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Journal of Optical Communications and Networking Feature Issue Announcement

Enabling Optical Devices for Scalable Networks

Submission Deadline: 29 February 2012

Scalability in terms of both capacity and energy are gaining increasing focus as potential bottlenecks for future optical communication networks. Traffic growth is outpacing the rate of network efficiency improvements as well as the rate of optical system capacity improvement. Laboratory results are rapidly approaching the fiber transmission spectral efficiency limits. The energy efficiency benefits derived from Moore's law scaling are slowing.

Research is underway today to address these challenges, covering the full range of technologies from devices to systems and networks. While many problems can be tackled by working independently within these areas, often important innovation comes from solutions that cut across such topical boundaries. Understanding device performance impacts and likewise network requirements can be essential to unlocking the critical ideas that lead to progress.

The Journal of Optical Communications and Networking (JOCN) is soliciting papers for a Feature Issue addressing all aspects of enabling optical devices for scalable networks. This special issue will focus on interdisciplinary contributions, examining the interaction between devices and networks. Examples would be research on new devices that address challenges or transform architectures at the network level, or analysis indicating critical performance metrics that devices need to achieve in order to address network scalability. The connection between devices and networks should extend beyond the introduction section of a submission for this special issue. For example, a submission on tunable laser sources should include analysis or performance results related to the use of these sources in a network within the main body of the manuscript. The aim of this feature issue is to publish original research on topics including, but not limited to the following:

• Optical receivers and transmitters
• Optical switching devices
• Nonlinear optical devices
• Components for advance modulation formats
• Green components for network energy savings

Manuscripts must be prepared according to the usual standards for submission to JOCN; see the Information for Contributors in any printed issue or the OSA author guidelines: http://www.opticsinfobase.org/jocn/journal/jocn/author.cfm.

Manuscripts must also be uploaded through OSA's electronic submission system: http://www.opticsinfobase.org/JOCN/adsonline/default.cfm?event=author.start. Please specify that the manuscript is for the Enabling Optical Devices for Scalable Core Networks feature (choose from the feature issue drop-down menu).

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