Seminars Date, Time, Venue Presenter Affiliation Title 15 March, 2023. 3:30 pm Wright Lecture Theatre, MB653 Prof Hiroki Takesue NTT Basic Research Laboratories, NTT Corporation Computation with degenerate optical parametric oscillator networks details here 8 Feb 2023. 11 am NW708 & Teams Dr Brian Sheil Laing O’Rourke Associate Professor in Construction Engineering, University of Cambridge Fibre optic sensing to inform underground construction operations details here Fast, Widely Tunable MEMS-VCSELs for Imaging, Metrology, and Spectroscopy Dr Vijaysekhar Jayaraman 1pm, 9 Dec 2022 Translational of Biophotonics and Laser Applications to Clinical Applications Prof Dr Ronald Sroka LIFE-Center at Department of Urology at Hospital of University of Munich, Munich, Germany November 24, 2022 Ultra-High Capacity Optical Free-Space Communications Dr Gil Fernandes Instituto de Telecomunicações (IT) Portugal November 10, 2022 Components for Multi-Core Fiber Transmission systems based on Long Period Gratings Dr Ana Maria Rocha Instituto de Telecomunicações (IT) Portugal November 10, 2022 Upcoming events 1st AiPT international all-optical signal processing Workshop September 2023 A big event to celebrate Photonics Research Group at Aston University 30 years anniversary. Recent events Beyond Ultra-wideband Optical Communications 16 May 2022 Forming a collaborative power to explore, discover, and unlock the future of optical communications Optical Frequency Comb Workshop 11-12 April 2022 A big UK event to overview the progress in the Frequency Comb research area. Current and future trends for optical communication systems 7-8 Apr 2022 FREE and open-to-all 2-day workshop on ML, AI and NFT in fiber optical communication.