The MATCH Doctoral Network has been featured in Fibre Systems, in an article highlighting how the project is advancing multicore fiber (MCF) research at a time when AI workloads and hyperscale data centers are pushing conventional optical fibers toward their physical limits.
The article underlines MATCH’s core ambition: training 13 doctoral candidates across 14 partner organizations to deliver a dramatic increase in transmission capacity while reducing power consumption per bit compared to traditional single-core systems.
Fibre Systems also puts a spotlight on the network’s early research outcomes. It highlights the work of MATCH doctoral candidate Konstantinos Papafilippou, who presented research on core arrangement optimization for a 12-core weakly-coupled fiber at the 26th International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON 2026) in Prague.
We’re delighted to see MATCH’s mission and the work of our doctoral candidates reach the wider optical communications community.
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