Team Leader

Dr Bill Corcoran

Email: bill.corcoran@monash.edu

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Monash University

Office location: Room 216, 16 Alliance Lane, Clayton Campus

Biography: Bill is a Lecturer at Monash University (Melbourne, Australia), with research focusing on optical communications and the application of photonics to communication systems. Bill had his PhD conferred in Physics at the University of Sydney in 2011, focused on light-by-light control on photonic chips (enhanced optical nonlinearities in silicon waveguides), and it's applications to fibre optic systems. From 2011 to 2013 he held a post-doctoral position at Chalmers University of Technology (Gothenburg, Sweden) ) on a novel type of optical amplifier (phase-sensitive fibre optic parametric amplification), and the use of their unique properties in optical communications. In 2014, he joined Monash as a project leader the Terabit-per-second Systems flagship of ARC Centre for Ultrahigh Bandwidth Devices for Optical Systems (CUDOS), focused on processing high-capacity optical 'super-channels'. In 2015, he joined the faculty as part of the department of Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering at Monash, and began establishing the Monash Photonic Communications Laboratory. He joins InPAC as lead on Data Comms.

Journal Publications

  • Tan, M., Mitchell, A., Moss, D.J., Xu, X., Corcoran, B., Wu, J., Boes, A., Nguyen, T.G., Chu, S.T., Little, B.E., Morandotti, R., “Microwave and RF Photonic Fractional Hilbert Transformer Based on a 50 GHz Kerr Micro-Comb”, Journal of Lightwave Technology, 37 (24), art. no. 8864019, pp. 6097-6104, (2019). DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2019.2946606
  • Lowery, A.J., Corcoran, B., “Nanosecond-Latency IM/DD/DSB Short-Haul to Coherent/SSB Long-Haul Converter”, Journal of Lightwave Technology, 37 (20), art. no. 8784193, pp. 5333-5339, (2019). DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2019.2932432
  • Geng, Z., Kong, D., Rozental, V., Lowery, A.J., Corcoran, B., “Optical sampling to enhance Nyquist-shaped signal detection under limited receiver bandwidth”, Optics Express, 27 (17), pp. 24007-24017, (2019). DOI: 10.1364/OE.27.024007
  • Geng, Z., Kong, D., Corcoran, B., Guan, P., da Ros, F., da Silva, E.P., Oxenløwe, L.K., Lowery, A.J., “All-optical OFDM demultiplexing with optical partial Fourier transform and coherent sampling”, Optics Letters, 44 (2), pp. 443-446, (2019). DOI: 10.1364/OL.44.000443
  • Giacoumidis, E., Choudhary, A., Magi, E., Marpaung, D., Vu, K., Ma, P., Choi, D.-Y., Madden, S., Corcoran, B., Pelusi, M., Eggleton, B.J., “Chip-based Brillouin processing for carrier recovery in self-coherent optical communications”, Optica, 5 (10), pp. 1191-1199, (2018). DOI: 10.1364/OPTICA.5.001191
  • Rozental, V., Kong, D., Corcoran, B., Mello, D., Lowery, A.J., “Filtered Carrier Phase Estimator for High-Order QAM Optical Systems”, Journal of Lightwave Technology, 36 (14), pp. 2980-2993, (2018). DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2018.2829153
  • Foo, B., Corcoran, B., Lowery, A.J., “Distributed Nonlinear Compensation Using Optoelectronic Circuits”, Journal of Lightwave Technology, 36 (6), pp. 1326-1339, (2018). DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2017.2779747
  • Jignesh, J., Lowery, A., Corcoran, B., “Inter-channel nonlinear phase noise compensation using optical injection locking”, Optics Express, 26 (5), pp. 5733-5746, (2018). DOI: 10.1364/OE.26.005733
  • Corcoran, B., Foo, B., Lowery, A.J., “Single-photodiode per polarization receiver with signal-signal beat interference suppression through heterodyne detection”, Optics Express, 26 (3), pp. 3075-3086, (2018). DOI: 10.1364/OE.26.003075
  • Jignesh, J., Corcoran, B., Zhu, C., Lowery, A., “Simple optoelectronic frequency-offset estimator for coherent optical OFDM”, Optics Express, 25 (25), pp. 32161-32177, (2017). DOI: 10.1364/OE.25.032161
  • Wang, Q., Song, B., Corcoran, B., Zhuang, L., Lowery, A.J., “Real-Time Demonstration of Augmented-Spectral-Efficiency DMT Transmitter Using a Single IFFT”, Journal of Lightwave Technology, 35 (21), art. no. 8054696, pp. 4796-4803, (2017). DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2017.2758401
  • Kong, D., Geng, Z., Foo, B., Rozental, V., Corcoran, B., Lowery, A.J., “All-optical digital-to-analog converter based on cross-phase modulation with temporal integration”, Optics Letters, 42 (21), pp. 4549-4552, (2017). DOI: 10.1364/OL.42.004549
  • Rozental, V.N., Kong, D., Foo, B., Corcoran, B., Lowery, A.J., “Cycle-slip-less low-complexity phase recovery algorithm for coherent optical receivers”, Optics Letters, 42 (18), pp. 3554-3557, (2017). DOI: 10.1364/OL.42.003554
  • Song, B., Corcoran, B., Wang, Q., Zhuang, L., Lowery, A.J., “Subcarrier Pairwise Coding for Short-Haul L/E-ACO-OFDM”, IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, 29 (18), art. no. 8006213, pp. 1584-1587, (2017). DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2017.2737643
  • Jignesh, J., Corcoran, B., Schröder, J., Lowery, A., “Polarization independent optical injection locking for carrier recovery in optical communication systems”, Optics Express, 25 (18), pp. 21216-21228, (2017). DOI: 10.1364/OE.25.021216
  • Wang, Q., Song, B., Corcoran, B., Boland, D., Zhu, C., Zhuang, L., Lowery, A.J., “Hardware-efficient signal generation of layered/enhanced ACO-OFDM for short-haul fiber-optic links”, Optics Express, 25 (12), pp. 13359-13371, (2017). DOI: 10.1364/OE.25.013359
  • Foo, B., Corcoran, B., Lowery, A., “Compensating XPM Using a Low-Bandwidth Phase Modulator”, IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, 29 (9), art. no. 7867760, pp. 699-702, (2017). DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2017.2676128
  • Corcoran, B., Geng, Z., Rozental, V., Lowery, A.J., “Cyclic spectra for wavelength-routed optical networks”, Optics Letters, 42 (6), pp. 1101-1104, (2017). DOI: 10.1364/OL.42.001101
  • Lowery, A.J., Zhuang, L., Corcoran, B., Zhu, C., Xie, Y., “Photonic Circuit Topologies for Optical OFDM and Nyquist WDM”, Journal of Lightwave Technology, 35 (4), art. no. 7592917, pp. 781-791, (2017). DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2016.2618388
  • Corcoran, B., Zhu, C., Song, B., Lowery, A.J., “Folded orthogonal frequency division multiplexing”, Optics Express, 24 (26), pp. 29670-29681, (2016). DOI: 10.1364/OE.24.029670
  • Song, B., Zhu, C., Corcoran, B., Wang, Q., Zhuang, L., Lowery, A.J., “Experimental Layered/Enhanced ACO-OFDM Short-Haul Optical Fiber Link”, IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, 28 (24), art. no. 7728041, pp. 2815-2818, (2016). DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2016.2623811
  • Foo, B., Corcoran, B., Zhu, C., Lowery, A.J., “Distributed Nonlinearity Compensation of Dual-Polarization Signals Using Optoelectronics”, IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, 28 (20), art. no. 7502159, pp. 2141-2144, (2016). DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2016.2584105
  • Jignesh, J., Corcoran, B., Zhu, C., Lowery, A., “Unscented Kalman filters for polarization state tracking and phase noise mitigation”, Optics Express, 24 (19), pp. 22282-22295, (2016). DOI: 10.1364/OE.24.022282
  • Song, B., Zhu, C., Corcoran, B., Zhuang, L., Lowery, A.J., “Banded all-optical OFDM super-channels with low-bandwidth receivers”, Optics Express, 24 (16), pp. 17968-17979, (2016). DOI: 10.1364/OE.24.017968
  • Jignesh, J., Corcoran, B., Lowery, A., “Parallelized unscented Kalman filters for carrier recovery in coherent optical communication”, Optics Letters, 41 (14), pp. 3253-3256, (2016). DOI: 10.1364/OL.41.003253
  • Zhu, C., Song, B., Zhuang, L., Corcoran, B., Lowery, A.J., “Subband Pairwise Coding for Robust Nyquist-WDM Superchannel Transmission”, Journal of Lightwave Technology, 34 (8), art. no. 7360867, pp. 1746-1753, (2016). DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2015.2510362
  • Zhuang, L., Zhu, C., Xie, Y., Burla, M., Roeloffzen, C.G.H., Hoekman, M., Corcoran, B., Lowery, A.J., “Nyquist-filtering (de)multiplexer using a ring resonator assisted interferometer circuit”, Journal of Lightwave Technology, 34 (8), art. no. 7336488, pp. 1732-1738, (2016). DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2015.2502251
  • Corcoran, B., Zhu, C., Schröder, J., Zhuang, L., Foo, B., Burla, M., Beeker, W.P., Leinse, A., Roeloffzen, C.G.H., Lowery, A.J., “Multipass performance of a chip-enhanced WSS for Nyquist-WDM sub-band switching”, Journal of Lightwave Technology, 34 (8), art. no. 7383214, pp. 1824-1830, (2016). DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2016.2518200
  • Zhuang, L., Zhu, C., Corcoran, B., Burla, M., Roeloffzen, C.G.H., Leinse, A., Schröder, J., Lowery, A.J., “Sub-GHz-resolution C-band Nyquist-filtering interleaver on a high-index-contrast photonic integrated circuit”, Optics Express, 24 (6), pp. 5715-5727, (2016). DOI: 10.1364/OE.24.005715
  • Geng, Z., Corcoran, B., Zhu, C., Lowery, A.J., “Time-lenses for time-division multiplexing of optical OFDM channels”, Optics Express, 23 (23), pp. 29788-29801, (2015). DOI: 10.1364/OE.23.029788
  • Zhu, C., Song, B., Corcoran, B., Zhuang, L., Lowery, A.J., “Improved polarization dependent loss tolerance for polarization multiplexed coherent optical systems by polarization pairwise coding”, Optics Express, 23 (21), pp. 27434-27447, (2015). DOI: 10.1364/OE.23.027434
  • Lowery, A.J., Corcoran, B., Zhu, C., “Widely-tunable low-phase-noise coherent receiver using an optical Wadley loop”, Optics Express, 23 (15), pp. 19891-19900, (2015). DOI: 10.1364/OE.23.019891
  • Olsson, S.L.I., Corcoran, B., Lundstrom, C., Eriksson, T.A., Karlsson, M., Andrekson, P.A., “Phase-sensitive amplified transmission links for improved sensitivity and nonlinearity tolerance”, Journal of Lightwave Technology, 33 (3), art. no. 6952954, pp. 710-721, (2015). DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2014.2367096
  • Foo, B., Corcoran, B., Lowery, A., “Optoelectronic method for inline compensation of XPM in long-haul optical links”, Optics Express, 23 (2), pp. 859-872, (2015). DOI: 10.1364/OE.23.000859
  • Zhu, C., Corcoran, B., Tran, A.V., Lowery, A.J., “Nyquist-WDM with low-complexity joint matched filtering and adaptive equalization”, IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, 26 (23), art. no. 6894139, pp. 2323-2326, (2014). DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2014.2355203
  • Zhuang, L., Corcoran, B., Zhu, C., Lowery, A.J., “Photonic high-bandwidth RF splitter with arbitrary amplitude and phase offset”, IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, 26 (21), art. no. 6879428, pp. 2122-2125, (2014). DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2014.2349010
  • Lowery, A.J., Zhu, C., Viterbo, E., Corcoran, B., “All-optical generation of DFT-S-OFDM superchannels using periodic sinc pulses”, Optics Express, 22 (22), pp. 27026-27041, (2014). DOI: 10.1364/OE.22.027026
  • Morshed, M., Du, L.B., Foo, B., Pelusi, M.D., Corcoran, B., Lowery, A.J., “Experimental demonstrations of dual polarization CO-OFDM using mid-span spectral inversion for nonlinearity compensation”, Optics Express, 22 (9), pp. 10455-10466, (2014). DOI: 10.1364/OE.22.010455
  • Lundström, C., Malik, R., Grüner-Nielsen, L., Corcoran, B., Olsson, S.L.I., Karlsson, M., Andrekson, P.A., “Fiber optic parametric amplifier with 10-dB net gain without pump dithering”, IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, 25 (3), art. no. 6362167, pp. 234-237, (2013). DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2012.2230160
  • Olsson, S.L.I., Corcoran, B., Lundström, C., Tipsuwannakul, E., Sygletos, S., Ellis, A.D., Tong, Z., Karlsson, M., Andrekson, P.A., “Injection locking-based pump recovery for phase-sensitive amplified links”, Optics Express, 21 (12), pp. 14512-14529, (2013). DOI: 10.1364/OE.21.014512
  • Lundström, C., Corcoran, B., Karlsson, M., Andrekson, P.A., “Phase and amplitude characteristics of a phase-sensitive amplifier operating in gain saturation”, Optics Express, 20 (19), pp. 21400-21412, (2012). DOI: 10.1364/OE.20.021400
  • Husko, C., Vo, T.D., Corcoran, B., Li, J., Krauss, T.F., Eggleton, B.J., “Ultracompact all-optical XOR logic gate in a slow-light silicon photonic crystal waveguide”, Optics Express, 19 (21), pp. 20681-20690, (2011). DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.020681
  • Vo, T.D., Corcoran, B., Schröder, J., Pelusi, M.D., Xu, D.-X., Densmore, A., Ma, R., Janz, S., Moss, D.J., Eggleton, B.J., “Silicon-chip-based real-time dispersion monitoring for 640 Gbit/s DPSK signals”, Journal of Lightwave Technology, 29 (12), art. no. 5749264, pp. 1790-1796, (2011). DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2011.2141974
  • Corcoran, B., Pelusi, M.D., Monat, C., Li, J., O'Faolain, L., Krauss, T.F., Eggleton, B.J., “Ultracompact 160 Gbaud all-optical demultiplexing exploiting slow light in an engineered silicon photonic crystal waveguide”, Optics Letters, 36 (9), pp. 1728-1730, (2011). DOI: 10.1364/OL.36.001728
  • Monat, C., Ebnali-Heidari, M., Grillet, C., Corcoran, B., Eggleton, B.J., White, T.P., O'Faolain, L., Li, J., Krauss, T.F., “Four-wave mixing in slow light engineered silicon photonic crystal waveguides”, Optics Express, 18 (22), pp. 22915-22927, (2010). DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.022915
  • Corcoran, B., Vo, T.D., Pelusi, M.D., Monat, C., Xu, D.-X., Densmore, A., Ma, R., Janz, S., Moss, D.J., Eggleton, B.J., “Silicon nanowire based radio-frequency spectrum analyser”, Optics Express, 18 (19), pp. 20190-20200, (2010). DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.020190
  • Corcoran, B., Monat, C., Pelusi, M., Grillet, C., White, T.P., O'Faolain, L., Krauss, T.F., Eggleton, B.J., Moss, D.J., “Optical signal processing on a silicon chip at 640Gb/s using slow-light”, Optics Express, 18 (8), pp. 7770-7781, (2010). DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.007770
  • Corcoran, B., Monat, C., Pudo, D., Eggleton, B.J., Krauss, T.F., Moss, D.J., O'Faolain, L., Pelusi, M., White, T.P., “Nonlinear loss dynamics in a silicon slow-light photonic crystal waveguide”, Optics Letters, 35 (7), pp. 1073-1075, (2010). DOI: 10.1364/OL.35.001073
  • Monat, C., Grillet, C., Corcoran, B., Moss, D.J., Eggleton, B.J., White, T.P., Krauss, T.F., “Investigation of phase matching for third-harmonic generation in silicon slow light photonic crystal waveguides using Fourier optics”, Optics Express, 18 (7), pp. 6831-6840, (2010). DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.006831
  • Vo, T.D., Pelusi, M.D., Schröder, J., Corcoran, B., Eggleton, B.J., “Multi-impairment monitoring at 320 Gb/s based on cross-phase modulation radio-frequency spectrum analyser”, IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, 22 (6), art. no. 5404930, pp. 428-430, (2010). DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2010.2040979
  • Monat, C., Corcoran, B., Pudo, D., Ebnali-Heidari, M., Grillet, C., Pelusi, M.D., Moss, D.J., Eggleton, B.J., White, T.P., O'Faolain, L., Krauss, T.F., “Slow light enhanced nonlinear optics in silicon photonic crystal waveguides”, IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, 16 (1), art. no. 5315790, pp. 344-356, (2010). DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2009.2033019
  • Corcoran, B., Monat, C., Grillet, C., Moss, D.J., Eggleton, B.J., White, T.P., O'Faolain, L., Krauss, T.F., “Green light emission in silicon through slow-light enhanced third-harmonic generation in photonic-crystal waveguides”, Nature Photonics, 3 (4), pp. 206-210, (2009). DOI: 10.1038/nphoton.2009.28
  • Kabakova, I.V., Corcoran, B., Bolger, J.A., De Sterke, C.M., Eggleton, B.J., “All-optical self-switching in optimized phase-shifted fiber Bragg grating”, Optics Express, 17 (7), pp. 5083-5088, (2009). DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.005083
  • Monat, C., Corcoran, B., Ebnali-Heidari, M., Grillet, C., Eggleton, B.J., White, T.P., O'Faolain, L., Krauss, T.F., “Slow light enhancement of nonlinear effects in silicon engineered photonic crystal waveguides”, Optics Express, 17 (4), pp. 2944-2953, (2009). DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.002944