Coherent optical systems implemented for business traffic routing and access: The RACE COBRA project

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1309-1319

  Bachus, Ernst Jürgen ^b,l,m   Almeida, Teresa ^c,n,o,p,q   Demeester, Piet ^a,d,r   Depovere, Geert ^d,e   Ebberg, Alfred ^f,g,s   Ferreira, Mario Rui ^c,o,t,u   Khoe, Giok Djan ^a,e,h,v   Koning, Oscar ^i,w,x   Marsden, Richard ^a,j,o,y   Rawsthorne, John ^k,o,z,aa,ab   Wauters, Nico ^d,ac  

^a IEEE

^b FRAUNHOFER HEINRICH HERTZ INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^c Ctr de Estudos de Telecomunicacoes   (Portugal)

^d GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^e PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Netherlands)

^f SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

^g Fachhochschule Westkuste   (Germany)

^h EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

ⁱ KPN RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^j BBC RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (United Kingdom)

^k GEC Marconi Materials Technology Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^l TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^m Heinrich Hertz Institut

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^o Transmission Systems Division ^*

^p Transmission Systems Division

^q CET Applied Research Development

^r IMEC   (Belgium)

^s RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^t UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^u Project and Development Department

^v FOM INSTITUTE FOR PLASMA PHYSICS RIJNHUIZEN   (Netherlands)

^w UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^x KPN Research

^y UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^z UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^aa R and D Laboratory

^ab Optoelectronic Devices Department   (Germany)

^ac UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER COMMUNICATION; COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLEXING; HETERODYNING; HIGH DEFINITION TELEVISION; IMAGE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; OPTICAL INTERCONNECTS; OPTICAL SWITCHES; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; SWITCHING FUNCTIONS; TELECOMMUNICATION TRAFFIC; TELEVISION TRANSMISSION;

BUSINESS TRAFFIC ROUTING; COHERENT OPTICAL SYSTEMS; HETERODYNE DETECTION;

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 0030165983     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/50.511663     Document Type: Article

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