Challenges and Opportunities in Optical Communication Networks
A special issue of Photonics (ISSN 2304-6732).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 December 2025 | Viewed by 39
Special Issue Editors
Interests: coherent optical communication systems; applications of WDM components for data communications; free space optical communication systems
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Interests: Lightwave Communication (LWC); optical energy harvesting; non-linear responsivity; simultaneous Lightwave Information and Power Transfer (SLIPT)
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue on “Challenges and Opportunities in Optical Communication Networks” will welcome original research and review articles exploring the latest developments, innovations, and challenges in optical communication systems. As demand for high-speed, high-capacity, and energy-efficient optical networks grows, researchers must address key issues related to network scalability, spectral efficiency, signal processing, and system security.
With the advancement of fiber-optic communication technologies, topics such as coherent optical transmission, photonic integration, nonlinear impairment mitigation, and artificial intelligence applications in optical networks have become critical areas of research. This Special Issue aims to highlight both the challenges and opportunities in modern optical communication networks and to provide insights into novel methodologies and future directions.
We invite contributions in, but not limited to, the following areas:
- Next-Generation Optical Network Architectures;
- Advanced Modulation and Multiplexing Techniques;
- Photonic Integration and Optical Switching;
- Machine Learning Applications in Optical Networks;
- Security and Privacy in Optical Communication Systems;
- High-Speed Optical Transmission and Network Scalability;
- Nonlinear Compensation and Optical Signal Processing.
Dr. Fady El-Nahal
Dr. Dokhyl AlQahtani
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- optical network architectures
- advanced modulation formats
- photonic integration
- machine learning in optical networks
- network security
- high-speed transmission
- nonlinear signal processing
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