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A novel polymer-based 1x4 vertical multimode interference (MMI) coupler for 3D photonics is presented. It connects four vertically stacked waveguide layers with a spacing of 21.6 µm. The functionality is demonstrated on a fabricated device.

The Berlin V2X dataset offers high-resolution GPS-located wireless measurements across diverse urban environments in the city of Berlin for both cellular and sidelink radio access technologies, including information on the physical layer,...

For the first time, channel measurements at 300 GHz from various environments and different measurement systems are jointly analyzed and published.

Federated learning suffers in the case of non-iid local datasets, i.e., when the distributions of the clients’ data are heterogeneous. One promising approach to this challenge is the recently proposed method FedAUX. This work presents a fully...

Coherent LiDAR concepts for automotive applications are of increasing interest due to their superior performance, especially at longer range. Here, MEMS mirrors can be used as a compact scanning device. We demonstrate the operation of such a...

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...

A microwave photonic RF comb generator is presented by combining an fs-pulse laser and a high-speed broadband photodetector module. The subsystem generates pulses with a FWHM of 5.8 ps and a flat RF comb up to 140 GHz. Furthermore, the...

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...

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....

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...

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, 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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...