Title :
Introduction to the Issue on Enabling Technologies for Digital Optical Communication Systems
Author :
Winzer, P.J. ; Caplan, D.O. ; Kawanishi, Tetsuyas ; Vlasov, Yurii A.
Author_Institution :
Bell Labs., Alcatel-Lucent, Holmdel, NJ, USA
Abstract :
This issue aims at providing a diverse coverage of the current state of research in digital optical communication technologies, ranging all the way from deep-space laser communications to terrestrial fiber-optic transport, packet, and access networks to digital optical communications for computer interconnects and on-chip integration.
Keywords :
optical fibre communication; computer interconnects; deep-space laser communications; digital optical communication systems; on-chip integration; packet access networks; terrestrial fiber-optic transport; Communications technology; Digital signal processing; Laser radar; Optical devices; Optical fiber communication; Optical modulation; Optical receivers; Optical signal processing; Space technology; Special issues and sections;
Journal_Title :
Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
DOI :
10.1109/JSTQE.2010.2052501
