Photonic integrated circuits offer the potential of realizing low-cost, compact optical
functions. Silicon-on-insulator (SOI) is a promising material platform for this photonic …

We survey the current trends in OCDMA and optical coding through their applications.
Although a prerequisite for OCDMA, optical coding distinguishes itself from OCDMA through …

The wavelength band near 1300 nm is attractive for many telecommunications applications,
yet there are few results in silicon that demonstrate high-speed modulation in this band. We …

Passive optical networks (PONs) are currently evolving into next-generation PONs (NG-
PONs) which aim at achieving higher data rates, wavelength channel counts, number of …

A plethora of enabling optical and wireless technologies have been emerging that can be
used to build future-proof bimodal fiber-wireless (FiWi) broadband access networks. After …

The integration of optical and wireless systems is considered to be one of the most
promising solutions for increasing the existing capacity and mobility as well as decreasing …

The wavelength-division-multiplexed passive optical network (WDM-PON) is considered to
be the next evolutionary solution for a simplified and future-proofed access system that can …

This article provides an up-to-date survey of hybrid fiber-wireless (FiWi) access networks
that leverage on the respective strengths of optical and wireless technologies and converge …

Microwave to mm-wave radio carriers are commonly employed for creating high-capacity
picocell wireless networks. Advanced radio-over-fiber (RoF) techniques can efficiently …

In order to circumvent radio spectrum congestion, we propose an innovative system which
can provide multiple infrared optical wireless beams simultaneously where each beam …