To increase the transmission capacity, ultra-wideband wavelength-division multiplexing
(UWB WDM) has been exploited to enlarge the spectral range. However, inter-channel …

The rapid growth in Internet traffic has contributed to the need to expand network
transmission capacity. Multi-band (MB) using existing standard single-mode fibers (SMFs) in …

Ultra-wideband transmission utilizes bandwidths beyond the standard C-band to enable
significant network capacity upgrades. Upgrading the standard C-band to a C+ L-band …

Flexible-grid elastic optical networks (EONs) have recently been widely deployed to support
the growing demand for bandwidth-intensive applications. For cost-efficient scaling of the …

The ever-increasing demand for data traffic in recent decades has pushed network
operators to give importance to the aspect of infrastructure control to facilitate its scalability …

Due to the high potential of multi-band transmission (MBT) systems as a short-to medium-
term solution to the ever-increasing demand for fiber capacity, one of the recent areas of …

The combined use of S-band and Raman amplification to cost-effectively increase the
capacity of C+ L-band transmission system is assessed. We show that Raman amplification …

Multi-band, especially C+ L-band, elastic optical networks (EONs) provide a promising
networking infrastructure to increase the capacity of networks for alleviating the pressure on …

C+ L-band optical networks suffer from transmission impairments including amplified
spontaneous emission noise and Kerr-induced and stimulated-Raman-scattering-induced …

Nowadays, optical transport and data center networks utilize wavelength-division
multiplexing (WDM) and band division multiplexing (BDM) as possible solutions to increase …