Rate My Professor Georg Rademacher

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Georg Rademacher holds the Chair of Integrated Photonic Systems and serves as Director of the Institute of Electrical and Optical Communications Engineering (INT) within Faculty 5: Computer Science, Electrical Engineering and Information Technology at the University of Stuttgart. He assumed these roles on April 1, 2023, succeeding Prof. Manfred Berroth. Before joining the University of Stuttgart, Rademacher was an Expert Researcher and later Senior Researcher at the National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT) in Tokyo, Japan, from 2016 to 2023.

Rademacher's research focuses on advancing high-capacity optical transmission systems through spatial division multiplexing (SDM), MIMO equalization techniques, few-mode and multi-core fibers, nonlinear compensation in intensity-modulated direct-detection (IM/DD) links, and mode-group coupling mitigation. His contributions have enabled record-breaking data rates, crucial for supporting AI applications, data centers, and widespread digitalization. In 2025, he received the Johann Philipp Reis Prize from the VDE's Information Technology Society for his pioneering work on innovative glass fibers that achieve extremely high data rates using SDM methods. Rademacher leads DFG-funded projects, such as optical transmission testbeds for spatial multiplexing techniques and involvement in the Graduate Research School GRK 2642 on photonic quantum technologies. Notable publications include 'Space-division multiplexing for optical fiber communications' (Optica, 2021), 'Peta-bit-per-second optical communications system using a standard cladding diameter 15-mode fiber' (Nature Communications, 2021), '10.66 peta-bit/s transmission over a 38-core-three-mode fiber' (Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2020), 'Wavelength division multiplexing of continuous variable quantum key distribution and 18.3 Tbit/s data channels' (Communications Physics, 2019), and 'Long-haul transmission over few-mode fibers with space-division multiplexing' (Journal of Lightwave Technology, 2018). His work demonstrates substantial influence in optical communications, with highly cited papers shaping future photonic network architectures.