Electro-Optical Communication
We have a vision of a globe-spanning ubiquitous optical network, a sustainable and reliable communication infrastructure for users and devices around the world.
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Our goal: virtually unlimited bandwidth without congestion, anytime, anywhere, for any service
Our research vision requires ultra-broadband, ultra-long-reach transmission links, fully-transparent, ultra-fast nodes for routing signal streams, flexible, high-density optical interconnect solutions and high-capacity links – including wireless links – to the end user. It also necessitates functions for autonomously mapping users’ location and service requirements to the network’s resources. Sustainability is a leading theme in our research.
Optical communication, based on optical fiber and free-space optical beams, is the technology that can make this vision a reality. It is the technology underlying the explosion of bandwidth and bandwidth-related services that we now all take for granted and which enables us to connect users, homes, cities, countries and continents to form the physical layer for the World Wide Web.
NXP SCHOLARSHIP ON ‘MILLIMETER WAVE WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY’
It is with pleasure that we announce that once again, for the 2023 scholarship round, there are 10 available scholarships for first year master’s students.
What does the NXP scholarship entail
The selected students will receive a scholarship of € 5000 in the first year, and the 5 best prior year scholarship recipients also in the second year. Furthermore, scholarship recipients will be assigned to a coach, and enter the Connected World Technologies track of the EE master’s program with relevant courses related to Millimeter Wave Technology. First-year recipients are required to take part in a team project supervised by NXP running from Nov-June in the first year and may also choose to do their internship and graduation projects with NXP. They are also offered the opportunity to join the Honor’s Academy. At the end of the master’s program, students will receive a special certificate next to their regular master’s diploma in Electrical Engineering.
Who can apply
Interested bachelor students in Electrical Engineering from TU/e, TU Delft or UT are invited to submit their CV, grade list, motivation letter and a short video pitch to the selection committee up to the 25th June 2023 at 23h59. This includes Electrical Engineering students from Dutch Universities of Applied Sciences who have finished the pre-master’s program. More info
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LIGHT: THE ESSENTIAL INGREDIENT FOR FUTURE TECHNOLOGY
The exponential increase in data traffic is becoming unsustainable. At the present pace, information technologies will soon be responsible for more than 10% of global electricity consumption. Photonics – the technology that uses light to carry information – can come to the rescue, by providing low-energy, high-speed data transmission throughout the internet and within data centers. Additionally, photonics can enable novel applications of light in sensing and computing, with large potential impact on healthcare, agro-food and smart mobility. However, these promises can only be realized if increasingly complex photonic chips can be produced at a low cost. TU/e performs fundamental and applied research aimed at making this dream come true.
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Eindhoven Hendrik Casimir Institute
By bringing together photonics, electronics and quantum technology, Eindhoven Hendrik Casimir Institute (EHCI) drives exponential computing, communication and sensing technologies, to enable a sustainable information society.
Facilities
The High Capacity Optical Transmission Lab facilitates research on innovative optical fibers and signal processing techniques to enable transmission of ultra-high capacity.
The Optical Networks Lab commands unique testing facilities specifically required for testing optical interconnect modules.
Recent Publications
Our most recent peer reviewed publications
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Bin Shi,Nicola Calabretta,Ripalta Stabile
Parallel Photonic Convolutional Processing On-chip with Cross-connect Architecture and Cyclic AWGs
IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics (2023) -
Sebastiaan Goossens,Yunus Can Gultekin,Olga Vassilieva,Inwoong Kim,Paparao Palacharla,Chigo Okonkwo,Alex Alvarado
Introducing 4D Geometric Shell Shaping for Mitigating Nonlinear Interference Noise
Journal of Lightwave Technology (2023) -
Delphin Dodane,Javier Perez Santacruz,Jerome Bourderionnet,Simon Rommel,Gilles Feugnet,A. Jurado-Navas,Laurent Vivien,Idelfonso Tafur Monroy
Optical phase-locked loop phase noise in 5G mm-wave OFDM ARoF systems
Optics Communications (2023) -
Simon Rommel,Bruno Cimoli,Idelfonso Tafur Monroy
The Role of Opto-Electronic Co-Integration for 6G Systems and Networks
Telecommunications Forum (TELFOR) (2022) -
Shaojuan Zhang,Netsanet M. Tessema,Rafael Kraemer,Xuwei Xue,Henrique Freire Santana,Eduward Tangdiongga,Nicola Calabretta
System Performance Assessment of an Optical Wireless Data Center Network based on Photonic Integrated Multicast Switch
48th European Conference on Optical Communication, ECOC 2022 (2022)
Education
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In practically all our research projects there are ample opportunities to do your Bachelor's or Master's projects. For a current overview, please have a look at the links to the TU/e marketplace. For more detailed information or an appointment, please contact the secretary: secretariaat.eco@tue.nl.
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Contact
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Visiting address
Flux, floor 9Groene Loper 195612 AP EindhovenNetherlands -
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P.O. Box 513Department of Electrical Engineering5600 MB EindhovenNetherlands -
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