Orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) is a modulation technology that has
been widely adopted in many new and emerging broadband wireless and wireline …

Rigid fixed-grid wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) optical networks can no longer
keep up with the emerging bandwidth-hungry and highly dynamic services in an efficient …

Optical networks are undergoing significant changes, fueled by the exponential growth of
traffic due to multimedia services and by the increased uncertainty in predicting the sources …

This paper reviews optical injection locking (OIL) of semiconductor lasers and its application
in optical communications and signal processing. Despite complex OIL dynamics, we …

The outstanding phase‐noise performance of optical frequency combs has led to a
revolution in optical synthesis and metrology, covering a myriad of applications, from …

Growing concerns regarding the scalability of current optical networks as well as IP-based
networks are driving two important trends. One trend is a shift from the current rigid optical …

Elastic flexgrid optical networks (FG-ON) are considered a very promising solution for next-
generation optical networks. In this article we focus on lightpath adaptation under variable …

Controlling the temporal waveform of light is the key to a versatile light source in classical
and quantum electronics. Although pulse shaping of classical light is mature and has been …

Orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) is a multi-carrier modulation technology
that transmits a high-speed data stream using multiple spectrally overlapped lower-speed …

Optical WDM backbone networks based on fixed spectrum grid have limitations such as low
spectrum utilization and rigidity in provisioning for heterogeneous rates. Flexible-grid …