Lyu Li, Zekun Niu, Junzhe Xiao, Weisheng Hu, and Lilin Yi, "Joint pre- and post-learned perturbation nonlinearity compensation optimization for long-haul optical fiber transmission based on end-to-end deep learning", Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exhibition (OFC 2025), San Francisco, CA, USA, Mar 2025, paper W1K.6.

Minghui Shi, Zekun Niu, Chuyan Zeng, Hang Yang, Weisheng Hu, and Lilin Yi, "High-precision and flexible optical fiber channel modelling for 140 GBaud WDM system using a nonlinear feature decoupled distributed scheme", 2024 Asia Communications and Photonics Conference (ACP) and International Conference on Information Photonics and Optical Communications (IPOC), Beijing, China, Nov 2024, paper 1-4.

Chuyan Zeng, Zekun Niu, Hang Yang, Minghui Shi, Weisheng Hu, and Lilin Yi, "Enhancing generalization in neural channel model for optical fiber WDM transmission through learned encoding of system parameters", 2024 Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exhibition (OFC), San Diego, CA, USA, Mar 2024, paper M4K.1.

Xuguang Zhang, Guoqing Pu, Weisheng Hu, and Lilin Yi, "White-box digital-twin-based real-time polarization tracking," Advanced Fiber Laser Conference (AFL2023), Shenzhen, China, Nov 2023, paper 1310404.

Jiajin Wang, Guoqing Pu, Zhiwei Fang, Chao Luo, Yong Wu, and Lilin Yi, "Intelligent mode-locking enabled by real-time reinforcement learning," 2023 Asia Communications and Photonics Conference/2023 International Photonics and Optoelectronics Meetings (ACP/POEM 2023), Wuhan, China, Nov 2023, paper 1-4.

Minghui Shi, Hang Yang, Zekun Niu, Chuyan Zeng, Shilin Xiao, Weisheng Hu, and Lilin Yi, "Accurate and efficient optical fiber WDM transmission modeling using the encoder-only transformer with feature decoupling distributed method," 2023 Asia Communications and Photonics Conference/2023 International Photonics and Optoelectronics Meetings (ACP/POEM 2023), Wuhan, China, Nov 2023, paper 1-5.

Jie Li, Mengyue Shi, Yong Wu, Zhangli Wu, Weisheng Hu, and Lilin Yi, "A flat-top seed source using binarized multi-frequency signals modulation for high-power fiber lasers," 27th OptoElectronics and Communications Conference and International Conference on Photonics in Switching and Computing (OECC/PSC 2022), Toyama, Japan, July 2022, paper WP-C-1.

Chenxu Fan, Guoqing Pu, Weisheng Hu, and Lilin Yi, "Single-shot characterization of femtosecond pulses by a residual network," Asia Communications and Photonics Conference (ACP 2022), Shenzhen, China, Nov 2022, paper 1744-1746.

Tong Chu, Guoqing Pu, Hang Yang, Weisheng Hu, and Lilin Yi, "AI-enabled fast and accurate modeling for femtosecond chirped-pulse amplification," Asia Communications and Photonics Conference (ACP 2022), Shenzhen, China, Nov 2022, paper 1899-1902.

Lilin Yi, Tao Liao, Lei Xue, and Weisheng Hu, "Neural network-based equalization in high-speed PONs," Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exhibition (OFC 2020), San Diego, CA, USA, Mar 2020, paper T4D.3. (Invited)

Lilin Yi, "Machine-learning for optical channel equalization: how and where," Asia Communications and Photonics Conference and Exhibition (ACP 2019), Chengdu, China, Nov 2019. (Invited talk)

Lilin Yi, "Chaotic optical communications over 1000-km transmission," International Conference on Optical Communications and Networks (ICOCN 2019), Huangshan, China, Aug 2019. (Invited talk)

Guoqing Pu, Lilin Yi, Li Zhang, and Weisheng Hu, "Real-time multi-regime programmable mode-locked fiber laser enabled by human-like algorithm," Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exhibition (OFC 2019), San Diego, CA, USA, Mar 2019, paper W3C.2.

Lilin Yi, Peixuan Li, Tao Liao, and Weisheng Hu, "100Gb/s/λ IM-DD PON using 20G-class optical devices by machine learning based equalization," 2018 European Conference on Optical Communication (ECOC), Rome, Italy, Sept 2018, pp. 1-3.

Kuo Zhang, Qunbi Zhuge, Haiyun Xin, Zhenping Xing, Rui Li, Meng Xiang, Sujie Fan, Lilin Yi, Weisheng Hu, and David V Plant, "Investigation on the dispersion tolerance in dual-drive MZM-based DAC-less optical PAM4 transmission," 2018 Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exposition (OFC), San Diego, CA, USA, Mar 2018, paper Tu2C.2.

Ming Luo, Tao Zeng, Lilin Yi, Jie Li, Xiang Li, Qi Yang, and Lei Xue, "Demonstration of 10-Gb/s, 5-GHz spaced coherent UDWDM-PON with digital signal processing in real-time," 2018 Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exposition (OFC), San Diego, CA, USA, Mar 2018, paper M3B.3.

Kuo Zhang, Qunbi Zhuge, Haiyun Xin, Zhenping Xing, Meng Xiang, Sujie Fan, Lilin Yi, Weisheng Hu, and David V Plant, "Demonstration of 50Gb/sλ symmetric PAM4 TDM-PON with 10G-class optics and DSP-free ONUs in the O-band," 2018 Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exposition (OFC), San Diego, CA, USA, Mar 2018, paper M1B.5.

Mengyue Shi, Lilin Yi, and Weisheng Hu, "SBS-based OEO with high tuning resolution and wide tuning range by selecting different-order phase modulation sideband as pump," 2018 Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exposition (OFC), San Diego, CA, USA, Mar 2018, paper M1H.4.

Lei Xue, Lilin Yi, Peixuan Li, and Weisheng Hu, "50-Gb/s TDM-PON based on 10G-Class devices by optics-simplified DSP," 2018 Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exposition (OFC), San Diego, CA, USA, Mar 2018, paper M2B.4.

Peixuan Li, Lilin Yi, Lei Xue, and Weisheng Hu, "56 Gbps IM/DD PON based on 10G-class optical devices with 29 dB loss budget enabled by machine learning," 2018 Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exposition (OFC), San Diego, CA, USA, Mar 2018, paper M2B.2.

Peixuan Li, Lilin Yi, Lei Xue, and Weisheng Hu, "100Gbps IM/DD transmission over 25km SSMF using 20G-class DML and PIN enabled by machine learning," 2018 Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exposition (OFC), San Diego, CA, USA, Mar 2018, paper W2A.46.

Guoqing Pu, Lilin Yi, Li Zhang, and Weisheng Hu, "Programmable and fast-switchable passively harmonic mode-locking fiber laser," 2018 Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exposition (OFC), San Diego, CA, USA, Mar 2018, paper W2A.9.

Wei Wei, Lilin Yi, Yves Jaouën, and Weisheng Hu, "GHz-wide arbitrary-shaped microwave photonic filter based on stimulated Brillouin scattering using directly-modulated laser," International Topical Meeting on Microwave Photonics (MWP 2017), Beijing, China, Oct 2017, paper. We1.5.

Wenqian Xu, Lilin Yi, Haiyan Nan, Wei Wei, Zhenhua Ni, Yves Jaouën, and Weisheng Hu, "Enhanced stimulated Brillouin scattering effect by using multilayer molybdenum disulfide on fibre end," International Topical Meeting on Microwave Photonics (MWP 2017), Beijing, China, Oct 2017, paper. THP.37.

Mengyue Shi, Lilin Yi, Wei Wei, Guoqing Pu, and Weisheng Hu, "Microwave photonic filter with variable selectivity and shape by SBS and dispersion-induced phase mismatching," Opto-Electronics and Communications Conference (OECC 2017) and Photonics Global Conference (PGC 2017), Singapore, July 2017, paper. 1-3.

Lei Xue, Lilin Yi, Honglin Ji, Peixuan Li, and Weisheng Hu, "First demonstration of symmetric 100G-PON in O-band with 10G-class optical devices enabled by dispersion-supported equalization," Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition (OFC 2017), Los Angeles, CA, USA, Mar 2017, paper. M3H.1.

Rong Hu, Haibo Li, Qi Yang, Ming Luo, Lilin Yi, and Shaohua Yu, "Improving performance of mobile fronthaul by high-order Delta-Sigma modulation based on PAM-4 IM-DD channels," Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exhibition (OFC 2017), Los Angeles, CA, USA, Mar 2017, paper. W2A.38.

Lilin Yi, Honglin Ji, and Weisheng Hu, "Field demonstration of real-time 100G-PON (Conference Presentation)," Optical Metro Networks and Short-Haul Systems IX, San Francisco, CA, USA, Apr 2017, paper. 101290C.

Lilin Yi and Weisheng Hu, "Enabling technologies for 100G-PON," International Workshop on Optical Switching and Optical Signal Processing (IWOO 2016), Hokkaido, Japan, Nov 2016. (Invited)

Lei Xue, Lilin Yi, Honglin Ji, Zhengxuan Li, and Weisheng Hu, "First real-time demonstration of symmetric 100G-PON," Asia Communications and Photonics Conference (ACP 2016), Wuhan, China, Nov 2016, paper. AS4A.3.

Honglin Ji, Lilin Yi, Lei Xue, Ming Tang, Yan Fu, Zhenhua Feng, Lin Gan, and Weisheng Hu, "700G/280G SDM-TWDM-PON over 20km seven-core fibre based on 10G-class optical components," Asia Communications and Photonics Conference (ACP 2016), Wuhan, China, Nov 2016, paper. AF3A.2. (Best Student Paper Competition)

Tongtong Hou, Lilin Yi, Junxiang Ke, Ye Hu, and Weisheng Hu, "Time delay signature concealment in chaotic systems for enhanced security," Asia Communications and Photonics Conference (ACP 2016), Wuhan, China, Nov 2016, paper. AF2A.97.

Lilin Yi, Honglin Ji, and Weisheng Hu, "Directly-modulated laser-based 100G-PON demonstration," SPIE Photonics Asia 2016, Beijing, China, Oct 2016, paper. 10017-27. (Invited)

Lilin Yi, Tongtong Hou, Junxiang Ke, Ye Hu, and Weisheng Hu, "Security improvement of chaotic optical communications enabled by optical signal processing," International Conference on Optical Communications and Networks (ICOCN 2016), Hangzhou, China, Sep 2016. (Invited)

Lilin Yi, Honglin Ji, Zhengxuan Li, Xiang Li, Cai Li, Qi Yang, Lei Xue, Xiaodong Wang, Suyi Wang, Ying Yang, Junbo Xu, Shaohua Yu, and Weisheng Hu, "Field-trial of a real-time 100 Gb/s TWDM-PON based on 10G-Class optical devices," European Conference and Exhibition on Optical Communications (ECOC 2016), Düsseldorf, Germany, Sep 2016, paper. W3.E.1.

Xiang Li, Shiwei Zhou, Honglin Ji, Ming Luo, Qi Yang, Lilin Yi, Rong Hu, Cai Li, Songnian Fu, Arokiaswami Alphones, Wen-De Zhong, and Changyuan Yu, "Transmission of 4x28-Gb/s PAM-4 over 160-km single mode fiber using 10G-Class DML and photodiode," Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exhibition (OFC 2016), Anaheim, CA, USA, Mar 2016, paper W1A.5.

Wei Wei, Lilin Yi, Yves Jaouen, Michel Morvan, Weisheng Hu, “Polarization-insensitive ultra-selective add and drop multiplexer using rectangular Brillouin-based filters,” European Conference and Exhibition on Optical Communication (ECOC 2015), Valencia, Spain, Sep. 2015.

Lilin Yi, Zhengxuan Li, Xiaodong Wang, Weisheng Hu, "Experimental demonstrations of 100-G PON,” ChinaCom2015, Shanghai, China, Aug. 2015. (Invited)

Lilin Yi, Wei Wei, Yves Jaouen, Weisheng Hu, “Rectangular microwave photonic filter based on stimulated Brillouin scattering,” 2015 14th International Conference on Optical Communications and Networks (ICOCN), Nanjing, China, 2015, pp. 1-3, doi: 10.1109/ICOCN.2015.7203737.

Lilin Yi, Zhengxuan Li, Xiaodong Wang, Weisheng Hu, “Experimental demonstration of 100-Gb/s TWDM-PON,” Progress In Electromagnetics Research Symposium (PIERS2015), Prague, Czech, Jul. 2015 , pp. 128(Invited)

Lilin Yi, Wei Wei, Yves Jaouen, Mengyue Shi, Weisheng Hu, “Rectangular microwave photonic filter based on stimulated Brillouin scattering in fiber,” 2015 14th International Conference on Optical Communications and Networks (ICOCN), Nanjing, China, 2015, pp. 1-3, doi: 10.1109/ICOCN.2015.7203737.(Invited)

Yonghao Xu, Manman Shi, Jun Han, Xiaodong Wang, Lilin Yi, “Novel burst-mode EDFAs for 40-Gb/s TWDM-PON by using backward laser injection,”OptoeElectronics and Communications Conference (OECC2015), Shanghai, China, Jun. 2015, pp. 1-3

Wei Wei, Lilin Yi*, Yves Jaouen, Michel Morvan, Weisheng Hu, "High resolution programmable optical filter based on stimulated Brillouin scattering: Design and applications," 2015 Opto-Electronics and Communications Conference (OECC), Shanghai, China, 2015, pp. 1-3, doi: 10.1109/OECC.2015.7340255.(Invited)

Lilin Yi*, Ran Zheng, Weixiong Li, Weisheng Hu, "Fabrication and applications of a Graphene polarizer with strong saturable absorption," in International Photonics and OptoElectronics, OSA Technical Digest (online) (Optica Publishing Group, 2015), paper OT3B.3. (Invited)

Lilin Yi, Wei Wei, Yves Jaouën, Weisheng Hu, "Tunable microwave photonics filter with single rectangular passband and high rejection ratio," EMN meeting on optoelectronics, Beijing, China, Apr. 2015. (Invited)

Lilin Yi*, Wei Wei, Yves Jaouën, Weisheng Hu, “Ideal rectangular microwave photonic filter with high selectivity based on stimulated Brillouin scattering,”2015 Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition (OFC), Los Angeles, CA, USA, 2015, pp. Tu3F.5.(Top Scored)

Wei Wei, Lilin Yi*, Yves Jaouën, Michel Morvan, Weisheng Hu,“Ultra-selective flexible add-drop multiplexer using rectangular stimulated Brillouin scattering filters,” 2015 Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition (OFC), Los Angeles, CA, USA, 2015, pp.Tu3D.1.

Xiaodong Wang, Lilin Yi, Zhengxuan Li, Jinqing Huang, Jun Han, and Weisheng Hu, "Optical dispersion management for 10Gbps upstream directly-modulated signals covering ranges from 0 to 100km with maximal 51-dB loss budget," Asia Communications and Photonics Conference (ACP 2014), Shanghai, China, Nov 2014, paper ATh3A.113.

Wei Wei, Yves Jaouën, Lilin Yi, Elie Awwad and Michel Morvan, "System performance evaluation of stimulated Brillouin scattering based narrowband rectangular optical filter," Asia Communications and Photonics Conference (ACP 2014), Shanghai, China, Nov 2014, paper ATh1C.3. (Best Student Paper Award)

Lilin Yi, Wei Wei, and Weisheng Hu, "Design and performance evaluation of narrowband rectangular optical filter based on stimulated Brillouin scattering in fiber," International Conference on Optical Communications and Networks (ICOCN 2014), Suzhou, China, Nov 2014, paper 1-2. (Invited)

Ran Zheng, Lilin Yi, Weixiong Li, Haiyan Nan, Zhenghua Ni, and Weisheng Hu, “Noise-like pulse generation by gold-coated graphene covered D-shape fibre as both saturable absorber and polarizer,” International Conference on Optical Communications and Networks (ICOCN 2014), Suzhou, China, Nov 2014, paper 1-3.

Lilin Yi, Wei Wei, Weisheng Hu, “Narrowband rectangular optical filter design based on stimulated Brillouin scattering in optical fiber,” SPIE Photonics Asia 2014, Beijing, China, Oct. 2014. (Invited)

Lilin Yi, Ran Zheng, Weixiong Li, Haiyan Nan, Zhenghua Ni, Weisheng Hu, “Fabrication and applications of D-shaped fiber based Graphene saturable absorber and polarizer,” Progress In Electromagnetics Research Symposium(PIERS2014), Guangzhou, China, Aug. 2014. (Invited)

Lilin Yi, Zhengxuan Li, Xiaodong Wang, and Weisheng Hu, "DML based long reach TWDM-PON," Optoelectronic Devices and Integration (OEDI 2014), Wuhan, China, Jun 2014, paper OTh3B.4. (Invited)

Wei Wei, Lilin Yi, Yves Jaouën, Yi Dong, and Weisheng Hu, "An ultra-flat rectangular optical filter based on stimulated Brillouin scattering in fibre," The European Conference on Optical Communication (ECOC 2014), Cannes, France, Nov 2014, paper 1.7.

Zhengxuan Li, Lilin Yi, and Weisheng Hu, "Comparison of downstream transmitters for high loss budget of long-reach 10G-PON," Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exhibition (OFC 2014), San Francisco, CA, USA, Mar 2014, paper Tu2C.4.

Wei Wei, Lilin Yi, Yan Zhang, Yves Jaouen, Yingxiong Song, Yi Dong, and Weisheng Hu, "A bandwidth-tunable narrowband rectangular optical filter based on stimulated Brillouin scattering," Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exhibition (OFC 2014), San Francisco, CA, USA, Mar 2014, paper W4F.5.

Lilin Yi*, Zhengxuan Li, Weisheng Hu, Xuelin Yang, Shilin Xiao, Hao He, Jun Han, Mingjun Gong, Chengbin Shen, "First Demonstration of Symmetric 40-Gb/s TWDM-PON with 100-km Passive Reach and 1024-Split using Direct Modulation and Direct Detection," Asia Communications and Photonics Conference and Exhibition (ACP2013),Beijing, China, Nov. 2013, pp. AF2E.3.

Lilin Yi*, Zhengxuan Li, Meihua Bi, Hao He, Wei Wei, Shilin Xiao, Weisheng Hu, "2013 9th International Conference on Information, Communications & Signal Processing, Tainan, Taiwan, 2013, pp. 1-3, doi: 10.1109/ICICS.2013.6782902.(Invited)

Lilin Yi, Zhengxuan Li, Weisheng Hu, "Symmetric 40-Gb/s, 100-km passive reach TWDM-PON system demonstration," International Workshop on Optical Switching and Optical Signal Processing (IWOO2013), Endinburg, Scotland, Oct. 2013. (Invited)

Lilin Yi*, Zhengxuan Li, Ran Zheng, Zhenhua Ni, Haiyan Nan, Zheng Liang, Rong Ding, Weisheng Hu, "High-Peak-Power Femtosecond Pulse Generation using Graphene as Saturated Absorber and Dispersion Compensator,"39th European Conference and Exhibition on Optical Communication (ECOC 2013), London, 2013, pp. We.2.A.2., doi: 10.1049/cp.2013.1409.

Zhengxuan Li, Lilin Yi*, Meihua Bi, Jun Li, Hao He, Xuelin Yang, Weisheng Hu, "Experimental demonstration of a symmetric 40-Gb/s TWDM-PON,"2013 Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference (OFC/NFOEC), Anaheim, CA, USA, 2013, pp. NTh4F.3.

Tao Zhang, Lilin Yi*, Zhengxuan Li, Yi Dong and Weisheng Hu, "High speed data security enabled by stimulated Brillouin scattering in optical fiber,"2012 Asia Communications and Photonics Conference (ACP), Guangzhou, China, 2012, pp. AF4A39.

Weizhi You, Lilin Yi*, Wei Guo and Weisheng Hu, "An MAC protocol with high throughput and low packet delay for OFDMA PONs," 2012 Asia Communications and Photonics Conference (ACP), Guangzhou, China, 2012, pp. ATh3D.4.

Lilin Yi*, Zhengxuan Li, Yi Dong, Shilin Xiao and Weisheng Hu, "Optical Network Unit Design for TWDM-PON," 2012 International Photonics and OptoElectronics Meetings (POEM), Wuhang, China, Nov. 2012, pp. IF3A.2. (Invited)

Lilin Yi, Zhengxuan Li, Yi Dong, Shilin Xiao and Weisheng Hu, "80/10Gb/s Downstream/Upstream capacity multi-wavelength TDM-PON," 2012 8th International Symposium on Communication Systems, Networks & Digital Signal Processing (CSNDSP), Poznan, 2012, pp. 1-4, doi: 10.1109/CSNDSP.2012.6292682.

Weizhi You, Lilin Yi* and Weisheng Hu, "Upstream bandwidth allocation supporting differentiated services in OFDMA PONs,"2012 17th Opto-Electronics and Communications Conference, Busan, Korea (South), 2012, pp. 132-133, doi: 10.1109/OECC.2012.6276406.

Weizhi You, Lilin Yi* and Weisheng Hu,"A Hybrid Dynamic QRDM and ZF Detection Algorithm for MIMO-OFDM Systems," 2012 8th International Conference on Wireless Communications, Networking and Mobile Computing, Shanghai, China, 2012, pp. 1-4, doi: 10.1109/WiCOM.2012.6478292.

Weizhi You, Lilin Yi* and Weisheng Hu, "Reduced Complexity Maximum-Likelihood Detection for MIMO-OFDM Systems,"2012 8th International Conference on Wireless Communications, Networking and Mobile Computing, Shanghai, China, 2012, pp. 1-3, doi: 10.1109/WiCOM.2012.6478638.

Zhengxuan Li, Lilin Yi, Yan Zhang, Yi Dong, Shilin Xiao and Weisheng Hu, “Reduction of back-reflection induced crosstalk in multi-wavelength PON by using spectral red-shifted, tunable upstream fiber laser based on RSOA,” Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exhibition (OFC/NFOEC 2012). Los Angeles, USA, Mar. 2012, pp.OM2I.2,doi：10.1364/OFC.2012.OM2I.2

Zhengxuan Li, Lilin Yi*, Yan Zhang, Shilin Xiao and Weisheng Hu, “Upstream Multi-wavelength Shared TDM-PON using RSOA based Directly Modulated Tunable Fiber Ring Laser,”2011 Asia Communications and Photonics Conference and Exhibition (ACP), Shanghai, China, 2011, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1117/12.904273.

Lilin Yi , Tao Zhang, and Weisheng Hu, “High speed data encryption and decryption using Stimulated Brillouin Scattering in optical fiber ,”Proc. SPIE 8198, 2011 International Conference on Optical Instruments and Technology: Optoelectronic Devices and Integration, 81980H (5 December 2011)，doi：10.1117/12.904706.(Invited)

Yi Dong*, Lumin Zhang, Le Chang, Zhaohui Li, Lilin Yi and Weisheng Hu, “High stability microwave frequency distribution with optical fiber” 10th International Conference on Optical Communications and Networks (ICOCN 2011), Guangzhou, 2011, pp. 1-2, doi: 10.1049/cp.2011.1311.(Invited)

Weisheng Hu, Weiqiang Sun, Yaohui Jin, Wei Guo, Hao He, and Lilin Yi, “Sub-wavelength switching for future Internet ,”2011 13th International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks, Stockholm, Sweden, 2011, pp. Th.A3.3. , doi: 10.1109/ICTON.2011.5970848.(Invited)