Author Biographies CHAPTER 1. (ATUL SRIVASTAVA AND JOHN ZYSKIND) Atul Srivastava has over 30-years of research and development experience, and is credited with many advances in the field of optics, semiconductor opto-electronics, and high-capacity optical fiber networks. At Bell Laboratories he was responsible for several key inventions in optical amplifiers including the ultra-wideband EDFA, fast gain control in amplifiers and the first demonstration of the 100-channel long distance terabit capacity WDM transmission He facilitated founding of a start-up company, Onetta in 2000 and as the Vice President of Technology at Onetta, led research and development of optical amplifiers and WDM sub-systems. He is currently president of a new technology consulting startup OneTerabit. He is credited with over 100 publications and15 patents and is a recipient of the Bell Laboratories President's Gold Award, the Trophee du Telephone. He is also a Fellow of Optical Society of America. atul.srivastava@oneterabit.com John Zyskind received his bachelors degree from the University of Chicago and his