Team Leader

Dr Bill Corcoran

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

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