Allegro EU Project Demonstrates Software-Defined Optical Networking via Programmable Photonics

We are pleased to announce a key publication in the Journal of Optical Communications and Networking:

Zhenyun Xie, David Sánchez-Jácome, Luis Torrijos-Morán, and Daniel Pérez-López,
“Software-defined optical networking applications enabled by programmable integrated photonics,” J. Opt. Commun. Netw., vol. 16, pp. D10–D17 (2024).
🔗 Read the full paper here: https://doi.org/10.1364/JOCN.521505

Key Highlights:

  • Demonstrates on-chip optical networking applications—dynamic interconnects, circuit switching, multicasting—all powered by a single programmable integrated photonic processor.
  • Utilizes graph-based software control to configure photonic meshes, achieving ultra-fast reconfiguration and minimal crosstalk.
  • Supports the development of highly adaptable and robust optical devices for next-generation data center and computing systems.

This contribution reaffirms the Allegro EU Project’s leadership in flexible, software-defined photonics and advanced optical network architectures.