Editorial Foreword to The ECOC 2022 Special Issue

Juerg Leuthold, Christoph Harder, Bert Offrein, Hans Limberger, Rachel Grange, Niels Quack, Christian Bosshard, and Ueli Koch

J. Lightwave Technol. 41(11), 3256-3260 (2023)  View: PDF

End-to-End Learning for VCSEL-Based Optical Interconnects: State-of-the-Art, Challenges, and Opportunities

Muralikrishnan Srinivasan, Jinxiang Song, Alexander Grabowski, Krzysztof Szczerba, Holger K. Iversen, Mikkel N. Schmidt, Darko Zibar, Jochen Schröder, Anders Larsson, Christian Häger, and Henk Wymeersch

J. Lightwave Technol. 41(11), 3261-3277 (2023)  View: PDF

Performance Limit of Fiber-Longitudinal Power Profile Estimation Methods

Takeo Sasai, Etsushi Yamazaki, and Yoshiaki Kisaka

J. Lightwave Technol. 41(11), 3278-3289 (2023)  View: PDF

Over-85-GHz-Bandwidth InP-Based Coherent Driver Modulator Capable of 1-Tb/s/λ-Class Operation

Josuke Ozaki, Yoshihiro Ogiso, Yasuaki Hashizume, Hiroshi Yamazaki, Kazuya Nagashima, Nobuhiro Nunoya, and Mitsuteru Ishikawa

J. Lightwave Technol. 41(11), 3290-3296 (2023)  View: PDF

Reduced-Diameter Single-Mode Fibers

Pierre Sillard, Cyril Mentzler, Adrian Amezcua-Correa, and Giuseppe Ferri

J. Lightwave Technol. 41(11), 3297-3304 (2023)  View: PDF

Time Expansion in Distributed Optical Fiber Sensing

María R. Fernández-Ruiz, Miguel Soriano-Amat, Vicente Durán, Hugo F. Martins, Sonia Martin-Lopez, and Miguel Gonzalez-Herraez

J. Lightwave Technol. 41(11), 3305-3315 (2023)  View: PDF

Key Technologies for High-Speed Si-Substrate LED Based Visible Light Communication

Wenqing Niu, Zengyi Xu, Yu Liu, Xianhao Lin, Jifan Cai, Jianyang Shi, Xiaolan Wang, Guangxu Wang, Jianli Zhang, Fengyi Jiang, Zhixue He, Shaohua Yu, Chao Shen, Junwen Zhang, and Nan Chi

J. Lightwave Technol. 41(11), 3316-3331 (2023)  View: PDF

Broadband Photon-Assisted Terahertz Communication and Sensing

Jianjun Yu, Yanyi Wang, Junjie Ding, Jiao Zhang, Weiping Li, Feng Wang, Chen Wang, Kaihui Wang, Yuxuan Tan, Min Zhu, Yuancheng Cai, Bingchang Hua, Mingzheng Lei, Tangyao Xie, Jianguo Yu, Feng Zhao, Wen Zhou, and Xiaohu You

J. Lightwave Technol. 41(11), 3332-3349 (2023)  View: PDF

Use of Optical Coherent Detection for Environmental Sensing

Antonio Mecozzi, Cristian Antonelli, Mikael Mazur, Nicolas Fontaine, Haoshuo Chen, Lauren Dallachiesa, and Roland Ryf

J. Lightwave Technol. 41(11), 3350-3357 (2023)  View: PDF

GAWBS Noise in Digital Coherent Transmission

Masataka Nakazawa, Masato Yoshida, and Toshihiko Hirooka

J. Lightwave Technol. 41(11), 3358-3371 (2023)  View: PDF

High-Capacity IM-DD Transmission in O-Band Using Advanced Maximum Likelihood Sequence Estimation Methods

Hiroki Taniguchi, Shuto Yamamoto, Masanori Nakamura, Akira Masuda, Yoshiaki Kisaka, Shigeru Kanazawa, and Hirotaka Nakamura

J. Lightwave Technol. 41(11), 3372-3381 (2023)  View: PDF

Transmission of 160.7-GBaud 1.64-Tbps Signal Using Phase-Interleaving Optical Modulator and Digital Spectral Weaver

Hiroshi Yamazaki, Yoshihiro Ogiso, Masanori Nakamura, Teruo Jyo, Munehiko Nagatani, Josuke Ozaki, Takayuki Kobayashi, Toshikazu Hashimoto, and Yutaka Miyamoto

J. Lightwave Technol. 41(11), 3382-3388 (2023)  View: PDF

Uncooled 100-GBaud Directly Modulated Membrane Lasers on SiC Substrate

Suguru Yamaoka, Nikolaos-Panteleimon Pandelis Diamantopoulos, Hidetaka Nishi, Takuro Fujii, Koji Takeda, Tatsurou Hiraki, Shigeru Kanazawa, Takaaki Kakitsuka, and Shinji Matsuo

J. Lightwave Technol. 41(11), 3389-3396 (2023)  View: PDF

Adaptive Transceiver Design for High-Capacity Multi-Modal Free-Space Optical Communications With Commercial Devices and Atmospheric Turbulence

Zhouyi Hu, Zhaozhong Chen, Yiming Li, David M. Benton, Abdallah A. I. Ali, Mohammed Patel, Martin P.J. Lavery, and Andrew D. Ellis

J. Lightwave Technol. 41(11), 3397-3406 (2023)  View: PDF

A Generalized Raman Scattering Model for Real-Time SNR Estimation of Multi-Band Systems

Chiara Lasagni, Paolo Serena, Alberto Bononi, and Jean-Christophe Antona

J. Lightwave Technol. 41(11), 3407-3416 (2023)  View: PDF

High-Speed and Long-Distance Photonics-Aided Terahertz Wireless Communication

Junjie Ding, Jianjun Yu, Weiping Li, Kaihui Wang, Wen Zhou, Jiao Zhang, Min Zhu, Tangyao Xie, Jianguo Yu, and Feng Zhao

J. Lightwave Technol. 41(11), 3417-3423 (2023)  View: PDF

Spiking Neural Network Nonlinear Demapping on Neuromorphic Hardware for IM/DD Optical Communication

Elias Arnold, Georg Böcherer, Florian Strasser, Eric Müller, Philipp Spilger, Sebastian Billaudelle, Johannes Weis, Johannes Schemmel, Stefano Calabrò, and Maxim Kuschnerov

J. Lightwave Technol. 41(11), 3424-3431 (2023)  View: PDF

1480 nm Diode-Pumped Er³⁺:Yb³⁺ Co-Doped Phospho-Alumino-Silicate Fiber for Extending the L-Band Gain Up to 1625 nm

Ziwei Zhai and Jayanta K. Sahu

J. Lightwave Technol. 41(11), 3432-3437 (2023)  View: PDF

Demonstration of Turbulence-Resilient Self-Homodyne 12-Gbit/s 16-QAM Free-Space Optical Communications Using a Transmitted Pilot Tone

Huibin Zhou, Runzhou Zhang, Xinzhou Su, Yuxiang Duan, Haoqian Song, Hao Song, Kaiheng Zou, Robert W. Boyd, Moshe Tur, and Alan E. Willner

J. Lightwave Technol. 41(11), 3438-3445 (2023)  View: PDF

Bi-Directional All-Optical Wireless Gigabit Ethernet Communication System Using Automatic Self-Aligned Beam Steering

Ton Koonen, Ketemaw Addis Mekonnen, Frans Huijskens, and Eduward Tangdiongga

J. Lightwave Technol. 41(11), 3446-3454 (2023)  View: PDF

Bidirectional Cladding-Pumped Multicore EDFA and its Optimization for Energy Efficiency by Tuning Pump Condition

Hitoshi Takeshita, Yusuke Shimomura, and Kohei Hosokawa

J. Lightwave Technol. 41(11), 3455-3461 (2023)  View: PDF

800 Gbit/s QSFP-DD Transceiver Based on Thin-Film Lithium Niobate Photonic Integrated Circuit

Heng Li, Lane Luo, Mingzhi Lu, Quanan Chen, Jin Yu, Rui Huang, Jiangen He, Yongqian Tang, Allen Zheng, Zuxin Zhong, Celia Lei, Hua Liu, Xiaohan Li, Xiangyang Dai, Lirong Huang, Qiaoyin Lu, and Weihua Guo

J. Lightwave Technol. 41(11), 3462-3469 (2023)  View: PDF

Demonstration of a Single-Mode Expanded-Beam Connectorized Module for Photonic Integrated Circuits

Kamil Gradkowski, David Stegall, David Mackey, Alan Naughton, Terry Smith, and Peter O'Brien

J. Lightwave Technol. 41(11), 3470-3478 (2023)  View: PDF

Sub-kHz-Linewidth External-Cavity Laser (ECL) With Si₃N₄ Resonator Used as a Tunable Pump for a Kerr Frequency Comb

Pascal Maier, Yung Chen, Yilin Xu, Yiyang Bao, Matthias Blaicher, Dimitri Geskus, Ronald Dekker, Junqiu Liu, Philipp-Immanuel Dietrich, Huanfa Peng, Sebastian Randel, Wolfgang Freude, Tobias J. Kippenberg, and Christian Koos

J. Lightwave Technol. 41(11), 3479-3490 (2023)  View: PDF

Real-Time 100 Gb/s PAM-4 for Access Links With up to 34 dB Power Budget

Giuseppe Caruso, Ivan N. Cano, Derek Nesset, Giuseppe Talli, and Roberto Gaudino

J. Lightwave Technol. 41(11), 3491-3497 (2023)  View: PDF

Implementation, Modelling and Verification of High-Speed Mach-Zehnder Phase Modulators in an Open Access InP Foundry Platform

Y Durvasa Gupta, Guillaume Binet, Wouter Diels, Oliver Abdeen, Tom Gaertner, Moritz Baier, and Martin Schell

J. Lightwave Technol. 41(11), 3498-3504 (2023)  View: PDF

Compact and Low Power-Consumption Solid-State Two-Dimensional Beam Scanner Integrating a Passive Optical Phased Array and Hybrid Wavelength-Tunable Laser Diode

Yamato Misugi, Hideaki Okayama, and Tomohiro Kita

J. Lightwave Technol. 41(11), 3505-3512 (2023)  View: PDF

Characterization of Nonlinear Distortion in Intensity Modulation and Direct Detection Systems

Jingnan Li, Xiaofei Su, Tong Ye, Hisao Nakashima, Takeshi Hoshida, and Zhenning Tao

J. Lightwave Technol. 41(11), 3513-3521 (2023)  View: PDF

High Dynamic Range 100G PON Enabled by SOA Preamplifier and Recurrent Neural Networks

Stephen L. Murphy, Fariba Jamali, Paul D. Townsend, and Cleitus Antony

J. Lightwave Technol. 41(11), 3522-3532 (2023)  View: PDF

Microwave Photonic PS-Pulse and 140 GHz RF Comb Generator

Hendrik Boerma, Felix Ganzer, Patrick Runge, Martin Schell, Edgar Fernandes, Benjamin Rudin, and Florian Emaury

J. Lightwave Technol. 41(11), 3533-3538 (2023)  View: PDF

A Novel Pilot-Aided Timing Recovery Algorithm With High Tolerance to Impairments for OQAM-Based Digital Multi-Band Systems

Wanzhen Guo, Ziheng Zhang, Zhaoquan Fan, Jiating Luo, Bofang Zheng, and Jian Zhao

J. Lightwave Technol. 41(11), 3539-3550 (2023)  View: PDF

Partial Freezing for MIMO Adaptive Equalizers: Precise Demodulation in Dynamic Environments

Akira Kawai, Masanori Nakamura, Minami Takahashi, Takayuki Kobayashi, and Yutaka Miyamoto

J. Lightwave Technol. 41(11), 3551-3558 (2023)  View: PDF

Cable Capacity and Cost/Bit Modeling of Submarine MCF Systems With MC-EDFA Alternatives

John D. Downie, Yongmin Jung, Sergejs Makovejs, Merrion P. Edwards, and David J. Richardson

J. Lightwave Technol. 41(11), 3559-3566 (2023)  View: PDF

Passive OFE WDM-over-POF Gigabits per Second Performance Comparison of Spatial Diversity and Spatial Multiplexing

Carina Barbio, Thiago Cunha, Jean Paul Linnartz, Frans Huijskens, Ton Koonen, and Eduward Tangdiongga

J. Lightwave Technol. 41(11), 3567-3576 (2023)  View: PDF

A Closed-Form Expression for the Gaussian Noise Model in the Presence of Inter-Channel Stimulated Raman Scattering Extended for Arbitrary Loss and Fibre Length

H. Buglia, M. Jarmolovičius, A. Vasylchenkova, E. Sillekens, L. Galdino, R. I. Killey, and P. Bayvel

J. Lightwave Technol. 41(11), 3577-3586 (2023)  View: PDF

First Demonstration of 25λ × 10 Gb/s C+L Band Classical / DV-QKD Co-Existence Over Single Bidirectional Fiber Link

Florian Honz, Florian Prawits, Obada Alia, Hesham Sakr, Thomas Bradley, Cong Zhang, Radan Slavík, Francesco Poletti, George Kanellos, Reza Nejabati, Philip Walther, Dimitra Simeonidou, Hannes Hübel, and Bernhard Schrenk

J. Lightwave Technol. 41(11), 3587-3593 (2023)  View: PDF

Demonstration of 200 Gb/s/λ PON in O-Band With High-Bandwidth TFLN Modulator

Jie Li, Xiang Li, Ming Luo, Xu Zhang, Chao Yang, Hongguang Zhang, Runzhe Fan, Qianshen Wang, Dong Wang, Xinlun Cai, and Xi Xiao

J. Lightwave Technol. 41(11), 3594-3602 (2023)  View: PDF

Single-Shot Characterization of Frequency-Resolved Imbalance in Coherent Transceivers Based on Inter-Channel Response Ratio

Honglin Ji, Yu Yang, Zhaopeng Xu, Zhixue He, Weisheng Hu, and William Shieh

J. Lightwave Technol. 41(11), 3603-3611 (2023)  View: PDF

Bandwidth Re-Configurable Wideband QAM-OFDM With Hybrid Integrated InP-Si $_{3}$ N $_{4}$ Tunable Laser Source for Short-Reach Systems

Lakshmi Narayanan Venkatasubramani, Devika Dass, Colm Browning, Chris GH Roeloffzen, Douwe Geuzebroek, and Liam Barry

J. Lightwave Technol. 41(11), 3612-3619 (2023)  View: PDF

60 GHz Analog Radio-Over-Fiber Single Sideband Transmitter Chipset With 55nm SiGe BiCMOS Driver RFIC and Silicon Photonics Modulator PIC

Nishant Singh, Guy Torfs, Joris Van Kerrebrouck, Reinier Broucke, Piet Demeester, and Xin Yin

J. Lightwave Technol. 41(11), 3620-3627 (2023)  View: PDF

On the Mitigation of WSS Filtering Penalties: Single- vs Multi-Carrier Modulation

Pedro A. Loureiro, Abel Lorences-Riesgo, Sami Mumtaz, Manuel S. Neves, Dylan Le Gac, Trung-Hien Nguyen, Yann Frignac, Yu Zhao, Paulo P. Monteiro, Gabriel Charlet, Stefanos Dris, and Fernando P. Guiomar

J. Lightwave Technol. 41(11), 3628-3634 (2023)  View: PDF

200 Gb/s Optical-Amplifier-Free IM/DD Transmissions Using a Directly Modulated O-Band DFB+R Laser Targeting LR Applications

Xiaodan Pang, Toms Salgals, Hadrien Louchet, Di Che, Markus Gruen, Yasuhiro Matsui, Thomas Dippon, Richard Schatz, Mahdieh Joharifar, Benjamin Krüger, Fabio Pittala, Yuchuan Fan, Aleksejs Udalcovs, Lu Zhang, Xianbin Yu, Sandis Spolitis, Vjaceslavs Bobrovs, Sergei Popov, and Oskars Ozolins

J. Lightwave Technol. 41(11), 3635-3641 (2023)  View: PDF

Ultra-High-Q Racetrack Resonators on Thick SOI Platform Through Hydrogen Annealing Smoothing

Yisbel E. Marin, Arijit Bera, Matteo Cherchi, and Timo Aalto

J. Lightwave Technol. 41(11), 3642-3648 (2023)  View: PDF