Recent publications

A photonics-enabled sub-THz wireless link operating in real-time settings, using a PIN-PD-based THz emitter, and a THz receiver based on an ultra-fast photoconductor is demonstrated. The real-time generation and detection of the information...

We present a guard-ring free InGaAs/InP single photon avalanche diode with 20 µm diameter for the optical C-band. At 225 K, 25.6 µs dead time and 17% detection efficiency, the dark count rate is 3 kcps with 0.5% afterpulsing probability. This...

This paper presents first results of channel measurements conducted at 300GHz in a shopping mall scenario. Angle-resolved channel impulse responses were analysed with regards to channel parameters. A novelty of this work is the channel parameter...

Researchers from NICT, University of L’Aquila, Finisar, Prysmian and Nokia Bell Lab demonstrate a 2-line side 15-mode spatial division multiplexing network node based on fifteen 2×2 wavelength cross-connects to direct up to six 5 Tb/s, 15-mode,...

Researchers from Politecnico di Milano, NICT, Prysmian and University of L’Aquila show that Space-division multiplexing can enhance node flexibility in urban networks by exploiting routing of weakly coupled mode groups. They demonstrate multi-hop...

Researchers from Politecnico di Milano, NICT, Prysmian and University of L’Aquila assess mode division multiplexing transmission based on partial MIMO equalization over 6.1 km of the first deployed 15-mode fiber. They demonstrate more than...

This paper establishes the bounded perturbation resilience of the adaptive projected subgradient method (APSM), a flexible convex optimization framework. Exploiting this property enables a vast variety of heuristic extensions of APSM-based...

Researchers from NICT, University of L’Aquila, Finisar and Sumitomo demonstrate the first meshed spatial-super-channel switching SDM network using field-deployed coupled-core multicore fibers with a 3 line-side, colorless, directionless ROADM....

We introduce an innovative system based on single-shot structured light modules that facilitates the detection and classification of spatial defects like jutting intrusions, spallings, or misaligned joints. This system creates highly accurate 3D...

The advent of federated learning (FL) has sparked a new paradigm of parallel and confidential decentralized machine learning (ML) with the potential of utilizing the computational power of a vast number of Internet of Things (IoT), mobile, and...

In this paper, we develop a low-complexity iterative mode selection algorithm for data transmission in a Reconfigurable antennas (RAs) MIMO system. Furthermore, we study channel estimation of an RA multi-user MIMO system. We propose a mode...

Explainability is supposed to strengthen trust in artificial intelligence, it is necessary to systematically review and compare explanation methods in order to confirm their correctness. We therefore built Quantus—a comprehensive, evaluation...

We numerically show modulation format identification in the optical domain using Silicon-on-Insulator-based Photonic-Integrated-Circuit (PIC) reservoir. Identification of 32 GBd single-polarization signals of OOK, PAM4, BPSK and QPSK is...

Intraoperative monitoring of free flaps using remote photoplethysmography (rPPG) signal provides objective and reproducible data on tissue perfusion. We developed a monitoring algorithm for flap perfusion, which was evaluated in fifteen patients...

Quantum key distribution (QKD) offers secure communication protected by the laws of quantum mechanics. Aiming for an application-oriented solution, we designed a multichannel superconducting nanowire single photon detector system, as well as a...

In this paper, we present D-NeuS, a volume rendering-based neural implicit surface reconstruction method capable to recover fine geometry details, which extends NeuS by two additional loss functions targeting enhanced reconstruction quality.

We compare three different neural network architectures for nonlinearity mitigation of 32 GBd OOK and QPSK signals after transmission over a dispersion-compensated link of 10-km SSMF and 10-km DCF. OSNR gains up to 2.2 dB were achieved using...

We experimentally study waveband-shift-free optical phase conjugation (OPC) of a 400-Gb/s dual-carrier superchannel and discuss the effectiveness of the OPC for multi-channel nonlinear mitigation. After joint reception of the 31.44 GBd-PDM-16QAM...

We experimentally present a low-complexity dispersion-engineered all-optical wavelength-converter using a photonic integrated-circuit based on SOI waveguide. We achieve a single-sided conversion bandwidth of ~35 nm from C- to S-band, and...

We demonstrate the transmission of constant-envelope orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (CE-OFDM) signals, based on electrical phase modulation, in a visible light communication (VLC) system. An increased tolerance to nonlinearity...

We propose a novel approach to perform QoT estimation relying on joint exploitation of machine learning and analytical formula that offers accurate estimation when applied to scenarios with heterogeneous span profiles and sparsely occupied links....

We demonstrate sophisticated laboratory automation and data pipeline capable of generating large, diverse, and high-quality public datasets. The demo covers the full workflow from setup reconfiguration to data monitoring and storage, represented...

We showcase a proof-of-concept demonstration of a ML pipeline for real-time traffic forecasting deployed on a passive optical access network using an XGS-PON compatible telemetry framework. The demonstration reveals the benefits of fine-granular...

Multimodal user interfaces can provide better solutions, as they combine various interaction modalities to enable more flexibility and naturalness in human-machine interactions (HMI). They allow to seamlessly adapt to user and application...

This paper presents optimization and deep learning procedures aiming at increasing power and spectral efficiency of visible light communications systems for two exemplary industrial scenarios. We propose a hybrid multi-objective optimization to...

We evaluate a high power on-off-keying transmitter for non-directed optical wireless communications based on VCSEL-arrays. Error-free transmission after FEC with a net data rate of 1.75 GBit/s is achieved across a distance of 2.5 m with a...

We demonstrate on-off-keying optical wireless transmissions according to the IEEE P802.15.13 PM-PHY, in which we replace 8b10b line-coding by guided and non-guided data scramblers and compensate the remaining high-pass distortions through a...

In this chapter we discuss the algorithmic and theoretical underpinnings of layer-wise relevance propagation (LRP), apply the method to a complex model trained for the task of visual question answering (VQA), and demonstrate that it produces...

Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI) is an emerging research field bringing transparency to highly complex and opaque machine learning (ML) models. This paper offers a comprehensive overview over techniques that apply XAI practically to...

Analog Multiplexers in Silicon-Germanium technology allow increasing the analog bandwidth of Digital-to-Analog-Converters and enable faster data transfers. We demonstrated 4-level pulse-amplitude modulation (PAM-4) signal transmission at 150 GBd...