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Editorial Foreword to The ECOC 2022 Special Issue

Niels Quack, Hans Georg Limberger, Rachel Grange, Christian Bosshard
2023
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The European Conference on Optical Communications (ECOC) is one of the leading conferences in the field of optical communications and its related topics. The 48th edition took place from 18th-22nd September 2022 in Basel, Switzerland. The conference attracted more than 1600 attendees from 46 countries. The co-located exhibition received the attention of more than 6000 visitors.

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Niels Quack, Hans Georg Limberger, Rachel Grange, Christian Bosshard
2023
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Optical communication

Optical communication, also known as optical telecommunication, is communication at a distance using light to carry information. It can be performed visually or by using electronic devices. The earliest basic forms of optical communication date back several millennia, while the earliest electrical device created to do so was the photophone, invented in 1880. An optical communication system uses a transmitter, which encodes a message into an optical signal, a channel, which carries the signal to its destination, and a receiver, which reproduces the message from the received optical signal.

Free-space optical communication

Free-space optical communication (FSO) is an optical communication technology that uses light propagating in free space to wirelessly transmit data for telecommunications or computer networking. "Free space" means air, outer space, vacuum, or something similar. This contrasts with using solids such as optical fiber cable. The technology is useful where the physical connections are impractical due to high costs or other considerations. Optical communications, in various forms, have been used for thousands of years.

Optical wireless communications

Optical wireless communications (OWC) is a form of optical communication in which unguided visible, infrared (IR), or ultraviolet (UV) light is used to carry a signal. It is generally used in short-range communication. OWC systems operating in the visible band (390–750 nm) are commonly referred to as visible light communication (VLC). VLC systems take advantage of light-emitting diodes (LEDs) which can be pulsed at very high speeds without a noticeable effect on the lighting output and human eye.

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