Prof. Franko Kueppers Profile

Prof. Franko Kueppers

Professor and Director CPQM at Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology

SPIE Involvement:

Author

Area of Expertise:

Photonics , Optical Communications

Websites:

Company Website | Personal Website

Publications (29)

Proceedings Article | 30 May 2017 Paper

Resonant tunneling transport in ZnxBe1-xSe/ZnSe/ZnyBe1-ySe asymmetric quantum structures

Vadim Sirkeli, Oktay Yilmazoglu, Shihab Al-Daffaie, Ion Oprea, Duu Sheng Ong, Franko Küppers, Hans Hartnagel

Proc. SPIE. 10248, Nanotechnology VIII

KEYWORDS: Quantum wells, Scattering, Resistance, Laser scattering, Zinc, Diodes, Terahertz radiation, Nanophotonics, Selenium, Terahertz sources, Beryllium, Nanoelectronics, Temperature metrology

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Proceedings Article | 27 February 2017 Presentation + Paper

Vortex-MEMS filters for wavelength-selective orbital-angular-momentum beam generation

Sujoy Paul, Vladimir Lyubopytov, Martin Schumann, Julijan Cesar, Mohammadreza Malekizandi, Mohammad Haidar, Alexei Porfirev, Stanislav Gurbatov, Martin Wegener, Arkadi Chipouline, Franko Küppers

Proc. SPIE. 10120, Complex Light and Optical Forces XI

KEYWORDS: Microelectromechanical systems, Optical components, Optical filters, Beam splitters, Fabry–Perot interferometers, Fringe analysis, Wavefronts, Wavelength division multiplexing, Multiplexing, Free space, Telecommunications, Optical vortices, Transmittance, Fiber optic communications, Forward error correction, Signal detection, Spiral phase plates

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Proceedings Article | 25 February 2017 Presentation + Paper

Towards a SFP+ module for WDM applications using an ultra-widely-tunable high-speed MEMS-VCSEL

Sujoy Paul, Julijan Cesar, Mohammadreza Malekizandi, Mohammad Haidar, Niels Heermeier, Markus Ortsiefer, Christian Neumeyr, Christoph Gréus, Michael Eiselt, Irfan Ibrahim, Henning Schmidt, Jörg Schmidt, Franko Küppers

Proc. SPIE. 10122, Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Lasers XXI

KEYWORDS: Microelectromechanical systems, Packaging, Modulation, Dielectrics, Reflectivity, Wavelength division multiplexing, Single mode fibers, Data transmission, Distributed Bragg reflectors, Wavelength tuning, Plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition, Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers, Fiber couplers, Data centers, Surface micromachining

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Proceedings Article | 27 February 2014 Paper

Tunable MEMS-VCSEL with >140-nm tuning range using tuning range using SiO2/SiC-based MEMS-DBR

Christian Gierl, Karolina Zogal, Sujoy Paul, Franko Küppers

Proc. SPIE. 9001, Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Lasers XVIII

KEYWORDS: Refractive index, Mirrors, Quantum wells, Silica, Reflectivity, Semiconductor lasers, Wavelength tuning, Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers, Silicon carbide, Phase shifts

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Proceedings Article | 1 February 2014 Paper

Universal transmitter for wireless and optical access converged networks

Quang Le, Franko Küppers

Proc. SPIE. 9008, Optical Metro Networks and Short-Haul Systems VI

KEYWORDS: Transmitters, Modulation, Phase shift keying, Single mode fibers, Semiconductor lasers, Frequency modulation, Fermium, Optical networks, Signal generators, Laser optics

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Proceedings Article | 1 February 2014 Paper

Power budget extension for higher-order modulation formats in PONs

Mohammadreza Malekizandi, Ali Emsia, Dieter Briggmann, Quang Trung Le, Ivan Djordjevic, Franko Küppers

Proc. SPIE. 9007, Broadband Access Communication Technologies VIII

KEYWORDS: Transmitters, Digital signal processing, Optical amplifiers, Radon, Modulation, Wavelength division multiplexing, Receivers, Phase shift keying, Orthogonal frequency division multiplexing, Demultiplexers

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Proceedings Article | 1 February 2014 Paper

Experimental demonstration of NG-PONs power budget enhancement techniques

Ali Emsia, Mohammadreza Malekizandi, Dieter Briggmann, Quang Le, Ivan Djordjevic, Franko Küppers

Proc. SPIE. 9007, Broadband Access Communication Technologies VIII

KEYWORDS: Transmitters, Eye, Optical amplifiers, Semiconductor optical amplifiers, Radon, Modulation, Wavelength division multiplexing, WDM-PON, Phase shift keying, Multiplexers

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Proceedings Article | 13 March 2013 Paper

Widely tunable singlemode surface micro-machined MEMS-VCSELs operating at 1.95μm

Karolina Zogal, Tobias Gruendl, Christian Gierl, Sujoy Paul, Christian Grasse, Peter Meissner, Marcus-Christian Amann, Franko Kueppers

Proc. SPIE. 8639, Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Lasers XVII

KEYWORDS: Microelectromechanical systems, Mirrors, Quantum wells, Modulation, Dielectrics, Reflectivity, Wavelength tuning, Absorption spectroscopy, Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers, Tunable diode lasers

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Proceedings Article | 13 March 2013 Paper

Widely tunable MEMS-VCSELs operating at > 70 degrees °C

Christian Gierl, Tobias Gründl, Karolina Zogal, Sujoy Paul, Christian Grasse, Gerhard Böhm, Peter Meissner, Markus-Christian Amann, Franko Küppers

Proc. SPIE. 8639, Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Lasers XVII

KEYWORDS: Microelectromechanical systems, Mirrors, Resonators, Dielectrics, Reflectivity, Wavelength tuning, Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers, Fiber couplers, Semiconducting wafers, Temperature metrology

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Proceedings Article | 13 March 2013 Paper

Far-field emission characteristics and linewidth measurements of surface micro-machined MEMS tunable VCSELs

Sujoy Paul, Christian Gierl, Tobias Gründl , Karolina Zogal, Peter Meissner, Markus-Christian Amann , Franko Küppers

Proc. SPIE. 8639, Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Lasers XVII

KEYWORDS: Microelectromechanical systems, Gold, Mirrors, Tunable lasers, Gaussian beams, Resonators, Dielectrics, Semiconductor lasers, Distributed Bragg reflectors, Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers

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Proceedings Article | 4 February 2013 Paper

WDM-PON budget extension techniques for Nx10 Gbit/s DPSK signals

Ali Emsia, Quang Trung Le, Dieter Briggmann, Franko Küppers

Proc. SPIE. 8645, Broadband Access Communication Technologies VII

KEYWORDS: Semiconductors, Transmitters, Radon, Modulation, Signal attenuation, WDM-PON, Receivers, Optical semiconductors, Channel projecting optics, Alternate lighting of surfaces

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Proceedings Article | 4 February 2013 Paper

Chirp-managed lasers as cost-efficient transmitters for 10-Gbit/s WDM-PONs

Quang Trung Le, Ali Emsia, Dieter Briggmann, Franko Küppers

Proc. SPIE. 8645, Broadband Access Communication Technologies VII

KEYWORDS: Transmitters, Modulation, Wavelength division multiplexing, WDM-PON, Receivers, Phase shift keying, Modulators, Semiconductor lasers, Time division multiplexing, Network architectures

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Proceedings Article | 7 February 2012 Paper

Surface micromachined MEMS tunable VCSEL at 1550 nm with > 70 nm single mode tuning

Christian Gierl, Tobias Gründl, Pierluigi Debernardi, Karolina Zogal, Hooman Davani, Christian Grasse, Gerhard Böhm, Peter Meissner, Franko Küppers, Markus-Christian Amann

Proc. SPIE. 8276, Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Lasers XVI

KEYWORDS: Microelectromechanical systems, Mirrors, Modulation, Dielectrics, Reflectivity, Wavelength tuning, Plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition, Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers, Fiber couplers, Semiconducting wafers

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Proceedings Article | 7 February 2012 Paper

Long-wavelength VCSELs for sensing applications

M. Ortsiefer, J. Rosskopf, C. Neumeyr, T. Gründl, C. Grasse, J. Chen, A. Hangauer, R. Strzoda, C. Gierl, P. Meissner, F. Küppers, M.-C. Amann

Proc. SPIE. 8276, Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Lasers XVI

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, Optical sensing, Modulation, Sensors, Gases, Laser applications, Gallium antimonide, Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers, Temperature metrology, Absorption

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Proceedings Article | 7 February 2012 Paper

1.55 μm high-speed MEMS-tunable VCSEL

K. Zogal, T. Gruendl, H. Davani, C. Gierl, C. Grasse, F. Kueppers, P. Meissner, M.-C. Amann

Proc. SPIE. 8276, Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Lasers XVI

KEYWORDS: Microelectromechanical systems, Semiconductors, Refractive index, Mirrors, Tunable lasers, Quantum wells, Modulation, Dielectrics, Reflectivity, Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers

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Proceedings Article | 7 February 2012 Paper

Polarization investigation of a tunable high-speed short-wavelength bulk-micromachined MEMS-VCSEL

H. A. Davani, B. Kögel, P. Debernardi, C. Grasse, C. Gierl, K. Zogal, Å. Haglund, J. Gustavsson, P. Westbergh, T. Gründl, P. Komissinskiy, T. Bitsch, L. Alff, F. Küppers, A. Larsson, M.-C. Amann, P. Meissner

Proc. SPIE. 8276, Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Lasers XVI

KEYWORDS: Oxides, Optical fibers, Refractive index, Mirrors, Switches, Polarization, Etching, Interfaces, Gallium arsenide, Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers

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Proceedings Article | 25 January 2012 Paper

SOA-based Mamyshev-type regeneration: towards an all-optical error correction?

Hacene Chaouch, Franko Küppers

Proc. SPIE. 8283, Optical Metro Networks and Short-Haul Systems IV

KEYWORDS: Optical filters, Semiconductor optical amplifiers, Modulation, Interference (communication), Numerical simulations, Receivers, Signal processing, Electronic filtering, Nonlinear filtering, Filtering (signal processing)

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Proceedings Article | 25 January 2011 Paper

New concept for a regenerative amplifier for passive optical networks

A. Tervonen, M. Mattila, W. Weiershausen, T. von Lerber, E. Parsons, H. Chaouch, F. Kueppers, S. Honkanen

Proc. SPIE. 7959, Optical Metro Networks and Short-Haul Systems III

KEYWORDS: Optical amplifiers, Semiconductor optical amplifiers, Signal attenuation, Amplifiers, Photodiodes, Passive optical networks, Receivers, Photonics, Tolerancing, Amplitude shift keying

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Proceedings Article | 25 January 2011 Paper

Tuneable VCSEL aiming for the application in interconnects and short haul systems

Christian Gierl, Karolina Zogal, Sandro Jatta, Hooman Davani, Franko Küppers, Peter Meissner, Tobias Gründl, Christian Grasse, Markus-Christian Amann, Aidan Daly, Brian Corbett, Benjamin Kögel, Åsa Haglund, Johan Gustavsson, Petter Westbergh, Anders Larsson, Pierluigi Debernardi, Markus Ortsiefer

Proc. SPIE. 7959, Optical Metro Networks and Short-Haul Systems III

KEYWORDS: Semiconductors, Refractive index, Mirrors, Tunable lasers, Quantum wells, Modulation, Resonators, Dielectrics, Reflectivity, Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers

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Proceedings Article | 23 January 2010 Paper

Photonic balancing and its application in optical receivers and regenerators for fiber-optic systems

F. Kueppers, E. Parsons, H. Chaouch, W. Weiershausen, M. Mattila, A. Tervonen, T. von Lerber

Proc. SPIE. 7621, Optical Metro Networks and Short-Haul Systems II

KEYWORDS: Modulation, Fiber optics, Interference (communication), Receivers, Phase shift keying, Modulators, Attenuators, Electronic filtering, Signal detection, Phase shifts

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Proceedings Article | 23 January 2010 Paper

Serial 100 Gbit/s PM-RZ-DQPSK transmission in the presence of perturbations from lower data rate neighboring channels

Hacene Chaouch, Sascha Vorbeck, Malte Schneiders, Franko Kueppers

Proc. SPIE. 7621, Optical Metro Networks and Short-Haul Systems II

KEYWORDS: Eye, Optical amplifiers, Modulation, Polarization, Error analysis, Numerical simulations, Phase shift keying, Single mode fibers, Terahertz radiation, Dense wavelength division multiplexing

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Proceedings Article | 23 January 2010 Paper

Phase-preserving amplitude noise suppression using an attenuation-imbalanced NOLM

E. Parsons, C. Stephan, K. Sponsel, T. Roethlingshoefer, F. Küppers, G. Onishchukov, B. Schmauss, G. Leuchs

Proc. SPIE. 7621, Optical Metro Networks and Short-Haul Systems II

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, Eye, Optical amplifiers, Signal attenuation, Phase shift keying, Attenuators, Picosecond phenomena, Scanning probe microscopy, Phase transfer function, Phase shifts

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Proceedings Article | 26 January 2009 Paper

100GEthernet for aggregation and transport networks

Sascha Vorbeck, Malte Schneiders, Werner Weiershausen, Cornell Gonschior, Franko Küppers

Proc. SPIE. 7235, Optical Metro Networks and Short-Haul Systems

KEYWORDS: Optical fibers, Internet, Optical amplifiers, Modulation, Polarization, Dispersion, Interfaces, Tolerancing, Transponders, Standards development

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Proceedings Article | 12 May 2008 Paper

Mode-locked fiber/waveguide lasers based on a fiber taper embedded in carbon nanotubes/polymer composite

Qing Wang, Kieu Khanh, Seppo Honkanen, Franko Kueppers

Proc. SPIE. 6996, Silicon Photonics and Photonic Integrated Circuits

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, Waveguides, Glasses, Mode locking, Composites, Fiber lasers, Semiconductor lasers, Waveguide lasers, Single walled carbon nanotubes, Absorption

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Proceedings Article | 26 April 2008 Paper

Fiber ringdown-beat pressure sensors

Haiyan Chen, Qing Wang, Tuomo von Lerber, Seppo Honkanen, Franko Kueppers

Proc. SPIE. 7003, Optical Sensors 2008

KEYWORDS: Light sources, Fabry–Perot interferometers, Optical amplifiers, Modulation, Birefringence, Sensors, Single mode fibers, Polarizers, Modulators, Fiber optics sensors

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Proceedings Article | 10 September 2007 Paper

Roadmap for low-cost optical regeneration

Tuomo von Lerber, Seppo Honkanen, Franko Kueppers

Proc. SPIE. 6774, Optical Transmission Systems and Equipment for Networking VI

KEYWORDS: Clocks, Modulation, Resonators, Polarization, Mode locking, Chromium, Semiconductor lasers, Signal processing, Integrated optics, Optics manufacturing

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Proceedings Article | 10 September 2007 Paper

The influence of bit pattern effects on clock recovery in phase shift keyed fiber-optic transmission systems

Earl Parsons, Qing Wang, Seppo Honkanen, Tuomo von Lerber, Franko Kueppers

Proc. SPIE. 6774, Optical Transmission Systems and Equipment for Networking VI

KEYWORDS: Optical filters, Clocks, Modulation, Fiber optics, Reflectivity, Phase shift keying, Polarizers, Binary data, Osmium, Phase shifts

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Proceedings Article | 25 October 2005 Paper

Design considerations for terrestrial ultra-high-bitrate long-haul transmission systems

Sascha Vorbeck, Malte Schneiders, Emre Araci, M. Junaid Ansari, Nasser Peyghamberian, Franko Küppers

Proc. SPIE. 6012, Optical Transmission Systems and Equipment for WDM Networking IV

KEYWORDS: Transmitters, Modulation, Dispersion, Complex systems, Wavelength division multiplexing, Receivers, Single mode fibers, Raman spectroscopy, Nonlinear optics, Tolerancing

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Proceedings Article | 25 October 2004 Paper

Temperature influences on chromatic dispersion in dispersion-compensated ultrahigh-speed long-haul transmission systems

Franko Kuppers, Sindhu Thekkiniathu, Ismail Araci

Proc. SPIE. 5596, Optical Transmission Systems and Equipment for WDM Networking III

KEYWORDS: Refractive index, Eye, Optical amplifiers, Modulation, Dispersion, Numerical simulations, Single mode fibers, Picosecond phenomena, Tolerancing, Temperature metrology

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