBIN ARC Special Research Centre(Melbourne)
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  • Jitter performance of cascaded remote-repeater-based FTTP systems
    Year: 2006
    Event name: The 11th Optoelectronics and Communications Conference
    Conference Publication: The 11th Optoelectronics and Communications Conference
    Page numbers: 1-2
    Publisher: OECC 2006(Kaohsiung)
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  • Low-cost optical access system using repeater, VCSEL transmitters and multi-mode fibres
    Year: 2006
    Event name: 32nd European Conference on Optical Communication (ECOC 2006)
    Conference Publication: 32nd European Conference on Optical Communication (ECOC 2006)
    Page numbers: 523-524
    Publisher: SEE Societe de l'Electricite, de l'Electronique et des Technologies de l'Information et de la Communication(Paris)
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  • Multi-hop optical label swapping using synchronous phase modulation
    Year: 2006
    Event name: OFC/NFOEC: Linking the Science and Business of Optical Communications
    Conference Publication: OFC/NFOEC 2006: Linking the Science and Business of Optical Communications
    Page numbers: 1-3
    Publisher: Omnipress(Madison)
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Publications in 2005

Journal Articles

  • Bandwidth efficient modular wavelength router for large scale multihop virtual optical ring networks.
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Journal of Lightwave Technology
    Volume: 23
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 1015-1022
    Publisher: IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers(New York)
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  • EDFA transient control based on envelope detection for optical burst switched networks.
    Year: 2005
    Journal: IEEE Photonics Technology Letters
    Volume: 17
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 226-228
    Publisher: IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers(New York)
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Conference Publications/Papers

  • Does optical burst switching have a role in the core network?
    Year: 2005
    Event name: OFC/NFOEC 2005
    Conference Publication: Proceedings of the OFC/NFOEC 2005
    Page numbers: 1-3
    Publisher: Optical Society of America(Washington DC)
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  • Economics and availability study of fiber-to-the-home architectures
    Year: 2005
    Event name: COIN' 2005: The fourth international conference on optical internet
    Conference Publication: Proceedings of COIN' 2005: The fourth international conference on optical internet
    Page numbers: 456-460
    Publisher: The China Institute of Communications(Beijing)
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  • Ethernet PON or WDM PON: A comparison of cost and reliability.
    Year: 2005
    Event name: IEEE TENCON 2005
    Conference Publication: Proceedings from IEEE TENCON 2005 Conference
    Page numbers: 1-6
    Publisher: IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers(New York)
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  • Label swapping for DPSK encoded labels without wavelength conversion
    Year: 2005
    Event name: OFC/NFOEC 2005
    Conference Publication: Proceedings of the OFC/NFOEC 2005
    Page numbers: 1-3
    Publisher: Optical Society of America(Washington DC)
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  • Optical packet power equalization with large dynamic range using controlled gain-clamped SOA
    Year: 2005
    Event name: OFC/NFOEC 2005
    Conference Publication: Proceedings of the OFC/NFOEC 2005
    Page numbers: 1-3
    Publisher: Optical Society of America(Washington DC)
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  • PON architecture providing local customer networking capability
    Year: 2005
    Event name: LEOS 2005
    Conference Publication: 2005 IEEE LEOS Annual Meeting Conference Proceedings
    Page numbers: 222-223
    Publisher: IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers(Piscataway)
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Publications in 2004

Journal Articles

  • Amplfier placement methods for metropolitan WDM ring networks
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Journal of Lightwave Technology
    Volume: 22
    Issue: 11
    Page numbers: 2509-2522
    Publisher: IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers(New York)
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  • An asymmetric bidirectional amplifier with all-optical gain control for randomly variable data traffic
    Year: 2004
    Journal: IEEE Photonics Technology Letters
    Volume: 16
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 287-289
    Publisher: IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers(New York)
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Conference Publications/Papers

  • Burst power equalization using controllable gain clamping for optical burst switched networks
    Year: 2004
    Event name: OECC/COIN 2004
    Conference Publication: Technical digest: OECC/COIN 2004: 9th optoelectronics & communications conference. 3rd international conference on optical internet.
    Page numbers: 806-807
    Publisher: IEICE Institue of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers(Tokyo)
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  • Cost of shared risk link protection in IP over optical transport network
    Year: 2004
    Event name: 30th European Conference on Optical Communication
    Conference Publication: Proceedings of the 30th European conference on Optical Communication
    Volume: 3
    Page numbers: 770-771
    Publisher: Kista Photonics Research Center(Kista)
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  • Fast and simple transient control method for optical burst switched networks
    Year: 2004
    Event name: OECC/COIN 2004
    Conference Publication: Technical digest: OECC/COIN 2004: 9th optoelectronics & communications conference. 3rd international conference on optical internet.
    Page numbers: 416-417
    Publisher: IEICE Institue of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers(Tokyo)
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  • IP over optical transport network: cost and scalability study
    Year: 2004
    Event name: OECC/COIN 2004
    Conference Publication: Technical digest: OECC/COIN 2004: 9th optoelectronics & communications conference. 3rd international conference on optical internet.
    Page numbers: 132-133
    Publisher: IEICE Institue of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers(Tokyo)
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Publications in 2003

Journal Articles

  • A bidirectional optical add-drop multiplexer with gain using multiport circulators, fiber Bragg gratings, and a single unidirectional optical amplifier


    Year: 2003
    Journal: IEEE Photonics Technology Letters
    Volume: 15
    Issue: 7
    Page numbers: 975-977
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  • All-optical gain control for bidirectional optical add-drop multiplexer using ASE noise path through multi-port circulators
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Electronics Letters
    Volume: 39
    Issue: 25
    Page numbers: 1839-1840
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  • Bidirectional optical add drop multiplexer based on Bragg gratings and circulators
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Applied Optics
    Volume: 42
    Issue: 18
    Page numbers: 3495-3499
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Conference Publications/Papers

  • A flexible and high-performance bidirectional optical amplifier with all-optical gain control using ASE noise path through multi-port circulators
    Year: 2003
    Event name: 8th optoelectronics and communication conference (OECC 2003)
    Conference Publication: Acta Optica Sinica: Proceedings of the 8th optoelectronics and communication conference (OECC 2003)
    Volume: 23
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 421-422
    Publisher: Science Press(Beijing)
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  • A low-cost and efficient method to remove EDFA gain transients in optical packet/burst switching networks
    Year: 2003
    Event name: Conference on the optical internet/Australian conference on optical fibre technology 2003
    Conference Publication: Proceedings of the conference on the optical internet/Australian conference on optical fibre technology 2003
    Page numbers: 241-244
    Publisher: EA Books(Sydney)
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  • A novel bidirectional optical add-drop multiplexer with gain incorporating a single unidirectional amplifier
    Year: 2003
    Event name: Optical fiber communication conference and exposition
    Conference Publication: Proceedings of the optical fiber communication conference and exposition
    Page numbers: 352-353
    Publisher: OSA - Optical Society of America(Washington DC)
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  • All-optical gain-controlled bidirectional optical add-drop multiplexer
    Year: 2003
    Event name: LEOS 2003, the 16th annual meeting o