Lightera Showcases Breakthrough Optical Amplification, Multi-Band Transmission, and Advanced Fiber Innovations at OFC 2026

LOS ANGELES, OFC, Booth 829 — March 12, 2026 – Lightera will present a broad portfolio of technical papers, invited contributions, panels, and technology showcases at OFC 2026, demonstrating major advances in optical amplification, expanded spectral band transmission, ultra-wideband networking, and advanced fiber platforms. These contributions highlight new approaches to increasing optical network capacity, improving amplifier performance, and enabling next-generation infrastructure for AI, data centers, broadband, sensing, and fiber-wireless convergence.

OFC attendees are invited to visit Lightera at Booth 829 in the South Hall to meet technical experts and review new research and solution platforms extending performance beyond traditional C-band optical system limits.

A central focus of Lightera’s OFC contributions is next-generation optical amplification using new materials and hybrid amplifier architectures.

Featured technical papers include:

• Relative Intensity Noise Transfer in O-Band Bismuth-Doped Fiber Amplifiers — Daniel J. Elson, Aleksandr Donodin, Vitaly Mikhailov, Jiawei Luo, Shigehiro Takasaka, Noboru Yoshikane, Takehiro Tsuritani, and Yuta Wakayama
• Hybrid BiEr Fiber Amplifier for Seamless S- and C-Band WDM Amplification — Vitaly Mikhailov, Jiawei Luo, Aaleksandr Donodin, Yuriy Dulashko, Gabriel Puc, Brian J. Mangan, Robert S. Windeler, Paul S. Westbrook, Jeffrey W. Nicholson, Sergei K. Turitsyn, and David J. DiGiovanni

These amplifier advances support practical multi-band amplification strategies required for ultra-wideband optical networks.

Invited Talk:

• What’s Next for Doped-Fiber Amplifiers? New Materials, Spectral Bands, and Applications — First author: Alexandr Donodin (Aston Institute of Photonics Technologies, Aston, UK); contributing authors from Lightera include Vitaly Mikhailov, Jiawei Luo, and David DiGiovanni. The presentation highlights recent advances in bismuth-doped fiber amplifier technology and its growing role in multi-band optical communications and emerging silicon photonics system architectures.

Lightera presenters and contributors are also participating in multiple record-class and high-capacity transmission demonstrations, including:

• 135.5 Tb/s O-Band + 201.4 Tb/s SCL-Band Bidirectional WDM Transmission over Field-Deployed G.652.D Fiber System — Jiaqian Yang, Romulo Aparecido, Eric Sillekens, Mindaugaus Jarmolovicius, Ronit Sohanpal, Zelin Gan, Ruben S. LuÅLıs, Vitaly Mikhailov, Jiawei Luo, David J. DiGiovanni, Polina Bayvel, and Robert I. Killey
• 153.8 Tb/s O-Band Coherent Transmission over SMF with Low-Complexity DSP – Romulo Aparecido, Jiaqian Yang, Zelin Gan, Mindaugas Jarmolovicius, John D. Downie, Lidia Galdino, Vitaly Mikhailov, Jiawei Luo, Eric Sillekens, Ronit Sohanpal, David J. DiGiovanni, Ruben S. Luıs, Robert I. Killey, and Polina Bayvel
• O-Band Closed-form GN Model Verification with Wavelength-dependent System Parameters —Zelin Gan, Romulo Aparecido, Jiaqian Yang, Eric Sillekens, Henrique Buglia, Vitaly Mikhailov, Jiawei Luo, Mindaugas Jarmolovicius, Ronit Sohanpal, David J. DiGiovanni, Robert I. Killey, and Polina Bayvel
• Ultra-Wideband Transmission Systems from an Energy Perspective: Which Band is Next? — Ronit Sohanpal, Mindaugus Jarmolovicius, Jiaqian Yang, Eric Sillekens, Romulo Aparecido, Vitaly Mikhailov, Jiawei Luo, David J. DiGiovanni, Ruben S. Luis, Hideaki Furukawa, Robert I. Killey and Polina Bayvel

In specialty fiber research, Lightera contributors are also participating in:

• Ultralow-Nonlinearity THz Transmission over Hollow Core Fiber (PBG-HCF) —Kazunori Mukasa

Additional OFC participation includes a Market Watch panel on fiber broadband progress and a technology showcase on smart infrastructure monitoring using advanced fiber optics.

About Lightera

Lightera is a global leader in optical fiber and connectivity solutions. Built on a legacy of expertise in optical science, we provide high-performance solutions that enable faster, more reliable, and sustainable connections for businesses, communities, and industries worldwide.

With operational headquarters in Norcross, Georgia, U.S.A., Lightera serves customers across telecommunications, enterprise, industrial, generative AI, data centers, 5G/6G, utilities, medical, aerospace, defense, and sensing markets.

Lightera is part of Furukawa Electric Group, a pioneer in advancing the next generation of infrastructure through integrated solutions in connectivity, information, energy, and mobility, to create a safe, peaceful, and sustainable world.

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