2025 Tutorial Speakers

D2: Passive Components
Francesco Morichetti, Politecnico di Milano, ITALY
Controlling Broadband and Resonant PICs with Many Components
D3: Active Components
Di Liang, University of Michigan, USA
Laser Source for Silicon Photonics System
D4: Fibers and Propagation Physics
Francesco Poletti, Optoelectronics Research Centre, UK
Recent Progress on Anti-Resonant Hollow-Core Fibers
D5: Fiber Devices, Fiber Lasers and Amplifiers, and Nonlinear Waveguides
Thomas Strasser, Infinera Corp., USA
EDFAs: Have we Reached the Limit to What They Can Do?

S1: Datacom Subsystems and Systems
S. J. Ben Yoo, University of California Davis, USA
Photonic Switching in Data Centers and Computing Systems
S2: Subsystems for Transmission
Vivian Xi Chen, Nokia Bell Labs, USA
Components, DSP, and Subsystem Design for Ultra-High-Speed Optical Transceivers
Xiang Zhou, Google LLC, USA
IM-DD vs. Coherent in Datacenters: A Revisit in 2025
S3: Transmission Systems
Alexei Pilipetskii, SubCom LLC, USA
Power-Limited Submarine Transmission: Cable Design, Amplification Strategies and Capacity Limits
Benjamin Puttnam, NICT, JAPAN
Transmission System Technologies for Large-Scale Multiplexing in Wavelength and Space
S4: Optical Processing, Microwave Photonics and Fiber-sensing
Peter McMahon, Cornell University, USA
Optical Computing: Principles, Examples, and Prospects
S5: Free-space (FSO), Ranging (LiDAR), and Radio-over-Fiber (RoF)
Chi-Wai Chow, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, TAIWAN
Future Perspectives on Optical Wireless Communication – Optical Beam Shaping, Multiple Access and Integration

N1: Advances in the Development of Networks, Systems and Services
Jin Wang, AT&T Corp, USA
Generative AI for Network Operations
N2: Optical Networking for Data Center and Computing Applications
Guangwei Cong, AIST Tokyo, JAPAN
Recent Advances in Photonic Neural Networks using Large-Scale Photonic Integrated Circuits
N3: Architectures and Software-Defined Control for Metro and Core Optical Networks
Qunbi Zhuge, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, CHINA
Digital Twin and AI Agent for Autonomous Optical Networks
N4: Optical Access Networks for Fixed and Mobile Services
Roberto Gaudino, Politecnico di Torino, ITALY
Coherent PON: Recent Evolutions and Expected Trends

SC-Q: Quantum Devices, Systems and Networking
Davide Bacco, Univ. of Florence, ITALY
Recent Progress in Practical Quantum Key Distribution