Invited Speakers

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X. Chen (Nokia Bell Labs)

Segmented MZM Enhanced Silicon Coupling-Modulated Ring Resonator Modulator for Coherent Applications

Jung Han Choi (Fraunhofer HHI)

Ultra-low power SiGe ASIC for InP Mach-Zehnder Modulator and CMOS Quenching-IC for SPAD (Single-Photon-Avalanche Diode) for Quantum QKD Communication

Takuo Hiratani (Sumitomo Electric)

Tunable Lasers with InP-gain regions on Si-photonic circuits using chip-on-wafer bonding

Jin-Wei Hsu (National Central University)

High-speed VCSEL for Data Center

Chao-Kuei Lee (National Sun Yat-sen University)

Dispersion Engineering for Broadband Supercontinuum Generation via Stacked Ta2O5 Waveguide on SiCOI

Howard (Ho Wai) Lee (University of California, Irvine)

Active meta-optical fiber integrated devices

Yo Nakamura (1Finity Corp.)

Impact of Equalization-Enhanced Phase Noise on Tbps-Class Coherent Transceivers and Joint Optimization of Laser Phase Noise and DSP Compensation

Josuke Ozaki (NTT Innovative Devices)

High Capacity Enabling C+L-Band InP-Based Coherent Driver Modulators

Oskars Ozoliņš (Riga Technical University)

Broadband Silicon Photonics Modulators for 400 Gb/s-per-Lane Applications

Wei Shi (Laval University)

Si Photonic Coherent Modulators

Takuo Tanemura (The University of Tokyo)

Scalable optical neural network chip based on multi-plane light conversion

Toshimasa Umezawa (NICT)

200-GHz range photodetector technology for high baud rate optical fiber communication

Cheng Wang (City University of Hong Kong)

Integrated lithium niobate microwave and terahertz photonics

Yuki Yamada (NTT)

High-speed vertical-illumination photodiode for beyond-200-Gbaud applications

Yuya Yamaguchi (NICT)

100-GHz-Bandwidth Thin-Film Lithium Niobate Modulator toward 200-GBaud Symbol Rate

Zejie Yu (Zhejiang University)

Lithium niobate integrated optoelectronic devices

Frederic Boeuf (STMicroelectronics)

Silicon Photonics Platform

You-Chia Chang (National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University)

Silicon photonic beam steerers for chip-scale LiDAR and microscopy

Zhenzhou Cheng (Tianjin University)

Silicon Photonics for Gas Sensing

Yi-Jen Chiu (National Sun Yat-sen University)

Hybrid thin film Silicon photonic integration

Kristinn Gylfason (KTH Royal Institute of Technology)

Low-power programmable nanomechanical silicon photonic devices implemented in a foundry process

Tatsurou Hiraki (NTT)

Membrane InP-based Photonic Devices on Si for Chip-to-chip Interconnects

Chaoran Huang (The Chinese University of Hong Kong)

Large-scale artificial intelligence with 41 million nanophotonic neurons on a metasurface

Hansuek Lee (KAIST)

On-chip ultra-low-loss chalcogenide glass optical waveguides and resonators for mid-infrared photonics

Hongtao Lin (Zhejiang University)

Reconfigurable Photonics based on phase changes materials

Hyundai Park (Samsung Electronics)

Silicon Photonics Development in Samsung

Haowen Shu (Peking University)

Ultrabroadband on-chip photonics for full-spectrum wireless communications

Gyeongho Son (PsiQuantum)

Passive devices in quantum photonic integrated circuits

Dawn Tan (Singapore University of Technology and Design)

Nonlinear optics in ultra-silicon-rich nitride devices

Chenxi Wang (Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology, CAS)

High-Speed Optical Phased Array based on Heterogeneously Integrated Lithium Niobate–on–Silicon Nitride Platform

Yaojing Zhang (The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen)

Hybrid Nonlinear Effects in Photonic Integrated Circuits

Motoki Asano (NTT Basic Research Laboratories)

Cavity optomechanics in chained microbottle resonators

Haoshuo Chen (Nokia Bell Labs)

Energy-Efficient Multi-Channel Optical Fiber Amplifiers

Kevin P.Chen (University of Pittsburgh)

Distributed sensor-enabled artificial intelligence data analytics and digital twins

Sanghoon Chin (CSEM SA)

Compact FPGAs Catalysing Innovation in Optical Fiber Sensing and FMCW LiDAR

John Downie (Corning Inc.)

Multicore Fiber and System Solutions for High-Capacity Submarine Cables

Maria R. Fernandez-Ruiz (University of Alcalá)

Towards a Global Sensing Network: New Advances in Distributed Acoustic Sensing

Nicolas Fontaine (Nokia Bell Labs)

Distributed characterization of birefringence in DNANF

Paolo Ghelfi (CNIT)

Integrated Microwave Photonics

Miguel Gonzalez-Herraez (University of Alcalá)

Fiber Optic Sensing using Submarine cables

Wookjin Jeong (KAERI)

Radiation effects and hardening strategies in fiber optic sensors

Rajan Jha (IIT Bhubaneswar)

Optical Sensing Technology tailored for advanced industrial applications

Huioon Kim (KOPTI)

AI-enhanced Data Analytics for Distributed Acoustic Sensing: Methods and Real-world Case Studies

Jaesun Kim (Taihan Fiberoptics)

Innovative Approach in Optical Fiber Fabrication Technology for Enhanced Fiber Lasers

Mickael Mounaix (The University of Queensland)

Spatiotemporal control of light in multimode optical fibre

Linh Viet Nguyen (University of South Australia)

Fiber Optic Biosensors

Zinan Wang (University of Electronic Science and Technology of China)

Harnessing Fiber Rayleigh Scattering: Unlocking Advanced Sensing and Novel Lasers

Songnian FU (Guangdong University of Technology)

Hollow Core Fiber based Data Center Interconnection

Zhensheng Jia (CableLabs)

High-Speed and Intelligent Optical Access Networks: Advancing Coherent PON and Distributed Fiber Sensing Toward the Next-Generation Broadband Era

Shin Kaneko (NTT Access Network Service Systems Laboratories)

Metro/Access Converged Network Technology

Ryo Koma (NTT)

Enabling technologies and signal processing for very high speed PON

Kwang Koog Lee (Korea Telecom)

AI-driven network operations for 6G

Angela Mitrovska (Fraunhofer HHI)

Data Sharing Framework with Data Sovereignty Features for Telecommunication Networks

Kenji Miyamoto (NTT Access Network Service Systems Laboratories)

Optical-Wireless Cooperative Control for Future Radio Access Network

Paolo Monti (Chalmers University of Technology)

Transparent Intelligence: Building Trust in AI-Driven Networks

Michela Svaluto Moreolo (CTTC)

Advanced transceiver solutions and quantum-secure communications for future SDN-enabled optical networks

Emilio Paolini (Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna di Pisa)

Scaling LLM Fine-Tuning in Radio Access Network deployments

Steven Gangxiang SHEN (Soochow University)

Joint Scheduling of PON and Wi-Fi Based on Wi-Fi 6 Deterministic Channel Access in FTTR

Takahiro Suzuki (NTT)

Virtualization and PHY Softwarization in Optical Access Networks

Eduward Tangdiongga (Eindhoven University of Technology)

Photonic Integrated Transceivers for Broadband Optical Wireless Communication

Sugang Xu (NICT)

Resilience Enhancement of Optical Networks via Information Sharing and Cooperation

Junwen Zhang (Fudan University)

Next-Generation Intelligent and Flexible Optical Access Network based on Coherent Optics

Yixiao ZHU (Shanghai Jiao Tong University)

Terabit Data-Center Interconnects Enabled by Broadband TFLN Modulators

Devin Brinkley (Taara Connect)

Latest activities of Taara FSO terminal

Di Che (Nokia Bell Labs)

Colorless Detection of a 3.2-Tb/s-Class WDM Superchannel Aiming for Uncooled Coherent Optics

Benedikt Geiger (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology)

Modeling Equalization-Enhanced Phase Noise

Joan M Gené (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya)

Probabilistic Constellation Shaping: From Point-to-Point Links to Networks

Hun-Sik Kang (ETRI)

Real-Time FPGA Implementation of a PTBC DSP Architecture for Coherent-Lite Fronthaul Links

Tomoyuki Kato (1Finity Corp.)

Ultra-Wideband Multi-Band Transmission and Band-Expansion Using Wavelength Conversion

Akira Kawai (NTT)

Ultrahigh-Capacity Coupled-Core Multi-Core Fiber Transmission Systems enabled by Advanced DSPs

Joonyoung Kim (IMEC)

Design considerations for Silicon photonics-based coherent-lite optical transceivers

Jingchi Li (Shanghai Jiao Tong University)

Silicon photonic self-coherent receivers for optical interconnects

Hai-Han Lu (National Taipei University of Technology)

Advancing 6G NTNs: Integrating LEO Satellite Laser Communications with FSO and 5G NR

Sang-Rok Moon (ETRI)

Feasibility and Performance of Photonics-Assisted Sub-THz Wireless X-haul Links

Leif Oxenlowe (Technical University of Denmark)

Increasing Repeater Spacing of Amplified Links Through Space-Division Multiplexing

Javier Perez Santacruz (IMEC)

Silicon Photonic Advanced Direct Detection Receiver for Beyond 400G Optical Interconnects

Cen Wang (KDDI Research, Inc.)

LLM-centric Transport Network Configuration Management Framework and Demonstration

Ni Chen (The University of Hong Kong)

Uncertainty-Aware Fourier Ptychography

Zhongping Chen (University of California, Irvine)

Breaking the Scattering Barrier: Non-invasive Deep Tissue Imaging Using Reflection Matrix Based Wavefront Shaping

Wonshik Choi (Korea University)

Imaging through volumetric scattering media by decoding angular light paths

Zhang Gong (Zhejiang University)

Silicon-based heterogeneous integrated quantum photonic chips

George T. Kanellos (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens)

QKD transmission over FSO and fiber alternatives

Hsiang-Chieh Lee (National Taiwan University)

Scanning optical imaging device

Hyang-Tag Lim (KIST)

Distributed quantum sensing with entangled photons

Tong Ling (Nanyang Technological University)

Label-free interferometric imaging of neural activity and its application for optoretinography

Huilian Ma (Zhejiang University)

Broadband Source-Driven Resonant Optical Gyroscope

Xiongfeng Ma (Tsinghua University)

Mode-pairing QKD & Quantum complementarity approach to device-independent security

Yasuyuki Ozeki (The University of Tokyo)

Vibrational Imaging of Cells and Semiconductors with Stimulated Raman Scattering

Dimitra Simeonidou (University of Bristol)

A UK Nationwide Heterogeneous Quantum Network

Xiaolong Su (Shanxi University)

Continuous-variable entanglement-assisted quantum communication and quantum chip

Shuntaro Takeda (The University of Tokyo)

Programmable continuous-variable photonic quantum computing in the time domain

Shigeki Takeuchi (Kyoto University)

Ultra-broadband quantum infrared spectroscopy

Kenneth Kin-Yip Wong (The University of Hong Kong)

All-fiber Laser via Hybrid Optical Amplifier in the NIR-III Region for Multi-Contrast Photoacoustic Microscopy