M.Sc. Adrian Schwarzenberger
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Curriculum Vitae - Adrian Schwarzenberger
Position: Research Assistant
With this Institute since: October, 2020
Degrees: M. Sc. Optics and Photonics
Graduation: June 2020
Present Research Interests:
- Data transmission at cryogenic temperatures
- Silicon Organic Hybrid Modulators
Publications
Journal Articles
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Singer, S.; Schwarzenberger, A.; Eschenbaum, C.; Martens, M.; Mertens, A.; Dagher, G.; Valenziano, L.; Sarwar, S.; Erk, P.; Kholeif, H.; Kotz, A.; Zwick, T.; Bräse, S.; Freude, W.; Randel, S.; Koos, C. (2025). Linear-drive amplifier-less 112 Gbit/s PAM4 operation of a silicon-organic hybrid (SOH) Mach-Zehnder modulator at 265 mV
. Optics Express, 33 (19), Art.-Nr.: 40055. doi:10.1364/OE.551866 -
Freude, W.; Kotz, A.; Kholeif, H.; Schwarzenberger, A.; Kuzmin, A.; Eschenbaum, C.; Mertens, A.; Sarwar, S.; Erk, P.; Bräse, S.; Koos, C. (2025). Corrections to “High-Performance Modulators Employing Organic Electro-Optic Materials on the Silicon Platform”. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, 31 (2: Pwr. a…Scaling in), Art.-Nr. 9800101. doi:10.1109/JSTQE.2025.3546113
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Wang, C.; Fang, D.; Zhang, J.; Kotz, A.; Lihachev, G.; Churaev, M.; Li, Z.; Schwarzenberger, A.; Ou, X.; Koos, C.; Kippenberg, T. J. (2024). Ultrabroadband thin-film lithium tantalate modulator for high-speed communications. Optica, 11 (12), 1614 – 1620. doi:10.1364/OPTICA.537730
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Freude, W.; Kotz, A.; Kholeif, H.; Schwarzenberger, A.; Kuzmin, A.; Eschenbaum, C.; Mertens, A.; Sarwar, S.; Erk, P.; Bräse, S.; Koos, C. (2024). High-Performance Modulators Employing Organic Electro-Optic Materials on the Silicon Platform. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, 30 (4: Adv. M… beyond Si), Art.-Nr.: 3400222. doi:10.1109/JSTQE.2024.3385375
Conference Papers
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Kuzmin, A.; Schwarzenberger, A.; Kotz, A.; Kholeif, H.; Mertens, A.; Eschenbaum, C.; Sarwar, S.; Erk, P.; Bräse, S.; Freude, W.; Koos, C. (2025). Cryogenic Silicon-Organic Hybrid Modulators for Readout of Superconducting Circuits. 25th Anniversary International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON 2025), 3 S., Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). doi:10.1109/ICTON67126.2025.11125449
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Freude, W.; Kotz, A.; Kholeif, H.; Schwarzenberger, A.; Kuzmin, A.; Eschenbaum, C.; Mertens, A.; Sarwar, S.; Erk, P.; Bräse, S.; Koos, C. (2025). Silicon-organic hybrid (SOH) modulators for advanced photonic integration. Optical Interconnects and Packaging 2025, SPIE. doi:10.1117/12.3039889
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Gramlich, G.; Weiss, L.; Valenziano, L.; Roemhild, M.; Baur, H.; Schwarzenberger, A.; Eschenbaum, C.; Koos, C.; Fruehauf, N.; Zwick, T.; Bhutani, A. (2025). An Ultra-Precise Dispensing (UPD) Printed, Ultra-Broadband PCB to MMIC Interconnect. 2025 IEEE Radio and Wireless Symposium (RWS), San Juan, 19th-22nd January 2025, 81–84, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). doi:10.1109/RWS62086.2025.10904844
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Kotz, A.; Schwarzenberger, A.; Kholeif, H. H.; Kern, P.; Sirim, M.; Fang, D.; Wilhelm, C.; Eschenbaum, C.; Singer, S.; Martens, M.; Mertens, A.; Sarwar, S.; Erk, P.; Kuzmin, A. A.; Bräse, S. J.; Randel, S.; Freude, W.; Koos, C. G. (2025). Resistively/Capacitively-Coupled Silicon-Organic Hybrid (RCC-SOH) Mach-Zehnder Modulator Offering Line Rates Beyond 400 Gbit/s. CLEO 2025; Science and Innovations, Long Beach, 4th-9th May 2025, SS187–1, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).
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Kotz, A.; Li, Z.; Schwarzenberger, A.; Wang, C.; Kholeif, H. H.; Fang, D.; Freude, W.; Ou, X.; Kippenberg, T. J.; Koos, C. G. (2025). O-Band Lithium- Tantalate-on-Insulator (LTOI) Mach-Zehnder Modulators (MZM) Operating at Line Rates of 480 Gbit/s. CLEO: Science and Innovations 2025, Long Beach, California United States, 4th–9th May 2025, SS183_2, Optical Publ. Co.
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Li, Z.; Kotz, A.; Wangl, C.; Fang, D.; Kholeif, H. H.; Schwarzenberger, A.; Ou, X.; Koos, C. G.; Kippenberg, T. J. (2025). Scalable-Manufactured of Lithium-Tantalate-on-Insulator (LTOI) Mach-Zehnder Modulators. CLEO: Science and Innovations 2025, Long Beach, California United States, 4th–9th May 2025, SS183_3, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).
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Kholeif, H.; Kuzmin, A.; Kotz, A.; Schwarzenberger, A.; Eschenbaum, C.; Sarwar, S.; Kern, P.; Sirim, M.; Mertens, A.; Martens, M.; Kelany, M.; Wilhelm, C.; Erk, P.; Randel, S.; Bräse, S.; Freude, W.; Koos, C. (2025). Microwave-Photonic Link with 33 dB Gain Based on All-Optical Amplification and Highly Efficient Silicon-Organic Hybrid (SOH) Modulators. CLEO 2025, Part of Conference on Lasers & Electro-Optics, 4–9 May 2025, Long Beach, California, United States, SS167_4, Optica Publishing Group (OSA). doi:10.1364/CLEO_SI.2025.SS167_4
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Kotz, A.; Li, Z.; Schwarzenberger, A.; Wang, C.; Kholeif, H.; Fang, D.; Freude, W.; Ou, X.; Kippenberg, T.; Koos, C. (2025). O-Band Lithium-Tantalate-on-Insulator (LTOI) Mach-Zehnder Modulators (MZM) Operating at Line Rates of 480 Gbit/s. CLEO 2025, Part of Conference on Lasers & Electro-Optics, 4–9 May 2025, Long Beach, California, United States, SS183_2, Optica Publishing Group (OSA). doi:10.1364/CLEO_SI.2025.SS183_2
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Schwarzenberger, A.; Fang, D.; Kotz, A.; Kholeif, H.; Wilhelm, C.; Eschenbaum, C.; Kelany, M.; Grünewald, L.; Singer, S.; Feng, C.; Martens, M.; Mertens, A.; Sarwar, S.; Kern, P.; Sirim, M.; Erk, P.; Kuzmin, A.; Eggeler, Y. M.; Bräse, S.; Randel, S.; Freude, W.; Koos, C. (2025). Silicon-Organic Hybrid (SOH) Mach-Zehnder Modulator (MZM) for Single-Carrier IMDD Line Rates of 500 Gbit/s and Beyond. Optical Fiber Communication Conference (OFC) 2025, Art.-Nr.: M4K.1, Optica Publishing Group (OSA). doi:10.1364/OFC.2025.M4K.1
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Schwarzenberger, A.; Singer, S.; Eschenbaum, C.; Martens, M.; Mertens, A.; Dagher, G.; Valenziano, L.; Sarwar, S.; Kholeif, H.; Kotz, A.; Zwick, T.; Brase, S.; Freude, W.; Randel, S.; Koos, C. (2024). Linear-Drive Amplifier-Less 112 Gbit/s PAM4 Operation of a Silicon-Organic Hybrid (SOH) Mach-Zehnder Modulator at 265 mV
. 2024 Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition (OFC), 1–3, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). -
Schwarzenberger, A.; Sarwar, S.; Eschenbaum, C.; Mertens, A.; Martens, M.; Kotz, A.; Fang, D.; Sherifaj, A.; Singer, S.; Kholeif, H.; Kern, P.; Erk, P.; Kuzmin, A.; Bräse, S.; Randel, S.; Freude, W.; Koos, C. (2024). O-Band SOH Mach-Zehnder Modulator Operating at a PAM4 Line Rate of 384 Gbit/s with Sub-Volt Drive Voltage. 2024 Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition (OFC), 1–3, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).
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Schwarzenberger, A.; Mertens, A.; Kholeif, H.; Kotz, A.; Eschenbaum, C.; Johnson, L. E.; Elder, D. L.; Hammond, S. R.; O’Malley, K.; Dalton, L. R.; Randel, S.; Freude, W.; Koos, C. (2023). First Demonstration of a Silicon-Organic Hybrid (SOH) Modulator Based on a Long-Term-Stable Crosslinked Electro-Optic Material. 49th European Conference on Optical Communications (ECOC 2023), Glasgow, UK, 1st - 5th October 2023. doi:10.1049/icp.2023.2357
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Schwarzenberger, A.; Kholeif, H.; Kotz, A.; Kuzmin, A.; Mertens, A.; Eschenbaum, C.; Ramann, G.; Zyskind, J.; Lebby, M.; Randel, S.; Freude, W.; Koos, C. (2023). First Demonstration of a cryogenic Silicon Organic Hybrid (SOH) Mach-Zehnder Modulator with a Sub-1V
-Voltage. CLEO: Science and Innovations : part of Conference on Lasers & Electro-Optics 2023, 7-12 May 2023, San Jose, CA, United States, Art.-Nr. STh5C.7, Optica Publishing Group (OSA). doi:10.1364/CLEO_SI.2023.STh5C.7 -
Kuzmin, A.; Bründermann, E.; Müller, A.-S.; Niehues, G.; Ackermann, W.; De Gersem, H.; Czwalinna, M. K.; Schlarb, H.; Eschenbaum, C.; Koos, C.; Kotz, A.; Schwarzenberger, A.; Penirschke, A.; Scheible, B. E. J. (2022). Modeling and Experimental Evaluation of a Bunch Arrival-Time Monitor with Rod-Shaped Pickups and a Low-Pi-Voltage Ultra-Wideband Traveling Wave Electro-Optic Modulator for X-Ray Free-Electron Lasers. International Beam Instrumentation Conference (11th), Kraków, Poland, 11-15 September 2022, 447–450, JACoW Publishing. doi:10.18429/JACoW-IBIC2022-WEP24
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Eschenbaum, C.; Mertens, A.; Füllner, C.; Kuzmin, A.; Schwarzenberger, A.; Kotz, A.; Ramann, G.; Chen, M.; Drisko, J.; Johnson, B.; Zyskind, J.; Marcelli, J.; Lebby, M.; Freude, W.; Randel, S.; Koos, C. (2022). Thermally Stable Silicon-Organic Hybrid (SOH) Mach-Zehnder Modulator for 140 GBd PAM4 transmission with Sub-1 V Drive Signals. 2022 European Conference on Optical Communication (ECOC), 1–4, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).
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Schwarzenberger, A.; Kuzmin, A.; Eschenbaum, C.; Füllner, C.; Mertens, A.; Johnson, L. E.; Elder, D. L.; Hammond, S. R.; Dalton, L.; Randel, S.; Freude, W.; Koos, C. G. (2022). Cryogenic Operation of a Silicon-Organic Hybrid (SOH) Modulator at 50 Gbit/s and 4 K Ambient Temperature. 2022 European Conference on Optical Communication (ECOC), Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).
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Adib, M. M. H.; Füllner, C.; Schwarzenberger, A.; Koos, C.; Freude, W.; Randel, S. (2021). Analysis of burst mode reception in 100 Gbit/s coherent passive optical networks. Photonic Networks and Devices, in: Proceedings OSA Advanced Photonics Congress 2021 ; Part of Advanced Photonics Congress ; 26–29 July 2021, Washington, DC, United States, Art.-Nr.: NeM1C.3, Optica Publishing Group (OSA). doi:10.1364/NETWORKS.2021.NeM1C.3