Events

1 Nov 2019

2:15 pm – 5:15 pm

Lecture Theatre 6, Lady Shaw Building, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Faculty of Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Tel.: 3943 8447
Email: facultyoffice@erg.cuhk.edu.hk

The late Professor Sir Charles K. Kao (1933-2018) was awarded the 2009 Nobel Prize in Physics for groundbreaking achievements concerning the transmission of light in fibers for optical communication. The provisioning of content-rich internet and mobile networks today would not be possible without the optical fibre laid in the backhaul of mobile networks and all the way to the submarine cables for intercontinental traffic.

To mark the 10-year anniversary of the Nobel prize awarded to Sir Charles, the Faculty of Engineering of the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) and the Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation (HKSTP) jointly organize a symposium to provide forward-looking perspectives on the forefront of research and the emerging applications in optical fibre and silicon photonics.

Session I
Chair: Professor Chester CT Shu, Department of Electronic Engineering, CUHK

Speakers:
• Professor Sir David Payne (Director, Optoelectronics Research Centre, The University of Southampton)
Topic: Charles Kao: from glass to google 

• Dr. Chris Doerr  (Director, Integrated Photonics, Acacia Communications)
Topic: High-speed silicon-photonic fibre-optic transceivers

Session II
Chair: Professor Calvin CK Chan, Department of Information Engineering, CUHK

Speakers:
• Professor Joyce Poon (Max Planck Institute of Microstructure Physics & Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, The University of Toronto)
Topic: Light, Communications, and Computing 

• Dr. Mehdi Asghari (Chief Executive Officer, SiLC Technologies)
Topic: Silicon Photonics: Data Communications and Sensor Applications

• Dr. Dennis Tong  (Chief Executive Officer, Cloud Light Technology Limited)
Topic: Review of Data Centre Optics 

• Professor Hon Ki Tsang  (Director, Center for Advanced Research in Photonics, CUHK)
Topic: Enabling Spatial Division Multiplexing in Optical Fibres with Silicon Photonics

Please click here to register online