Three Chinese Optical Communication Experts including Li Han from China Mobile Elected as 2025 Optica Fellows

　　ICC Information News -- Recently, the Optical Society of America (OSA) announced the list of newly elected Fellows for 2025. A total of 121 renowned experts from 27 countries were elected. Founded in 1916, the Optical Society of America is the most authoritative international academic organization in the field of optics. In addition to the fields of optics and photonics, it also provides high-standard professional services for experts and scholars in many fields such as physics, biology, medicine, electrical engineering, communication, astronomy, meteorology, materials science, mechanical engineering, and computing. The title of OSA Fellow is a highly prestigious academic honor in the field of optics, and its selection process is very strict. The scholars who are finally elected as Fellows must have made outstanding contributions to the development of optics and photonics ("served with distinction in the advancement of optics and photonics").

　　Optical communication, as the core technology of information transmission, plays a crucial role in the era of artificial intelligence (AI). With the exponential growth of the demands for data scale, transmission speed, and real-time performance in AI technology, the characteristics of optical communication such as high bandwidth, low latency, high reliability, and low energy consumption have become the key infrastructure supporting the development of AI. Among the newly elected OSA Fellows in 2025, there are three experts from China's optical communication field on the list:

　　1. Dr. Li Han from China Mobile was elected for his pioneering contributions to the research and development of optical transport networks and slicing packet networks.

　　2. Professor Ma Xiongfeng from Tsinghua University was elected for his contributions to practical quantum cryptography and quantum communication, as well as his work in linking them to foundational quantum theory.

　　3. Professor Zhang Fan from Peking University was elected for his outstanding contributions to fiber nonlinearities and high-speed fiber-optic communications.

　　In today's AI era, optical communication is not only an "information superhighway", but also the core engine driving the intelligent revolution and the cornerstone of the digital economy and intelligent society. It is believed that colleagues in China's optical communication field will achieve great success in this era and bring benefits to society!