A size-reduced InP-based inverse-designed polarization rotator splitter is presented, being the first demonstration of a topology optimized passive waveguide component on InP. The manufactured device has extinction ratios >10dB for both polarizations over the entire C-band.

LiFi exhibits characteristics that make it highly suitable as a wireless communication technology for industrial applications. As such, LiFi provides deterministic propagation, the potential for very high data density, use of license-free spectrum, and added physical layer security. In this work, we assess the requirements and challenges for LiFi in industrial wireless networks and propose to...

In collaboration with VI Systems and the University of Warsaw, HHI has demonstrated data rates of over 200 Gbit/s for the optical short haul. This was made possible by a new generation of VCSELs with over 30 GHz bandwidth in combination with multimode fibres.

Communication constraints prevent the wide-spread adoption of Federated Learning systems. In this work, we investigate Federated Distillation (FD) from the perspective of communication efficiency by analyzing the effects of active distillation-data curation, soft-label quantization, and delta-coding techniques. We present Compressed Federated Distillation (CFD), an efficient FD method.

Predicting the binding of viral peptides to the major histocompatibility complex with machine learning can potentially extend the computational immunology toolkit for vaccine development, and serve as a key component in the fight against a pandemic. In this work, we adapt and extend USMPep, a recently proposed, conceptually simple prediction algorithm based on recurrent neural networks. Most...

VR becomes popular in neurological and rehabilitation assessments and exercises for controlled simulation of complex environments that are difficult to setup physically in a laboratory. For such tasks, VR systems have to meet higher requirements than for an entertainment setup. The system needs to be suitable for sensitive/restricted users without limiting their VR interactions. To minimize...

We measured and simulated the radiation pattern of continuous-wave terahertz emitters between 100 and 500 GHz. We could improve the radiation pattern by optimizing the connection between terahertz source and antenna: Unwanted side lobes were reduced by more than 10 dB and the beam angle was narrowed to 9° at 300 GHz. These improvements are relevant for wireless...

We present a hybrid animation approach that combines example-based and neural animation methods to create a simple, yet powerful animation regime for human faces. We introduce a light-weight auto-regressive network to transform our animation-database into a parametric model. During training, our network learns the dynamics of facial expressions, which enables the replay of annotated sequences...

With the goal of enabling optical wireless communications for mobile devices, we assess a physical layer based on high-bandwidth on-off keying modulation. This allows for amplifier designs that avoid operation in a resistive mode, reducing their energy usage to a fraction. Link-level simulations show that the investigated physical layer can deal with typical frontend limitations and can...

This paper provides a timely overview of the field of explainable artificial intelligence (XAI). It explains the theoretical foundations of interpretability algorithms, outlines best practice aspects, demonstrates successful usage of XAI in selected application scenarios, and discusses challenges and possible future directions of this active emerging field.

This paper proposes a novel approach for coherent detection with double-side vertically illuminated photodetectors. Signal and local oscillator are injected collinearly from opposite sides of the photodetector chip. The concept inherently provides angular selective detection and can be used for developing compact, solid-state receiver modules for coherent light detection and ranging (LiDAR)....

Electrical impedance tomography (EIT) is a non-invasive imaging modality that allows a continuous assessment of changes in regional bioimpedance of different organs. One of its most common biomedical applications is monitoring regional ventilation distribution in critically ill patients treated in intensive care units. In this work, we put forward a proof-of-principle study that demonstrates...