Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing Networks: Principles and Applications

IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 1990, Pages 948-964

  Brackett, Charles A ^a  

^a TELCORDIA TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA TRANSMISSION--MULTIPLEXING; LASERS--TUNING; MULTIPLEXING; TELECOMMUNICATION LINKS, OPTICAL--MULTIPLEXING;

MULTIPLE-ACCESS NETWORKS; MULTIWAVELENGTH NETWORKS; OPTICAL TRANSMISSION; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 0025474690     PISSN: 07338716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/49.57798     Document Type: Article

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