Integrated optics and optoelectronics will play key roles in the evolution of the
telecommunications network. We briefly review the available and developing technologies …

In this paper, we present Alibaba's practices and views on open and disaggregated optical
transport networks, with a focus on metro data center interconnects (DCIs). We first discuss …

We propose a DSP-free coherent-lite system that requires neither high-speed DSP nor high-
resolution signal converters for deployment inside datacenters over single mode fiber links …

Reusing Data Center Optics and Solutions for Beyond 25Gb/s PON: Is the Gap Really
Bridged? Page 1 Reusing Data Center Optics and Solutions for Beyond 25Gb/s PON: Is the …

Integrated circuit technologies are enabling intelligent, chip-based, optical packet switch
matrices. Rapid real-time re-configurability at the photonic layer using integrated circuit …

The high-performance server compute landscape is changing. The traditional model of
building general-purpose enterprise compute boxes that end-users can configure with …

Due to widespread applications and rapid development of cloud computing and Internet
services, hyperscale data centers have experienced an unprecedented demand for …

2. Background Optical networks are connected through optical fibers with elements capable
of providing optical channel transport, mul tiplexing, routing, management of the network …

In this paper, we experimentally demonstrate the transmission of a 100 Gb/s/λ PAM-4 signal
over a 40/80-km single mode fiber (SMF) in the O-band utilizing a 4-bit resolution digital-to …

This paper proposes and experimentally evaluates a fully developed novel architecture with
purpose built low latency communication protocols for next generation disaggregated data …