The IEEE Photonics Conference (IPC), the flagship meeting of the IEEE Photonics Society, will be held from 9-13 November 2025 in Singapore. The format of the volunteer run Special Symposia allows organizers a more intimate environment and flexibility to focus in great details on emerging fields and to pilot new ideas on how the conference is run.
New Materials in Photonic Platforms: From mid-IR to UV
Chairs:
Eric Tournié, University of Montpellier, France
Wim Bogaerts, Ghent University – IMEC, Belgium
In this special symposium, we will explore these new material platforms that open up wavelengths from the UV to the mid-IR, the applications they can enable, and how they can technologically integrate or co-exist with existing platforms.
Quantum Devices and Their Applications: From Engineering to Secure Networks
Chairs:
Malin Premaratne, Monash University Clayton Australia and The University of Melbourne, Australia
Davide Bacco, University of Florence, Italy
Ludovica Ciarravano, University of Florence, Italy
This symposium will explore the fundamental design and engineering of quantum light sources and detectors and their applications in secure networks.
Hollow-core fibers vs. space-division multiplexing – is there space for both?
Chairs:
Georg Rademacher, University of Stuttgart, Germany
Ruben Luis, NICT, Japan
Nicolas Fontaine, Nokia Bell Labs, USA
The symposium aims at assessing the potential interplay between Space-division multiplexing and hollow-core fiber technologies in being the primary solution for capacity scaling in future high-speed optical fiber transmission systems.
