Roadmap of optical communications
Journal article, 2016
Lightwave communications is a necessity for the information age. Optical links provide enormous bandwidth, and the optical fiber is the only medium that can meet the modern society's needs for transporting massive amounts of data over long distances. Applications range from global high-capacity networks, which constitute the backbone of the internet, to the massively parallel interconnects that provide data connectivity inside datacenters and supercomputers. Optical communications is a diverse and rapidly changing field, where experts in photonics, communications, electronics, and signal processing work side by side to meet the ever-increasing demands for higher capacity, lower cost, and lower energy consumption, while adapting the system design to novel services and technologies. Due to the interdisciplinary nature of this rich research field, Journal of Optics has invited 16 researchers, each a world-leading expert in their respective subfields, to contribute a section to this invited review article, summarizing their views on state-of-the-art and future developments in optical communications.
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Author
Erik Agrell
Chalmers, Signals and Systems, Communication, Antennas and Optical Networks
Magnus Karlsson
Chalmers, Microtechnology and Nanoscience (MC2), Photonics
A. R. Chraplyvy
Nokia
David J. Richardson
University of Southampton
P. M. Krummrich
Technische Universität Dortmund
P. J. Winzer
Nokia
K. Roberts
Ciena Corporation
Johannes Fischer
Fraunhofer Society
Seb J. Savory
University of Cambridge
B. J. Eggleton
The University of Sydney
M. Secondini
Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies (SSSUP)
F. R. Kschischang
University of Toronto
A. Lord
British Telecommunications plc
J. Prat
Polytechnic University of Catalonia
I. Tomkos
Athens Information Technology-AIT
John Bowers
University of California
S. Srinivasan
University of California
Maïté Brandt-Pearce
University of Virginia
N. Gisin
University of Geneva
Journal of Optics
2040-8978 (ISSN) 2040-8986 (eISSN)
Vol. 18 6 063002Areas of Advance
Information and Communication Technology
Subject Categories (SSIF 2011)
Atom and Molecular Physics and Optics
DOI
10.1088/2040-8978/18/6/063002