2021 International Conference on Optical Communications (ICOC 2021)

2021 International Conference on Optical Communications (ICOC) will held at Shenzhen, China during November 27-29, 2021.

ICOC 2021 aims to bring together researchers, engineers and practitioners interested on any of the optical communication components. Optical fiber is currently the main means for high-rate transmission in communication networks, while supporting the needed bandwidth and requirements that are expected to be imposed on the front-haul network to support the 5G vision. The conference considers theoretical and experimental research in areas ranging from the fundamental properties of light to technological applications. Topics covered include classical and quantum optics, optical physics and light-matter interactions, lasers, imaging, guided-wave optics and optical information processing. Manuscripts should offer clear evidence of novelty and significance. It is expected that the collection and discussion of the research papers with those advanced topics at ICOC conference, will further promote high standard academic research in the field and make a significant contribution to the development of economics and human society.

The proposed conference solicits original, unpublished and novel papers for research publication and presentation in research track, and industry/application papers in application track, in the 2021 ICOC. Articles describing novel ideas and applications in all areas of Optical Communications are of interest, including but not limited to the following:

Call for Paper

Track 1: Fibres, Fibre and Free Space Devices and Fibre Amplifiers

Physics of light propagation in optical fibres
Low-latency fibres and fibres for new wavelength ranges
Specialty optical fibres for improved transmission performance
Fibre and free space based devices
Multimode &multicore fibre and fibre amplifiers for spatial division multiplexing
Fibre amplifiers and fibre lasers
Optical fibre design, fabrication and characterisation

Track 2: Digital Signal Processing Technology

Algorithms for DSP in optical transmission systems
Machine Learning based DSP for optical transmission
Modelling, design, and implementation of digital signal processing
Digital subsystems for nonlinear transmission enhancement
Design, implementation &implications of reduced complexity DSP algorithms
Optical MIMO DSP
Electronic subsystems for optical communication systems
Novel digital signal processing algorithms for optical transmitters & receivers

Track 3: Theory of Optical Communications

Advanced data encoding and signal shaping
Information theory for optical communications
Transmission system modelling
Capacity, reach, flexibility limits of optical transmission systems
Novel error correction coding
Schemes for impairment mitigation increasing data throughout and/or mutual information
System level implications of physical impairments and impairment mitigation techniques
Quantum communication system theory

Track 4: Point-to-Point Optical Transmission

High capacity optical transmission for data center intra-connections
Lab and field implementation of optical fibre transmission links
Optical, optoelectronic, or electrical (incl. DAC/ADC) subsystems
Line terminals, optical transmitter and receiver subsystems
Multiplexing and demultiplexing subsystems
Analog and nonlinear signal processing subsystems demonstrating transmission enhancement
Demonstration of point-to-point quantum communication systems
Demonstrations of transmission benefit from combined novel fibres, devices, subsystems and multiplexing techniques