Research on space-division multiplexing (SDM) came to prominence in early 2010 being
primarily proposed as a means of multiplying the information-carrying capacity of optical …

Structured light, especially beams carrying orbital angular momentum (OAM), has gained
much interest due to its unique amplitude and phase structures. In terms of communication …

The use of optical interconnects has burgeoned as a promising technology that can address
the limits of data transfer for future high-performance silicon chips. Recent pushes to …

Celebrating the 20^ th anniversary of Optics Express, this paper reviews the evolution of
optical fiber communication systems, and through a look at the previous 20 years attempts to …

Silicon photonics is an enabling technology that provides integrated photonic devices and
systems with low-cost mass manufacturing capability. It has attracted increasing attention in …

Exploiting a particular wave property for a particular application necessitates components
capable of discriminating in the basis of that property. While spectral or polarisation …

Optics offers unique opportunities for reducing energy in information processing and
communications while simultaneously resolving the problem of interconnect bandwidth …

An optical vortex having an isolated point singularity is associated with the spatial structure
of light waves. A polarization vortex (vector beam) with a polarization singularity has …

The emerging massive/large-scale multiple-input multiple-output (LS-MIMO) systems that
rely on very large antenna arrays have become a hot topic of wireless communications …

Space-division multiplexing (SDM) uses multiplicity of space channels to increase capacity
for optical communication. It is applicable for optical communication in both free space and …