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Ton Koonen is a full professor of Electro-Optical Communications and Chair of Broadband Communication Networks in the department Telecommunication Technology and Electromagnetics. His areas of specialization include computer systems, architectures and networks, telecommunications, broadband and optical fiber-to/in-the-home. Ton has initiated and led several European and national R&D projects in this area on dynamically reconfigurable hybrid fiber access networks, fiber-wireless, packet-switched access, and short-range multimode (polymer) optical fiber networks, and label-controlled optical packet routed networks.
His current research interests are optical fiber-supported in-building networks (including optical wireless communication techniques, radio-over-fiber techniques, and high-capacity plastic optical fiber (POF) techniques), optical access networks, and spatial division multiplexed systems. His group has, for example, developed a Wi-Fi network that transmits signals via infrared light, achieving a speed of 42.8 Gb/s, 100 times faster than current networks generally achieve. At this speed, an entire film could be transferred in one second.
Academic background
Ton Koonen received his MSc (with honors) in Electrical Engineering from TU/e in 1979.In that year, he joined Philips Telecommunicatie Industrie (Telecommunications Industry). From 1987 to 2000 he worked on high-speed transmission systems and optical fiber systems for hybrid access networks at Bell Laboratories within Lucent. He has also worked as a professor at the University of Twente, holding a chair on Photonic Networks.
Ton is chairman of the Electro-Optical Communication Systems (ECO) group, part of the COBRA institute and from September 2012 he was also vice-dean of the department Electrical Engineering. Ton is a Bell Labs Fellow, IEEE Fellow, OSA Fellow, ERC Advanced Investigator Grant Winner, Distinguished Guest Professor of Hunan University, Changsha, China, and has frequently acted as an auditor and reviewer on national and EC projects. Currently, he is involved in a number of access/in-home projects in the Freeband program, the IOP GenCom program, and the EC FP6 IST and FP7 ICT programs. He has authored and co-authored more than 250 conference and journal publications.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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Zwaartekracht Networks ECO
Koonen, A. M. J., Koonen, A. M. J. & Stabile, R.
31/03/14 → 30/06/24
Project: Research direct
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Zwaartekracht ECO Research Centre for Integrated Nanophotonics
Koonen, A. M. J., van Zantvoort, J. H. C., Smit, M., Cao, Z., van der Heide, S., Shi, B., Spiegelberg, M., Raz, O., Al-Daffaie, S., Mukit, M., Shi, B., Lei, Y. & Spiegelberg, M.
1/01/14 → 31/12/23
Project: Research direct
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ELIoT: Enhance Lighting for the Internet of Things (ELIOT)
Koonen, A. M. J., Huijskens, F. M., Ribeiro Barbio Correa, C., Mekonnen, K. A. & Tangdiongga, E.
1/01/19 → 30/06/22
Project: Research direct
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Beam-steered Reconfigurable Optical-Wireless System for Energy-efficient communication - Proving the Concept - BROWSE_PLUS
Koonen, A. M. J., Mekonnen, K. A. & Huijskens, F. M.
1/06/18 → 30/11/19
Project: Research direct
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Smart-One: Optical networks for pervasive communication, i.e. Visible/Infrared Light Communication
Koonen, A. M. J. & Tangdiongga, E.
2/01/17 → 31/12/22
Project: Research direct
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Passive OFE WDM-over-POF Gigabits per Second Performance Comparison of Spatial Diversity and Spatial Multiplexing
Ribeiro Barbio Correa, C., Bitencourt Cunha, T., Linnartz, J. P., Huijskens, F. M., Koonen, A. M. J. & Tangdiongga, E., 2023, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of Lightwave Technology. XX, XResearch output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Reciprocal Phase Transition Electro-Optic Modulation
Zou, F., Zou, L., Tian, Y., Zhang, Y., Bente, E., Hou, W., Liu, Y., Chen, S., Cao, V., Guo, L., Li, S., Yan, L., Pan, W., Milosevic, D., Cao, Z., Koonen, A. M. J., Liu, H. & Zou, X., Apr 2023, In: Laser and Photonics Reviews. 17, 4, 9 p., 2200577.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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A low-latency real-time PAM-4 receiver enabled by deep-parallel technique
Chen, L., Li, C., Oh, C. W. & Koonen, A. M. J., 1 Apr 2022, In: Optics Communications. 508, 9 p., 127836.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Automatic Gbps Receiver for Mobile Device in Beam-Steered Infrared Light Communication System
Pham, N. Q., Mekonnen, K. A., Mefleh, A., Koonen, T. & Tangdiongga, E., 15 Oct 2022, In: Journal of Lightwave Technology. 40, 20, p. 6852-6859 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Beyond 110 GHz uni-traveling carrier photodiodes on an InP-membrane-on-silicon platform
Graaf, J. D., Zhao, X., Konstantinou, D., van den Hout, M., Reniers, S., Shen, L., van der Heide, S., Rommel, S., Tafur Monroy, I., Okonkwo, C. M., Cao, Z., Koonen, T., Williams, K. & Jiao, Y., 1 Mar 2022, In: IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics. 28, 2, 10 p., 3802010.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Prizes
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Beam-steered Reconfigurable Optical-Wireless System for Energy-efficient communication
Koonen, A.M.J. (Ton) (Recipient), 2011
Prize: ERC › Advanced › Scientific
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Beam-steered Reconfigurable Optical-Wireless System for Energy-efficient communication – Proving the Concept
Koonen, A.M.J. (Ton) (Recipient), 2017
Prize: ERC › Proof of concept › Scientific
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Fellow Bell Labs Lucent Technologies
Koonen, A.M.J. (Ton) (Recipient), 1998
Prize: Other › Fellowships & memberships › Scientific
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ICT Regie Award
Koonen, A.M.J. (Ton) (Recipient), 2009
Prize: Other › Discipline related › Professional
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Freeband BB Photonics Access Symposium, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Ton Koonen (Speaker)
18 Apr 2008Activity: Talk or presentation types › Contributed talk › Scientific
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IOP GenCom Werksymposium, De Vereeniging, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Ton Koonen (Organiser)
29 Oct 2003Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Workshop, seminar, course or exhibition › Scientific
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IOP GenCom Werksymposium, De Vereeniging, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Ton Koonen (Organiser)
29 Oct 2003Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Workshop, seminar, course or exhibition › Scientific
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Meeting of the Academisch Genootschap, Eindhoven, Netherlands
Ton Koonen (Speaker)
5 Nov 2001Activity: Talk or presentation types › Contributed talk › Scientific
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10th International POF conference, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Ton Koonen (Speaker)
28 Sept 2001Activity: Talk or presentation types › Contributed talk › Scientific
Thesis
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Foutenkansberekeningen voor digitale optische transmissiesystemen
Author: Koonen, A. M. J., 31 Mar 1979Supervisor: van der Plaats, J. (Supervisor 1)
Student thesis: Master
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