Multiwavelength DFB laser array transmitters for ONTC reconfigurable optical network testbed

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 967-976

  Lee, Tien Pei ^{a,c,d,e,f,g,h,i,u}   Zah, Chung E ^{a,c,i,j,k,l,m,n,u}   Bhat, R ^a   Young, W C ^a   Pathak, B ^a   Favire, F ^a   Lin, Paul S D ^a,f,o   Andreadakis, Nicholas C ^a,p,q,r   Caneau, C ^a   Rahjel, Andrew W ^a,k,s   Koza, M ^a   Gamelin, John K ^a,t   Curtis, Lyn ^a   Mahoney, D D ^a   Lepore, A ^b  

^a TELCORDIA TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

^b U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

^g Guided Wave Research Laboratory   (United States)

^h DEFENSE ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY   (United States)

ⁱ OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA   (United States)

^j CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^k Technical Staff

^l Optoelectronic Integration Research   (United States)

^m Optical Netwk Technology Consortium

ⁿ Phi Tau Phi Scholas Tic Honor Society   (United States)

^o UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^p FRANKLIN AND MARSHALL COLLEGE   (United States)

^q UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^r Bell Laboratories ^*

^s NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^t UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^u IEEE

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASYNCHRONOUS TRANSFER MODE; DISTRIBUTED FEEDBACK LASERS; FIBER OPTIC NETWORKS; FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLEXING; INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM ARSENIDE;

MULTIWAVELENGTH LASER ARRAY TRANSMITTERS; OPTICAL NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CONSORTIUM (ONTC); RECONFIGURABLE OPTICAL NETWORKS;

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT;

EID: 0030172682     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/50.511596     Document Type: Article

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