Portrait of Fotini Karinou

Fotini Karinou

Principal Hardware Architect - Optical Technologies

Publications (Journals)

  • B. Schrenk and Karinou, “Detector-on-demand architecture for flexible homodyne transmission in optical networks,” in IEEE/Optica Journal of Lightwave Technology, vol. 42, no. 17, pp. 5881-5889, Sept. 2024, 10.1109/JLT.2024.3406521.
  • B. Schrenk and F. Karinou, “Full-Duplex mmWave radio-over-fiber architecture with simplified photonic frequency translation,” in IEEE/Optica Journal of Lightwave Technology, Apr. 2024, 10.1109/JLT.2024.3386254.
  • E. Diamanti, F. Karinou, J. Liu, G. Moody, B. Pingault, C. Sorace-Agaskar, K. Srinivasan and D. Zhu, “Guest Editorial Integrated Photonics for Quantum Applications,” in IEEE/Optica Journal of Lightwave Technology, Special Issue, vol. 40, no. 23, pp. 7482-7484, 1 Dec.1, 2022, doi: 10.1109/JLT.2022.3222586.
  • M. P. G. Rombouts, F. Karinou, P. Pintus, D. Huang, J. E. Bowers, N. Calabretta, “A sub-picojoule per bit integrated magneto-optic modulator on silicon: Modeling and experimental demonstration,” Laser & Photonics Reviews, vol. 17, no. 4, Jan. 2023, https://doi.org/10.1002/lpor.202200799.
  • B. Schrenk and F. Karinou, “Single-carrier, single-λ full-duplex analog radio feed over a single-port RRH transceiver,” in IEEE/Optica Journal of Lightwave Technology, vol. 41, no. 4, pp. 1114-1121, 15 Feb.15, 2023, doi: 10.1109/JLT.2022.3230405.
  • N. Vokić, D. Milovančev, F. Karinou and B. Schrenk, “Coherent EML+TIA detector for DSP-Free 1 Gb/s/λ reception over extended budget,” in IEEE/Optica Journal of Lightwave Technology, vol. 40, no. 14, pp. 4635-4641, 15 July15, 2022, doi: 10.1109/JLT.2022.3169209.
  • P. Pintus, L. Ranzani, S. Pinna, D. Huang, M. Gustafsson, F. Karinou, G. A. Casula, Y. Shoji, Y. Takamura, T. Mizumoto, M. Soltani, J. E. Bowers, “An integrated magneto-optic modulator for cryogenic applications,” Nature Electronics 5, 604–610 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41928-022-00823-w
  • D. Milovančev, N. Vokić, F. Karinou and B. Schrenk, “Simplified coherent receiver for analogue radio transmission over high optical budgets,” in IEEE/Optica Journal of Lightwave Technology, vol. 39, no. 24, pp. 7672-7681, 15 Dec.15, 2021, doi: 10.1109/JLT.2021.3085517.
  • S. Raja, S. Lange, M. Karpov, K. Shi, X. Fu, R. Behrendt, D. Cletheroe, A. Lukashchuk, I. Haller, F. Karinou, B. Thomsen, K. Jozwik, J. Liu, P. Costa, T. Kippenberg, H. Ballani, “Ultrafast optical circuit switching for data centers using integrated soliton microcombs” Nature Commun. 12, 5867 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-25841-8.
  • B. Schrenk, D. Milovančev, N. Vokić, H. Hübel, and F. Karinou, “Face-to-Face EML Transceiver Tandem for Full-Duplex Analogue Radio-Over-Air,” IEEE/OSA J. Lightw. Technol., vol. 38, no. 11, 2020, 10.1109/JLT.2020.2982175
  • F. Laudenbach, B. Schrenk, C. Pacher, M. Hentschel, C. H. F. Fung, F. Karinou, A. Poppe, M. Peev, and H. Hübel, “Pilot-assisted intradyne reception for high-speed continuous-variable quantum key distribution with true local oscillator,” Quantum 3, 193 (2019), https://doi.org/10.22331/q-2019-10-07-193 . 
  • B. Schrenk, and F. Karinou, “Analogue coherent TDMA receiver with fast locking to free-running optical emitters,” IEEE/OSA J. Lightw. Technol., vol. 38, no. 2, Aug. 2019, DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2019.2936464.
  • B. Schrenk, and F. Karinou, “Simple laser transmitter pair as polarization-independent coherent homodyne detector,” Optics Express, vol. 27, no. 10, pp. 13942-13950, (2019), https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.27.013942.
  • B. Schrenk, and F. Karinou, “Photonic add-drop-gate node element based on EML technology,” IEEE/OSA J. Lightw. Technol., vol. 37 , no. 16 , Aug.15, 15 2019, DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2019.2906075 (Invited).
  • B. Schrenk and F. Karinou, “A coherent homodyne TO-Can transceiver as simple as an EML,” IEEE/OSA J. Lightw. Technol., vol. 37 , no. 2 , Jan.15, 15 2019, 10.1109/JLT.2018.2879435 (Top Scored).
  • F.  Karinou, H. H. Brunner, F. Fung, L. C. Comandar, S. Bettelli, D. Hillerkuss, S. Mikroulis, D. Wang, M. Kuschnerov, C. Xie, A. Poppe, and M. Peev, “Toward the integration of continuous variables quantum key distribution in deployed optical networks,” IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, vol. 30, no. 7, Apr. 2018, 10.1109/LPT.2018.2810334.
  • C. Prodaniuc, N. Stojanovic, F. Karinou, and R. Llorente, “Partial response signalling for improved chromatic dispersion tolerance in intensity modulation optical transmissions,” OSA Optics Express, vol. 26, no. 3, pp. 3013-3019 (2018), https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.26.003013.
  • F. Karinou N. Stojanovic, C. Prodaniuc, and Qiang Zhang, “Electro-absorption modulated laser for C-band transmissions using duo-binary equalization and MLSE for chromatic dispersion mitigation”, MDPI Journal of Photonics, vol. 4, no. 9, Feb. 2017, https://doi.org/10.3390/photonics4010009 (Invited).
  • N. Stojanovic, F. Karinou, Zhang Qiang, and Cristian Prodaniuc, “Volterra and Wiener Filters for Short-Reach 100G PAM-4 Applications,” IEEE/OSA J. Lightw. Technol., vol. 35, no. 21, Nov. 2017, 10.1109/JLT.2017.2752363.
  • F. Karinou N. Stojanovic, C. Prodaniuc, Mikel Agustin, Jörg Kropp, and Nikolay N. Ledentsov, “Solutions for 100/400 Gb/s Ethernet systems based on multimode photonic technologies” IEEE/OSA J. Lightw. Technol., Special Issue on Optical Interconnects, vol. 35, no. 15, Aug. 2017, 10.1109/JLT.2016.2630123.
  • Q. Zhang, N. Stojanovic, C. Prodaniuc, F. Karinou, and C. Xie, “Cost-effective single-lane 112 Gb/s solution for mobile fronthaul and access applications”, OSA Optics Letters, vol. 41, pp. 5720-5723 (2016), https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.41.005720.
  • C. Prodaniuc, N. Stojanovic, F. Karinou, Z. Qiang, and R. Llorente, “Performance comparison between trellis coded modulation and PAM-4 for low-cost 400 Gbps WDM optical networks,” IEEE/OSA J. Lightw. Technol., vol. 34, no.22, pp. 5308– 5316, Sept. 2016, 10.1109/JLT.2016.2609199.
  • F. Karinou, N. Stojanovic, A. Daly, C. Neumeyr, and M. Ortsiefer, “1.55-μm long-wavelength VCSEL-based optical interconnects for short-reach networks,” IEEE/OSA J. Lightw. Technol., Special Issue on Optical interconnects, vol. 34, no. 12, pp. 2897-2904, June 2016, 10.1109/JLT.2015.2505359 (Invited).
  • F. Karinou, N. Stojanovic, and Z. Yu, “Demonstration of a low-cost, end-to-end Solution for next-generation 100 Gb/s metropolitan optical networks,” Transmission Technology Research Letters, HUAWEI Internal Letter, Oct. 2015.
  • F. Karinou, C. Prodaniuc, and N. Stojanovic, “56 Gb/s/λ optical interconnects for datacenters,” Transmission Technology Research Letters, HUAWEI Internal Letter, Oct. 2015.
  • F. Karinou, N. Stojanovic, and Z. Yu, “Toward cost-efficient 100G metro networks using IM/DD, 10-GHz components and MLSE receiver,” IEEE/OSA J. Lightw. Technol., vol. 33, no. 19, pp. 4109-4117, July 2015, 10.1109/JLT.2015.2463080.
  • F. Karinou, C. Prodaniuc, N. Stojanovic, M. Ortsiefer, A. Daly, R. Hohenleitner, B. Kögel, and C. Neumeyr, “Directly PAM-4 modulated 1530-nm VCSEL enabling 56 Gb/s/λ data-center interconnects,” IEEE Photon. Techn. Lett., vol. 27, no. 17, pp. 1041-1135, June 2015, 10.1109/LPT.2015.2444096.
  • F. Karinou, R. Borkowski, K. Prince, D. Zibar, I. Roudas, K. Vlachos and I. Tafur Monroy, “Advanced modulation techniques for high performance computing optical interconnects,” IEEE J. Sel. Topics in Quantum Electron. (JSTQE), Special Issue on Optical Interconnects, vol. 19, no. 2, Article 3700614, Apr. 2013, 10.1109/JSTQE.2012.2231405.
  • F. Karinou, L. Deng, R. Rodes, J. B. Jensen, K. Prince, and I. Tafur Monroy, “Performance comparison of 850-nm and 1550-nm VCSELs exploiting OOK, OFDM, and 4-PAM over SMF/MMF links for low-cost optical interconnects,” Elsevier Journal of Optical Fiber Technology, vol. 19, no. 3, p. 206−212 (2013), 10.1016/j.yofte.2013.01.003 .
  • I. Roudas, B. R. Hemenway, R. R. Grzybowski, and F. Karinou, “Optimal wavelength-space crossbar switches for supercomputer optical interconnects,” OSA Optics Express, vol. 20, no. 18, pp. 20407−20426, Aug. 2012.
  • R. Borkowski, F. Karinou, M. Angelou, V. Arlunno, D. Zibar, D. Klonidis, N. Guerrero Gonzalez, A. Caballero, I. Tomkos, and I. Tafur Monroy, “Experimental study on OSNR requirements for spectrum-flexible optical networks,” IEEE/OSA J. Opt. Com. Netw., vol. 4, no.11, pp. B85−B93, Nov. 2012 , 10.1364/JOCN.4.000B85 (Invited).
  • F. Karinou, I. Roudas, K. G. Vlachos, B. R. Hemenway, and R. R. Grzybowski, “Influence of transmission impairments on the OSMOSIS HPC optical interconnect architecture,” IEEE/OSA J. Lightw. Technol., vol. 29, no. 21, pp. 3167−3177, Sep. 2011, 10.1109/JLT.2011.2167219.
  • X. Pang, A. Caballero, A. Dogadaev, V. Arlunno, R. Borkowski, J. S. Pedersen, L. Deng, F. Karinou, F. Roubeau, D. Zibar, X.Yu, and I. Tafur Monroy, “100 Gbit/s hybrid optical fiber-wireless link in the W-band (75–110 GHz),” OSA Optics Express, vol. 19, no. 27, pp. 24944−24949, Nov. 2011, https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.19.024944.