History of the development of telecommunications infrastructure in Japan by Yoshio Arai

“…The domestic telegraph networks had been steadily expanded from the large metropolises to local cities from the end of the 19th century to the early 20th century. Even the recent optical fiber networks maintain a similar configuration. …”
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Quantum key distribution implemented with d-level time-bin entangled photons by Hao Yu, Stefania Sciara, Mario Chemnitz, Nicola Montaut, Benjamin Crockett, Bennet Fischer, Robin Helsten, Benjamin Wetzel, Thorsten A. Goebel, Ria G. Krämer, Brent E. Little, Sai T. Chu, Stefan Nolte, Zhiming Wang, José Azaña, William J. Munro, David J. Moss, Roberto Morandotti

“…Time-bin entangled qudits are promising candidates for implementing high-dimensional quantum communications over optical fiber networks with processing rates approaching those of classical telecommunications. …”
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High Temperature Endurable Fiber Optic Accelerometer by Yeon-Gwan Lee, Jin-Hyuk Kim, Chun-Gon Kim

“…The reflection-based extrinsic fiber optic accelerometer developed in this study consists of a transmissive grating panel, reflective mirror, and two optical fiber collimators as the transceiver whose function can be maintained up to 130°C. …”
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Two-wavelength WDM multiplexers based on combined fiber structures by D. A. Ivanov, V. I. Nefedov

“…One of the main directions in the development of optical communication systems is associated with the use of optical fiber (ОF) for data reception and transmission. …”
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Distributed Fiberoptic Sensor for Simultaneous Temperature and Strain Monitoring Based on Brillouin Scattering Effect in Polyimide-Coated Fibers by Liwen Sheng, Ligong Li, Leijun Hu, Ming Yuan, Jinpeng Lang, Jianguo Wang, Peng Li, Zongyi Bi, Jisong Yan, Zhiming Liu

“…A unique multiparameter sensor for distributed measurement of temperature and strain based on spontaneous Brillouin scattering in polyimide-coated optical fiber is proposed, which is an excellent candidate for the cross-sensitivity problem in conventional Brillouin sensing network. …”
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Study on the Life-Cycle Health Monitoring Technology of Water-Rich Loess Tunnel by Xiaohui Xue, Yongli Xie, Xinxing Zhou

“…It indicates that the vibrating wire sensor and the distributed optical fiber were successful in achieving the life-cycle health monitoring of water-rich loess tunnel. …”
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Remote Characterization and Dissemination of Disper sion Compensated Ultrashort Pulses Through Dynamic Fiber Optic Links by C G Lakshmi, V R Supradeepa

“…This work demonstrates the delivery of dispersion-compensated pulses over standard optical fiber links and their characterization using a simple measurement module at satellite locations. …”
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Reconstruction of Fan Beam X-Ray Fluorescence Computed Tomography Based on Parallel Hole Collimator via Total Variation and Ordered Subsets by Shanghai Jiang, Le Chen, Jie Zhong, Li Ai, Hua Yang, Hong Lu

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A Study Using the Network Simulation Method and Nondimensionalization of the Fiber Fuse Effect by Juan Francisco Sanchez-Pérez, Joaquín Solano-Ramírez, Fulgencio Marín-García, Enrique Castro

“…Using NGSpice, thermal interactions in an anisotropic optical fiber under high optical power conditions are simulated. …”
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Time Domain Equalization and Digital Back-Propagation Method-Based Receiver for Fiber Optic Communication Systems by Fazal Muhammad, Farman Ali, Usman Habib, Muhammad Usman, Imran Khan, Sunghwan Kim

“…Thus, the effects that add up to the optical fiber impairments such as optical fiber chromatic dispersion (OFCD), polarization model dispersion (PMD), and phase offset and noise (POaN) need to be addressed at the receiver side. …”
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Fiberoptic-Coupled Spectrofluorometer with Array Detection as a Process Analytical Chemistry Tool for Continuous Flow Monitoring of Fluoroquinolone Antibiotics by Nader Shokoufi, Maryam Vosough, Mona Rahimzadegan-Asl, Atefeh Abbasi-Ahd, Mahsa Khatibeghdami

“…The excitation beam is introduced to the sample chamber by an optical fiber. The fluorescence emitted upon excitation is collected at the right angle using another optical fiber and then transmitted to the fluorescence spectrometer which utilizes an array detector. …”
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Controllable Nano-Crystallization in Fluoroborosilicate Glass Ceramics for Broadband Visible Photoluminescence by Yuanhang Xiang, Yi Long, Peiying Cen, Sirang Liu, Zaijin Fang, Renjie Jiao

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Analytical Approach to Polarization Mode Dispersion in Linearly Spun Fiber with Birefringence by Vinod K. Mishra

“…The behavior of Polarization Mode Dispersion (PMD) in spun optical fiber is a topic of great interest in optical networking. …”
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Comparative Study of γ Radiation-Induced Effects on Fiber Bragg Gratings by Femtosecond Laser Point-by-Point Method and Line-by-Line Method by Mingyang Hou, Yumin Zhang, Xin Xiong, Lianqing Zhu

“…In the realm of advanced optical fiber sensing (OFS) technologies, Fiber Bragg Grating (FBG) has garnered widespread application in the monitoring of temperature, strain, and external refractive indices, particularly within high-radiation environments such as high-energy physics laboratories, nuclear facilities, and space satellites. …”
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Study on Reasonable Size of Coal and Rock Pillar in Dynamic Pressure Roadway Segment of Fully Mechanized Face in Deep Shaft by Binyang Sun, Pingsong Zhang, Haifeng Lu

“…The research direction of deep rock mass testing is discussed, and optical fiber testing in boreholes is considered an effective method for studying deep dynamic disaster control.…”
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Key Technologies and Trends for New Generation Transport Network by Chengliang Zhang, Leping Wei

“…Additionally, focusing on the development and challenges of 100 Gbit/s and beyond 100 Gbit/s WDM systems, the development of optical fiber and fiber-based multiplexing technologies were discussed.…”
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Application of integrating VC cross-connecting function with OTN system by Heping LIN, Cheng WANG, Jinliang ZHANG, Jixian CAO, Zhiying GAO, Shuai KANG

“…Due to the advantage of rigidity pipeline,SDH is irreplaceable in carrying high priority service circuit.However,it will withdraw because of equipment ageing.A solution of OTN system with VC cross-connecting function was proposed for the situation which SDH network faced,which could minimize space requirements,conserve energy,save the resource of optical fiber and reduce the operational risk while keeping the advantage of OTN high bandwidth transmission.Pilot testing proves that the system works well and accords with correlative criterion.…”
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Gigabit broadband all-optical indoor far-end coverage by Wenfa YAN, Feng CHEN

“…The indoor wireless local area network has the problem of uneven signal coverage.Moreover, a mismatch between the wireless bandwidth and the incoming broadband rate exists.The research status of wideband indoor wireless coverage was provided with traditional technologies.A new signal coverage technology combining the optical gateway and remote extension covering equipment, using the optical fiber as the transmission medium, was proposed.Experimental results on two examples show that uniform indoor wireless signal coverage and a gigabit level of the rate can be achieved when using the proposed technology.…”
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Research status and development trend of optical communication technology by Xiangdong LV, Xuerui LIANG, Qianchen YU, Weidong MA

“…With the rapid growth of network bandwidth demand and the development of new applications and network services,the development of optical networks is facing a huge bottleneck of transmission capacity,switching granularity and network control.In order to solve these problems,researchers around the world have put forward new solutions.The technological innovation in optical networks in recent years was discussed,the development of dynamic reconfigurable optical network,integrated optoelectronics and optical fiber transmission technology was mainly discussed,and the future development trend of optical networks was analyzed in order to provide reference for related research.…”
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Experimental Study on the Concept of Hollow-Core Photonic Bandgap Fiber Stethoscope by Adel Abdallah

“…In the experiment, the HC-1550 is used as a measuring arm of an unbalanced Mach-Zehnder interferometer (MZI) and the conventional single-mode optical fiber (SMF) is used as an isolated reference arm. …”
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