• Technical Conference:  30 March – 03 April 2025
  • Exhibition: 01 – 03 April 2025
  • Moscone Center, San Francisco, California, USA

Short Courses by Topic

Short Courses by Topic

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  • SC105: Modulation Formats and Receiver Concepts for Optical Transmission Systems

    Peter Winzer, Nubis Communications, USA and Vivian Chen; Nokia Bell Labs, USA​


  • SC114: Technologies and Applications for Passive Optical Networks (PONs)

    Yuanqui Luo, Futurewei, USA


  • SC160: Microwave Photonics

    Jose Capmany, Polytechnic University of Valencia, Spain


  • SC177: High-speed Semiconductor Lasers and Modulators

    John Bowers, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA


  • SC203: 400, 800Gb/s and Beyond Optical Communications Systems: Design and Design Trade-offs

    Ezra Ip, NEC Labs, USA
    Chongjin Xie, PhotonicX AI, China


  • SC216: An Introduction to Optical Network Design and Planning

    George Rouskas, North Carolina State University, USA


  • SC217: Applications of Radio-Over-Fiber Technologies Including Future G Networks

    Dalma Novak, Octane Wireless, USA 


  • SC261: ROADM Technologies and Network Applications

    Thomas Strasser, Infinera, USA


  • SC267: Silicon Microphotonics: Technology Elements and the Roadmap to Implementation

    Lionel Kimerling, MIT, USA


  • SC325: Highly Integrated Monolithic Photonic Integrated Circuits

    Chris Doerr, Doerr Consulting, LLC, USA


  • SC327: Modeling and Design of Long-Haul Fiber-Optic Communication Systems

    René-Jean Essiambre, Nokia Bell Labs, USA​


  • SC328: Standards for High-Speed Optical Networking

    Tom Huber, Nokia, USA


  • SC357: Circuits and Equalization Methods for Coherent and Direct Detection Optical Links

    Alexander Rylyakov, Nokia, USA and Sudip Shekhar, University of British Columbia, Canada


  • SC359: Networking for Datacenters and Machine Learning

    Hong Liu, Google, USA
    Ryohei Urata, Google, USA


  • SC369: Hands-On: Test and Measurement for Coherent Optical Transceivers

    Fabio Pittala and Michael Koenigsmann, Keysight, Germany​


  • SC384: Background Concepts of Optical Communication Systems

    Alan Willner, University of Southern California, USA


  • SC393: Digital Signal Processing for Coherent Optical Transceivers

    Chris Fludger, Infinera, Germany


  • SC395: Modeling and Simulation of Optical Transmitter and Receiver Components for Coherent Communications

    Harald Rohde, Nokia, Germany and Howard Wang, Nokia, USA


  • SC408: Space Division Multiplexing for Optical Communication Systems and Networks

    Roland Ryf, Nokia Bell Labs, USA
     


  • SC431: Photonic Technologies in the Data Center

    Clint Schow, University of California, USA


  • SC432: Hands-On: Silicon Photonics Components

    Lukas Chrostowski, University of British Columbia, Canada


     


  • SC433: Introduction to Photodetectors and Optical Receivers

    Andreas Beling, University of Virginia, USA


  • SC443: Optical Amplifiers: From Fundamental Principles to Technology Trends

    Peter Andrekson, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden
    Michael Vasilyev, University of Texas, Arlington, USA


  • SC444: Emerging Optical Network Technologies Towards 2030

    Dr. Xiang Liu, Huawei Technologies, China


  • SC447: The Life Cycle of an Optical Network: From Planning to Decommissioning

    Andrew Lord, BT Labs, BT, UK


  • SC448: Evolving Software Defined Optical Network: Architecture and Design Principles

    Ramon Casellas, Ph.D., IEEE SM; OSA M, CTTC, Spain


  • SC451: Optical Fiber Sensors: Principles & Applications

    Alexis Méndez, MCH Engineering, LLC, USA
    Andres Chevarria, Luna Inc., USA


  • SC452: FPGA Prototyping for Optical Subsystems

    Noriaki Kaneda, Nokia, USA
    Robert Elschner, Fraunhofer HHI, Germany

     


  • SC453A: Hands-On: Fiber Optic Handling, Measurements, and Component Testing

    Steve Baldo, Seikoh Giken, USA
    Chris Heisler, Santec California Corporation, USA
    Jérome Allaigre, Data-Pixel, France
    Julien Maille, Data-Pixel, France


  • SC453B : Hands-On: Fiber Optic Handling, Measurements, and Component Testing

    Steve Baldo, Seikoh Giken, USA
    Chris Heisler, Santec California Corporation, USA
    Jérome Allaigre, Data-Pixel, France
    Julien Maille, Data-Pixel, France


  • SC454: Hands-On: Silicon Photonics Design - Circuits

    Wim Bogaerts, University of Ghent, Belgium​


  • SC459: Multimode Photonic Devices, Characterization and Applications

    Nicolas Fontaine, Nokia Bell Labs, USA


  • SC461: High-capacity Data Center Interconnects for Cloud-scale Networking

    Dirk van den Borne, Juniper Networks, Germany
    Sander L. Jansen, ADVA Optical Networking, Germany
    Mark Filer, Stealth Startup, USA


  • SC463: Optical Transport SDN: Architectures, Applications, and Actual Implementations

    Achim Autenrieth, ADVA Optical Networking SE, Germany
    Jörg-Peter Elbers, ADVA Optical Networking SE, Germany


  • SC465: Transmission Fiber and Cables

    John Hedgpeth, Corning Optical Communications, USA
     


  • SC469: Hands-On: Laboratory Automation and Control Using Python (Beginner)

    Jochen Schröder, Chalmers University of Technology Sweden
    Binbin Guan, Microsoft USA
    Roland Ryf, Nokia Bell Labs, USA


  • SC470: Secure Optical Communications

    Andrew Shields, Toshiba Research Labs, UK
    Helmut Grießer, Adva Network Security, Germany


  • SC473: Photonic Switching Systems

    David Neilson, Nokia Bell Labs, USA
    Benjamin Lee, NVIDIA, USA


  • SC483: Machine Learning in Optical Networks

    Massimo Tornatore, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
     


  • SC485: Advanced Fiber Access Networks

    Jun Shan Wey, Verizon, USA and Rajesh Yadav, Verizon, USA


  • SC487: Hands-On: Laboratory Automation and Control using Python (Advanced)

    Jochen Schröder, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden
    Nicolas Fontaine, Nokia Bell Labs USA
    Binbin Guan, Microsoft USA


  • SC512: Modern Subsea Cable Systems

    Mei Du, Tata Communications, USA


  • SC513: Data Center Short Links – Link Design, Modeling, Test and Measurements

    Petar Pepeljugoski, IBM Research, USA  and Greg D. Le Cheminant, Keysight Technologies, USA


  • SC514: FEC Techniques for Optical Communications

    Georg Böcherer, Huawei Technologies, Technical University of Munich, Germany


  • SC525: Photonic and Electronic Packaging - Materials, Processes, Equipment and Reliability

    Peter O'Brien, Tyndall National Institute, Ireland 
     


  • SC526: Optical Wireless Technologies, Systems and Applications

    Harald Haas, University of Strathclyde, Scotland


  • SC527: Optical Satellite Networks

    Vincent Chan, MIT, USA


  • SC528: Hands-On Fiber Optic OFCnet Course: Practical Fiber Optic Network Testing in a Realistic Network Environment

    Gwenn Amice, EXFO, USA
    Christine Tremblay, École de technologie supérieure, Canada