Optical Communications Journal Club

• Improve their skills in reading and assessment of scientific articles
• Use litterature search to help understanding a scientific issue
• Practice the oral presentation of a scientific topic
• Practice the discussion and solution of scientific problems in cooperation with fellow students
• Perform constructive criticism and review of a scientific presentation by fellow students
• Identify the main challenges of today’s optical communication systems
• Obtain an overview of the main topics in modern research in optical communications
• Relate the modern research in optical communication to one’s own research topic

The articles studied during the course will cover some of the hottest research topics in modern optical communications. The topics will include high-capacity and spectrally efficient data transmission in optical fibres, spatial multiplexing, silicon photonics, optical signal processing etc. (see keywords). A number of potential papers/topics will be presented at the beginning of the course.

34130/34150, A basic knowledge of optical communication systems such as obtained in the course 34130.

Seminar/discussion group. Every week, a specific journal paper is studied
and discussed by all participants. As preparation for the seminar, the participants are divided into groups who cooperate on studying and understanding the paper. At the seminar, the groups meet to present and
discuss the paper.

Keywords (some of the possible topics): High-capacity and high spectral efficiency optical data, super-channels, orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (optical OFDM), Nyquist wavelength division multiplexing (Nyquist WDM), spatial multiplexing (multicore- and multimode optical data transmission), silicon photonics, non-linear optical signal processing, optical parametric processes, time-lenses, optical regeneration.

Minimum: 4.

Please be aware that this course will only be held if the required minimum number of participants is met. You will be informed 8 days before the start of the course, whether the course will be held.