Pub Date : 2026-01-03DOI: 10.1016/j.yofte.2025.104530
Erping Song , Ziping Yao
Virtual network function (VNF) service chains can be implemented in inter-datacenter (DC) elastic optical networks (EONs). However, when the placement of datacenters (including their quantity and locations) is uncertain, it becomes challenging to deploy DC resources, network paths, and VNFs for VNF service chains (VNF-SCs). To effectively address the aforementioned deployment issues, this paper establishes a bi-level optimization model and proposes a hybrid algorithm (HBiEA) by integrating the distributed estimation algorithm (DEA) and differential evolution (DE). Specifically, the upper-level objective functions take into account the costs of DCs and VNF deployment, while the lower-level objective functions focus on the spectrum allocation problem in EONs. Additionally, the correlation coefficient is employed to select excellent individuals from the lower level, thereby reducing computational costs.
This paper performs simulation experiments on two representative networks, namely NSFNET and US Backbone, in which the proposed HBiEA is employed to address the problems of data center (DC) placement and spectrum allocation. Comparative experiments against five classic evolutionary algorithms show that the proposed algorithm exhibits superior performance in achieving a more uniform distribution of network resources.
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Pub Date : 2026-01-02DOI: 10.1016/j.yofte.2025.104550
Haoran Li, Xin Ma
Optical fiber-based micro-distance measurement offers advantages such as non-contact operation and small probe size. This makes it widely applicable in high precision measurement. However, traditional optical fiber measurement techniques such as fiber bundles suffer from low integration and are vulnerable to external interferences such as light fluctuation. To address those issues, a micro-distance measurement method based on multi-core fibers (MCFs) is proposed in this study. First, the principles of the MCF-based micro-distance measurement system are introduced. Next, simulation analysis of the coupling efficiency of MCFs is performed. Finally, the experiment was conducted to demonstrate that our method can effectively overcome the adverse effects of factors such as light intensity fluctuations, reflectivity changes, and bending losses on measurement results. This measurement method offers higher measurement accuracy while featuring a more miniature probe. These two advantages make the technology possess broader application value.
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Pub Date : 2025-12-31DOI: 10.1016/j.yofte.2025.104547
Li Zhao , Jianyu Long , Jianjun Yu
O-band IM/DD systems offer a cost-efficient solution for high-speed data center interconnects (DCIs) spanning tens of kilometers without additional dispersion management. Yet, sampling frequency offset (SFO) resulting from DAC and ADC sampling rate mismatches significantly challenges PAM signals. Conventional methods like Gardner interpolation, which rely on neighboring samples, have limited SFO correction capabilities. Moreover, Gardner’s approach may obscure SFO effects in PAM signals, often misleadingly attributed solely to the sampling phase of timing recovery issues, with scant research dedicated to the underlying SFO analysis and compensation in PAM systems. In this work, we analyze SFO-induced inter-symbol interference (ISI) and demonstrate how it disrupts digital equalizers and universal clock recovery algorithms like Gardner’s method for PAM signals. We propose a digital interpolation-based SFO compensation method for O-band IM/DD PAM-4 systems over a 40-km SSMF link. Experimental results show that the proposed method improves BER performance, ensuring stable operation for long signal frames where SFO leads to significant errors.
o波段IM/DD系统为跨越数十公里的高速数据中心互连(dci)提供了一种经济高效的解决方案,而无需额外的分散管理。然而,由DAC和ADC采样率不匹配引起的采样频率偏移(SFO)严重挑战了PAM信号。Gardner插值等传统方法依赖于邻近样本,SFO校正能力有限。此外,Gardner的方法可能会模糊PAM信号中的SFO效应,通常会将其错误地仅仅归因于定时恢复问题的采样阶段,而对PAM系统中潜在的SFO分析和补偿的研究很少。在这项工作中,我们分析了sfo引起的符号间干扰(ISI),并演示了它如何破坏数字均衡器和通用时钟恢复算法,如PAM信号的Gardner方法。针对40 km SSMF链路上的o波段IM/DD PAM-4系统,提出了一种基于数字插值的SFO补偿方法。实验结果表明,该方法提高了误码率,保证了SFO误差较大的长信号帧的稳定运行。
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Pub Date : 2025-12-26DOI: 10.1016/j.yofte.2025.104544
Olga N. Egorova , Yaroslav V. Kravchenko , Sergey G. Zhuravlev , Vladimir V. Velmiskin , Valery M. Mashinsky , Andrey E. Levchenko , Sergey L. Semjonov
In this paper, we propose and demonstrate a high-sensitivity temperature sensor based on in-line Mach-Zehnder interferometers exploiting the Vernier effect. Individual in-line Mach-Zehnder interferometers were fabricated by splicing a segment of inner-cladding fiber between two conventional single-mode fibers. The inner-cladding fiber is designed to support only a few cladding modes, which are insensitive to the ambient refractive index. This results in a regular and stable interference spectrum for each Mach-Zehnder interferometer. The fiber core was doped with 75 mol% germanium dioxide. High core doping produces a large effective refractive index difference between the core mode and the inner-cladding modes, providing a high density of interference points (dips or peaks of the superimposed spectrum) per unit wavelength interval, which is beneficial for envelope calculation. The temperature sensitivity of a single Mach-Zehnder interferometer was measured to be 53 pm/°C. By connecting two Mach-Zehnder interferometer with slightly different free spectral ranges in parallel, a 22-fold sensitivity enhancement via the Vernier effect was achieved, resulting in a temperature sensitivity of 1.16 nm/°C over the range of 23–200 °C.
{"title":"Mach-Zehnder interferometer temperature sensor based on inner cladding fiber and the Vernier effect","authors":"Olga N. Egorova , Yaroslav V. Kravchenko , Sergey G. Zhuravlev , Vladimir V. Velmiskin , Valery M. Mashinsky , Andrey E. Levchenko , Sergey L. Semjonov","doi":"10.1016/j.yofte.2025.104544","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.yofte.2025.104544","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In this paper, we propose and demonstrate a high-sensitivity temperature sensor based on in-line Mach-Zehnder interferometers exploiting the Vernier effect. Individual in-line Mach-Zehnder interferometers were fabricated by splicing a segment of inner-cladding fiber between two conventional single-mode fibers. The inner-cladding fiber is designed to support only a few cladding modes, which are insensitive to the ambient refractive index. This results in a regular and stable interference spectrum for each Mach-Zehnder interferometer. The fiber core was doped with 75 mol% germanium dioxide. High core doping produces a large effective refractive index difference between the core mode and the inner-cladding modes, providing a high density of interference points (dips or peaks of the superimposed spectrum) per unit wavelength interval, which is beneficial for envelope calculation. The temperature sensitivity of a single Mach-Zehnder interferometer was measured to be 53 pm/°C. By connecting two Mach-Zehnder interferometer with slightly different free spectral ranges in parallel, a 22-fold sensitivity enhancement via the Vernier effect was achieved, resulting in a temperature sensitivity of 1.16 nm/°C over the range of 23–200 °C.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":19663,"journal":{"name":"Optical Fiber Technology","volume":"98 ","pages":"Article 104544"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-12-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145841863","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"计算机科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-12-24DOI: 10.1016/j.yofte.2025.104525
Yanqi Feng , Anliang Feng , Mengmeng Zhao , Xiting Wang , Sixing Xi , Xiaolei Wang , Nana Yu
A novel dual-channel optical fiber sensor based on sodium film is proposed for the simultaneous measurement of refractive index and temperature. In comparison to gold and silver films, sodium film-based surface plasmon resonance (SPR) sensors exhibit significant advantages in resonance wavelength tunability, full width at half maximum (FWHM), and intrinsic loss. Therefore, a dual-channel sensor structure employing a D-shaped no-core fiber coated with two sodium layers of different thicknesses has been designed. The proposed structure is not only simple and facile to fabricate but also exhibits performance that is highly robust to structural parameter variations. Furthermore, it delivers an ultra-wide sensing bandwidth ranging from 500 to 1600 nm. Numerical simulation results demonstrate that the two channels operate independently: one channel, functionalized with a stable PMMA layer, is dedicated to refractive index sensing, achieving a maximum sensitivity of 10400 nm/RIU within the refractive index range of 1.33 to 1.42; the other channel, coated with a thermally sensitive PDMS layer, is designed for temperature sensing, exhibiting a sensitivity of 15.5 nm/°C over the range of 0 to 50°C. Owing to its extremely low inter-channel crosstalk and high sensitivity, this dual-channel optical fiber sensor demonstrates promising application potential in various fields such as food safety inspection, industrial process monitoring, and biomedical diagnostics.
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The vast extent of railway networks and their complex environmental dynamics pose significant challenges for traditional intrusion recognition methods. Fiber-optic distributed acoustic sensing (DAS) technology offers a promising solution due to its capabilities in distributed, long-distance, and continuous vibration monitoring. However, most existing research focuses on improving recognition accuracy under the closed-set assumption, overlooking the open-set nature of real-world scenarios and limiting practical applicability. To address this, we propose a novel open-set railway intrusion recognition method based on multi-task learning. Specifically, the closed-set classification and open-set rejection task branches share a common backbone feature extractor, while soft-attention modules are integrated into each task branch to extract task-specific features. Compared with conventional single-task open-set recognition methods, information sharing across tasks enhances the model’s generalization ability. Furthermore, the decoupled design of classification and rejection enables dedicated optimization and decision-making for each objective, improving both classification and rejection performance. Experimental results on railway field data demonstrate that the proposed method achieves an overall recognition accuracy of 92.43% and an AUROC of 0.9791, significantly outperforming traditional approaches and showcasing its substantial potential for railway intrusion recognition applications.
{"title":"Towards open-set intrusion recognition in railway environments: Multi-task learning meets fiber-optic distributed acoustic sensing","authors":"Yuewen Yin , Xiangqian Liu , Zhenshan Zhang , Hongze Xu","doi":"10.1016/j.yofte.2025.104542","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.yofte.2025.104542","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The vast extent of railway networks and their complex environmental dynamics pose significant challenges for traditional intrusion recognition methods. Fiber-optic distributed acoustic sensing (DAS) technology offers a promising solution due to its capabilities in distributed, long-distance, and continuous vibration monitoring. However, most existing research focuses on improving recognition accuracy under the closed-set assumption, overlooking the open-set nature of real-world scenarios and limiting practical applicability. To address this, we propose a novel open-set railway intrusion recognition method based on multi-task learning. Specifically, the closed-set classification and open-set rejection task branches share a common backbone feature extractor, while soft-attention modules are integrated into each task branch to extract task-specific features. Compared with conventional single-task open-set recognition methods, information sharing across tasks enhances the model’s generalization ability. Furthermore, the decoupled design of classification and rejection enables dedicated optimization and decision-making for each objective, improving both classification and rejection performance. Experimental results on railway field data demonstrate that the proposed method achieves an overall recognition accuracy of 92.43% and an AUROC of 0.9791, significantly outperforming traditional approaches and showcasing its substantial potential for railway intrusion recognition applications.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":19663,"journal":{"name":"Optical Fiber Technology","volume":"98 ","pages":"Article 104542"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-12-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145841807","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"计算机科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-12-23DOI: 10.1016/j.yofte.2025.104528
Wenfeng Luo , Tingting Zhang , Xiaohui Li , Shuyuan Lv , Yerou Wang , Yumeng Cao
Two-dimensional heterostructured materials have gained more and more attention in the field of ultrafast nonlinear optics due to their unique physicochemical properties. In this paper, CNT/In2Se3 heterostructures were successfully prepared by drop-coating In2Se3 dispersions onto the surface of carbon nanotube-polyvinyl alcohol composite films. The modulation depth and loss of this heterostructure were 6.3 % and 26.5 %, respectively, as measured by a double-balance device. Three mode-locked states, i.e., a conventional soliton with a pulse width of 1.71 ps, a 2nd-order with a repetition frequency of 11.9 MHz, and a 13th-order harmonic soliton with a repetition frequency of 77.35 MHz, were realised by integrating it as a saturable absorber in a fibre-optic resonant cavity. These findings indicate that CNT/In2Se3 heterostructures show significant potential for applications in ultrafast nonlinear optical materials.
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Pub Date : 2025-12-23DOI: 10.1016/j.yofte.2025.104543
Ling Chen , Minghong Wang , Liqiang Zhang , Zhen Tian , Fan Zhang , Qiang Wu
A high-precision dual-parameter simultaneous measurement sensor was proposed and developed by cascading a fiber Bragg grating (FBG) and a hollow-core Bragg fiber (HCBF) with a length of 5 mm. Due to the anti-resonant mode in the HCBF and its unique hollow structure, the transmission spectrum exhibits periodic resonance dips with high visibility and low transmission loss. Experimental results demonstrate that the resonance wavelength dips of the transmission spectrum are independent to the length of the HCBF. The HCBF sensor and FBG have different temperature (21.02 pm/℃ and 10.95 pm/℃, respectively) and strain sensitivities (−0.58 pm/με and 0.98 pm/με, respectively), which enables simultaneous measurement of both temperature and strain by employing a 2 × 2 sensitivity coefficient matrix.
{"title":"Dual-parameter simultaneous measurement sensor based on antiresonance mechanism","authors":"Ling Chen , Minghong Wang , Liqiang Zhang , Zhen Tian , Fan Zhang , Qiang Wu","doi":"10.1016/j.yofte.2025.104543","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.yofte.2025.104543","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>A high-precision dual-parameter simultaneous measurement sensor was proposed and developed by cascading a fiber Bragg grating (FBG) and a hollow-core Bragg fiber (HCBF) with a length of 5 mm. Due to the anti-resonant mode in the HCBF and its unique hollow structure, the transmission spectrum exhibits periodic resonance dips with high visibility and low transmission loss. Experimental results demonstrate that the resonance wavelength dips of the transmission spectrum are independent to the length of the HCBF. The HCBF sensor and FBG have different temperature (21.02 pm/℃ and 10.95 pm/℃, respectively) and strain sensitivities (−0.58 pm/με and 0.98 pm/με, respectively), which enables simultaneous measurement of both temperature and strain by employing a 2 × 2 sensitivity coefficient matrix.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":19663,"journal":{"name":"Optical Fiber Technology","volume":"98 ","pages":"Article 104543"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-12-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145841861","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"计算机科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-12-23DOI: 10.1016/j.yofte.2025.104531
Ruchi Srivastava , Yatindra Nath Singh
As optical networking technology evolves toward multi-band elastic optical networks (MB-EONs), efficient traffic assignment across all spectral bands has become a critical research focus. Band Usage Distribution (BUD) is employed as a key metric to assess the proportion of accepted connection requests across different bands. C-BUD, L-BUD, and S-BUD represent the usage distribution in the C-, L-, and S-bands, respectively. One of the key factors influencing BUD is the network topology. This paper explores how BUD is affected by variations in network topology, using average nodal degree (AND) as a representative measure. Topologies with higher AND generally provide greater routing diversity, which reduces blocking and results in a sequential band usage pattern at higher traffic loads. In the higher AND scenario, the prioritized C-band shows the highest BUD, followed by the L-band and then the S-band. However, lower-AND topologies often struggle to achieve a similar distribution due to limited path diversity and higher blocking. Simulations were performed on three network topologies: NSF-21, NSF-25, and NSF-28. The simulation results show that C-BUD consistently maintains the highest value, while the variations in L-BUD and S-BUD depend strongly on the average nodal degree of the topology. Specifically, NSF-21 (AND = 3) exhibits nearly equal distribution between L-BUD and S-BUD, NSF-25 (AND = 3.57) displays a moderate difference between L-BUD and S-BUD, and NSF-28 (AND = 4) reveals a pronounced difference, with L-BUD significantly higher than S-BUD at higher traffic load. Furthermore, in this work, we simulate NSF-21 under different average holding times, i.e., 0.4, 0.6, 0.8, and 1 s, and the simulation results reveal that the lowest holding time (0.4 s) enables the lower-AND topology (NSF-21) to achieve a BUD distribution comparable to that of the higher-AND topology (NSF-28).
{"title":"Effect of average nodal degree and connection holding time on blocking probabilities and band usage distribution in multi-band EONs","authors":"Ruchi Srivastava , Yatindra Nath Singh","doi":"10.1016/j.yofte.2025.104531","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.yofte.2025.104531","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>As optical networking technology evolves toward multi-band elastic optical networks (MB-EONs), efficient traffic assignment across all spectral bands has become a critical research focus. Band Usage Distribution (BUD) is employed as a key metric to assess the proportion of accepted connection requests across different bands. C-BUD, L-BUD, and S-BUD represent the usage distribution in the C-, L-, and S-bands, respectively. One of the key factors influencing BUD is the network topology. This paper explores how BUD is affected by variations in network topology, using average nodal degree (AND) as a representative measure. Topologies with higher AND generally provide greater routing diversity, which reduces blocking and results in a sequential band usage pattern at higher traffic loads. In the higher AND scenario, the prioritized C-band shows the highest BUD, followed by the L-band and then the S-band. However, lower-AND topologies often struggle to achieve a similar distribution due to limited path diversity and higher blocking. Simulations were performed on three network topologies: NSF-21, NSF-25, and NSF-28. The simulation results show that C-BUD consistently maintains the highest value, while the variations in L-BUD and S-BUD depend strongly on the average nodal degree of the topology. Specifically, NSF-21 (AND = 3) exhibits nearly equal distribution between L-BUD and S-BUD, NSF-25 (AND = 3.57) displays a moderate difference between L-BUD and S-BUD, and NSF-28 (AND = 4) reveals a pronounced difference, with L-BUD significantly higher than S-BUD at higher traffic load. Furthermore, in this work, we simulate NSF-21 under different average holding times, i.e., 0.4, 0.6, 0.8, and 1 s, and the simulation results reveal that the lowest holding time (0.4 s) enables the lower-AND topology (NSF-21) to achieve a BUD distribution comparable to that of the higher-AND topology (NSF-28).</div></div>","PeriodicalId":19663,"journal":{"name":"Optical Fiber Technology","volume":"98 ","pages":"Article 104531"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-12-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145841775","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"计算机科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-12-22DOI: 10.1016/j.yofte.2025.104524
Vasily Koltashev , Andrei Pushkin , Maxim Sukhanov , Aleksander Velmuzhov , Sergei Sverchkov , Boris Galagan , Boris Denker , Mikhail Frolov , Fedor Potemkin , Victor Plotnichenko
Mid-infrared Ce3+-doped chalcogenide glass fiber laser is presented. Continuous wave output power of 100 mW is an order of magnitude higher than the previously achieved level. The lasing spectra contain several lines within 5.0–5.2 μm band. The slope efficiency reaches 16 % with respect to incoming pump power of a 4.15 µm Fe2+:ZnSe laser.
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