Low-cost, large-coverage, and high-flexibility coherent PON for next-generation access networks: advances, challenges, and prospects [Invited]

Sizhe Xing; Junwen Zhang; Wangwei Shen; An Yan; Guoqiang Li; Aolong Sun; Ji Zhou; Dong Guo; Jianyang Shi; Ziwei Li; Chao Shen; Nan Chi

doi:10.3788/COL202422.040604

Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 22, Issue 4, 040604(2024)

Low-cost, large-coverage, and high-flexibility coherent PON for next-generation access networks: advances, challenges, and prospects [Invited] On the Cover

Sizhe Xing^1,2, Junwen Zhang^1,2、*, Wangwei Shen^1,2, An Yan^1,2, Guoqiang Li^1,2, Aolong Sun^1,2, Ji Zhou³, Dong Guo⁴, Jianyang Shi^1,2, Ziwei Li^1,2, Chao Shen^1,2, and Nan Chi^1,2

Author Affiliations

¹Key Laboratory of EMW Information (MoE), Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China

²Department of Communication Science and Engineering, Shanghai ERC of LEO Satellite Communication and Applications, Shanghai CIC of LEO Satellite Communication Technology, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China

³Department of Electronic Engineering, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China

⁴School of Information and Electronics, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China

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Paper Information

Category: Fiber optics and optical communications

Received: Sep. 23, 2023

Accepted: Dec. 1, 2023

Published Online: Apr. 19, 2024

The Author Email: Junwen Zhang (junwenzhang@fudan.edu.cn)

DOI:10.3788/COL202422.040604

CSTR:32184.14.COL202422.040604

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