Conference Agenda

Session Overview
Location: Collegezaal D
 
Date: Monday, 25/Aug/2025
3:30pm
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5:00pm
TOM Fibers S1: Applications
Location: Collegezaal D
Chair: Jean-Charles Beugnot, FEMTO-ST/CNRS, France
 
3:30pm - 4:00pm
INVITED

Fiber with a pearl earring

Wilfried Blanc1, Floriane Pellerin1, Martiane Cabie2, Thomas Neisius2, Geoffroy Aubry1, Franck Pigeonneau3, Matthieu Bellec1

1: Université Côte d'Azur, CNRS, INPHYNI, France; 2: Aix Marseille Univ, CNRS, Centrale Med, FSCM, CP2M, Marseille, France; 3: MINES Paris, PSL University, CEMEF - Centre for material forming, CNRS UMR 7635, CS 10207, rue Claude Daunesse 06904 Sophia Antipolis Cedex, France



4:00pm - 4:15pm

On-fringe optical trapping of dielectric microparticles in air

Clémence Magguilli, Jochen Fick

Institut Néel / CNRS, France



4:15pm - 4:30pm

Local Colour Control on a Soft Continuum Robot by Bending Embedded Optical Fibre Dissipation Sensor Pairs

Xiang Wang, Huijiang Wang, Zhaojie Sun, Fumiya Iida

University of Cambridge, United Kingdom



4:30pm - 4:45pm

Double temperature detection with a two-LPGs Mach- Zehnder interferometer

Niccolò Marcucci, Gabriele Frigenti, Francesco Baldini, Cosimo Trono

Istituto di Fisica applicata Nello Carrara - Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerce, Italy


 
Date: Tuesday, 26/Aug/2025
8:30am
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10:00am
TOM Fibers S2: Optical Communications
Location: Collegezaal D
 
8:30am - 9:00am
INVITED

Machine Learning for Accelerating Multi-band Optical Communication Systems Optimization

Ann Margareth Rosa Brusin, Yanchao Jiang, Pierluigi Poggiolini, Andrea Carena

Department of Electronics and Telecommunications (DET), Politecnico di Torino, Italy



9:00am - 9:30am
INVITED

Maximising Optical Fibre Capacity: Advances in Spatial Multiplexing and Optimised Transmission

Filipe Ferreira

University College London, United Kingdom



9:30am - 9:45am

Investigating optical fibers at the nanoscale using X-ray computed tomography

Mario Ferraro1, Maria C. Crocco1,2, Raffaele Filosa2, Svetlana Siprova2, Sylvie Lebrun3, Raffaele G. Agostino1,2, Riccardo C. Barberi1,2, Vincenzo Formoso1,2, Roberto Termine2

1: Department of Physics and STAR RI, University of Calabria, Via Tito Flavio, 87036, Rende, Italy; 2: CNR-NANOTEC, SS di Rende, Via Pietro Bucci, 87036 Rende, Italy; 3: Université Paris-Saclay, Institut d’Optique Graduate School, CNRS, 91127 Palaiseau, France



9:45am - 10:00am

Numerical Analysis of an Yb3+:Er3+:Tm3+:Ho3+ Wideband Optical Fiber Amplifier

Riccardo Ballarini1, Antonella Maria Loconsole2, Marcin Kochanowicz3, Dominik Dorosz4, Francesco Prudenzano2, Stefano Taccheo1

1: Politecnico di Torino, Italy; 2: Politecnico di Bari, Italy; 3: Bialystok University of Technology, Poland; 4: AGH University of Krakow, Poland

3:30pm
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5:00pm
TOM Fibers S3: Characterisations
Location: Collegezaal D
Chair: Marc Wuilpart, University of Mons, Belgium
 
3:30pm - 4:00pm
INVITED

Wavefront Shaping for High-Power Multimode Fiber Amplifier With Controlled Output and Nonlinearity Mitigation

Stefan Rothe1,2, Chun-Wei Chen1,3, Peyman Ahmadi1,4, Kabish Wisal5, Mert Ercan1, KyeoReh Lee1, Nathan Vigne1, A. Douglas Stone5, Hui Cao1

1: Department of Applied Physics, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520, USA; 2: Adaptive Quantum Optics, MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology, University of Twente,7500 AE Enschede, The Netherlands; 3: Edward L. Ginzton Laboratory, Stanford University, Stanford,CA 94305, USA; 4: Coherent, 1280 Blue Hills Ave., Bloomfield, 06002, CT, USA; 5: Department of Physics, Yale University, CT 06520, USA



4:00pm - 4:15pm

Study of tapered microfibers by line-field confocal optical coherence tomography

Arnaud Dubois, Sylvie Lebrun

Laboratoire Charles Fabry, Institut d'Optique, CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay, France



4:15pm - 4:30pm

Classical light thermalization toward negative temperature equilibrium states in optical fibers and extension to the quantum regime

Lucas Zanaglia1, Kilian Baudin2, Josselin Garnier3, Adrien Fusaro4, Claire Michel1, Valérie Doya1, Guy Millot2, Antonio Picozzi2

1: Université Côte d'Azur, Institut de Physique de Nice, Nice, France; 2: Université de Bourgogne, Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire Carnot de Bourgogne, Dijon, France; 3: CMAP, CNRS, École Polytechnique, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, Palaiseau, France; 4: CEA, DAM, DIF, Arpajon, France



4:30pm - 4:45pm

Validation of optical fibre-based SHM for composite aircraft structures using a building block approach

Sidney Goossens1,2, Miguel Jiménez3, Evangelos Karachalios4, María Mora Mendías5, Zahra Sharif Khodaei6, Francis Berghmans1,2

1: Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Brussels Photonics (B-PHOT), 1050 Brussels, Belgium; 2: Flanders Make, BP&M, 1050 Brussels, Belgium; 3: Elements Materials Technology, Element Seville SL, 41300 Seville, Spain; 4: Hellenic Aerospace Industry (HAI), ERDD, 32009 Schimatari, Greece; 5: The Foundation for Research, Development and Application of Composite Materials (FIDAMC), E-28906 Getafe, Madrid, Spain; 6: Imperial College London (ICL), Department of Aeronautics, 2AZ London, United Kingdom



4:45pm - 5:00pm

Switchable L-band fiber ring laser driven by a motorized polarization fiber controller

Iñaki Janices1, Alvaro Salinas1, Maria Jose Erro1,2, Santiago Tainta1,2, Rosa Ana Perez-Herrera1,2

1: Dept. Electrical, Electronic and Communications Eng., Public University of Navarra, 31006, Spain; 2: Institute of Smart Cities, Public University of Navarra, 31006 Pamplona, Spain


 
Date: Wednesday, 27/Aug/2025
8:30am
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10:00am
TOM Fibers S4: Optical Non Linearities
Location: Collegezaal D
 
8:30am - 9:00am
INVITED

Far-detuned intramodal FWM in optical micro-fiber tuneable with the micro-fiber diameter

Gil Fanjoux, Maxime Zerbib, Romain Morel, Kien Phan-Huy, Thibaut Sylvestre, Jean-Charles Beugnot

FEMTO-ST institute, France



9:00am - 9:15am

Optimizing Kerr nonlinearity in tapered optical nanofibers through nonlinear liquid immersion

Oussama Laouedj1, Abderrahim Azzoune1, Hamza Gouasmia1, Hocine Medjadba1, Sylvie Lebrun2

1: Ecole Militaire Polytechnique, BP17, Bordj-El-Bahri, Algiers 16111, Algeria; 2: Université Paris-Saclay, Institut d’Optique Graduate School, CNRS, Laboratoire Charles Fabry, 91127, Palaiseau, France



9:15am - 9:30am

Study of Brillouin scattering in nanofiber gas cell

Simon Colombel, Maxime Zerbib, Philippe Boyer, Jérôme Salvi, Jean-Charles Beugnot

Université Marie et Louis Pasteur, Institut FEMTO-ST, UMR CNRS 6174, Besançon, France



9:30am - 9:45am

Evanescent stimulated Raman scattering in benzene-immersed fluorophosphate optical nanofibers

Hamza Gouasmia1, Abderrahim Azzoune1, Oussama Laouedj1, Hocine Medjadba1, Abdelmadjid Maali1, Sylvie Lebrun2

1: Ecole Militaire Polytechnique, BP17, Bordj-El-Bahri, Algiers 16111, Algeria; 2: Université Paris-Saclay, Institut d’Optique Graduate School, CNRS, Laboratoire Charles Fabry, 91127, Palaiseau, France



9:45am - 10:00am

Generalized Heterodyne Interferometry in Kerr Materials

Arnaud Rogemont, Charles Pourny, Aurelien Coillet, Benoit Cluzel

Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire Carnot de Bourgogne, UMR 6303 CNRS-UB, 9 avenue Alain Savary, 21000 DIJON, France

3:30pm
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5:00pm
TOM Fibers S5: Fabrication
Location: Collegezaal D
Chair: Sylvie Lebrun, Laboratoire Charles Fabry, Institut d'Optique, CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay, France
 
3:30pm - 4:00pm
INVITED

Impact of fabrication atmosphere on fluoride fibre tapering loss

Gebrehiwot Tesfay Zeweldi1, Tina Lam2, Mark Andrews2, Martin Rochette1

1: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, 3480 University Street, McGill University, Montréal, Canada, H3A 0E9; 2: Department of Chemistry, 801 Sherbrooke Street, McGill University, Montréal, Canada, H3A 0B8



4:00pm - 4:15pm

Yb³⁺ Doped Crystal-in-Glass Optical Fibers

Natalia Vakula1, Matiss Bardins1, Khaldoon Nasser1, Catherine Boussard-Plédel2, Johann Troles2, Wilfried Blanc3, Laeticia Petit1

1: Tampere University, Korkeakoulunkatu 3, 33720 Tampere, Finland; 2: Univ Rennes, CNRS, ISCR [(Institut des Sciences Chimiques de Rennes)] – UMR 6226, F-35000 Rennes, France; 3: Université Côte d'Azur, Institut de Physique de Nice, CNRS UMR7010, Nice, France



4:15pm - 4:30pm

Point by Point Inscribed Tilted Fibre Bragg Gratings

James Thomas Hainsworth1,2, Adriana Morana2, Meriem Kemel1, Marina Arnaud1, Sylvain Girard2, Paul Vincent1, Emmanuel Marin2

1: IRT Saint Exupery, B612, 3 Rue Tarfaya, 31400 Toulouse, France.; 2: Laboratoire Hubert Curien, Batiment F, 18 Rue Professor Benoît Lauras 42000 Saint-Étienne, France.



4:30pm - 4:45pm

Wavelength Filtering in Negative Curvature Hollow-Core Fibers

Muhammad Zain Siddiqui1, Ahmet Emin Akosman2, Mustafa Ordu1

1: Bilkent University, Turkiye; 2: Roger Williams University, USA



4:45pm - 5:00pm

All-fiber mid-infrared ring cavity laser

Nasrollah Karampour, Gebrehiwot Tesfay Zeweldi, Md Moinul Islam Khan, Martin Rochette

McGill university, Canada

5:15pm
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6:45pm
TOM Adaptive S1: Adaptive and Freeform Optics
Location: Collegezaal D
Chair: Wilbert IJzerman, Signify, Netherlands, The
 
5:15pm - 5:45pm
INVITED

Adaptive Secondary Mirror development at TNO

Stefan Kuiper, Wouter Jonker, Matthew Maniscalco, Matias Kidron, Arjo Bos, Bert Dekker, Jan de Vreugd, Max Baeten, Kristian Boot, Jan Kuijt

TNO technical sciences,, Netherlands, The



5:45pm - 6:00pm

Zernike by ONE Pascal triangle

Wei-Jun Chen

Carl Zeiss Meditec AG, Germany



6:00pm - 6:15pm

A method for Wave-Optics Propagation of Mid-Spatial-Frequencies in astigmatic optics

Tiberiu Ceccotti1,2, Jérôme Caron3, Stefan Bäumer2, Wilbert IJzerman4,5, Jérôme Loicq1,6

1: Space Instrumentation Section, Delft University of Technology, Delft, Netherlands; 2: TNO High Tech Industry, Optics Department, Delft, Netherlands; 3: Airbus Defence and Space, Ottobrunn, Germany.; 4: Signify Research, Signify NV, Eindhoven & Computational Illumination Group.; 5: Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Eindhoven University of Technology; 6: Université de Liège, STARInstitute, Liège, Belgium.



6:15pm - 6:30pm

Global Optimization of Freeform Design Using Simple Saddle Point Detection

Kumar Rishav, Florian Bociort

Imaging Physics, Applied Sciences, TU Delft, 2628 CJ Delft, Netherlands



6:30pm - 6:45pm

Transient Heat Evolution in a Lens Computed with a Mesh-based Absorption Algorithm

Mark Kurcsics, Peter Eberhard

University of Stuttgart, Germany


 
Date: Thursday, 28/Aug/2025
8:30am
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10:00am
TOM Adaptive S2: Adaptive and Freeform Optics
Location: Collegezaal D
Chair: Stefan Bäumer, TNO, Netherlands, The
 
8:30am - 9:00am
INVITED

AI – Assisted Optical Design: A New Era

Simon Thibault

University Laval, Canada



9:00am - 9:15am

Designing off-axis augmented reality display systems based on freeform holographic optical elements

Tong Yang, Yongdong Wang, Xin Lyu, Dewen Cheng, Yongtian Wang

Beijing Institute of Technology, China



9:15am - 9:30am

Imaging optical design based on inverse methods

Sanjana Verma1, Koondanibha Mitra1, Lisa Kusch1, Martijn J.H. Anthonissen1, Jan H.M. ten Thije Boonkkamp1, Wilbert L. IJzerman2,1

1: Eindhoven University of Technology, PO Box 513, 5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands; 2: Signify Research, High Tech Campus 7, 5656 AE Eindhoven, The Netherlands



9:30am - 9:45am

Constrained optimization of a zoom lens with CMA-ES algorithm

Tristan Marty1,2, Sébastien Héron1, Yann Semet1

1: Thales Research and Technology, France; 2: Inria and École Polytechnique



9:45am - 10:00am

All-Optical Convolution Enabled by Photochromic Media

Alessandro Bile1, Mario Bragaglia2, Francesca Nanni2, Eugenio Fazio1

1: Sapienza University of Rome, Italy; 2: Department of Enterprise Engineering “Mario Lucertini”, University of Rome Tor Vergata

10:30am
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12:00pm
TOM Adaptive S3: Adaptive and Freeform Optics
Location: Collegezaal D
Chair: Alois Herkommer, University Stuttgart, Germany
 
10:30am - 11:00am
INVITED

Inverse methods for design in nonimaging optics

Martijn Anthonissen1, Jan ten Thije Boonkkamp1, Wilbert IJzerman1,2

1: Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands, The; 2: Signify Research



11:00am - 11:15am

Designing Fresnel phase elements with differentiable raytracing

Jeroen Cerpentier, Youri Meuret

KU Leuven, Belgium



11:15am - 11:30am

An inverse method to compute freeform optical surfaces for generalized zero-étendue sources

Pieter A. Braam1, Jan H.M. ten Thije Boonkkamp1, Martijn J.H. Anthonissen1, Koondanibha Mitra1, Lisa Kusch1, Wilbert L. IJzerman1,2

1: Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands; 2: Signify Research, The Netherlands



11:30am - 11:45am

Comparison of Phase Space and Quasi-Monte Carlo Ray Tracing for the 3D Compound Parabolic Concentrator

Willem Jansen1, Martijn Anthonissen1, Jan ten Thije Boonkkamp1, Wilbert IJzerman2,1

1: Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands, The; 2: Signify Research, Netherlands, The



11:45am - 12:00pm

Hybrid Neural and Deconvolution Approach for Finite-Source Reflector Design

Roel Hacking1, Lisa Kusch1, Koondanibha Mitra1, Martijn Anthonissen1, Wilbert IJzerman1,2

1: Eindhoven University of Technology; 2: Signify