SC1: Novel fibres, fibre devices and amplifiers
- Physics of light propagation in optical fibres
- Optical fibre design, fabrication and characterisation
- Specialty optical fibres for improved transmission performance
- Low-latency fibres and fibres for new wavelength ranges
- Fibre-based devices
- Fibre amplifiers and fibre lasers
- Multimode & multicore fibre and fibre amplifiers
- Highly nonlinear fibres and their applications
- Fibres for sensing applications
- Fiber installation, connectors, splicing, reliability
SC2: Discrete photonic devices and technologies
- Novel material platforms and structured materials
- Design, fabrication and characterisation of novel devices for integration and functionality
- Detectors and sources, directly modulated lasers and VCSELs
- Hybrid III-V/Group IV materials and devices for silicon photonics
- Nanophotonics
- Optoelectronic devices
- Ultrafast devices and technologies
SC3: Photonic Integrated Circuits, assemblies and packaging
- Integrated III-V devices
- Large-scale photonic integrated circuits
- Packaging of devices, testing of performance and reliability
- Co-packaged optical and electronic ICs (2D, 2.5D and 3D)
- System-on-a-chip (SoC) and on-chip networks
- Advanced analog and digital electronic/optical co-integrated circuits
- Nonlinear waveguides for optical signal processing
- Reconfigurable photonic integrated circuits
- Photonic integrated circuits for neuromorphic applications and Artificial Intelligence
- Frequency combs and microresonators
SC4: Signal processing for optical communication systems
- Algorithms for DSP in optical transmission systems
- Modelling and design of DSP
- Experimental demonstration of DSP
- Design, implementation and implications of reduced complexity DSP algorithms
- Comparison of conventional DSP with neuromorphic or machine learning techniques
- Real-time DSP implementations for optical communications
SC5: Theory of optical communications
- New transmission system modelling methods
- Capacity, reach, flexibility limits of optical transmission systems
- System level implications of physical impairments and impairment mitigation techniques
- Novel error correction coding
- Advanced data encoding and signal shaping
- Information theory for optical communications
SC6: Optical transmission systems
- Lab/field demonstrations of optical transmission links deploying novel fibres, devices, subsystems and multiplexing techniques
- Link system demonstrations using novel signal modulation techniques
- Analog and nonlinear signal processing subsystems demonstrating transmission enhancements
- Multiplexing and demultiplexing subsystems for improved transmission
- Demonstration of spatially multiplexed transmission links
- Subsea links and cable deployment
- Sensing and optical performance monitoring techniques and subsystems
SC7: Core and Metro networks
- Core and metro optical network architectures
- High capacity optical transport networks
- Submarine optical networks
- Optical node architectures supporting also fast reconfigurability
- Optical layer resilience and security
- Optical network deployments and field trials
- Inter data centres interconnection
- Systems and nodes supporting optical switching and regeneration functionalities
- Optical switching and routing in long haul and core networks
SC8: Access, indoor and short-reach for data centres and mobile networks
- Fibre-to-the-premises (FTTx) and optical access networks
- Passive optical networks
- In-building optical networks
- Intra data centre interconnect networks
- High performance computer networks
- Backhaul, midhaul and fronthaul networks for mobile applications
- Highly parallel network and interconnect demonstrations
- Photonics for Cloud and low latency services
- Optical switching and routing in short-reach networks
SC9: Photonics for RF and Free-Space optics applications
- Microwave photonics subsystems
- Millimetre-wave and THz photonics signal generation/detection
- Demonstration of optics-based THz wireless subsystems
- Demonstration of analog radio-over-fibre systems for 5G and beyond
- Optical wireless communication (subsystems and networks)
- LiFi and VLC communication networks
- Satellite photonic communication links
- Lab/field demonstration of free-space optical wireless transmission
- Photonic wired/wireless communication network solutions
SC10: Architecture, control and management of optical networks
- Control, orchestration, and management of optical networks
- Multi-layer network architecture, design and modelling
- SDN/NFV enabled optical networking
- Planning and scaling of hybrid optical/optoelectronic networks
- Applications of artificial intelligence and machine learning in monitoring, control and management of optical networks
- Zero-touch network and Service Management (ZSM) for optical networks and interfaces
- Network reliability, survivability, security and disaster recovery
SC11: Quantum technologies, systems and networks
- Quantum optics and quantum communication
- Quantum nanophotonics
- Quantum interfaces
- Coherent transfer from the optical to the microwave domain
- Quantum memories for photons
- Quantum networks architecture, switching, routing and protocols
- Quantum light sources and detectors
- Theory of quantum communication systems
- Use case and demonstration of quantum communication systems
- Quantum cryptography lab/field demonstration
- Quantum computing interconnect
- Quantum repeaters
- Co-existence of quantum and classical network
- Quantum Internet architecture
Platinum sponsor
Huawei
Founded in 1987, Huawei is a leading global provider of information and communications technology (ICT) infrastructure and smart devices. We have 207,000 employees and operate in over 170 countries and regions, serving more than three billion people around the world. We are committed to bringing digital to every person, home and organization for a fully connected, intelligent world.