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B. K. Whitlock, H. N. Poulsen, D. H. Richards, and D. J. Blumenthal "Physical-layer modeling and simulation of WDM fiber optic network architectures for aerospace platforms," 2006 IEEE Avionics, Fiber-Optics and Photonics Conference, September 2006.

R. Cardillo, V. Curri, and M. Mellia "Considering transmission impairments in configuring wavelength routed optical networks," OFC 2006, Anaheim, CA, March 2006.

G. Shaulov, J. Patel, P. Mena, and R. Scarmozzino "Simulation-assisted design of free space optical transmission systems," MILCOM 2005, Paper #1541, Session #U803

J. Patel, G. Shaulov, B. Whitlock, and R. Scarmozzino "Simulation assisted design of secure optical CDMA networks for reconnaissance traffic," MILCOM 2005, Paper #1169, Session #U804.

B. K. Whitlock, D. H. Richards, N. Stoffel, E. Ghillino, H. Korada, P. V. Mena, G. Shaulov, J. Morikuni, F. Ma, M. J. Steel, E. Heller, and R. Scarmozzino, "Comprehensive design optimization of the physical layer of optical networks," OFC/NFOEC 2005 Technical Proceedings, March 2005.

B. K. Whitlock, E. Ghillino, J. Morikuni, P. Mena, R. Scarmozzino "Mixed-level and mixed-domain modeling and simulation for optical interconnect design," 2004 Digest of the LEOS Summer Topical Meetings, paper MB 1.4, June 28, 2004

G. Bosco, A. Carena, V. Curri, R. Gaudino and P. Poggiolini "Modulation Formats Suitable for Ultrahigh Spectral Efficient WDM Systems," IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quatum Electronics, vol. 10, n.2, pp 321-328, March/April 2004

P. V. Mena and M. J. Steel "Efficient Series-Expansion-Based Physical Model of Er-Doped Fiber Amplifiers," 2003 IEEE LEOS Annual Meeting Conference Proceedings, paper no. TuI4, Vol. 1, pp. 248-249, Oct. 28, 2003

J. K. Patel "Optimized duobinary system designs save costs," Ligtwave Magazine and www.lightwaveonline.com, March 2003

G. Bosco, A. Carena, V. Curri, and P. Poggiolini "Quantum limit of direct-detection receivers: Duobinary vs. IMDD," OFC 2003 Technical Proceedings, vol. 2, pp. 580-581, March 2003.

B. K. Whitlock and A. Panicker "Economics of Amplified WDM Systems in Metropolitan Area Networks," Strategies in Optical Amplifiers 2003 Conference Proceedings, Strategies Unlimited, Feb. 2003.

G. Bosco, A. Carena, V. Curri, R. Gaudino, and P. Poggiolini "Quantum limit of direct-detection receivers using duobinary transmission," IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, vol. 15, no. 1, pp. 102-104, January 2003

G. Bosco, A. Carena, V. Curri, and P. Poggiolini "The impact of polarization mode dispersion: Optical duobinary vs. NRZ transmission," LEOS 2002 Proceedings, vol. 2, pp. 560-561, November 2002.

B. K. Whitlock "Simulation Tools for Fiber Optic Link Design," SAE Avionics System Division Meeting, Tempe, Arizona, Oct. 15, 2002

G. Bosco, A. Carena, V. Curri, R. Gaudino, and P. Poggiolini "On the use of NRZ, RZ, and CSRZ modulation at 40 Gb/s with narrow DWDM channel spacing," Journal of Lightwave Technology, vol. 20, no. 9, pp. 1694-1704, September 2002.

V. Curri, A. Carena, R. Gaudino, and D. Aarsten "Simulation analysis of the physical layer in next-generation all-optical networks," National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference (NFOEC) 2002 Technical Proceedings, September 2002.

J. Morikuni, P. Mena, B. K. Whitlock, and R. Scarmozzino "Measurement requirements for optical and optoelectronic model verification, validation, and calibration," Technical Digest: Symposium on Optical Fiber Measurements, 2002, NIST Special Publication 988, Boulder, Colorado, September 25, 2002

B. K. Whitlock "Development of an Advanced Fiber Optic Link Simulator," NAVAIR Fiber Optics Working Group (NFOWG) meeting, Lexington Park, Maryland, June 10, 2002

G. Bosco, A. Carena, V. Curri, R. Gaudino, P. Poggiolini, S. Benedetto, "Designing multipump raman amplifiers," Europhotonics, pp 34-36, Apr-May 2002.

J. K. Patel "Dispersion-management modeling resolves system-design issues," WDM Solutions, March, 2002, pp. 43-48

G. Bosco, A. Carena, V. Curri, R. Gaudino, P. Poggiolini and S. Benedetto "A novel analytical approach to the evaluation of the impact of fiber Parametric Gain on the Bit Error Rate," IEEE Transaction on Communication, vol. 49, n. 12, pp. 2154- 2163, Dec 2001

A. Carena, V. Curri, P. Poggiolini "On the optimization of Hybrid Raman/Erbium-Doped Fiber Amplifiers," IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, vol. 13, n. 11, pp. 1170-1172, Nov 2001

V. Curri, G. Rizzo "Statistical properties and system impact of Multi-Path Interference in Raman amplifiers," ECOC 2001 proceedings, vol. Tuesday, pp 110-111, paper Tu.A.1.2, Amsterdam, Netherlands, October 2001

G. Boggio, M. Burzio, N. Portinaro - ARTIS Software J. Cai, I. Cerutti, A. Fumagalli, M. Tacca, L. Valcarenghi - CATSS University of Texas A. Carena, R. Gaudino - Dipartimento di Elettronica Politecnico di Torino "NetworkDesigner - Artifex - OptSim: a suite of integrated software tools for synthesis and analysis of high speed networks," Optical Networks Magazine - September-October 2001, pp 27-41

V. Curri "Simulation-assisted design of future optical communication systems," OFC 2001, Work-Shop on simulation tools for system, device and network modelling, Anaheim, California, USA, March 2001

A. Carena, V. Curri, P. Poggiolini "Comparison between different configurations of Hybrid Raman/Erbium-Doped Fiber Amplifiers," OFC 2001 proceedings, vol. Tuesday, paper TuA3, Anaheim, California, USA, March 2001

B. K. Whitlock and D. H. Richards "Modeling and simulation issues with 10-Gigabit Ethernet," 2000 IEEE/LEOS Annual Meeting Conference Proceedings, vol. 1, pp. 352-353, November 2000

P. V. Mena, J. J. Morikuni, and K. W. Wyatt "Compact Representations of Mode Overlap for Circuit-Level VCSEL Models," 2000 IEEE/LEOS Annual Meeting Conference Proceedings, Paper TuL3, pp. 234-235, November 2000

A. Carena, V. Curri, R. Gaudino, P. Poggiolini "Optimal configuration for Hybrid Raman/Erbium-Doped Fiber Amplifiers," ECOC 2000 proceedings, vol. 3, paper P1.14, pp 157-159, Munich, Germany, September 2000

G. Bosco and R. Gaudino "Towards new semi-analytical techniques for BER estimation in optical system simulation," NFOEC 2000 proceedings, vol. 1, pp 135-145, Denver, CO, USA, August 2000

V. Curri "System advantages of Raman Amplifiers," NFOEC 2000 proceedings, vol. 1, paper B1.1, pp 35-46, Denver, CO, USA, August 2000

Z. Huang, B. K. Whitlock, and R. Scarmozzino "CAD optimizes component design at many levels," WDM Solutions, a supplement to Laser Focus World, August 2000

R. Scarmozzino, B. K. Whitlock, E. K. Heller, and R. M. Osgood "Numerical methods for modeling photonic devices and systems," Proc. SPIE Vol. 3944, pp. 548-560, Physics and Simulation of Optoelectronic Devices VIII, Rolf H. Binder; Peter Blood; Marek Osinski; Eds, July 2000

G. Bosco, A. Carena, V. Curri, R. Gaudino, P. Poggiolini and S. Benedetto "System impact of Parametric Gain: a novel method for the BER evaluation," ICC 2000 proceedings, New Orleans, LO, USA, June 2000

G. Bosco, A. Carena, V. Curri, R. Gaudino, P. Poggiolini and S. Benedetto "Suppression of Spurious Tones Induced by the Split-Step Method in Fiber Systems Simulation," IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, vol. 12, n. 5, pp. 489-491, May 2000

P.T. Parrish, E. Bonanno, V. Curri "Raman Scattering role in dense WDM simulation," Europhotonics, pp 26-27, Feb-Mar 2000

G. Bosco, A. Carena, V. Curri, R. Gaudino, P. Poggiolini and S. Benedetto "A Novel Analytical Method for the BER Evaluation in Optical Systems Affected by Parametric Gain," IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, vol. 12, n. 2, pp. 152-154, Feb 2000

I. Roudas, D. H. Richards, N. Antoniades, and J. L. Jackel "An efficient simulation model of the erbium-doped fiber for the study of multiwavelength optical networks," Optical Fiber Technology, vol. 5, pp. 363-389, 1999.

P. V. Mena, J. J. Morikuni, S. M. Kang, A. V. Harton, K. W. Wyatt "A comprehensive circuit-level model of vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers," IEEE/OSA Journal of Lightwave Technology, vol. 17, no. 12, pp. 2612-2632, December 1999

V. Ferrero, A. Carena, V. Curri, P. Poggiolini "MAPON digital video distribution in the European ACTS CRABS Project: Simulation and Experiment," LEOS'99 proceedings, paper TuR5, pp. 277-278, San Francisco, California, USA, November 1999

G. Bosco, A. Carena, V. Curri, R. Gaudino, P. Poggiolini "A Novel Analysis of the Impact of Parametric Gain on WDM Systems," LEOS'99 proceedings, paper TuW2, pp. 317-318, San Francisco, California, USA, November 1999

G. Bosco, A. Carena, V. Curri, R. Gaudino, P. Poggiolini "Suppression of Spurious Tones in Fiber System Simulations Based on the Split-Step Method," LEOS'99 proceedings, paper WH4, pp. 455-456, San Francisco, California, USA, November 1999

G. Bosco, A. Carena, V. Curri, R. Gaudino, P. Poggiolini "Parametric Gain in WDM systems," LEOS'99 proceedings, paper WZ5, pp. 613-614, San Francisco, California, USA, November 1999

G. Bosco, A. Carena, V. Curri, R. Gaudino, P. Poggiolini and S. Benedetto "Parametric Gain in Multiwavelength Systems: a New Approach to Noise Enhancement Analysis," IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, vol. 11, n. 9, pp. 1135-1137, September 1999

P. V. Mena, J. J. Morikuni, S. M. Kang, A. V. Harton, K. W. Wyatt "A simple rate-equation-based thermal VCSEL model," IEEE/OSA Journal of Lightwave Technology, vol. 17, no.5, pp. 865-872, May 1999

J. J. Morikuni, P. V. Mena, A. V. Harton, K. W. Wyatt, S. M. Kang "Spatially independent VCSEL models for the simulation of diffusive turn-off transients," Journal of Lightwave Technology, vol. 17, no. 1, pp. 95-102, January 1999

A. Carena, M. D. Vaughn, R. Gaudino, M. Shell, and D. J. Blumenthal "OPERA: An optical packet experimental routing architecture with label swapping capability," Journal of Lightwave Technology, vol. 16, no. 12, pp. 2135-2145, December 1998.

A. Carena, V. Curri, R. Gaudino and P. Poggiolini , "System impact of sideband instability," LEOS '98 proceedings, paper WBB6, Orlando, Florida, USA, December 1998.

A. Okada, V. Curri, S. M. Gemelos and L. G. Kazovsky "Reduction of Four Wave Mixing crosstalk using a novel hybrid WDM/TDM technique," ECOC '98 proceedings, Paper TuC16, pp. 289-290, Madrid, Spain, September 1998

A. Carena, V. Curri, R. Gaudino, N. Greco, P. Poggiolini and S. Benedetto "Polarization Modulation in Ultra-long Haul Transmission Systems: a Promising Alternative to Intensity Modulation," ECOC '98 proceedings, Paper WdA24, pp. 429-430, Madrid, Spain, September 1998

A. Carena, V. Curri, R. Gaudino, P. Poggiolini and S. Benedetto "On the joint effects of fiber Parametric Gain and birefringence and their influence on ASE noise," IEEE/OSA Journal of Lightwave Technology, vol. 16, n. 7, pp. 1149-1157, July 1998

A. Carena, V. Curri, R. Gaudino, P. Poggiolini and S. Benedetto "System impact of fiber parametric gain in long-haul optical links," ICC '98 Proceedings, paper S26.1, Atlanta, Georgia, USA, June 1998

A. Carena, V. Curri, R. Gaudino, P. Poggiolini, F. Bentivoglio, M. Frascolla and C. Rocca "Theoretical and experimental results on transmission penalty due to fiber parametric gain in normal dispersion," OFC '98 Proceedings, paper FC6, San Jose California, USA, February 1998

K. D. Pedrotti, C.E. Chang, A. Price, S.M. Beccue, A.D. Campana, G. Gutierrez, D. Meeker, D. Wu, K.C. Wang, A. Metzger, P.M. Asbeck, D. Huff, N. Kwong, M. Swass, S.Z. Zhang and J. Bowers, "WEST 120-Gbit/s 3*3 wavelength-division multiplexed cross-connect," Tech. Dig. OFC'98, pp. 66-67, 1998.

A. Carena, V. Curri, R. Gaudino and P. Poggiolini "Parametric Gain on Dispersion Compensated Fiber Links," LEOS '97 Proceedings, Paper WS3, pp. 156-157, San Francisco, California, USA, November 1997

F. Bentivoglio, A. Carena, V. Curri, R. Gaudino, P. Ottolenghi and P. Poggiolini "New detailed theoretical and experimental results on parametric gain and sideband instability for long-haul amplified submarine systems," SUBOPTIC '97 Proceedings, San Francisco, California, USA, May 1997

A. Carena, V. Curri, R. Gaudino, P. Poggiolini and S. Benedetto "A time-domain optical transmission system simulation package accounting for nonlinear and polarization-related effects in fiber," IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, vol. 15, no. 4, pp. 751-765, May 1997

B. K. Whitlock, P. K. Pepeljugoski, D. M. Kuchta, J. D. Crow, and S. M. Kang "Computer modeling and simulation of the Optoelectronic Technology Consortium (OETC) optical bus," IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, vol. 15, no. 4, pp. 717-730, May 1997

A. Carena, V. Curri, R. Gaudino, P. Poggiolini and S. Benedetto "New analytical results on fiber parametric gain and its effects on ASE noise," IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, vol. 9, n. 4, pp. 535-537, April 1997

P. V. Mena, S. M. Kang, T. A. DeTemple "Rate-equation-based laser models with a single solution regime," Journal of Lightwave Technology, vol. 15, no. 4, pp. 717-730, April 1997

D. Huff, T. Schrans, K.C. Wang, K. Pedrotti, A. Price, D. Wu, J. Bowers, Sheng Zhang, P. Asbeck and A. Metzger, "WEST (WDM and electronic switching technology) project: 40 Gbit/s WDM system review," Proceedings of SPIE, vol.3038, pp.60-66, 1997.

C. E. Chang, K.D. Pedrotti, A. Price, A.D. Campana, D. Meeker, S.M. Beccue, D. Wu, K.C. Wang, A. Metzger, P.M. Asbeck, D. Huff, N. Kwong, M. Swass, S.Z. Zhang and J. Bowers, "40 Gb/s WDM cross-connect with an electronic switching core: preliminary results from the WEST Consortium," Proceedings LEOS '97, pp.336-337, 1997.

Y.-M. Wong, D. J. Muehlner, C. C. Faudskar, M. Fishteyn, J. V. Gates, P. J. Anthony, G. J. Cyr, J. Choi, J. D. Crow, D. M. Kuchta, P. K. Pepeljugoski, W. Nation, D. Engebretsen, B. K. Whitlock, R. A. Morgan, M. K. Hibbs-Brenner, J. Lehman, "Evolution and system applications of parallel optical data links," Proceedings of the 46th Electronic Components and Technology Conference (ECTC '96), Orlando, Florida, May 29, 1996.

S. Zhang, R. Nagarajan, A. Petersen and J. Bowers, "40 Gbit/s fiber optic transmission systems: Are solitons needed?," Proceedings of SPIE, vol. 2684, pp. 182-185, 1996.

P. K. Pepeljugoski, B. K. Whitlock, D. M. Kuchta, J. D. Crow, and S. M. Kang, "Modeling and simulation of the OETC optical bus," IEEE LEOS '95 Conference Proceedings, vol. 1, paper OIPS3.2, pp. 185-186, San Francisco, CA, October 31, 1995.

B. K. Whitlock, E. Conforti, and S. M. Kang, "High-level software for simulation of fiber optic links," Proceedings of the 13th Brazilian Telecommunications Society Conference, vol. 1, pp. 103-108, Aguas de Lindoia, Brazil, Sep. 4, 1995.

E. Conforti, B. K. Whitlock, J. J. Morikuni, and S. M. Kang, "Issues in the modeling of fiber optic systems," 1995 SBMO/IEEE MTT-S International Microwave and Optoelectronics Conference Proceedings, vol. 1, pp. 175-182, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, July 25, 1995.

B. K. Whitlock, J. J. Morikuni, E. Conforti, and S. M. Kang, "Simulating optical interconnects," IEEE Circuits and Devices, vol. 11, no. 3, pp. 12-18, May 1995.

B. K. Whitlock, J. J. Morikuni, and S. M. Kang, "Optimizing component specifications in optical interconnects using mixed-level simulation," IEEE LEOS '94 Conference Proceedings, paper OC2.4, pp. 43-44, October 31, 1994.

S. M. Kang, B. K. Whitlock, J. J. Morikuni, and E. Conforti, "Simulation of optical interconnects in high-performance computing and communications systems," Optoelectronic Interconnects II, SPIE Proceedings vol. 2153, paper 29, pp. 238-250, Los Angeles, California, January 27, 1994.

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N. Malhotra and M. Kumar, "Illustrative investigations on PMD induced penalties in 80 Gbps optical transmission link," The Icfai Journal of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, vol. 1, no. 3, pp. 30-42, 2008.

N. Malhotra and M. Kumar, "Investigations on PMD-induced penalties in 40 Gbps optical transmission link," Elsevier Science's International Journal for Light and Electron Optics, Optik, Germany, September 3, 2008.

I. Lyubomirsky and C.-C. Chien, "Experimental demonstration of an optimized optical RZ-duobinary transmission system," IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, vol. 17, no. 12 pp. 2757-2759, December 2005.

R. P. Scott, W. Cong, V. J. Hernandez, K. Li, B. H. Kolner, J. P. Heritage, and S. J. Ben Yoo, "An eight-user time-slotted SPECTS O-CDMA testbed: Demonstration and simulations," Journal of Lightwave Technology, vol. 23, no. 10, pp. 3232-3240, October 2005.

M. T. Al-Qdah, H. A. Abdul-Rashid, K. Dimyati, B. M. Ali, and M. Khazani, "Effect of optical beat interference in SCM/WDM optical networks in presence of FWM," KMITL Sci. Tech. J., vol. 5, no. 3, pp. 552-558, Jul.-Dec. 2005.

M. A. Losada, A. Lopez, I. Garces, and J. A. Lazaro, "Assessment of physical impairments in a DWDM ring network based on optical packet switching," 10th European Conference on Networks and Optical Communications Proceedings, July 2005.

K. K. Y. Wong, M. E. Marhic, and L. G. Kazovsky, "Temperature control of the gain spectrum of fiber optical parametric amplifiers," Optics Express, vol. 13, no. 12, pp. 4666-4673, 13 June 2005.

I. Lyubomirsky and C.-C. Chien, "DPSK demodulator based on optical discriminator filter," IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, vol. 17, no. 2, pp. 492-494, February 2005.

V. Baby, I. Glesk, R. J. Runser, R. Fischer, Y.-K. Huang, C.-S. Bres, W. C. Kwong, T. H. Curtis, and P. R. Prucnal, "Experimental demonstration and scalability analysis of a four-node 102-Gchip/s fast frequency-hopping time-spreading optical CDMA network," IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, vol. 17, no. 1, pp. 253-255, January 2005.

G. A. C. Huat, "Simulation of optical fibre system with polarization mode dispersion (PMD)," Open University, UK, January 2005.

P. Bravetti, G. Ghislotti, and S. Balsamo, "Chirp-inducing mechanisms in Mach-Zehnder modulators and their effect on 10 Gb/s NRZ transmission studied using tunable-chirp single drive devices," Journal of Lightwave Technology, vol. 22, no. 2, pp. 605-611, February 2004.

R. Yildirim and F. V. Celebi, "Design of a chaotic optical communication system by using RAMAN and noise addition technique," 5th International Symposium on Laser Precision Microfabrication (LPM2004), 2004.

A. J. Mendez, R. M. Gagliardi, V. J. Hernandez, C. V. Bennett, and W. J. Lennon, "Design and performance analysis of wavelength/time (W=T) matrix codes for optical CDMA," IEEE/OSA Journal of Lightwave Technology, vol. 21, no. 11, pp. 2524-2533, November 2003.

G. S. Kanter, A. K. Samal, O. Coskun, and A. Gandhi, "Electronic equalization for enabling communications at OC-192 rates using OC-48 components," Optics Express, vol. 11, no. 17, pp. 2019-2029, 25 August 2003.

R. L. Saez and J. M. Sendra, "Practicas de laboratorio: Simulacion de sistemas fotonicos en arquitectura cliente/servidor sobre S. O. UNIX," I Jornadas sobre Ensenanza en las Escuelas de Telecomunicacion, Universidad Politecnica de Valencia, 16-17 July 2003.

Y. Yang, C. K. Chan, and L. K. Chen, "System characterization of optical ASK/DPSK orthogonal modulation for supervisory information dissemination," APOC 2003, Proceedings of SPIE, vol. 5281, 2003.

K. K.-Y. Wong, M. E. Marhic, and L. G. Kazovsky, "Modeling of pump depletion in a CW one-pump fiber OPA using OptSim 3.1," OFC 2001, Technical Digest, Anaheim, CA, 2001.

G. Katsaros, P. M. Lane, and M. Murphy, "A comparison of the impact of FWM on binary, duobinary and dicode modulation in DWDM systems," 2000 IEEE LEOS Annual Meeting Conference Proceedings, vol. 1, pp. 27-28, November 2000.

C. M. Machuca, "Fault location algorithms for optical networks," Thesis no. 2164, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, 2000.

R. E. Schuh and D. Wake, "Distortion of W-CDMA signals over optical fibre links," Technical Digest, International Topical Meeting on Microwave Photonics '99, Post-Deadline Paper, Session F-12, pp. 9-12, November 1999.