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Monday, 18 March OFC NFOEC Room 303A Room 303B Room 303C Room 303D Ballroom A Ballroom B OFC NFOEC 09:00–12:00 Details on all Workshops (both Sunday and Monday) can be found on pages 8-11 12:00–13:30 Lunch (on your own) 13:30–15:30 13:30–15:30 13:30–15:30 13:30–15:30 13:30–15:30 OM2A • Coherent PON OM2B • Signal OM2C • SDM and OM2D • Enabling the NM2E • Flexible Presider: Antonio Teixeira; Processing Advanced DSP Cloud Symposium I: Networking and Universidade de Aveiro, Presider: Ivan Djordjevic; Presider: Xiang Zhou; AT&T Data Center Networks Transmission Portugal Univ. of Arizona, USA Corp, USA Presider: George Clapp, Presider: Takehiro Tsuritani; AT&T Research Labs, USA; KDDI R&D Laboratories, Douglas Freimuth, IBM, USA Japan OM2B.1 • 13:30 OM2C.1 • 13:30 OM2A.1 • 13:30 Invited OM2D.1 • 13:30 Invited NM2E.1 • 13:30 Invited On the LDPC-Coded Modulation for Employing a Single DPLL for Joint Advantages of Coherent Detection in The Coming Decade of System Net- Gridless Submarine Optical Net- 1 Ultra-High-Speed Optical Transport Carrier Phase Estimation in Few- Reflective PONs, Roberto Gaudino ; working Discontinuities, Renato Re- works, Brian Lavallee1; 1Ciena, Can- 1 in the Presence of Phase Noise, Ivan Mode Fiber Transmission, Roy Dipartimento di Elettronica e Tele- cio1; 1IBM, USA. The traditional Data ada. Submarine networks around the B. Djordjevic1, Ting Wang2; 1ECE, Uden, van1, Chigo Okonkwo1, Vincent comunicazioni, Politecnico di Torino, Center Networking (DCN) model is world are being upgraded in capacity Univ. of Arizona, USA; 2Optical Net- Sleiffer1, Haoshuo Chen1, Maxim Italy. We present our recent results under a transitory period, where sev- through the use of coherent-based works Division, NEC Labs, USA. A Kuschnerov2, Hugo Waardt, de1, Ton on coherent detection technologies eral emerging technologies may cause transmission technology, which is Monte Carlo based method to calcu- Koonen1; 1COBRA Research Inst., applied to upstream transmission significant discontinuities and result increasing existing channel rates from late symbol log-likelihood-ratios for Eindhoven Univ. of Technology, Nether- in reflective PON, comparing them in a new dominant model. Clients are 10 Gb/s to 40 Gb/s and 100 Gb/s. Older soft-iterative-decoding in the presence lands; 2Nokia Siemens Networks GmbH to other existing architectures and seeking: optimized fabrics that are submarine cables are hindered as to of imperfect carrier phase estimation & Co. KG, Germany. To reduce DSP showing a higher resilience to spurious flat and converged, simpler network how many channels are supported due (CPE) is proposed. The proposed complexity, both a master/slave and reflections when compared to direct control and management, automated to the limited useable optical band- method shows good robustness when phase-averaged single digital PLL detection. network virtualization services and a width of legacy submarine repeaters. CPE is imperfect, in particular for are investigated for a 3x112Gbit/s platform for which to run agile net- This paper reviews how gridless net- optimum modulations. DP-QPSK transmission over 70km work services. This presentation will works can improve spectral efficiencies FMF with inline MM-EDFA. A 0.5dB cover the client requirements that are of existing submarine networks. OSNR gain at 3.8×10-3 FEC-limit is influencing the demand side of these experimentally demonstrated. new solutions, as well as some of the emerging technologies . OM2B.2 • 13:45 OM2C.2 • 13:45 Experimental Validation of Digital A Shared Carrier Reception and Pro- Filter Back-propagation to Suppress cessing Scheme for Compensating SOA-induced Nonlinearities in 16- Frequency Offset and Phase Noise of QAM, Siamak Amiralizadeh1, An T. Space-Division Multiplexed Signals Nguyen1, Chul Soo Park1, Amirhos- over Multicore Fibers, Emmanuel Le sein Ghazisaeidi2, Leslie Rusch1; 1ECE Taillandier de Gabory1, Manabu Ari- Dept., Ctr. for Optics, Photonics and kawa1, Yoichi Hashimoto1, Toshiharu Lasers (COPL), Universite Laval, Ito1, Kiyoshi Fukuchi1; 1NEC Corpora- Canada; 2Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs tion, Japan. We propose a noise resis- France, France. We experimentally tant method to compensate frequency demonstrate the performance of a offset and phase noise based on shared computationally efficient digital filter carrier reception for SDM signals. back-propagation scheme for post- We demonstrate improvement in the Renato Recio works on System I/O compensating SOA nonlinearities in transmission of 112Gb/s PM-16QAM and Network Architecture, Strategy, coherent detection of 16-QAM signal over 294km MCF. and Standards. For the past 15 years, at 16 Gbaud, and compare the results he has played a leadership role in the with simulations. strategy, architecture and design of Monday, 18 March Monday, (continued on pg. 56) 54 OFC/NFOEC 2013 • 17–21 March 2013 Ballroom C Ballroom D Ballroom E Room 304C Room 304D OFC NFOEC OFC 09:00–12:00 Details on all Workshops (both Sunday and Monday) can be found on pages 8-11 12:00–13:30 Lunch (on your own) 13:30–15:00 13:30–15:30 13:30–15:30 13:30–15:30 13:30–15:30 OM2F • High-capacity Fibers OM2G • Applications of OM2H • Low Cost and Energy NM2I • FTTx Network OM2J • Silicon Photonics I for Communication and Optical Signal Processing Efficient Optical Interconnect Operation Presider: John Bowers; Univ. of Computers Presider: Paul Juodawlkis, MIT Presider: Andrew Alduino; Intel Presider: Pedram Dashti; Google, California Santa Barbara, USA Presider: Misha Brodsky; AT&T Lincoln Laboratory, USA Corporation, USA USA Labs, USA OM2F.1 • 13:30 Tutorial OM2G.1 • 13:30 OM2H.1 • 13:30 Invited NM2I.1 • 13:30 OM2J.1 • 13:30 Field Trial of a Novel FTTH/PON Monitoring High-Power High-Speed Waveguide Pho- Capacity Constraints, Carrier Economics, Reconfigurable Orbital-Angular-Momen- Network Energy Efficiency in the Data 1 1 Technique Based on Unique Wavelength- todiodes and Photodiode Arrays Heteroge- and the Limits of Fiber and Cable Design, tum-Based Switching among Multiple Center, Mike Bennett ; Lawrence Berkeley 1 1 Selective Mirror Combinations, Christopher neously Integrated on Silicon-on-Insulator, Robert Lingle ; OFS, USA. This tutorial ex- 100-Gbit/s Data Channels, Yang Yue1, Nisar National Laboratory, USA. This paper examines Bentz1, Daniel Fritzsche2, Erik Weis3, Peter Andreas Beling1, Allen S. Cross1, Molly Piels2, plores capacity limits and investment returns Ahmed1, Hao Huang1, Yan Yan 1, Yongxiong the motivation for energy-efficient networking Krummrich1; 1TU Dortmund,Chair for High Jon Peters2, Yang Fu1, Qiugui Zhou1, John E. for a deployed optical cable based on the Ren1, Dvora Rogawski, Alan E. Willner1; 1Univ. in data centers and the role Energy-Efficient Frequency Technology, Germany; 2European Ctr. Bowers2, Joe C. Campbell1; 1ECE Department, interplay of fundamental and practical limits of Southern California, USA. We demonstrate Ethernet could have in making the data center for Information and Communication Technolo- Univ. of Virginia, USA; 2ECE Department, in fiber and cable design. OAM-based reconfigurable optical switching network energy-proportional when combined gies - EICT GmbH, Germany; 3Deutsche Telekom Univ. of California at Santa Barbara, USA. We functions among multiple OAM modes. Three- with optical network technology. AG,T-Labs (Research & Innovation), Germany. demonstrate InP-based modified uni-traveling pair OAM modes exchange shows 3.6-dB con- Our novel PON monitoring concept succeeded carrier photodiodes on SOI waveguides with version efficiency and selective data exchange in a field trial. Subscribers located at equal an internal responsivity of 0.85 A/W, up to 30 among three 100-Gb/s QPSK OAM channels distances were individually identified across GHz bandwidth, and high RF output power. has a 2.1-dB OSNR penalty. a PON with at least 30.7 dB one-way loss and Photodiode arrays exceed a saturation current- utilization of low cost components. bandwidth-product of 630 mA*GHz and +10 dBm RF output power at 20 GHz. OM2G.2 • 13:45 NM2I.2 • 13:45 OM2J.2 • 13:45 Optical Multicasting of a 224Gb/s PM- Field Evaluation of High Resolution Optical Ultra-Compact Coherent Receiver Based Robert Lingle, Jr. is Director of Fiber Design 16QAM Signal in a Periodically-Poled Lithi- FMCW Monitoring Approaches in Passive on Hybrid Integration on Silicon, Yves and Systems Research at OFS in Norcross, um Niobate Waveguide, Antonio Malacarne1, Optical Networks, Sebastian Gaede1, Marcel Painchaud1, Martin Pelletier1, Michel Poulin1, GA, as well as Adjunct Professor of Electrical Gianluca Meloni1, Gianluca Berrettini2, Luca Jastram1, Christian G. Schaeffer1, Daniel François Pelletier1, Christine Latrasse1, Guil- and Computer Engineering at the Georgia Poti1, Antonella Bogoni1; 1National Laboratory Fritzsche2, Erik Weis3, Dirk Breuer3; 1Chair of laume Robidoux1, Simon Savard1, Jean-Frédéric Institute of Technology. His research interests of Photonic Networks, CNIT, Italy; 2TeCIP-Inst. High Frequency Engineering, Helmut Schmidt Gagné1, Vincent Trudel1, Marie-Josée Picard1, are in the confluence of optical and electronic of TEchnologies for Communication, Informa- Univ., Germany; 2European Ctr. for Information Patrick Poulin1, Patrick Sirois1, Frédéric 18 March Monday, methods for mitigating impairments in optical tion and Perception, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, and Communication Technologies, Germany; D’A m o u r s 1, Daniel Asselin1, Stéphane Paquet1, communications systems in both single and Italy. Polarization independent multicasting 3T-Labs (Research and Innovation), Deutsche Carl Paquet1, Michel Cyr1, Martin Guy1, Mo- multi-mode fibers. At OFS, he is responsible for is demonstrated in a PPLN. 3-fold and 2-fold Telekom AG, Germany. Field trial results of hamed Morsy-Osman2, Qunbi Zhuge2, Xian fiber design and the development of advanced wavelength conversion of a 112Gb/s 16QAM high resolution optical frequency modulated Xu2, Mathieu Chagnon2, David Plant2; 1Ter- manufacturing platforms. His graduate and and a 224Gb/s PM-16QAM signal respec- continuous wave (FMCW) monitoring ap- aXion Inc, Canada; 2Electrical and Computer post-doctoral work used ultrafast Raman and tively, is experimentally achieved with penalties proaches are presented.
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