Linearity Characteristics of Avalanche Photodiodes For InP Based PICs
We demonstrate InP based PICs with MMIs and waveguide integrated avalanche photodiodes (APD). We investigate these devices regarding their DC and RF linearity characteristics and find a high bandwidth beyond 20 GHz and a dynamic range of 30 dB...
On the Link between Subjective Score Prediction and Disagreement of Video Quality Metrics
It is common to observe signi?cant disagreements amongst the quality predictions of these VQMs for the same video sequence. Herein, a measure for quantifying the disagreement between VQMs is proposed. We propose a disagreement measure that...
Demonstration of latency-aware 5G network slicing on optical metro networks
The H2020 METRO-HAUL European project has architected a latency-aware, cost-effective, agile, and programmable optical metro network. This includes the design of semidisaggregated metro nodes with compute and storage capabilities, which interface...
Secure Multi-Party Computation and Statistics Sharing for ML Model Training in Multi-domain Multi-vendor Networks
We propose a secure aggregation algorithm that allows proprietary-owned domains, hosting statistically different datasets, train and operate ML models in a Horizontally Federated Learning fashion. The obtained results show a compelling test...
Vertical Federated Learning for Privacy-Preserving ML Model Development in Partially Disaggregated Networks
We present a novel framework that enables vendors and operators, with partial access to operational and monitoring features of a service, to collaboratively develop a ML-assisted solution without revealing any business-critical raw data to each...
Radiation pattern of planar optoelectronic antennas for broadband continuous-wave terahertz emission
In future wireless communication networks at terahertz frequencies, the directivity and the beam profile of the emitters are highly relevant since no additional beam forming optics can be placed in free-space between the emitter and receiver. We...
Can You Do Real-Time Gesture Recognition with 5 Watts?
Accurate and reliable gesture recognition is a central problem in human-computer interaction (HCI). Many applications that make use of gesture recognition call for mobile devices with reduced power consumption, weight and form factors. Recent...
Production environment of tomorrow (ProMo): Partially automated repair process of small tool moulds, forming tools, injection moulding tools and sand casting tools
Small defects in the grain or major damage to a moulded part or tool can bring production to a standstill. SMEs in particular have neither the personnel nor the equipment to repair such damage on their own, so they send it to specialised...
Endoscopic measurement of nasal septum perforations
Nasal septum perforations (NSP) have many uncomfortable symptoms for the patient and a highly negative impact on quality of life. NSPs are closed using patient-specific implants or surgery. Implants are created either under anesthesia using...
Enabling S-C-L-Band Systems with Standard C-Band Modulator and Coherent Receiver using Coherent System Identification and Nonlinear Predistortion
A promising solution to keep up with the rapid growth in global traffic while at the same time addressing increasing network cost, is the efficient reuse of installed legacy optical fiber. Multiband systems are promising solutions to capitalize...
Feature Focus: Towards Explainable and Transparent Deep Face Morphing Attack Detectors
In this paper, we present Feature Focus, a new transparent face morphing detector based on a modified VGG-A architecture and an additional feature shaping loss function, as well as Focused Layer-wise Relevance Propagation (FLRP), an extension of...
Formation of Titanium Nitride, Titanium Carbide and Silicon Carbide Surfaces by High Power Femtosecond Laser Treatment
Surface treatment with femtosecond laser pulses at high repetition rates in the presence of gaseous sources for nitrogen and carbon leads to the formation of stable coatings with nitrides and carbides. High power femtosecond laser setups fill the...
COMPASS: localization in laparoscopic visceral surgery
Tracking of surgical instruments is an essential step towards the modernization of the surgical workflow by a comprehensive surgical landscape guidance system (COMPASS). Real-time tracking of a laparoscopic camera used in minimally-invasive...
2D Optical Phased Arrays for Laser Beam Steering Based on 3D Polymer Photonic Integrated Circuits
A novel concept for the implementation of 2-dimensional (2D) optical phased arrays (OPAs) with end-fire waveguides as antenna elements (AEs) is proposed and its theoretical model and experimental proof is presented. The concept is based on the...
Influence of losses on the Laser Voltage drop of the active section
A model of a tunable distributed Bragg reflector (DBR) laser describing the effect of cavity losses on the gain voltage is presented. Theoretical and experimental results are in good agreement. Measurements show the gain voltage trace for Bragg...
Influence of losses on the Laser Voltage drop of the active section
A model of a tunable distributed Bragg reflector (DBR) laser describing the effect of cavity losses on the gain voltage is presented. Theoretical and experimental results are in good agreement. Measurements show the gain voltage trace for Bragg...
Interconnection challenges on integrated terahertz photonic systems
Current challenges for RF interconnects are presented, esp. for calibrated measures of the frequency response of components operating > 100 GHz. Photonics and electronics are combined to develop new paradigm in the millimetre and Terahertz...
Curiously Effective Features For Image Quality Prediction
We find feature extractors constructed from random noise to be sufficient to learn a linear regression model whose quality predictions reach high correlations with human visual quality ratings, on par with a model with learned features.
EEG-Based Analysis of the Impact of Familiarity in the Perception of Deepfake Videos
Using EEG, we classify perceptual differences of familiar and unfamiliar people versus their face-swapped counterparts. Our results show that it is possible to discriminate fake videos from genuine ones when at least one face-swapped actor is...
An Efficient Multi-Link Channel Model for LiFi
The emergence of LiFi for indoor communications opens up new possibilities for wireless services in crowded multiuser scenarios. The deployment of LiFi in indoor scenarios is challenging due to the line-of-sight (LOS) blockage as well as...