University of L'Aquila
A field-deployed testbed for the future of optical communications
From the XVII-century Palazzo Camponeschi, we operate one of the world's most advanced infrastructures for space-division multiplexed transmission — multi-core and few-mode fibers deployed across the city of L'Aquila.
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100+ km
equivalent transmission reach
3 fiber types
multi-core, few-mode, single-mode
2 fiber rings
6 km in tunnels, 20 km in urban ducts
Open platform
for the international SDM community
Latest news
All news →2 MAR 2026Visiting researchers from Chalmers and DTU join the labMSc. Manish Raj (Chalmers University of Technology) and Iñaki Beraza (DTU) join the laboratory for experimenta…15 JAN 2026Two new papers in the Journal of Lightwave TechnologyNew results on C+L+U-band transmission over an unrepeatered link and on stimulated Raman scattering in field-d…1 AUG 2025QKD and classical traffic integrated over deployed multi-core fiberOur results on the integration of quantum key distribution and high-throughput classical communications in the…
Collaborations & partners
Nokia Bell Labs · NICT Japan · Sumitomo Electric · Prysmian Group · Fraunhofer HHI · Technical University of Denmark · University of Stuttgart · Politecnico di Milano · CNIT · Quantum Telecommunications Italy