Yongmin Jung, Z. Li, N. Simakov, J. Daniel, Deepak Jain, P. Shardlow, A. Heidt, Jayanta K. Sahu, A. Hemming, W. Clarkson, S. Alam, D. Richardson
{"title":"Silica-based thulium doped fiber amplifiers for wavelengths beyond the L-band","authors":"Yongmin Jung, Z. Li, N. Simakov, J. Daniel, Deepak Jain, P. Shardlow, A. Heidt, Jayanta K. Sahu, A. Hemming, W. Clarkson, S. Alam, D. Richardson","doi":"10.1364/OFC.2016.M3D.5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1364/OFC.2016.M3D.5","url":null,"abstract":"We present a suite of silica-based thulium-doped fiber amplifiers (TDFAs) operating across the 1650-2050nm waveband. High gain and low NF are achieved by combining several TDFA designs optimized for short, central and long wavelength operation.","PeriodicalId":284632,"journal":{"name":"2016 Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition (OFC)","volume":"14 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-03-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124361016","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Haijiao Liu, Nan Hua, Yao Li, Yanhe Li, Xiaoping Zheng
{"title":"Impact of concurrent collisions on performance of optical networks: Modeling and experiment","authors":"Haijiao Liu, Nan Hua, Yao Li, Yanhe Li, Xiaoping Zheng","doi":"10.1364/OFC.2016.W2A.54","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1364/OFC.2016.W2A.54","url":null,"abstract":"We establish an analytical model to analyze the impact of “information distortion” caused by concurrent rerouting after a network failure. The estimate values derived from the analytical model agree well with the experimental results.","PeriodicalId":284632,"journal":{"name":"2016 Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition (OFC)","volume":"45 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-03-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124102926","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
F. Seng, N. Stan, Rex King, Reid Worthen, L. Shumway, R. Selfridge, S. Schultz
{"title":"Optical sensing of electrical fields in harsh environments","authors":"F. Seng, N. Stan, Rex King, Reid Worthen, L. Shumway, R. Selfridge, S. Schultz","doi":"10.1364/OFC.2016.M2D.3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1364/OFC.2016.M2D.3","url":null,"abstract":"This paper shows a method allowing electric field sensing in high vibration environments. The vibration sensitivity is reduced using a push-pull configuration and external phase modulation. This paper provides both theoretical description and experimental verification.","PeriodicalId":284632,"journal":{"name":"2016 Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition (OFC)","volume":"13 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-03-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126324502","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
J. Schmid, P. Cheben, M. Rahim, Shurui Wang, Danxia Xu, M. Vachon, S. Janz, J. Lapointe, Y. Painchaud, M. Picard, M. Poulin, M. Guy
{"title":"Subwavelength gratings for broadband and polarization independent fiber-chip coupling with −0.4 dB efficiency","authors":"J. Schmid, P. Cheben, M. Rahim, Shurui Wang, Danxia Xu, M. Vachon, S. Janz, J. Lapointe, Y. Painchaud, M. Picard, M. Poulin, M. Guy","doi":"10.1364/OFC.2016.M2I.4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1364/OFC.2016.M2I.4","url":null,"abstract":"We experimentally demonstrate a subwavelength refractive index engineered nanostructure for edge coupling, enabling a coupling efficiency of -0.4 dB and polarization independent operation for a broad spectral range exceeding 100 nm.","PeriodicalId":284632,"journal":{"name":"2016 Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition (OFC)","volume":"75 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-03-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125996346","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Scaling of inter-channel nonlinear interference noise and capacity with the number of strongly coupled modes in SDM systems","authors":"C. Antonelli, A. Mecozzi, M. Shtaif","doi":"10.1364/OFC.2016.W4I.2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1364/OFC.2016.W4I.2","url":null,"abstract":"We present the scaling of the nonlinear interference noise with the number of modes in SDM systems where the transmitted modes propagate in the regime of strong mode-mixing in the presence of modal dispersion. We show that mode mixing is highly beneficial in terms of reducing the nonlinear interference noise and increasing the achievable transmission rate.","PeriodicalId":284632,"journal":{"name":"2016 Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition (OFC)","volume":"219 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-03-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121858234","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Intra-datacenter network architecture","authors":"M. McLaren","doi":"10.1364/OFC.2016.W1J.1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1364/OFC.2016.W1J.1","url":null,"abstract":"Summary form only given. Today's large scale data center networks are both massively scalable and highly resilient, typically using custom designed software and hardware. What factors drive the design, and how will they develop in the future?","PeriodicalId":284632,"journal":{"name":"2016 Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition (OFC)","volume":"38 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-03-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122244201","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The PON roadmap","authors":"D. Nesset","doi":"10.1364/OFC.2016.W4C.1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1364/OFC.2016.W4C.1","url":null,"abstract":"With the recent conclusion of the NG-PON2 standards in the ITU-T, the fiber access industry is now considering where to go next. This paper reviews some of the options for the evolution of passive optical networks.","PeriodicalId":284632,"journal":{"name":"2016 Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition (OFC)","volume":"112 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-03-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127959378","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Phase modulation on nonlinear discrete spectrum for Nonlinear Frequency Division Multiplexed transmissions","authors":"T. Gui, Zhenhua Dong, Chao Lu, A. Wai, A. Lau","doi":"10.1364/OFC.2016.W3A.2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1364/OFC.2016.W3A.2","url":null,"abstract":"We investigated phase modulation on nonlinear discrete spectrum for Nonlinear Frequency Division Multiplexed transmissions and characterized the effects of filtering, launched power fluctuations and laser phase noise on system performance.","PeriodicalId":284632,"journal":{"name":"2016 Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition (OFC)","volume":"108 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-03-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127969306","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
R. Rios-Müller, J. Renaudier, M. Mestre, H. Mardoyan, A. Konczykowska, F. Jorge, B. Duval, J. Dupuy
{"title":"Multi-dimension coded PAM4 signaling for 100Gb/s short-reach transceivers","authors":"R. Rios-Müller, J. Renaudier, M. Mestre, H. Mardoyan, A. Konczykowska, F. Jorge, B. Duval, J. Dupuy","doi":"10.1364/OFC.2016.TH1G.4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1364/OFC.2016.TH1G.4","url":null,"abstract":"We report on the use of 4-Dimension coded modulation for short-reach interfaces. With low extra complexity, 4D-coded PAM4 enables a performance improvement when associated with low-latency and low-complexity FEC, as demonstrated by experimental results.","PeriodicalId":284632,"journal":{"name":"2016 Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition (OFC)","volume":"110 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-03-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127991553","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Polarization insensitive fiber optical parametric amplifier using a SBS suppressed diversity loop","authors":"S. Takasaka, R. Sugizaki","doi":"10.1364/OFC.2016.M3D.4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1364/OFC.2016.M3D.4","url":null,"abstract":"We suppress stimulated Brillouin scattering occurred in a polarization diversity loop by restricting pumps propagation in highly nonlinear fibers to one-way so that we obtain fine polarization insensitive operation of a fiber optical parametric amplifier.","PeriodicalId":284632,"journal":{"name":"2016 Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition (OFC)","volume":"34 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-03-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132500861","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}