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Research Topics in Optical and Quantum Communications, and the Quantum Internet

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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
 

 

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