Invited Speakers
Plenary
Nicolas Fontaine
Nokia Bell Lab.
Space-Division Multiplexing Technologies for Communications and Beyond
Ioannis Tomkos
Athens Information Technology
Spatially-Spectrally Flexible Optical Networks (SS-FONs): A versatile networking solution



David Allioux

CAILabs
Spatial Multiplexer and Recent Applications of Multi-Plane Light Conversion

Cristian Antonelli

University of L'Aquila
Propagation effects in fibers for space-division multiplexing: modelling and impact on system performance

Haoshuo Chen

Nokia Bell Labs
Remote mode forming over multimode fiber

Stephen Grubb

Trends and Perspectives in Subsea Optical Transmission

Takemi Hasegawa

Sumitomo Electric
Ultra-low loss fiber technologies for SDM transmission

Yongmin Jung

University of Southampton
Optical amplifiers and key optical components for Space Division Multiplexed transmission

Guifang Li

University of Central Florida
Exploiting Spatial Modes for Applications Beyond Transmission Capacity

Takayuki Mizuno

NTT
Multicore Amplification Technology for High-Capacity SDM Transmission Systems

Yojiro Mori

Nagoya University
High-Port-Count Optical Cross-Connect Using Single-Module M×M Wavelength-Selective Switches

Tetsu Morishima

Sumitomo Electric
Multi-core fiber connector technology

Georg Rademacher

NICT
Wide-band large capacity transmission over few-mode fiber

Siddharth Ramachandran

Boston University
The physics and applications of fibers supporting OAM

Karsten Rottwitt

Technical University of Denmark
Intermodal nonlinear effects in vortex fibers; Raman scattering

Taiji Sakamoto

NTT
Few-mode multi-core fiber design optimizing spatial density and splicing characteristic for long-haul dense SDM transmission

Pierre Sillard

Prysmian Group
Few-Mode Fibers for Mode Division Multiplexing: What is New?

Noboru Yoshikane

KDDI Research
Software-defined control for sliceable multi-dimensional optical networks

Juan Carlos Alvarado Zacarias

University of Central Florida
All-Fiber Mode-Selective Photonic Lanterns for Space Division Multiplexing

Georgios Zervas
