Invited Speakers
DATE: 11/03/2021
Track 1: Optical Fibers, Fiber-based Devices
Track 2: Optical Transmission Sub-systems, Systems and Technologies
Track 3: Network Architectures, Management and Applications
Track 4: Optoelectronic Devices and Integration
Track 5: Microwave Photonics and Optical Signal Processing
Track 7: Photonics for Biology and Medicine
Track 1: Optical Fibers, Fiber-based Devices
Emerging hollow core fibre technology (Tutorial)
Francesco Poletti, University of Southampton, UK
Mid IR source for biomedical applications
Trevor Benson, University of Nottingham, UK
Few-mode fiber distributed acoustic sensors
Haiwen Cai, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, CAS, China
Fiber Bragg grating sensors
Christophe Caucheteur, University of Mons, France
2-µm ultrafast fibre lasers
Maria Chernysheva, Leibniz Institute of Photonics Technology, Germany
Non-telecom applications of photonic lanterns
Sergio Leon Saval, Sydney University, Australia
Few-mode pre-amplified receivers
Guifang Li, University of Central Florida, USA
Entanlgement in few-mode fibers
Xiaoying Li, Tianjin University, China
Fiber optic gyroscopes
Huilian Ma, Zhejiang University, China
High density SDM fibres
Taiji Sakamoto, NTT, Japan
Multicore fiber fan-in and fan-out devices
Ming Tang, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China
Microfibers and nanofibers
Limin Tong, Zhejiang University, China
Hollow-core fiber gas lasers
Zefeng Wang, National University of Defense Technology, China
OAM mode multiplexers for communications
Siyuan Yu, Sun Yat-Sen University, China
Fiber lasers emitting polarization vortices
Qiwen Zhan, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, China
High power fiber lasers
Pu Zhou, National University of Defense Technology, China
Track 2: Optical Transmission Sub-systems, Systems and Technologies
Ultralong-distance undersea transmission systems(Tutorial)
Jin-Xing Cai, SubCom, USA
Power-efficient submarine transmission using SDM: Theoretical limits and experimental results
John Downie, Corning, USA
AI for fast and accurate optical fiber channel modeling
Lilin Yi, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
Ultra-high sensitivity receiver for space communicat
Ravikiran Kakarla, ORC, UK
Real-time software-defined receiver field trial
Sjoerd van der Heide, TUE, Netherlands
Modulation formats for future data center networks
Jianjun Yu, Fudan University, China
Coherent 800G per lambda DWDM field transmission
Zhiyu Xiao, Huawei, China
Technologies to enable over 170 Tbit/s transmission over a single mode fibre
Lidia Galdino, UCL, UK
Tb/s transmission in sustainable and flexible Metro networks using long-wavelength VCSELs
Pierpaulo Boffi, Politecniico di Milano, Italy
High capacity transmission using space division multiplexing
Ruben Luis, NICT, Japan
Advanced perturbation techniques to study nonlinear impairments in fiber-optic transmission systems
Amirhossein Ghazisaeidi, Nokia Bell Labs, France
Physics-Based Deep Learning for Fiber-Optic Communication Systems
Christian Häger, Chalmers, Sweden
TBA
Maria Ionescu, Nokia Bell Labs, France
Digital self-coherent continuous variable quantum key distribution system
Tobias Eriksson, Infinera, Sweden
Hybrid Raman-EDFA C+L band amplifier aided by machine learning
Maria Ionescu, Nokia Bell Labs, France
Machine learning for fiber nonlinearity compensation: An example of interpretable machine learning in optics
Alan Pak Tao Lau, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China
Real-time MIMO detection over SDM fibers: Feasibility and challenges
Shohei Beppu, KDDI, Japan
Integration of continuous-variable quantum key distribution and coherent optical communication
Takuya Hirano, Gakushuin University, Japan
Fault localization in software-defined optical networks
Yongli Zhao, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China
Advanced multi-dimensional modulation formats for fiber-optic transmission
Bin Chen, Hefei University of Technology, China
Advanced DSP enabled high-speed short-reach transmissions for data-center interconnections
Meng Xiang, Guangdong University of Technology, China
Weakly-coupled few-mode fiber transmission and enabling components
Juhao Li, Peking University, China
Symbol-pattern-dependent adaptive equalization and maximum likelihood sequence estimation with a common look-up-table
Yi Cai, Soochow University, China
Track 3: Networks Architectures, Management and Applications
Multi-port and multi-band wavelength switching technologies for future OXC system
Liangjia Zong, Huawei Technology, China
Deterministic edge optical networks
Jiawei Zhang, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China
Standardization and application of port-agnostic WDM technique in metro access layer network
Shikui Shen, China Unicom, China
TBA
Bis Mukherjee, Soochow University, China
Towards IPoDWDM for data center interconnects: Coherent pluggables and open line systems
Jianqiang Li, Kuaishou Technology, USA
Open packet-optical edge node: State of art and challenges
Filippo Cugini, CNIT, Italy
Planning security-aware filterless optical networks
Zuqing Zhu, University of Science and Technology of China, China
IM/DD transmission for data center optical interconnects
Gordon Ning Liu, Soochow University, China
Supercharging the short-haul networks with coherent optical technology and novel architectures
Zhensheng Jia, CableLabs, USA
Towards large-scale disaster-resilient open and integrated disaggregate/legacy optical networks
Sugang Xu, NICT, Japan
A digital twin optical network for scalable control plane development and evaluation
Marco Ruffini, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
The OpenQKD Testbed in Berlin
Marc Geitz, Deutche Telekom, Germany
Filterless metro architectures
Omran Ayoub, SUPSI, Switzerland
PON for fiber to the room
Frank Effenberger, FutureWei Technologies, USA
Track 4: Optoelectronic Devices and Integration
Photonic integrated circuits for optical wireless communication(Tutorial)
Ton Koonen,Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands
Photonic-crystal surface-emitting lasers: from fundamental to the state of the arts(Tutorial)
Susumu Noda,Kyoto University,Japan
Coherent focal plane arrays in silicon photonics; towards high performance 3D Imaging using LIDAR
Remus Nicolaescu, Pointcloud, Inc, USA
20Gbps optical wireless communication system enabled by field-programmable metasurfaces
Zizheng Cao, TU/e, Netherlands
Photonic integrated devices based on thin film lithium niobate on silicon
Liu Liu, Zhejiang University, China
Silicon photonics integration for coherent LiDAR application.
Linjie Zhou, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
Silicon photonics operating beyond 100Gbaud
Xi Xiao, National Optoelectronics Innovation Centre, China
High-performance SiGe Avalanche Photodetectors for HPC internconnect
Zhihong Huang, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, USA
Chip-scale intelligent photonic signal processing
Jian Wang, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China
Future on-chip optoelectronic devices base on nanostructure
Yidong Huang, Tsinghua University, China
SOI based InAs QD lasers and multi-wavelength comb lasers for Tbps transmission
Ting Wang, Institute of Physics, CAS, China
Silicon Chalcogenide Hybrid Photonic Integration
Hongtao Lin, Zhejiang University, China
low noise heterogeneously integrated mode-locked lasers
Bart Kuyken, Universiteit Gent - IMEC, Belgium
Recent progresses on silicon photonic research
Tao Chu, Zhejiang University, China
Integrated Circular-Sided Polygon Microlasers
Yongzheng Huang, Institute of Semiconductors, CAS, China
On-chip gradient metasurface and its applications
Ke Xu, TBA
Wide steering high-resolution optical phased array
Junfeng Song, TBA
Single-crystal lithium niobate thin films for integrated photonics
Hui Hu, TBA
Ultrahigh-Q AlGaAs-on-insulator microresonators for ultra-efficient integrated nonlinear photonics
Weiqiang Xie, TBA
Track 5: Microwave Photonics and Optical Signal Processing
Silicon photonics for artificial intelligence and neuromorphic computing (Tutorial)
Bhavin J Shastri, Queens University, Canada
Microwave photonic cognitive Radio system
Dan Zhu, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, China
Intelligent signal processing using photonic neural networks
Chaoran Huang, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, China
Passive optical to terahertz conversion through plasmonic nanoantennas Arrays
Mona Jarrahi, University of California, USA
Integrated microcombs from microwave band to terahertz band
Jijun He, École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland
THz photonics: lighting up next-generation wireless
Xianbin Yu, Zhejiang University, China
Integrated photonic processors for quantum computing
Jelmer Renema, Quix BV, Netherlands
Microwave photonics for reliable high-speed railway wireless communication against electromagnetic interferences
Peixuan Li, Southwest Jiaotong University, China
Scalability of photonic deep neural networks based on on-chip integrated matrices of SOAs
Patty Stabile, Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands
Photonic integrated chips for THz Beam Steering
Peng Lu, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
The diamond mesh, a phase-error- and loss-tolerant field-programmable MZI-based optical processor
Odile Liboiron-Ladouceur, McGill University, Canada
Optoelectronic oscillator for high-quality microwave signal generation
Jiejun Zhang, Jinan University, China
Integrated silicon photonic circuits for microwave photonics application
Weifeng Zhang, Beijing Institute of Technology, China
Photonics-enabled microwave frequency synthesis
Yihan Li, Beihang University, China
Artificial intelligence powered microwave photonic signal processing
Weiwen Zou, Shanghai Jiaotong University, China
Photonic spiking neural network: theory, device and algorithm
Shuiying Xiang, Xidian University, China
TBA(Tutorial)
Yafa Yan, TBA
Integrating organic-perovskite solar cell
Yaowen Li, Soochow University, China
TBA
Wolfgang Tress, Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland
TBA
Wei Chen, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China
Antimony Selenosulfide Solar Cells
Tao Chen, University of Science and Technology China, China
TBA
Xiaodan Zhang, Nankai University, China
TBA
Dewei Zhao, Sichuan Univerisity, China
Unveiling the surface of photovoltaic perovskites
Rui Wang, Westlake University, China
TBA
Gaoling Yang, Beijing Institute of Technology, China
Colloidal quantum dot infrared solar cells for harvesting the low-energy photons
Jianbing Zhang, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China
TBA
Yaohua Mai, Jinan Univeristy, China
Track 7: Photonics for Biology and Medicine
Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging Microscopy and its Biomedical Applications(Tutorial)
Junle Qu, Shenzhen University, China
TBA
David Sampson, University of Surrey, UK
Three-dimensional super-resolution microscopy in thicker specimens using adaptive optics
Martin Booth, University of Oxford, UK
Polarization sensitive swept source OCT to map localized birefringent information within living tissue
Ruikang Wang, University of Washington, USA
Multi-dimensional Single Particle Tracking
Ning Fang, Xiamen University, China
Imaging cleared tissues using tiling light sheet microscopy and a strategy to understand intelligence
Liang Gao, Westlake University, China
Break the unbroken limits towards super-resolution microscopy using photon upconversion
Qiuqiang Zhan, South China Normal University, China
Deep-learning fluorescence microscopy for capturing biological dynamics at hight spatiotemporal resolution
Peng Fei, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China
Recent advances on multifunctional photosensitizers for enhanced photodynamic therapy
Buhong Li, Fujian Normal University, China
Live-cell FRET assay on the stoichiometry and regulation network of Bcl-2 family proteins
Tongsheng Chen, South China Normal University, China
Super-Resolution Fluorescence Polarization Microscopy and its Biological Applications
Hao Zhang, Southern University of Science and Technology, China
Multimodal tissue imaging supported by optical clearing
Valery V. Tuchin, Institute of Precision Mechanics and Control of the RAS, Russia
Single-Molecule Localization Super-Resolution Microscopy and Its Applications
Leiting Pan, Nankai University, China
Organic Semiconducting Probes for Superresolution Imaging and in Vivo Imaging
Changfeng Wu, Southern University of Science and Technology, China
High-Speed and High-Resolution Raman Imaging of Biological Molecules Using Line Illumination
Katsumasa Fujita, Osaka University, Japan