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Research Topics in Optical and Quantum Communications, and the Quantum Internet

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1. Secure Quantum Communication and Quantum Internet

  • High performance and quantum computing
  • Quantum physics
  • Quantum entanglement
  • Quantum entanglement communication
  • Quantum communication infrastructure
  • Quantum Internet
  • Quantum networks
  • Enterprise quantum computing
  • Quantum processors
  • Programmable quantum processors
  • Quantum cyber security
  • Device-independent quantum key distribution
  • Applications of single photons to quantum communication and computing

 

2. Electro-optical Systems, Optical Fiber Communications

-- Electro-optical Systems

-- Optical Fiber Communications

  • Emerging optical fiber technologies
  • Quantum Interconnect and Hybrid Classical/Quantum Systems
  • Fiber optic communications: Dense Wavelength-Division Multiplexing (DWDM), Reconfigurable Optical Add/Drop Multiplexer (ROADM)
  • Optical switches
  • Fiber optic sensors
  • Optical networks and systems
  • Integration of optical and wireless networking
  • Optical access networks and fixed-mobile convergence 
  • Optical interconnection
  • Optical networks to support cloud computing
  • High speed optical LANs and gigabit Ethernet
  • QoS over optical networks for future networks
  • Passive optical networks
  • Design, control and management of optical networks
  • Reliability and protection in optical networks
  • Optical Spatial Division Multiplexed (SDM) Networks 
  • Quantum-key secure optical networks and physical layer security issues in 5G transport networks 
  • Tera-scale optical networks for beyond 5G application holographic and sensual communications 
  • Beyond-5G Passive Optical Networks (PON) 
  • Time-sensitive and time-deterministic optical networks  
  • Optical network control, management and orchestration including SDN and NFV solutions 
  • Multi-layer and –domain optical networks, including network disaggregation and white-boxes 
  • Slicing, service chaining, virtualization and multi-tenancy techniques for optical networks 
  • Optical and wireless network convergence, including radio-over-fiber access networks 
  • Machine Learning and data analytics techniques for optical networks 
  • Optical network availability, resilience, survivability, security 
  • Evolutions in optical networking: compact, embedded and pluggable
  • Filterless architectures for optical core, regional and urban aggregation networks
  • Energy efficiency in optical networks
  • Emerging architectures for optical routers and switches
  • Geometric control theory, stochastic process, optimization, game theory and their applications in large network systems 
  • Sensor-actuator networks
  • Optical fiber sensors and networks
  • Energy-efficient management of network resources
  • Space Division Multiplexing (SDM) Optical Transmission Technology
  • SDM Devices and Amplifiers
  • SDM Devices and Systems
  • Circulators, Mode Multiplexers, Dispersion Compensators, Ultrasound and Wavemeters
  • Coherent Technologies for Data Centers
  • Complexity Optimized Coding and DSP for Optical Communications
  • Survivability and Security
  • Photonic Integrated QKD (Quantum Key Distribution)
  • Optical Signal Processing 
  • Fiber- and Waveguide-Based Sensors
  • High Speed EMLs and DMLs
  • Optical Fiber and Device Modelling
  • Machine Learning for System Modeling and Channel Equalization
  • Data Center Networking and PON Security
  • Innovative QKD Systems
  • Optical Computing
  • Multi-Core Fiber
  • Free Space and Coupling Devices
  • RF and THz Signal Generation
  • Enabling Technologies for Data Center and HPC
  • LIDAR, RADAR and Ranging Systems
  • Telemetry and Synchronisation
  • Monolithic or 3D Electro-Optical Integration
  • Accurate Frequency/Time Distribution and Optical Computing
  • OFC Demo Zone
  • Multi-Mode Fiber
  • High Power and Comb Laser Sources
  • High Bandwidth Density Interconnects for Computing
  • Visible Light Communications and Positioning
  • Multi-X Networks
  • Passive Silicon Photonic Devices
  • Photonic Switching Devices
  • Novel Photonic Devices and Applications
  • Nonlinear-Optical Amplifiers and Oscillators
  • Data Center Networks and Control
  • Beyond 400G Transmission
  • Machine Learning and Advanced Digital Signal Processing
  • Signal Processing in Next-Generation PON
  • Satellite Communications and UV, LWIR Free Space Optical Communications
  • THz Optical Communications
  • Novel Enabling Devices
  • Silicon Photonics Devices and Integrated Circuits
  • Doped Fiber Amplifiers
  • Advances in Data Center Switching and Interconnects
  • Modulation Formats
  • Wideband Transmission Systems
  • High Data-Rate Direct Detection in Access
  • Free Space and Optical Camera Communications
  • Advanced Control in Quantum Systems
  • Photonic Devices for Novel Applications
  • Deployment and Field Trials
  • Network Planning and Operation
  • Co-Packaged and PIC for Data Center Applications
  • AI and Optimization in (Disaggregated) Networks
  • Subsea and Long-Haul Transmission 
  • Radio-Over-Fiber for 5G and Beyond Systems
  • Photonic Integrated Circuits
  • New Materials and Technologies
  • Network Orchestration
  • SDM - For Short Reach and Long-Haul Transmission Systems
  • Coexistence and Emerging Use-Cases of PON
  • Subsea and Sensing Networks 
  • High-Baud Rate Data Center Technologies
  • W-Band Fiber-Wireless Links
  • Advanced Photodetectors
  • Fiber Characterization and Fiber Sensing
  • DSP Design and System Modeling
  • Optical Networks for Machine Learning Systems
  • Optical Performance Monitoring
  • Flexible Coherent PON
  • Fiber Sensing
  • Devices for Quantum Technologies (Joint D5/SCQ)
  • Modulators and Transceivers
  • Transmission Impairment Mitigation and Compensation Techniques
  • Convergent Optical Access for Mobile Connectivity
  • Photonic Processing for Computing and ML
  • Coherent Pluggables and Field Trials
  • Enabling Technology for Free Space Optical Communications
  • Sensing, Devices and OTDR
  • Lasers and CPO
  • Advanced Optical Technologies
  • Hollow Core Fiber
  • Direct Detection and Short Reach Transmission Systems
  • Converged Fixed and Mobile Networks
  • Machine Learning for Estimation and Forecasting
  • Transmission Systems and Modelling
  • Hybrid Communication/Sensing Systems 

 

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3. Optical Networks for 5G and Beyond

  • Optical transport for 5G and beyond
  • Wireless & optical communications: fundamentals and PHY  
  • Optical Spatial Division Multiplexed (SDM) Networks
  • Quantum-key secure optical networks and physical layer security issues in 5G transport networks
  • Tera-scale optical networks for beyond 5G application holographic and sensual communications
  • Beyond-5G Passive Optical Networks (PON)
  • Time-sensitive and time-deterministic optical networks  
  • Optical network control, management and orchestration including SDN and NFV solutions
  • Multi-layer and –domain optical networks, including network disaggregation and white-boxes
  • Slicing, service chaining, virtualization and multi-tenancy techniques for optical networks
  • Optical and wireless network convergence, including radio-over-fiber access networks
  • Machine Learning and data analytics techniques for optical networks
  • Optical network availability, resilience, survivability, security
  • Filterless architectures for optical core, regional and urban aggregation networks
  • Fibers and fiber devices/amplifiers/lasers
  • Advanced optical components and modules
  • Waveguide and optoelectronic devices
  • Advanced optical modulation and detection schemes
  • Nano-photonics and micro/nano optics
  • Microwave photonics
  • Quantum and nonlinear optics
  • Optical communications
  • Visible light communications
  • High-speed optical transmissions


4. Advances in Radio over Fiber Techniques for 5G and Beyond

  • Radio over fiber
  • Advancements in analog/digital/sigma delta radio over fiber
  • Radio access network (RAN)
  • Open radio access network (O-RAN)
  • Fiber Wireless Integration based Optical-Wireless Interconnects
  • 5G/B5G optical wireless convergent networks
  • Microwave/millimeter-wave photonics
  • Optical wireless communication (OWC)
  • Visible light communication (VLC)
  • Advanced signal processing
 

5. Next-Generation Optical Access Networks to Support Super-Broadband Services and 5G/6G Mobile Networks

  • Optical metro edge and access aggregation convergence
  • Convergence of optical access and mobile broadband systems for new radio access networks
  • Evolution of passive optical network (PON) for 50G and 100G data rate, and/or high split ratio and extended reach
  • New fiber-wireless integrated radio access network architecture design and system interface
  • New use cases and standards development for next-generation PONs
  • New use cases for converged optical and wireless access networks
  • Future softwarization and virtualization of optical access networks
  • Applications of AI/ML in performance improvement and network telemetry in optical and radio access networks
  • New advancements in improving the latency, reliability, protection, and security of optical access networks
  • Dynamic bandwidth allocation (DBA) algorithms and multiple media access control (MAC) mechanisms
  • Software-defined access and network slicing
  • PON architectures for low latency and high-capacity mesh interconnect of edge nodes
  • Techno-economics of analysis of optical access enabling dense 5G and beyond deployments

 

 

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