Considering middle-term predictions of the need for commercial 10-Tb/s optical interfaces
working in 1-P b/s optical transport systems by 2024 and recalling the introduction of the …

Toward the forthcoming spatial division multiplexing (SDM) era, a spatial channel network
(SCN) was recently proposed in which the optical layer is explicitly decoupled from the …

A spatial channel network (SCN) is a novel optical network architecture targeting the space
division multiplexing (SDM) era where the optical layer is explicitly evolved into the …

This article reports on a proof of concept demonstration of a recently proposed spatial
channel network (SCN) that was conducted over an SCN testbed that comprises low-loss …

We describe the principle, design, and prototyping of a free-space-optics-based core
selective switch (CSS) for spatial channel (SCh) networks (SCNs) in the age of space …

Spatially integrated switching architectures have been recently investigated in an attempt to
provide switching capability for networks based on spatial division multiplexing (SDM) fibers …

In today's optical networks, the capacity supported by a single optical fiber is far higher than
the demand between source–destination pairs. Thus, to take advantage of the installed …

Space division multiplexing (SDM) is mainly seen as a means to increase data throughput
and handle exponential traffic growth in future optical networks. But its role is certainly more …

Over the last few decades, network traffic has consistently grown at an exponential rate and
was efficiently satisfied using WDM and more efficient coding schemes requiring coherent …

Optical networks have economically enabled an unabated exponential traffic growth over
the past decades, with commercial wavelength-division multiplexed (WDM) systems carrying …