title: Optical interconnects: recent advances and future challenges.
abstract: This focus issue is a collection of 17 invited papers showcasing the recent advances and the future challenges of optical interconnect technology. These papers represent multiple key areas that include the enabling devices and components, advances in the system and sub-system technologies as well as networking and its applications.
authors.forename: Zhaohui
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Ivan
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Shubin
authors.forename: Xiang
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zhou