Technical Sub-Committees
SC1 – Novel Fibres, Fibre Devices & Amplifiers
| Physics of light propagation in optical fibres |
| Optical fibre design, fabrication and characterisation |
| Specialty optical fibres for improved transmission performance |
| Low-latency fibres and fibres for new wavelength ranges |
| Fibre-based devices |
| Fibre amplifiers and fibre lasers |
| Multimode & multicore fibre and fibre amplifiers |
| Highly nonlinear fibres and their applications |
| Fibres for sensing applications |
SC2 – Photonic Devices & Technologies
| Novel material platforms and structured materials |
| Integrated III-V devices |
| Design, fabrication and characterisation of novel integrated devices and functionalities |
| Detectors and sources, directly modulated lasers and VCSELs |
| Silicon and hybrid III-V/silicon photonics |
| Nanophotonics |
| Optoelectronic devices |
SC3 – Photonic Integrated Circuits, Assemblies & 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) |
| System-on-a-chip (SoC) and on-chip networks |
| Advanced analog and digital electronic/optical co-integrated circuits |
| Photonic circuits for Neuromorphic applications |
| Sources and detectors for quantum communication systems |
| Nonlinear waveguides for optical signal processing |
| Photonic Integrated Circuits for Artificial Intelligence |
| Reconfigurable Photonic Integrated Circuits |
SC4 – Techniques for Digitally Enhancing Optical Communication
| Algorithms for DSP in optical transmission systems |
| Experimental demonstration of digital signal processing |
| Design, implementation & implications of reduced complexity DSP algorithms |
| Optical MIMO DSP |
| Machine Learning based DSP for optical transmission |
SC5 – Theory of Optical Communications
| New transmission system modelling methods |
| Capacity, reach, flexibility limits of optical transmission systems |
| System level implications of physical impairments and impairment mitigation techniques |
| Novel error correction coding |
| Advanced data encoding and signal shaping |
| Information theory for optical communications |
| Modelling and design of digital signal processing |
SC6 – 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 |
| Analog and nonlinear signal processing subsystems demonstrating transmission enhancements |
| Multiplexing and demultiplexing subsystems for improved transmission |
| Demonstration of spatially multiplexed transmission links |
SC7 – Core & Metro Networks
| Core, metro and converged networks |
| Long reach and high capacity transport optical networks |
| Underwater networks and cable deployment |
| High connectivity node architectures including protection and failure recovery |
| Network deployments and field trials |
| Inter data centres interconnect networks |
| Subsystems for network functionalities (2R/3R regeneration, OADMs, OXCs, ...) |
| Optical performance monitoring techniques and subsystems |
| Optical switching and routing in long haul and core networks |
SC8 – Access, Indoor & Short-Reach for Data Centres and Mobile Networks
| Fibre-to-the-premises (FTTx) and optical access networks |
| Passive optical networks |
| In-building optical networks |
| Intra data centre interconnect networks |
| High performance computer networks |
| Backhaul, midhaul and fronthaul networks for mobile applications |
| Highly parallel network and interconnect demonstrations |
| Photonics for Cloud and low latency servicesOptical switching and routing in short-reach networks |
SC9 – Photonics for RF & Free-Space Optics Applications
| Microwave Photonics subsystems |
| Millimetre-wave and THz photonics signal generation/detection |
| Demonstration of optics-based THz wireless subsystems |
| Demonstration of analog radio-over-fibre systems for 5G and beyond |
| Optical wireless communication (susystems and networks |
| LiFi and VLC communication networks |
| Satellite photonic communication links |
| Lab/field demonstration of free-space optical wireless transmission |
| Photonic wired/wireless communication network solutions |
SC10 – Architecture, Control & Management of Optical Networks
| Control, orchestration, and management of optical networks |
| Optical network architectures, design and modelling |
| Planning and scaling of hybrid optical/optoelectronic networks |
| Machine learning and artificial intelligence for advanced optical networking, performance monitoring and advanced network troubleshooting |
| Integration of optical transmission network layers with higher-layer network services |
| Network reliability, survivability, security and disaster recovery |
| Driven optical layers for network functions virtualization and software defined network applications |
CLEO®/Europe Focus Meeting
Quantum Photonics
| Quantum optics and quantum communication |
| Quantum sensing and metrology |
| Photonic quantum computing and simulations |
| Quantum nanophotonics |
| Quantum optomechanics |
| Quantum interfaces |
| Coherent transfer from the optical to the microwave domain |
| Quantum memories for photons |
| Quantum networks |
| Quantum light sources and detectors |
| Theory of quantum communication systems |
| Demonstration of quantum communication systems |
| Quantum cryptography lab/field demonstration |
Novel Photonic Materials & Effects
| 2D photonic materials |
| Metamaterials and metasurfaces |
| Nanophotonic materials |
| Novel nonlinear optical materials |
| Plasmonic effects |
| Optical memristive effects |
Emerging Photonic Devices, Technologies & Applications
| Ultrafast devices and technologies |
| Plasmonic devices |
| Frequency combs and microresonators |
| Optical computing |
| Photonic memristive devices and circuits |
| Non-reciprocal photonics |
| Inverse design for photonic devices |
| Nanolasers |