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 …

In order to overcome the capacity limitations of current lightwave systems based on the
single-mode optical fiber, massively parallel transmission in the spatial domain [space …

Based on a variety of long-term network traffic data from different geographies and
applications, in addition to long-term scaling trends of key information and communication …

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 …

As 100-Gb/s coherent systems based on polarization-division multiplexed quadrature phase
shift keying (PDM-QPSK), with aggregate wavelength-division multiplexed (WDM) capacities …

We investigated through simulations the performance of Nyquist-WDM Terabit
superchannels implemented using polarization-multiplexed phase shift-keying based on 2 …

Kerr nonlinearity imposes a limit on the achievable transmission performance and capacity
of optical fibre communication links. We show that the nonlinear distortions of a pair of phase …

In this tutorial overview, the principles, advantages, challenges, and practical requirements
of optical orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM)-based optical access are …

In this paper, we discuss building blocks that enable the exploitation of optical capacities
beyond 100 Gb/s. Optical networks will benefit from more flexibility and agility in their …

In this paper, we review the historical evolution of predictions of the performance of optical
communication systems. We will describe how such predictions were made from the outset …