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Scopus Author ID: 35220342200
ResearcherID: E-9626-2019
Scopus Author ID: 35220342200
Researcher ID: E-9626-2019

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Space Division Multiplexing, Mode Division Multiplexing, Photonics, Optical, Digital Signal Processing, Quantum Communications

Biography

Dr Chigo Okonkwo leads the High Capacity Optical Transmission laboratory at the ECO group, Department of Electrical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) in The Netherlands. He is also a founding member of the Center for Quantum Materials and Technology - QT/e at TU/e

The PhD research at the University of Essex focused on "Exploiting Parametric Wavelength Converters for Optical Signal Processing" which demonstrated all-optical wavelength conversion and demultiplexing functions at 320Gb/s employing periodically-poled Lithium Niobate devices.

Since 2010, he has contributed to the EU projects QuNEST, HOMTech, QCINed, MODEGAP, IDEALIST, METRO-HAUL and 5G-MOBIX projects, his research focuses a number of topics from ultra-high capacity space division multiplexed transmission systems to deploying optical, quantum and free space optical communications testbeds.

From advanced multi-dimensional modulation formats to the optical and digital signal processing schemes required for such systems, his work is focused on scaling the number of transmitted modes and developing few-mode and/or multi-core fibres and amplifiers.

His team is building up the Quantum communications testbed in the Eindhoven region as part of a number of National ( National Growth Funds) and European Quantum Technology Projects.

His research has led to patents and several key publications in Nature Photonics, Nature Scientific Reports, JLT and Optics Express.

As a Senior member of the professional organisation IEEE and a member of Optica, he serves as a reviewer and has (co)authored more than 300 publications in conferences and journals.

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Employment (6)

Eindhoven University of Technology: N/A, NL

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Eindhoven University of Technology: Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, NL

2020-06-01 to present | Associate Professor (Electrical Engineering)
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Technische Universiteit Eindhoven: Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, NL

2012-03-01 to 2020-05-31 | Assistant Professor - High Capacity and Long Haul Optical Transmission (Electrical Engineering)
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Technische Universiteit Eindhoven: Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, NL

2009-03-02 to 2012-03-01 | Post Doctoral Researcher: High Capacity Access and In-building Networks (Electrical Engineering)
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Chigo Okonkwo

University of Essex: Colchester, Essex, GB

2005-12-02 to 2009-03-01 | Senior Research Officer: Heterogenous and Complex Networks - UK EPSRC funded Project (Computer Science and Electronic Engineering)
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Chigo Okonkwo

University of Essex: Colchester, Essex, GB

2003-12-01 to 2005-12-01 | Senior Research Officer: Protocol Agnostic Optical Networks - U.K. DTI Funded Project (Electronic Engineering)
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Education and qualifications (3)

University of Essex: Colchester, Essex, GB

2004-01-01 to 2009-02-02 | Doctor of Philosophy,Exploiting Parametric Wavelength Converters for Optical Signal Processing in Future Optical Networks (Electronic Engineering)
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University of Essex: Colchester, Essex, GB

2001-10-01 to 2002-07-10 | Masters of Science, Thesis: Comparative Evaluation of Emerging Multi-standard Wireless signals (Electronic Engineering)
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Chigo Okonkwo

University of Essex: Colchester, Essex, GB

1997-10-01 to 2001-07-01 | Bachelor of Engineering, Thesis: Characterisation techniques for Hot Electron Light Emitting and Lasing Semiconductor Heterojuncture devices (Electronic Engineering)
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Funding (6)

Single-Mode Optical physical unclonable KEys (SMOKE)

2021-04-01 to present | Grant
Dutch Research Council (The Hague, NL)
URL: https://app.dimensions.ai/details/grant/grant.9606328
GRANT_NUMBER: CS.008
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The Development and Fabrication of Low-power Few-Mode Multi-Core Erbium Doped Fibre Amplifiers for Space Division Multiplexing

2020-05-01 to 2021-12-09 | Grant
Dutch Research Council (The Hague, NL)
URL: https://app.dimensions.ai/details/grant/grant.9461683
GRANT_NUMBER: 040.11.746
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Development and fabrication of planar-optical waveguides and photonic devices for Space Division Multiplexing

2018-10 to 2019-02 | Grant
Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (Utrecht, NL)
GRANT_NUMBER: 040.11.663
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Chigo Okonkwo

METRO High bandwidth, 5G Application-aware optical network, with edge storage, compUte and low Latency

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Optical networks and information theory

2016-06-06 to 2016-10-01 | Grant
Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (The Hague, NL)
URL: https://grants.uberresearch.com/501100003246/040.11.550/Optical-networks-and-information-theory
GRANT_NUMBER: 040.11.550
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Multi-mode capacity enhancement with PBG fibreMulti-mode capacity enhancement with PBG fibre

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