A. Boletti, P. Boffi, A. Gatto, P. Martelli, E. Nieves, M. Martinelli
{"title":"Robustness to mechanical perturbations of centre-launching technique in multi-mode fibres for transparent optical interconnects","authors":"A. Boletti, P. Boffi, A. Gatto, P. Martelli, E. Nieves, M. Martinelli","doi":"10.1109/ICTON.2013.6602822","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICTON.2013.6602822","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper we exploit the centre-launching technique to allow single-mode propagation in multi-mode fibres and to guarantee full transparency to the transmitted optical signal for applications in board-to-board and data server interconnects. We show that this technique is robust to mechanical perturbations up to about 1 kHz, demonstrating that vibrations do not affect the transmission performances. Different experimental configurations are tested in order to confirm that only the fundamental mode propagates, without excitation of higher-order modes.","PeriodicalId":376939,"journal":{"name":"2013 15th International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON)","volume":"16 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-06-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128065589","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}
I. Stiakogiannakis, E. Palkopoulou, Ioannis Tomkos
{"title":"On the cost efficiency of flexible optical networking compared to conventional SLR/MLR WDM networks","authors":"I. Stiakogiannakis, E. Palkopoulou, Ioannis Tomkos","doi":"10.1109/ICTON.2013.6602828","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICTON.2013.6602828","url":null,"abstract":"Flexible optical networking solutions try to utilize the available amplifier's bandwidth/spectrum more effectively (compared to the fixed-grid WDM counterparts) by properly adapting the channel capacity to the actual traffic requirements of each connection at any given point in time (as this is the case in wireless networks where bandwidth was always considered as a scarce resource). The flexibility in dynamic bandwidth allocation is enabled by novel physical layer technologies and advanced algorithms that take advantage of the new capabilities of the optical layer. In this paper we provide detailed justification on the cost-benefits introduced in core networks due to the added flexibility from elastic software-defined network technologies.","PeriodicalId":376939,"journal":{"name":"2013 15th International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON)","volume":"33 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-06-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128271015","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. Petruskevicius, D. Urbonas, M. Gabalis, A. Balčytis, Gediminas Seniutinas, R. Tomašiūnas, V. Getautis
{"title":"Optical poling of azo-compounds for applications in nanophotonics","authors":"R. Petruskevicius, D. Urbonas, M. Gabalis, A. Balčytis, Gediminas Seniutinas, R. Tomašiūnas, V. Getautis","doi":"10.1109/ICTON.2013.6602722","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICTON.2013.6602722","url":null,"abstract":"Azo-compounds in polymers will likely play an increasingly important role in engineering of silicon photonics and plasmonic nano-devices for E-O modulation, parametric generation, switching and sensing. In this paper, we present a phenomenological theory of all-optical poling and photo-assisted electric field poling of azo-dye doped polymers and compare theoretical simulation results with experimental all-optical poling transients at varying temperatures obtained for azophenylcarbazole type azo-dyes in polycarbonate polymer matrix.","PeriodicalId":376939,"journal":{"name":"2013 15th International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON)","volume":"3 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-06-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128527833","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}
E. Giacoumidis, I. Aldaya, V. Vgenopoulou, N. Doran, Y. Jaouen
{"title":"Impact of reduced complexity inverse Volterra series transfer function-based nonlinear equalizer in coherent OFDM systems for next-generation core networks","authors":"E. Giacoumidis, I. Aldaya, V. Vgenopoulou, N. Doran, Y. Jaouen","doi":"10.1109/ICTON.2013.6602970","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICTON.2013.6602970","url":null,"abstract":"A modern electronic nonlinearity equalizer (NLE) based on inverse Volterra series transfer function (IVSTF) with reduced complexity is applied on coherent optical orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (CO-OFDM) signals for next-generation long- and ultra-long-haul applications. The OFDM inter-subcarrier crosstalk effects are explored thoroughly using the IVSTF-NLE and compared with the case of linear equalization (LE) for transmission distances of up to 7000 km.","PeriodicalId":376939,"journal":{"name":"2013 15th International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON)","volume":"36 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-06-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124773500","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":"Using transparent WDM metro rings to provide an out-of-band control network for OpenFlow in MAN","authors":"R. Sánchez, J. Hernández, D. Larrabeiti","doi":"10.1109/ICTON.2013.6602915","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICTON.2013.6602915","url":null,"abstract":"OpenFlow is a protocol that enables networks to evolve and change flexibly, by giving a remote controller the capability of modifying the behavior of network devices. In an OpenFlow network, each device needs to maintain a dedicated and separated connection with a remote controller. All these connections can be described as the OpenFlow control network, that is the data network which transports control plane information, and can be deployed together with the data infrastructure plane (in-band) or separated (out-of-band), with advantages and disadvantages in both cases. The control network is a critical subsystem since the communication with the controller must be reliable and ideally should be protected against failures. This paper proposes a novel ring architecture to efficiently transport both the data plane and an out-of-band control network.","PeriodicalId":376939,"journal":{"name":"2013 15th International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-06-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130782208","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":"Super spontaneous four-wave mixing","authors":"M. Liscidini, T. Onodera, L. Helt, J. Sipe","doi":"10.1109/ICTON.2013.6602932","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICTON.2013.6602932","url":null,"abstract":"Using a fully quantum formalism we show that the probability of photon pair production via spontaneous four-wave-mixing in a sequence of N resonators can scale quadratically with N. This is the result of quantum interference in analogy with Dicke superradiance, in which the spontaneous emission rate scales quadratically with the number of atoms.","PeriodicalId":376939,"journal":{"name":"2013 15th International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON)","volume":"161 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-06-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122580954","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}
Masatoshi Suzuki, Hidenori Takahashi, K. Igarashi, K. Takeshima, T. Tsuritani, I. Morita
{"title":"Ultra-large capacity transmission over trans-oceanic distances with multi-core fibers and EDFAs","authors":"Masatoshi Suzuki, Hidenori Takahashi, K. Igarashi, K. Takeshima, T. Tsuritani, I. Morita","doi":"10.1109/ICTON.2013.6602819","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICTON.2013.6602819","url":null,"abstract":"Space-division multiplexing (SDM) with multi-core/multi-mode fibers has potential to increase the transmission capacity drastically. In this paper, we investigate the feasibility of trans-oceanic transmission towards beyond 100 Tbit/s using multi-core fibers. Experimental results using 7-core fibers/EDFAs are also presented.","PeriodicalId":376939,"journal":{"name":"2013 15th International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON)","volume":"27 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-06-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121331792","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}
X. Buet, A. Guelmani, A. Monmayrant, S. Calvez, F. Lozes-Dupuy, O. Gauthier-Lafaye
{"title":"Robust and simplified cat's-eye external-cavity lasers using cavity resonant integrated grating filters","authors":"X. Buet, A. Guelmani, A. Monmayrant, S. Calvez, F. Lozes-Dupuy, O. Gauthier-Lafaye","doi":"10.1109/ICTON.2013.6602945","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICTON.2013.6602945","url":null,"abstract":"We present a simple frequency-selective 3-element cat's-eye cavity laser enabled by a new optical element, the so-called Cavity Resonant Integrated Grating Filter (CRIGF). Output powers in excess of 30 mW are achieved with single-mode emission. Discrete tuning around a central wavelength of 850 nm is achieved over a 30 nm band using a semiconductor source with an AR coated output facet. We will discuss the performance of the laser source together with new requirements for the CRIGFs. The road to enhanced performance will be outlined.","PeriodicalId":376939,"journal":{"name":"2013 15th International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON)","volume":"8 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-06-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122253179","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":"Efficient modelling of general spheroid optical microresonators","authors":"M. Zervas","doi":"10.1109/ICTON.2013.6602782","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICTON.2013.6602782","url":null,"abstract":"We have developed an efficient numerical method, based on a transfer-matrix formulation and counter-propagating waves in cylindrical structures, for calculating the resonant frequencies and field distributions in general non-spherical truncated oblate and prolate structures. The technique can be applied to structures with arbitrary cylindrical shapes where analytic expressions cannot be used. We have applied the method to analyze the resonant characteristics and match experimental data obtained with newly developed microbottle and microdiscus optical resonators. We also apply the method to calculate resonant frequencies and modal fields in coupled microresonators.","PeriodicalId":376939,"journal":{"name":"2013 15th International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON)","volume":"21 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-06-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122275531","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":"Ab initio determination of basic dielectric properties","authors":"A. Quandt, R. Warmbier","doi":"10.1109/ICTON.2013.6602988","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICTON.2013.6602988","url":null,"abstract":"Simulating the performance of fibre optical devices or photonic devices requires an accurate solution of Maxwell's equations. However, the resulting predictions often depend quite crucially on the knowledge of the basic dielectric constants within certain frequency ranges, where experimental data could be very inaccurate or simply not available. We illustrate the theoretical and numerical background to work out frequency dependent dielectric constants using modern ab initio methods based on density functional theory. The starting point will be a rough picture of the atomic structure of a given dielectric component. We discuss various technical aspects to determine the electronic and ionic parts of the dielectric constant for a given frequency range, and we give some illustrative examples.","PeriodicalId":376939,"journal":{"name":"2013 15th International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON)","volume":"27 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-06-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122326528","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}