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Exploring Optical Fiber Communications: Technology and Applications

A special issue of Photonics (ISSN 2304-6732). This special issue belongs to the section "Optical Communication and Network".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 June 2025 | Viewed by 1290

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Dr. Jiahao Huo

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School of Computer and Communication Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing, China
Interests: fiber optic communication; optical communication; optical transmission system; digital signal processing
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Dear Colleagues,

With the rapid development of cloud computing, big data, the Internet of Things, and other new technologies, we have entered an era of digitalization and informatization. The number of internet users has been steadily increasing, which has accelerated the exponential expansion of data services. A prominent focus of current research is how to further enhance spectral efficiency and achieve high-speed, high-capacity data transmission. Optical fiber communication plays a key role in increasing data transmission rates, reducing costs, and enhancing system reliability, making it an indispensable part of modern communication networks. At present, key breakthroughs in optical fiber communication technology include high-order modulation formats, polarization multiplexing, wavelength division multiplexing, etc. Optical fiber communication can be widely applied in the fields of the internet and telephone networks, as well as in cable television, data centers, industrial production site monitoring, traffic monitoring and command, and more.

This Special Issue aims to publish selected contributions on technology and applications of fiber optic communications. Potential topics include, but are not limited to:

  • Optical fiber communications;
  • Optical components, devices and subsystems;
  • Advanced digital signal processing;
  • Novel optical transmission schemes;
  • Advanced optical transmission technology.

Dr. Jiahao Huo
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • optical fiber communications
  • optical components, devices and subsystems
  • advanced digital signal processing
  • novel optical transmission schemes
  • advanced optical transmission technology

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Novel Spectrum Inversion-Based Double-Sideband Modulation with Low Complexity for a Self-Coherent Detection System
by Peng Qin, Jiahao Huo, Haolin Bai, Xiaoying Zhang, Jianlong Tao and Keping Long
Photonics 2025, 12(4), 302; https://doi.org/10.3390/photonics12040302 - 26 Mar 2025
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In high-capacity and short-reach applications, double-sideband self-coherent detection (DSB-SCD) has garnered significant attention due to its ability to recover optical fields of DSB signals without requiring a local oscillator. However, DSB-SCD is fundamentally constrained by the non-ideal receiver transfer function, necessitating a guard [...] Read more.
In high-capacity and short-reach applications, double-sideband self-coherent detection (DSB-SCD) has garnered significant attention due to its ability to recover optical fields of DSB signals without requiring a local oscillator. However, DSB-SCD is fundamentally constrained by the non-ideal receiver transfer function, necessitating a guard band between the carrier and signal. While the conventional twin-single-sideband (twin-SSB) modulation scheme addresses this requirement, it incurs substantial implementation complexity. In this paper, we propose a spectrum inversion-based double-sideband (SI-DSB) modulation scheme, where spectral inversion shifts the DSB signal to the high-frequency region, creating a guard band around the zero frequency. After photodetector detection, baseband signal recovery is achieved through subsequent spectral inversion. Compared with the twin-SSB modulation scheme, this approach significantly reduces DSP complexity. The simulation exploration two modulation formats of pulse–amplitude modulation and quadrature-amplitude modulation, demonstrating a comparable system performance between SI-DSB and twin-SSB modulation schemes. We also illustrate the parameter optimization process for the SI-DSB modulation scheme, including carrier-to-signal power ratio and guard band. Furthermore, validation with three FADD receivers further demonstrates the superior performance of the proposed SI-DSB modulation in DSB-SCD systems. Full article
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Modified Decision Feedback Equalizers for Nonlinearity Compensation in Coherent PAM4 Transmission System
by Zhengxuan Li, Zheng Xin, Siyu Luo, Acai Tan and Bingyao Cao
Photonics 2025, 12(3), 245; https://doi.org/10.3390/photonics12030245 - 9 Mar 2025
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To address chromatic dispersion (CD) and nonlinear impairments in coherent optical four-level pulse amplitude modulation (PAM4) systems, we propose a magnitude-assisted decision feedback equalizer (MA-DFE). The proposed scheme utilizes signal amplitude information to construct the error function, which is robust to carrier phase [...] Read more.
To address chromatic dispersion (CD) and nonlinear impairments in coherent optical four-level pulse amplitude modulation (PAM4) systems, we propose a magnitude-assisted decision feedback equalizer (MA-DFE). The proposed scheme utilizes signal amplitude information to construct the error function, which is robust to carrier phase noise. Therefore, no additional carrier phase recovery operation is required during digital signal processing (DSP). Under conditions without CD pre-compensation, MA-DFE achieves 80 Gb/s single-wavelength transmission over a 25 km standard single-mode fiber (SSMF) in the C-band. When considering a bit error rate (BER) of 1 × 10−2 for the soft decision threshold, the link budget achieves 27 dB. In addition, we incorporate the phase into the error function, proposing the phase-assisted decision feedback equalizer (PA-DFE). PA-DFE is also unaffected by carrier phase noise and demonstrates better performance than MA-DFE when equalizing the more severe signal impairments caused by SOA gain saturation. Ultimately, we achieve a link budget of 29 dB using PA-DFE. Full article
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