Tutorial Speakers

D1: Advances in prototypes and product developments of components and subsystems for data centers and optical networks
Kazuhisa Uomi, Lumentum, Japan
Ultra High-speed Quantum-well Semiconductor Lasers
Christian Koos, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology KIT, Germany
Silicon Photonics, Hybrid Integration, and Frequency Combs: Technologies for High-bandwith Communications
D2: Passive Optical Devices for Switching and Filtering
S. J. Ben Yoo, University of California at Davis, USA
Photonic Switching in Data Centers and Computing Systems
D3: Active Optical Devices and Photonic Integrated Circuits
Christian Reimer, Harvard University, USA
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, UK
Advances in Hollow Optical Fiber Technologies and Applications
D5: Fiber-Optic and Waveguide Devices and Sensors
Stanley Whitcomb, California Institute of Technology, USA
The Basics of How the Advanced LIGO Detector Works

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 Corp., USA
Data Center Interconnect Systems with Coherent Detection
S2: Optical, photonic and microwave photonic subsystems
Saikat Guha, University of Arizona, USA
Subsystem Requirements for Photonic Integrated Quantum Information Processing
Leimeng Zhuang, imec, USA
Programmable Integrated Optical Processors: Towards an Optical Heart for Communication Devices
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, UK
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, USA
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 Corp., USA
Demystifying Transceiver and Line Characterization Metrics
Luis Martin Garcia, Facebook Inc., UK
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., USA
Challenges and Solutions 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., USA
The Outlook for PON Standardization: 2019-2022