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Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 23, Issue 5, 050001(2025)

Virtualization-enabled dynamic functional split and resource mapping in optical data center networks [Invited] On the Cover

Bo Tian^1、*, Shanting Hu^1、**, Qi Zhang², Xiaofei Huang³, Lei Zhu², Huan Chang¹, Xiaolong Pan¹, and Xiangjun Xin¹

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¹School of Information and Electronics, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China

²School of Electronic Engineering, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing 100876, China

³Beijing Institute of Electronic System Engineering, Beijing 100584, China

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Bo Tian, Shanting Hu, Qi Zhang, Xiaofei Huang, Lei Zhu, Huan Chang, Xiaolong Pan, Xiangjun Xin, "Virtualization-enabled dynamic functional split and resource mapping in optical data center networks [Invited]," Chin. Opt. Lett. 23, 050001 (2025)

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Category: Special issue on optical interconnect and integrated photonic chip technologies for hyper-scale computing

Received: Sep. 6, 2024

Accepted: Mar. 26, 2025

Published Online: May. 9, 2025

The Author Email: Bo Tian (tianbo@bit.edu.cn), Shanting Hu (hushanting@bit.edu.cn)

DOI:10.3788/COL202523.050001

CSTR:32184.14.COL202523.050001

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