Tutorial Speakers

D1: Advances in prototypes and product developments of components and subsystems
Christian Koos, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology KIT, GERMANY
High Bandwidth Silicon Photonics Systems
Kazuhisa Uomi, Oclaro Japan Inc., JAPAN
Ultra High-Speed Quantum-Well Semiconductor Lasers
D2: Passive Optical Devices for Switching and Filtering
S. J. Ben Yoo, University of California Davis, UNITED STATES
Photonic Switching in Datacenters and Computing Systems
D3: Active Optical Devices and Photonic Integrated Circuits
Christian Reimer, Harvard University, UNITED STATES
Optical Frequency Combs: From General Concepts to On-Chip and Quantum Perspectives
Urban Westergren, Kungliga Tekniska Hogskolan, SWEDEN
Design of Very High Speed InP Modulators
D4: Fiber and Propagation Physics
Francesco Poletti, University of Southampton, UNITED KINGDOM
Advances in Hollow Optical Fiber Technologies and Applications
D5: Fiber-Optic and Waveguide Devices and Sensors
Eric Gustafson, California Institute of Technology, UNITED STATES
Technologies that Enable LIGO

S1: Digital subsystems and systems for data centers
Mathieu Chagnon, Nokia Bell Labs, GERMANY
Direct-Detection Technologies for Intra- and Inter-Data Center Optical Links
Radhakrishnan Nagarajan, Inphi Corporation, UNITED STATES
Short-Reach Data Interconnect Systems with Coherent Detection
S2: Optical, photonic and microwave photonic subsystems
Saikat Guha, University of Arizona, UNITED STATES
Subsystem Requirements for Photonic Integrated Quantum Information Processing
Leimeng Zhuang, Monash University, AUSTRALIA
Programmable Integrated Optical Processor: Toward Photonic RF Filters with DSP-Level Flexibility and MHz-Band Selectivity
S3: Radio-over-fiber, free space optics and sensing systems
Hartmut Roskos, University Frankfurt am Main, GERMANY
Terahertz Photonics
S4: Digital and electronic subsystems
Tomislav Drenski, Socionext Europe GmbH, GERMANY
High-Speed DAC/ADC and ASIC Technologies
Zhixin Liu, University College London, UNITED KINGDOM
Optical Injection Locking Based Transceivers for Data Center Communications
S5: Digital transmission systems
Cristian Antonelli, Universita degli Studi dell'Aquila, ITALY
Modeling of Multiple-Mode Propagation in Fibers for Space-Division Multiplexing
Sethumadhavan Chandrasekhar, Nokia Bell Labs, UNITED STATES
Transmission of Flexible High Spectral Efficiency and Noise Tolerant Modulation Formats

N1: Advances in systems, networks and service developments and field trials in commercial data centers and networks
Loren Berg, Ciena Corporation, UNITED STATES
Demystifying Transceiver and Line Characterization Metrics
Luis Martin Garcia, Facebook Inc., UNITED KINGDOM
Open Transport Infrastructure (TIP)
N2: Architectures and software-defined control for intra-data center networks
Lena Wosinska, Kungliga Tekniska Hogskolan, SWEDEN
Enabling Technologies for Optical Data Center Networks: Spatial Division Multiplexing
N3: Architectures and software-defined control for metro and core networks
Fred Gruman, Fujitsu Network Communications Inc, UNITED STATES
Challenges and Solution on Supporting Sub-Second Restoration in Centralized SDN Control Architectures in L1 Optical Transport Networks
Marc Lyonnais, Ciena Canada, CANADA
State of the Art and Best Practices for Optical Network Self Monitoring and Optimization
N4: Optical access networks for fixed and mobile services
Antonio Teixeira, DETI, Instituto de Telecomunicacoes, PORTUGAL
Photonic Integrated Circuits for NG-PON2 ONU Transceivers
Jun Shan Wey, ZTE USA, Inc., UNITED STATES
The Outlook for PON Standardization: 2019-2022