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AES Technical Committee

Fiber Optics for Audio

Chair:    Ronald Ajemian    (Send E-mail)
Chair:    Werner Bachmann    (Send E-mail)

Mission statement

The committee addresses a variety of fiber optic technologies including recording, broadcast, test equipment, cables, connectors, and broadband telecom links of audio systems worldwide. The objectives will be to better understand fiber optic based technologies to allow the user or designer an easier transition for integration with existing electrical based audio systems. The committee will provide updated fiber optic advancements through this process and will disseminate this information.


Areas of Concentration

  • Fiber Optic Cables usage and types (glass or plastic)
  • Wavelength, Distance, singlemode versus multimode representation.
  • Fiber Optic Connector usage and types
  • Fiber Optic tools
  • Fiber Optic system design and performance.
  • Analogue and digital systems and circuitry.
  • Fiber Network delivery of high-resolution audio.
  • New fiber optic technologies
  • Fiber Optic link design
  • Transmitters
  • Receivers
  • Objective evaluation and subjective performance of fiber optic links
  • Objective measurement techniques and resolution issues.
  • Hybrid Fiber and Copper based systems
  • Education and networking
  • To inform and educate the membership about the important facts of fiber optics in audio technology and applications.
  • To network with other Technical Committees in order to involve them in the study of fiber optics for audio.


Committee Members

 Fred Besnoff  Vene Garcia  Marc Brunke 
 John Cunningham  Thomas Myers  Brian O'Gallagher 
 Christian Ganahl  B. Morgan Martin  Paul Polishuk 
 Aditi Shirish  Sam Skaf  Thomas M. Chudyk 
 Norbert Nachbauer  Chris Gaunt  Albert B. Grundy 
 Ronald Ajemian  Rick Chinn  Kenneth R Fause 
 Frank Cunningham  Jim Kaiser  Michael Poimboeuf 
 C. Robin Caine  Bill McQuaide  Wil Oxford 
 Umberto Zanghieri  Werner Bachmann  Warren Osse 
 Robert Economaki  Larry Bryan  Daniel Fonseca 
 Ittai Lavi 

To request membership in this Technical Committee please e-mail the Chair by using the link above.

AES - Audio Engineering Society