Title :
Major Accomplishments in 2010 on Optical Fiber Communications
Author :
Willner, A.E. ; Pan, Z. ; Hayee, M.I.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
fDate :
4/1/2011 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Optical fiber communications continued to advance at a rapid pace in 2010. This paper presents a brief overview of the most exciting technological advances of 2010, eking out record capacity out of optical fiber through enhancing spectral efficiency and shrinking power consumption using modern optical fiber communication system designs.
Keywords :
optical fibre communication; optical fiber communication system design; optical fiber communications; shrinking power consumption; spectral efficiency; Optical fiber communication; Power demand; System analysis and design; Optical fiber communication; coherent communications; optical modulation; optical signal processing;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Journal, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/JPHOT.2011.2131123
