OPTICA Foundation
Corning Outstanding Student Paper Award

The paper, "Silicon-Organic Hybrid (SOH) Mach-Zehnder Modulator (MZM) for Single-Carrier IMDD Line Rates of 500 Gbit/s and Beyond", written by Adrian Schwarzenberger, PhD candidate at IPQ, received the Corning Outstanding Paper Award at the 50th Optical Fiber Communication Conference.

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Inauguration of new fibre-optic testbed for quantum network research

On 22 January 2025, a new test link was inaugurated, connecting the IPQ laboratories of the KIT South Campus with the KIT North Campus via a 20-km-long fibre-optic cable operated by our partner Telemaxx.

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ERC Synergy Grant Award

The IPQ has been awarded a highly competitive and sought after ERC Synergy Grant. We thank the European Research Council (ERC) for their trust in us and greatly appreciate the cooperation.

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ECOC 2024: Special commendation for Prof. Dr. Randel as co-chair for the technical program

Prof. Dr. Sebastian Randel received a special commendation for his work as a volunteer as co-chair for the European Conference on Optical Communications (ECOC 2024).

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Outstanding Paper Award of "Light: Advanced Manufacturing"

The paper, “3D-printed facet-attached microlenses for advanced photonic system assembly”, written by Yilin Xu, former PhD candidate at IPQ, has been honored as an outstanding paper by the publishing journal Light: Advanced Manufacturing.

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Post Deadline Paper OFC 2024

The paper, “O-Band SOH Mach-Zehnder Modulator Operating at a PAM4 Line Rate of 384 Gbit/s with Sub-Volt Drive Voltage”, written by Adrian Schwarzenberger, a PhD candidate at IPQ, was accepted as a post-deadline paper at OFC 2024.

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