This week, the PoliCom group participated in the Italian Conference on Optics and Photonics (ICOP 2026) in L’Aquila, with the contributions:

Invited Talk
Alessandro Gagliano: “Coexistence of Quantum Key Distribution and Fiber Optic Sensing Systems for Highly-Secure Optical Networks”

Oral Presentations
Marco Fasano: “30-story skyscraper monitoring through the FTTH fiber cable by an interferometric approach”
Stefano Gaiani: “High-Capacity Transmission over Flexible Heterogeneous Multimode Systems Enabled by Simplified MIMO Approaches”

Poster Presentation
Livia Giacomin: “Security and Performance of Rekeying for Authentication in QKD”

Hack Your Research Demo
Stefano Gaiani: “Lab Automation for Large-Scale Space Division Multiplexed Experiments”