Optical fibre design, fabrication and characterization
Optical fibres for improved transmission performance
Fibres for new wavelength ranges
Fibre amplifiers
Multicore and multimode fibres
Microstructured fibres
Highly nonlinear fibres and their applications
Fibres for fibre lasers, sensing applications and devices
Fibre installation, connectors, splicing and reliability
Fibres for improved energy efficiency
SC 2: Discrete photonic devices and technologies
Novel material platforms and structured materials
Design, fabrication and characterisation of novel devices and functionality
Modulators, Detectors and sources, directly modulated lasers and VCSELs
Hybrid III-V/Group IV materials and devices for silicon photonics
Nanophotonic devices
Optoelectronic devices
Nonlinear waveguides
Ultrafast devices and technologies
Optical switching devices
SC 3: Photonic integrated circuits, assemblies and packaging
Large-scale photonic integrated circuits
Packaging of devices, testing of performance and reliability
Co-packaged optical and electronic ICs (2D, 2.5D and 3D), not AI-oriented
System-on-a-chip (SoC) and on-chip networks
Advanced analogue and digital electronic/optical co-integrated circuits
Reconfigurable photonic integrated circuits
Integrated frequency combs
Optical processors
SC 4: Signal processing for optical communication
Algorithms for DSP in optical transmission systems
Modelling and design of DSP
Experimental demonstration of DSP
Design, implementation and implications of reduced complexity DSP algorithms
Comparison of machine learning techniques with conventional DSP
Real-time DSP implementations for optical communications
Analogue electrical and optical signal processing for optical communications and sensing
Novel error correction coding
Novel constellation shaping approaches
Implementation complexity analysis of DSP algorithms and computational
SC 5: Optical transmission systems
Lab/field demonstrations of optical transmission links deploying novel fibres, devices, subsystems and multiplexing techniques
Link system demonstrations using novel signal modulation techniques, signal processing and subsystems
Transmission enhancements by analogue and nonlinear signal processing subsystems
Multiplexing and demultiplexing subsystems for improved transmission
Demonstration of spatially multiplexed transmission links
Submarine links and cable deployment
Novel transmission system modelling methods
Capacity, reach, flexibility limits of optical transmission systems
System level implications of physical impairments
Impairment mitigation techniques
Information theory for optical communications
SC 6: Architecture, modelling and performance of optical networks
Core, metro and transport optical network architectures
Optical switching and routing architectures
Submarine optical networks
Satellite optical networks
Optical network resilience and security
Optical network deployments and field trials
Inter data centre interconnection architectures
Physical layer performance and technology integration in optical networks
Multi-layer and multi-technology optical networks
Planning and scaling of hybrid fibre/free space optical networks
Performance monitoring techniques in optical networks
SC 7: Optical networks and systems for optical access and xHaul mobile transport networks
Fibre-to-the-X and optical access networks
Passive optical networks
In-building optical networks
Optical systems for indoor radio systems
PON sensing and monitoring
Backhaul, midhaul and fronthaul networks for mobile network
C-RAN and 6G systems
Photonic-driven architectures for cloud and low latency services
Optical switching and routing for xHaul mobile networks
Architectures, systems and subsystems for convergence of access and metro networks
SC 8: Sensing and microwave photonics
Fibre-based optical sensing (e.g., DAS, OTDR)
Joint communication and sensing
Algorithms for sensing in optical fiber systems
Microwave photonics subsystems
Millimetre-wave and THz photonics signal generation/detection
Demonstration of optics-based THz wireless subsystems
Demonstration of analogue radio-over-fibre systems for 5G/6G and beyond
Telecom network field-trials on optical fibre sensing
Integration and applications of optical sensing in telecom networks
SC 9: Free-space optics and optical wireless technologies
Terrestrial and non-terrestrial FSO communications
Free-space optical sensing (e.g., LiDAR, OCT)
Acquisition, Pointing, and Tracking (APT) systems
Underwater and ship-to-ship/shore FSO communication
Short-range/indoor optical wireless communication systems and networks
FSO intra-data center links
Hybrid RF-FSO communication and Radio over FSO
Integrated FSO communication and APT systems
Atmospheric turbulence modelling, measurements and mitigation
Sensing in FSO
Lab and field trials using all-FSO or hybrid RF-FSO technologies
FSO networking, control/management, system architecture and tradeoffs Integration of FSO and LiFi with back- and fronthaul over transmission media (e.g. POF, SMF, PLC)
New PICs, optoelectronic subsystems and drivers for FSO and LiFi
Enabling technologies and technics (diversity, modulation formats,…) for FSO and optical wireless transmissions
SC 10: Control and management of optical networks
Control and management of multi-layer and multi-domain optical networks (access, transport, DCI and DCN)
Programmability and telemetry of open and disaggregated packet-optical networks
Cloud-native and containerized control architectures
Digital twin and emulation frameworks for optical network control
AI/ML-driven solutions for autonomous network management
Field trials, experimental validations showcasing control integration with optical hardware
Energy-efficiency, reliability, survivability, disaster recovery and security control mechanisms
Integration of optical network control with edge and cloud ecosystems
Analogue-based and digital-based machine-learning techniques for optical communications and networks
