Feature Issue on Nanoscale Integrated Photonics for Optical Networks Dense wavelength
division multiplexed (DWDM) large-scale, single-chip transmitter and receiver photonic …

Tunable dispersion has been implemented in various technology platforms, including fiber
gratings, planar waveguides, thin film etalons, and bulk optic technologies. This paper will …

Feature Issue on Transmission in Optically Transparent Core Networks Transparent optical
networking provides a common optical transport platform for services with different bit rates …

Definitions of broadband have continued to evolve and are changing with time and place.
Initially a simple notion was anything perceptibly better than a basic ISDN line. This implies …

Optical networks using singlemode fiber rely on negative chirp to improve the transmission
performance. In particular for an electroabsorption modulator (EAM) optimal chirp control is …

This paper is focused on the Relative Intensity Noise (RIN) aspect of a research project on
development of a novel approach for accurate measurement of RIN and Frequency …