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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.

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.

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).

Papers written by Huanfa Peng and Patrick Schwaab, PhD candidates at IPQ, have been selected as highlighted and upgraded presentations at CLEO 2024.

The IPQ was invited to present at the 6G Conference in Berlin.

The IPQ demonstrated the results of the BMBF funded KIGLIS project in a big project demonstration.

The IPQ and its spin-off SilOriX have won the 3rd prize of the Neuland Innovation Competition in the category: Transfer Prize.

The IPQ has been awarded a highly competitive ERC Proof-of-Concept grant, TeraGEAR. We thank the European Research Council (ERC) for their trust in us and greatly appreciate the cooperation.

Inspiring day with a great group of young ladies on Girls' Day at the IPQ.

"Thermally Stable Silicon-Organic Hybrid (SOH) Mach-Zehnder Modulator for 140 GBd PAM4 Transmission With Sub-1 V Drive Signals" written by PhD candidate at IPQ Carsten Eschenbaum was accepted as a Post-Deadline Paper.

"Cryogenic Operation of a Silicon-Organic Hybrid (SOH) Modulator at 50 Gbps and 4 K Ambient Temperature" written by PhD candidate at IPQ Adrian Schwarzenberger was accepted at the ECOC 2022 as a Post-Deadline Paper.

Md Mosaddek Hossain Adib, PhD candidate at IPQ, has been selected for the 2022 Advanced Photonics Congress Student Paper Prize by the Photonic Networks and Devices (NETWORKS) committee chairs.

With the goal to identify synergies in the context of space-division multiplexing (SDM) for optical communications, five funded projects met for the first “SDM Germany” meeting held at KIT on June 30 and July 1.

The former HKA student Lukas Freter receives the HKA-Award for his outstanding Bachelor's thesis written at IPQ on the optimization of calibration methods for optical phased arrays.

During the KIT Science Week on October 8th and 9th, the KIGLIS project partners will present their approaches for the AI-based fiber optic network of future smart cities to the public. Furthermore, a tour through a Telemaxx data center is offered.

Within the funding program "Forschung Agil - Raummultiplexing in faseroptischen Netzen" of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung - BMBF), the IPQ successfully applied for the project KONFORM.