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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.Â
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.
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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ELIoT: Enhance Lighting for the Internet of Things (ELIOT)
Koonen, A. M. J. (., Tangdiongga, E., Huijskens, F. M., Ribeiro Barbio Correa, C., Mekonnen, K. A. & Tangdiongga, E.
1/01/19 → 31/12/21
Project: Research direct
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Smart-One: Optical networks for pervasive communication, i.e. Visible/Infrared Light Communication
Koonen, A. M. J. (., Pham, N. Q. & Tangdiongga, E.
2/01/17 → 31/12/22
Project: Research direct
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Zwaartekracht Networks ECO
Koonen, A. M. J. (. & Koonen, A. M. J. (.
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., Mekonnen, K. A., Trinidad, A. M., Zhang, X., Spiegelberg, M. & Raz, O.
1/01/14 → 31/12/23
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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A 20‐Gbps Beam‐Steered Infrared Wireless Link Enabled by a Passively Field‐Programmable Metasurface
Huang, J., Li, C., Lei, Y., Yang, L., Xiang, Y., Curto, A. G., Li, Z., Guo, L., Cao, Z., Hao, Y. & Koonen, A. M. J. T., Jan 2021, In: Laser & Photonics reviews. 15, 1, 13 p., 2000266.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Analog radio of fiber link of 2-Gbaud OOK/BPSK radio frequency-orbital angular momentum beam transmission over 19.4 km
Huang, S., Song, X., Gao, X., Zheng, Z., Cao, Z., Ma, J., Bai, Y. & Koonen, A. M. J., 18 Jan 2021, In: Optics Express. 29, 2, p. 2124-2134 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Compact K-band Photonic Beamsteerer Assisted with Weakly-Coupled Multi-Core Fiber
Trinidad, A. M., Morant, M., Tangdiongga, E., Koonen, A. M. J. T. & Llorente, R., 7 Jun 2021. 3 p.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › Academic
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ELIoT: New Features in LiFi for Next-Generation IoT
Linnartz, J. P., Ribeiro Barbio Correa, C., Bitencourt Cunha, T., Tangdiongga, E., Koonen, A. M. J. T., Deng, X., Abbo, A., J Stobbelaar, P., Müller, M., Behnke, D., Vazquez, M., Vicent Colonques, S., Bech, M., Metin, T., Emmelmann, M., Mohammadi Kouhini, S., Lennert Bober, K., Kottke, C. & Wendt, M., Jun 2021, EuCNC & 6G Summit.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Professional
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Field Trial of a Flexible Real-time Software-defined GPU-based Optical Receiver
van der Heide, S., Luis, R. S., Puttnam, B. J., Rademacher, G., Koonen, T., Shinada, S., Awaji, Y., Furukawa, H. & Okonkwo, C. M., 15 Apr 2021, In: Journal of Lightwave Technology. 39, 8, p. 2358-2367 10 p., 9317695.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 Sep 2001Activity: Talk or presentation types › Contributed talk › Scientific
Courses
Student theses
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Foutenkansberekeningen voor digitale optische transmissiesystemen
Author: Koonen, A., 31 Mar 1979Supervisor: van der Plaats, J. (Supervisor 1)
Student thesis: Master
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