Objectives:

• To highlight emerging components, fibers and systems including the networking and control plane aspects required for future deployment of SDM in the field.

Chairman:

• Dr Chigo Okonkwo, Institute for Photonic Integration, Eindhoven University of Technology
• Dr. Ruben S. Luis, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT)

Duration:

• ~ 8 hours (including breaks and Lunch)

Schedule and Abstracts:

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 Technically Co-Sponsored By:

Speakers:

• Werner Klaus - NICT Japan –“EXAT and the first 10 years of SDM research in Japan”
• Haoshuo Chen - Nokia Bell Labs, USA – “Remote spatio-temporal control over multimode fiber”
• Itsuro Morita - KDDI R&D laboratory, Japan “Ultra-high capacity transmission using few-mode multi-core fiber”
• Koji Igarashi - Osaka University, Japan. “Signal Processing for mode multiplexed transmission in the optical domain and digital domain”
• Luca Poti - CNIT Pisa, Italy. “Multi-core fibre applications from the lab to a city test-bed”
• Takashi Sasaki - Innovation Core, Sumitomo, USA. “Toward the Practical use of the Multi-core Fiber in Optical Communications”
• Nick Psaila - Optoscribe UK. “3D laser written waveguide circuits for SDM and photonic integration”
• Dan Marom - Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Isreal. “Rectangular Core Fiber for Mode-Division Multiplexed Optical Communications”
• Salvatore Spadaro - UPC, Spain. “Spatial super-channel allocation strategies in dynamic Flex-Grid/MCF optical core networks”
• Yusuke Hirota - Osaka University, Japan. “SDM-oriented Networking System with fractional pSSC concept for future optical networks”
• Konstantinos Manousakis - University of Cyprus, Cyprus "Routing Spectrum and Core Allocation in SDM Networks with Physical Layer Considerations"
• Cristina Rottondi - University of Lugano, Switzerland. “Optimized design of flexi-grid optical networks with SDM Technologies”