ORGANIZERS:
Georg Rademacher (University of Stuttgart)
Ruben Luis (NICT)
Gabriele Di Rosa (Adtran)

ABSTRACT:
Space division multiplexing (SDM) has established itself as one of the most promising technologies to cope with the ever-growing traffic demand in optical networks after more than a decade of fundamental research. Motivated by the higher achievable throughput, SDM recently entered the commercial level in subsea cables, as we experienced the deployment of the first submarine cable based on multi-core fiber technology.

This workshop will explore the benefits, advancements, and challenges of SDM technology and its potential for broader application in different segments of future optical networks. The panel will include a broad spectrum of academic researchers and leading industry technology providers and adopters. The workshop will cover fundamental SDM aspects and models as well as SDM subsystem developments and requirements, fiber developments and standardization efforts, and applications in both short-reach and long-haul optical systems.

AGENDA:
Session 1
- Introduction
- Mattia Cantono (Google)
- Tetsuya Hayashi (Sumitomo Corporation)
- Martin Böttcher (Heraeus Comvance)
- Chiara Lasagni (Università degli studi di Parma)
- Kazuhide Nakajima (NTT Corporation)

Session 2
- Marco Lamponi (Nubis Communications)
- Lutz Rapp (Adtran Networks SE)
- Nicolas Fontaine (Nokia Bell Labs)
- Panel