ACADEMIC PUBLICATIONS

Academic Publications

Representative publications and academic research in optical communication.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Representative Research

Journal of Optical Communications and Networking · 18(7), 654–662

Cost-effective 228 Gb/s extended-reach SC-PON using a dithered uncooled DFB laser and hybrid-integrated Stokes receiver

A cost-effective extended-reach 228 Gb/s self-coherent PON using an uncooled DFB laser and a hybrid-integrated Stokes receiver.

Y. Fang, H. Zhu, X. Cheng, W. Lu, P. Yuan, D. Shi, D. Lu, H. Ji, W. Shieh
Optical Fiber Communication Conference (OFC) 2026 · Th4C.3

Uncooled TO-Can DFB Laser Enabling Extended Reach and Record Power Budget for Burst-Mode Upstream in 200-Gb/s VHSP SC-PON

Extended-reach burst-mode upstream transmission for 200G-class VHSP self-coherent PON using an uncooled TO-Can DFB laser.

Y. Fang, W. Lu, H. Zhu, P. Yuan, D. Shi, W. Shieh
Journal of Lightwave Technology · 44(5), 1765–1775

Integrated Pre-Amplified SC-PON Receiver for 200G Very High Speed PON

A hybrid-integrated SOA and self-coherent receiver for pre-amplified reception in 200G very high speed PON.

Y. Fang, H. Zhu, X. Cheng, P. Yuan, W. Lu, D. Shi, H. Ji, W. Shieh
Journal of Lightwave Technology · 43(22), 10040–10047

200G Bi-Direction Self-Coherent PON Based on Pre-Amplified Stokes Vector Receiver

Symmetric 200G upstream and downstream self-coherent PON based on a pre-amplified Stokes vector receiver.

Y. Fang, H. Zhu, W. Lu, P. Yuan, H. Ji, W. Shieh
OFC 2025 · PON

First Demonstration of 200G Bi-Direction Self-Coherent PON Based on Pre-Amplified Stokes Vector Direct Detection

A 20-km bidirectional demonstration with 30.5-dB downstream and 31.5-dB upstream power budgets, validating self-coherent technology for high-capacity access networks.

Yuhao Fang, Haojie Zhu, Weiqi Lu, Puzhen Yuan, Honglin Ji, William Shieh
Light: Science & Applications

Carrier-assisted differential detection

A receiver architecture for lower-complexity field recovery and high-capacity short-reach optical links.

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Journal of Lightwave Technology

Optical Field Recovery in Stokes Space

A systematic treatment of Stokes-space field recovery and its tradeoffs in spectral efficiency, receiver cost and dispersion compensation.

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Optics Express

Maximizing the spectral efficiency of Stokes vector receiver with optical field recovery

Improves the spectral efficiency of optical field recovery using a Stokes-vector receiver.

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Journal of Lightwave Technology

Polarization Demultiplexing for Stokes Vector Direct Detection

Polarization demultiplexing for Stokes-vector direct detection and receiver-side polarization compensation.

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Journal of Lightwave Technology

Linearization of Direct Detection Optical Channels Using Self-Coherent Subsystems

Self-coherent subsystem techniques for linearizing direct-detection channels in data-center, passive access and metro networks.

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Optics Express

Advanced modulation formats for high-performance short-reach optical interconnects

Advanced modulation formats and system approaches for high-performance short-reach optical interconnects.

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Optics Letters

Stokes vector direct detection for short-reach optical communication

The foundational SV-DD scheme for phase diversity and cancellation of photodetection nonlinearity.

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