Smart Optical Networks Lab

We focus on developing innovative photonic integrated circuits for switches and systems, network architecture, control and management aspects in areas such as data center networks, metro, wide-area, and quantum-optical networks.

Overcome the latency, capacity, and energy bottlenecks in optical and quantum networks by using photonic integrated devices and system

Research activities range from network design and software control, reconfigurable interconnects for telecom, datacenters, AI clusters, and quantum networks down to heterogeneous photonic integrated circuits and systems for enabling low-latency, fast network reconfiguration in real systems. Device work is complemented with design/fabrication and evaluation of HW and SW needed for device control. Software defined networks and Field Programmable Gate arrays are used to ensure high throughput, minimal end to end latency for data packets and scalable solutions. Additionally, we focus on innovative solutions for switching and routing in secure quantum-optical networks.