Supervisors: Prof. G. Rademacher (UST)
The institute of electrical and optical communications (INT) at the University of Stuttgart develops highspeed electronics, integrated photonics as well as optical transmission systems. A core focus in these research fields is the development of sustainable and energy efficient methods to scale data rates in optical transmission systems by orders of magnitude using space-division multiplexing (SDM). SDM can be implemented with various novel fiber types, including multi-core fibers (MCF). Randomly-coupled (RC-) MCF are especially interesting, as they offer a strong increase of data-rates yet at a moderate increase of the required digital signal processing. In MATCH, the DC at INT shall investigate the usage of RC-MCF to perform sensing tasks while at the same time transmitting high speed optical signals. This will be performed in close collaboration with the secondment partners Heraeus Covantics, the University of L’Aquila and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Planned secondment(s):
- HCT: Dr. K. Schuster M20-21 (2 months duration) “Design, modeling, and manufacturing of RC-MCF”
- UNIVAQ: Prof. C. Antonelli M24-29 (6 months duration) “Combined transmission and sensing in a field deployed SDM testbed”
- HUJI: Prof. D. Maron M35-36 (2 months) “Efficient MCF integration into free-space devices”