{"title":"Low-Cost All-Optical Switching Nodes for Ultra-Dense Optical Metro-Access Networks","authors":"S. Sarmiento, J. Lázaro","doi":"10.1109/ICTON59386.2023.10207172","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICTON59386.2023.10207172","url":null,"abstract":"Optical metro-access networks (OMANs) must enable the connectivity among 5G-based radio stations, edge datacentres, businesses, and home users. In such a heterogenous scenario, greater scalability, higher levels of dynamic connectivity and flexibility, reduced end-to-end latency, and increased energy efficiency are required. Mesh-based ultra-dense wavelength division multiplexing (u-DWDM) OMANs using reconfigurable optical switching nodes are a promising solution. However, the designs of traditional optical switching nodes relay on wavelength-selective switches (WSSs), which provide high network reconfigurability only at a high cost, making them prohibitive for OMANs. Moving away from this design approach, we proposed a novel low-cost and energy-efficient design based on a modular DWDM structure for reconfigurable optical add-drop multiplexer (ROADM) and optical cross-connects (OXC) nodes compatible with mesh-based u-DWDM OMANs. Results show that proposed solutions can provide performance close to that of WSS-based OXCs but with a switching node cost reduction of one order magnitude.","PeriodicalId":393642,"journal":{"name":"2023 23rd International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON)","volume":"3 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-07-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115126247","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}
L. Valcarenghi, P. Castoldi, A. Sgambelluri, E. Paolini, A. Pacini
{"title":"A Flexible Forecasting Platform Enabling Zero Touch Networking and Digital Twinning","authors":"L. Valcarenghi, P. Castoldi, A. Sgambelluri, E. Paolini, A. Pacini","doi":"10.1109/ICTON59386.2023.10207209","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICTON59386.2023.10207209","url":null,"abstract":"A proactive approach could bring several advantages in network operations to meet the increasingly strict requirements (e.g., in terms of latency, reliability) of emerging applications (e.g., XR-VR, xURLLC). This paper describes a flexible forecasting platform that provides estimates of the performance parameters involved in the Zero Touch Networking closed loop and Digital Twin. The advantages of using parameter estimation within the closed loop in reducing performance violations are also shown.","PeriodicalId":393642,"journal":{"name":"2023 23rd International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-07-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123111359","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":"SOA-Based Optical Networks with Sub-Microsecond Control Plane for Low-Latency Applications","authors":"Henrique Santana, A. Mefleh, N. Calabretta","doi":"10.1109/ICTON59386.2023.10207247","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICTON59386.2023.10207247","url":null,"abstract":"We propose and demonstrate a network of photonically connected edge data centres. The nodes utilize SOA-based optical add/drop multiplexers and the fast control plane is implemented with an FPGA-based supervisory channel. Results show microsecond-time control, time-slotted operation and deterministic latency with nanosecond jitter and error-free communication for up to 5 nodes.","PeriodicalId":393642,"journal":{"name":"2023 23rd International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON)","volume":"12 5 Suppl 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-07-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116788064","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. Ranjan, G. Costa, M. Ferrara, Mario Sansone, L. Sirleto
{"title":"Noise Investigation in Femtosecond Stimulated Raman Scattering Microscopy","authors":"R. Ranjan, G. Costa, M. Ferrara, Mario Sansone, L. Sirleto","doi":"10.1109/ICTON59386.2023.10207520","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICTON59386.2023.10207520","url":null,"abstract":"Stimulated Raman Scattering (SRS) microscopy enables imaging systems, performing label-free imaging with high sensitivity, high spatial and spectral resolution, 3D sectioning, and fast image acquisition. Nevertheless, due to the weak Raman cross-section of biomolecules, SRS images often suffer from low SNR, so SRS applications in biological/biomedical imaging can be compromised. In this paper, noise measurements in detection system of our in-house built Stimulated Raman Scattering microscope are carried out, demonstrating that it is shot noise limited.","PeriodicalId":393642,"journal":{"name":"2023 23rd International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON)","volume":"117 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-07-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117134092","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}
Michał Parniak, Mateusz Mazelanik, Adam Leszczyński, M. Lipka, M. Jastrzebski, S. Kurzyna, B. Niewelt, J. Nowosielski, S. Borówka, U. Pylypenko, W. Wasilewski
{"title":"Atomic Ensembles as Nodes of Quantum and Classical Optical Networks","authors":"Michał Parniak, Mateusz Mazelanik, Adam Leszczyński, M. Lipka, M. Jastrzebski, S. Kurzyna, B. Niewelt, J. Nowosielski, S. Borówka, U. Pylypenko, W. Wasilewski","doi":"10.1109/ICTON59386.2023.10207285","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICTON59386.2023.10207285","url":null,"abstract":"Quantum technologies, including communication and computing, are enabled by optical fields. Indeed, photons are excellent for carrying quantum information at long distances. Including of material systems in optical quantum networks is desired in order to enable additional functionalities, such as long-distance entanglement distribution or advanced quantum computing via interactions. We review applications of atomic ensembles in the quantum optical and hybrid optical-microwave networks.","PeriodicalId":393642,"journal":{"name":"2023 23rd International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON)","volume":"245 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-07-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121124963","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}
Aleksandra Knapińska, Piotr Lechowicz, S. Spadaro, K. Walkowiak
{"title":"Performance Analysis of Multilayer Optical Networks with Time-Varying Traffic","authors":"Aleksandra Knapińska, Piotr Lechowicz, S. Spadaro, K. Walkowiak","doi":"10.1109/ICTON59386.2023.10207179","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICTON59386.2023.10207179","url":null,"abstract":"In multilayer IP over optical networks, the optical layer provides the lightpaths to transmit aggregated time-varying requests from the packet layer. By exploiting the traffic grooming, enabled by the cross-layer information exchange, the number of lightpaths to be established can be minimized by using spare capacity available on them grooming new requests. To this purpose, the transceivers that equip the optical nodes play a key role. In this paper, different transceiver models and technologies are benchmarked to evaluate their impact on the overall network performance. In particular, it is shown that deploying higher-performance transceivers provide major benefits to network operators.","PeriodicalId":393642,"journal":{"name":"2023 23rd International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON)","volume":"68 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-07-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127119455","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}
H. E. Karout, A. Andrushchak, Z. Sofiani, Y. E. Kouari, B. Sahraoui
{"title":"Selected Lanthanide Complexes for Nonlinear Optical Applications","authors":"H. E. Karout, A. Andrushchak, Z. Sofiani, Y. E. Kouari, B. Sahraoui","doi":"10.1109/ICTON59386.2023.10207554","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICTON59386.2023.10207554","url":null,"abstract":"In the present work, the second- and third-order nonlinear optical (NLO) properties of composite materials based on Europium (Eu) and Gadolinium (Gd) complexes and poly (methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) in thin film form were investigated. The thin films were prepared by using the spin coating technique. The Maker fringe technique was used to study the second and third harmonic generation (SHG and THG) in the picosecond regime at the incident wavelength of 1064 nm. After applying the corona poling approach, the second-order nonlinear susceptibility χ(2) and third-order nonlinear susceptibility χ(3) were estimated using the comparative models of Lee and Kubodera-Kobayashi, respectively. These compounds have good nonlinear properties, according to the data, which makes them a viable candidate for optoelectronic applications.","PeriodicalId":393642,"journal":{"name":"2023 23rd International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON)","volume":"18 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-07-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125328391","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}
A. Tasolamprou, M. Kafesaki, C. Soukoulis, E. Economou, T. Koschny
{"title":"Surface States in Topologically Trivial and Non-Trivial Photonic Crystals","authors":"A. Tasolamprou, M. Kafesaki, C. Soukoulis, E. Economou, T. Koschny","doi":"10.1109/ICTON59386.2023.10207244","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICTON59386.2023.10207244","url":null,"abstract":"Topological insulators exhibit topologically non-trivial electronic band structure, which features an electronic band gap that causes insulating behaviour in the bulk while simultaneously supporting protected, unidirectional transport of electrons along their surface without any back-scattering, mostly unperturbed by local defects and impurities. In 2005 this unique electronic feature was transferred to the realm of photonics with the discovery of the quantum Hall effect analogue in photonic crystals. Topological photonics attracts such great scientific attention mainly due to the fundamental feature coming from the topological protection the unidirectional, back-scattering-free propagation of electromagnetic energy, immune to any perturbations. To achieve a photonic band gap, photonic crystals usually need to have a specific band structure on both sides of the interface or an outer layer with engineered material properties. This is important for suppressing surface states and evanescent waves that could interfere with the desired optical properties of the crystal. Here we discuss the process of introducing topological surface states at the interfaces of a photonic crystal and the free space and compare with the case of a non-topological photonic crystal.","PeriodicalId":393642,"journal":{"name":"2023 23rd International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON)","volume":"23 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-07-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126725786","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}
G. Boudebs, Julien-Bilal Zinoune, C. Cassagne, M. Loumaigne, M. Chis, M. H. Werts
{"title":"Photothermal Efficiency of Gold Nanoparticles Using CW Z-Scan Technique in the Visible Range","authors":"G. Boudebs, Julien-Bilal Zinoune, C. Cassagne, M. Loumaigne, M. Chis, M. H. Werts","doi":"10.1109/ICTON59386.2023.10207301","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICTON59386.2023.10207301","url":null,"abstract":"The photothermal effect may be used in a variety of applications such as cancer treatment, biological microscopy… Light scattering from plasmonic nanoparticles (NPs) can be sufficiently strong to enable single-particle observations in dark-field microscopy. The relative contributions of light scattering and light absorption are of paramount importance in the characterization of NPs and their selection and optimization for a specific application. CW single beam Z-scan technique is applied to determine the absorption and scattering efficiencies on different size of spherical gold nanoparticles (5, 40, 60, 80 nm). Experimental tests are carried out at three different wavelengths at blue, green and red wavelengths. The quantum yields are determined through Thermal Lens (TL) effect. Details of the measurement method characteristics are given for relatively high absorption procedure using Gaussian top-hat beams. The validity of our approach is confirmed by comparing the obtained scattering data with that of the theoretical values given by the Mie theory. Very good agreement is found within the experimental errors.","PeriodicalId":393642,"journal":{"name":"2023 23rd International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON)","volume":"13 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-07-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126736112","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}
T. Baghdasaryan, K. Vanmol, F. Berghmans, H. Thienpont, J. Erps
{"title":"Direct Laser Writing of Photonic Waveguide Components in Polymer","authors":"T. Baghdasaryan, K. Vanmol, F. Berghmans, H. Thienpont, J. Erps","doi":"10.1109/ICTON59386.2023.10207269","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICTON59386.2023.10207269","url":null,"abstract":"We report on direct laser writing-based fabrication of optical waveguide building block components for 3D-printed photonic circuits. We used a two-photon polymerization-based process that delivers sub-micrometer resolution to manufacture waveguides that are mode matched with standard single mode optical fibers, as well as high aspect ratio adiabatic tapers and S-bends. The low loss of these crucial building block components allowed us to design and fabricate more advanced components such as waveguide Bragg gratings on which we report here as well.","PeriodicalId":393642,"journal":{"name":"2023 23rd International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON)","volume":"183 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-07-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115074146","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}