Photonic Networks and Devices (NETWORKS)
Events
Photonic Networks and Devices (NETWORKS)
25 July 2022 – 28 July 2022
NETWORKS brings together researchers and engineers from various communities that intersect in today's applications that require photonic networks. The new applications and network architectures will both drive and utilize innovations in optical transmission and photonic devices. Growing demands for bandwidth, flexibility, programmability, resilience, security, low cost, high integration, high functionality, low power consumption, and small footprint require novel solutions in photonic networks and devices. New management paradigms in the framework of software-defined networking are needed for efficient and dynamic programmability of virtualized network resources.
NETWORKS focuses on fostering research that supports the future scaling and performance requirements of emerging applications, including spectrally and spatially multiplexed systems, data centers and data-center interconnections, cloud infrastructure, high-performance computing, and content delivery.
Essential Links
Advanced Photonics Congress
Topics
- Network control and management
- Software-defined networks and network function virtualization (SDN/NFV)
- Machine learning approaches for advanced network management
- Network control and orchestration
- Network performance monitoring and analytics
- Optical white box systems for deeply programmable networks
- Technologies, components, systems and interconnects for Data Centers and High Performance Computing
- Optical networks to support inter data center communication and cloud applications
- Disaggregated Data Center and HPC architectures, algorithms and protocols
- Resource provisioning schemes for intra- and inter-datacenter communication
- Cost effective and energy efficient devices for on-chip and chip-to-chip interconnects
- Network design and operations
- Optical network architectures and protocols for metro, access and backbone networks
- Optical routers and switches, including ROADM, WSS, cross-connects and optical packet/burst switching
- Energy efficient and sustainable optical networks
- Resilience and security of optical networks
- Techno-economic studies
- Advanced high-capacity transmission systems and enabling technologies
- Transmission systems with record capacity
- Methods to achieve multi-terabit capacity networking
- Point-point transmission or shared bus/tree topologies, burst transmission
- 5G transport networks and convergence applications
- Advanced optical modulation formats
- Future networks
Speakers
- Joshua Benjamin, University College London, United Kingdom
Deterministic and Sustainable Data Centres Using Nanosecond Reconfigurable Optical Circuit Switched Networks - Colm Browning, Dublin City University, Ireland
Flexible Converged Photonic and Radio Systems: A Pathway Toward Next Generation Wireless Connectivity - Bin Chen, Hefei University of Technology, China
Optimization of Multi-dimensional Modulation Formats for Fiber-optic Transmission - Haoshuo Chen, Nokia Bell Labs, United States
Trends on Optical Receivers Capable of Full Field Recovery - Hwan Seok Chung, Electronics and Telecom Research Inst, Republic Of Korea
Optical Access Networks for Tactile Internet Services - Vittorio Curri, Politecnico di Torino, Italy
Towards Cost-Effective Multiband Optical Line Systems - Hideaki Furukawa, National Inst of Information & Comm Tech, Japan
Petabit-class Optical Networks and Switching Technologies - Michael Galili, Danmarks Tekniske Universitet, Denmark
Near Pbit/s Transmission Using WDM-SDM Using Single Source Optical Frequency Comb - Sylvain Girard, Universite Jean Monnet, France
Recent Advances in Radiation-hardened Fiber-optic Amplifiers for Space-based Laser Communications - Andreas Gladisch, Deutsche Telekom AG Laboratories, Germany
Convergent Infrastructures for 5G and Beyond Networks - Jan Huwer, Toshiba Research Europe Ltd, United Kingdom
Semiconductor Entangled Photon Sources for Quantum Communication Over Installed Networks - Maria Vasilica Ionescu, Nokia Bell Labs France, France
High-speed Unrepreatered Transmission - Fotini Karinou, Microsoft Research Ltd, United Kingdom
Optical Transceivers and Switching for Datacenter Networks - Daniel Kilper, University of Arizona, United States
Energy Efficient Disaggregated Datacenter Networks - Ramon Mata Calvo, Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahr
Optical Communications for Very High Throughput Satellites - Hidetaka Nishi, NTT Corporation, Japan
Power-Efficient WDM Transceivers Based on Membrane III-V Lasers on Si - Chigo Okonkwo, Technische Universiteit Eindhoven, Netherlands
Advanced Signal Processing in High Capacity Networks - Anil Prabhakar, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India
Building Quantum Networks - Albert Rafel, British Telecommunications, United Kingdom
An Operator’s Point of View on 5G X-Haul Transport and PON Applicability - Johan Rothman, CEA Grenoble, France
Approaching the quantum limit sensitivity in optical communications using HgCdTe APDs - Steve Sanders, Infinera Corporation, United States
Advanced Transponder and Line System Technologies for High Capacity Long Haul Transmission - Jochen Schroeder, Chalmers Tekniska Högskola, Sweden
A 1 Photon per Bit Coherent Receiver for Free- and Deep-space Communications - Kaushik Sengupta, Princeton University, United States
Hybrid Electronic-photonic THz Systems on a Chip - Giuseppe Talli, Tyndall National Institute, Ireland
Optical Technologies for Next Generation Access Networks - Lars Zimmermann, IHP GmbH, Germany
Monolithic Coherent Receivers in Photonic BiCMOS Technology
Committee
- David Caplan, MIT Lincoln Lab, United States, Chair
- Nick Parsons, HUBER+SUHNER Polatis, Inc, United Kingdom, Chair
- Wolfgang Freude, Karlsruher Institut für Technologie, Germany, Program Chair
- Christine Tremblay, École de technologie supérieure, Canada, Program Chair
- Hitesh Ballani, Microsoft Research Ltd, United Kingdom
- Rene Bonk, Nokia Bell Labs, Germany
- Jiajia Chen, Chalmers Tekniska Högskola, Sweden
- Nikolaos Panteleimon Diamantopoulos, NTT Device Technology Labs, Japan
- Rene-Jean Essiambre, Nokia Corporation, United States
- Lidia Galdino, University College London, United Kingdom
- Fatima Garcia Gunning, Tyndall National Institute, Ireland
- David Geisler, Massachusetts Inst of Tech Lincoln Lab, United States
- Martin Maier, INRS -Optical Zeitgeist Laboratory, Canada
- Bruce Moision, Google X, United States
- Tadao Nagatsuma, Osaka University, Japan
- Kim-Khoa Nguyen, ETS - Ecole de technologie Superieure, Canada
- Maurice O'Sullivan, Ciena Corporation, Canada
- João Pedro, Infinera Corporation, Portugal
- Jelena Pesic, Nokia Bell Labs, France
- David Plant, McGill University, Canada
- Marco Ruffini, University of Dublin Trinity College, Ireland
- Rene Schmogrow, Google LLC, United States
- Michela Svaluto Moreolo, Ctr Tecnològic de Telecom de Catalunya, Spain
- Ioannis Tomkos, Athens Information Technology Center, Greece
- Michael Vasilyev, University of Texas at Arlington, United States
- Qunbi Zhuge, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
Plenary Session
Shanhui Fan
Stanford University
Synthetic Dimension: Topological Physics and Optical Computing
About the Speaker
Shanhui Fan is a Professor of Electrical Engineering, a Professor of Applied Physics (by courtesy), a Senior Fellow of the Precourt Institute for Energy, and the Director of the Edward L. Ginzton...
Anna Fontcuberta i Morral
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
New Materials and Structures for Photodetection
Some compound semiconductors such as GaAs and InGaAsP exhibit a high absorption coefficient in the photon energy of interest for solar energy conversion. The direct bandgap associated with strong tuneability of emission wavelength, renders compound semiocnductors the material of choice for optoelectronic applications. Their commercial potential in high production volume applications is reduced due to the scarcity (and thus high cost) of group III elements such as In and Ga. In this talk we present approaches to render the use this kind of materials sustainable: a strong reduction in material use through nanostructures and the replacement of III-V compounds by GeSn or Zn3P2 that contain much more abundant elements. We find nanostructures also provide a path to increase light collection and provide some instructions for optimal devices[1,2]. We explain how these materials can be fabricated with high crystal quality, opening the path for the creation of alternative and sustainable compound semiconductor solar cells [3-5].
References:
[1] P. Krogstrup et al Nature Photon 7, 306 (2013)
[2] A. Dorodnyy et al IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics 24, 1-13 (2018)
[3] S. Escobar Steinvall et al Nanoscale Horizons 5, 274-282 (2020)
[4] R. Paul et al, Crys. Growth. Des. 20, 3816–3825 (2020)
[5] S. Escobar Steinval et al. Nanoscale Adv. 3, 326 (2021)
About the Speaker
Anna Fontcuberta i Morral is Spanish physicist and materials scientist. Her research focuses on nanotechnology applied in the production of solar cells. She is a Full Professor at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne and the head of the Laboratory of Semiconductor Materials.
Son Thai Le
Nokia Bell Labs
Progress on Optical Single-sideband Transmission
There are only two modulation schemes which have been commercially deployed in fiber optical communications, namely the intensity modulation (IM) and the dual-polarization Quadrature Amplitude Modulation (QAM) schemes. These two modulation schemes, however, are very different in term of spectral efficiency, implementation’s complexity, transmission performance and reliability. Compared to the IM scheme, single sideband (SSB) modulation scheme can offer enhanced transmission performance and spectral efficiency. While SSB scheme has lower spectral efficiency than dual-polarization QAM scheme, it can provide additional functionalities, lower complexity and higher reliability. Because of these unique features, SSB modulation can be a suitable modulation format for several emerging applications such as dispersion tolerant DWDM regional and access networks, data center interconnect, optical network monitoring and 5G mobile fronthaul. In this talk, we will review the recent progress of optical SSB modulation for these applications and discuss its potential for commercialization in the near future.
About the Speaker
Son Thai Le is an optical transmission systems researcher at Nokia Bell Labs, Murray Hill, NJ, USA. He obtained his PhD in January 2016 from Aston University, UK. After that he joined the Digital Signal Processing department at Nokia Bell Labs in Stuttgart Germany. From May 2019, Son Thai Le has been with Nokia Bell Labs in NJ, USA. Son Thai Le has demonstrated many transmission records in reach, capacity and spectral efficiency of Nonlinear Frequency Division Multiplexed and short-reach direct detection systems. His current research interests include optical single-sideband modulation, short-reach direct detection and new signaling and architecture for 5G mobile fronthaul. In 2018, Son Thai Le was awarded as “Innovator under 35 Europe” and “Innovator of the year (Germany)” by MIT Technology Review for his contributions in fiber optical communications. He was the recipient of the “Best Paper Award” prizes at the German Information Technology Association (ITG) in 2018 and at NICS in 2019.
Keynote Speaker: Eli Yablonovitch
University of California, Berkeley
Light Trapping in Perspective; Not Just for Current, it Boosts Voltage Too
Almost all commercial solar panels use Light Trapping which increases the internal optical path length by 4(n squared), increasing the current, where n is refractive index. In spite of numerous ingenious attempts, that classical enhancement factor has not been superseded. It is sometimes over-looked that operating point Voltage also increases, by (kT/q)ln{4(n squared)}~100mVolts.
About the Speaker
Eli Yablonovitch is Director of the NSF Center for Energy Efficient Electronics Science (E3S), a multi-University Center headquartered at Berkeley. Yablonovitch introduced the idea that strained semiconductor lasers could have superior performance due to reduced effective mass (holes). With almost every human interaction with the internet, optical telecommunication occurs by strained semiconductor lasers. He is regarded as a Father of the Photonic BandGap concept, and he coined the term "Photonic Crystal". The geometrical structure of the first experimentally realized Photonic bandgap, is sometimes called “Yablonovite”. He was elected to NAE, NAS, NAI, AmAcArSci, and as Foreign Member, UK Royal
Special Events
Symposium: Forty Years of Light Management
Forty years ago, in December 1981, Eli Yablonovitch submitted his seminal paper on “Statistical Ray Optics,” which was one of the first papers investigating light management for solar cells from a fundamental physics perspective.
Light management has mainly been performed with antireflective coatings and textures, which enhance the average light path and hence, absorption in the solar cells. In the last twenty years highly innovative concepts were also investigated, such as (quasi)periodic structures, plasmonic nanostructures, Bragg reflectors, and photonic up- and downconversion. On the other hand, state-of-the-art silicon solar cells have almost perfect light trapping with external quantum efficiencies close to 100% for a broad wavelength range using only conventional light trapping techniques.
With this symposium, we aim to bring together leading experts in the field representing all the light management concepts investigated during the past forty years. We will critically review different light trapping techniques developed in the past decades and discuss, how the field may and should develop further.
Bioinspired Optics: From Fundamental Biology to Tools and Applications
NOMA Symposium outline:
The thematic focus of this symposium will be on the interdisciplinary area of bioinspired optics: specifically, understanding nature’s optical design principles and leveraging them for the development of novel optical tools. The talks will cover various approaches in biomolecular engineering and nanofabrication methodologies, which strive to emulate some of the unique light-manipulating capabilities of living systems, as well as the implementation of new optical characterization strategies. The symposium aims to encourage interdisciplinary discussion, with the simultaneous hope of identifying new research opportunities in bioinspired optics and photonics, advancing fundamental biological understanding, and accelerating next-generation optical tool development. Through our cross-disciplinary focus, we are striving to cultivate a cohesive and inclusive community of scientists at all career stages and from across all demographic groups.
Symposia Chairs: Woei Ming Steve Lee, Australian National University, Alon Gorodetsky, University of California Irvine
Keynote: Roger Hanlon “The Octopus as Tech: Exploring the biology and technological potential of nature’s master of color change” Marine Biological Laboratory at Woods Hole, USA
Session 1 – Bio-inspired systems
- Sonke Johnsen, "The diverse structures underlying ultrablack coloration in tropical butterflies and deep-sea fish" Duke University, USA
- Dan Morse “Bioinspired biophotonics” University of California, Santa Barbara, USA
- Silvia Vignolini, “Biomimetic colour engineering form nature to applications” University of Cambridge, UK
- Thomas Cronin, “Biological Optics: Evolutionary Inventiveness in Light Control University of Maryland, Baltimore County, USA
Session 2 – Bio-inspired tools
- Viktor Gruev, “Bioinspired Polarization and Multispectral Imagers for Image Guided Cancer Surgery and Underwater Geolocalization”, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, USA
- Francesca Palombo, “Optical measurement of mechanical and chemical properties of biomaterials and tissues” University of Exeter, UK
- Mathias Kolle, “Biological growth and optical manufacture of structurally-colored materials” Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
Tutorial: Optoelectronic Neural Interfaces - Fundamentals and Applications
Speaker: Sedat Nizamoglu, Koc University, Turkey
