Invited Speakers

Track 1: Optical Fibers and Fiber-based Devices

Shifeng Zhou, South China University of Technology, China Keynote

Title: Gain fiber for broadband fiber amplifier

Mingjun Li, Corning Incorporated, United States Tutorial

Title: Multimode Fibers for High-capacity Short-reach Communications

Sijing Liang, University of Southampton, United Kingdom

Title: Multicore Fiber Amplifier with Energy-efficient Pump Integration

Chengbo Mou, Shanghai University, China

Title: Applications of carbon nanotube mode-locked fiber lasers

Xiaobei Zhang, Shanghai University, China

Title: Anti-Resonant Hollow-Core Fiber for Mode Controlling

Limin Xiao, Fudan University, China

Title: HCF-based air-core waveguide devices 

Gustavo Ocampo, Hokkaido University, Japan

Title: Impact of Stress Distribution on Birefringence and Polarization-Mode Dispersion in Multi-Core Fibers

Mingming Tan, Aston University, United Kingdom

Title: Ultra-wideband Raman-amplified Coherent Transmissions

Liang Wang, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China

Title: High-performance optical frequency domain reflectometer and its applications

Shangran Xie, Beijing Institute of Technology, China

Title: Optical trapping and metrologies in hollow-core optical fibers

Xiaonan Xu, Nokia Bell labs, United States

Title: Leveraging LLMs for SDM Fiber Design And Using Multi-Core Fibers for Scalable LLM Inference

Zhijia Hu, Anhui University, China

Title: Research on Dynamics of Fiber Random Lasers and Magneto-Optical Effects

Xinglin Zeng, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, China

Title: Chiral photon-phonon Brillouin interaction: in twisted photonic crystal fiber and beyond

Track 2: Optical Transmission Systems, Subsystems and Technologies

Vivian Xi Chen, Nokia Bell Labs, United States Tutorial

Title: Components, DSP, and subsystem design for ultra-high-speed optical transceivers

Darko Zibar, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark Tutorial

Title: Advancing the next generation of photonic systems using machine learning

Yixiao Zhu, Shanghai Jiaotong University, China

Title: Low-Cost Coherent Detection from Short-Reach to Long-Haul Transmission

Oskars Ozolins, Riga Technical University, Latvia

Title: High-Speed O-Band Ring Resonator Modulators for Short-Reach Optical Interconnects

Changjian Guo, South China Normal University, China

Title: Tunable Single-Sideband Electro-Optic Modulator via Optical Hilbert Transformers on Thin-Film Lithium Niobate

Yanfu Yang, Harbin Institute of Technology, China

Title: Recent Advances in Integrated Forward Vibration Sensing in Optical Communication Systems

Stephan Pachnicke, Kiel University, Germany

Title: Digital and Neuromorphic Optical Signal Processing for AI Intra-Datacenter Networks

Faisal Nadeem Khan, Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, China

Title: Recent advances and future challenges in machine learning-aided fiber-optic communication systems

Jim Zou, Adtran Networks, United States

Title: Evolution of optical networking for AI factory

Di Che, Nokia Bell Labs, United States

Title: Revisiting the Multicarrier Advantage in Point-to-Multipoint Optical Networks

Chao Li, Pengcheng Laboratory, China

Title: Ultra-High Capacity Optical Transmission over Anti-Resonate Hollow-Core-Fiber

Xia Sheng, China Telecom Research Institute, China

Title: Innovation and Evolution Trends of High-Speed and Large-Capacity Optical Interconnection Networks

Ji Zhou, Jinan University, China

Title: 50G and B50G Optical Access Networks

Xiang Li, China University of Geoscience, China

Title: Recent advances in high-speed simplified coherent passive optical network

Baoluo Yan, WDM system department of wireline product R&D institute, ZTE Corperation, China

Title: 400Gb/s and Beyond Transmission Systems: Exploring Future Directions and Design Trade-offs

Jie Liu, Sun Yat-sen University, China

Title: High-Capacity Optical Fibre Communications Using Orbital Angular Momentum Modes

Dechao Zhang, China Mobile Research Institute, China

Title: HIC-OTN for Intelligent Computing Center Interconnections

Yohei Sobu, PETRA/Fujitsu, Japan

Title: Towards Energy-Efficient Coherent Transceivers via Optical Offload Architecture

Wen Zhou, Fudan University, China

Title: Long-range AI-aided 6G photonics THz transmission technology

Aleksandr Donodin, Aston University, United Kingdom

Title: Novel optical amplifiers for optical communications and beyond

Tianhua Xu, Warwick University, United Kingdom

Title: Gaussian Pulse-Based PSS-PPM Scheme for Optical Integrated Sensing and Communication Systems

Hartmut Hafermann, Huawei Technologies, France

Title: Realistic and Efficient Modeling of Semiconductor Optical Amplifiers for WDM Transmission

Ke Wang, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Australia

Title: Optical and Terahertz Wireless Communications for 6G and Beyond

Alan LAU, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China

Title: Integrated Sensing and Communications for Metropolitan Environments

Jingchi Li, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China

Title: Silicon Photonic Self-Coherent Detetion Receivers for Optical Interconnects

Tingwei Wu, Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China

Title: Demonstration of FSO emergency communication for UAVs and research on its security technology

Track 3: Network Architectures, Management and Applications

Piero Castoldi, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Italy Keynote

Title: Toward Autonomous Optical Networks: Leveraging SDN, ML, and Real-Time Telemetry

Paolo Monti, Chalmers University, Sweden Keynote

Title: Towards Autonomous Communication Infrastructures: From Programmability to Intelligence

Ioannis Tomkos, University of Patras, Greece Keynote

Title: How the future optical x-haul network architecture in 6G may be implemented? A view from Europe

Ton Koonen, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands Keynote

Title: Advanced Techniques for Beam-Steered High-Capacity Optical Wireless Networks

Andrea Marotta, University of L'Aquila, Italy

Title: Experimental Insights on Fault Localization and Energy Efficiency in Multi-Core Fiber SDM Systems

Zuqing Zhu, University of Science and Technology of China, China

Title: Accelerating Collective Communications in Optical Rackless DC with P4-based In-Network Computing

Dong Wang, China Mobile Research Institute, China

Title: Field Trial of Decentralized Training with Separation of Compute and Storage over 240km Based on Optical Transport Network for Artificial Intelligence

Shikui Shen, China Unicom, China

Title: Recently technologies and ITU-T standardization progress of optical networks

Xiang Liu, Huawei, China

Title: International Optical Networks towards 2030 and Beyond (ION-2030) for the AI Era

Thierry Zami, ASN / Nokia, France

Title: How intermodal interference affects WDM networks based on hollow core fiber

Qunbi Zhuge, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China

Title: LLM-Powered AI Agents for Autonomous Optical Networks: Recent Advances and Field Trial Demonstrations

Huatao Zhu, National University of Defense Technology, China

Title: Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface Aided Covert Communication over Optical Network

Jiawei Zhang, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China

Title: Time deterministic optical access network: chanllenges and sollutions

Jun Li, Soochow university, China

Title: Unified Optical Access Network: Architecture and Bandwidth Scheduling

Junwen Zhang, Fudan University, China

Title: Intelligent and Flexible Coherent Optics for Next-Generation Optical Access Network

Xuwei Xue, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China

Title: Optical Switching Enhanced AI Data Centers

Shaoliang Yu, Zhejiang Lab, China

Title: Co-packaged optics for high-bandwidth and energy-efficient network in AI data center

Yuyang Liu, China Telecom Research Institute, China

Title: Exploration of Optical Transmission Network Technology Supporting Distributed Training of Large Language Models

Weigang Hou, Northeastern University, China

Title: Optical Evolution for In-Vehicle Network

Ning Deng, Great Bay University, China

Title: Disaster-Resilient Provisioning in C+L Multi-Band Optical Networks

Wei Wang, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China

Title: Robust Space-Ground Integrated Optical Networking over Dynamic LEO Satellite Constellations

Xiaonan Yu, Changchun University of Science and Technology, China

Title: Communication and Sensing via Hermite-Gaussian Time-Domain Mode-Division-Multiple-Access

Jialong Li, Max Planck Institute for Informatics (MPI-INF), Germany

Title: Uniform-Cost Multi-Path Routing for Reconfigurable Data Center Networks

Domenico Ribezzo, The University of Florence, Italy

Title: Toward Real-World Quantum Networks: Interoperability, Coexistence, and High-Rate QKD

Hoon Kim, KAIST, Korea

Title: Feedforward Compensation of Frequency Drift and Phase Noise of Sub-THz Signal in Optical Heterodyne Technique

Yuanqiu Luo, Huawei, United States

Title: Standard Development and Deployment Status of Fiber-to-the-Room (FTTR)

Track 4: Optoelectronic Devices and Integration

Xingjun Wang, Peking University, China Keynote

Title: Large scale silicon photonics and system

Hanxing Shi, Openlight Photonics, United States

Title: Heterogeneously Integrated Silicon Photonics in Open Access PDK for LiDAR and Optical Interconnects

Jianqi Hu, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Title: Octave-spanning supercontinuum generation from an integrated ultrafast laser

Deming Kong, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark

Title: Multidimensionally Encoded Photonic Matrix Multipliers for Digital Optical Neural Networks

Huaqing Qiu, IMEC, Belgium

Title: Integrated Optical Phased Arrays and LiDAR Application in Silicon Photonics

Sha Zhu, Nankai University, China

Title: Key technologies and integrated chips for microwave photonic radar

Yuan Yuan, Northeastern University, United States

Title: Platform-First Photonic Integrated Circuits: All-Silicon Solution

Yuya Shoji, Tokyo institute of technology, Japan

Title: Magnet-optical Isolator and Switch for Photonic Integrated Circuits

Wei Chu, Zhangjiang Lab, China

Title: 300-mm Silicon Photonics Platform and High-performance Devices for Optical Interconnect Applications

Kaiyi Wu, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden

Title: Vernier microcombs for optical atomic clocks and optical frequency synthesizers

Shunfa Liu, Sun Yat-sen University, China

Title: High-quality photonic quantum devices based on semiconductor cavity quantum electrodynamics

Jianan Duan, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen, China

Title: Dynamics of Quantum Dot Frequency Comb Lasers

Armands Ostrovskis, Riga Technical University, Latvia and Keysight Technologies, Germany

Title: 448 Gbps optical-amplification-free transmission using TFLN modulator

Xiaodan Pang, Zhejiang University, China

Title: Unipolar Quantum Optoelectronic Devices for Mid-Infrared Free Space Optical Communication

Lan Li, Westlake University, China

Title: Design and Integration Strategies of Active Photonic Integrated Devices on Flexible Platforms

Rui Tang, Keio University, Japan

Title: Programmable silicon photonic integrated circuits for optical computing

Qijie Wang, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Title: Ultracompact flatband high-Q single-mode semiconductor lasers

Track 5: Microwave Photonics and Optical Signal Processing

Thomas Schneider, TU Braunschweig, Germany Tutorial

Title: Terahertz-Bandwidth Signal Processing with Low-Bandwidth Electronics

Ivana Gasulla, ITEAM, Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain Tutorial

Title: Spatial multiplexing meets dispersion diversity: Enabling advanced signal processing with multicore and few-mode fibers

Yiping Wang, Nanjing Normal University, China

Title: Recent Advances in Microwave Photonic Sensing Technologies

Alberto Montanaro, CNIT, PNTLab, Italy

Title: Integrated microwave photonics based on graphene and related materials

Lu Zhang, Zhejiang University, China

Title: Photonic Terahertz Chaotic Integrated Sensing and Communications (Chaotic-ISAC)

Zhen Zeng, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, China

Title: Controllable microwave pulse signal generation based on an actively mode-locked optoelectronic oscillator

Xiaojun Xie, Southwest Jiaotong University, China

Title: High-Speed and High-Power Photodetectors: From Homogeneous Material Devices to Heterogeneous Integrated Chips

Na Qian, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China

Title: Photonic Array Signal Digitization and Processing: From Architectures to Wideband Applications

Chaoran Huang, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Title: Photonic Platforms for Neuromorphic Computing

Lihan Wang, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, China

Title: Microwave Photonics Empowered Integrated Sensing and Communication for 6G

Jingzhan Shi, Nanjing Normal University, China

Title: Photonics-enabled High-sensitivity and Wide-bandwidth Microwave Phase Noise Analyzers

Ziqian Zhang, The University of Sydney, Australia

Title: Photonics-assisted stepped-frequency radar

Zhongjin Lin, Sun Yat-sen University, China

Title: Roadmapping the large-scale integrated photonic tensor core

Mengke Wang, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, China

Title: Integrated electro-optic devices based on Pockels materials

Tong Lin, Southeast University, China

Title: Broadband signal processing using dense wavelength demultiplexed silicon photonic hybrid

Chester Shu, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Title: Kerr-Induced Coherent Spectral Processing for Versatile Generation of Optical Frequency Combs

Ying Zhu, National Information Optoelectronics Innovation Center, China

Title: Silicon Photonics Accelerator and Processor for AI Using Integrated Coherent Technologies

Track 6: Micro-, Nano-, and Quantum Photonics: Science and Applications

Andrew Poon, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China Tutorial

Title: Nonlinear and quantum photonics in SiC-on-Insulator Microring Resonators

Huiyun Liu, University College London, United Kingdom Tutorial

Title: III-V Telecom Quantum-Dot lasers Monolithically Grown on Si Platform for Si Photonics

Rene Essiambre, Nokia Bell labs, United States Tutorial

Title: An overview of the capacity limits of classical and quantum optical communication systems

Jiawei Wang, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen, China Keynote

Title: Chiral optical modes in silicon-based integrated microresonators

Binhao Wang, Xi'an Institute of Optics and Precision Mechanics, China

Title: A 1.28 Tbps/Fiber Silicon Photonic DWDM Transceiver for Advanced Optical Interconnects

Tingbiao Guo, Zhejiang University, China

Title: Spatiotemporal spectral filtering chip based on active materials

Yeyu Tong, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou), China

Title: Photonic Integration for Advanced Multidimensional Optical Applications

Ying Xue, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Title: Lateral monolithic integration of III-V devices on SOI

Jintian Lin, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics (SIOM), CAS, China

Title: Visible Brillouin-quadratic microlasers in thin-film lithium niobate platform

Wenqi Wei, Songshan Lake Materials Laboratory, China

Title: Monolithic integration of  III-V quantum dot lasers and silicon waveguides on SOI

Junying Li, Hangzhou Institute for Advanced Study, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Title: Electrically and optically reconfigurable phase change materials-integrated photonic devices

Junjia Wang, Southeast University, China

Title: Integrated Photonic Metamaterial Antennas for High-Performance Beam Steering

Ping Zhao, Sichuan University, China

Title: Ultra-broadband optical parametric amplification using nonlinear integrated waveguides

Siming Chen, Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Title: Quantum Dot Lasers: Advances, Applications and Prospects

Xiaomin Ren, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China

Title: On the Fundamentals of Quantum Electronics: Schrödinger and Dirac Equations

Track 7: Photonic Sensors & Bio-Photonics

Marcelo A. Soto, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María, Chile Keynote

Title: Forward Brillouin scattering in few-mode fibers: Opportunities for accurate temperature sensing

Fei Xu, Nanjing University, China Keynote

Title: Fiber multifunction-integrated devices for sensing

Lei Wei, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Keynote

Title: Thermally Drawn Multifunctional Fibers

Min Yong Jeon, Chungnam National University, Korea

Title: Fiber-optic sensors based on wavelength-swept lasers

Yang Ran, Jinan University, China

Title: Fiber-Optic Theranostics: Towards Precision Tumor Diagnosis and Treatment

Mingjiang Zhang, Taiyuan University of Technology, China

Title: Chaotic Raman Distributed Optical Fiber Sensing and Its Applications

Qizhen Sun, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China

Title: Multifunctional Integrated Fiber-Optic Ultrasonic Transducers and Imaging Applications

Lei Zhang, Zhejiang University, China

Title: Optical micro-/nanofibers enabled sensors and actuators

Xun Guan, Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, China

Title: Operando Events Monitoring with Fiber Sensors in Lithium Metal Batteries

Zhiyong Zhao, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China

Title: Optical frequency comb enabled distributed fiber sensing

Jian Li, Taiyuan University of Technology, China

Title: Chaotic Raman optical fiber sensing

Shuaiqi Liu, Harbin Institute of Technology, China

Title: Remote phase-sensitive OFDR: decoupling spatiotemporal resolution from sensing distance

Yaxi Yan, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China

Title: Forward Transmission based Distributed Vibration Sensing and its integration to optical fiber communication systems

Long Jin, South China Normal University, China

Title: High-Performance Fiber-Optic Photoacoustic Sensing for Advanced Endomicroscopy

Bo Liu, Zhejiang LAB, China

Title: Distributed Temperature Sensing with Single-Crystal Fibers: Fabrication and Application

Tian Yang, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China

Title: SPP-MIM Hybridization to Combine SPR and LSPR for Biosensing

Lipeng Sun, Jinan University, China

Title: In situ fiber-optic monitoring of electrochemical interfacial dynamics

Ruohui Wang, Northwest University, China

Title: Single-channel single-fiber 3D shape sensing based on femtosecond laser inscribed cladding microstructure

Arup Lal Chakraborty, IIT Gandhinagar, India

Title:Field-deployable calibration-free 1f wavelength modulation spectroscopy systems for trace gas monitoring