Author Affiliations

C. Marra,^1,* A. Nirmalathas,¹ C. Lim,¹ M. Attygalle,¹ D. Novak,² B. Ashton,³ L. Poladian,³ W. Rowe,⁴ T. Wang,⁵ L. Reekie,⁵ and J. Besley⁶

¹Australian Photonics CRC, Photonics Research Laboratory, Dept. of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, The University of Melbourne, Vic 3010, Australia

²Corvis Subsea, Columbia 21045, MD

³Optical Fibre Technology Centre, APCRC, University of Sydney, Nsw 1430, Australia

⁴Australian Photonics CRC, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia

⁵JDS Uniphase, Sydney NSW 2113, Australia

⁶JDS Uniphase, Sydney, NSW 2113, Australia

^*Corresponding author: cnmarra@ee.mu.oz.au