Nonlinearity Compensation for Optical Communication Systems

Dear Colleagues,

The impact of Kerr nonlinearity on optical communication systems is widely recognized as one of the key challenges in the quest for higher transmission rates. Nonlinearity compensation techniques have, thus, received a significant attention over the past few years both in the academic environment and within industry. As a result, several impressive results have been reported in the literature: all-optical and digital approaches spanning from optical phase conjugation and twin-wave transmission on one side, and digital backpropagation and Volterra methods on the other have shown remarkable progress. Alternative approaches based on nonlinearity-tolerant transmission schemes have also been proposed. Finally, a few preliminary demonstrations have paved the way for combined all-optical and digital schemes in order to leverage the strengths of each domain and mutually mitigate their respective weaknesses. This Special Issue focuses on the latest research findings in the area of nonlinearity compensation, with a particular attention to proof of concepts for novel schemes and innovative system demonstrations.

Dr. Francesco Da Ros
Dr. Gabriele Liga
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 250 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for assessment.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-anonymized peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Applied Sciences is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2400 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.