Global Fujitsu Distinguished Engineer

Takeshi Hoshida

Message

The capacity of photonic networks has increased by several hundred-fold in the last 20 years. In this field, I have had the opportunity to be involved in the development and commercialization of a variety of new technologies, including designing optical methods for multiplexing systems, distributed amplification technology, modulation/demodulation technology, and digital signal processing technology. In the future, I would like to uncover as-yet undiscovered technologies by deepening my knowledge through capitalizing on my curiosity alongside my colleagues to realize networks that are both even larger and greener.

Achievements

• Multiple articles, conference presentations, and patents (Google Scholar h-index: 43)
• FY2020: Commendation for Science and Technology by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology: Prize for Science and Technology (Development Division)
• FY2020: National Commendation for Invention, Japan Patent Office Commissioner's Award
• FY2022: Local Commendation for Invention, Tochigi Prefecture Governor's Prize
• General Chair at the 30th OptoElectronics and Communications Conference (OECC 2025), an international conference
• Principal research manager for the "Research and development project on optical node technology to expand bandwidths for ultra-high-speed, high-capacity networks" funded by the National Institute of Information and Communications Technology in the Innovative Information and Communications Technology (Beyond 5G (6G)) Project

Value Creation

• 2000: Established (and commercialized) the world's first optical transmission system design technologies that use distributed Raman amplification.
• 2007: Established (and commercialized) the world's first optical transmission and reception technologies that use multi-level modulation.
• 2010: Led the development of (and commercialized) digital coherent optical transmission and signal processing algorithms.
• 2015: Developed (and commercialized) the world's first optical fiber nonlinear distortion compensation technology.
• 2018: Announced (currently developing) the world's first ultra-broad-spectrum wavelength multiplexing system that uses all-optical signal processing.