INGR Roadmap - Optics
Paper in proceeding, 2022
Optical networks have long played a central role in telecommunication networks, forming the fiber backbone of the Internet. Over time fiber optic systems have evolved and found deployment increasingly closer to the network edge. Today, optical systems extend to the server network interface cards and home access networks. New application areas have emerged such as the use of free space communications using LiFi technologies, space communication networks between satellites and ground stations. Looking ahead, optical systems in many areas will continue to be driven by the need for higher speeds and capacity in order to keep up with traffic demands. In addition to faster interfaces speeds, parallel fiber or spatial division multiplexing will be used for future capacity growth. In several application areas, new functionality is expected such as low latency in Xhaul networks and optical switching and co-packaged optics in data centers. LiFi will become critical for mitigating RF interference for in-building networks. Intense research is underway to develop quantum networks to connect quantum computers. This general trend toward new functionalities for optical systems, moving beyond capacity growth in fiber networks, is driven in large part by the increasing performance and demands of today's user equipment and applications. From the network edge to the data centers, components are reliant on optics. The integration of optics into these new applications and the higher levels of functionality demanded of optics motivate the use of roadmaps to guide research and development and overcome future roadblocks.
quantum networks
spatial division multiplexing
wavelength division multiplexing
space communications
data center networks
data center interconnect
Optical networks
Xhaul
LiFi
co-packaged optics
Author
Dan Kilper
Trinity College Dublin
Thas A. Nirmalathas
University of Melbourne
Tom Hausken
Osa Conservation
Reza Vaez-Ghaemi
Viavis Solutions
Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI)
Prakash Ramchandran
Cloud24x7
Volker Jungnickel
Fraunhofer-Institut fur Nachrichtentechnik Heinrich-Hertz-Institut - HHI
Murat Yuksel
University of Central Florida
Rudra Dutta
North Carolina State University
Paolo Monti
Chalmers, Electrical Engineering, Communication, Antennas and Optical Networks
Lena Wosinska
Chalmers, Electrical Engineering, Communication, Antennas and Optical Networks
Peter Andrekson
Chalmers, Microtechnology and Nanoscience (MC2), Photonics
Suresh Subramaniam
George Washington University
Ahsutosh Dutta
The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
K. R. S. Murthy
i3 World
Zuqing Zhu
University of Science and Technology of China
Brad Kloza
IEEE
Matthew Borst
IEEE
Proceedings - 2022 IEEE Future Networks World Forum, FNWF 2022
978-1-6654-6250-1 (ISBN)
IEEE Future Networks World Forum (FNWF)
Montreal, Canada,
Montreal, Canada,
Subject Categories (SSIF 2011)
Computer Engineering
Telecommunications
Atom and Molecular Physics and Optics
Communication Systems
DOI
10.1109/FNWF55208.2022.00140