European Conference on Optical Communication

European Conference on Optical Communication

18 September 2022 – 22 September 2022 Congress Center Basel, Basel, Basel-Landschaft Switzerland

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Topics

SC1 – Novel Fibres, Fibre Devices & Amplifiers

• Physics of light propagation in optical fibres
• Optical fibre design, fabrication and characterisation
• Specialty optical fibres for improved transmission performance
• Low-latency fibres and fibres for new wavelength ranges
• Fibre-based devices
• Fibre amplifiers and fibre lasers
• Multimode & multicore fibre and fibre amplifiers
• Highly nonlinear fibres and their applications
• Fibres for sensing applications

SC2 – Photonic Devices & Technologies

• Novel material platforms and structured materials
• Integrated III-V devices
• Design, fabrication and characterisation of novel integrated devices and functionalities
• Detectors and sources, directly modulated lasers and VCSELs
• Silicon and hybrid III-V/silicon photonics
• Optoelectronic devices

SC3 – Photonic Integrated Circuits, Assemblies & Packaging

• Large-scale photonic integrated circuits
• Packaging of devices, testing of performance and reliability
• Co-packaged optical and electronic ICs (2D, 2.5D and 3D)
• System-on-a-chip (SoC) and on-chip networks
• Advanced analog and digital electronic/optical co-integrated circuits
• Photonic circuits for Neuromorphic applications
• Sources and detectors for quantum communication systems
• Nonlinear waveguides for optical signal processing
• Photonic Integrated Circuits for Artificial Intelligence 
• Reconfigurable Photonic Integrated Circuits

SC4 – Techniques for Digitally Enhancing Optical Communication

• Algorithms for DSP in optical transmission systems
• Experimental demonstration of digital signal processing
• Design, implementation & implications of reduced complexity DSP algorithms
• Optical MIMO DSP
• Machine Learning based DSP for optical transmission

SC5 – Theory of Optical Communications

• New transmission system modelling methods
• Capacity, reach, flexibility limits of optical transmission systems
• System level implications of physical impairments and impairment mitigation techniques
• Novel error correction coding
• Advanced data encoding and signal shaping
• Information theory for optical communications
• Modelling and design of digital signal processing

SC6 – Optical Transmission Systems

• Lab/field demonstrations of optical transmission links deploying novel fibres, devices, subsystems and multiplexing techniques
• Link system demonstrations using novel signal modulation techniques
• Analog and nonlinear signal processing subsystems demonstrating transmission enhancements
• Multiplexing and demultiplexing subsystems for improved transmission
• Demonstration of spatially multiplexed transmission links

SC7 – Core & Metro Networks

• Core, metro and converged networks
• Long reach and high capacity transport optical networks
• Underwater networks and cable deployment
• High connectivity node architectures including protection and failure recovery
• Network deployments and field trials
• Inter data centres interconnect networks
• Subsystems for network functionalities (2R/3R regeneration, OADMs, OXCs, ...)
• Optical performance monitoring techniques and subsystems
• Optical switching and routing in long haul and core networks

SC8 – Access, Indoor & Short-Reach for Data Centres and Mobile Networks

• Fibre-to-the-premises (FTTx) and optical access networks
• Passive optical networks
• In-building optical networks
• Intra data centre interconnect networks
• High performance computer networks
• Backhaul, midhaul and fronthaul networks for mobile applications
• Highly parallel network and interconnect demonstrations
• Photonics for Cloud and low latency servicesOptical switching and routing in short-reach networks

SC9 – Photonics for RF & Free-Space Optics Applications

• Microwave Photonics subsystems
• Millimetre-wave and THz photonics signal generation/detection
• Demonstration of optics-based THz wireless subsystems
• Demonstration of analog radio-over-fibre systems for 5G and beyond
• Optical wireless communication (susystems and networks
• LiFi and VLC communication networks
• Satellite photonic communication links
• Lab/field demonstration of free-space optical wireless transmission
• Photonic wired/wireless communication network solutions

SC10 – Architecture, Control & Management of Optical Networks

• Control, orchestration, and management of optical networks
• Optical network architectures, design and modelling
• Planning and scaling of hybrid optical/optoelectronic networks
• Machine learning and artificial intelligence for advanced optical networking, performance monitoring and advanced network troubleshooting
• Integration of optical transmission network layers with higher-layer network services
• Network reliability, survivability, security and disaster recovery
• Driven optical layers for network functions virtualization and software defined network applications

CLEO^®/Europe Focus Meeting

Quantum Photonics

• Quantum optics and quantum communication
• Quantum sensing and metrology
• Photonic quantum computing and simulations
• Quantum nanophotonics
• Quantum optomechanics
• Quantum interfaces
• Coherent transfer from the optical to the microwave domain
• Quantum memories for photons
• Quantum networks
• Quantum light sources and detectors
• Theory of quantum communication systems
• Demonstration of quantum communication systems
• Quantum cryptography lab/field demonstration

Novel Photonic Materials & Effects

• 2D photonic materials
• Metamaterials and metasurfaces
• Nanophotonic materials
• Novel nonlinear optical materials
• Plasmonic effects
• Optical memristive effects

Emerging Photonic Devices, Technologies & Applications

• Ultrafast devices and technologies
• Plasmonic devices
• Frequency combs and microresonators
• Optical computing
• Photonic memristive devices and circuits
• Non-reciprocal photonics
• Inverse design for photonic devices

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Committee

Organizing Committees

Juerg Leuthold, ETH Zurich, Switzerland (General Co-Chair)
Christopher Harder, Swissphotonics, Switzerland (General Co-Chair)
Bert Offrein, IBM Research Zurich, Switzerland (Technical Program Co-Chair)
Hans Limberger, EPF Lausanne, EPF Lausanne, Switzerland (Techical Program Co-Chair)

SC1 – Novel Fibres, Fibre Devices & Amplifiers

Camille-Sophie Brès, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, Switzerland (Chair)
Marianne Bigot, Prysmian Group, France
Christian-Alexander Bunge, Deutsche Telekom AG, Germany
Tommy Geisler, OFS FITEL DENMARK ApS, Denmark
Ian McClean, II-VI Photonics, United Kingdom
Kazunori Mukasa, Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd., Japan
Rogerio Nunes Nogueira, Instituto De Telecomunicacoes, Portugal
Luca Palmieri, Universita degli Studi di Padova, Italy
Francesco Poletti, University of Southampton, United Kingdom
Luc Thevenaz, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, Switzerland
Marc Wuilpart, Université de Mons, Belgium
Seongwoo Yoo, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

SC2 – Photonic Devices & Technologies

Jörg Wieland, Tetra Semiconductors Ltd, Switzerland (Chair)
Timo Tapani Aalto, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Finland
Yuliya A Akulova, Intel Corporation, United States
Andreas Beling, University of Virginia, United States
Woo-Young Choi, Yonsei University, Republic of Korea
Helene Debregeas, Almae Technologies, France
Xuhan Guo, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
Jon Heffernan, University of Sheffield, United Kingdom
Christian Koos, Karlsruher Institut für Technologie, Germany
Dan M Marom, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
Shinji Matsuo, NTT Device Technology Labs, Japan
Lucas B Soldano, Agilent Technologies, Italy
Mitsuru Takenaka, University of Tokyo, Japan
Jean Teissier, II-VI Laser Enterprise, Switzerland

SC3 – Photonic Integrated Circuits, Assemblies & Packaging

Daniel Kuchta, IBM TJ Watson Research Center, United States (Chair)
Selina Farwell, Lumentum Operations Inc, United Kingdom
Folkert Horst, International Business Machines Corp, Switzerland
Mads L Nielsen, Danmarks Tekniske Universitet, Denmark
Nobu Nishiyama, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
Segolene Olivier, CEA-LETI, France
Daniel Pérez-Lopez, iPRONICS, Spain
David Plant, McGill University, Canada
Gunther Roelkens, Ghent University - imec, Belgium
Hamed Sattari, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, Switzerland
Ripalta Stabile, Technische Universiteit Eindhoven, Netherlands
Keijiro Suzuki, Natl Inst of Adv Industrial Sci & Tech, Japan
Xin Yin, IMEC - Ghent University, Belgium
Lars Zimmermann, IHP GmbH, Germany

SC4 – Techniques for Digitally Enhancing Optical Communication

Chigo M Okonkwo, Technische Universiteit Eindhoven, Netherlands (Chair)
Elie Awwad, Telecom Paris, France
Xi Chen, Nokia Bell Labs, United States
Francesco Da Ros, DTU Fotonik, Denmark
Chris R S Fludger, Infinera GmbH, Germany
Domanic Lavery, Infinera Corporation, United Kingdom
Emmanuel Le Taillandier de Gabory, NEC Corporation, Japan
Chao Lu, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
Sebastian Randel, Karlsruher Institut für Technologie, Germany
Christoph Studer, ETH Zurich
Sander Wahls, Technische Universiteit Delft, Netherlands
Fatih Yaman, NEC Laboratories America Inc., United States

SC5 – Theory of Optical Communications

Rene-Jean Essiambre, Nokia Corporation, United States (Chair)
Alex Alvarado, Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands
Luiz Anet Neto, IMT Atlantique, France
Cristian Antonelli, Universita degli Studi dell'Aquila, Italy
Junho Cho, Nokia Bell Labs, United States
Francisco J Diaz-Otero, University of Vigo, Spain
Helmut Griesser, ADVA Optical Networking AG, Germany
Magnus Karlsson, Chalmers Tekniska Högskola, Sweden
Domenico Marsella, Scuola Superiore Sant Anna di Pisa, Italy
Mariia Sorokina, Aston University, United Kingdom
Chongjin Xie, Alibaba Group, United States
Masato Yoshida, Tohoku University, Japan

SC6 – Optical Transmission Systems

Fatima Cristina Garcia Gunning, Tyndall National Institute, Ireland (Chair)
Lidia Galdino, University College London, United Kingdom
Norbert Hanik, Technische Universität Munchen, Germany
Tomoyuki Kato, Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd., Japan
Hoon Kim, Korea Advanced Inst of Science & Tech, Republic Of Korea
Takayuki Kobayashi, NTT Network Innovation Laboratories, Japan
Beatriz Ortega, Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain
Alexei N Pilipetskii, SubCom LLC, United States
Jeremie Renaudier, Nokia Bell Labs, France
Jochen Bernhard Schroeder, Chalmers Tekniska Högskola, Sweden
Paolo Serena, Universita degli Studi di Parma, Italy
J.P. Turkiewicz, Warsaw University of Technology, Poland
Jian Wu, Beijing Univ of Posts & Telecom, China

SC7 – Core & Metro Networks

Nicola Calabretta, Technische Universiteit Eindhoven, Netherlands (Chair)
Dimitrios Apostolopoulos, National Technical University of Athens, Greece
Benedikt Baeuerle, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Andrea Carena, Politecnico di Torino, Italy
Admela Jukan, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Germany
Patricia Layec, Nokia Bell Labs, France
Charles Ci Wen Lim, National University of Singapore
Oskars Ozolins, RISE Research Institutes of Sweden AB, Sweden
Nick J Parsons, Huber+Suhner Polatis, United Kingdom
Bernhard Schrenk, AIT Austrian Institute of Technology, Austria
Alexandros Stavdas, University of Peloponnese, Greece
Takehiro Tsuritani, KDDI R&D Laboratories, Japan
Carmen Vazquez, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain

SC8 – Access, Indoor & Short-Reach for Data Centres and Mobile Networks

Francesca Parmigiani, Microsoft Research Ltd, United Kingdom (Chair)
Fabio Bottoni, Cisco Systems Inc, Italy
Zhangyuan Chen, Peking University, China
Jochen Maes, Nokia Bell Labs, Belgium
Paulo P Monteiro, IT  /UA, Portugal
Ampalavanapilla Thas Nirmalathas, University of Melbourne, Australia
Stephan Pachnicke, Christian-Albrechts Universität zu Kiel, Germany
Paola Parolari, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Nikos Pleros, Aristoteleio Panepistimio Thessalonikis, Greece
Fabienne Saliou, Orange Labs, France
Michela  Svaluto Moreolo, Ctr Tecnològic de Telecom de Catalunya, Spain
Nguyen-Cac Tran, Genexis B.V., Netherlands
Tomoaki Yoshida, NTT Corporation, Japan
Satoshi Yoshima, Mitsubishi Electric, Japan

SC9 – Photonics for RF & Free-Space Optics Applications

Reto Muff, Thales Alenia Space France, France (Chair)
Liam P Barry, Dublin City University, Ireland
Maite Brandt-Pearce, University of Virginia, United States
Zizheng Cao, Technische Universiteit Eindhoven, Netherlands
Guillermo Carpintero, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain
Fabio Cavaliere, Ericsson Inc, Italy
Chi-Wai Chow, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taiwan
Hwan Seok Chung, Electronics and Telecom Research Inst, Republic Of Korea
Mathilde Gay, ENSSAT, France
Harald Haas, University of Strathclyde, United Kingdom
Shota Ishimura, KDDI R&D Laboratories, Japan
Peter Ossieur, Ghent University, INTEC, Belgium
Leif Katsuo Oxenløwe, DTU Fotonik, Denmark
Xiaoke Yi, University of Sydney, Australia

SC10 – Architecture, Control & Management of Optical Networks

Reza Nejabati, University of Bristol, United Kingdom (Chair)
Thomas Bauschert, Chemnitz university of Technology, Germany
Jiajia Chen, Chalmers Tekniska Högskola, United States
Hideaki Furukawa, National Inst of Information & Comm Tech, Japan
Tom Issenhuth, Microsoft Corp, United States
Raul Muñoz, CTTC, Spain
Yvan Pointurier, Huawei, France
Emilio Riccardi, Telecom Italia Lab, Italy
Marco Ruffini, University of Dublin Trinity College, Ireland
Gangxiang Shen, Soochow University, China
Jesse E Simsarian, Nokia Bell Labs, United States
Anna Tzanakaki, University of Athens, Greece
Raimena Veisllari, TransPacket AS, Norway

CLEO/Europe Focus Meeting

Quantum Photonics

Patrick Maletinsky, University of Basel, Switzerland (Co-Chair)
Philipp Treutlein, University of Basel, Switzerland (Co-Chair)
Yiwen Chu, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Hugues De de Riedmatten, ICFO -Institut de Ciencies Fotoniques, Spain
Christophe Galland, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, Switzerland
Steve Lecomte, CSEM, Switzerland
Tilman Pfau, Universität Stuttgart, Germany
Jeff Thompson, Princeton University, United States
Thomas Walter Volz, Macquarie University, Australia

Novel Photonic Materials & Effects

Anna Fontcuberta i Morral, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, Switzerland (Chair)
Marta De Luca, University of Basel, Switzerland
Alexandros Emboras, ETH Zurich, Switzerland

Emerging Photonic Devices, Technologies & Applications

Giacomo Scalari, ETH Zurich, Switzerland (Chair)
Ileana-Cristina Benea-Chelmus, Harvard University, United States
Stephane Kena-Cohen, Polytechnique Montréal, Canada
Marco Peccianti, University of Sussex, United Kingdom