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Overview

Nicola Calabretta is affiliated with the Eindhoven University of Technology in the Netherlands. Their research primarily lies within the broad field of engineering, with a particular focus on electrical and electronic engineering.

The core areas of Calabretta's academic inquiry include:

  • Optical Network Technologies
  • Photonic and Optical Devices
  • Advanced Photonic Communication Systems
  • Advanced Optical Network Technologies
  • Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices
  • Software-Defined Networks and 5G
  • Interconnection Networks and Systems

The scientist has contributed extensively to a number of subfields, among which are:

  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Computer Networks and Communications
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Information Systems
  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

Nicola Calabretta has published numerous papers, notably in venues that specialize in photonics, optical communications, and related technologies. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Journal of Lightwave Technology
  • Journal of Optical Communications and Networking
  • IET conference proceedings
  • Optics Letters
  • Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics

Among some recent papers are:

  • Assessment on the Achievable Throughput of Multi-Band ITU-T G.652.D Fiber Transmission Systems, 2020, Journal of Lightwave Technology
  • Nanosecond optical switching and control system for data center networks, 2022, Nature Communications
  • ROTOS: A Reconfigurable and Cost-Effective Architecture for High-Performance Optical Data Center Networks, 2020, Journal of Lightwave Technology
  • InP photonic integrated multi-layer neural networks: Architecture and performance analysis, 2021, APL Photonics
  • Highly-Efficient Switch Migration for Controller Load Balancing in Elastic Optical Inter-Datacenter Networks, 2021, IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications

Nicola Calabretta has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • K.A. Williams
  • Xuwei Xue
  • Bitao Pan
  • Fulong Yan
  • Netsanet Tessema

The research contributions of Nicola Calabretta show a strong orientation toward advancing the capabilities and efficiency of optical networks and photonic systems, with involvement in emerging technologies such as software-defined networks and artificial intelligence within communication systems.

Best Publications

  • Optical packet switching and buffering by using all-optical signal processing methods

    H.J.S. Dorren;M.T. Hill;Y. Liu;N. Calabretta

  • Assessment on the Achievable Throughput of Multi-Band ITU-T G.652.D Fiber Transmission Systems

    Alessio Ferrari;Antonio Napoli;Johannes K. Fischer;Nelson Costa

  • Wavelength conversion using nonlinear polarization rotation in a single semiconductor optical amplifier

    Y. Liu;M.T. Hill;E. Tangdiongga;H. de Waardt

  • 1x2 optical packet switch using all-optical header processing

    Martin Hill;A. Srivatsa;N. Calabretta;Y. Liu

  • Deep Neural Network Through an InP SOA-Based Photonic Integrated Cross-Connect

    Bin Shi;Nicola Calabretta;Ripalta Stabile

  • Optical signal processing based on self-induced polarization rotation in a semiconductor optical amplifier

    N. Calabretta;Y. Liu;F.M. Huijskens;M.T. Hill

  • Nanosecond optical switching and control system for data center networks

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  • All-optical packet/circuit switching-based data center network for enhanced scalability, latency, and throughput

    Jordi Perelló;Salvatore Spadaro;Sergio Ricciardi;Davide Careglio

  • Novel flat datacenter network architecture based on scalable and flow-controlled optical switch system

    W Wang Miao;J Jun Luo;S Stefano Di Lucente;Hjs Harm Dorren

  • Opsquare: A flat DCN architecture based on flow-controlled optical packet switches

    Fulong Yan;Wang Miao;Oded Raz;Nicola Calabretta

  • InP Photonic Integrated Multi-Layer Neural Networks: Architecture and Performance Analysis

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  • Double-stage cross-gain modulation in SOAs: an effective technique for WDM multicasting

    G. Contestabile;N. Calabretta;R. Proietti;E. Ciaramella

  • Lightness: A Function-Virtualizable Software Defined Data Center Network With All-Optical Circuit/Packet Switching

    George M. Saridis;Shuping Peng;Yan Yan;Alejandro Aguado

  • Single and multicast wavelength conversion at 40 Gb/s by means of fast nonlinear polarization switching in an SOA

    G. Contestabile;N. Calabretta;M. Presi;E. Ciaramella

  • Towards multiband optical systems

    Antonio Napoli;Nelson Costa;Johannes K. Fischer;João Pedro

  • Cross-Gain Compression in Semiconductor Optical Amplifiers

    G. Contestabile;R. Proietti;N. Calabretta;E. Ciaramella

  • Towards Petabit/s All-Optical Flat Data Center Networks Based on WDM Optical Cross-Connect Switches with Flow Control

    W Wang Miao;F Fulong Yan;N Nicola Calabretta

  • SDN-enabled OPS with QoS guarantee for reconfigurable virtual data center networks

    Wang Miao;Fernando Agraz;Shuping Peng;Salvatore Spadaro

  • HiFOST: a scalable and low-latency hybrid data center network architecture based on flow-controlled fast optical switches

    Fulong Yan;Xuwei Xue;Nicola Calabretta

  • ROTOS: A Reconfigurable and Cost-Effective Architecture for High-Performance Optical Data Center Networks

    Xuwei Xue;Fulong Yan;Kristif Prifti;Fu Wang

  • Ultrafast asynchronous multioutput all-optical header processor

    N. Calabretta;H. de Waardt;G.D. Khoe;H.J.S. Dorren

  • Three-state all-optical memory based on coupled ring lasers

    Y. Liu;M.T. Hill;N. Calabretta;H. de Waardt

  • Novel flat datacenter network architecture based on scalable and flow-controlled optical switch system

    S. Di Lucente;N. Calabretta;Jun Luo;H. Dorren

Frequent Co-Authors

Ernesto Ciaramella
Ernesto Ciaramella Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies
H. de Waardt
H. de Waardt Eindhoven University of Technology
GD Giok-Djan Khoe
GD Giok-Djan Khoe Eindhoven University of Technology
MT Martin Hill
MT Martin Hill University of Western Australia
MK Meint Smit
MK Meint Smit Eindhoven University of Technology
A.M.J. Koonen
A.M.J. Koonen Eindhoven University of Technology
Antonella Bogoni
Antonella Bogoni Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies
Dimitra Simeonidou
Dimitra Simeonidou University of Bristol
Yoshiaki Nakano
Yoshiaki Nakano University of Tokyo
Mircea Guina
Mircea Guina Tampere University

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