Publications related to Passive optical network

Programmable frequency-bin quantum states in a nano-engineered silicon device

Frequency-bin qubits get the best of time-bin and dual-rail encodings, but require external modulators and pulse shapers to build arbitrary states. Here, instead, the authors work directly on-chip by controlling the interference of biphoton amplitudes gene ...

Nature Portfolio2023

First Demonstration of Erbium -Doped Waveguide Amplifier Enabled Multi-Tb/s (16x1.6T) Coherent Transmission

Tobias Kippenberg, Xinru Ji, Zheru Qiu, Xi Chen, Yang Liu

We demonstrate the first EDWA-enabled Terabit-class coherent optical communication with 1.6-Tb/s net bit rate per channel and 16 -channel WDM transmission over 81 -km fiber, proving the potential of such on-chip amplification for future coherent applicatio ...

IEEE2023

Study on the possibility of Φ-OTDR sensing in hollow-core fibres

Luc Thévenaz, Malak Mohamed Hossameldeen Omar Mohamed Galal, Yuting Yang

The backscattering process in hollow core fibres shows a large similarity with Rayleigh scattering, offering the potential to be exploited for distributed sensing. A classical Φ-OTDR implementation is used to observe the backscattering signal from the surf ...

SPIE2023

High density lithium niobate photonic integrated circuits

Tobias Kippenberg, Rui Ning Wang, Anat Siddharth, Mikhail Churaev, Nikolai Kuznetsov, Zihan Li, Junyin Zhang, Zelin Tan

Photonic integrated circuits have the potential to pervade into multiple applications traditionally limited to bulk optics. Of particular interest for new applications are ferroelectrics such as Lithium Niobate, which exhibit a large Pockels effect, but ar ...

Nature Portfolio2023

Dual chirped microcomb based parallel ranging at megapixel-line rates

Tobias Kippenberg, Junqiu Liu, Maxim Karpov, Anton Lukashchuk

Photonic integrated systems can be harnessed for fast and efficient optical telecommunication and metrology technologies. Here the authors develop a dual-soliton microcomb technique for massively parallel coherent laser ranging that requires only a single ...

Nature Portfolio2022

Wavelength-Division Multiplexed Optical Cryptocurrency

Maxim Karpov

We propose an optical proof-of-work scheme that feeds data encoded into wavelength-division multiplexed modes through a programmable photonic network. We verify robustness by modeling network dispersion, allowing for energy-efficient optical alternatives t ...

IEEE2021

Mems Shutter Based Variable Optical Attenuator Integrated With Large Core Multimode Rectangular Waveguides

Niels Quack, Hamed Sattari, Gergely Huszka, Anton Lagosh, Benedikt Guldimann

We present the concept and design, and we report on the experimental performance of a broadband Variable Optical Attenuator (VOA) for integration with large-core rectangular multimode waveguides. Operation of an individual 221 mu m x 111 mu m optical waveg ...

IEEE2021

Coupling-dependent convergence behavior of phase oscillators with tegotae-control

Auke Ijspeert, Jonathan Patrick Arreguit O'Neill, Simon Lukas Hauser, Matthieu Guillaume Marie Dujany

A bio-inspired way to model locomotion is using a network of coupled phase oscillators to create a Central Pattern Generator (CPG). The recently developed feedback control method tegotae includes exteroceptive force feedback into the governing phase update ...

IEEE2021

Design and Fabrication of Stretchable Photonic Fibers

Nicola Bartolomei

Optical fibers have reshaped the technological landscape, from optical networks and high-speed data communication to in situ imaging and non-invasive surgery methods. The revolution allowed by these fibers has been made possible by its fabrication method, ...

EPFL2021

Photonic chip-based resonant supercontinuum via pulse-driven Kerr microresonator solitons

Tobias Kippenberg, Junqiu Liu, Wenle Weng, Tobias Herr, Miles Henry Anderson

Supercontinuum generation and soliton microcomb formation both represent key techniques for the formation of coherent, ultrabroad optical frequency combs, enabling the RF-to-optical link. Coherent supercontinuum generation typically relies on ultrashort pu ...

2021

Optimizing Gain Shaping Filters with Neural Networks for Maximum Cable Capacity under Electrical Power Constraints

Erixhen Sula

We experimentally demonstrate capacity gains of up to 23% under electrical supply power constraints in a long-haul optical fiber cable by optimizing the gain shaping filters using neural networks. ...

IEEE2021

Performance of chip-scale optical frequency comb generators in coherent WDM communications

Tobias Kippenberg

Optical frequency combs have the potential to become key building blocks of wavelength-division multiplexing (WDM) communication systems. The strictly equidistant narrow-band spectral lines of a frequency comb can serve either as carriers for parallel WDM ...

2020

Open loop control theory algorithms for high-speed 3D MEMS optical switches

Matthias Imboden

There is a world-wide push to create the next-generation all-optical transmission and switching technologies for exascale data centers. In this paper we focus on the switching fabrics. Many different types of 2D architectures are being explored including M ...

2020

Kramers Kronig detection of four 20 Gbaud 16-QAM channels using Kerr combs for a shared phase estimation

Tobias Kippenberg, Maxim Karpov, Martin Hubert Peter Pfeiffer, Arne Kordts, Fatemeh Alishahi, Ahmad Fallahpour

We experimentally demonstrate Kramers-Kronig detection of four 20 Gbaud 16-quadrature-amplitude-modulated (QAM) channels after 50 km fiber transmission using two soliton Kerr combs as signal sources and local oscillators. The estimated carrier phase at the ...

OPTICAL SOC AMER2020

Parallel Optical Spatial Signal Processing Based on 2x2 MIMO Computational Metasurface

Romain Christophe Rémy Fleury, Ali Momeni, Amirhossein Babaee

We introduce a novel concept of Multi-Input Multi-Output (MIMO) metasurface processor with asymmetric Optical Transfer Function (OTF) which can perform spatial first-order derivation on two orthogonal distinct input signals for both TM and TE polarizations ...

IEEE2020

Service Restoration Strategy in Active Distribution Networks

Hossein Sekhavatmanesh

In the last decade, the massive penetration of Distributed Generators (DGs) has brought significant technical challenges to all the aspects related to the planning and operation of distribution networks. Thus, smart grid concept has evolved as a new operat ...

EPFL2020

Plug-and-play TOF-PET Module Readout Based on TDC-on-FPGA and Gigabit Optical Fiber Network

Edoardo Charbon, Esteban Venialgo Araujo

Positron Emission Tomography (PET) scanner technology requires the use of a large number of PET detector modules that work in a parallel and synchronous manner. Moreover, system modularity is a desirable feature, that enables technology reutilization for d ...

IEEE2019

The SwissFEL soft X-ray free-electron laser beamline: Athos

Christopher Alexander Arrell, Christoph Bostedt, Rasmus Ischebeck, Eugenio Ferrari, Thomas Schmidt, Thomas Schietinger, Sven Reiche, Paolo Craievich

The SwissFEL soft X-ray free-electron laser (FEL) beamline Athos will be ready for user operation in 2021. Its design includes a novel layout of alternating magnetic chicanes and short undulator segments. Together with the APPLE X architecture of undulator ...

2019

Massive nonlinear optical amplification in gas

Luc Thévenaz, Flavien Gyger

We achieve unprecedented nonlinear optical amplification in gas. The gain is 20 times larger than any reported nonlinear gain in gas-filled HC-PCF and 6 times larger than the largest nonlinear gain in standard silica single-mode fiber (SMF). Furthermore, o ...

2019

Multi-material and Multi-functional Optical Fibers

Fabien Sorin, Wei Yan, Alexis Gérald Page, Yunpeng Qu

We will present the material science behind thermal drawing that enables us to impart optical fibers with novel architectures and advanced optoelectronic functionalities, as well as propose a new avenue for soft optical devices. ...

2018