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