M. D. Giancamillo, A. Gatto, Mario Martinelli, P. Martelli
{"title":"Performance Analysis of Passive-Decoy State Quantum Key Distribution","authors":"M. D. Giancamillo, A. Gatto, Mario Martinelli, P. Martelli","doi":"10.1109/ICTON59386.2023.10207411","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICTON59386.2023.10207411","url":null,"abstract":"The passive decoy scheme represents a quantum key distribution protocol that employs a photon number resolving detector to selectively extract the decoy states from the signal states during post-processing. This selection process ensures resilience against attacks capable of distinguishing between these two states, thereby enhancing the security of the protocol. Previous research has emphasized the good performance of the protocol under optimal conditions. However, our study focuses on numerically evaluating the protocol performance in various practical scenarios. We aim to understand the implications of these scenarios in terms of the maximum attainable attenuation and bit rate per second, considering the number of photons per pulse sent under specific experimental conditions. Our findings demonstrate that opting for a low average photon number value ensures high tolerance to attenuation during communication, albeit at the cost of a reduced bit rate per second. Conversely, for lower attenuations, it is more advantageous to increase the average number of photons, even if it deviates from the ideal behaviour of a single-photon source. The benefit of selecting the decoy states at the end of the transmission remains consistent across different configurations. This research signifies an advancement in assessing the viability of incorporating the protocol within a practical QKD network.","PeriodicalId":393642,"journal":{"name":"2023 23rd International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON)","volume":"49 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":"128015482","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. Hristu, S. Stanciu, D. Tranca, L. Eftimie, Adrian Enache, G. Stanciu
{"title":"Collagen Organization in Second Harmonic Generation Images for the Assessment of Thyroid Nodule Capsular Invasion","authors":"R. Hristu, S. Stanciu, D. Tranca, L. Eftimie, Adrian Enache, G. Stanciu","doi":"10.1109/ICTON59386.2023.10207435","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICTON59386.2023.10207435","url":null,"abstract":"Second harmonic generation (SHG) microscopy is an imaging technique which enables the visualization of collagen architecture within tissue samples. Going beyond simple intensity, an extension of SHG microscopy involves the acquisition of polarization dependent image stacks which are further processed with theoretical collagen models to provide quantitative information for the collagen structure and architecture. We use SHG microscopy images for the visualization of the collagen distribution in thyroid nodule capsules. More precisely, we are interested in capsular invasion, a hallmark of follicular carcinoma and a method for evaluating possible lymph node metastasis in the case of papillary thyroid carcinoma. Different image processing methods are used to assess the collagen organization which is further related to possible invasion sites in the thyroid nodule capsule.","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":"121231714","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}
Sandra Soriano, Omar E. Solis, Diego Ramírez, P. Boix, J. Martínez‐Pastor, I. Suárez
{"title":"Photodetection Performances of MAPbI3 Perovskites","authors":"Sandra Soriano, Omar E. Solis, Diego Ramírez, P. Boix, J. Martínez‐Pastor, I. Suárez","doi":"10.1109/ICTON59386.2023.10207466","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICTON59386.2023.10207466","url":null,"abstract":"The extraordinarysuccess of metal halide perovskites (MHPs) developed during the last years has made this family of semiconductors to be a potential candidate to implement a new generation of optoelectronic devices. Nevertheless, the practical application of these semiconductors still requires a deeper determination of the extent of their outstanding properties together with the right integration with electronic circuitry that takes advantage of them. In this manuscript, we propose a full photodetection system based on the integration of MAPbI3 (MA: methylammonium) MHPs polycrystalline thin films with interdigital electrodes and the efficient extraction of the generated photocurrent with a transimpedance amplifier. Under this configuration, the photoconductive properties of the devices are thoroughly determined, including the sensitivity, the on-off ratio, and the frequency response. As a result, the proposed device demonstrates a sensitivity below 1 µW at 450 nm, discriminates photocurrents smaller than 1 nA, and operates at frequencies higher than 10 kHz. The presented results are an important step toward the use of MHP as a photodetector in telecommunications or sensing.","PeriodicalId":393642,"journal":{"name":"2023 23rd International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON)","volume":"53 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":"121437546","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":"Feasibility Analysis of Uplink Quantum Communication with HAP Considering Beam Wandering and Weather Dependence","authors":"Nancy Alshaer, Tawfik Ismail","doi":"10.1109/ICTON59386.2023.10207374","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICTON59386.2023.10207374","url":null,"abstract":"The encryption process is essential for ensuring data protection and privacy. However, breaking the encrypted data becomes feasible as computational power grows exponentially. This leads to insecure data transmission over a public channel. Quantum key distribution is a secure communication mechanism that allows shared parties to exchange encryption keys periodically. Furthermore, it has the ability to detect eavesdropping since the error level becomes higher when she attempts to access the communication channel. This paper studies and analysis the performance of the uplink quantum channel between the ground station and the high-altitude platform system (HAPS). In order to achieve optimal performance, the system parameters, such as modulation variance, receiver aperture, and zenith angle influence, are tuned with consideration to the effects of weather conditions and beam wandering. For a HAP at vertical altitude 20 km and with 20° zenith angle and 100 MHz pulse generation rate, a raw key rate of 57 Mb/s and 63 Mb/s is estimated for homodyne and heterodyne detection schemes, respectively.","PeriodicalId":393642,"journal":{"name":"2023 23rd International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON)","volume":"52 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":"129017562","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}
Long H. Nguyen, T. Nguyen, A. Ellis, S. Sygletos, Sonia K. Boscolo
{"title":"Digital Signal Processing for Optical Phase Conjugation Assisted Coherent Systems","authors":"Long H. Nguyen, T. Nguyen, A. Ellis, S. Sygletos, Sonia K. Boscolo","doi":"10.1109/ICTON59386.2023.10207451","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICTON59386.2023.10207451","url":null,"abstract":"We review our recent progress in the development of digital signal processing techniques to mitigate the impact of the phase modulation of the pump source on coherent optical systems deploying fibre-based optical phase conjugation devices.","PeriodicalId":393642,"journal":{"name":"2023 23rd International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON)","volume":"76 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":"128404484","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}
S. Sujecki, L. Sójka, L. Pajewski, S. Phang, M. Farries, D. Furniss, E. Barney, T. Benson, A. Seddon, S. Lamrini
{"title":"Pulsed Fluoride Glass Fibre Lasers Operating near 3 µm","authors":"S. Sujecki, L. Sójka, L. Pajewski, S. Phang, M. Farries, D. Furniss, E. Barney, T. Benson, A. Seddon, S. Lamrini","doi":"10.1109/ICTON59386.2023.10207501","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICTON59386.2023.10207501","url":null,"abstract":"Pulsed fluoride glass fibre based lasers have many potential important applications in materials processing, medicine and defence. At present a number of continuous wave fluoride glass fibre lasers is offered commercially. However, there is still a large scope for the development of pulsed lasers. Therefore, in this contribution we give an up-to-date review of the recent progress in the development of gain switched and Q-switched fluoride glass fibre lasers. Also, we present new experimental results on dysprosium ion doped Q-switched fluoride glass fibre lasers.","PeriodicalId":393642,"journal":{"name":"2023 23rd International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON)","volume":"59 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":"116649237","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}
Yuchao Zhang, Kun Shang, Jianfei Gu, Mengxiao Li, Gang Zhao, Yaping Zhang
{"title":"A Cost Effective FBG Sensor System Based on Narrow Band DBR Laser and FPGA Demodulation Technology","authors":"Yuchao Zhang, Kun Shang, Jianfei Gu, Mengxiao Li, Gang Zhao, Yaping Zhang","doi":"10.1109/ICTON59386.2023.10207311","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICTON59386.2023.10207311","url":null,"abstract":"Fiber Bragg Grating (FBG) sensor systems have been widely implemented in many application areas for the real time measurement and monitoring of various physical parameters, such as pressure, stress, temperature. This paper reports a cost-effective design and implementation of a Fiber Bragg Grating (FBG) sensor system based on a narrow band Distributed Bragg Reflector (DBR) laser and the Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) demodulation technology. The FPGA circuit is employed to control a narrow band DBR laser for continuous wavelength scanning, which enables multichannel data collection and processing at a high speed. Several aspects of this FBG sensor system have been investigated, including the design of a FPGA demodulation circuit and the creation of a high-speed peak detection algorithm. In addition, a wavelength shifting compensation scheme is implemented in the FBG sensor system, which has reduced the measured wavelength shifting error of a narrow band DBR laser by about one order of magnitude at a wide ambient temperature range of -35°C ~ +35°C. A cost effective FBG sensor system has been accomplished at a demodulation speed of 1kHz with 8-channels. This has paved a way towards a simple and affordable multi-channel FBG sensor system for a wide range of applications.","PeriodicalId":393642,"journal":{"name":"2023 23rd International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON)","volume":"4 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":"117342888","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}
Fatemeh Tabatabaei, H. Khalili, Manuel Requena, Sarang Kahvazadeh, J. Mangues‐Bafalluy
{"title":"Dynamic Service Placement in 6G Multi-Cloud Scenarios","authors":"Fatemeh Tabatabaei, H. Khalili, Manuel Requena, Sarang Kahvazadeh, J. Mangues‐Bafalluy","doi":"10.1109/ICTON59386.2023.10207547","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICTON59386.2023.10207547","url":null,"abstract":"The rapid development of 6G technology promises to revolutionize wireless communication and bring significant advancements in various industries. Public Protection and Disaster Relief (PPDR) applications require cutting-edge communication technology to meet their low latency, high-speed, and bandwidth requirements for effective decision-making support during emergencies. This paper presents a federated framework for the 5G-EPICENTRE project that allows various testbeds to federate and share resources for emergency situations. The proposed federated framework can provide flexible and efficient utilization of resources, enabling more effective PPDR applications to be connected and utilized. To further enhance the performance of PPDR applications, we propose a scheduler that optimizes Network Service (NS) placement for Cloud and Multi-access Edge Computing (MEC) resources to improve the overall performance of PPDR applications. Our approach aims to reduce latency and efficiently offload services to empower first responders to make critical decisions during emergencies. This approach is expected to improve the overall performance of the PPDR applications and empower first responders to make critical decisions in emergency situations.","PeriodicalId":393642,"journal":{"name":"2023 23rd International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON)","volume":"343 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":"115675199","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":"Performance Analysis of Network Slicing in Packet-Switched 5G xHaul Access Network","authors":"Damian Mroziński, M. Klinkowski, K. Walkowiak","doi":"10.1109/ICTON59386.2023.10207263","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICTON59386.2023.10207263","url":null,"abstract":"We analyse the impact of Network Slicing (NS) on the performance of a packet-switched xHaul transport network carrying the radio data traffic in a 5G Radio Access Network (RAN). Two 5G services / slices of different requirements, namely, Enhanced Mobile Broadband (eMBB) and Ultra Reliable Low Latency Communications (URLLC), are considered. We focus on the network planning scenario, in which the radio processing resources and the data flows related to both NSs are subject to allocation in the xHaul network. Network optimization is performed by means of a scalable heuristic MaSCA-RA. The study reveals how the size and the bitrate of NSs affect the network performance in terms of the cost of involved processing resources.","PeriodicalId":393642,"journal":{"name":"2023 23rd International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON)","volume":"148 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":"115786384","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. Cugini, M. Agus, M. Quagliotti, E. Riccardi, Carlos Castro, B. Spinnler, A. Napoli
{"title":"Point-to-Multi-Point Coherent Optics on Data Processing Units (DPUs) for beyond-5G Low-Latency Applications","authors":"F. Cugini, M. Agus, M. Quagliotti, E. Riccardi, Carlos Castro, B. Spinnler, A. Napoli","doi":"10.1109/ICTON59386.2023.10207440","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICTON59386.2023.10207440","url":null,"abstract":"Coherent pluggable transceivers supporting both point-to-point (P2P) and point-to-multi-point (P2MP) optical transmissions could be used with Data Processing Units (DPUs) for cost-effective converged infrastructures including packet, optical, and edge computing resources.","PeriodicalId":393642,"journal":{"name":"2023 23rd International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON)","volume":"92 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":"127145846","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}