Passive and electro-optic polymer photonics and InP electronics integration for multi-flow terabit transceivers at edge SDN switches and data-center gateways. - Hercules Avramopoulos; Vasilis Katopodis; Panos Groumas; Lefteris Gounaridis; Agnieszka Konczykowska; Z. Zhang; Guilhem de Valicourt; R. Dinu; Antonello Vannucci; Tom K. Johansen; Annachiara Pagano; Christos Kouloumentas (ICTON, 2014)

400Gb/s real-time trial using rate-adaptive transponders for next generation flexible-grid networks. - Annachiara Pagano; Emilio Riccardi; Marco Bertolini; Vitaliano Farelli; Tony Van De Velde (OFC, 2014)

On the Add & Drop architecture for S-BVTs in EONs. - Matteo Dallaglio; Nicola Sambo; Annachiara Pagano; Emilio Riccardi; Alessio Giorgetti; Piero Castoldi (ECOC, 2015)

Sliceable bandwidth variable transponder: The IDEALIST vision. - Emilio Riccardi; Annachiara Pagano; Emilio Hugues-Salas; Georgios Zervas; Dimitra Simeonidou; Marc Bohn; Antonio Napoli; Danish Rafique; Antonio D'Errico; Nicola Sambo; Piero Castoldi; Talha Rahman; et al. (EuCNC, 2015)

ORCHESTRA - Optical performance monitoring enabling flexible networking. - Konstantinos Christodoulopoulos; Panagiotis C. Kokkinos; Andrea Di Giglio; Annachiara Pagano; Nikos Argyris 002; Christos Spatharakis; Stefanos Dris; Hercules Avramopoulos; Jean-Christophe Antona; Camille Delezoide; Philippe Jennevé; Jelena Pesic; et al. (ICTON, 2015)

Next generation optical nodes: The vision of the European research project IDEALIST. - Emilio Hugues-Salas; Georgios Zervas; Dimitra Simeonidou; Evangelos A. Kosmatos; Theofanis Orphanoudakis; Alexandros A. Stavdas; Marc Bohn; Antonio Napoli; Talha Rahman; Filippo Cugini; Nicola Sambo; Silvano Frigerio; et al. (IEEE Commun. Mag., 2015)

Next generation elastic optical networks: The vision of the European research project IDEALIST. - Antonio Napoli; Marc Bohn; Danish Rafique; Alexandros A. Stavdas; Nicola Sambo; Luca Potì; Markus Nölle; Johannes Karl Fischer; Emilio Riccardi; Annachiara Pagano; Andrea Di Giglio; Michela Svaluto Moreolo; et al. (IEEE Commun. Mag., 2015)

Next generation sliceable bandwidth variable transponders. - Nicola Sambo; Piero Castoldi; Antonio D'Errico; Emilio Riccardi; Annachiara Pagano; Michela Svaluto Moreolo; Josep M. Fabrega; Danish Rafique; Antonio Napoli; Silvano Frigerio; Emilio Hugues-Salas; Georgios Zervas; et al. (IEEE Commun. Mag., 2015)

400 Gb/s Real-Time Trial Using Rate-Adaptive Transponders for Next-Generation Flexible-Grid Networks [Invited]. - Annachiara Pagano; Emilio Riccardi; Marco Bertolini; Vitaliano Farelli; Tony Van De Velde (JOCN, 2015)

Polarization-, carrier-, and format-selectable optical flow generation based on a multi-flow transmitter using passive polymers. - Vasilis Katopodis; Maria Spyropoulou; Christos Tsokos; Panos Groumas; David de Felipe; Norbert Keil; Antonio Beretta; Antonello Vannucci; Tom K. Johansen; Marco Quagliotti; Annachiara Pagano; Jean-Yves Dupuy; et al. (ICTON, 2016)

Add and Drop Architectures for Multi-Carrier Transponders in EONs. - Matteo Dallaglio; Thierry Zami; Nicola Sambo; Alessio Giorgetti; Annachiara Pagano; Emilio Riccardi; Piero Castoldi (JOCN, 2016)

Actual margins algorithm for multi-period planning. - Polyzois Soumplis; Konstantinos Christodoulopoulos; Marco Quagliotti; Annachiara Pagano; Emmanouel A. Varvarigos (OFC, 2017)

Multi-Period Planning With Actual Physical and Traffic Conditions. - Polyzois Soumplis; Konstantinos Christodoulopoulos; Marco Quagliotti; Annachiara Pagano; Emmanouel A. Varvarigos (JOCN, 2018)

Converged Analog Fiber-Wireless Point-to-Multipoint Architecture for eCPRI 5G Fronthaul Networks. - George Kalfas; Nikos Pleros; Mauro Agus; Annachiara Pagano; L. Anet Neto; Agapi Mesodiakaki; Christos Vagionas; John S. Vardakas; Eftychia G. Datsika; Christos V. Verikoukis (GLOBECOM, 2019)

A Framework to Support the 5G Densification. - Eleni Theodoropoulou; Ioanna Mesogiti; George L. Lyberopoulos; George Kalfas; Christos Vagionas; Nikos Pleros; Annachiara Pagano; Mauro Agus; Luiz Anet Neto; Nikos Psaromanolakis; Athina Ropodi (AIAI (Workshops), 2020)

Opportunities and Challenges When using Low Bandwidth Optics for Higher Capacity PON Systems. - Roberto Gaudino; Pablo Torres-Ferrera; Haoyi Wang; Maurizio Valvo; Annachiara Pagano; Roberto Mercinelli; Valter Ferrero (OFC, 2020)

Analog fiber-wireless downlink transmission of IFoF/mmWave over in-field deployed legacy PON infrastructure for 5G fronthauling. - Konstantina Kanta; Annachiara Pagano; Eugenio Ruggeri; Mauro Agus; Ioannis Stratakos; Roberto Mercinelli; Christos Vagionas; Panagiotis Toumasis; George Kalfas; Giannis Giannoulis; Amalia N. Miliou; George Lentaris; et al. (JOCN, 2020)

Disaggregation and Cloudification of Metropolitan Area Networks: impact on Architecture, Cost and Power Consumption. - Marco Quagliotti; Laura Serra; Annachiara Pagano (ECOC, 2021)

Top Challenges in 5G Densification. - Eleni Theodoropoulou; Ioanna Mesogiti; Fotini Setaki; Konstantinos Filis; George L. Lyberopoulos; Agapi Mesodiakaki; Marios Gatzianas; Christos Vagionas; George Kalfas; Mauro Agus; Annachiara Pagano (AIAI (Workshops), 2021)

Disaggregation and cloudification of metropolitan area networks: enabling technologies and impact on architecture, cost, and power consumption [Invited]. - Marco Quagliotti; Laura Serra; Annachiara Pagano; Panos Groumas; Paraskevas Bakopoulos; Hercules Avramopoulos (JOCN, 2022)

TDEC metric for 50G-PON using Optical Amplification. - Mariacristina Casasco; Giuseppe Caruso; Ivan N. Cano; Annachiara Pagano; Roberto Mercinelli; Maurizio Valvo; Valter Ferrero; Roberto Gaudino (ICTON, 2023)

Experimental Demonstration of a 400 Gb/s Full Coherent Transmission in an in-field Metro-Access scenario. - Mariacristina Casasco; Giuseppe Rizzelli; Annachiara Pagano; Roberto Mercinelli; Maurizio Valvo; Valter Ferrero; Roberto Gaudino (ICTON, 2023)

Experimental Demonstration of In-Field 400G Coherent Metro-Access Convergence. - Giuseppe Rizzelli Martella; Mariacristina Casasco; Annachiara Pagano; Valter Ferrero; Roberto Gaudino (OFC, 2024)

Validation of Digital Subcarriers Coherent Transceivers for Mobile Transport Applications in 5G Radio Access Networks. - Pablo Torres-Ferrera; Roberto Mercinelli; Marco Caretti; Emilio Riccardi; Maurizio Valvo; Per Lembre; Johan Bäck; Alexandre Afonso; Neil Jackson; Paul Norris; Mario Porrega; Giuliano Benetazzo; et al. (ONDM, 2024)

Integrated 800 Gb/s O-band WDM optical transceiver enabled by hybrid InP-polymer photonic integration. - Efstathios Andrianopoulos; Konstantinos Tokas; David de Felipe; Michael Theurer; Madeleine Weigel; Annachiara Pagano; Konstantina Kanta; Martin Kresse; Giorgos Megas; Christos Tsokos; Christos Kouloumentas; Anna Chiado Piat; et al. (J. Opt. Commun. Netw., 2024)

Quantum key distribution in optical fibers: a comprehensive design view of the overall quantum layer beyond transmission. - Annachiara Pagano; Roberto Mercinelli; Maurizio Valvo; Antonio Manzalini (J. Opt. Commun. Netw., 2024)

Implementation of Italian industry 4.0 quantum testbed in Turin. - Nicola Corrias; Ilaria Vagniluca; Saverio Francesconi; Claudia De Lazzari; Nicola Biagi; Marco Menchetti; Giovanni Lombardi; Antonino Scordato; Valerio Gionco; Roberto Mercinelli; Annachiara Pagano; Maurizio Valvo; et al. (IET Quantum Commun., 2024)

Photonic Layer Security Transmission of 100 Gbit/sec Over 200 km of Populated Legacy WDM Network. - Ido Attia; Gil Alín; Hamutal Shalom; Ohad Balasiano; Anna Chiado Piat; Roberto Mercinelli; Emilio Riccardi; Maurizio Valvo; Eyal Wohlgemuth; Annachiara Pagano; Dan Sadot (ONDM, 2025)

Analysis and experimental demonstration of possible architectures for future coherent metro+PON converged networks [Invited]. - Giuseppe Rizzelli; Mariacristina Casasco; Valter Ferrero; Annachiara Pagano; Roberto Gaudino (J. Opt. Commun. Netw., 2025)

Experimental investigation on the fundamental physical-layer capabilities for converged metro-access architectures using coherent transceivers. - Giuseppe Rizzelli; Mariacristina Casasco; Emilio Riccardi; Annachiara Pagano; Valter Ferrero; Roberto Gaudino (J. Opt. Commun. Netw., 2025)