Diploma in Physics at the Institute for Applied Physics at the University of Muenster(Germany): switching and generation of microwave signals using opto-electronic switches
PhD in Physics at the Max-Planck-Institute for Solid State Physics in Stuttgart (Germany): ultrafast photo-induced electronic processes in amorphous and poly-crystalline semiconductors

Thomas Pfeiffer
Stuttgart, Germany
Global team leader for Optical Access
Education
Selected Articles and Publications
First Demonstration of an Ultra-Low-Latency Fronthaul Transport Over a Commercial TDM-PON Platform
Components for High Speed 5G Access
TWDM PON Preamble Engineering for Mitigation of a DFB Turn-On Blue-Shift in Burst-Mode Operation
Multi-service SDN controlled reconfigurable long-reach optical access network
Technologies and architectures to enable SDN in converged 5G/optical access networks
Access and metro network convergence for flexible end to end networks [invited]
Quasi frequency drift suppression for burst mode operation in low-cost thermally-tuned TWDM-PON
Real-time demonstration of 28 Gbit/s electrical duobinary TDM-PON extension using remote nodes
TWDM-PON Burst Mode Lasers with Reduced Thermal Frequency Shift
A Physical Layer Perspective on Access Network Sharing
The Underestimated Challenges of Burst Mode WDM Transmission in TWDM-PON [Invited]
Remotely Powered Intelligent Splitter Monitor for Fiber Access Networks