Tutorial & Invited Speakers

Track 1: Optical Fibers, Fiber-based Devices

Topic: Emerging hollow core fibre technology (Tutorial)
Francesco Poletti, University of Southampton, UK

Topic: Mid IR source for biomedical applications
Trevor Benson, University of Nottingham, UK

Topic: Few-mode fiber distributed acoustic sensors
Haiwen Cai, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, CAS, China

Topic: Fiber Bragg grating sensors
Christophe Caucheteur, University of Mons, France

Topic: 2-µm ultrafast fibre lasers
Maria Chernysheva, Leibniz Institute of Photonics Technology, Germany

Topic: Non-telecom applications of photonic lanterns
Sergio Leon Saval, Sydney University, Australia

Topic: Few-mode pre-amplified receivers
Guifang Li, University of Central Florida, USA

Topic: Entanlgement in few-mode fibers
Xiaoying Li, Tianjin University, China

Topic: Fiber optic gyroscopes
Huilian Ma, Zhejiang University, China

Topic: High density SDM fibres
Taiji Sakamoto, NTT, Japan

Topic: Multicore fiber fan-in and fan-out devices
Ming Tang, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China

Topic: Microfibers and nanofibers
Limin Tong, Zhejiang University, China

Topic: Hollow-core fiber gas lasers
Zefeng Wang, National University of Defense Technology, China

Topic: OAM mode multiplexers for communications
Siyuan Yu, Sun Yat-Sen University, China

Topic: Fiber lasers emitting polarization vortices
Qiwen Zhan, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, China

Topic: High power fiber lasers
Pu Zhou, National University of Defense Technology, China

Track 2: Optical Transmission Sub-systems, Systems and Technologies

Topic: Ultralong-distance undersea transmission systems(Tutorial)
Jin-Xing Cai, SubCom, USA

Topic: Power-efficient submarine transmission using SDM: Theoretical limits and experimental results
John Downie, Corning, USA

Topic: AI for fast and accurate optical fiber channel modeling
Lilin Yi, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China

Topic: Ultra-high sensitivity receiver for space communicat
Ravikiran Kakarla, ORC, UK

Topic: Real-time software-defined receiver field trial
Sjoerd van der Heide, TUE, Netherlands

Topic: Modulation formats for future data center networks
Jianjun Yu, Fudan University, China

Topic: Coherent 800G per lambda DWDM field transmission
Zhiyu Xiao, Huawei, China

Topic: Technologies to enable over 170 Tbit/s transmission over a single mode fibre
Lidia Galdino, UCL, UK

Topic: Tb/s transmission in sustainable and flexible Metro networks using long-wavelength VCSELs
Pierpaulo Boffi, Politecniico di Milano, Italy

Topic: High capacity transmission using space division multiplexing
Ruben Luis, NICT, Japan

Topic: Advanced perturbation techniques to study nonlinear impairments in fiber-optic transmission systems
Amirhossein Ghazisaeidi, Nokia Bell Labs, France

Topic: Physics-Based Deep Learning for Fiber-Optic Communication Systems
Christian Häger, Chalmers, Sweden

Topic: TBA
Maria Ionescu, Nokia Bell Labs, France

Topic: Digital self-coherent continuous variable quantum key distribution system
Tobias Eriksson, Infinera, Sweden

Topic: Hybrid Raman-EDFA C+L band amplifier aided by machine learning
Maria Ionescu, Nokia Bell Labs, France

Topic: 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

Topic: Real-time MIMO detection over SDM fibers: Feasibility and challenges
Shohei Beppu, KDDI, Japan

ITopic: ntegration of continuous-variable quantum key distribution and coherent optical communication
Takuya Hirano, Gakushuin University, Japan

Topic: Fault localization in software-defined optical networks
Yongli Zhao, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China

Topic: Advanced multi-dimensional modulation formats for fiber-optic transmission
Bin Chen, Hefei University of Technology, China

Topic: Advanced DSP enabled high-speed short-reach transmissions for data-center interconnections
Meng Xiang, Guangdong University of Technology, China

Topic: Weakly-coupled few-mode fiber transmission and enabling components
Juhao Li, Peking University, China

Topic: 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

Topic: Multi-port and multi-band wavelength switching technologies for future OXC system
Liangjia Zong, Huawei Technology, China

Topic: Deterministic edge optical networks
Jiawei Zhang, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China

Topic: Standardization and application of port-agnostic WDM technique in metro access layer network
Shikui Shen, China Unicom, China

Topic: TBA
Bis Mukherjee, Soochow University, China

Topic: Towards IPoDWDM for data center interconnects: Coherent pluggables and open line systems
Jianqiang Li, Kuaishou Technology, USA

Topic: Open packet-optical edge node: State of art and challenges
Filippo Cugini, CNIT, Italy

Topic: Planning security-aware filterless optical networks
Zuqing Zhu, University of Science and Technology of China, China

Topic: IM/DD transmission for data center optical interconnects
Gordon Ning Liu, Soochow University, China

Topic: Supercharging the short-haul networks with coherent optical technology and novel architectures
Zhensheng Jia, CableLabs, USA

Topic: Towards large-scale disaster-resilient open and integrated disaggregate/legacy optical networks
Sugang Xu, NICT, Japan

Topic: A digital twin optical network for scalable control plane development and evaluation
Marco Ruffini, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland

Topic: The OpenQKD Testbed in Berlin
Marc Geitz, Deutche Telekom, Germany

Topic: Filterless metro architectures
Omran Ayoub, SUPSI, Switzerland

Topic: PON for fiber to the room
Frank Effenberger, FutureWei Technologies, USA

Track 4: Optoelectronic Devices and Integration

Topic: Photonic integrated circuits for optical wireless communication(Tutorial)
Ton Koonen，Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands

Topic: Photonic-crystal surface-emitting lasers: from fundamental to the state of the arts(Tutorial)
Susumu Noda，Kyoto University，Japan

Topic: Coherent focal plane arrays in silicon photonics; towards high performance 3D Imaging using LIDAR
Remus Nicolaescu, Pointcloud, Inc, USA

Topic: 20Gbps optical wireless communication system enabled by field-programmable metasurfaces
Zizheng Cao, TU/e, Netherlands

Topic: Photonic integrated devices based on thin film lithium niobate on silicon
Liu Liu, Zhejiang University, China

Topic: Silicon photonics integration for coherent LiDAR application.
Linjie Zhou, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China

Topic: Silicon photonics operating beyond 100Gbaud
Xi Xiao, National Optoelectronics Innovation Centre, China

Topic: High-performance SiGe Avalanche Photodetectors for HPC internconnect
Zhihong Huang, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, USA

Topic: Chip-scale intelligent photonic signal processing
Jian Wang, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China

Topic: Future on-chip optoelectronic devices base on nanostructure
Yidong Huang, Tsinghua University, China

Topic: SOI based InAs QD lasers and multi-wavelength comb lasers for Tbps transmission
Ting Wang, Institute of Physics, CAS, China

Topic: Silicon Chalcogenide Hybrid Photonic Integration
Hongtao Lin, Zhejiang University, China

Topic: low noise heterogeneously integrated mode-locked lasers
Bart Kuyken, Universiteit Gent - IMEC, Belgium

Topic: Recent progresses on silicon photonic research
Tao Chu, Zhejiang University, China

Topic: Integrated Circular-Sided Polygon Microlasers
Yongzheng Huang, Institute of Semiconductors, CAS, China

Topic: On-chip gradient metasurface and its applications
Ke Xu, TBA

Topic: Wide steering high-resolution optical phased array
Junfeng Song, TBA

Topic: Single-crystal lithium niobate thin films for integrated photonics
Hui Hu, TBA

Topic: Ultrahigh-Q AlGaAs-on-insulator microresonators for ultra-efficient integrated nonlinear photonics
Weiqiang Xie, TBA

Track 5: Microwave Photonics and Optical Signal Processing

Topic: Silicon photonics for artificial intelligence and neuromorphic computing (Tutorial)
Bhavin J Shastri, Queens University, Canada

Topic: Microwave photonic cognitive Radio system
Dan Zhu, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, China

Topic: Intelligent signal processing using photonic neural networks
Chaoran Huang, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, China

Topic: Passive optical to terahertz conversion through plasmonic nanoantennas Arrays
Mona Jarrahi, University of California, USA

Topic: Integrated microcombs from microwave band to terahertz band
Jijun He, École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland

Topic: THz photonics: lighting up next-generation wireless
Xianbin Yu, Zhejiang University, China

Topic: Integrated photonic processors for quantum computing
Jelmer Renema, Quix BV, Netherlands

Topic: Microwave photonics for reliable high-speed railway wireless communication against electromagnetic interferences
Peixuan Li, Southwest Jiaotong University, China

Topic: Scalability of photonic deep neural networks based on on-chip integrated matrices of SOAs
Patty Stabile, Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands

Topic: Photonic integrated chips for THz Beam Steering
Peng Lu, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany

Topic: The diamond mesh, a phase-error- and loss-tolerant field-programmable MZI-based optical processor
Odile Liboiron-Ladouceur, McGill University, Canada

Topic: Optoelectronic oscillator for high-quality microwave signal generation
Jiejun Zhang, Jinan University, China

Topic: Integrated silicon photonic circuits for microwave photonics application
Weifeng Zhang, Beijing Institute of Technology, China

Topic: Photonics-enabled microwave frequency synthesis
Yihan Li, Beihang University, China

Topic: Artificial intelligence powered microwave photonic signal processing
Weiwen Zou, Shanghai Jiaotong University, China

Topic: Photonic spiking neural network: theory, device and algorithm
Shuiying Xiang, Xidian University, China

Track 6: Photonics for Energy

Topic: TBA(Tutorial)
Yafa Yan, TBA

Topic: Integrating organic-perovskite solar cell
Yaowen Li, Soochow University, China

Topic: TBA
Wolfgang Tress, Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland

Topic: TBA
Wei Chen, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China

Topic: Antimony Selenosulfide Solar Cells
Tao Chen, University of Science and Technology China, China

Topic: TBA
Xiaodan Zhang, Nankai University, China

Topic: TBA
Dewei Zhao, Sichuan Univerisity, China

Topic: Unveiling the surface of photovoltaic perovskites
Rui Wang, Westlake University, China

Topic: TBA
Gaoling Yang, Beijing Institute of Technology, China

Topic: Colloidal quantum dot infrared solar cells for harvesting the low-energy photons
Jianbing Zhang, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China

Topic: TBA
Yaohua Mai, Jinan Univeristy, China

Track 7: Photonics for Biology and Medicine

Topic: Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging Microscopy and its Biomedical Applications(Tutorial)
Junle Qu, Shenzhen University, China

Topic: TBA
David Sampson, University of Surrey, UK

Topic: Three-dimensional super-resolution microscopy in thicker specimens using adaptive optics
Martin Booth, University of Oxford, UK

Topic: Polarization sensitive swept source OCT to map localized birefringent information within living tissue
Ruikang Wang, University of Washington, USA

Topic: Multi-dimensional Single Particle Tracking
Ning Fang, Xiamen University, China

Topic: Imaging cleared tissues using tiling light sheet microscopy and a strategy to understand intelligence
Liang Gao, Westlake University, China

Topic: Break the unbroken limits towards super-resolution microscopy using photon upconversion
Qiuqiang Zhan, South China Normal University, China

Topic: Deep-learning fluorescence microscopy for capturing biological dynamics at hight spatiotemporal resolution
Peng Fei, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China

Topic: Recent advances on multifunctional photosensitizers for enhanced photodynamic therapy
Buhong Li, Fujian Normal University, China

Topic: Live-cell FRET assay on the stoichiometry and regulation network of Bcl-2 family proteins
Tongsheng Chen, South China Normal University, China

Topic: Super-Resolution Fluorescence Polarization Microscopy and its Biological Applications
Hao Zhang, Southern University of Science and Technology, China

Topic: Multimodal tissue imaging supported by optical clearing
Valery V. Tuchin, Institute of Precision Mechanics and Control of the RAS, Russia

Topic: Single-Molecule Localization Super-Resolution Microscopy and Its Applications
Leiting Pan, Nankai University, China

Topic: Organic Semiconducting Probes for Superresolution Imaging and in Vivo Imaging
Changfeng Wu, Southern University of Science and Technology, China

Topic: High-Speed and High-Resolution Raman Imaging of Biological Molecules Using Line Illumination
Katsumasa Fujita, Osaka University, Japan