Research Topics in Optical and Quantum Communications, and the Quantum Internet
- (Angel Island State Park, San Francisco/Bay Area, U.S.A. - Jeffrey M. Wang)
1. Optical Communications
- Fiber optic communications: Dense Wavelength-Division Multiplexing (DWDM), Reconfigurable Optical Add/Drop Multiplexer (ROADM)
- Optical switches
- Fiber optic sensors
- Optical networks and systems
- Integration of optical and wireless networking
- Optical access networks and fixed-mobile convergence
- Optical interconnection
- Optical networks to support cloud computing
- High speed optical LANs and gigabit Ethernet
- QoS over optical networks for future networks
- Passive optical networks
- Design, control and management of optical networks
- Reliability and protection in optical networks
- Optical Spatial Division Multiplexed (SDM) Networks
- Quantum-key secure optical networks and physical layer security issues in 5G transport networks
- Tera-scale optical networks for beyond 5G application holographic and sensual communications
- Beyond-5G Passive Optical Networks (PON)
- Time-sensitive and time-deterministic optical networks
- Optical network control, management and orchestration including SDN and NFV solutions
- Multi-layer and –domain optical networks, including network disaggregation and white-boxes
- Slicing, service chaining, virtualization and multi-tenancy techniques for optical networks
- Optical and wireless network convergence, including radio-over-fiber access networks
- Machine Learning and data analytics techniques for optical networks
- Optical network availability, resilience, survivability, security
- Evolutions in optical networking: compact, embedded and pluggable
- Filterless architectures for optical core, regional and urban aggregation networks
- Energy efficiency in optical networks
- Emerging architectures for optical routers and switches
- Emerging optical fiber technologies
- Geometric control theory, stochastic process, optimization, game theory and their applications in large network systems
- Sensor-actuator networks
- Optical fiber sensors and networks
- Energy-efficient management of network resources
2. Secure Quantum Communication and Quantum Internet
- Quantum physics
- Quantum entanglement
- Quantum entanglement communication
- Quantum Internet
- Quantum networks
- Enterprise quantum computing
- Quantum processors
- Quantum cyber security
- Device-independent quantum key distribution
3. Optical Networks for 5G and Beyond
- Optical transport for 5G and beyond
- Wireless & optical communications: fundamentals and PHY
- Optical Spatial Division Multiplexed (SDM) Networks
- Quantum-key secure optical networks and physical layer security issues in 5G transport networks
- Tera-scale optical networks for beyond 5G application holographic and sensual communications
- Beyond-5G Passive Optical Networks (PON)
- Time-sensitive and time-deterministic optical networks
- Optical network control, management and orchestration including SDN and NFV solutions
- Multi-layer and –domain optical networks, including network disaggregation and white-boxes
- Slicing, service chaining, virtualization and multi-tenancy techniques for optical networks
- Optical and wireless network convergence, including radio-over-fiber access networks
- Machine Learning and data analytics techniques for optical networks
- Optical network availability, resilience, survivability, security
- Filterless architectures for optical core, regional and urban aggregation networks
- Fibers and fiber devices/amplifiers/lasers
- Advanced optical components and modules
- Waveguide and optoelectronic devices
- Advanced optical modulation and detection schemes
- Nano-photonics and micro/nano optics
- Microwave photonics
- Quantum and nonlinear optics
- Optical communications
- Visible light communications
- High-speed optical transmissions
4. Advances in Radio over Fiber Techniques for 5G and Beyond
- Radio over fiber
- Advancements in analog/digital/sigma delta radio over fiber
- Radio access network (RAN)
- Open radio access network (O-RAN)
- Fiber Wireless Integration based Optical-Wireless Interconnects
- 5G/B5G optical wireless convergent networks
- Microwave/millimeter-wave photonics
- Optical wireless communication (OWC)
- Visible light communication (VLC)
- Advanced signal processing
[More to come ...]
