Optical crossconnects for high-capacity lightwave networks

Journal of High Speed Networks

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 17-34

  Lin, L Y ^a   Goldstein, E L ^a   Lunardi, L M ^a   Tkach, R W ^a  

^a AT AND T LABS RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL SWITCHES; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

FREE-SPACE MICROMACHINED OPTICAL SWITCH (FS-MOS); OPTICAL CROSSCONNECTS; OPTICAL SWITCHING TECHNOLOGIES; POLARIZATION-DEPENDENCE;

OPTICAL INTERCONNECTS;

EID: 0004664608     PISSN: 09266801     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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