ICCT-Europe

Biography:
Lajos Hanzo (FIEEE'04) received Honorary Doctorates from the Technical University of Budapest (2009) and Edinburgh University (2015). He is a Foreign Member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering (FREng), of the IET, of EURASIP. He holds the IEEE Edwin Howard Armstrong Award and the IEEE Eric Sumner Technical Field Award.
For further details please see http://www-mobile.ecs.soton.ac.uk, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lajos_Hanzo
Abstract:
Following the roll-out of the 5G systems, researchers have turned their attention to the 6G enabling techniques as well as services. Hence the question arises: Could ISAC find its way into 6G?, We will contribute to this scientific debate, with a particular attention to some of their design aspects. Furthermore, we will touch upon the open facets and trade-offs to be obeyed by ISAC systems. MIMO solutions play a pivotal role in contemporary wireless systems, but which of the myriads of techniques lends itself best to ISAC? Smart propagation engineering and networking also play a pivotal role in the design of ISAC systems. Do join this alluring research journey, valued Colleague!

Biography:
Dinesh, a well-established industry expert with 30 years of experience, provides critical market data, high-level market intelligence, insights and strategic advice to companies across industries. Over the past 14 years, Dinesh has worked across various technology sectors, including wireless power, power supplies, smart home and appliances, wired interfaces, robotics, smart connectivity, and semiconductors. Before founding WAWT in 2021, Dinesh was the lead industry analyst covering wireless power and the power supply industry with Informa/Omdia (erstwhile IHS Technology). In the past, Dinesh has worked with various global consumer market research, advertising and media agencies. With his expertise and strategic advice, Dinesh has helped businesses grow extraordinarily. It’s safe to say that he is passionate about research. He is one of the most sought-after analysts in the industry today. No analyst covers the wireless power and power supply market as Dinesh does. He likes travelling and meeting people. Having moved around and worked in countries across regions including India, the Middle East, Africa and the UK, he calls himself a vagabond. He loves watching and playing cricket and golf. Intuitive by nature, Dinesh is a true entrepreneur with commercial acumen, cheerful and an opportunist personality. With his ‘Can-do attitude’ he believes “There should never be ‘Plan B’. If so, it should be to make ‘Plan A’ workable”. LinkedIn: dineshkithany; email: dinesh.kithany@wawt.tech; WAWT company page on LinkedIn: WAWT

Biography:
Mário G. Silveirinha is a Full Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of Lisbon. He is an IEEE Fellow, an OSA Fellow and an APS Fellow. He is a member of the Academy of Sciences of Lisbon.
Abstract:
In this talk, I will present our recent work on non-Hermitian photonics, focusing on how electric or optical pumping of materials can be leveraged to engineer photonic platforms with tailored gain. I will highlight two distinct paradigms developed by our group. In the first, we exploit the quantum geometry of materials to engineer a non-Hermitian electro-optic response featuring chiral gain [1–3]. This mechanism enables gain or dissipation that is controllable via the spin angular momentum of light. Remarkably, certain implementations exhibit functionalities analogous to those of MOSFET transistors, but distributed continuously throughout a material volume. In the second paradigm, we explore how temporally periodic optical pumping can induce parametric gain in plasmonic media [4]. We show that plasmonic time crystals support collective resonances of longitudinal modes that emerge independently of wave vector and contribute cooperatively to parametric amplification. Transparent conducting oxides appear as promising platforms for realizing such systems, enabling significant modulation of the electron effective mass while maintaining moderate loss levels. Together, these results offer new insights into harnessing time modulation and electro-optic effects to enhance optical gain and control wave dynamics at the nanoscale.
Acknowledgement:
This work is supported in part by the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), by the Simons Foundation (award SFI-MPS-EWP-00008530-10), and by FCT/MECI through national funds and when applicable co-funded EU funds under UID/50008: Instituto de Telecomunicações.
References:
[1] S. Lannebère, D. E. Fernandes, T. A. Morgado, M. G. Silveirinha, “Nonreciprocal and non-Hermitian material response inspired by semiconductor transistors”, Phys. Rev. Lett., 128, 013902, 2022. [2] T. G. Rappoport, T. A. Morgado, S. Lannebère, M. G. Silveirinha, “Engineering transistor-like optical gain in two-dimensional materials with Berry curvature dipoles”, Phys. Rev. Lett., 130, 076901, 2023. [3] S. Lannebère, D. E. Fernandes, T. A. Morgado, M. G. Silveirinha, “Chiral-Gain Photonics”, Laser Photonics Rev. 2400881 (1-17), 2025. [4] J. Feinberg, D. E. Fernandes, B. Shapiro and M. G. Silveirinha, “Plasmonic Time Crystals”, Phys. Rev. Lett., 2025 (in press).