Long distance transmission experiments using the WDM technology

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1287-1298

  Taga, Hidenori ^a,b,c,d  

^a KDDI R AND D LABORATORIES INC   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c KDDI CORPORATION   (Japan)

^d TOHOKU UNIVERSITY

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBER OPTIC NETWORKS; FOUR WAVE MIXING; FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLEXING; SYSTEM STABILITY; TELECOMMUNICATION REPEATERS; TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES;

BROADBAND COMMUNICATIONS; LONG DISTANCE TRANSMISSION; TRANSMISSION CAPACITY;

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 0030169968     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/50.511661     Document Type: Article

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