Enabling Technology in Optical Fiber Communications: From Device, System to Networking

Dear Colleagues,

It is well known that optical fibre communications support the global communication networks nowadays, which originates from Charles K. Kao’s proposal of using optical fibre as a light transmission medium in 1966. By utilizing different degrees of freedom of the photon, society has made tremendous progress over the past half century. Revolutionary technologies debut one after another, including wavelength-division multiplexing (WDM), coherent detection, space-division multiplexing (SDM), etc. Recently, the emergence of 5G, cloud computing, and high definition video has driven the development of more bandwidth- and power-hungry applications. To better serve these needs, the optical fibre communications community is escalating the research and development efforts in devices, systems and networking to the next level.

This Special Issue aims to explore the enabling technology in optical fibre communications. It will focus on the state-of-the-art advances from fundamental theories, devices, and subsystems, to networking applications, as well as future perspectives of optical fibre communications. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following areas:

• Integrated photonics and fibre optics
• Passive and active devices
• Direct and coherent detection communication systems
• Advanced modulation format, shaping technology, and digital signal processing
• Optical networking for 5G, computing and data centre applications

Prof. Dr. Yang Yue
Dr. Jian Zhao
Dr. Jiangbing Du
Prof. Dr. Zhaohui Li
Guest Editors

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