Optical Transmission System and Techniques for Short-Reach Interconnect and 5G Mobile Front-Haul
A special issue of Photonics (ISSN 2304-6732).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2021) | Viewed by 300
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The quickly growing demand for 5G front haul, data center traffic, and metro applications involves great challenges in realizing high-capacity, short-reach optical communication. Short-reach optical transceivers covering distances of only 10 to 100 km have become a key market segment and growing research area in recent years. This has led to even more challenging requirements around cost, energy consumption, and miniaturization. To meet these needs, new photonic interconnect devices, components, and advanced signal processing techniques are required. Short-reach interconnect is concerned with IM/DD and low-cost coherent transmission systems, radio-on-fiber, and mobile front-haul transmission. Integrated photonic technologies will also play a key role in realizing high-speed optical modules and optical switching. This Special Issue aims to attract research on short-reach optical interconnects and promote the development of related applications and components. The scope includes but is not limited to the following:
- Ultra-high baud rate short-reach optical interconnects
- Low-cost short-reach transmission systems
- Inter- and intra-data center connectivity
- Digital signal processing in short-reach transmission
- Radio-on-fiber transmission
- Advanced direct-detection receiver
- Low-latency optical networks
- Advanced modulation format and coding
- Nonlinearity mitigation
Prof. Dr. Qi Yang
Guest Editor
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