Asia Communications and Photonics Conference (ACP) 2018

96 Pages·2017·1.87 MB·English

Asia Communications and Photonics Conference (ACP) 2018
26-29 October 2018
New Century Grand Hotel, Hangzhou, China

Table of Contents

Welcome Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Committees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
General Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Conference Hightlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Workshops and Forums . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Agenda of Sessions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
ACP Technical Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Key to Authors and Presiders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

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Welcome to Hangzhou and to the Asia Communications and Photonics Conference
It is a great pleasure to invite you to participate in the Asia from academia and industry. We thank all the contributors Banquet on Sunday, 28 October. The poster-only session will
Communications and Photonics Conference (ACP) 2018 and and authors for making ACP a truly unique, outstanding be held on Sunday, 28 October from 10:30–12:00. This is a
share the latest news in communications and photonics scie- global event. good chance for you to meet with the authors and discuss
nce, technology and innovations from leading companies, technical issues in-depth.
Our conference highlight is the Plenary Session scheduled
universities and research laboratories throughout the world.
on the morning of Saturday, 27 October. Four outstanding, In addition to the technical program, we have also an impre-
ACP is now the largest conference in the Asia-Pacific region
distinguished speakers will give presentations: Ian Walmsley, ssive range of exhibitions from the relevant industries, pub-
on optical communication, photonics and relevant techno-
logies. ACP has been held annually tracing back to 2001 and Univ. of Oxford will give a talk on Building quantum machi- licshers, and professional organizations.
jointly sponsored by IEEE Photonics Society, OSA, SPIE, nes out of light. John E Bowers, Univ. of California, Santa
We have also prepared a rich social program to facilitate
COS and CIC. Barbara will also present in this session on Large Scale
meeting and networking with colleagues from all over the
Photonic Integrated Circuits. Yasuhiko Arakawa, Univ. of
world. A conference welcome reception will be held in the
The ACP technical conference features a full suite of plenary, Tokyo, Japan will discuss Advances in Quantum Dot Photo-
evening on Saturday, 27 October. On the evening of Sunday,
invited, and contributed talks given by international acade- nics: From Science to Practical Implementation. Finally
28 October, we will hold a Banquet and Awards Ceremony
mic and industrial researchers who are leaders in their respe- Vincent W. S. Chan, Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
for conference registrants.
ctive fields. This year’s conference will feature the following USA will give a presentation on Cognitive Optical Network.
topics: Optical Fibers and Fiber-based Devices; Optical
It is an enormous task to organize a conference and it is im-
In addition to the regular technical sessions, 11 pre-confe-
Transmission Systems, Subsystems and Technologies;
possible to succeed without the dedicated efforts of many
rence workshops will be held on Friday, 26 October starting
Networks Architectures, Management and Applications;
supporters and volunteers. We are indebted to the entire
at 09:00. These workshops will be held free of charge to
Optoelectronic Devices and Integration; Microwave Pho-
Technical Program Committee and the Subcommittee
conference registrants. We would like to thank the work-
tonics and Optical Signal Processing; Ultrafast Photonics and
Chairs who have worked persistently throughout the whole
shop organizers and speakers for the excellent program.
Nonlinear Optics; Photonics for Energy; Photonics for
year to invite speakers, solicit and review papers, organize
Biology and Medicine; Quantum Photonics and Applications.
Best Paper Awards sponsored by OSA will be given to non- the technical sessions which results in the excellent tech-
With a conference program of broad scope and of the
invited speaker applicants who are the first authors as well as nical program. We also thank the staff and volunteers of
highest technical quality, ACP provides an ideal venue to
the presenting author of a paper submitted. This year, Zhejiang Univ. and China Jiliang Univ. We also thank the
keep up with new research directions and an opportunity to
Alibaba group, Light: Science & Applications and Synopsys professional societies IEEE Photonics Society and OSA, and
meet and interact with the researchers who are leading
will sponsor the Best Student Paper Awards and Best Poster SPIE for sponsoring the event.
these advances. We have over 700 papers scheduled,
Awards. The selection will be made by the subcommittees
including nearly 140 invited and 9 tutorial presentations Sincerely,
during the conference. Awards will be presented during the
made by many of the world’s most prominent researchers

Jian-Jun He Xinyong Dong Perry Ping Shum
Zhejiang Univ., China China Jiliang Univ., China Nanyang Tech. Univ., Singapore
General Chair General Chair General Chair
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Committees

General Chairs Thomas L. Koch, Univ. of Arizona, USA Qiang Wu, Northumbria Univ., UK
Jian-Jun He, Zhejiang Univ., China Ming-Jun Li, Corning Inc., USA Shangran Xie, Max Planc Inst., Germany
Xinyong Dong, China Jiliang Univ., China Xingde Li, Johns Hopkins Univ., USA Fei Xu, Nanjing Univ., China
Perry Ping Shum, Nanyang Tech. Univ., Singapore Xiang Liu, Huawei Technologies, USA Scott Yuan, Johns Hopkins Univ., USA
Chao Lu, Hong Kong Polytechnic Univ., China Libo Yuan, Guilin Univ. of Electronic Technology, China
General Co-Chairs Qingming Luo, Wuhan National Laboratory for Lin Zhang, Aston Univ., UK
Chao Lu, Hong Kong Poly. Univ., China Optoelectronics & Huazhong Univ. of Science and Xuping Zhang, Nanjing Univ., China
Zuyuan He, Shanghai Jiao Tong Univ., China Technology, China Guiyao Zhou, South China Normal Univ., China
Limin Tong, Zhejiang Univ., China Perry Ping Shum, Nanyang Technological Univ., Singapore Tao Zhu, Chongqing Univ., China
Xiaomin Ren, Beijing Univ. of Posts and Telecommunications, Weihong Bi, Yanshan University, China
Technical Program Committee Chairs China
Track 2: Optical Transmission Systems, Subsystems
Min Qiu, Westlake Univ., China Yikai Su, Shanghai Jiao Tong Univ., China
Kun Xu, Beijing Univ. Post Telecom., China Qi Yang, Wuhan Research Inst. of Posts and Telecommuni- and Technologies
Daoxin Dai, Zhejiang Univ., China cations, China Guifang Li, Univ. of Central Florida, USA, Chair
Jie Luo, Yangtze Optical Fibre and Cable Joint Stock Limited Bingkun Zhou, Tsinghua Univ., China Songnian Fu, Huazhong Univ. of Science and Technology,
Company，China China, Co-Chair
Gangxiang Shen, Soochow Univ., China Subcommittees Lilin Yi, Shanghai Jiao Tong Univ., China, Co-Chair
Dongning Wang, China Jiliang Univ., China Tianwai Bo, KAIST, Korea
Track 1: Optical Fibers and Fiber-based Devices Xi Chen, Nokia Bell Labs, USA
Local Organizing Committee Wei Jin, Hong Kong Polytechnic Univ., China, Chair Michael Eiselt, ADVA Optical Networking, Germany
Liyang Shao, Southern Univ. of Science and Technology, Yves Jaouen, Télécom Paris Tech, France
Chunliu Zhao, China Jiliang Univ., China, Chair
China, Co-Chair Magus Karlsson, Chalmers Univ. of Technology, Sweden
Yaocheng Shi, Zhejiang Univ., China, Chair
Baiou Guan, Jinan Univ., China, Co-Chair Zhengxuan Li, Shanghai Univ., China
Ruifu Huang, China Jiliang Univ., China
Xueming Liu, Zhejiang Univ., China, Co-Chair Borui Li, Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., China
Xuke Chen, China Jiliang Univ., China
Nan-Kuang Chen, Liaocheng Univ., China Takayuki Mizuno, NTT, Japan
Chengrong Shen, China Jiliang Univ., China
Yongkang Dong, Harbin Inst. of Technology, China George Papen, UC San Diego, USA
Xiaohang Liu, Mingjia Technology Company, China
Xinyu Fan, Shanghai Jiao Tong Univ., China Periklis Petropoulos, Univ. of Southampton, UK
Steering Committee Young-Gen Han, Hanyang Univ., Korea David Plant, McGill Univ., Canada
Minglie Hu, Tianjin Univ., China Naoki Suzuki, Mitshbishi Electric, Japan
Xiaomin Ren, Beijing Univ. of Posts and Telecommunications,
Yunqi Liu, Shanghai Univ., China Liang Wang, Chinese Univ. of Hong Kong, China
China, Chair
Yange Liu, Nankai Univ., China Fatih Yaman, NEC Laboratories, USA
Yasuhiko Arakawa, Univ. of Tokyo, Japan
Zhichao Luo, South China Normal Univ., China Kangping Zhong, MACOM technology solutions, China
Andrew Brown, SPIE, USA
Ting Mei, Northwestern Polytechnical Univ., China
Connie J. Chang-Hasnain, Univ. of California, Berkeley, USA
Chengbo Mou, Shanghai Univ., China Track 3: Networks Architectures, Management and
Naomi Chavez, OSA, USA
Kevin P. Chen, Univ. of Pittsburgh, USA Applications
Arthur Chiou, Yang-Ming Univ., Taipei, China
Chao Wang, Kent Univ., UK Lena Wosinska, KTH Royal Inst. of Technology, Sweden,
Yun C. Chung, Korea Advanced Inst. of Science and Chair
Yuncai Wang, Taiyuan Univ. of Technology, China
Technology, Korea Christine Tremblay, École de technologie supérieure (ÉTS),
Yiping Wang, Shenzhen Univ., China
Sailing He, Zhejiang Univ., China & KTH, Sweden Canada, Co-Chair
Zinan Wang, Univ. of Electronic Science and Technology of
Chennupati Jagadish, Australian National Univ., Australia Marija Furdek, KTH Royal Inst. of Technology, Sweden,
China, China
Christopher Jannuzzi, IEEE Photonics Society, USA Co-Chair
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Zuqing Zhu, Univ. of Science and Technology of China, China, Xinliang Zhang, Huazhong Univ. of Science and Tech., China, Le Wang, China Jiliang Univ., China
Co-Chair Co-Chair Jeong Weon Wu, Ewha Womans Univ., Korea
André Girard, Canada National Committee of the IEC on Amol Choudhary, Univ. of Sydney, Australia Liu Yang, Zhejiang Univ., China
Fibre Optics, Canada Peucheret Christophe, Univ. of Rennes, France Jingbi You, Inst. of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of
Weigang Hou, Northeastern Univ., China Chaoran Huang, Princeton Univ., USA Sciences, China
Brigitte Jaumard, Concordia Univ., Canada Christina Lim, Univ. of Melbourne, Australia
Track 8: Photonics for Biology and Medicine
Kim Khoa Nguyen, École de technologie supérieure, Canada Yong Liu, Univ. of Electronic Science and Technology of
Wei Lu, Univ. of Science and Technology of China, China China, China Dennis Matthews, UC Davis College of Engineering, USA,
Carmen Mas Machuca, Technical Univ. of Munich, Germany Zhixin Liu, Univ. College London, UK Chair
Avishek Nag, Univ. College Dublin, Ireland Arnan Mitchell, RMIT Univ., Australia Jun Qian, Zhejiang Univ., China, Co-Chair
Wenda Ni, Azure Networking, Microsoft, Canada Shilong Pan, Nanjing Univ. of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Ewa Goldys, Univ. of New South Wales, Australia, Co-Chair
Md. Nooruzzaman, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland China Jürgen Popp, Friedrich Schiller Univ. Jena, Germany
Xiaodan Pang, Infinera, Sweden Li Pei, Beijing Jiaotong Univ., China Anna Wang Roe, Zhejiang Univ., China
Jelena Pesic, Nokia Bell Labs, France Dawn Tan, Singapore Univ. of Design Technology, Singapore Zhen Yuan, Univ. of Macau, China
Chathurika Ranaweera, Univ. of Melbourne, Australia Jian Wang, Huazhong Univ. of Science and Technology, Tymish Y. Ohulchanskyy, Shenzhen Univ., China
Houman Rastegarfar, Univ. of Arizona, USA China Fake Lu, State Univ. of New York, USA
Jesse Simsarian, Nokia Bell Labs, USA Lin Yang, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China Hao He, Shanghai Jiao Tong Univ., China
Yongli Zhao, Beijing Univ. of Posts and Telecommunications, Xiaoke Yi, Univ. of Sydney, Australia Liwei Liu, Shenzhen Univ., China
China Linjie Zhou, Shanghai Jiao Tong Univ., China Wing-Cheung Law, Hong Kong Polytechnic Univ., China
Min Zhu, Southeast Univ., China Ling Wang, EMBL, Heidelberg, Germany
Track 6: Ultrafast Photonics and Nonlinear Optics Bin Liu, National Univ. of Singapore, Singapore
Track 4: Optoelectronic Devices and Integration Jianrong Qiu, Zhejiang Univ., China, Chair
Track 9: Quantum Photonics and Applications
Eric Cassan, Univ. of Paris-Sud, France, Chair Werner J. Blau, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland, Co-Chair
Liu Liu, South China Normal Univ., China, Co-Chair Yong-Won Song, Korea Inst. of Science and Technology, Yanqing Lu, Nanjing Univ., China, Chair
Po Dong, Nokia Bell Lab, USA, Co-Chair Korea, Co-Chair Xifeng Ren, Univ. of Science and Technology of China, China,
Yikai Su, Shanghai Jiao Tong Univ., China, Co-Chair Jae-Hoon Han, Korea Inst. of Science and Technology, Korea Co-Chair
Xinlun Cai, Sun Yat-sen Univ., China Xiaofeng Liu, Zhejiang Univ., China W. Steve Kolthammer, Imperial College London, UK,
Long Chen, Acacia Communications, USA Sze Y. Set, Univ. of Tokyo, Japan Co-Chair
Wei Shi, Laval Univ., Canada Zhongqi Pan, Univ. of Louisiana Lafayette, USA Xianmin Jin, Shanghai Jiao Tong Univ., China, Co-Chair
Haoshuo Chen, Nokia, USA Mark Pelusi, Univ. of Sydney, Australia Guoping Guo, Univ. of Science and Technology of China,
Joyce Poon, Univ. of Toronto, Canada Jun Wang, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China China
Andrew Poon, HKUST, China Fengqiu Wang, Nanjing Univ., China Lijian Zhang, Najing Univ., China
Stefan Preble, Rochester Inst. of Technology, USA Franco Nori, Institute of Physical and Chemical Research,
Track 7: Photonics for Energy
Xiankai Sun, Chinese Univ. of Hong Kong, China Japan
Kevin Williams, Eindhoven Univ. of Technology, Netherland Feng Gao, Linköping Univ., Sweden, Chair Man-Hong Yung, Southern Univ. of Science and Technology,
Danxia Xu, National Research Council, Canada Wallace Choy, the Univ. of Hong Kong, China, Co-Chair China
Yu Yu, Huazhong Univ. of Science and Technology, China Yang Yang, Zhejiang Univ., China, Co-Chair Myungshik Kim, Imperial College London, UK
Jianpu Wang, Nanjing Tech Univ., China, Co-Chair Shengwang Du, Hong Kong Univ. of Science and Technology,
Track 5: Microwave Photonics and Optical Signal Daleo Anthony, Aix Marseille Université, CNRS, France China
Processing Letien Dou, Purdue Univ., USA Lin Tian, Univ. of California Merced, USA
Benjamin J. Eggleton, Univ. of Sydney, Australia, Chair Jean Michel Nunzi, Queens Univ., Canada Jiaming Li, Shanghai Jiao Tong Univ., China
Chester Shu, Chinese Univ. of Hong Kong, China, Co-Chair Ifor David William Samuel, Univ. of St-Andrews, UK Brian Smith, Univ. of Oregon, USA
Shiming Gao, Zhejiang Univ., China, Co-Chair Tzebin Song, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA Renbao Liu, Chinese Univ. of Hong Kong, China
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General Information

Conference Venue: New Century Grand Hotel Hangzhou Transportation Registration
Location: Lobby of New Century Grand Hotel Hangzhou
From Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport
Address: 818 Middle Shixin Road (or Shixin Zhong Lu),
Xiaoshan District, Hangzhou, China Hours:
By Airport Shuttle Bus (Recommended): Take Airport
08: 30-18: 00 Friday, 26 October
Shuttle Bus (Xiaoshan direction) and get off at New
08: 00-18: 00 Saturday, 27 October
Century Grand Hotel Hangzhou (about 35 min, 15 RMB)
08: 00-18: 00 Sunday, 28 October
By Taxi: 22 km to New Century Grand Hotel Hangzhou 08: 00-16: 00 Monday, 29 October
(about 35 min, 75 RMB)
Speaker Preparation
From Hangzhou East Railway Station
All oral presenters should check in at the corresponding
By Metro (Recommended): Take Metro Line 4 (Puyan session room at least ten minutes prior to their scheduled
direction) to Qianjiang Road Station, transfer to Metro talk to upload and check their presentation. No shows of
Line 2 (Zhaoyang direction) and get off at People Square the oral presentation will be reported to Conference
Station. Then 1 min walk to the hotel through Exit D management and these papers will not be published.
(about 40 min, 5 RMB).
Poster Preparation
By Taxi: 21km to New Century Grand Hotel Hangzhou
Authors should prepare their poster before the poster
(about 39 min, 53 RMB)
before the poster session starts. The poster must not exceed
From Hangzhou Railway Station the boundaries of the display board and A0 size is
recommended. Authors are required to be standing by their
By Metro (Recommended): Take Subway Line 1 (Linping/
poster for the duration of their allocated session to answer
Accessibility Jiangbin direction) to Fengqi Road Station then transfer
questions and further discuss their work with attendees. No
to line 2 (Zhaoyang direction) and get off at People
shows will be reports to Conference management and
The New Century Grand Hotel Hangzhou is a five-star Square Station. 1 min walk to the hotel through Exit D
these papers will not be published.
luxury hotel located in the Xiaoshan central business (about 1 hour, 5 RMB).
district of Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China. It is only Poster Board Size – 1m (Width) * 2m (Height)
22 km far from Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport, By Taxi: 16km to New Century Grand Hotel Hangzhou Set-up Time: Sunday, 28 October from 9:30-10:30
21 km far from Hangzhou East Railway Station and 15 km (about 26 min, 46 RMB) Tear-down Time: Sunday, 28 October from 12:00-12:30
far from West Lake, the most famous scenic area of
From Shanghai Hongqiao/Pudong International Poster Session
Hangzhou and even eastern China. It is easy accessible
Airport
also because the airport shuttle bus (Xiaoshan direction) Time: 10: 30-12: 00, Sunday, 28 October
has a stop (before the destination) near the hotel, and Take a taxi or Metro to Shanghai Hongqiao Railway Venue: Mingyi Hall, 4F, New Century Grand Hotel
the Metro Line 2 has a station, i.e. People Square Station Station. Then take a high-speed train to Hangzhou East
(Exit D), just outside the hotel. Railway Station (about 1h, 73 RMB). Then you can refer The poster session is designed to provide an opportunity for
selected papers to be presented in greater visual detail and
to the above suggested methods from there to the
Please mention full name and address of the hotel facilitate vivid discussions with attendees. About 270 posters
hotel.
when you take taxi since there are other several hotels will be displayed during ACP 2018. Authors will remain in the
named with “New Century Grand Hotel” in the same vicinity of the bulletin board for the duration of the session
city. to answer questions.

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Exhibition Lunches Committees & invited speakers reception
All committee chairs and members, and invited speakers are
The ACP Exhibition is open to all attendees. Three-day buffet lunches (Oct. 27-29) in New Century Grand
welcome. The ticket will be provided within the badge.
Location: Public area, 4F, New Century Grand Hotel Hotel Hangzhou are included in the registration fee for all
Hangzhou registered delegates. And lunch tickets are provided within Other delegates and accompanying people can purchase
ticket (RMB 150 per person) at the Registration Desk.
the badge.
Hours:
Location: Cafe Mediterranean, 3F, New Century Grand Hotel
Location: New Century Hall, 4F, New Century Grand Hote
Hangzhou
09: 00-18: 00 Saturday, 27 October Hangzhoul
Time: 17: 30-21: 00, 26 October
Hours:
09: 00-18: 00 Sunday, 28 October
Social Activities
12:00-13:30 Saturday, 27 October
09: 00-16: 00 Monday, 29 October
Welcome reception
12:00-13:30 Sunday, 28 October It is free to all the registered participants.
Location: New Century Hall, 4F, New Century Grand Hotel
Tea & Coffee Breaks
12:30-14:00 Monday, 29 October Hangzhou
Time: 18: 30-21: 30, 27 October
10:30-11:00 Friday, 26 October
Conference Materials
Conference Banquet and Awards Ceremony
15:30-16:00 Friday, 26 October
ACP 2018 Technical Digest will be provided in a USB drive
The OSA Best Paper Awards, the Alibaba Best Student
and not available in print form. The ACP 2018 Technical
10:00-10:30 Saturday, 27 October Paper Awards, and the LSA/Synopsys Best Poster Awards will
Digest material is composed of the 3-page summaries of
be presented at the Banquet and Awards Ceremony.
invited and accepted contributed papers. The Technical
15:30-16:00 Saturday, 27 October Digest material is included with a technical conference The Banquet is INCLUDED ONLY in the registration fee for
registration and can be found in your registration bag. The non-student delegates. The ticket is provided within the
10:30-12:00 Sunday, 28 October Digest will be available on IEEE Xplore Digital Library
badge. The student Award recipients will be invited to
(http://www.ieee.org/web/publications/ xplore/) after the
attend the Banquet and Award Ceremony for free.
15:30-16:00 Sunday, 28 October conference. IEEE Xplore Digital Library is archived and
indexed by INSPEC R and EI Compendex, where it will be Other student delegates and accompanying people can
available to the international technical community. purchase Banquet ticket (RMB 500 per person) at the
10:30-11:00 Monday, 29 October
Registration Desk.
16:00-16:30 Monday, 29 October Location: New Century Hall, 4F, New Century Grand Hotel
Hangzhou
Time: 18: 30-21: 30, 28 October

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Conference Highlights

Plenary Presentations Large Scale Photonic Inte- Advances in Quantum Dot
Time: 08:15-12:00, Saturday, 27 Octomber grated Circuits Photonics: From Science to
Venue: Grand Dynasty Hall, 4F, New Century Grand Practical Implementation
09:15-10:00
Hotel
10:30-11:15
John E Bowers
ACP 2018 will feature four plenary presentations. The
Univ. of California, Santa Barbara, Yasuhiko Arakawa
presentation will be preceded by an Opening Cere-
USA Univ. of Tokyo, Japan
mony from 8:15-8:30. For more information about the
Biography: John E. Bowers holds the Biography: Yasuhiko Arakawa received
individual presenters, talk titles and biographies
Fred Kavli Chair in Nanotechnology, and is the Director of B.S., M.S., and PhD degrees in the electrical engineering
appear below.
the Institute for Energy Efficiency and a Professor in the form the Univ. of Tokyo, in 1975, 1977, 1980, respectively. In
1980, he started his academic carrier by joining Univ. of
Departments of Materials and Electrical and Computer
Tokyo as an assistant professor and was promoted to a full
Building Quantum Machines Engineering at UCSB. He is a cofounder of Aurrion, Aerius
professor in 1993. He is now Professor of Research Center for
Out of Light Photonics and Calient Networks. Dr. Bowers received his M.S.
Advanced Science and technology, Univ. of Tokyo. He is also
08:30-09:15 and Ph.D. degrees from Stanford University and worked for the director of Nanoelectronics Research Center at Inst. of
AT&T Bell Laboratories and Honeywell before joining UC
Industrial Science, Univ. of Tokyo as well as Research
Ian Walmsley
Santa Barbara. Dr. Bowers is a member of the National
Professor at NTT. His current research includes growth and
Univ. of Oxford, UK
Academy of Engineering and the National Academy of physics of semiconductor nano-technologies for
President of OSA
Inventors. He is a fellow of the IEEE, OSA and the American optoelectronic device applications such as quantum dot
Biography: Ian A. Walmsley FRS is Physical Society, and a recipient of the IEEE Photonics Award, lasers and various nanostructure devices. He is the recipient
Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Research and Hooke Professor of OSA Tyndal Award, the OSA Holonyak Prize, the IEEE LEOS of many awards including Niwa Memorial Award, Excellent
Experimental Physics at the Univ. of Oxford, and a Profes- William Streifer Award and the South Coast Business and Paper Award from IECE, Young Scientist Award, International
sorial Fellow at St Hugh's College, Oxford. He is also Technology Entrepreneur of the Year Award. He has Symposium on GaAs and Related Compound
Semiconductors, IBM Award, Distinguished Achievement
Director of the NQIT (Networked Quantum Information published eight book chapters, 600 journal papers, 900
Award from IEICE, Hattori Hoko Award, Sakura- Kenjiro
Technologies) hub within the UK National Quantum Tech- conference papers and has received 54 patents. He and
Award from OITDA, Elec- tronics Award from IEICE, and
nology Programme, which is led by the Univ. of Oxford. coworkers received the EE Times Annual Creativity in
Nissan Science Award. He has been serving several
Walmsley was educated at Imperial College London, and Electronics (ACE) Award for Most Promising Technology for
distinguished internatio- nal conferences as general chairs
The Inst. of Optics, Univ. of Rochester. He was elected a the hybrid silicon laser in 2007.
including the 17th IEEE Semiconductor Laser Conference.
Fellow of the Royal Society in 2012 for his contributions to
He was Associate Editor of IEEE J. of Quantum Electronics
quantum optics and ultrafast optics, including his develop- and Editor in Chief of Journal of Japanese Society of
ment of the spectral phase interferometry for direct electric- Applied Physics, and he is currently Editor in Chief of Solid
field reconstruction (SPIDER) technique. In March 2018 it was Sate Electronics and Regional Editor on New Journal of
announced that Walmsley had been appointed Provost of Physics (IOP). He is in charge for planning the
Imperial College London, succeeding James Stirling on 1 optoelectronics technology-roadmap at the OITDA.
September 2018.

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Cognitive Optical Network Banquet Keynote Talk OSA Best Paper Awards
Time: 18:30-19:00, Sunday, 28 October
11:15-12:00 ACP 2018 is pleased to announce that this year’s Best
Venue: New Century Hall, 4F, New Century Grand Hotel Paper Awards on ACP will be sponsored by OSA:
Vincent W. S. Chan

Massachusetts Inst. of Technol., Build up Internet Infrastruc- 4 recipients, Lenovo ultrabook & CNY 3,000 for each
USA
ture and Services to Help
The candidates will be nominated by the subcom-
Biography: Vincent W. S. Chan, the Underdeveloped Regions
mittee chairs. The winners will be selected by the
Joan and Irwin Jacobs Professor of
18:35-19:05 TPCC during the conference. The awards will be
EECS, MIT, received his BS (71), MS
presented at the conference banquet in the evening
(71), EE(72), and Ph.D.(74) degrees in EE all from MIT. From Chongjin Xie
of Sunday, 28 October.
1974 to 1977, he was an assistant professor, EE, at Cornell Alibaba Group, China
Univ. He joined MIT Lincoln Laboratory in 1977 and had
Biography: Chongjin Xie is a senior
been Division Head of the Communications and Information director and chief com- munication Alibaba Best Student Paper Awards
Technology Division until becoming the Director of the
scientist in Alibaba Infrastructure Service, Alibaba Group,
Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems (1999– ACP 2018 is pleased to announce that this year’s Best
2007). He is currently a member of the Claude E. Shannon leading an optical network research, architecture, design Student Paper Awards on ACP will be sponsored by
Communication and Network Group at the Research Labora- and testing team to develop datacenter optical Alibaba group:
interconnects and networking technologies to support
tory of Electronics of MIT. In July 1983, he initiated the Laser
8 recipients, Apple iPad air2 for each
Intersatellite Transmission Expe- riment Program and in 1997, Alibaba online platform and cloud services. Prior to joining
the follow-on Geo-LITE Program. In 1989, he formed the Alibaba Group in 2014, Dr. Xie was a distinguished member To be eligible for the award, a student must be the
All-Optical-Network Consortium among MIT, AT&T and DEC. of technical staff at Bell Labs, Alcatel-Lucent (now Nokia), first author of the paper and declare his/her student
He also formed and served as PI the Next Generation Inter- doing resear- ch on optical communication systems and candidature during online submission; and the stu-
net Consortium, ONRAMP among AT&T, Cabletron, MIT, networks. He did his postdoctoral research at Chalmers Univ. dent must give the presentation at the conference by
Nortel and JDS, and a Satellite Networking Research Con- of Technology in Sweden from 1999 to 2001, and recei- ved himself/herself. The selection will be made by the
sortium formed between MIT, Motorola, Teledesic and Glo- his M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees from Beijing Univ. of Posts & subcommittees during the conference. The awards will
balstar. He has served in many US/ non-US government be presented at the conference banquet in the
Telecommunications in 1996 and 1999, respectively. Dr. Xie
advisory boards/committees and the Board of Governors of evening of Sunday, 28 October.
has published one book, 3 book chapters and over 200
the Communication Society including VP of Publications. He
journal and conference papers. He is an associate editor of
also has been active with several start-ups and was a director
of a Fortune- 500 company and chaired its technical advisory Journal of Lightwave Technology, a program chair of LSA/Synopsys Best Poster Awards
OFC’2019 and served as chairs, TPC chairs or TPC members
board. He is a Member of the Corporation of Draper Labora-
ACP 2018 is pleased to announce that this year’s Best
tory and is a member of Eta-Kappa-Nu, Tau-Beta-Pi and in many conferences. Dr. Xie is a Fellow of OSA and a senior
Poster Awards on ACP will be sponsored by Light:
Sigma-Xi, and the Fellow of the IEEE and the Optical Society member of IEEE.
Science and Applications (LSA) and Synopsys
of America. Throughout his career, Professor Chan has spent
separately:
his research focus on communication and networks, parti-
cularly on free space and fiber optical communication and 12 recipients, Huawei smart phone for each
networks and satellite communications. His work has led the
way to a successful laser communication demonstration in The selection will be based on the voting of confe-
space and early deployment of WDM optical networks. His rence delegates. The awards will be presented at the
recent research emphasis is on heterogeneous (satcom, conference banquet in the evening of Sunday, 28
wireless and fiber) network architectures with stringent October.
performance demands.
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Workshops and Forums

Towards the Next-Generation Optical Access: 10:20-10:40 Lilin Yi, Shanghai Jiao Tong Univ., China 09:00-09:20 Shuyu Zhang, Fudan University, China
50G-PON Topic: Machine Learning for High-Speed PONs Topic: Micro/Nanophotonics-based organic semicon-
ductors for visible light communications
Workshop Time: 09:00-12:30, Friday, 26 October 10:40-10:50 Coffee Break
Venue: 4F, Tianhong Hall 09:20-09:40 Xiongbin Chen, Chinese Academy of Sciences,
10:50-11:10 Kangping Zhong MACOM Technology
China
Solutions, USA
Organizers: Xiang Liu, Huawei Technologies USA Topic: How to realize high-speed real-time communication
Topic: Key Technologies for Next Generation High Speed
with phosphor-based LED
Description: This special Huawei-sponsored ACP’18 PON
workshop aims to provide a platform for participants to 09:40-10:00 Xianqing Jin, Univ. of Sci. and Tech. of China,
11:10-11:30 Takahiko Shindo NTT Corp., Japan
discuss the worldwide industry effort towards the next- China
Topic: High power and high efficiency SOA integrated EML
generation 50-Gb/s PON that is currently under standardi- Topic: Real-time tracking of mobile light source for outdoor
for next generation PON system
zation in both the ITU and the IEEE. This 1/2-day event will visible light communications
be addressing various technologies, covering innovative 11:30-11:50 Prof. Linjuan Zhao Inst. of Semiconduc- tors,
10:00-10:30 Yongjun Liu, Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd,
optical and photonic components, high-speed electronics CAS, China
China.
and DSP algorithms, and system and network architectures, Topic: High speed laser for next generation PON system
Topic: Ultra High Speed Real Time Visible Light Communi-
to enable future optical access networks to meet the chal- 11:50~12:20 Panel Discussion cation Based On Pre-Equalization
lenging demands imposed by emerging services such as
10:30-11:00 Coffee break
4K/8K, 5G, and VR/AR. Invited speakers from leading indu-
Visible Light Communication
strial and academic institutions will be presenting and 11:00-11:20 Boon S: Ooi, King Abdullah Univ. of Sci. and
Workshop Time: 09:00-12:30, Friday, 26 October
sharing their visions. This workshop will be open to all Tech., Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Venue: 4F, Tianhe Hall
participants of ACP 2018. Topic: Ultraviolet FSO to laser-based VLC–the role of group-
Topics to be addressed include but are not limited to: Organizers: Gong-ru Lin, National Taiwan Univ.; Nan Chi, III-nitride devices
• Network operators’ views on next-generation PON
Fudan Univ. China; Shuyu Zhang, Fudan Univ. China; Jing 11:20-11:40 Jian Chen, Nanjing Univ. of Posts and Telecom-
• 50G-PON standardization and enabling technologies
Xu, Zhejiang Univ. China munications, China
• High speed 25G&50G optics & electrical chips and
Topic: Initialization and fast convergence of dynamic equa-
components Description: Visible light communication (VLC) has cons-
lizers for indoor visible light communication systems
tantly received attention as a revolutionary technology and is
09:00-09:20 Dechao Zhang/Lei Wang/Junwei Li, China
considered as an appealing alternative for next- generation 11:40-12:00 Lilin Liu, Sun Yat-Sen Univ., China
Mobile Research Institute, China
high-speed wireless communication. This workshop will Topic: Band-pass purple-blue light PIN photo-detector for
Topic: Technical requirements on 50G PON
continue to focus on the technology develop- pment and visible light communications
09:20-09:40 Dezhi Zhang, China Telecom, China existing problems in VLC and provide a technical forum for
12:00-12:20 Jing Xu, Zhejiang Univ., China
Topic: 50G TDM-PON: Requirement and Standardization brain storming among expert and researchers from acade-
Topic: Underwater Wireless Optical Communication: from
Progress mia, industry and government. Eight invited speakers will
the Lab Tank to the Real Sea
share with the audience their latest achieve- ment and
09:40-10:00 Xiang Liu, Huawei Technologies, USA
thinking in VLC, from the system level to the component or
Topic: Enabling Technologies for High-Performance
even material level. Innovative Optical Switches and Their Control
Low-Cost 50G-PON
Workshop Time: 09:00-12:30, Friday, 26 October
10:00-10:20 Songnian Fu, Huazhong Univ. of Science & 08:30-09:00 Gong-Ru Lin, National Taiwan University
Technology, China Topic: Advances in Laser Diode White Lighting and Venue: 4F, Mingrui Hall
Topic: DSP enabled high-speed PAM-4 fiber optical Free-Space Communications
transmission
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Organizers: Odile Liboiron-Ladouceur, McGill University, 11:40-12:00 Nicola Calabretta, Eindhoven University of 15:30-16:00 Coffee Break
Canada; Gabriela Nicolescu, Polytechnique de Montréal, Technology, The Netherlands
16:00-16:30 Shilong Pan, Nanjing Univ. of Aeronautics and
Canada; Daoxin Dai, Zhejiang University, China; Yaocheng Topic: Fast Controlled Nanoseconds Photonic Integrated
Astronautics, China.
WDM Cross-Connects for Edge-Computing Metro Access
Shi, Zhejiang University, China
and Data Center Networks Topic: General optical component analyzer for charac-
terizing key devices in Tbit/s data center network.
Description: As photonic Network traffic demand grows 12:00-12:30 Panel Discussion
explosively and the traffic becomes to vary dynamically, 16:30-17:00 Jiajia Chen, School of ICT, KTH, Sweden
switches are essential in the intercomnecttivity of computing Topic: Communication system architectures and algorithm in
systems and switches in the optical domain allow for larger Optical technologies for Terabit data center DCN/DCI.
bandwidth, high capacity and flexibility. The workshop will network
17:00-17:30 Po Dong, Bell Labs, USA
present and discuss advanced optical switching technolo-
Workshop Time: 14:00-16:00, Friday, 26 October Topic: The scalability of silicon photonics in data center
gies and devices. An important aspect of optical switches is
Venue: 4F, Tianhong Hall applications.
their control. Specifically, how optical switches can be
embedded within large computing platforms and optimally Organizers: Chao Lu, Hong Kong Polytechnic Univ., Hong 17:30-18:00 Guifang Li, Univ. of Central Florida, USA
route information by configuring the optical switch. The Kong Topic: Few-mode and multi-mode fiber optics for short-
workshop will also discuss best practice in the control of reach applications.
optical switches. Description: This Huawei-sponsored ACP’18 workshop is a
half-day discussion focused on the novel optical technolo-
09:00-9:20 Odile Liboiron-Ladouceur, McGill University, gies for Tbps and beyond data center network (DCN). Progress of Integrated Optoelectronics
Canada. During this event, we will provide a platform for participants Workshop Time: 14:00-16:00, Friday, 26 October
Topic: Workshop introduction followed by Canada’s state of worldwide to discuss the challenges we are facing for next
Venue: 4F, Mingsi Hall
optical switches and controllers as an example. generation DCN. By mapping these challenges to latest
09:20-9:40 Liu Liu, South China Normal University, China industry solutions, we will create a deep and exhaustive view Organizers: Mark Ding, G.M., Shanghai Industrial
Topic: Integrated multimode optical switch on silicon of the opportunities for cost-effective, low power consump- μTechnology Research Institute (SITRI), China.
tion, large capacity DCN. Invited speakers from leading
09:40-10:00 Linjie Zhou, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Description: Integrated optoelectronics is empowering
industrial and academic institutions will be sharing their
China several areas, like telecommunication, high-performance
visions and presenting their advanced research work. This
Topic: Silicon photonic switch elements and their scalability computing, DNA sequencing, quantum information, etc..
workshop will be open to all participants of ACP 2018.
Distinguished speakers from the industry will discuss the
10:00-10:20 Kiyo Ishii, AIST, Japan Topics to be addressed include but are not limited to:
latest advances and trends of the integrated optoelectronics.
Topic: Optical switch scalability, optical switch control, and • Communication system architectures in DCN
The following topics will be covered in this forum:
optically switched network control • Novel technologies for Tbps transmission
• Silicon photonics pilot line in China.
• Si photonics, full integrated or semi-integrated?
10:20-10:40 Panel Discussion • Photonic EDA tools and ecosystem.
10:40-11:00 Coffee Break 14:00-14:30 Changsong Xie, Huawei Technol. Co., Ltd. • Advanced micro-nano processing technologies.
Topic: Towards Terabit DCN Optical Interconnection • Packaging progress in III-V and silicon photonics.
11:00-11:20 Yaoyao Ye, Shanghai Jiao Tong University,
China 14:30-15:00 Zuqing Zhu, Univ. of Science and Technol. of • Digital/analog/image testing in integrated optoelec-
Topic: Routing and arbitration in a two-level hierarchical China, China tronics.
optical network. Topic: Technology of China Knowledge-defined Network 14:00-14:20 Wei Wang, SITRI, China.
11:20-11:40 Zhiyong Li, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Orchestration in a Hybrid Optical/Electrical Datacenter Topic: High Efficiency Si Based Photodetection at SWIR
China Network. Range
Topic: Issues on Advanced Materials for CMOS Photonic 15:00-15:30 Qunbi Zhuge, Shanghai Jiao Tong Univ. China. 14:20-14:40 Linjie Zhou, Shanghai Jiao Tong Univ., China.
Integration
Topic: Photonics signal processing for Tbit/s DCI application. Topic: Silicon Optical Switch Development and Challenges.

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