Optical Communications Group
The Optical Communications Group applies principles of photonics, signal processing, communications and information theory to advance the performance of communication or imaging systems. Experiments are performed in a state-of-the-art laboratory in the Spilker Engineering and Applied Sciences Building.
Laboratory

Spilker Engineering and Applied Sciences, Room 230
(650) 725-2263
Research Areas
Current Research Topics
Photonic Devices and Subsystems
Single-Mode Fibers: Communications and Signal Processing
Multimode Fibers: Propagation Physics, Communications and Signal Processing
Multimode Fibers: Endoscopic Imaging
Free-Space Optical Communications
Multi-Input Multi-Output Radio Communications
Group Leader
Joseph M. Kahn (Professor of Electrical Engineering)
Visitors
Norman Swenson (Visiting Scholar)
Current Ph.D. Students
Elizabeth Chen
Oleksiy Krutko
Ethan Liang
Dana Murphy
Anirudh Vijay
Former Ph.D. Students
Sercan Arik (Google)
Daulet Askarov (Google)
Malik D. Audeh (Itron)
Daniel J. F. Barros (Google)
John R. Barry (Georgia Institute of Technology)
Brandon Buscaino (Ciena Corporation)
Jeffrey B. Carruthers (Boston University)
Elaine Chou (Meta)
Karthik Choutagunta (Perceptive, Inc.)
Gwang-Hyun Gho (Samsung)
Ruo Yu Gu (Cedars-Sinai Medical Center)
Keang-Po "Ricky" Ho (Apple)
John S. Hoch (Rasilient Systems, Inc.)
Ezra Ip (NEC Laboratories America)
Alan P. T. Lau (Hong Kong Polytechnic University)
David C. M. Lee (Broadcom)
Wei Mao (Bosch Research)
Gene W. Marsh (Qualcomm)
Reza Nasiri Mahalati (Perceptive, Inc. and Stanford University)
Rahul A. Panicker (Vicarious)
Jose Krause Perin (Aeva, Inc.)
Ian Roberts (Ciena Corporation)
Milad Sharif (Barefoot Networks)
Anujit K. Shastri (Aayuna, Inc.)
Mahdieh Bagher Shemirani (Citigroup)
Da-Shan Shiu (MediaTek)
Hrishikesh Srinivas (Tyndall National Institute)
Michael T. Taylor (Honeywell)
Jin Wang (AT&T)
Roy You (J. P. Morgan)
Lixia Zhou (Apple)
Xiaoming Zhu (ZTE)
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Last modified: February 1, 2023.