Plenary and Invited Speakers
(Please also see Technical Program)
Plenary Speakers
Antonio Mecozzi
University of L'Aquila
Reflections on three decades of optical communications research: challenges and future directions
Jin-Xing Cai
SubCom
Subsea cables in the era of SDM
Invited Speakers (Updated on April 13, 2025)
Manabu Arikawa,
NEC
Transoceanic-class long-haul SDM transmission over 12-coupled-core fiber
Haoshuo Chen,
Nokia Bell Labs
Unified coherent receiver for space-wavelength-division multiplexing
Xi Vivian Chen,
Nokia Bell Labs
Possible transceiver solutions for SDM fibers
Daniel J. Elson,
KDDI Research
O-band and multicore fibres: a potential combination for short reach interconnects
Wladek Forysiak,
Bristol University
Recent advances in optical amplifiers for ultra-wideband transmission systems
Yongmin Jung,
University of Southampton
Energy efficient multicore fibre amplifiers and lasers
Nazanin Hoghooghi,
NIST
Ultrastable optical frequency transfer over deployed multi-core fiber
Menno v. Hout,
Eindhoven University of Technology
Transoceanic wideband transmission with 4-core multicore fiber
Jonathan Knight,
University of Bath
Hollow core fibres: attenuation and modal content
Ruben Luís,
NICT
Multiband SDM transmission
Eduardo Mateo,
NEC
Opportunities and benefits of MCF submarine systems
Leslie Rusch,
Université Laval
Silicon photonic devices for scalable SDM systems
Shin Sato,
Sumitomo Electric
Advancements and future perspectives in ultralow-loss silica-core optical fiber
Akio Tanabe,
Furukawa Electric
The latest fusion splicing technologies supporting innovation of fiber optics
Pushkar Tandon,
Corning
Low-loss MCF for submarine transmission
Tobias Tiess,
Heraeus Quarzglas Bitterfeld GmbH
Development of large-scale MCF preform technology
Shuo-Yen Tseng,
National Cheng Kung University
Mode control using shortcuts to adiabaticity
Mujtaba Zahidy,
Technical University of Denmark
High-dimensional QKD over SDM fibers