Journal of Optical Communications and Networking (JOCN) Special Issue on the Impact of Photonic Technologies on Future Optical Networks
Submissions Open: 10 November 2023
Submission Deadline: 15 February 2024
Journal of Optical Communications and Networking (JOCN) welcomes submissions to a special issue in conjunction with the 2023 SBMO/IEEE MTT-S International Microwave and Optoelectronics conference to be held 5-9 November 2023 in Barcelona Spain. While meeting participants are particularly encouraged to submit their work, the feature is open to researchers in related areas.
Novel photonic technologies and photonic integrated circuits (PICs) represent key enablers for future optical networks. The capability of integrating multiple photonic devices and/or functions on a single photonic chip, as well as the adoption of suitable photonic technologies and devices, allow for reducing the cost, power consumption and footprint of the network elements, benefiting the entire network. In addition to contributing to the network evolution in terms of cost- and power-effectiveness, the adoption of innovative photonic solutions and PICs also helps alleviate electronic bottlenecks and enable advanced functionalities.
The role of photonic technologies for supporting hyperconnectivity, ever-increasing traffic-demand, and power-hungry services, is moving towards a more sustainable connectivity and a green ecosystem. The innovation in this field, also in synergy with artificial intelligence techniques and algorithms allowing efficient, reconfigurable, and autonomous network operation, greatly contributes to the network evolution and advancement towards addressing the key challenges beyond 5G and 6G networks. Furthermore, photonic technologies and PICs are also key enablers for quantum applications and thus for the advances in future secure networks and towards facilitating the coexistence and integration of quantum and classical networks envisioned for the future.
This special issue will highlight the role of photonic technologies and their most recent advances in support of network evolution. It will cover their impact on future networks, with special attention on cost-effectiveness and power consumption aspects towards more sustainable connectivity. Submissions may identify relevant use cases, or specific and impactful applications, offer technoeconomic analysis, or provide insightful perspectives on both technological and networking aspects.
All submissions need to present original, previously unpublished work and will be subject to the normal standards and peer review processes of the journal. The standard JOCN Article Publication Charges will apply to all published articles. To be eligible for publication, an expanded conference paper needs to add value to the original conference proceedings and the conference paper number must be included in the cover letter at submission. Please see Optica Publishing Group's guidelines on expanded conference papers for details.
Authors will upload manuscripts through the online submission system specifying from the Feature Issue drop-down menu that the manuscript is for the issue on the Impact of Photonic Technologies on Future Optical Networks.
Guest Editors
Michela Svaluto Moreolo, Centre Tecnològic de Telecomunicacions de Catalunya (CTTC), Spain
Joaquim F. Martins-Filho, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco—UFPE, Brazil