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Message from the Sponsor
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Welcome from the Organiser
Message from the Conference Chair
General Exhibition Information
Venue Overview
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Dear attendees and delegates,
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On behalf of myself and the entire team behind Optical Connections magazine, I would like to welcome you to the 48th European Conference on Optical Communications here in the vibrant city of Basel. It is gratifying to see that the combined Conference and Expo continue to be the continent’s largest event in the field and one of the most prestigious and traditional events on optical communications worldwide. At Optical Connections, we take pride in our close links with the fibre optics industry. We endeavour to provide up to the minute commentary on the latest innovations and developments through thought leadership features and comment, written by industry experts from both long-established and up-coming companies, as well as industry organisations, analysts and leading journalists in the field. We are also proud to sponsor the ECOC 2022 Show Guide and support the team at Nexus Media Events Ltd. who work so hard to make the ECOC Expo such an on-going success year after year. Our industry is leading the monumental change that is happening in the world of telecommunications. The switch from copper to fibre is as revolutionary as that from the electro-mechanical Strowger technology to electronic switching and transmission systems some 50 years ago. The fact is, we can do so much more with a photon than we can with an electron and we are still discovering new possibilities. Indeed, the move to fibre optic technology is reaching deep into other industries. The insistent demand for ever greater bandwidth is driving innovation in areas such as co-packaged optics, photonic switching and network architecture, all of which and more you will see and have the opportunity to discuss at ECOC 2022. And let’s not forget the ECOC Expo Industry Awards, which celebrate the best and most innovative developments of the year. Winners will be announced live at the Expo on Tuesday 20th September. I hope you enjoy the event and will take time to see the many demonstrations and new products on display, as well as attending the variety of Market Focus presentations which are carefully selected by the team of experts who make up the Market Focus Committee. So, enjoy the Conference and Expo and enjoy the beautiful city of Basel. I hope ECOC 2022 will provide you with new insights and inspirations that will enable you to take the industry forward into what promises to be a fascinating and exciting future.
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Market Focus
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Market Focus Timetable
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Market Focus Abstracts
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Market Focus Speaker Bios
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Product Focus Timetable
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Product Focus Abstracts
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Product Focus Speaker Bios
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Peter Dykes Contributing Editor Optical Connections
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Exhibitor Listings
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Welcome from the organisers Welcome to ECOC Exhibition 2022, Europe’s largest exhibition dedicated to fibre optic communication technology, and welcome to Switzerland! Over 300 international exhibitors await you in the exhibition halls this year, along with our range of interactive fea - tures and seminars, all free to attend, to ensure you get the most out of your time at ECOC.
Exhibition Highlights Back for a sixteenth year, the Market Focus theatre , sponsored by Marvell, will once again form a hub of discussion, with over 30 sessions covering everything from datacentres, photonics integrations and digital silicon photonics to fibre access, service and content provider optical transmission, Market Focus showcases the very latest news and developments from global leaders within the industry. As new technologies continue to emerge, and increased pressure is being placed on the networks than ever, the need for efficient and resilient optical networks has never been greater, Market Focus gives you a unique opportunity to hear the latest trends, exciting predictions and the next steps to be taken to achieve connectivity goals. See p14 for the full timetable and session details. The Product Focus theatre is our newest addition to the exhibition hall and gives you the chance to hear about some of the latest innovative products, watch live demonstrations and join a morning session delivered by EPIC. See p22 for the full timetable. Run in conjuction with Optical Connections, the ECOC Exhibition Industry Award winners will be announced live at the exhibition. Back for a third year the Awards highlight significant achievements in advancing
the business of optical communications, transport, networking, fibre-based products, photonic integration circuits and related developments. Winners will be announced on Tuesday 20th September, live in the Product Focus theatre. See p26 for details on this year's categories. New features this year include the FTTx Focus where you can find all things FTTx and our Job Board, in conjunction with EPIC, where you can view the opportunities available at exhibitor companies. Don’t forget to join the conversation across the three days of the exhibition, by following on social media for previews, product launches, photos and highlights. Tweet us @ ecoc_exhibition to share your own news, photos and event plans, and tag us using #ecoc2021 and we will reshare as many as we can. Thank you to all of our exhibitors, sponsors, partners, speakers and visitors for your continued support once again this year. We hope your time with us is well-spent and you find everything you are looking for. We look forward to welcoming you back next year for ECOC Exhibition 2023 in Glasgow, Scotland.
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The joint Chairs say “Grüezi” and welcome you to 48th European Conference on Optical Communication in Basel, Switzerland in the heart of Europe. Dear Friends & Colleagues: Welcome to Basel!
B asel is Switzerland’s cultural capital and its oldest university city. It offers a beautiful Old Town with historic and scenic landmarks such as the market square or the river Rhine. Get the chance to experience technology, culture, and history all within walking distance from the conference centre. The European Conference on Optical Communication (ECOC) as one of the leading conferences on optical communication attracts scientists and researchers from across the world. Not only top universities, but also the world’s biggest and most influential companies present their astonishing breakthroughs from materials and devices to systems and networks, and their insightful visions for the future. ECOC is the key meeting place to share knowledge, exchange ideas, foster innovation and start collaborations on a global level. ECOC also features Europe’s largest exhibition in the field, where you get the chance to see the latest products, find new customers or intensify your current relationships. ECOC has a long tradition with the first meeting being held in 1974, triggered by the breakthrough experimental demonstration of optical fibres with loss below 20 dB/km in 1970 by the Corning team of Donald Keck, Robert Maurer, and Peter Schulz. ECOC took place ever since in yearly conferences, now for the 48th time. In the meantime, more than 5 billion km of fiber (33 times the distance from Earth to Sun) has been deployed. A number that gives testimony to this game changing technology that has paved the way for today’s internet and personal communications. And as the innovation continues, meetings such as the ECOC are needed to report on breakthroughs and novel applications in optics and communications. ECOC 2022 is featuring five exciting plenary speakers: • Nobel prize laureate Prof. Dr Didier Queloz on the discovery of exoplanets with optical technology • Dr Elisabetta Rugi Grond, CEO of Thales Alenia Space Switzerland, on “Optical space communications: Challenges and opportunities” • Dr David F. Welch, CIO and co-founder of Infinera on “Scenarios of future innovations in the network”
• Dr Christoph Glingener, CTO of ADVA, on optical networking: “Never say never again” • Dr Mark G. Thompson, CTO PsiQuantum on “Path to a useful quantum computer” • ECOC 2022 offers an extensive technical programme with: • 15 workshops on industry’s hottest topics • 12 symposia to give an in-depth coverage on latest trends • 77 Invited presentations delivered by experts in the field • 11 in-depth tutorials • 6 short courses • 68 Technical Sessions with 245 papers • 2 Poster Sessions with 145 papers • 4 postdeadline paper sessions with up-to- the-minute research • CLEO®/Europe Focus Meeting on novel materials, emerging devices, and quantum technology Selected highlights from the special technical programme at ECOC 2022 are: • Symposium on the history of fiber optics with the pioneers and inventors • Public workshop on green optical networks
• Workshops on fixed and mobile 5G & 6G • Workshops on future optical network technologies • Workshops on PIC technology and co- integration • Workshop & symposium on quantum communication • Workshops & symposia on the latest trends: Free space optics, THz photonics, photonic memristors, … • Short courses on: machine learning, space division multiplexing, forward error correction, modulation formats & receiver concepts, radio-over-fiber technologies, optical amplifiers • Rump session on “Megatrends or No Megatrends” inviting to a vivid controversial discussion The event will once again be a meeting place, knowledge centre, and platform to showcase the latest optical technology as innovators, thought leaders and global companies arrive in the city of Basel. We are delighted to welcome you at ECOC in Basel and hope you are enjoying the technical and social aspects of ECOC!
Juerg Leuthold ETH Zurich General Co-Chair
Christoph Harder Swissphotonics General Co-Chair
Bert Offrein IBM Research Zurich Regular Technical Programme Co-Chair
Hans Limberger EPFL Regular Technical Programme Co-Chair
Rachel Grange ETH Zurich Special Technical Programme Co-Chair
Niels Quack University of Sydney Special Technical Programme Co-Chair
Christian Bosshard Swissphotonics Local Programme Chair
Ueli Koch ETH Zurich General Manager
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Organisers Office The Organisers Office is located at the front left hand side of the exhibition hall. Exhibition Admission ECOC 2022 conference delegates and visitors will be admitted free of charge upon presentation of an official ECOC badge. The organiser reserves the right to refuse admission without giving a reason or to expel any person or persons whose conduct is, in the opinion of the organisers, considered undesirable. Conference Admission Only ECOC 2022 delegates in possession of the official delegate badge will be admitted into the conference. Cloakroom Opening Times Located at registration upper level. Monday 19th 08:00-19:00 Tuesday 20th 08:00-18:00 Wednesday 21st 08:00-18:00 There will be a charge of 2CHF per item (cash only).
EXHIBITION OPENING HOURS Monday 19 th September 09:30 - 17:00 Tuesday 20 th September 09:30 - 17:00 Wednesday 21 st September 09:30 - 16:00
WIFI ECOC Exhibition FREE WiFi Network name: ECOC_2022 There will be free WiFi access available in the exhibition halls. Please note this will only be suitable for browsing the internet and is not suitable for downloading or streaming. Most mobile devices and laptops will be able to access the free WiFi service but we cannot guarantee access as it is dependent on the software that is installed on your portable device.
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rights will be immediately ejected from the exhibition. If a successful prosecution is brought by the affected company, a further ban would be imposed on the prosecuted person from attending future ECOC events. Children No person under the age of 18 years can be admitted to the exhibition, either during build-up, days or breakdown. This rule also applies to the exhibitor’s/delegates children. The organisers have a right to enforce it to comply with the safety regulations of the exhibitions
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Catering Locations & Times See page 10 -14 for Locations
Expo Bar 10:00am – 4:30pm
Delegate Coffee Area 12:00 noon – 2:00pm
Hot Food served between 12:00 noon – 4:00pm:
When delegate coffee is not on, Asian and Swiss style food will be served:
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Asian: - Indian Dal vegan & with chicken
- Asian noodles vegan & with beef or chicken
Swiss: - Veal sausage
- Fruit salad - Hand fruit - Muesli or chocolate bar - Leaf and raw vegetable salads - Mineral water I Softs I Juices I Hot drinks I Beer I Wine
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Now in its sixteenth year, the Market Focus theatre has continued to be one of the highlights of the ECOC Exhibition and a key place to get up-to-date knowledge from across the industry and discover the latest commercial trends in optical communications. This year we have streamlined our programme to cover the whole value chain of technologies, from optical components to optical network providers that span both telecommunications as well as data centre and data communication media services.
The morning session closes out with a report on the latest developments including optimised laser design, wafer fab process technology trends, device parametric performance and reliability from Andy McKee from Sivers Photonics and in our final session at 14:30 we hear from Roshene McCool from Corning Incorporated with a discussion on how optical fiber and cable are evolving to deliver capacity with highly parallelized solutions from the data center to submarine applications. Tuesday 20th September Tuesday morning Day two is jam-packed with fifteen presentations from a wide range of industry professionals. Opening at 10;00 the morning session will focus on Modules, sub-systems, connectors and line-cards and begins with Tom Williams of Acacia, now part of Cisco, reveals how the latest trends will influence the design of next generation optics and network architectures, followed by a look at the latest advancements in optical I/O, a new generation of chiplet and multi-wavelength laser solutions from Terry Thorn, Ayar Labs. Chris Cole of CW-WDM MSA joins us at 10:55 to share the latest updates from the MSA, including product development progress from the MSA members and Dave Welch of Infinera covers innovative and proven design principals of building blocks such as TROSA and DSP to solve technical and operational challenges in pushing coherent technology to the Edge. We then focus on the reality and ambition of open optical networks with Gert Grammel, Juniper Networks.
The morning session draws to a close with Sven Otte of Sicoya as he provides insight and intelligence asto why coherent is not the best solution for every DC architecture, and Lisa Huff of Omdia questions CPO’s promise versus reality, along with the timeline for its overall development and actual need. Our final session of the morning is from EXFO’s Aldo Gutierrez at 13:15 explaining how a unique innovation in end-to-end transceiver testing now enables fully automated optoelectrical characterization of transceiver. Tuesday afternoon Afternoon sessions move to a focus on Networking, systems, DC, disaggregated solutions and software with an opening session at 14:05 from Scott Wilkinson from Cignal AI and a review of the drivers and successes of different form factors (QSFP- DD/OSFP vs. CFPx), different features (ZR vs. ZR+ vs. 0dBm), and our forecast for growth. Harald Graber from Effect Photonics then joins us to address the edge computing and data centre infrastructure market with coherent optical SoCs. We welcome Eric Maniloff from Ciena at 14:55 to explore the options for coherent optics inside the data center, followed by Andy Bechtelsheim of Arista to review the status of 1.6T optics. II-VI’s Vipul Bhatt joins us to examine the technology and business trade-offs that confirm the direct-detect and coherent technology equilibrium and make some predictions about how this new- but-old equilibrium will shape this exciting market. The afternoon session comes to a close with
2022 Timetable
Monday 19 September The opening morning of Market Focus is focuses on Components, ICS, PICS and Fibre and the sessions kicks off at 12:00 with Michael Lebby and John Zyskind from Lightwave Logic as they discuss the latest results on foundry fabricated stable and reliable EO polymers for integrated photonics platforms along with a review of the latest work in photonics roadmaps on both the integrated photonics (PIC) level as well as PIC packaging level. SiFotonics Technologies’ Rang-Chen Yu joins us at 12:25 to present optical transceiver module solutions with silicon photonics for wider scale applications, followed by a look at the advantages of TFLN solutions and a discussion on the scalability and commercial viability of this high-speed and low power integrated platform from Christian Reimer of HyperLight Corporation. We welcome Michael Geiselmann from LIGENTEC at 13;15 who will present an overview of low loss PICs based on silicon nitride and application areas in LiDAR, Quantum and sensing, followed by a review of the current state-of-the art in opto-electronic probing, measurement instrumentation, and techniques for reliable and high-speed testing from Iñigo Artundo of VLC Photonics.
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OIF Board Member Gary Nicholl providing a high level overview of CMIS and the current status of CMIS within the OIF as well as highlighting some of the new CMIS features that the OIF will be working on during the upcoming year. Our final session from Maxim Kuschnerov of Huawei Technologies at 16:35 will introduce the benefit of FTTR, the latest progress of standardization, deployment of FTTR and new Wi-Fi technologies based on FTTR which optimize Wi-Fi experience. Wednesday 21st September The final day of Market Focus is once again full with insight from industry experts from across the globe. The session opens at 09:50 with a discussion on the synergies and differences between today’s mobile transport and future optical 6G networks from Frank Chang, Source Photonics, followed by Dr. Jack Jian Xu of II-VI with a look at advanced ROADM architectures. We welcome Xi Wang from Marvell at 10:45 to discuss the underlying technologies
needed to enable 1.6T and 3.2T, and how technological advancements in both electronics and optics will enable a higher level of integration that will have a lasting impact for future generations of optical connectivity. We are then joined by Robert Brumley of Laser Light Companies to look at the advantages and disadvantages of converging, beyond interconnecting, optical satellite systems with terrestrial OTN infrastructure and why this converged network will disrupt global data services market. Dr. Gert Sarlet of II-VI focuses on how coherent optics in client pluggable form factor enable IP-over-DWDM in disaggregated transport networks, with the morning session closing with OIF’s Karl Gass with an overview of current 800ZR and 800LR technical work to create the next core network architecture components at 12:00.
companies, as well as new and emerging technologies, opening at 13:10 with a concept for network planning in partially disaggregated open optical networks from Stefan Melin or Telia (Schweden), followed by a look at how the satellite communication market is poised to take off and how it represents a major new opportunity for Optical Communication from Dr. Sanjai Parthasarathi of II-VI. At 14:00 Edward James Echeverry Zuleta of Telefonica CTIO will focus on SDN requirements for vendor agnostic partially disagreggated networks, and then we welcome Dirk Götzl from Huber + Suhner Cubeoptics with a review of the upcoming challenges for coupling and sub components and different possible solutions are discussed. The final day comes to a close with fibeReality’s Mark Lutkowitz discussing 3D Sensing and the closing session at 15:15 from Dr. Joseph Pankert and Rubén Pérez-Aranda from TRUMPF Photonic Components sharing the progress in developing a full 980nm interconnect.
Wednesday afternoon’s session moves to focus on service providers, media, social
The Committee
Advisory Committee Members
Committee Chair: Michael Lebby, Lightwave Logic Stephan Neidlinger ADVA Optical Networking Wladek Forysiak Aston University Daryl Inniss OFS
Glenn Wellbrock Verizon Pierpaolo Ghiggino Industry Consultant Frank Chang Source Photonics Bill Ring Voyant Photonics
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Monday 19th September - Afternoon Start Finish Title
Presenter
Company
Dr. Michael Lebby, CEO and Dr. John Zyskind, VP Engineering
Utilizing foundries to scale hybrid electro- optic polymer modulators
12:00 12:20
Lightwave Logic Inc
Silicon Photonics Technologies Supporting Wide Range of Telecom and Data Center Applications Thin-film Lithium Niobate, a commercially viable, scalable, and low power modulator solution for high-speed applications
Rang-Chen Yu, Sr. Vice President
SiFotonics Technologies
12:25 12:45
Christian Reimer, PhD Head of Product, Co- Founder
HyperLight Corporation
12:50 13:10
Low loss PICs: From fast prototyping to high volumes
Michael Geiselmann, Managing Director
13:15 13:35
LIGENTEC
VLC Photonics (a Hitachi group company)
13:40 14:00 High-speed testing for PICs
Iñigo Artundo, CEO
Advanced InP DFB Laser Sources for Silicon Photonics Hybrid Integration
14:05 14:25
Andy McKee, CTO
Sivers Photonics
Roshene McCool, Senior Market & Technology Development Manager
Fibre Innovations for Scale and Sustainability
Corning Incorporated
14:30 14:50
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Tuesday 20th September - Morning Start Finish Title
Presenter
Company
Next Generation Coherent Interfaces: Standardized Pluggable vs Proprietary Multi-haul Optical I/O technology to meet future demands of AI CW-WDM MSA: Specifications for Multi- Wavelength Advanced Integrated Optics Solving Technical and Operational Challenges in pushing Coherent to the Edge Title: Open optical networks: reality and ambition The ever ongoing discussion on CPO and why coherent is likely going to make it into (some) datacenter soon
Tom Williams, Sr. Director of Marketing
Acacia, now part of Cisco
10:00 10:25
Terry Thorn, VP of Commercial Operations
10:30 10:50
Ayar Labs
10:55 11:15
Chris Cole, Chair
CW-WDM MSA
Dave Welch, PhD. Founder and Chief Innovation Officer
11:20 11:40
Infinera
Gert Grammel, Chair of OOPT-PSE Working Group
Juniper Networks / Telecominfraproject
11:45 12:05
Sven Otte, Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder,
12:25 12:45
Sicoya
Lisa Huff, Senior Principal Analyst, Optical Components Aldo Gutierrez, Product Line Manager
Data Center Networks - evolving to CPO or advancing pluggables
12:50 13:10
Omdia
Full opto-electronic compliance testing of PIC-based transceivers in manufacturing
13:15 13:35
EXFO
Tuesday 20th September - Afternoon Start Finish Title
Presenter
Company
The fracturing of 400ZR: Opportunities for coherent pluggables beyond DCI Addressing the Edge Computing / Data Center Infrastructure Market with Coherent Optical SoCs Addressing Intra-Datacenter Bandwidth Challenges with Coherent Technology
Scott Wilkinson, Lead Analyst
14:05 14:25
Cignal AI
Harald Graber, Chief Commercial Officer
14:30 14:50
Effect Photonics
Eric Maniloff, Systems Architect
14:55 15:15
Ciena Corp.
Andy Bechtelsheim, Chairman, Chief Development Officer and Co-Founder
The status of 1.6T optics (standardization, technologies, timelines).
15:20 15:40
Arista
800G and 1.6T Upgrade Cycles for Datacom: Continued Significance of Direct-Detection CMIS – Management control of Optical Modules
Vipul Bhatt, VP Marketing, Datacom Vertical Gary Nicholl, Cisco, OIF Board Member
15:45
16:05
II-VI Inc.
16:10 16:30
OIF
Maxim Kuschnerov, Director of the Optical and Quantum Communications Laboratory, Munich, Germany
Fiber to the room: Bring Gigabit per second to everywhere in the premises
Huawei Technologies
16:35 16:55
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Wednesday 21st September - Morning Start Finish Title
Presenter
Company
Frank Chang, Chief Engineer and CTO Dr. Jack Jian Xu, Vice President Marketing, Telecom Vertical Xi Wang, Vice President of Optical DSP Business Unit
09:50 10:15 New optics for 5G and beyond
Source Photonics
Advanced ROADM Architectures with Ultrahigh-resolution Telemetry for High- Mix Wavelength Services
10:20 10:40
II-VI Inc.
10:45 11:05 Evolution of Optical Connectivity to 3.2T
Marvell
Convergence of Optical satellite systems and terrestrial OTN. Coherent optics in client pluggable form factor enable IP-over-DWDM in disaggregated transport networks. Deployment of 400ZR and the ongoing OIF work to define 800ZR/LR
Laser Light Companies
11:10 11:30
Robert Brumley, CEO
Dr. Gert Sarlet, Director of Product Management Karl Gass, OIF PLL Optical Chair
11:35 11:55
II-VI Inc.
12:00 12:25
OIF
Wednesday 21st September - Afternoon Start Finish Title
Presenter
Company
A Concept for Network Planning in Partially Disaggregated Open Optical Networks
13:10 13:30
Stefan Melin
Telia (Schweden)
Dr. Sanjai Parthasarathi, Chief Marketing Officer Edward James Echeverry Zuleta, Senior Technical Expert
13:35 13:55 Satellite Communication
II-VI Inc.
Sdn requirements for vendor agnostic partially disaggregated networks
14:00 14:20
Telefonica CTIO
Compact Multi Lambda Fiber Coupling solutions for future Chip on board and Co- Packaged Optics applications 3D Sensing: Practical New Apps Beyond Handsets
Dirk Götzl, Manager, RF Electronic
Huber + Suhner Cubeoptics AG
14:25 14:45
14:50 15:10
Mark Lutkowitz, Principal
fibeReality, LLC
Dr. Joseph Pankert, VP Product Management and Rubén Pérez-Aranda, CTO, KDPOF
980nm VCSELs: New standard in automotive
TRUMPF Photonic Components
15:15 15:35
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Monday 19th September 12:00 - 12:20 Lightwave Logic Inc Utilizing foundries to scale hybrid electro-optic polymer modulators Speakers: Dr. Michael Lebby, CEO and Dr. John Zyskind, VP Engineering Electro-optic polymer modulators are now becoming a hot topic in the industry as it strives to increase modulation speed while reducing optical network equipment power consumption. As the polymer material requires no special fabrication tooling, and can be in spun onto silicon wafers, the technology is ideally suited for volume scale foundry processes in semiconductor fabs with standardized PDKs (process design kits). This allows the polymer to be additive to any semiconductor wafer platform including Silicon photonics and Indium Phosphide (InP). Furthermore, polymer modulators are small enough to fit easily into pluggable transceiver modules and, by virtue of the ultrafast speed of the physics of electro-optic polymers, have the potential to enable the multi-Tbps aggregated data-rates that the industry will need. The talk will discuss the latest results on foundry fabricated stable and reliable EO polymers for integrated photonics platforms. Device demonstration will show electro-optical and electrical 3dB bandwidths that are in excess of 70 and 100GHz. The electro-optical materials have competitive performance characteristics both at 1310nm as well as 1550nm operating wavelengths. Reliability and stability results will be presented to show the robustness of the technology platform. This talk will also review the latest work in photonics roadmaps on both the integrated photonics (PIC) level as well as PIC packaging level. The roadmaps are a working, living document that helps plot out PIC platform challenges, opportunities, and directions for a broad portfolio of stakeholders over the next decade. The roadmaps review next generation aggregated data rates into the 10s of Tbps (1.6, 3.2, 6.4 12.8 etc.), and more specifically, how these challenges can be addressed by polymer-based technologies. 12:25 - 12:45 SiFotonics Technologies Silicon Photonics Technologies Supporting Wide Range of Telecom and Data Center Applications Speaker: Rang-Chen Yu, Sr. Vice President Silicon photonics had been gaining momentum as main stream optical networking technologies for high data rate applications, especially for hyper scale data centers. In this talk, we will present optical transceiver module solutions with silicon photonics for wider scale applications covering 5G mobile xHaul, next generation PON, as well as metro, and data center applications. Foundational silicon photonics platforms such as Ge/Si APD, coherent integrated photonics circuits, and high channel count IMDD PICs will be discussed in the context of supporting these solutions to meet broader requirements of low power, low cost, small size, extended temperature operations. Examples of transceiver solutions uniquely addressing these broad applications will also be discussed. 12:50 - 13:10 HyperLight Corporation Thin-film Lithium Niobate, a commercially viable, scalable, and low power modulator solution for high- speed applications Speaker: Christian Reimer, PhD Head of Product, Co-Founder A key challenge for the optical communications industry is to address the growing power consumption problem in the communication networks. Various power reduction schemes are being explored including advanced modulator material such as thin-film lithium niobate (TFLN). The new modulation technologies that can reduce optical loss and the required electrical RF power have the potential to serve as drop-in solutions without infrastructure changes. Remarkably, recent demonstration of replacing the modulators inside an 800G DR8 module with TFLN has already resulted in a 20-30% power reduction compared to silicon-based solutions. In this talk, we will highlight the advantages of the TFLN solutions and discuss the scalability and commercial viability of this high-speed and low power integrated platform.
13:15 - 13:35 LIGENTEC Low loss PICs: From fast prototyping to high volumes Speaker: Michael Geiselmann, Managing Director Propagation losses in PICs are very important to have energy efficient on chip routing and are especially crucial if already very few photons are there to start with. In this webinar we will give an overview of LIGENTEC's low loss PICs based on silicon nitride and application areas in LiDAR, Quantum and sensing. We explain our Process Design Kit and different fabrication modules. Reproducibility and uniformity are of critical importance and are addressed with statistical process control in our 100mm and 200mm wafer fabrication.
13:40 - 14:00 VLC Photonics (a Hitachi group company)
High-speed testing for PICs Speaker: Iñigo Artundo, CEO
Characterization and testing of photonic integrated circuits (PICs) still presents one of the largest challenges for the industry, given the relatively low yields still found in photonic manufacturing and the large costs from packaging non-good dies. Large volume applications like telecom and datacom transceivers require scalable and low-cost approaches for photonic wafer level testing, although there is currently a debate whether if high-frequency testing is also required or not, and at what point. This presentation will review the current state-of-the art in opto-electronic probing, measurement instrumentation, and techniques for reliable and high-speed testing. 14:05 - 14:25 Sivers Photonics Advanced InP DFB Laser Sources for Silicon Photonics Hybrid Integration Speaker: Andy McKee, CTO There is increasing demand for multi-wavelength CW Indium Phosphide DFB laser array sources supporting ultra-high external modulation formats around 1300nm. The CW-WDM MSA has driven standardisation in this area and we will report on the latest developments including optimised laser design, wafer fab process technology trends, device parametric performance and reliability. 14:30 - 14:50 Corning Incorporated Fibre Innovations for Scale and Sustainability Speaker: Roshene McCool, Senior Market & Technology Development Manager Network capacity is increasing at an unprecedented rate. Whilst capacity increases are placing pressure on the limits of optical transmission performance the industry looks to means of delivering multiple optical pathways using the passive medium of optical fiber. This talk will discuss how optical fiber and cable are evolving to deliver capacity with highly parallelized solutions from the data center to submarine applications.
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Tuesday 20th September AM 10:00 - 10:25 Acacia, now part of Cisco Next Generation Coherent Interfaces: Standardized Pluggable vs Proprietary Multi-haul Speaker: Tom Williams Sr. Director of Marketing The industry has made exceptional advancements in coherent implementations that are changing network architectures. Multi-haul solutions offer flexible transmission features, such as adaptive baud rate and probabilistic constellation shaping, as well as performance optimized design implementations that approach the Shannon Limit. Industry standardized pluggable solutions are being widely adopted in high-volume metro applications for both webscale and service provider networks, resulting in the fastest growing segment of the transport market. The presentation will discuss how these trends will influence the design of next generation optics and network architectures. 10:30 - 10:50 Ayar Labs Optical I/O technology to meet future demands of AI Speaker: Terry Thorn, VP of Commercial Operations As AI model sizes continue to grow, models will have 100 trillion or more connections, exceeding the technical capabilities of existing AI platforms. New optical interconnect solutions that enable novel system architectures are needed to address the scale, performance and power demands of the next generation of AI. In this talk, Terry Thorn will present the latest advancements in optical I/O, a new generation of chiplet and multi-wavelength laser solutions that provide dramatically increased bandwidth, at lower latency, over longer distances and at a fraction of the power of existing electrical I/O solutions. His talk will encompass key progress and milestones with the manufacturability, industry demand and ecosystem development for the technology to meet the future demands of AI. 10:55 - 11:15 CW-WDM MSA CW-WDM MSA: Specifications for Multi-Wavelength Advanced Integrated Optics Speaker: Chris Cole, Chair Emerging advanced integrated optics applications, such as high-density co-packaged optics, optical computing, and AI, are moving to 8, 16, and 32 wavelength optical sources. In 2021 the CW-WDM MSA released the first industry specification for multi-wavelength optical laser sources, creating opportunities for transceiver and laser suppliers to develop innovative products. Chris Cole, Chair of the MSA, will share the latest updates from the MSA, including product development progress from the MSA members. 11:20 - 11:40 Infinera Solving Technical and Operational Challenges in pushing Coherent to the Edge Speaker: Dave Welch, PhD. Founder and Chief Innovation Officer With the number of connected devices and bandwidth demand skyrocketing, service providers are faced with the challenges of coping with massive growth in bandwidth, reducing CapEx/OpEx, and simplifying the network. To do this, they need to extend coherent technology to the edge. While coherent technology enables an order of magnitude increase in capacity, extending it to the volume-driven edge (millions of units) requires highly sophisticated designs that combine high performance with cost-effectiveness and high-volume manufacturability. This session covers innovative and proven design principals of building blocks such as TROSA and DSP to solve technical and operational challenges in pushing coherent technology to the Edge.
11:45 - 12:05 Juniper Networks / Telecominfraproject Open optical networks: reality and ambition Speaker: Gert Grammel, Chair of OOPT-PSE Working Group As the Internet is changing, open optical networks are emerging from tribal ancestry to a state of being actively deployed. Industry Groups filled the gap, left by standards development organizations in promoting interoperability and consistency of optical solutions. An astounding degree of openness has already been achieved, but much work is still ahead to unleash its true potential. One key driver of this evolution is the OOPT Project group of the Telecominfraproject fostering interoperable blueprints for deployment across the industry. Touching upon the state of the art, ambitious use cases and missing pieces are discussed.
Tuesday 20th September PM
12:25 - 12:45 Sicoya
The ever ongoing discussion on CPO and why coherent is likely going to make it into (some) datacenter soon Speaker: Sven Otte, Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder, The question whether Co-packaged Optics (CPO) is a paradigm shift from pluggable transceivers and inevitable for next generations of datacenters has been debated over the last two years and it remains unanswered for now. While there is evidence that both small and large optics companies are currently working CPO type products, we believe that co-packaging is rather a technology trend which will gradually materialize and is not a radical replacement of transceivers for a new generation of SERDES speed in Datacenters (DC). In this presentation we will briefly review the trends and provide examples where CPOs might be useful. A more recent and doubtlessly interesting discussion is related to the use of coherent technologies for next generation 1.6T transceivers for DC applications. Coherent detection and the use of QAM/PSK modulation formats is widely adopted in long-haul systems as well as in ZR DCI applications. Stringent laser requirements, complex DSP architectures are seen as cost prohibitive for the use in DC. Moreover, the high error floors and resulting need for powerful FEC’s are not meeting low latency requirements of datacenter operators. However, we believe that both cost and latency requirements can be met if a coherent architecture is developed for the data center specifically and highly integrated Silicon Photonics is used an enabling technology platform. In the presentation we will provide insights into the current state of research on this topic and will provide intelligence why coherent is not the best solution for every DC architecture. 12:50 - 13:10 Omdia Data Center Networks - evolving to CPO or advancing pluggables Speaker: Lisa Huff, Senior Principal Analyst, Optical Components Omdia’s first report on co-packaged optics (CPO) was published in 2021 when the ICP data center optical components market was abuzz with rumors that CPO will be needed for the next generation of switching architecture. Over the last year, there has been a plethora of activity by standardization groups, network equipment manufacturers (NEMs), optical transceiver suppliers, switch silicon providers, and internet content providers (ICPs) themselves regarding CPO. Omdia has carried out extensive market research to determine how the CPO market is progressing and where the opportunities might be. The key drivers for CPO development continue to be the promise of lower power consumption, higher density, and lower cost per bit. However, there are still questions about CPO’s promise versus reality, along with the timeline for its overall development and actual need. This presentation will discuss these questions and possible answers.
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Tuesday 20th September PM 13:15 - 13:35 EXFO Full opto-electronic compliance testing of PIC-based transceivers in manufacturing Speaker: Aldo Gutierrez, Product Line Manager Photonic integrated circuits (PICs) help data centers and transceiver vendors through the miniaturization of devices to increase the bandwidth density while preserving low-power consumption and providing highly efficient thermal management. This breakthrough in the optoelectronic industry helps to relieve the stress due to ever-increasing performance demands and costs pressures in the context of 5G applications. Transceiver vendors need to test thousands of samples per day; therefore testing must deliver accurate, reliable and rapid results. Learn how a unique innovation in end-to-end transceiver testing now enables fully automated optoelectrical characterization of transceivers. 14:05 - 14:25 Cignal AI The fracturing of 400ZR: Opportunities for coherent pluggables beyond DCI Speaker: Scott Wilkinson, Lead Analyst The 400ZR standard has been wildly successful, with over 50,000 pluggable coherent 400Gbps modules shipped in 2021. The number of modules shipped is forecast to triple in 2022 as production ramps to meet demand. Vendors are now innovating with new varieties offering higher power and advanced features to build new opportunities beyond DCI. In this presentation, we will review the relative drivers and successes of different form factors (QSFP-DD/OSFP vs. CFPx), different features (ZR vs. ZR+ vs. 0dBm), and our forecast for the growth of each variety, especially as new 800Gbps pluggables emerge in 2023. 14:30 - 14:50 Effect Photonics Addressing the Edge Computing / Data Center Infrastructure Market with Coherent Optical SoCs Speaker: Harald Graber, Chief Commercial Officer Coherent pluggables with an optical System-on-Chip (SoC) can become vital in addressing the datacom and telecom sector needs for a new generation of distributed data center architectures. Combining the optical SoCs with reconfigurable DSPs and modern network orchestration and automation software will be a key to deploying edge data centers. For instance, technology trends such as 5G / IoT, CDNs, AR/VR and SDN / NFV are causing the global market for edge data centers to explode, with PWC predicting that it will nearly triple from $4 billion in 2017 to $13.5 billion in 2024. 14:55 - 15:15 Ciena Corp. Addressing Intra-Datacenter Bandwidth Challenges with Coherent Technology Speaker: Eric Maniloff, Systems Architect As datacenter operators look to expand their switch fabric bandwidth, this is driving the industry towards higher bandwidth switches and switch ASICs. Transporting data between datacenters over 100km is migrating to 400Gbps per wavelength and leveraging DWDM coherent technology as the most efficient utilization of metro datacenter interconnect (DCI) fiber. Meanwhile, as the industry moves to the next generation of 51.2Tbps switch ASICs and beyond, transporting data inside the datacenter is the next area to address for cost and power efficiency. Just as in the metro DCI arena, there are several product pathways to consider for rate evolution from mechanical, power, and performance perspectives, and one of these is coherent optics. In this session, we explore the options for coherent optics inside the data center.
15:20 - 15:40 Arista The status of 1.6T optics (standardization,
technologies, timelines). Speaker: Andy Bechtelsheim This talk will discuss the following topics:
1. Timeline for 1.6T Ethernet ports with 200G Serdes 2. 1.6T OSFP and 1.6T-OSFP-XD standard status 3. 200G Lambda standard status 4. 1.6T-ZR Standard status 5. Non-silicon Photonics Developments 15:45 - 16:05 II-VI Inc. 800G and 1.6T Upgrade Cycles for Datacom: Continued Significance of Direct-Detection Speaker: Vipul Bhatt, VP Marketing, Datacom Vertical As data centers plan for higher-speed upgrade cycles, will the market yield to coherent technology? Recent advances in 200G/lane optics for up to 10 km reach suggest that the fundamental equilibrium between direct- detect and coherent technology will remain unchanged -- direct-detect solutions will dominate intra-DC links, while coherent technology will be used for inter-DC links. We will examine the technology and business tradeoffs that confirm this equilibrium and make some predictions about how this new-but-old equilibrium will shape this exciting market. 16:10 - 16:30 OIF CMIS – Management control of Optical Modules Speaker: Gary Nicholl, Cisco, OIF Board Member CMIS (Common Management Interface Specification) is becoming the management interface of choice for next generation pluggable modules. CMIS addresses the industry need for commonality in managing pluggable modules, and it has been widely and successfully adopted across the industry. The CMIS specification was initially developed by the QSFP-DD MSA, but the OIF took over the effort at the end of 2021 with the goal of maintaining and extending the development of the specification going forward. As the complexity of pluggable modules continues to increase and the industry continues a trend towards 3rd party pluggable modules, the management interface is becoming as important an interoperability interface as the electrical and optical interfaces (where the OIF has been actively involved for many years). This talk will provide a high level overview of CMIS, explain the reasons why the effort was transferred to the OIF, discuss the current status of CMIS within the OIF and highlight some of the new CMIS features that the OIF will be working on during the upcoming year, such as adding support for co-packaging/External Laser Small Form Factor Pluggable (ELSFP) projects and electrical link training. 16:35 - 16:55 Huawei Technologies Fiber to the room: Bring Gigabit per second to everywhere in the premises Speaker: Maxim Kuschnerov Director of the Optical and Quantum Communications Laboratory, Munich, Germany With technology development in consumer electronics, innovative network services including cloud AR/VR, cloud gaming, on-line service, etc. and digitalization with intelligence of smart home trigger the needs for Gigabit broadband in premises. Besides high data throughput, other dimensions of the broadband network is also indispensable. A fibre- based in-premises networking system was proposed by ETSI ISG F5G in 2020 and roll-out in last year, and it was well accepted by those who have high network requirements. This talk will introduce the benefit of FTTR, the latest progress of standardization and deployment of FTTR, key enablers including novel fibre cable such as invisible fibre and hybrid optical fibre & electric cable, and new Wi-Fi technologies based on FTTR which optimize Wi-Fi experience.
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