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Yang Hong

Yang Hong

Research Scientist

Paris-Saclay, France

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Biography

Dr. Yang Hong is a Research Scientist at Nokia Bell Labs. He received his Ph.D. degree from The Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2018. After graduation, Dr. Hong joined the Optoelectronics Research Centre (ORC) at the University of Southampton as Research Fellow and was promoted to Senior Research Fellow in January 2022. His research interests include continuous-variable quantum key distribution, ultra-wideband transmission, optical wireless communications and networking, and advanced signal processing. Dr. Hong has published more than 90 publications in top-tier journals and flagship conferences, including a number of Cover/Invited/Top-Scored/Highlighted/Editor’s Pick papers. He has been listed among the world’s top 2% of most-cited scientists by Stanford University since 2020.

Education
  • PhD Degree in Information Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2014-2018
  • Visiting Researcher, The University of Melbourne, Dec. 2017 - May 2018
  • Master Degree in Communication Engineering, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, 2011-2014
  • Bachelor Degree in Communication Engineering, Nanjing University of Technology, 2007-2011
Selected Articles and Publications

Selected Journal Papers:

  • Yang Hong, Natsupa Taengnoi, Kyle Bottrill, Yu Wang, Jayanta Sahu, Periklis Petropoulos, and David Richardson, "Experimental investigation of BDFA-based O-band direct-detection transmission using an optical recirculating loop," Optics Express, vol. 31, no. 7, pp. 10978-10990, 2023. (Editor's Pick)
  • Yang Hong, Feng Feng, Kyle Bottrill, Natsupa Taengnoi, Ravinder Singh, Grahame Faulkner, Dominic O'Brien, and Periklis Petropoulos, "Demonstration of >1Tbit/s WDM OWC with Wavelength-transparent Beam Tracking-and-steering Capability," Optics Express, vol. 29, no. 21, pp. 33694-33702, 2021. (Editor's Pick)
  • Yang Hong, Kyle Bottrill, Thomas Bradley, Hesham Sakr, Gregory Jasion, Kerrianne Harrington, Francesco Poletti, Periklis Petropoulos, and David Richardson, "Low-Latency WDM Intensity-Modulation and Direct-Detection Transmission Over >100 km Distances in a Hollow Core Fiber," Laser & Photonics Reviews, vol. 15, no. 9, 2100102, 2021. (Cover Article)
  • Yang Hong, Ke Li, Cosimo Lacava, Shenghao Liu, David Thomson, Fanfan Meng, Xiaoke Ruan, Fan Zhang, Graham Reed, and Periklis Petropoulos, "High-speed DD Transmission using a Silicon Receiver Co-integrated with a 28-nm CMOS Gain-tunable Fully-differential TIA," Journal of Lightwave Technology, vol. 39, no. 4, pp. 1138-1147, 2021. (Top-Scored Paper)
  • Yang Hong, Hesham Sakr, Natsupa Taengnoi, Kyle Bottrill, Thomas Bradley, John Hayes, Gregory Jasion, Hyuntai Kim, Naresh Thipparapu, Yu Wang, Andrey Umnikov, Jayanta Sahu, Francesco Poletti, Periklis Petropoulos, and David Richardson, "Multi-band Direct-Detection Transmission over an Ultrawide Bandwidth Hollow-Core NANF," Journal of Lightwave Technology, vol. 38, no. 10, pp. 2849-2857, 2020. (Invited Paper)
  • Hesham Sakr, Yang Hong, Thomas Bradley, Gregory Jasion, John Hayes, Hyuntai Kim, Ian Davidson, Eric Fokoua, Yong Chen, Kyle Bottrill, Natsupa Taengnoi, Natalie Wheeler, Periklis Petropoulos, David Richardson and Francesco Poletti, "Interband Short Reach Data Transmission in Ultrawide Bandwidth Hollow Core Fiber," Journal of Lightwave Technology, vol. 38, no. 1, pp. 159-165, 2020. (Post-Deadline Papers)

Selected Conference Papers:

  • Yang Hong, Natsupa Taengnoi, Kyle R.H. Bottrill, Yu Wang, Jayanta K. Sahu, Periklis Petropoulos, David J. Richardson, Cosimo Calo, Fabrice Blache, Amirhossein Ghazisaeidi, and Jérémie Renaudier, "Towards Ultra-Wideband Optical Communications Using Novel Optical Amplifiers," Proc. of ACP, 2023. (Invited Paper)
  • Yang Hong, Natsupa Taengnoi, Kyle Bottrill, Yu Wang, Jayanta Sahu, Periklis Petropoulos, and David Richardson, "550-km Amplified Direct-Detection Transmission at 1.3um," Proc. of IPC, Paper ME3.3, 2022. (Highlighted Paper, upgraded to Invited Talk)
  • Yang Hong, Natsupa Taengnoi, Kyle Bottrill, Thomas Bradley, Hesham Sakr, John Hayes, Gregory Jasion, Francesco Poletti, Periklis Petropoulos, and David Richardson, "Ultra-wideband IM/DD Transmission over Hollow-core Fibres," Proc. of OECC, Paper W3B.2, 2021. (Invited Paper)
  • Yang Hong, Kyle Bottrill, Natsupa Taengnoi, Naresh Thipparapu, Yu Wang, Jayanta Sahu, David Richardson, and Periklis Petropoulos, "First Investigation on Double-and Single-sideband Formats in BDFA-enabled O-band Transmission," Proc. of CLEO, Paper STh3L.3, 2020. (Highlighted Paper, upgraded to Invited Talk)
  • Yang Hong, Ke Li, Cosimo Lacava, Shenghao Liu, David Thomson, Fanfan Meng, Xiaoke Ruan, Fan Zhang, Graham Reed, and Periklis Petropoulos, "Beyond 100-Gb/s Direct-detection Transmission using an Optical Receiver Co-integrated with a 28-nm CMOS Gain-tunable Fully-differential TIA," Proc. of OFC, Paper Th3J.4, 2020. (Top-Scored Paper)
  • Yang Hong, Natsupa Taengnoi, Kyle Bottrill, Hesham Sakr, Thomas Bradley, John Hayes, Gregory Jasion, Yu Wang, Naresh Thipparapu, Andrey Umnikov, Jayanta Sahu, Francesco Poletti, Periklis Petropoulos and David Richardson, "Dual O+C-band WDM Transmission over 1-km Hollow Core NANF using an O-band Bismuth-doped Fibre Amplifier," Proc. of ECOC, Paper Tu.2.E.1, 2019. (Extended Paper, upgraded to Invited Talk)
Awards & Recognition
  • Top 2% of the Most-cited Scientists, Stanford University, since 2020
  • Reaching Out Award, Hong Kong Government, 2017-2018
  • Overseas Research Attachment Programme Award, CUHK, 2017-2018
  • Global Scholarship for Research Excellence, CUHK, 2017-2018
  • Best Teaching Assistant Award, IE Department, CUHK, 2016-2017
  • Best Paper Award (Champion), IEEE Photonics Society HK Chapter, 2016
  • Outstanding Graduate of NUPT, 2014
  • Outstanding Graduate of NJUT, 2011

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