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  • 2017 - OSA Fellows Seb J Savory University of Cambridge, United Kingdom “for contributions to digital coherent transceivers for optical fiber communication” (Engineering and Science Research)
  • 2017 - IEEE Fellow For contributions to digital coherent transceivers for optical fiber communication

Overview

Seb J. Savory is affiliated with the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom and specializes in the field of Engineering, with a focused concentration on Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Their body of research spans several subfields including Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, Biophysics, Artificial Intelligence, and Instrumentation. This diverse expertise informs their extensive work on photonics and optical communication technologies.

The scientist's research topics cover a broad spectrum related to optical network technologies and photonic communication systems. Key areas of work include:

  • Optical Network Technologies
  • Advanced Photonic Communication Systems
  • Photonic and Optical Devices
  • Advanced Optical Network Technologies
  • Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices
  • Neural Networks and Reservoir Computing
  • Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies

Frequently publishing in recognized venues, Seb J. Savory has contributed to leading journals and conferences. The primary publication venues include:

  • IEEE Photonics Technology Letters
  • IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics
  • Journal of Lightwave Technology
  • Journal of Optical Communications and Networking
  • arXiv (Cornell University)

Among the recent papers authored or co-authored by Seb J. Savory are:

  • "Coherent Passive Optical Networks: Why, When, and How" (2021, IEEE Communications Magazine)
  • "Machine learning for optical fiber communication systems: An introduction and overview" (2021, APL Photonics)
  • "Overview of high-speed TDM-PON beyond 50 Gbps per wavelength using digital signal processing [Invited Tutorial]" (2022, Journal of Optical Communications and Networking)
  • "Maximizing the information throughput of ultra-wideband fiber-optic communication systems" (2022, Optics Express)
  • "Simplified coherent optical network units for very-high-speed passive optical networks" (2024, Journal of Optical Communications and Networking)

Collaborative work features several frequent co-authors who have repeatedly partnered with Seb J. Savory in research efforts. These co-authors include:

  • Dawn Melley
  • Kevin Lisankie
  • Jeffrey Cichocki
  • Thomas Siegert
  • Jamie Moesch

Recognition for their contributions includes receiving fellowships from notable professional bodies. In 2017, Seb J. Savory was named a fellow of both the Optical Society of America (OSA) and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) for work related to digital coherent transceivers for optical fiber communication.

Best Publications

  • Digital filters for coherent optical receivers.

    Seb J Savory

  • Digital Coherent Optical Receivers: Algorithms and Subsystems

    Seb J Savory

  • Roadmap of optical communications

    Erik Agrell;Magnus Karlsson;A R Chraplyvy;David J Richardson

  • Electronic compensation of chromatic dispersion using a digital coherent receiver.

    Seb J. Savory;Giancarlo Gavioli;Robert I. Killey;Polina Bayvel

  • Compensation of Quadrature Imbalance in an Optical QPSK Coherent Receiver

    I. Fatadin;S.J. Savory;D. Ives

  • Blind Equalization and Carrier Phase Recovery in a 16-QAM Optical Coherent System

    I. Fatadin;D. Ives;S.J. Savory

  • Laser Linewidth Tolerance for 16-QAM Coherent Optical Systems Using QPSK Partitioning

    Irshaad Fatadin;David Ives;Seb J Savory

  • Digital Signal Processing for Coherent Transceivers Employing Multilevel Formats

    Md. Saifuddin Faruk;Seb J. Savory

  • Spectrally shaped DP-16QAM super-channel transmission with multi-channel digital back-propagation.

    Robert Maher;Tianhua Xu;Lidia Galdino;Masaki Sato

  • Mitigation of Fiber Nonlinearity Using a Digital Coherent Receiver

    D S Millar;S Makovejs;C Behrens;S Hellerbrand

  • Digital Coherent Receivers for Long-Reach Optical Access Networks

    D. Lavery;R. Maher;D. S. Millar;B. C. Thomsen

  • Design of a 1 Tb/s Superchannel Coherent Receiver

    David S. Millar;Robert Maher;Domanic Lavery;Toshiaki Koike-Akino

  • Digital Compensation for Optical Transmission System

    Seb J Savory;James Whiteaway

  • Real time dynamic strain monitoring of optical links using the backreflection of live PSK data.

    H F Martins;K Shi;B C Thomsen;S Martin-Lopez

  • Blind Equalization of Receiver In-Phase/Quadrature Skew in the Presence of Nyquist Filtering

    Milen Paskov;Domanic Lavery;Seb J. Savory

  • Coherent Passive Optical Networks: Why, When, and How

    Unknown

  • Digital Equalisation of 40Gbit/s per Wavelength Transmission over 2480km of Standard Fibre without Optical Dispersion Compensation

    S. J. Savory;A. D. Stewart;S. Wood;G. Gavioli

  • Adapting Transmitter Power and Modulation Format to Improve Optical Network Performance Utilizing the Gaussian Noise Model of Nonlinear Impairments

    David J. Ives;Polina Bayvel;Seb J. Savory

  • Compensation of Frequency Offset for 16-QAM Optical Coherent Systems Using QPSK Partitioning

    I. Fatadin;S. J. Savory

  • Machine Learning for Optical Fiber Communication Systems:An Introduction and Overview

    Unknown

  • Optimal Least-Squares FIR Digital Filters for Compensation of Chromatic Dispersion in Digital Coherent Optical Receivers

    Amir Eghbali;Hakan Johansson;Oscar Gustafsson;Seb J. Savory

  • A long-reach ultra-dense 10 Gbit/s WDM-PON using a digital coherent receiver.

    Domaniç Lavery;Maria Ionescu;Sergejs Makovejs;Enrico Torrengo

Frequent Co-Authors

Polina Bayvel
Polina Bayvel University College London
Robert I. Killey
Robert I. Killey University College London
Domanic Lavery
Domanic Lavery Infinera (UK)
Alex Alvarado
Alex Alvarado Eindhoven University of Technology
Gabriella Bosco
Gabriella Bosco Polytechnic University of Turin
Pierluigi Poggiolini
Pierluigi Poggiolini Polytechnic University of Turin
Josep Prat
Josep Prat Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
Toshiaki Koike-Akino
Toshiaki Koike-Akino Mitsubishi Electric (United States)
Zhiliang Yuan
Zhiliang Yuan Beijing Academy of Quantum Information Sciences
Andrea Carena
Andrea Carena Polytechnic University of Turin

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