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Symposia
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Beyond the Hype of Network Analytics: Use Cases, Feasibility, and Barriers
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This symposium will specifically aim to identify, beyond the hype, the main optical network analytics use cases, their feasibility, barriers, and related R&D efforts. Invited speakers from data center operators, telecom networks, system and technology providers and academia will review the advancements and debate the important next steps.
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Quantum Information and Optical Communication Networks: Emerging Research Areas, Challenges and Opportunities
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Session I will provide broad overviews of emerging research areas in quantum for optical communications. Topics covered may include quantum enhanced security technologies in optical transmission systems, wavelength conversion and quantum computer/memory interfaces, quantum repeater network architectures for multipartite entanglement distribution and
teleportation, and quantum sensor networks and distributed quantum applications.
Session II will go into greater depth on specific research problems within the broad areas discussed in Session I. Talks will include areas such as measurement device independent quantum key distribution and novel security architectures, specific quantum memory technologies and architectures for quantum repeaters, quantum network routing algorithms, long baseline interferometry or similar quantum enhanced sensor networks, and error correction coding for quantum optical communications.
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The Crucial Role of Photonics in Achieving the United Nation’s Sustainability Development Goals (SDGs): Learnings and Opportunities
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Crucial to meeting the UN SDGs in a timely manner, it is imperative that future optical communication systems and networks are integrated in the society ensuring environmental sustainability as they evolve. This symposium aims to: (a) reflect on the smart city predictions made by OFCity 2015 competition teams towards sustainability, (b) discuss related recent R&D efforts and future opportunities towards achieving SDGs from data center network operators, telecom network operators, system and technology providers, and academia and (c) highlight next steps for the OFC community to focus on in the next years.
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Special Sessions
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High Performance Networks for Future Data Center and Computing Applications
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This session will discuss emerging trends in the design and build of networks that can scale AI supercomputers without exploding the overall power consumption and cost. Focusing on challenges and
opportunities for photonics, topics covered may include: (1) Composable systems with disaggregated resources (GPUs, CPUs, storage/memory) being co-located as a pool that is accessed via a local network, (2) reconfigurable network topologies to provision bandwidth on demand.
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Ultra-Stable Frequency Sources and their Future Applications in Telecom
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Optical fiber communications has resulted in commodity technologies including optical fiber and other components, that have also benefited other disciplines. Now, the outcomes of these other disciplines in-turn can benefit fiber communications. The objective of this session is to bring together researchers from the distinct disciplines of fiber communications, environmental sensing, precision metrology and spectroscopy, atomic clocks and stabilized lasers and quantum sensing, to bridge communications between these different areas and explore common research grounds and solutions.
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Photonics for Visible Wavelengths
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This session will begin by covering mature and emerging applications of visible light photonics, why visible light is needed and the benefits compared to working in the more traditional telecommunication range. It will also explain how mature the current applications are and what systems, if any, are used in the field. It will also cover the state of the art of visible light devices such as lasers, detectors and fibers, as well as foundry processes and packaging needs. The session will also highlight the outstanding needs in this emerging field.
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Rump Session
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Is the Silicon Photonics Platform about to be Standardized, Diversified or Supplanted?
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Topic Area 1: Power and Control Electronics (PACE)
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Supporting Offices: EERE, OE
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Year 1/Phase 1 Year 2/Phase 2 Year 3/Phase 3
TOTAL $5,000,000 $5,000,000 $3,750,000
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Description
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A proposed PACE-centric GMLC project would leverage components of laboratory-led ‘Grid Shot’ proposal presented at the Energy Earthshots™ National Lab Ideation Forum. The focus would be on addressing gaps in ‘smart’ medium-voltage (MV, 4.16kV-34.5kV) electrical interfaces critical to a modernized grid (see Figure 2) through development of a medium-voltage power and control electronics sub-system approach that is modular, scalable, and cost-effective. The sub-system could be used as a building block to interface distributed energy resources to the grid, and that is also scalable to higher voltages (>34.5kV) to support low-loss transmission. The approach would be developed in concert with relevant stakeholders from academia, industry, and utilities to connect wind, solar, energy storage, and fuel-cells/electrolyzers to the grid; control power flow; and provide grid support/conditioning services. Activities would support technology development and demonstration at the sub-system and power-system levels, while leveraging concurrent advances in materials, components, and devices [e.g., Wide Band Gap Semiconductor (WBS)] through other programs (e.g., PowerAmerica). Performance targets and success metrics would be developed to focus on achieving low-cost, along with high-efficiency, security, and reliability, while providing grid integration across a broad array of realistic use cases. Some specific roles for the labs would include:
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Conventional Power Plants 13kV G 138kV T 13-35kV 69kV 345kV - 765kV 69kV 13-35kV G T T G Conventional Unidirectional power flow Utility-Scale Renewables Utility-Scale Renewables T 138kV T T 120/240V T 69kV 132kV 115kV 69kV 35kV D D D D 11kV 4.1kV 480V 13.8kV 4.1kV 120/240V 120/240V 4.1kV/690V/400V/208V/240V/120V Loads Residential consumers and small loads Large Industrial and Commercial Loads EV Charging Microgrids
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Figure 2. Diverse medium voltage interfaces need to be addressed in a modernized grid
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Leveraging current integrated systems test beds to safely evaluate and test reconfigurable power and control electronics sub-systems in terms of performance, durability, cost, and provided grid-services;
Evaluating system integration and cybersecurity, while providing guidance in future developments in both hardware (e.g., WBS, Solid-State Transformers, etc.) and software;
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Topic Area 3: Quantum Facilities for Applied Computing, Sensing, and Security (qFACSS)
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Supporting Offices: FECM, OE, CESER, OTT*
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Year 1/Phase 1 Year 2/Phase 2 Year 3/Phase 3
TOTAL $1,250,000 $1,250,000 $1,250,000