Twilight Publication | “High-Speed Short Reach Optical Communications: Technological Options and Challenges”

The Twilight publication “High-Speed Short Reach Optical Communications: Technological Options and Challenges” written by Xiaodan Pang, Aleksejs Udalcovs, Richard Schatz, Sergei Popov and Oskars Ozolins is online. With this publication, the authors review the current trend in the research and development of short-reach optical communications. Typical application scenarios with corresponding technological options are discussed, and an outlook […]
Twilight Publication | “InP membrane integrated photonics research”

The Twilight publication “InP membrane integrated photonics research” written by Yuqing Jiao, Nobuhiko Nishiyama, Jos van der Tol, Jorn van Engelen, Vadim Pogoretskiy, Sander Reniers, Amir Abbas Kashi, Yi Wang, Victor Dolores Calzadilla, Marc Spiegelberg is online. According to the publication, recently a novel photonic integration technology, based on a thin InP-based membrane, is emerging. This technology offers monolithic integration of active and passive […]
TWILIGHT project at Photonics in Switching and Computing (PSC) conference by Optica (formerly OSA)

TWILIGHT project participated at Photonics in Switching and Computing (PSC) conference by Optica (formerly OSA). More specifically, on Monday 27 September, Maria Spyropoulou from ICCS | NTUA gave an invited talk on Co-packaged Optical Transceivers and Integrated Optical Switches for Terabit-scale Datacenter Interconnect Networks. Also, Desalegn Wolde Feyisa from Eindhoven University of Technology (partner in […]
Twilight Publication | “Ultra-Compact 8×8 Optical Space Switch with Generic InP Technology”

A new Twilight publication is now available online! The publication entitled “Ultra-Compact 8×8 Optical Space Switch with Generic InP Technology” was presented at ICTON2020 and it is written by D. Wolde Feyisa, B. Shi, B. Smalbrugge, K. A. Williams and R. Stabile. 👉🏽 You may download the publication at 🔗https://bit.ly/3Dbbnw2
Twilight Publication | Telecommunication Compatibility Evaluation for Co-existing Quantum Key Distribution in Homogenous Multicore Fiber

The Twilight publication “Telecommunication Compatibility Evaluation for Co-existing Quantum Key Distribution in Homogenous Multicore Fiber” written by Rui Lin, Aleksejs Udalcovs, Oskars Ozolins, Xiaodan Pang, Lin Gan, Ming Tang, Songnian Fu, SErgei Popov, Thiago Ferreira Da Silva, Guilherme B. Xavier and Jiajia Chen is online. Quantum key distribution (QKD) is regarded as an alternative to […]
Workshop On Quantum PICs By Photonics21

The Joint Focus Group on Quantum Photonics Integrated Circuits have scheduled a digital workshop on 📅 6th October, 2021 at 🕒 9:30 am. Following up on the Position Paper that has been created in a joint effort, this workshop has the aim to discuss and to identify the future research and innovation priorities for Quantum […]
InP membrane technology for photonics electronics convergence

InP membrane on silicon (IMOS) technology has shown high potential in realizing high-density photonic circuits with speed and energy benefits. Intrinsic active components offered by the InP membrane promise highest optoelectronic efficiencies. It can also be intimately integrated on electronics wafers with ultrashort interconnect lengths, paving a way towards the convergence of photonics and electronics. […]
Twilight at SPIE OPTO | Mar2021

Twilight project participated at SPIE OPTO in March 2021. Maria Spyropoulou presented “The path to 1Tb/s and beyond DC interconnect networks: technologies, components and subsystems”. Watch the presentation ⬇️
Global Internet adoption and devices and connection

The Cisco Annual Internet Report is a global forecast/analysis that assesses digital transformation across various business segments (enterprise, small-to-medium business, public sector, and service provider). The report covers fixed broadband, Wi-Fi, and mobile (3G, 4G, 5G) networking. Quantitative projections are provided on the growth of Internet users, devices and connections as well as network performance […]
Invited Paper Presentation | ECOC 2021

Xiaodan Pang from KTH Royal Institute of Technology will present the paper “Free-space transmissions in the upper- and lower-THz bands assisted with photonics” at ECOC 2021. Stay tuned! ➡️ https://bit.ly/3vCxEi3