EXAT 2023 Technical Program
Day 1: Wednesday, 17 May
09:00-09:15

Opening Remarks
Kunimasa Saitoh (EXAT 2023 General Chair, Hokkaido University)
Session W1 (09:15-10:45) Presider: Masataka Nakazawa

09:15-10:15
W1.1 Plenary

Roland Ryf (Nokia Bell labs)
Space Division-Multiplexing: The road to commercialization

10:15-10:45
W1.2 Invited

Ben Puttnam (NICT)
Wideband, High-Throughput and Long Distance Transmission in SDM Fibers

10:45-11:15

Break
Session W2 (11:15-12:15) Presider: Yuichi Matsushima

11:15-11:45
W2.1 Invited

Mikael Mazur (Nokia Bell Labs)
Real-Time MIMO DSP for Coupled-Core Fiber Transmission

11:45-12:15
W2.2 Invited

Daiki Soma (KDDI Research, Inc.)
Multi-core Fiber Transmission with Essential Optical Components for Realizing
Large-capacity Optical Submarine Cable Systems

12:15-13:15

LunchSession W3 (13:15-14:15) Presider: Masatoshi Suzuki

13:15-13:45
W3.1 Invited

Chongjin Xie (Alibaba Infrastructure Service, Alibaba Cloud)Scaling Optical Interconnects for Hyperscale Data Center Networks

13:45-14:15
W3.2 Invited

Yun C. Chung (KAIST)
Multiplexing Technologies for Next-Generation Datacenter Networks

14:15-15:45

Poster Session

16:00-21:00

Reception (Matsue Vogel Park)

Day 2: Thursday, 18 May
Session T1 (09:00-10:30) Presider: Masanori Koshiba
09:00-10:00
T1.1 Plenary

Francesco Poletti (University of Southampton)
Dreams of a Hollow Future in Optical Communications

10:00-10:30
T1.2 Invited

Benyuan Zhu (OFS Laboratories)
Hollow-Core-Fiber Cables for Low Latency Communications

10:30-11:00

BreakSession T2 (11:00-12:30) Presider: Masaharu Ohashi

11:00-11:30
T2.1 Invited

Pierre Sillard (Prysmian)
Simple Multi-Core Fiber Fabrication Method

11:30-12:00
T2.2 Invited

Masanori Takahashi (Furukawa Electric)
Ultralow-Loss Uncoupled Multicore Fiber

12:00-12:30
T2.3 Invited

Leslie A. Rusch and Sophie LaRochelle (Univ. Laval)
Ring-Core Fibers for OAM Mode Propagation

12:30-13:30

LunchSession T3 (13:30-15:00) Presider: Yasuo Kokubun

13:30-14:00
T3.1 Invited

Kohki Shibahara (NTT Corporation)
Long-Haul Transmission over Standard-Cladding Weakly-Coupled SDM Fibers

14:00-14:30
T3.2 Invited

Chiara Lasagni (Università degli Studi di Parma)
The Ergodic GN Model for SDM Transmission Systems

14:30-15:00
T3.3 Invited

Luca Palmieri (Univ. Padova)
Distributed Characterization of Coupled and Uncoupled Multicore Optical Fibers

15:00-20:00

Excursion & Banquet (Adachi Museum of Art and Yuushien Garden)

Day 3: Friday, 19 May
Session F1 (09:00-10:30) Presider: Yoshinari Awaji
09:00-09:30
F1.1 Invited
09:30-10:00
F1.2 Invited
10:00-10:30
F1.3 Invited

Leif K. Oxenløwe (Technical University of Denmark)Spatial Distribution of Data Capacity as a Means to Reduce Number of Repeaters
in ULH Links
Takayoshi Mori (NTT Corporation)
Planar Lightwave Circuit Device for Spatial Mode Multiplexing Transmission
Yves Jaouën (Telecom Paris, Institut Polytechnique de Paris)
EFFLAM Project: from 12-Core Erbium-Ytterbium Fiber Amplifier Design to
SDM Transmissions Applications

10:30-11:00

BreakSession F2 (11:00-12:00) Presider: Yutaka Miyamoto

11:00-11:30
F2.1 Invited
11:30-12:00
F2.2 Invited

12:00-12:05

Ezra Ip (NEC America)
Future Application of Fiber Infrastructure – From Data Transmission to FiberSensingPeter Andrekson (Chalmers University of Technology)
High-Speed Optical Communication with Very Low Received Signal-to-Noise
Ratio
Closing Remarks
Motoaki Yasui (Vice President, NICT)