New Trends in Next-Generation Optical Networks

Dear Colleagues,

Photonic integrated circuits provide an infrastructure for the implementation of a range of integrated photonic devices and circuits that have the potential to replace state-of-the-art commercial optical components. This Special Issue of Applied Sciences will provide new research on, and practical solutions to, CMOS-compatible photonic integrated devices (passive and active) used for communications in high-capacity optical networks. This Special Issue investigates how new photonic integrated technologies (e.g., CMOS higher-speed transceivers, CMOS-coherent systems, photonic integrated MUX and DMUX circuits, advanced digital signal processes, and new CMOS-compatible optoelectronic components) and new network-layer approaches may drive the medium–long-term evolution of optical networks for communication. This Special Issue covers a large scope of research in optical networking and communications, and solicits contributions in, but not limited to, the following topics in relation to photonic integrated CMOS-compatible systems:

• Photonic higher-speed transceivers;
• Lasers and amplifiers;
• Coherent systems;
• Advanced digital signal processing;
• Compatible optical switching, devices, and architectures;
• The design and performance evaluation of optical network components;
• Energy-efficient optical networks and systems;
• Data center networks;
• Optical access networks and FTTx;
• Optical packet, burst, and flow switching;
• Failure monitoring and localization;
• Protection and restoration in optical networks;
• Elastic optical networks;
• Optical network security;
• Support to grid and cloud computing;
• Radio-over-fiber technology;
• The convergence of optical and wireless networks.

Prof. Dr. Gerardo Antonio Castañón-Avila
Guest Editor

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• photonic integrated circuits
• CMOS photonics
• coherent optics
• quantum networking
• photonic interconnects
• bandwidth scalability