Tutorial & Invited Speakers

Track 1: Optical Fibers and Fiber Based Devices

Guifang Li (Tutorial), University of Central Florida, USA    

Topic: Few-Mode Multicore Fibers and Fiber Devices    

Siddharth Ramachandran (Tutorial), Boston University, USA    

Scaling power and creating new colour sources via multimode nonlinear fiber optics  

Xin Chen, Corning, USA    

Universal fiber for high speed data centers    

Nicolas Fontaine, Nokia Bell Labs, USA    

Multi-core fiber amplfiers    

Tuan Guo, Jinan University, China    

Plasmonic tilted fiber grating sensors    

Takemi HASEGAWA, Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd, Japan    

Ultra low loss fiber technologies    

Hao Hu, DTU, Demark    

Fiber nonlinearity mitigation using multiple optical phase conjugations    

Yongmin Jung, Univ of Southampton, UK    

Fibre-based components for SDM systems    

Sergio Leon-Saval, The University of Sydney, Australia    

Recent advance on Photonic Lantern for SDM comminication    

Jie Li, OFS, USA    

Advanced specialty optical fibers for sensor applications    

Taiji Sakamoto, NTT, Japan    

Recent progresses on multicore fibers for SDM comminications    

Chester Shu, Chinese Univ. of Hong Kong, China    

Optical Parametric Amplifiers    

Baishi Wang, Thorlabs, Vytran Division, USA    

Advanced specialty fiber processing methods for fiber laser and sensing applications    

Lei Zhang, YOFC, China    

G.654.E fibers for terrestrial high-capacity links    

Xuping Zhang, Nanjing University, China    

Fully distributed optical fiber sensors and their applications in SHM    

Pu Zhou, National University of Defense Technology, China    

Coherent Polarization Beam Combining of High Power Fiber Lasers: progress and prospect    

Track 2: Optical Transmission Systems and Networks

Henning Buelow (Tutorial), Nokia Bell Lab. Germany    

Nonlinear Frequency Division Multiplexing: Fundamentals and Implementation in Lab    

Mathieu Chagnon (Tutorial), Nokia Bell Labs, Germany, and University of Stuttgart, Germany    

Optical Communications within 100 km Reach    

Qunbi Zhuge (Tutorial), McGill University, Canada    

Advanced Optical Communication Systems for Data Center Networking    

Fred Buchali, Nokia Bell Lab. Germany    

Probabilistic constellation shaping for long haul transmission   

Di Che, University of Melbourne, Australia    

TBD    

Haoshuo Chen, Nokia Bell Lab. USA    

Beam-forming space-division multiplexing transmission    

Jiajia Chen, Huanan Normal University/KTH, China    

Resource Allocation in Passive Optical Network based Mobile Backhaul for User Mobility and Fog Computing    

Junho Cho, Nokia Bell Lab. USA    

Probabilistic Constellation Shaping: An Essential Element for Capacity-Approaching Optical Communications    

Ronald Freund, HHI, Germany    

TBD    

Aazar S. Kashi, Queen's University, Canada    

Artificial Neural Networks for Fiber Nonlinear Noise Estimation    

Alan Pak Tao Lau, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China    

Opportunities for Machine Learning in Optical Communication Systems and Networks    

Xiang Li, WRI, China    

Independent Componenet Analysis Based Channel Equalization in Coherent Optical Fiber Transmission Systems    

Yi Sun, OFS, USA    

Recent Advances in Optical Fiber Transmission Technologies    

Shuangyi Yan, University of Bristol, UK    

Recent research in intra/inter-data center network communication    

Jian Zhao, Tyndall Institute, Ireland    

Application of set-partitioned QAM formats to IM/DD optical OFDM Systems    

Kanping Zhong, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China    

Techniques for performance eveluation of optical transmisison system and module    

Xingyu Zhou, Mcgill University, Canada    

TBD    

Zuqing Zhu, University of Science and Technology of China    

Multi-Layer Restoration to Address IP Router Outages in IP-over-EONs    

Track 3: Photonic Devices, Components, and Photonic Integration

Pavel Cheben (Toturial), Nat Research Council Canada    

Subwavelength grating metamaterial waveguides for silicon photonic integrated circuits    

Roel Baets, Ghent University, Belgium    

On-chip Raman spectroscopy enabled by silicon photonics    

Nicola Calabretta, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands    

TBD    

Zizheng Cao, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands    

TBD    

Lawrence Chen, McGill University, Canada    

Recent advances in all-optical signal processing in silicon photonics   

Daoxin Dai, Zhejiang University, PR China    

Silicon Photonic Waveguides and Devices with Structural Asymmetry  

Ben Eggleton, Sydney University, Australia    

TBD    

Weihua Guo, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China    

Semiconductor lasers with new device concepts    

Andrew Knights, McMaster University, Canada    

TBD    

Harm Knoops, Oxford Instruments Plasma Technology, UK    

ALD, ALE and 2D materials: atomic scale processing for optoelectronics applications    

Huiyun Liu, University College London, UK    

Monolithic Integration of III-V Quantum Dot Lasers on Silicon for Silicon Photonics    

Atsushi Matsumoto, NICT, Japan    

Quantum-Dot-Based Advanced Photonic Devices and Its Applications    

Richard Pitwon, Seagate, USA    

System, board and chip level migration of photonic interconnect in the hyperscale age  

Minhao Pu, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark    

An ultra-efficient nonlinear integrated platform for optical signal generation and processing    

Fabrice Raineri, CNRS, France    

TBD    

Lei Shi, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, PR China    

Integrated Optomechanical Devices and Their Applications    

Marc Sorel, Glasgow University, UK    

TBD    

Zhechao Wang, Keysight, China    

Recent progress on III-V/Si lasers    

Xin (Scott) Yin, University of Ghent / IMEC, Belgium    

Co-Design and Co-Integration of Photonic and Electronic Circuitry: the H2020 WIPE approach    

Ben Yoo, University of California at Davis, USA    

TBD    

Track 4: Microwave Photonics: Invited Speaker Nominations

David Marpaung (Tutorial), CUDOS, The University Of Sydney, Australia    

On-chip Microwave Photonics    

Christina Min Ee Lim (Tutorial), The University of Melbourne, Australia    

TBD    

Maurizio Burla, ETH Zurich, Swiss    

Plasmonic modulators for microwave photonics applications   

José Capmany, Universidad Politecnica de Valenca, Spain    

Monolithic integration of photonic microwave filters    

Nathan Gomes, University of Kent, UK    

Support of multi-antenna and multi-user systems using radio over fibre    

Shanguo Huang, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China    

Measurement and Detection of Optical Controlled Radio Frequency Vortex Beam    

Stavros Iezekiel, University of Cyprus, Cyprus    

Long-reach hybrid digital/RF radio-over-fibre at 30 GHz for 5G applications    

Atsushi Kanno, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology(NICT), Japan    

Seamless communication and imaging techniques based on radio over fiber technology in millimeter-wave and terahertz bands    

Hoon Kim, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Korea    

RoF-based mobile fronthaul network implemented by using directly modulated laser    

Wangzhe Li, Institute of Electrics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China    

Experimental Demonstration of Photonics based Wideband SAR    

Junjie Li, China Telecom, China    

Photonics for 5G in China    

Changzheng Sun, Tsinghua University, China    

AlN based Integratd Components for Microwave Photonics    

Hiroyuki Toda, Doshisha University, Japan    

Output power enhancement in photonic-based RF generation by optical pulse compression with a constant dispersion fiber  

Xiaoxiao Xue, Tsinghua University, China    

On-chip Comb based Microwave Photonics Signal Processing    

Lianshan Yan, Southwest Jiaotong University, China    

Tunability and Reconfigurablity along Microwave Photonics Links    

Dong Yi, Beijing Institute of Technology, China    

High precision time and frequency transfer over fiber links.    

Xianbin Yu, Zhejiang University, China    

THz Photonics for Future Smart Wireless    

Jinlong Yu, Tianjin University, China    

OEO Based Measurement of Absolute Length with High Accuracy and Large Dynamic Range    

Guoqiang Zhang, The 14th Institute, Electronic Technology Group Corporation, China    

Microwave Photonics based High Resolution Radar    

Track 5: Micro-, Nano-, and Ultrafast Photonics: Science and Applications

Takashi Asano, Kyoto University, Japan    

TBD    

Martin Booth, University of Oxford, United Kingdom    

Dynamic optics for photonic engineering    

Shumei Chen, University of Birmingham, United Kingdom    

TBD    

Ebrahim Karimi, University of Ottawa, Canada    

Quantum Cryptography with Structured Photons    

Alper Kiraz, Koc University, Turkey    

TBD    

Thomas Krauss, York University, United Kingdom    

Metasurfaces based on dielectric resonances    

Dragomir Neshev, The Australian National University, Australia    

Dielectric metasurfaces for manipulation of classical and quantum light    

Control of light by 2D materials integrated with resonant photonic nanostructures    

Roberto Osellame, Istituto di Fotonica e Nanotecnologie (IFN) - CNR, Italy    

Processing quantum information in femtosecond-laser-written integrated photonic circuits    

Mike Somekh, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China    

TBD    

Takasumi TANABE, Keio University, Japan    

Robust CMOS compatible photonic crystal nanocavity and DuMUX filter    

Kevin Tsia, Hong Kong University, China    

TBD    

Paul Urbach, TU Delft, Netherlands    

TBD    

Michael Withford, Macquarie University, Australia    

Integrated photonics breathing new life into multimode optical fibre communications    

Nanfang Yu, Columbia University, USA    

Metasurface-Based Photonic Devices    

Track 6: Light Emitting Materials, Devices, and Applications

Shuming Chen, Southern University of Science and Technology, China    

TBD    

Dawei Di, University of Cambridge, UK    

TBD    

Zhaojun Liu, Southern University of Science and Technology, China    

TBD    

Junbiao Peng, South China University of Technology, China    

Full Color QLEDs Display Fabricated by Ink-jet Printing Technique    

Ken-Tsung Wong, National Taiwan University, Taipei, China    

TBD    

Bing Yang, Jilin University, China    

TBD    

Chuluo Yang, Wuhan University, China    

TBD    

Zi-Hui Zhang, Hebei University of Technology, China    

TBD    

Track 7: Photonics for Energy

Keith A. Nelson (Tutorial), Haslam and Dewey Professor of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA    

Wallace C.H. Choy (Tutorial), The University of Hong Kong, China    

Simultaneous Plasmon –Optical and –Electrical Effects for a New Class of Plasmonic Solar Cells    

Dunwei Wang (Tutorial), Boston College, China    

How to build a solar water splitting photoelectrode?   

Yi-Bing Cheng, Monash University, Australia    

Microstructural characterisation of hybrid perovskite solar cells    

Zheyu Fang, Peking University, China    

Plasmonic nanostructure fabrication and near-field optical characterization    

Zhubing He, SUSTech, China    

TBD    

Jacek J. Jasieniak, Monash University, Australia    

p-Type Layer Engineering of hybrid metal halide perovskite photovoltaics  

Thomas J. Kempa, Johns Hopkins University, USA    

Symmetry broken nanostructures: Anisotropic and multi-component nanoparticles    

Xiaofeng Li, Soohow University, China    

Optoelectronic modeling of heterojunction photoanode for water-splitting application    

Xinfeng Liu, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology of China, China    

From small lasers to ultrathin nonlinear crystals    

Jean Roncali, University of Angers, France    

Manipulation of the properties of molecular materials based on small push-pull system    

Koji Yamada, AIST, Japan    

TBD    

Hin-Lap Yip, South China University of Technology, China    

Interface and Tandem Design for High Performance Polymer Solar Cells    

Linjie Zhi, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, China    

TBD    

Track 8: Photonics for Biology and Medicine

Walter Blondel, Université de Lorraine, CNRS, France    

Multimodality fibered in vivo spectroscopy applied to skin hyperplastic and dysplastic stages discrimination: spatially resolved data fusion-based classification    

Zhihua Ding, Zhejiang University, China    

Functional Fourier Domain Optical Coherence Tomography and its Applications  

Yueqing Gu, China Pharmaceutical University, China    

Laser-triggered photo-thermal nano-platform for controlled drug release and enhanced therapeutic efficacy    

Xianglong Hu, South China Normal University, China    

"Breathing"Nanoparticles: a Light-Switchable Platform for Pulsatile Drug Delivery in Tumor Photothermal-Chemotherapy    

Buhong Li, Fujian Normal University, China    

Monitoring blood flow in dorsal skinfold window chamber model during vascular targeted photodynamic therapy   

Pengcheng Li, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China    

Visoelasticity measurement using laser speckle techniques    

Hongen Liao, Tsinghua University, China    

High Spatiotemporal Resolution Biomedical Imaging and Visualization    

Hui Ma, Graduate School at Shenzhen, Tsinghua University, China    

Quantitative characterization of carcinoma tissues at different progression stages by Mueller matrix microscopy    

Junle Qu, Shenzhen University, China    

Super-resolution: 3-D imaging, multiparticle parallel tracking, and time-resolved imaging  

Valery V. Tuchin, Saratov National Research State University, Institute of Precision Mechanics and Control RAS, National Research Tomsk State University, Russia    

Tissue Optical Clearing/Contrasting for Image Enhancement in the Ultra-Broad Wavelength Range   

Ruikang K. Wang, University of Washington, USA    

Non-invasive optical imaging of tissue morphology and microcirculations in vivo    

Changfeng Wu, Southern University of Science and Technology, China    

Semiconductor Polymer Dots for Optical Imaging and Phototherapy    

Lei Xi    

Design and evaluation of acoustic lenses for photoacoustic imaging    

Peng Xi, Peking University, China    

Super-resolution: better, deeper, and richer information    

Sihua Yang, South China Normal University, China    

New progresses in photoacoustic microscopy and biomedical applications    

Zhen Yuan, University of Macau, China    

Optical Mapping of Brain Activity Underlying Translation Asymmetry during Chinese/English Sight Translation    

Qiuqiang Zhan, South China Normal University, China    

Low power, non-bleaching cytoskeleton STED imaging by depleting upconverting luminescence    

Dan Zhu, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China    

Optical clearing-based intravital imaging for investigating alternations of subcutaneous vascular and monocytic motility function in mice model of type 1 diabetes