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April 2020 IEEE PHOTONICS SOCIETY NEWSLETTER 1 Editor’s IEEE Photonics Society Column

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2 IEEE PHOTONICS SOCIETY NEWSLETTER April 2020 President’s Column CARMEN S. MENONI

Upon my return from the IEEE Board Series in late February, the IEEE Photonics Journal, which seven years ago transi- I reflected on giving our community a glimpse of the large en- tioned to gold access. terprise and endeavors of the IEEE, the parent organization to More recently, new broad open access journals have been the Photonics Society. As you know, our Society is a vital part released, as is the case of IEEE Access that has a special section of the IEEE providing access to a large technical community on Photonics. Associate Editors from our Society have been dedicated to photonics science and technology. assigned to oversee the quality of this section. The Photon- IEEE provides our Society an infrastructure and intercon- ics Society also joined the Council of Superconductivity, the nects us with other cross-discipline IEEE Societies and tech- Magnetics Society, Communications Society, Signal Processing nical activities, as well as products, educational services and Society and others in the establishment of IEEE Transactions membership efforts. Let’s take an example from publications, of Quantum Engineering (TQE), an open access journal that an area that I am very familiar with after serving over 10 years publishes “regular, review, and tutorial articles based on the as a voting member of the IEEE Publications, Services, and engineering applications of quantum phenomena, including Products Board. This internal IEEE board provides the ‘plat- quantum computation, information, communication, soft- form and framework’ for publications, both print and online. ware, hardware, devices, and metrology.” However, the Photonics Society manages and administers the Correspondingly, the IEEE Photonics Society is also a finan- ‘technical content process’ of its publications, through its own cial co-sponsor of an inaugural IEEE Quantum Week (13–16 editorial boards. October 2020) that aims to showcase quantum research, prac- The costs of publications are bundled and offered in the tice, applications, education, and training within the multi- form of a package to universities and other organizations and disciplinary quantum computing and engineering field. This one of the most recent updates to this product is ‘Read & includes programming systems, software engineering meth- Publish’, in which the costs of open access charges to authors ods, algorithms, benchmarks, hardware, architectures, hybrid and the costs of print are bundled together. To the mem- computing, machine learning and more. The IEEE’s Future bers of our community, it means a reduced cost to publish Directions department devised this effort in conjunction with open access in IEEE Journals. Over the last year accelerated a new IEEE International Conference on Quantum Computing by Plan S, an initiative for open-access science publishing and Engineering (QCE20). that was launched by a consortium of major national research There are other new products that our members have avail- agencies and funders in Europe, the IEEE Technical Activi- able through IEEE, a new archive service TechRxiv and Data- ties department started over 13 new open access journals and Port. These tools are facilitating the visibility of our work. For now contributes over 100 hybrid journals. Conversely, the example, uploading a manuscript in TechRxiv, makes it in- Photonics Society had been at the forefront of IEEE already, stantly visible and citable because it receives a Document Iden- as we were the first to start a Hybrid Open Access Journal, tification Number (DOI), which is then modified when the

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April 2020 IEEE PHOTONICS SOCIETY NEWSLETTER 3 paper is published. Similarly, DataPort provides the platform Within the IEEE, the Photonics Society is prominently rec- to store data that can be linked to a paper, in turn, to be used ognized, essentially for its agility and innovative methodolo- by others. The portal to publications is IEEE Xplore, which is gies. This is consistent with the fact that the IEEE Photonics accessed even if other search engines are used. Such a product Society ‘brings light’ to the organization. However, our voice serves to the Societies’ benefit, because the IEEE returns a por- is 1 out of 39 Societies and seven technical councils represent- tion of the profits made in downloads. This is also the case for ing the wide range of IEEE interests. To make our voice more conference proceedings. loudly heard, it is important that our dedicated members and While there is an IEEE overhead charged to all societies to leaders in the community fill positions on the many boards, support publications and conferences, there is a portion of the including editorial boards, and committees of the larger IEEE’s profit generated by all products that is returned to the Societ- infrastructure. ies, as the IEEE is a non-profit organization. Our Society, in This is especially important for the IEEE Fellows Commit- turn, invests its portion of the profit back into the community. tee, whereby the fate of our candidates is decided by judges For example, we have implemented a large effort to support from all of the societies. This year, Leda Lunardi, one of our student grants for participation in our flagship conference, the members and a photonics community leader, will be chairing IEEE Photonics Conference, that every year brings together the IEEE Fellows Committee. Additionally, in 2021-2022, our members working on the broad spectrum of photonics Dalma Novak, 2014-2015 IEEE Photonics Society President, technologies. will have a voice within the IEEE Board of Directors as Divi- As such, our surplus in 2019 also allowed the Society to sion X Director, division in which our Society and 5 others support (49) chapter educational seed grants, (21) IEEE Wom- serve under. en in Photonics programs, (5) Winter/Summer Schools, (17) Ultimately my message is, working harmoniously with grassroots IEEE Young Professionals events, (3) major IEEE the IEEE and with our associated IEEE Societies increases Student Congresses, (4) global innovation fairs, humanitarian our visibility and thus our branding. Together we, the ‘One missions, professional development resources and more. Our IEEE’, are part of a community of over 422,000 members hope in 2020, and beyond, is to continue to invest in com- in more than 160 countries. Nevertheless, to further our munity programs and products, large and small, that can bring interests within this large, global community, it is im- added benefit to our members. perative that our IEEE Photonics members contribute to The Photonics Society, and all Societies within the IEEE, all of the member-driven activities both at the Society and need to report back on and justify all of their community IEEE levels. efforts. While we can enjoy the freedom of having an infra- If you, a member or prospective member, would like to structure to create new products and opportunities to sup- serve the greater good of our community and the IEEE, I port our technical community, the Society has to follow the implore you to do so. It’s as easy as reaching out to the process and requirements driven by the parent IEEE. For IEEE Photonics Executive Office for more information, at example, if we were to financially co-sponsor a conference, [email protected], on how to volunteer. The Society’s contracts would need to be approved by IEEE Legal and IEEE Board of Governors, committee chairs, local chapters and Meetings, Conferences and Events (MCE). This is the case for staff are here to help you build and/or navigate your IEEE the Optical Fiber Conference (OFC), which is technically and volunteer career. financially co-sponsored by the IEEE Photonics Society, IEEE Communications Society, and our external, sister-society, The Warmly, Optical Society (OSA). Likewise, new publications follow a Carmen S. Menoni process of approval that can be lengthy and that can add iner- Colorado State University tia to our efforts to compete with other professional societies. [email protected]

4 IEEE PHOTONICS SOCIETY NEWSLETTER April 2020 Research Highlight Towards Space-Division Multiplexed Transmission: The World-Wide First and Unique Testbed with Deployed Special Fibers for the Photonics Community Cristian Antonelli1, Andrea Marotta2, Fabio Graziosi2, and Antonio Mecozzi1 1Department of Physical and Chemical Sciences, University of L’Aquila, L’Aquila, Italy. 2Department of Information Engineering, Computer Science and Mathematics, University of L’Aquila, L’Aquila, Italy.

Whether the coming capacity crunch of the global fiber-optic tion of the SDM paradigm is the most effective does not have network [1] is behind the corner or not is hard to judge, how- a simple answer, thereby leaving room for research endeavors ever one fact is clear: new scaling approaches for the optical in all directions. transport are necessary to accommodate the ever increasing A special approach that has been researched during the demand for data traffic. Space-division multiplexing (SDM) past decade is the one based on the use of special fibers, seems to be the most promising candidate solution, as it ap- such as multi-mode fibers (MMFs) and multi-core fibers pears from Shannon’s famous formula, (MCFs). Impressive transmission records have been reported from around the world, demonstrating the great potential

C = NB log(1 + SNRm), of these fiber types [3]–[6] and calling for the next step: deploying SDM fibers to move from in-lab experiments to which shows that for a point-to-point communication link, the field trials! achievable transmission rate scales linearly with the number of At the University of L’Aquila, in the Italian region of spatial modes N, and only logarithmically with the signal-to- Abruzzo, we had a unique opportunity to make it happen. noise ratio per mode SNRm. Capacity scales linearly also with In 2009, the city was affected by a major earthquake, which the fiber bandwidth B, but while the available bandwidth is caused 309 casualties and devasted the historical downtown limited, the number of spatial light-paths in principle is not area, one of the largest and most beautiful in Italy [7]. The [2]. On the other hand, the question of which implementa- tragical event enforced the search of ways to revive the city

Figure 1. Map of the fiber-optic infrastructure. The shorter (red) ring is deployed in a multi-service under-ground tunnel in the historical downtown aera. The longer (blue) ring consists of traditional ducts surrounding the urban area of L’Aquila.

April 2020 IEEE PHOTONICS SOCIETY NEWSLETTER 5 Figure 2. Left: Inspection of the underground tunnel (September 2018). Center: Deployment of Sumitomo MCF cable (May 2019). Right: Prysmian MMF cable drums ready for deployment (in progress). and it became clear that culture and innovation should be the this project the city of L’Aquila has been selected to host the inspiring principles. With a smart-city model in mind, this 5G Italian Trial (2017-2020). approach transformed the city under reconstruction into a The goal of INCIPICT (http://incipict.univaq.it/) is to de- broadband open laboratory, spanning the domains of civil velop various ICT technologies within the smart-city paradigm engineering, cultural heritage enhancement, and informa- [8], with three main use cases: tion and communication technologies. In this context the 1) Structural monitoring of buildings; Italian Government funded project INCIPICT (Innovating 2) Building Automation/Energy Efficiency model-based City Planning through Information and Communication disaster-resilient; Technologies) under CIPE resolution no. 135 (December 21, 3) Enhancement of cultural heritage through ICT 2012). The project, started in late 2014 and expected to last The core of the project is an experimental fiber-optic infra- until December 2021, was funded with 0.25% of the initial structure. On the one hand, the goal of this infrastructure is to reconstruction budget, resulting in approximately 5 M€ (the build a metropolitan aera network connecting key-institutions actual reconstruction already exceeded the first tranche of 2 of the city, as well as to support innovative wireless technolo- billion Euros and much is still to be done). Also, thanks to gies developed to provide advanced mobility services through an ad-hoc middleware. On the other hand, the fiber-optic infrastructure is an intrinsically unique testbed for optical communication technologies. The ambitious plan of deploying SDM fibers started with the establishment of two key-partnerships, one with Sumito- mo Electric, and another with Prysmian Group, which joined project INCIPICT by supplying multi-core fibers and multimode fibers, respectively, in the form of donations to the Uni- versity of L’Aquila. Thanks also to a favorable synergy with the city municipality, the deployment of the multi-core fiber cable was successfully completed in May 2019, whereas the multimode fiber cable is in the process of being deployed. The SDM fiber cables form two optical rings, as shown in Fig. 1. The shorter ring of about 6 km is hosted in the urban underground multi-service tunnel (the red ring in the figure), whereas the longer ring of about 20 km includes about 14 km of traditional ducts (the blue ring in the figure). The asset of SDM fibers is composed as follows. Multi-core fiber cable. The MCF cable is a 6.29-km long jelly- filled loose-tube cable with an outer diameter of 6 mm, air- blown into a high-density polyethylene anti-rodent microduct Figure 3. Top: Foreshortening of Palazzo Camponeschi, the with a 10-mm inner diameter and 12-mm outer diameter. The cable rectorate building that hosts the Laboratory of Optics and Pho- accommodates 18 MCFs of three different types in total—twelve tonics giving access to INCIPICT SDM infrastructure. Bottom: strands of coupled-core four-core fibers, four strands of uncoupled- Tape-cut at the grand opening of the Laboratory of Optics and core four-core fibers, and two strands of uncoupled-core eighth- Photonics. core fibers. Out of the twelve coupled-core fibers, eleven were

6 IEEE PHOTONICS SOCIETY NEWSLETTER April 2020 Figure 4. The workshop on SDM that took place in L’Aquila on June 7th 2019, the day after the grand opening of the Laboratory of Optics and Photonics of INCIPICT. spliced together to form a single span of 69.2 km. More details on the MCFs specs and properties are available in [9]. Multi-mode fiber cable. The MMF cable is a 20-km cable with an outer diameter of 13 mm, a central strength member of glass-fibers reinforced plastic material, tubes of thermo- plastic material containing the optical fibers and filled with a suitable water tightness compound. The cable is deployed for about 6 km of its length in the under-ground tunnel in the same path as the MCF cable, and for the remaining 14 km in traditional ducts deployed around the city center. The cable accommodates eight identical graded-index fibers supporting fifteen spatial modes [10] of which five are spliced together to form a single span of about 100 km. The other fibers can all be addressed individually also at a mid-point distant 6 km from one end of the cable and 14 km from the other end. The deployed fibers can be accessed from the Laboratory of Optics and Photonics, which is located in Palazzo Camponeschi, Figure 5. Tetsuya Hayashi (Sumitomo) while connectorizing and a magnificent XVII-century building in the earth of the histori- evaluating the MCF cable with Sumitomo Electric engineers. cal downtown. Palazzo Camponeschi hosts the university rectorate, and was fully renovated after the 2009 earthquake. The grand opening of the Laboratory of Optics and Photonics took we are accumulating more and more great experiences. The place on June 6th 2019, at the presence of the Japanese Ambas- following sections describe the impressions of researchers that sador, representatives of Sumitomo Electric, and representative performed experiments in our SDM testbed. of the Italian Government. It continued on the following day with the workshop “Deployed Multi-Core Fibers in L’Aquila: Sumitomo Electric Space-Division Multiplexing and beyond,” with the enthusiastic The MCF cable testbed in L’Aquila is the first SDM fiber participation of friends and colleagues involved in research on testbed actually deployed in the real world. We are very for- SDM around the world. tunate to have the opportunity to participate in this col- At the University of L’Aquila we strongly believe that our laboration with the University of L’Aquila from the very unique resource should be shared with the entire optical com- early stage, to realize the field-deployed MCF testbed and munications community, surely to attract research funding validate the MCFs can function very well in the field. The through joint research proposals (several have been funded al- data that we collected in our field trial in May 2019 were ready), but also directly for exciting field trials. The format presented in a post-deadline paper at OECC 2019 in Fu- that we have in mind is straightforward: Ship to L’Aquila the kuoka (Japan) [9]. equipment that we don’t have, come and perform your experiment in The testbed is waiting for your field trials and experiments our unique infrastructure with us! With this approach in mind, in the city center of L’Aquila, a very comfortable place to visit,

April 2020 IEEE PHOTONICS SOCIETY NEWSLETTER 7 features such as shared signal processing between spatial channels. Two papers presenting some of collected data have been accepted for oral presentation at OFC 2020 and CLEO 2020. The researchers were also happy to enjoy excellent food, nature and ice-cream of L’Aquila and the Abruzzo region. By Ben Puttnam and Ruben Luis

Ben Gurion University The city of L’Aquila, has been chosen to host the INCUBANDO (INCU- Bate ANd Do) project (https://www Figure 6. Left: Ben Puttnam (NICT) and Andrea Marotta (UnivAQ) setting up the first NICT .incubando.it/), a bilateral project be- experiment in the Laboratory of Optics and Photonics. Right: Cristian Antonelli, Andrea Ma- tween Israel and Italy, supported by the rotta, Ben Puttnam and Antonio Mecozzi enjoying ice-cream in downton L’Aqula. Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, thanks to its surrounded by many historical buildings with the lab, hotels, and unique concentration of technologies including 5G and fiber restaurants within short walking distance. By Tetsuya Hayashi infrastructure. At the same time, L’Aquila represents reconstruction, challenge, and opportunities for innovative start- National Institute of Information and ups. Within this mainframe, researchers from Pisa, L’Aquila Communications Technology (NICT) University, and Tel Aviv University jointly developed, dur- NICT is Japan’s sole national research and Development ing the 3-year project, the environment for generating, Agency specializing in the field of information and commu- hosting, and accelerating new ideas. As a first demonstration, nications technology and along with Japanese companies such a joint activity by Ben Gurion University of Israel and CNIT as Sumitomo Electric, Furukawa Electric and KDDI research of Pisa was performed in the Laboratory of Optics and Pho- labs has been working on SDM technologies for many years. tonics of INCIPICT in L’Aquila. The purpose of this joint ef- In particular NICT researchers have spent a lot of effort study- fort was to experimentally demonstrate and validate a novel ing the physical characteristic of uncoupled MCFs but always concept of multi-wavelength coherent addition which yields in spooled fibers in laboratory conditions. Hence, NICT re- very strong optical processing gain. The demonstrated searchers were keen to compare these measurements with scheme achieved all-optical encryption and steganography measurements of the installed fibers in L’Aquila. On both the transmission with error-free operation over extreme link bud- 4 and 8 core MCFs, long-term measurements of how much get. Furthermore, with the use of L’Aquila’s newly deployed the signals in different cores interact with each other (inter- multi-core fiber infrastructure, a real field trial was performed core crosstalk) and how much the propagation delay between over 6 km of multi-core fiber installed within the city. The signals in different cores (intercore skew) changes over time. demonstrated technology may be highly useful for multiple Knowledge of the behaviour of these parameters in installed applications, such as high-speed communication, sensitive fibers is crucial to understand how MCF systems can operate transmission of financial, medical or social media-related in- and what additional advantages may be gained from system formation, without the risk of hackers getting their hands

Figure 7. The two teams of Dan Sadot from Ben Gurion University (Beersheba, Israel) and of Luca Potì from CNIT, the Italian inter- university consortium for telecommunications (Pisa, Italy).

8 IEEE PHOTONICS SOCIETY NEWSLETTER April 2020 Figure 8. Left: Nick Fontaine (Bell Labs), Cristian Antonelli (UnivAQ), and Roland Ryf (Bell Labs) while setting-up an SDM-MIMO experiment in January 2020. Center: Bell-Labs experiment team at the entrance of Palazzo Camponeschi, the rectorate building where the lab is located. Right: Luca Palmieri (University of Padova) discussing with Nick Fontaine (Bell Labs). onto the information. The field trial ended with a workshop a field deployed SDM fiber behaves. The unique transmission which was organized for the dual purpose of dissemination but properties from couple core fiber relies on sophisticated mixing also for networking with Italian and international industrial and coupling between signals injected into different cores. Con- and production environments. Complementary to the techni- cerns were therefore present to whether the fiber would maintain cal experiment, it was an exciting experience to walk through the same promising characteristics when cabled and deployed the old city of L’Aquila, observing the renovation process of in the field. We also measured the transfer matrix of the SDM the beautiful old and partially damaged buildings, enjoying fibers deployed in the cable to study their respectively transfer the authentic and high class restaurants, and interacting with characteristics. Long term measurements were also performed to the very friendly and helpful hosts from L’Aquila University. gain understanding about the temporal dynamics of deployed By Dan Sadot and Luca Potì SDM fibers, a unique possibility enabled by this new testbed. More importantly, we meet with all the Italian researchers, dis- Nokia Bell Labs—Crawford Hill cussed collaborations, learned all about Italian food (perhaps ate Nokia Bell Labs has pursued Space-Division multiplexing in too much of it), and had a chance to do a few hikes and go skiing. coupled core fiber for almost 10 years in collaboration with By Nick Fontaine, Mikael Mazur, and Roland Ryf Sumitomo Electronic Industries. Prior to this testbed, our lab in Crawford Hill was one of the few places where you could The city of L’Aquila: Many Reasons perform a space-division multiplexed experiment due to avail- to Visit, Beyond SDM ability of special fiber and the high cost of telecommunica- Known as the green region of Europe, Abruzzo is a region of tions equipment. The testbed in L’Aquila will have all the central Italian, and its territory rich of green mountains and equipment available for researchers around the world to con- charming landscapes extends from inland to the Adriatic Sea. duct experiments! It hosts four National Parks, the most famous of which is the We took a trip in early February 2020 to conduct a systems Abruzzo National Park, and boasts numerous natural treasures. experiment over the 4-core coupled core fiber to see how well Cities and picturesque villages perched on mountains or

Figure 9. Left: Cristian Antonelli (UinvAQ), Ruben Soares Luis (NICT), and Andrea Marotta (UnivAQ) at the lake of Scanno, one of the most photographed villages in Italy. Center: Mikael Mazur (Bell Labs) at the foot of Gran Sasso mountain. Right: Antonio Mecozzi (UnivAQ), Peter Winzer, Mark Shtaif (Tel Aviv University), Stefano Ragazzi (Director Gran Sasso Labs), and Cristian Antonelli (UnivAQ) visiting Gran Sasso Labs.

April 2020 IEEE PHOTONICS SOCIETY NEWSLETTER 9 lying in tablelands and valleys never fail to enchant visitors Mecozzi. Visit or website for contact information: http://incipict with their beauty. .univaq.it/lab-about/ The city of L’Aquila (70,000 residents), founded as such after the Roman empire in the thirteen century, is the regional References capital of Abruzzo and boasts a unique artistic and cultural her- [1] A. R. Chraplyvy, “The coming capacity crunch,” European itage. Its location is strategic for tourism. Nearby mountains, Conference on Optical Communication 2009 (ECOC09), which include the highest mountain in the Apennines—Gran plenary talk (2009). Sasso D’Italia—offer excellent hiking opportunities at all lev- [2] P. J. Winzer and D. T. Neilson, “From Scaling Disparities els and become attractive ski resorts in the winter, while prox- to Integrated Parallelism: A Decathlon for a Decade,” in imity to the Adriatic coast provides easy access to the sea. The Journal of Lightwave Technology, vol. 35, no. 5, pp. 1099- province of L’Aquila counts many of the most beautiful Italian 1115, 1 March1, 2017. doi: 10.1109/JLT.2017.2662082 towns and villages according to the association “I Borghi più [3] B. Puttnam, G. Rademacher, R. Luís, T. Eriksson, W. belli d’Italia,” founded in 2001 with the aim of valorizing and Klaus, Y. Awaji, N. Wada, K. Maeda, S. Takasaka, and promoting the great historic, artistic and cultural heritage of R. Sugizaki, “0.715 Pb/s Transmission over 2,009.6 km Italian small centers. in 19-core cladding pumped EDFA amplified MCF link,” Food, agriculture, and breeding constitute another special in Optical Fiber Communication Conference Postdeadline excellence of the entire region of Abruzzo, with locally pro- Papers 2019, (Optical Society of America, 2019), paper duced wines being exported all over the world. Field-grown Th4B.1. saffrain from L’Aquila is renowned world-wide (proudly con- [4] T. Kobayashi, M. Nakamura, F. 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10 IEEE PHOTONICS SOCIETY NEWSLETTER April 2020 Industry Engagement Life at a Photonics Startup: Lessons Learned Topic: Financial Statements—The language of business A regular column by Daniel Renner

In the day-to-day operation of a photonics startup, or any other extensive report published by The Globe and Mail, a leading business for that matter, financial statements are a fundamental Canadian newspaper, in November 2001 and updated in April tool to understand the health of the company. Engineers do not 2018 [1]. generally get formal training on this topic and must learn how to read and interpret financial statements on the go. The intent Nortel—The story of this article is to help engineers that have become budding Nortel Networks Corporation was founded in 1895 in Montre- businesspeople in this learning process. al, Quebec, as the Northern Electric and Manufacturing Com- There are three main financial statements: pany. It changed its name to Northern Telecom in 1976 and • Balance Sheet Nortel Networks in 1995. The company saw several periods • Income Statement of rapid growth, particularly starting in 1977 with the intro- • Cash Flow Statement duction of its Digital Multiplex System (DMS) line of central Balance Sheets show what a company owns and what it office telephone switches. The continuous addition of solidly owes at a fixed point in time. designed optical communications networking products fueled Income Statements show how much money a company growth in the 80’s and 90’s, to the point where Nortel was one made and spent over a period of time. of the top developers, manufacturers and suppliers of telecom- Cash Flow Statements show the exchange of money between munication equipment in the world, particularly optical com- a company and the outside world, also over a period of time. munications equipment. This is an important first distinction to keep in mind. Bal- John Roth was appointed Nortel’s President and CEO ance Sheets are a snapshot of the company value at an instant in late 1997. When he took the helm, he inherited a com- in time. Income Statements and Cash Flow Statements cover pany with healthy revenue and earnings growth and sol- financial transactions over a period of time. id cash flow. But he and his team saw a way to make it This article will discuss Balance Sheets in detail. We will grow faster yet, by buying their way into other areas of the discuss Income Statements and Cash Flow State- ments in detail in the next article of this series, to be published in June. In order to make the discussion more practical, we will follow the story of Nortel Networks from 1997 to 2001 as an example. Nortel Net- works Corporation was one of the dominant suppliers of telecommunications equipment in the 20th century with worldwide presence. In the year 2000, as a major participant in the “telecom bubble” burst, Nortel self-destructed, with tens of thousands of people losing their jobs and investors losing billions of dollars. How did this happen? We can gain some in- sight by evaluating Nortel’s financial statements for that critical period and in the process learning how to read and interpret these financial documents. We will first provide some background, describing the events that un- folded at Nortel at that time and we will then proceed to learn from Nortel’s financial statements. We will discuss their Balance Sheets in this article, followed by Income Statements and Cash Flow Statements in the next article, as previously indicated. This article describes the events that occurred at Nortel based on an Typical Nortel DMS-100 telephone central office switch installation.

April 2020 IEEE PHOTONICS SOCIETY NEWSLETTER 11 communications networking world and chasing sales from the Although most investors were oblivious to the drying capi- young, flush companies with “telecom bubble” business plans, tal pools, some of the equipment makers were not. Other tele- based on good intentions but with no connection to reality. communication equipment manufacturers acknowledged the This was a common practice for large telecom companies in industry’s downturn months before Nortel. In October, the the heady days of the “telecom bubble” in the late 1990’s and company warned that its revenues would fall far short of fore- early 2000’s. casts for the year but denied that it was because of softening The initial apparent effect of Mr. Roth’s strategy was demand, insisting that it was a problem with supply. Nortel startling success. From 1994 to 1997—when he was named finally admitted the drastic downturn in the telecom sector in CEO—Nortel’s compound annual revenue growth rate was an February 2001. enviable 20 percent. From 1998 to 2000, it was an astonish- Nortel’s acquisition strategy severely taxed the compa- ing 25 per cent. For one Nortel salesman, that frenzied period ny’s capital stock. The company spent 972 million shares culminated in September of 2000, when he got a call from a on acquisitions and assumed stock option plans amounting washed-up entrepreneur who wanted a slice of the “telecom to a potential 161 million shares between early 1998 and bubble” and thought he could talk Nortel into financing his early 2001. Together, these extra shares added more than plans. “The guy was on welfare,” said the salesman, who un- 50 percent to Nortel’s diluted stock outstanding. However, fortunately discovered this only after reviewing a hastily con- most of the firms acquired in this process had no sales. cocted business plan in the hopeful tycoon’s kitchen. Definite While the value of the stock issued was $32.1 billion, the signs of a bubble! total tangible net worth of the companies acquired was The great telecom bubble was inflated by a confluence of only $1.1 billion. events that date back to the mid-eighties and early nineties, By aggressively writing off most of these investments in when governments started to introduce long-distance compe- mid-2001, Nortel acknowledged that it had overpaid for tition to the telecom industry. The deregulation process took them. It wasn’t the only technology company to make such several years and was largely completed by the mid-nineties, admissions, but its write-offs were among the biggest. In hind- with rules allowing competition in local, long distance, mobile sight, of course, it’s easy to criticize. But even at the time, there and data services. were doubts. One of the owners of an early Nortel acquisition The advent of the Internet really got the market drooling. says that the purchase of his company was “dubious. There was Entrepreneurs already coveting the profits of sleepy phone mo- a lot of hype back then.” nopolies now had even better reasons to get into the commu- Besides perhaps breaching unwritten protocol, there is nications business: the untold revenues a digital society might nothing technically wrong with a CEO enthusing over his unlock. They had the plans, and now—thanks to an ample company’s stock. Nor is there anything technically wrong with supply of risk-tolerant seed money—they had the means to using reams of shares to buy dozens of companies with no rev- get started. enue, besides the excellent odds that it will prove a colossal An abundance of capital, a lack of skepticism and a sexy waste of shareholders’ money. story that’s easy to believe, even if the outcome is impossible to The fallout from this story is by now well known. Investors predict, make for a dangerous combination. lost billions and Nortel—the crown jewel of Canada’s technol- For a while, though, life was beautiful for everyone involved ogy industry—eventually disappeared from the map. in the sector. Nortel suddenly had a batch of new customers After struggling for a few years, on January 14, 2009, Nor- with lots of money to spend. Traditional customers were also tel filed for protection from creditors, in the United States un- beefing up their capital spending. der Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code, in Can- But well before the peak, there were skeptics who saw ada under the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act, and in through the rosy optimism and tried—largely in vain—to the United Kingdom under the Insolvency Act 1986. Nortel point out that the appearance of disruptive technology in a shares were delisted from the Toronto Stock Exchange on June deregulated market, such as optical communication networks, 26, 2009 at a price of $0.185 per share, down from its high always follow the same pattern: Competition spurs capital of $124.50 in 2000 when it comprised a third of the Toronto spending, which creates excess capacity, which guarantees composite index. Nortel subsequently sold its remaining assets price wars, which kill off the weak and damage the industry, and wound up business. stifling profits and choking off new investment, until a second more seasoned cycle of capital spending takes the new technol- Balance Sheets ogy to full fruition. Sometimes even further cycles are required Let us have a close look at the Nortel Balance Sheets over to reach industry stability. those crucial years, from 1997 to 2001. The tables below By the beginning of 2000, the doubts were confirmed. show data for the five Balance Sheets corresponding to that Big money investors realized that the demand assumptions in period: a snapshot of the company as of December 31st of “telecom bubble” business plans were far too optimistic. They each one of those years. Typically, when you look at a Balance reacted by cutting off the funding, the fuel driving Nortel’s Sheet it will only show one year, the year being discussed, and phenomenal growth. In spite of that, Nortel would maintain the previous year for comparison purposes. This information its aggressive forecasts for almost a year. comes from Nortel Networks Annual Reports [2–4].

12 IEEE PHOTONICS SOCIETY NEWSLETTER April 2020 NORTEL NETWORKS CORPORATION Consolidated Balance Sheets As of December 31st of each year (millions of U.S. dollars)

ASSETS 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 pany over the value supported by Current assets identifiable assets of that company. Cash and cash equivalents 1,371 2,281 2,153 1,644 3,513 Goodwill is a parameter which is Accounts receivable 4,880 5,462 5,808 8,198 2,923 very difficult to quantify and opens Inventories 1,765 1,687 2,663 4,336 1,579 a wide door to playing games with Other current assets 531 887 1,508 2,352 3,747 the balance sheet, as we will see Total current assets 8,547 10,317 12,132 16,530 11,762 later for the case of Nortel. Long-term receivables 334 573 1,356 1,528 1,031 Liabilities are amounts of money Investments 285 521 1,072 892 253 that a company owes to others. Li- Plant and equipment 2.040 2,263 2,333 3,419 2,571 abilities are generally listed based Intangible assets and Goodwill 853 5,620 6,295 18,966 3,095 on their due dates. Liabilities are Other assets 495 438 819 845 2,425 said to be either current or long- Total assets $12,554 $19,732 $24,007 $42,180 $21,137 term. Current liabilities are obligations a company expects to pay off LIABILITIES AND within the year. Long-term liabili- SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 ties are obligations due more than Current liabilities 4,883 5,893 7, 1 01 9,058 9,457 one year away. Long-term liabilities 2,129 2,185 3,834 4,013 6,219 This can include all kinds of ob- Total liabilities 7, 01 2 8,078 10,935 13,071 15,676 ligations, like money borrowed from Minority interest in subsidiary 132 89 657 804 637 a bank to launch a new product, rent companies for use of a building, money owed Shareholders’ equity 5,410 11,565 13,072 29,109 4,824 to suppliers for materials, payroll a Total liabilities and $12,554 $19,732 $24,007 $42,180 $21,137 company owes to its employees, en- shareholders’ equity vironmental cleanup costs, or taxes owed to the government. Liabilities also include obligations to provide The Balance Sheet, as you can notice, is divided in two sections: goods or services to customers in the future. So, typically they • Assets are also shown in the balance sheet as current liabilities and • Liabilities and Shareholder’s Equity long-term liabilities. Assets are things that a company owns that have value. This Minority interest in subsidiary companies corresponds to typically means that they can either be sold or used by the com- the equity that minority shareholders hold in a company’s pany to make products or provide services that can be sold. As- subsidiaries. Until 2007, minority interest information was sets are generally listed based on how quickly they will be con- listed under the liabilities section, as shown in these Nortel verted into cash. Current assets are things a company expects to Balance Sheets. Starting in 2008, the Financial Accounting convert to cash within one year. Current Assets include: Standards Board (FASB) introduced a significant change and • Inventories. Most companies expect to sell their inventory companies were required to list their minority interest infor- for cash within one year. mation under the Shareholder’s Equity section. Accounting is • Cash in the bank and cash to be received within a year a dynamic art! (Accounts receivable) Shareholders’ Equity is sometimes called capital or net Noncurrent assets are things a company does not expect to con- worth. It is the money that would be left if a company sold all vert to cash within one year or that would take longer than one of its assets and paid off all of its liabilities. This leftover mon- year to sell. Noncurrent assets include: ey belongs to the shareholders, or the owners, of the company. • Cash to be received at a future time longer than a year (Long-term receivables) The following formula summarizes what a balance sheet shows: • Investments that the company makes. • Fixed assets. Fixed assets are those assets used to operate ASSETS = LIABILITIES + SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY the business but that are not available for sale, such as facilities and equipment. A company’s assets have to equal or “balance” the sum of its • It also includes things that can’t be touched but neverthe- liabilities and shareholders’ equity. less exist and have value, such as trademarks and patents. A company’s balance sheet is set up like the basic account- These are intangible assets. ing equation shown above. On the top of the balance sheet, • Goodwill is a particular type of intangible asset. Goodwill companies list their assets. On the bottom, they list their represents the premium for the market value of a com- liabilities and shareholders’ equity.

April 2020 IEEE PHOTONICS SOCIETY NEWSLETTER 13 Comments on the Nortel Balance Sheets: About the Column • A striking observation is how quickly Intangible Assets and This is a regular column that explores business aspects of tech- Goodwill built up from 1997 to 2000. This line item went nology-oriented companies and in particular, the demanding from $853 million in 1997 to $18,966 million in the year business aspects of photonics startups. The column touches 2000! An increase of $18,113 million. Then, it deflated to on topics such as financing, business plan, product develop- $3,095 million in 2001. The increase from 1997 to 2000 ment methodology, program management, hiring and reten- was driven by over-valuing the “telecom bubble” acquisition, sales methodology and risk management. That is to say, tions. The dramatic decrease in 2001 was caused by the re- we include all the pains and successes of living the photonics alization that these companies were not really that valuable. startup life. The Goodwill line decreased further in 2002 and later years. This column is written sometimes by me (Daniel Renner) The lesson here is to always be very critical of the values ap- and sometimes by invited participants, so that we can share pearing under Intangible Assets and Goodwill! multiple points of view coming from the full spectrum of indi- • Current Assets grew from $8,547 million in 1997 to viduals that have something to say on this topic. At the same $16,530 million in the year 2000. This increase of $7,983 time, this is a conversation with you, the reader. We welcome million was mostly driven by an increase in Inventories and questions, other opinions and suggestions for specific topics to Accounts receivable. In the year 2000, Nortel was making be addressed in the future. a lot of equipment that did not sell, given that demand had The expectation is that this column will turn into a useful come down (high Inventories). Or, if the equipment did source of business-related information for those who intend to sell, it was not being paid since the customers were having start, join, improve the operation, fund, acquire or sell a pho- financial difficulty (high Accounts receiveable). tonic startup. A fascinating area that I have been one of those • Shareholder’s equity grew from $12,554 million in 1997 lucky to enjoy as a way of living for a long time. to $42,180 in the year 2000. An extraordinary increase of $29,626 million! Most of this increase was due to the A Bit About Me increase in Intangible Assets and Goodwill plus the increase I (Daniel Renner) grew up in the wil- in current assets, which we have already discussed. So, this derness of Chilean Patagonia, which increase in Shareholder’s equity was based on over-valuing is one of the sources of my quest for acquisitions and fabricating equipment for which there was adventure and for exploring new ar- no demand. The Balance Sheet numbers clearly show this eas. In my early twenties I went to the issue! Shareholder’s equity was reduced by $21,043 million University of Cambridge in England from 2000 to 2001, as appropriate corrections were made. to do a Ph.D. in Opto-Electronics, a Balance sheets contain a wealth of information! I hope that new area at the time. Now, decades this article has stimulated you to learn more about this topic, later, I have lived through the whole which is absolutely necessary to managing a successful pho- range of experiences that relate to the development, manu- tonics startup. If you have any questions or comments please facturing and commercialization of complex photonic devices contact me at [email protected] and systems used in communication, sensor and industrial applications. My experience spans both technical and com- References mercialization aspects of photonic products. This experience [1] Taylor, Fabrice; “The story behind Nortel’s fall”; pub- has included both large and small companies, which gives me lished by The Globe and Mail on November 17, 2001; a reasonable vantage point to comment on the ups and downs Updated April 12, 2018. of life in a photonics startup. [2] Nortel Networks; Annual Report 1998. I am currently Chief Business Development Officer at [3] Nortel Networks; Annual Report 2000; Unleashing the Freedom Photonics in Santa Barbara, CA, and I look for- potential of the high-performance Internet. ward to the regular conversation to be carried out through [4] Nortel Networks; Annual Report 2002. this column!

14 IEEE PHOTONICS SOCIETY NEWSLETTER April 2020 Get to Know Your IEEE Photonics Society Leadership Dan M. Marom Ph.D Professor and Department Chair of Applied Physics Department at Hebrew University, Israel Secretary Treasurer of IEEE Photonics Society

What is Your Current Profession? satisfaction, and in this case, photonics is the I have been an academic since 2005, when I facilitator. The advantage photonics brings is joined the faculty of the Applied Physics De- that it is both a technology with significant partment at the Hebrew University of Jerusa- commercial value and a developing scientific lem in Israel, after working as a Member of discipline benefitting from constant improve- the Technical Staff at Bell Laboratories in New ments in fabrication technology. As such, new Jersey (then part of Lucent Technologies) for findings on the scientific front have a pathway five years. I head the Photonics Devices Lab towards commercialization, and old problems (yes, the acronym is PDL), which is where my suddenly have a new solution to be explored. graduate students and postdocs perform ex- I have been fortunate to experience many periments on the photonic devices and optical rewarding moments when a solution to a subsystems we create. I now also serve as the problem that has perplexed me for a while Dan M. Marom Department Chair, which is an administrative suddenly becomes crystal clear. I can share an role that takes up a lot of my time. It’s a re- example from my early days at Bell Labs, com- volving position among the department faculty and now it’s ing straight from grad school. At the time (early 2000), optical my turn at the helm. networking was in its nascent days and there were two major efforts taking place at Lucent. The first was a wavelength What Does Your Volunteer Leadership blocker, with which you can easily implement a line system Position Cover Within the IEEE Photonics (two way, east-west) optical channel add-drop architecture. Society? What Challenges Do You Face in For higher node connectivity the losses quickly accumulate. Your Role? The other was the LambdaRouter, a large optical cross-connect I just finished my three-year BoG term (2017–2019), giv- (OXC) for network nodes. The latter didn’t make much sense ing me the chance to reflect back on the period and its ac- to me, as wavelength channels were separated before the OXC complishments. Going into the term, you’re not really sure meaning that most switching states cannot be addressed any- what an elected BoG member can do, but the value of elected way due to wavelength incompatibility and the fiber count members comes from the diversity of opinions being heard at was huge. From this conundrum the idea of the wavelength- the meetings and contributing to the process by which deci- selective switch was born, bringing switching functionality by sions get formulated between society officers, staff, and BoG beam steering to the blocker platform. We were the first to members. That’s why it’s important to voice your opinion demonstrate the functionality of wavelength-selective switches and not be afraid to present a dissenting opinion. In the end, at OFC 2002, but it took another 5–6 years for the technology everyone in the board room is passionate about photonics and to become commercially available and deployed in networks the society’s role in facilitating information exchange, educa- carrying live traffic. By the way, we are witnessing similar is- tion and outreach. sues today in the data center space, which can benefit from new Many issues have come up over the course of my three-year switching solutions and network architectures. BoG term. Some of the more important ones—in my biased opinion—have dealt with membership, publications, and con- What About Our Society’s Mission ferences. While the society is in great shape, for each of these and Work Really Motivates You? topics there’s work to be done and changes to be implemented The Society is centered about a discipline, photonics, which to further improve. Fortunately, I will continue to volunteer we all relate to, and its mission to disseminate information for the society and work on these causes, as I am taking over about the latest scientific finding is achieved via its publi- the position of Secretary Treasurer (special thanks to the BoG cations and conferences. However, it’s the membership that for their vote of confidence), after Paul Juodawlkis completed matters, people from around the globe, professionals and his terms of service. Looking forward to this new volunteering students in training. We must provide our membership the role in the Photonics Society, to help strengthen the commu- technical home and community to relate to, where everyone nity and the society’s services to its membership. is welcomed and can openly exchange information. This is happening through several fantastic initiatives. I’ve had the Why Photonics? What was Your “Photonics opportunity to serve as a Distinguished Lecturer and visit Moment” or Personal Journey Story? chapters and talk to students at places I would have never It’s not necessarily about photonics. I’m motivated about prob- reached otherwise. At IPC, I sign up for the Mentor–Mentee lem solving and scientific inquiry, which can provide great program which pairs professionals with students in the same

April 2020 IEEE PHOTONICS SOCIETY NEWSLETTER 15 field. It’s a great experience for both parties to learn about about change. Write down what you wish to accomplish. Then each other and hear their experiences. consider how you can achieve your goals. It’s best to talk to experienced people in similar positions, such as the person who What Specific Assets Do You Bring to the preceded you in the leadership position or the person you’ll Table as a Board Member? be reporting to, to learn from their own experiences. Find out I think each board member brings his own life experiences and from them how to best succeed and whether your goals are point of view, and that is what’s important. We need to hear realistic. Even if your goals are lofty, it’s fine. Better to aim too the diverse opinions, across international regions, career paths, high than low. professional development stages, gender, race, and more. On this particular issue of representation, I’ve headed an ad-hoc How Do You Ensure IEEE Photonics Society committee per the request of (now past) IPS president Jagadish and Its Activities Are Aligned Chennupati, to examine the procedures by which BoG mem- With Your Core Values? bers get elected. I hope our recommendations will be discussed I think the single most important thing you can do is make and implemented soon, which will facilitate the path for new yourself heard and voice your opinion. The Photonics Soci- candidates to be placed on the ballot and demonstrate to our ety is a leader among the IEEE sister societies in its policies membership the value of continued volunteering at the society. and activities and is attuned to its membership desires. If any member has suggestions on how to improve, these can be com- How Would You Advise Members Who Want municated to an elected board member or to the society staff. To Become More Involved in the Society? As an example of personal commitment to values, gender rep- The Society offers many opportunities for membership in- resentation is a value I champion when serving as conference volvement. It’s best to probably communicate your interest. organizer. I’ve witnessed the impact this has on young female This can be done by reaching out to journal’s supporting staff students considering their career paths. and asking to review manuscripts or serve as associate editor, participate in local chapter activities and when there’s no chap- Tell Us Something Fun About Yourself! ter then establish one, come to the member lounge at confer- Here’s a funny story: When I was in grad school, the laser lab ences and speak to staff and others members there. Social me- where I worked had two joined optical tables, making an L- dia offers another route. Follow the Photonics Society twitter shape. When we had additional budget, we wanted to add a account and tweet your opinions to various postings, follow third table, making for a U-shape. I placed the order for the other members who share their thoughts, and report about table, but I made a mistake in the table joining-plate position. newly published papers. It’s another great route to engage with When the new table arrived, the resulting table came out Z- the society and our membership. shape (but with 90-degree angles). The optical table assembly was too large for the room, unless it was rotated by about What Advice Would You Give Someone 30 degrees. The end result was a strangely shaped table, placed Going Into A Leadership Position For The at a rotation angle inside the room. Every visitor to the lab (to First Time? this day) asks about the strange arrangement, so a story was If you’ve volunteered for a leadership position, then it implies made up on why it was done so deliberately, to create triangu- you either want to contribute back to the society or bring lar working space on either side of the center arm.

16 IEEE PHOTONICS SOCIETY NEWSLETTER April 2020 Photonics Worldwide—This is My Lab

This is the second edition of our “Photonics Worldwide—This is My Lab” column. In every issue of the IEEE Photonics News- letter, we introduce early career researchers from all around the world and let them explain what fascinates and drives them in their everyday job. This time, we have Kavita from the Univer- sity of Illinois, Vanessa, who is working at DAS Photonics and Dagmawi from the Technical University of Denmark (DTU). Enjoy the read and get in touch if you want to share your story.

Kavita Desai

My name is Kavita Desai and I am a second-year graduate student at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Dagmawi Alemayehu Bekele where I conduct research in the Laboratory for Optical Phys- ics and Engineering under Professor J. Gary Eden. I came across this laboratory during my undergraduate studies. The devices should be guaranteed. As a result, data centers are group encouraged me to pursue undergraduate research ex- increasingly being challenged in terms of energy efficiency posing me to the many research projects that are performed. and speed. Particularly, the energy consumption and the as- I am so grateful for that opportunity. I loved working in the sociated CO2 emission level has raised serious environmental laboratory and my passion has only continued to grow over concerns. The magnitude of this global challenge is what re- the past couple of years. Currently in my research, I also work ally drives me to conduct my research. on several projects which are not related to one another so The photonics department at DTU consists of around that I can expose myself to many different areas. In the photo, 200 international employees including professors, senior re- there are two lasers shown. The first is a pulsed Nd:YAG searchers and PhD students. Our labs are well-equipped and laser and the other is a dye laser. One project of mine is cre- suitable for innovation and research. We also have access to ating tunable random lasers in polymers for which I use the cleanroom facility which allows us to fabricate our nanostruc- Nd:YAG laser as a pump. Another project I work on is a tures in-house. For early-career researchers like me, the avail- collaboration with student in Professor Peter Dragic’s group. ability of these unique facilities is highly motivating to do We are trying to excite and detect nonlinearities in many our research. Moreover, the Danish work environment is non- different types of fibers using the dye laser. As I continue to hierarchical and friendly which makes our collaboration fun work towards my PhD, I am excited to continue my research and very efficient. I am very much happy to be here. in the field of lasers. My name is Vanessa Duarte and I am a PhD student in My name is Dagmawi Alemayehu Bekele and I am a post- satellite communications. Satellites and space are some- doctoral researcher at the Technical University of Denmark thing that always fascinated me. Having the opportunity (DTU). My research involves the design, fabrication and of starting my research career from scratch with an idea of characterization of nanostructured photonic switches. We a photonic processor capable of miniaturizing the satellite aim to realize high speed and energy efficient optical com- payload and at the same time increasing the capacity was munication components for use in data centers. With billions just the amazing. Combining that with all the project of devices being connected to the internet, it is evident that team effort and all partners contribution was a key en- reliability and speed of the communication between these abling to find the research fun, useful, and more important,

April 2020 IEEE PHOTONICS SOCIETY NEWSLETTER 17 All of this experience led me to where I am now, working in the satellite company DAS Photonics, in Spain, in H2020 RETINA project, developing photonic proces- sors and other space devices with my team. My trajec- tory passed from research in an institution to research in a company, this made the things more real, but in both cases I could contribute with my knowledge to the next generation of communication satellites. If you would like to be featured in your lab, please reach out to:

Senta L. Jantzen Postgraduate Researcher Vanessa Duarte Optoelectronics Research Centre University of Southampton knowing that I was contributing to the state-of-art of the Southampton new generation of high-throughput communication satel- SO17 1BJ, UK lites and at the same time clearly what I would like to do. [email protected]

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18 IEEE PHOTONICS SOCIETY NEWSLETTER April 2020 News Message from IDL 2020 Steering Committee to Supporters of the International Day of Light

Firstly, please let us wish you all, your friends and your fami- lies all the best during these challenging times. Because of the recent outbreak of COVID-19, cities and countries worldwide are putting into place a number of containment measures that seriously impact the organization of conferences and public events. As a result, many activities that have been planned for the International Day of Light 2020 (IDL 2020) on May 16 will no longer be able to take place as scheduled. Whilst we appreciate that this will be disappointing, it is essential to prioritize health above all, and we would like to stress to everyone the importance of following all local and national guidelines that are being put into place to safeguard our wellbeing. The International Day of Light website (LightDay .org) outlines some potential alternatives that you may wish to Please regularly check the IDL 2020 website for updates consider. We also want to emphasize that events for IDL can and news items and continue to reach out to us via Twitter take place at any time in 2020. Please contact us to update (@IDLOfficial), Facebook (@DayOfLight2020) and Instagram your event registration in the global calendar. (@IDL2020), or by email if you have any questions, to share IDL 2020 activities, of all kinds, are encouraged to facilitate any ideas and/or resources. maximum participation, research and impact worldwide. This in- Despite the ongoing challenges, the International Day of cludes the implementation of events online, which can also bring Light presents a special opportunity for us to come together for the advantage of bringing in a larger audience. The Steering Com- a common celebration! mittee is also happy to share and promote your online events, and how to participate in them, across social media. There are various John Dudley & Joe Niemela IDL resources available online, including skilled speakers, videos International Day of Light 2020 and activities that you can make use of for your events. Steering Committee Chairs

OFC 2020: Blended In-person & Virtual Conference Offered Global Participation

The Optical Fiber Communication Conference (OFC 2020), “The ever-growing data rate of 5G is expected to revolutionize was held at the San Diego Convention Center March 8–12, the way that we live and do business,” Bi said. “Vendors need celebrating the 50th anniversary of the first viable optical fi- to think how we can do an integrated approach instead of an ber. The conference was made up of a combination of live and independent approach so we can have a much better handle on virtual events showcasing technical research, new commercial system integration.” solutions, and multivendor demonstrations. Dr. Benno Willke, research group leader, Max Planck Institute This year’s OFC Plenary Session was live-streamed, providing im- for Gravitational Physics, Germany, rounded out the session with a portant insights to the broader optical communications community from visionary talk that discussed plans for a third-generation of gravita- three respected technical and commercial leaders in the field. tional-wave detector. Professor Sir David Payne, director, Optoelectronics Research Cen- As it became apparent that travel restrictions would impact the in- tre, University of Southampton, UK explored the role of silica in the person program due to COVID-19, the OFC technical program chairs, future of optical communications, emphasizing its potential and chal- Shinji Matsuo, NTT Device Technology Labs, NTT; David Plant, lenging the audience to think differently about ways to tackle technical McGill University; and Jun Shan Wey, ZTE, TX, USA, worked hurdles. together to ensure the OFC program remained accessible and collab- Dr. Qi Bi, president, China Telecom Technology Innovation orative for interested parties. Through live-streaming and two-way Center, CTO, China Telecom Beijing Research Institute provided remote participation, people unable to travel to San Diego remained an a lessons-learned overview of China Telecom’s 5G deployment. integral part of the event.

April 2020 IEEE PHOTONICS SOCIETY NEWSLETTER 19 PHOTO CREDITS: OFC CREDITS: PHOTO Distinguished speakers, Willke, Bi and Payne, have their talks via live-stream during the OFC Plenary session, to a global audience. PHOTO CREDIT: OPTICS.ORG CREDIT: PHOTO Technical Program Chairs Jun Shan Wey and David Plant.

A commemorative event, “Celebrating 50 Years of Light-speed Connections,” was held this year to recognize the importance of bringing low-loss optical fiber and room-temperature semiconductor lasers together in 1970 to transform global communications and enable light-speed connections across continents and oceans. Special programming featured a keynote address by Dr. David Welch, founder and chtief innovation officer of Infinera Corporation, Sunnyvale, California, U.S.A., whose talk gave a glimpse into the

PHOTO CREDITS: OFC & OPTICS.ORG CREDITS: PHOTO near-term future and a show-floor exhibit on the history of fiber optics. OFC took place as a blended in-person/virtual conference, from OFC 2021 will continue to serve as the industry’s pre- the presentations conducted to the post-deadline review, etc. mier optical communications event, which is set to take place 28 March–1 April in San Francisco. For more information on “OFC 2020 has demonstrated that large conferences can engage OFC, visit ofcconference.org. Also, online Exhibitor Announce- participants across the globe utilizing the optical fiber communications ments on new product developments and a variety of recorded technologies developed by experts in the field,” said Wey, Plant and talks can be found on the conference’s website. Matsuo. “The research and innovations enabled by the OFC community have made OFC 2020 the perfect opportunity to run a virtual Excerpts for this article from the Optics.org press release: https://optics conference experiment.” .org/news/11/1/121

20 IEEE PHOTONICS SOCIETY NEWSLETTER April 2020 Heterogeneous Integration Roadmap (HIR) Meetings, Symposium & Workshop

The 3rd Annual Heterogeneous Integration Roadmap (HIR) Meeting, Symposium and Workshop, held on February 20-21, 2020 at SEMI world headquarters, Milpitas, CA was a resounding success. The two-day event, co- organized by IEEE Santa Clara Valley Chap- ters and SEMI, was held to celebrate the release of the HIR 2019 edition released on October 10th and to kick-off the preparation of the HIR 2020 edition. HIR activities have continued into 2020—sponsored by the IEEE Electron- ics Packaging Society (EPS), SEMI, IEEE Electron Devices Society (EDS), IEEE Photonics Society and the ASME EPPD Division, with the intention of expanding the roadmap collaboration to other internal IEEE Technical Societies that share interest as well as to organizations outside the IEEE that share a common vision for the roadmap. Heterogeneous Integration refers to the integration of separately manufactured components into a higher level assembly (SiP) that, in the aggregate, provides enhanced functionality and improved oper- ating characteristics. The Roadmap serves as a guideline for the global electronics industry of projected technology needs and opportunities for innovation. Current topical areas include: High Performance Computing; Medical; Automotive; Aerospace; Mobile Communications; Photonics; 5G; MEMS; Supply Chain; Thermal; etc. The HIR Symposium on February 20th featured presentations from all 22 Technical Working Groups (TWG). They were complemented by two plenary speakers. Dr. Predeep Dubey from Intel Parallel Computing Lab spoke on “Virtu- ous Cycle of AI” and Dr. Hong Liu from Google Infrastructure spoke on “The Role of Optics on Computing”. The HIR Global Advisory Council members, Ajit Manocha gave the opening remarks in the morning, and Nicky Lu did the wrap-up in the afternoon. The TWG collaboration workshop agenda on February 21st started with a “Chiplet on the Rise Forum” with two speakers: Bapi Vinnakota from ODSA and David Kehlet from Intel. This was followed by TWG collaboration sessions for the HIR 2020 edition preparation. The total attendance of more than 180, included representatives from all 22 TWG teams as well as participation from a broad cross-section from the electronics industry, academia, The events were sponsored by Google, Cisco, Intel, Promex, ASE government and research institutes, demonstrating the increas- Group, Samsung, Silitronics, together with SEMI & IEEE EPS. ingly high interest and crucial relevancy in the Heterogeneous Integration Roadmap. To learn more about the reports presented, visit: https://bit.ly/3du4iur

April 2020 IEEE PHOTONICS SOCIETY NEWSLETTER 21 Photonics Society of Chinese Americans Announces the Winners of the First Tingye Li Memorial Scholarship Award

Chino Hills, Calif. March 1, 2020 The Photonics Society of nications, optical sensors, and integrated photonics; and (3) Chinese Americans (PSC), a non-profit organization for pro- encourage giving back to the photonics/scientific community, moting professional exchange among Chinese Americans in emulating what Tingye did by actively participating in com- the field of photonics, is proud to announce the winners of munity services, and helping and nurturing young scientists the Tingye Li Memorial Scholarship Award: Mr. Derek Kita, a to become successful in their careers. This is the first time Ph.D. student from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology the named scholarship is awarded. A scholarship committee, (MIT) for his exceptional contributions to photonics sensing appointed by the PSC Board of Directors, is responsible for technology and service to the integrated photonics communi- making announcements, conducting fundraising, and oversee- ty, and Ms. Cong Liu, a Ph.D. student from the University of ing the selection process. The committee is now chaired by Southern California (USC), for her excellent research achieve- Dr. Norman Kwong, with Drs. Xuezhe Zheng and Steve Yao ment in quantum communications and nonlinear optics. as its members. The scholarship award consists of an award The winners were selected from many applicants in top certificate with an achievement citation and an award check of photonics-related programs around the world by the Scholar- $1000, which may vary from year to year. The recipients will ship Selection Committee, which is comprised of renowned also receive a special invitation to the PSC annual meeting and scientists and business leaders in the field, including Prof. reception, and a special recognition during the annual meet- John Bowers (UCSB), Prof. Gee-Kun Chang (Georgia Tech), ing. The number of winners is capped at two each year. Dr. Hong Hou (Intel), Dr. Hong Liu (Google), and Prof. Alan Any graduate students in any universities and colleges are Willner (USC). eligible to be nominated, however, only those with: (1) out- “Tingye was certainly a brilliant scientist, but he was also standing academic achievements documented by technical a transformative and caring mentor who had significant im- publications or conference presentations in reputable journals pact in nurturing the growth of young scientists,” said Prof. or conferences, (2) willingness to serve the scientific communi- Alan Willner, a past OSA president and a member of National ty evidenced by past activities, and (3) strong recommendations Academy of Engineering. “I am thrilled to see the establish- from the candidate’s sponsor and advisor, may be selected. The ment of this scholarship in honor of Tingye.” Scholarship Selection Committee comprised of internation- Dr. Xuezhe Zheng, the president of PSC, noted: “Tingye ally renowned scientists and business leaders shall evaluate the was a long-time supporter of PSC, a life-member of the society achievements and make recommendations to PSC’s Scholarship and a recipient of PSC Achievement Award. My congratulation Committee and the Board of Directors for the final approval. goes to the two outstanding graduate students winning the first Tingye Li Memorial Scholarship Awards!” More About Photonics Society of Chinese Americans (PSC) More About Tingyi Li Memorial PSC is a non-profit organization founded in 1989 by a group of Scholarship Award scientists and engineers of Chinese Heritage in the city of Los Dr. Tingye Li (7/7/1931-12/27/2012) was a Chinese Ameri- Angeles, with objectives to promote friendships and collabora- can scientist in photonics. His innovative work at AT&T Bell tions among Chinese-American engineers and scientists in the Labs pioneered the research and application of lightwave com- field of photonics. PSC frequently conducts the following activi- munication and has had a far-reaching impact on information ties to benefit its members and welcomes all individuals and or- technology for over four decades. He was a member of the Na- ganizations interested in participating in these activities to join tional Academy of Engineering (1980), Chinese Academy of us: (1) Enhancing communication within the society by organiz- Engineering (1980), and Academia Sinica (1994). He was the ing technical seminars and publishing newsletters and member- recipient of numerous awards, including the IEEE Baker Prize ship directory; (2) Conducting technical and dinner meetings (1975), IEEE David Sarnoff Award (1979), OSA/IEEE John during major international conferences, such as OFC/NFOEC, Tyndall Award (1995), AT&T Science and Technology Medal Photonics West, and CLEO/IQEC, for reporting and reviewing (1997), IEEE Photonics Award (2004), IEEE Edison Medal new photonics technologies and business/product developments (2009), OSA Frederic Ives Medal (1997), and—last but not in different parts of the world and for establishing business con- the least—the PSC Achievement Awards from the Photonics tacts and technical exchanges; (3) Organizing annual conferences Society of Chinese-Americans (1998). to promote photonics education, report new progress in photon- The scholarship was established in late 2019 to be awarded ics, address future photonics marketing directions, and present annually to: (1) honor Dr. Tingye Li for his outstanding con- Achievement Awards to key individuals in the field of photonics. tributions in the field of photonics, his selfless mentoring of PSC greatly appreciates the generous donations of the follow- young scientists and his outstanding services to the photonics ing sponsors in the past: Accelink, Auxora, Bandweaver, Broad- community; (2) recognize outstanding graduate students in ex, Emcore, Fibercore, Finisar, GoFoton, General Photonics, the fields of optics and photonics, including optical commu- Hisense, Hitronics, Hytera, InnoLight, Intel, MRSI Mycronics,

22 IEEE PHOTONICS SOCIETY NEWSLETTER April 2020 NeuSemi, O-net, Oplink, Oz Optics, QPC Lasers, River Pub- Media Contact: lishing, San-U Optronics, Source Photonics, and Perkins-Coie. Steve Yao More information can be found at PSC website: www.psc- Photonics Society of Chinese Americans (PSC) sc.org. (909) 890-6016 The following are the photos of the award winners: [email protected]

Ms. Cong Liu (USC) Mr. Derek Kita (MIT) Award Trophies

Photonics Society Congratulates Members Elected to the National Academy of Engineering

The National Academy of Engineering Individuals in the newly elected (NAE) has elected 8 7 new members and class will be formally inducted during a 18 international members, announced ceremony at the NAE’s annual meeting NAE President John L. Anderson today. in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 4. A list This brings the total U.S. membership of the newly elected members and in- to 2,309 and the number of internation- ternational members follows, with their al members to 281. primary affiliations at the time of elec- Election to the National Academy tion and a brief statement of their prin- of Engineering is among the highest cipal engineering accomplishments. professional distinctions accorded to an The Photonics Society congratulates engineer. Academy membership hon- two members inducted in 2020: ors those who have made outstanding contributions to “en- Tsang, Leung, professor, electrical engineering and com- gineering research, practice, or education, including, where puter science, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. For appropriate, significant contributions to the engineering lit- contributions in wave scattering and microwave remote erature” and to “the pioneering of new and developing fields sensing theories for satellite missions. of technology, making major advancements in traditional Jagadish, Chennupati, distinguished professor, electronic fields of engineering, or developing/implementing innovative materials engineering, Australian National University, Can- approaches to engineering education.” Election of new NAE berra. For contributions to nanotechnology for optoelectronic members is the culmination of a yearlong process. The ballot devices. is set in December and the final vote for membership occurs For more information on this honor, please visit: https:// during January. bit.ly/3bVBni8

April 2020 IEEE PHOTONICS SOCIETY NEWSLETTER 23 Careers and Awards Announcing Two New IEEE Photonics Society Awards

The Photonics Society is pleased to announce two new addi- The Award consists of an honorarium of $1000 and a tions to our Awards Portfolio. Certificate. The presentation is made at the IEEE Photonics Conference. IEEE Photonics Society Laser Instrumentation Award IEEE Photonics Society The IEEE Photonics Society Laser Instrumentation Award is Technical Skills Educator Award given to recognize key contributors to the field for develop- The IEEE Photonics Society Technical Skills Educator Award ments of laser-based and electro-optical instruments, which is given to recognize educators specializing in bringing tech- lead to the development of innovative systems enabling major nician and technical skills training within the PHO field of new measurements or process capabilities of relevance to appli- interest to traditionally underserved communities. While cations in industrial, biomedical avionic and metrology fields. candidates teaching at the technical skills level, such as at The field(s) to be considered are: classical and Self-Mixing US community colleges, are targeted, we also welcome ap- Laser Interferometry, Optical Coherence Tomography, Digital plicants from any accredited, degree- or certificate-granting Holography, Diffraction and Interference-based Measuring De- institutions worldwide. vices like Particle Size Analyzers, Laser Interferometers, Opti- The award will recognize effective, impactful, and innova- cal Gyroscopes, and Laser Doppler Velocimeters, Measurements tive educators who bring specialized training to communi- of distance and kinematic quantities, realized in either bulk- ties for whom photonics is not typically viewed as a common optics or integrated optics technologies. Measurements for the educational and career path. Contributions to curriculum and sole characterization of optical devices or fibers are not eligible. course development, industrial and governmental education The award may be given to an individual or group, up to programs, textbook development, will all be considered in the three in number. Previous winners of major IEEE Medals or award evaluation. Field Awards for the same work are not eligible; in the case of The Awards consists of a certificate of recognition and a group award, at least one candidate must not have received honorarium equaling $1,500, with an additional $1,000 to- a major IEEE Award for the same work. Must be an active IEEE/ wards travel to attend the IEEE Photonics Conference for the Photonics Society member. presentation.

24 IEEE PHOTONICS SOCIETY NEWSLETTER April 2020 CALL FOR NOMINATIONS

IEEE Photonics Society 2020 Distinguished Service Award

Nomination deadline: 30 April 2020

The Distinguished Service Award was established to recognize an exceptional individual contribution of service that has had significant benefit to the membership of the IEEE Photonics Society as a whole. This level of service will often include serving the Society in several capacities or in positions of significant responsibility. Candidates should be members of the Photonics Society. The award is presented at the IEEE Photonics Conference formerly known as the IEEE Photonics Society Annual Meeting.

Nomination Submission Previous Recipients

April 2020 IEEE PHOTONICS SOCIETY NEWSLETTER 25 2020 Graduate Student Scholarship Program: Applications are Now Being Accepted

IEEE Photonics Society 2020 Graduate Scholarship Application Package Requirements: Student Scholarship Program • Cover letter to include name, address, email, IEEE The IEEE Photonics Society established the Graduate Stu- member number, expected date of submission of the dent Scholarship Program to provide Graduate Scholarships thesis, and a listing of any activities related to Pho- to outstanding Photonics Society student members pursuing tonics Society, along with the names and contact graduate education within the Photonics Society field of inter- information of two references. est (photonics, electro-optics, lasers, optics, or closely related • A one-page CV, including all degrees received and dates. fields). Scholarships will be awarded, based on the student • One copy of educational transcripts. membership in each of the main geographical regions: • A 300-word statement of purpose describing the student’s research project and interests. The statement Americas is to include the background to the project, what the Europe/Mid-East/Africa student has achieved so far and how the research Asia/Pacific will be continued and developed by the student over Prize: Up to $10,000 in scholarships are awarded annually. A the rest of the project A list of the student’s publica- complimentary conference registration will be available to each tions with the most significant paper indicated and a scholarship recipient to attend the IEEE Photonics Conference 100-word description of the significance of the paper. for the award presentation. Please include IEEE Photonics Society journal publica- Eligibility: Scholarship applicants must be an active IEEE tions if any. Photonics Society student member pursuing a graduate edu- • Two reference letters from individuals familiar with the cation within the Photonics Society field of interest. Students student’s research and educational credentials. should normally be in their penultimate year of study at the time • Note that additional information and submissions over the of after the application is submitted (i.e. those applying in 2020 specified word count will not be forwarded to the evaluat- would normally expect to defend their thesis during 2021). ing committee. Schedule: Electronic submissions are now being accepted. Submission deadline is 30 May. The Scholarship recipients will Apply here: https://bit.ly/32QBgjS be notified by 30 July of the same year. For more information contact: [email protected]

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26 IEEE PHOTONICS SOCIETY NEWSLETTER April 2020 Membership The IEEE Learning Network (ILN): Your Place to Find IEEE Continuing Education

The IEEE Learning Network (ILN) offers hundreds of online the platforms website: iln.iee.org. The IEEE Photonics Society courses from across the IEEE, all in one place. The platform al- joined the platform as one of its first supportive societies, con- lows you to advance your career, with most courses offering Con- tributing a variety of webinar content and a newly developed tinuing Education Units (CEUs) or Professional Development e-learning course; prepared to fully launch in Spring 2020. Hours (PDHs). Discounts are also available on select courses if *Offer expires 30 April 2020. Contact PhotonicsSociety@ you are an IEEE member or respective Society member. ieee.org if you have any questions or concerns regarding the There is currently a ‘Special Offer’ for IEEE Photonics Soci- promotion. ety Members. Users who are Society members can ‘Save 50% Off*’ each of the following courses with the code ILNPSN: “Introduction to Numerical Methods”; “Discover 5G”; and “Responsible Innovation in the Age of Artificial Intelligence”. The platform allows you to stay up-to-date with the latest trends in core and emerging technology, such as photonics, 5G networks, artificial intelligence (AI), and more by visiting

Chapter Best Practices: Kenyatta University Chapter, Kenya

The Kenyatta University Chapter is a newly formed IEEE Photonics Society chapter in Kenya with the assistance of the Kithinji Muriungi, who is the IEEE Photonics Membership Development & Outreach Volunteer in Africa but currently with great focus interest in Kenya. It was formed in Novem- ber 2019 and now has over 20 student members. The chapter has five lead volunteers and one graduate member who is the current Chapter Advisor. The chapter has organized 24 events so far: 18 of them being public lecture series, three major workshops, and three industrial visits. Some of the lecture series included talks on laser and applications in medicine, light sensors and transducers, 5G, and solar PV technology. The workshops include a robotics workshop, IoT workshop, and embedded systems workshop. All these workshops have A group building their robot arm during the robotics workshop. been a great success, and some ended up attracting over 200 attendees in just one session. The talks attracted up to 120 attendees per session. The workshops were known to be first of their kind in the country and the region and equipped attendees with relevant industry 4.0 skills.

Kenyatta University Volunteers during the Photonics Society Chapter Launch. Trainer showing a group the basics of assembly and linkages.

April 2020 IEEE PHOTONICS SOCIETY NEWSLETTER 27 Group photo of the robotics workshop attendees.

A group programming their IoT board during the IoT workshop. A trainer during the IoT workshop.

Group photo of the attendees of the IoT workshop.

28 IEEE PHOTONICS SOCIETY NEWSLETTER April 2020 Monthly lectures ongoing with mass participation from university students and prospective members.

Successful Program Models The Kenyatta University chapter holds a weekly public lecture series on industry 4.0 topics and topics that are of interest to Photonics Society members. The lectures are held on Fridays from 3 pm to 5 pm East African Time. The speakers are chosen within the university community and a good number coming from the industry. If a topic is more aligned to the industry than academic, an expert from the industry is invited to shed light on the same. The key to sustainability is doing the lecture series on zero budget. This Outside view of the venue for the robotics workshop. makes it easy to organize. Through our activities, we have secured a partnership with the university, since the workshop provided an end to end solution from the and this has made getting venues and speakers very easy and sensor level to the cloud. at no cost. We leverage social media more so twitter to mar- The chapter has conducted three significant industrial vis- ket the event to ensure maximum attendance. By having the its. Members visited a 100 kW one axis tracking solar power lectures in the afternoon, we take advantage of not so busy plant with the help of the patron, Mr. Paul Kanja—Energy En- Friday afternoon schedule, making it easy to get speakers from gineer and Solar Energy Specialist. We also have visited IBM the industry. Kenya with the help of Kithinji Muriungi and lastly, Gearbox Our first robotics workshop, which was in partnership with Kenya, an engineering firm. IBM and Gearbox Kenya, together with Women in Engineer- The Kenyatta University chapter believes that the coming (WIE) Kenyatta University, attracted over 200 attendees. munity is in the heart of engineering. This makes the chapter The attendees worked in groups and come up with their ro- strive to serve the community by coming up with community- botic arms by the end of the workshop. This workshop mar- centered events that are free for all. Also, the chapter partners keted the chapter and formed a good foundation for our second with other IEEE chapters and local companies to reduce the workshop that happened three weeks later. cost of its activities to make it accessible for all. The chapter The second workshop was on the Internet of Things (IoT) encourages volunteering and has the highest number of volun- and was the first of its kind in the country. The workshop teers in the IEEE Kenya section. was organized in partnership with IBM, Liquid Telecom, Special Thanks to Prof. Eng. Martin Nzomo (SB Counselor), AnitaB.org Nairobi Chapter, Warefab Kenya, Numeral IoT, Mr. Paul Kanja (Chapter Advisor), Fidel Makatia ( Chapter Chair), WIE Kenyatta University, and IoT Kenya. The partners fully Cynthia Thuo ( Chapter Vice-Chair), Francis Kariuki (Lead Pub- sponsored the workshop. The workshop attracted 100 at- licity), Allan Leshao (Chapter Secretary), Willis Otondi (Chapter tendees across Kenya and had few participants coming from Treasurer), Terresiah Mburu (Publicity Member), Kithinji Muri- the neighboring country, Uganda. The attendees were able to ungi and other volunteers in the section, SB, and chapter for the build IoT-based monitoring solutions and deployed them on continued support. Much appreciation also goes to the partner the IBM Watson IoT Platform through the Sigfox network organizations and companies, and IEEE Photonics staff for their gateway. This was an exciting experience for the participants endless support in making the chapter keep shining.

April 2020 IEEE PHOTONICS SOCIETY NEWSLETTER 29 ConferencesIPS_Conferences_April2020.pdf 1 2/25/20 2:35 PM 2020IEEE Photonics Society• 2020 Conferences

2020 Conference on Lasers and 2020 Congress of the International Electro-Optics Commission for Optics (CLEO) (ICO) 10-15 May 2020 31 August – 4 September 2020 San Jose Convention Center Technische Universität Dresden San Jose, CA Dresden, Germany www.cleoconference.org www.ico25.org • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 2020 IEEE Optical Interconnects 2020 European Conference on Conference Optical Communications (OI) (ECOC) 9-11 June 2020 20-24 September 2020 Doubletree by Hilton Montreal Brussels EXPO Montreal, Quebec Canada https://ecoco2020.org/ www.ieee-oi.org • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • C IEEE International Semiconductor

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MY 13-15 July 2020 Hotel Dorint Hilton Los Cabos Beach & Gold Resort Postdam, Germany CY Cabo San Lucas, Mexico www.ieee-islc.org CMY www.sum-ieee.org • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • K • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 2020 IEEE Photonics Conference 2020 IEEE Research and Applications (IPC) of Photonics in Defense Conference 27 September – 1 October 2020 (RAPID) Hyatt Regency Vancouver 10-12 August 2020 Vancouver, BC, Canada Hilton Sandestin Beach Golf Resort & Spa www.ieee-ipc.org Miramar Beach, FL USA • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • www.ieee-rapid.org 2020 IEEE International Conference • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • on Quantum Computing and 2020 International Conference on Engineering Group IV Photonics (QCE) (GFP) 12-16 October 2020 26-28 August 2020 Denver, Colorado Hotel NH https://qce.quantum.ieee.org Malaga, Spain www.ieee-gfp.org

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CALL FOR PAPERS KEYNOTE SPEAKERS OPENS MONDAY 11 NOVEMBER 2019 The 14th Pacific Rim Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics will be held at the International Convention Centre, Sydney, Professor Hatice Altug Professor Kai Bongs Professor Connie Australia from 2 to 6 August 2020. ECOLE PLOYTECHNIQUE UK QUANTUM TECHNOLOGY Chang-Hasnain The Conference will cover all major FEDERALE DE LAUSANNE, HUB FOR SENSORS BERKELEY, USA SWITZERLAND AND METROLOGY, areas in lasers and optoelectronics. UNITED KINGDOM It will include keynotes from world leaders, tutorial sessions, invited and submitted papers, along with workshops on a range of important current topics. For more information, or to

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This is our eight Biophotonics and Imaging Graduate Summer School. It is an important opportunity for graduate students in 2020 to access the kind of close contact with leading professors that only this kind of environment facilitates.

Tutors for BIGSS 2020 will include:

Martin Booth (Oxford): Advanced Microscopy Steve Jacques (Washington): Tissue Optics Caroline Boudoux (Montreal): Endoscopy David Sampson (Surrey): OCT Sarah Bohndiek (Cambridge): Photoacoustics Arjun Yodh (U. Penn): Brain-Neurophotonics Brian Wilson (Toronto): Photo Medicine, Radiation Medicine and Nano Medicine Wei Chen (Oklahoma): Photoimmunology

http://tomi.nuigalway.ie/; [email protected] Deadline for abstracts: 16th March 2020 Course corresponds to 5 ECTS

36 IEEE PHOTONICS SOCIETY NEWSLETTER April 2020 Publications

Call for Papers

Announcing an Issue of the IEEE JOURNAL OF SELECTED TOPICS IN QUANTUM ELECTRONICS on Optical Signal Processing

Submission Deadline: June 1, 2020

Hard Copy Publication: March/April 2021

The IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics (JSTQE) invites manuscript submissions in Optical Signal Processing. The field of Optical Signal Processing is very broad and multidisciplinary, incorporating areas from materials, device design, and fabrication; system demonstration; and mathematical tools. Linear and nonlinear techniques are used extensively for applications ranging from optical communications, RF communications, quantum communications and processing, to ultrafast science and biophotonics. The IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics invites manuscript submissions in the area of Optical Signal Processing. The purpose of this issue of JSTQE is to highlight the recent progress and trends in developing leading-edge optical signal processing technologies and techniques. Areas of interest include (but are not limited to):

Broadband, high-efficiency nonlinear devices  Photonic integrated circuits, e.g., with structural nonlinear enhancement or mixed linear and nonlinear elements, for optical signal processing  Semiconductor devices, including semiconductor optical amplifiers and sources  Nonlinear material platforms for optical signal processing  Highly nonlinear fibers Systems applications and demonstrations  Linear and nonlinear optical signal processing techniques for communications and information processing (optical, RF, and quantum)  Optical switching technologies, concepts, and techniques Mathematical tools  Time-frequency techniques  Fourier techniques  Neruromorphic computing and deep learning applied to optical signal processing

The Primary Guest Editor for this issue is Lawrence Chen, McGill University, Canada. The Guest Editors are: Bill Corcoran, Monash University, Australia; Amy Foster, Johns Hopkins University, USA; Leif Oxenløwe, DTU, Denmark; Chester Shu, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong. The deadline for submission of manuscripts is June 1, 2020. Hardcopy publication of the issue is scheduled for March/April 2021. Unedited preprints of accepted manuscripts are normally posted online on IEEE Xplore within 1 week of the final files being uploaded by the author(s) on ScholarOne Manuscripts. Posted preprints have digital object identifiers (DOIs) assigned to them and are fully citable. Once available, the preprints are replaced by final copy-edited and XML-tagged versions of manuscripts on IEEE Xplore. This usually occurs well before the hardcopy publication date. These final versions have article numbers assigned to them to accelerate the online publication; the same article numbers are used for the print versions of JSTQE. For inquiries, please contact: IEEE Photonics Society JSTQE Editorial Office - Chin Tan Lutz (Phone: 732-465-5813, Email: [email protected]) The following documents located at http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/jstqe-pho are required during the mandatory online submission. 1) PDF or MS Word manuscript (double column format, up to 12 pages for an invited paper, up to 8 pages for a contributed paper). Manuscripts over the standard page limit will have an overlength charge of $220.00 per page imposed. Biographies of all authors are mandatory, photographs are optional. See the Tools for Authors link: www.ieee.org/web/publications/authors/transjnl/index.html. JSTQE uses the iThenticate software to detect instances of overlapping and similar text in submitted manuscripts and previously published papers. Authors should ensure that relevant previously published papers are cited and that instances of similarity are justified by clearly stating the distinction between a submitted paper and previous publications.

April 2020 IEEE PHOTONICS SOCIETY NEWSLETTER 37 Preliminary Call for Papers

Announcing an Issue of the IEEE JOURNAL OF SELECTED TOPICS IN QUANTUM ELECTRONICS on Advanced Photonic Modulation: Devices, Systems & Techniques Submission Deadline: August 1, 2020 Hard Copy Publication: May/June 2021

The IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics (JSTQE) invites manuscript submissions in the area of Advanced Photonic Modulation: Devices, Systems & Techniques. Electro-refraction and electro-absorption light modulation – induced e.g. by carrier dispersion, the Pockels, or Quantum Confined Stark Effect – are at the forefront of modern photonic circuits. Optical modulators are central to most photonic applications including optical telecommunications, Datacom, quantum information processing, deep learning, Lidars, to name just a few. Device specifications required for advanced modulation systems are increasingly difficult to achieve and some strategies such as hybrid integration have been developed to further extend their performance. Alternatively, modulation formats have also been adapted to increase data rates given state-of-the-art component and system characteristics. This special issue focuses on the recent progress of advanced photonic modulation from devices to systems. Topics include  Optical modulation in silicon photonics platforms (plasma dispersion effect, electro-absorption in Ge-based materials)  Physical effects for light modulation (Pockels, Kerr, carrier dispersion, Quantum Confined Stark, Franz-Keldysh effects)  Ferroelectric materials for optical modulation (BTO, LiNO3….)  Doped polymers for ultra-high-speed integrated modulation  Hybrid integration for light modulation  Strained silicon photonics for Pockels effect.  Pure phase integrated modulators  Advanced modulator architectures such as resonant or slow wave  Advanced technology for electro-optical effects The scope of the special issue also encompasses system and integration related topics such as  Complex modulation formats.  Optical transceivers for next generation of high-speed circuits  New light modulation paradigms  Integration with drive circuitry  Multiphysics modeling applied to optical modulation.

The Primary Guest Editor for this issue is Prof. Laurent Vivien, Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (C2N), CNRS, University Paris-Saclay, Palaiseau, France. The Guest Editors of the issue are: Prof. Jeremy Witzens, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany, Dr. David Thomson, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom, Prof. Mitsuru Takenaka,The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, Prof. Hon Ki Tsang, Department of Electronic Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR China Unedited preprints of accepted manuscripts are normally posted online on IEEE Xplore within 1 week of the final files being uploaded by the author(s) on ScholarOne Manuscripts. Posted preprints have digital object identifiers (DOIs) assigned to them and are fully citable. Once available, the preprints are replaced by final copy-edited and XML-tagged versions of manuscripts on IEEE Xplore. This usually occurs well before the hardcopy publication date. These final versions have article numbers assigned to them to accelerate the online publication; the same article numbers are used for the print versions of JSTQE.

For inquiries, please contact: IEEE Photonics Society JSTQE Editorial Office - Chin Tan Lutz (Phone: 732-465-5813, Email: [email protected])

The following documents are required during the mandatory online submission at: http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/jstqe-pho.

1) PDF or MS Word manuscript (double column format, up to 12 pages for an invited paper, up to 8 pages for a contributed paper). Manuscripts over the standard page limit will have an overlength charge of $220.00 per page imposed. Biographies of all authors are mandatory during submission, photographs are optional. See the Tools for Authors link: www.ieee.org/web/publications/authors/transjnl/index.html.

2) MS Word document with full contact information for all authors as indicated below: Last name (Family name), First name, Suffix (Dr./Prof./Ms./Mr.), Affiliation, Department, Address, Telephone, Facsimile, Email.

JSTQE uses the iThenticate software to detect instances of overlapping and similar text in submitted manuscripts and previously published papers. Authors should ensure that relevant previously published papers are cited and that instances of similarity are justified by clearly stating the distinction between a submitted paper and previous publications.

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Call for Papers

Announcing an Issue of the IEEE JOURNAL OF SELECTED TOPICS IN QUANTUM ELECTRONICS on Biophotonics

Submission Deadline: October 1, 2020

Hard Copy Publication: July/August 2021

The IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics (JSTQE) invites manuscript submissions in Biophotonics. The emerging field of Biophotonics has opened up new horizons for extensive transfer of state-of-the-art technologies coming from the areas of quantum electronics, lasers and electro-optics to the life sciences and medicine. Recently developed innovative biophotonics technologies impose significant impact on biomedical research and public health, since they provide advanced minimally invasive, rapid and cost-effective techniques for precise diagnostics, monitoring and treatment of a variety of diseases. The IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics invites manuscript submissions in the area of Biophotonics. The purpose of this issue of JSTQE is to highlight the recent progress and trends in developing leading-edge biophotonics technologies. Areas of interest include (but are not limited to): Advanced biophotonics imaging, sensing and diagnostic methods and systems  Emerging biophotonics imaging techniques including cellular/intracellular, molecular, 3D endoscopic, translational clinical, photoacoustic, photothermal, diffuse, phase-sensitive, OCT, confocal, terahertz, machine learning, microscopic and multi-photon in-vivo bioimaging  Spectroscopy-based diagnostics including fluorescence, Raman, elastic scattering, evanescence-wave, near-/mid-IR spectroscopy  Novel biophotonics sensing techniques  Multi-modal biophotonics diagnostics Progress in minimally-invasive biophotonics therapeutic techniques  Ultrashort pulse laser tissue therapeutics  Precise laser tissue manipulation in ophthalmology, dentistry, dermatology, cardiology, neurosurgery, photodynamic cancer therapy  Robotic and imaging guided targeted laser surgery  Novel photobiomodulation therapeutic techniques and dominant light-tissue-interaction mechanisms at cellular and tissue level  Light-assisted nerve and neuron-growth stimulation, cellular/tissue repair, optogenetics, photoimmunotherapy  optical and laser radiation safety evaluation and dosimetry Development of novel laser, fiber-optic and electro-optic biophotonics tools and devices The Primary Guest Editor for this issue is Ilko Ilev, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, USA. The Guest Editors are: David Nolte, Purdue University, USA; Qiyin Fang, McMaster University, Canada; Giuliano Scarcelli, University of Maryland, USA; Yuji Matsuura, Tohoku University, Japan; William Calhoun, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, USA; and Thomas Huser, University of Bielefeld, Germany. The deadline for submission of manuscripts is October 1, 2020. Hardcopy publication of the issue is scheduled for July/August 2021.

Unedited preprints of accepted manuscripts are normally posted online on IEEE Xplore within 1 week of the final files being uploaded by the author(s) on ScholarOne Manuscripts. Posted preprints have digital object identifiers (DOIs) assigned to them and are fully citable. Once available, the preprints are replaced by final copy-edited and XML-tagged versions of manuscripts on IEEE Xplore. This usually occurs well before the hardcopy publication date. These final versions have article numbers assigned to them to accelerate the online publication; the same article numbers are used for the print versions of JSTQE. For inquiries, please contact: IEEE Photonics Society JSTQE Editorial Office - Chin Tan Lutz (Phone: 732-465-5813, Email: [email protected]) The following documents located at http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/jstqe-pho are required during the mandatory online submission. 1) PDF or MS Word manuscript (double column format, up to 12 pages for an invited paper, up to 8 pages for a contributed paper). Manuscripts over the standard page limit will have an overlength charge of $220.00 per page imposed. Biographies of all authors are mandatory, photographs are optional. See the Tools for Authors link: www.ieee.org/web/publications/authors/transjnl/index.html. JSTQE uses the iThenticate software to detect instances of overlapping and similar text in submitted manuscripts and previously published papers. Authors should ensure that relevant previously published papers are cited and that instances of similarity are justified by clearly stating the distinction between a submitted paper and previous publications.

April 2020 IEEE PHOTONICS SOCIETY NEWSLETTER 39

Call for Papers

Announcing an Issue of the IEEE JOURNAL OF SELECTED TOPICS IN QUANTUM ELECTRONICS on Nanobiophotonics

Submission Deadline: December 1, 2020

Hard Copy Publication: September/October 2021

The IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics (JSTQE) invites manuscript submissions in Nanobiophotonics. Nanobiophotonics is an advanced field of modern science and biomedical nanotechnology. It has been leading recently to the development of innovative nanotechnologies that provide noninvasive optical imaging, sensing, precise diagnostics and therapeutics at cellular, intracellular and molecular levels with an unprecedented ultrahigh resolution beyond the diffraction barrier in the sub-wavelength nanoscale range (below 100 nm). The IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics (JSTQE) invites manuscript submissions in the area of Nanobiophotonics. The purpose of this issue of JSTQE is to highlight the recent progress and trends in developing of leading-edge nanobiophotonics technologies. Areas of interest include (but not limited to):  Novel approaches in ultrahigh-resolution nanoimaging and nanoscopy beyond the diffraction limit in the nanoscale range  In-vivo cellular/intracellular nanobiophotonics imaging and sensing  Single molecule spectroscopy and imaging  Plasmonic, quantum-dot, surface-enhanced Raman, and infrared nanoparticle biosensor probes  Nanoparticle-enhanced optical diagnostics, therapeutics and theranostics  Advanced cancer nanobiophotonics  Nonlinear ultrahigh-resolution imaging and diagnostics  Optical manipulation of nanoparticles  Monitoring biomolecular interactions, structures, and functions on the nanoscale  Novel nanobiomaterials engineered for nanobiophotonics applications  Noninvasive biophotonics methods for characterizing nanobiomaterials  Biocompatibility and phototoxicity of novel nanobiomaterials  Emerging nanobiophotonics diagnostic, therapeutic and theranostic devices The Primary Guest Editor for this issue is Ilko Ilev, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, USA. The Guest Editors are: Andrea Armani, University of Southern California, USA; James Tunnell, University of Texas at Austin, USA; Beop-Min Kim, Korea University, Korea; Wei- Chuan Shih, University of Houston, USA; Andrew Fales, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, USA; and Niko Hildebrandt, University of Paris, France. The deadline for submission of manuscripts is December 1, 2020. Hardcopy issue publication is scheduled for September/October 2021.

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Call for Papers

Announcing an Issue of the IEEE Photonics Technology Letters Special Issue on

IEEE Photonics Conference 2020 (IPC 2020)

Submission Deadline: January 15, 2021

Hard Copy Publication: May 15, 2021

The IEEE Photonics Technology Letters (PTL) will publish a special issue featuring selected papers from the IEEE Photonic Conference 2020 (IPC2020), Vancouver, Canada scheduled for September 27th – October 1st 2020. This special issue offers an opportunity to expand accepted IPC2020 papers into IEEE Photonic Technology Letter papers, providing additional technical results and/or further discussions and insights, expanding beyond the 2-page IPC2020 papers. All invited and contributed papers presented at IPC 2020 conference are invited to submit the extended version (4-page compliant to IEEE PTL format) of their work to this special issue. All manuscripts submitted to this issue will go through the standard review process according to the PTL review guidelines.

Guest Editors: Zetian Mi, University of Michigan, USA Christina Lim, The University of Melbourne, Australia Weidong Zhou, University of Texas at Arlington, USA Dominique Dagenais, National Science Foundation, USA

Submissions by website: ScholarOne Manuscripts: https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/ptl-ieee Manuscript Type: “IPC2020” Submission questions: Sylvia Hinkson, IEEE Photonics Technology Letters ([email protected])

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