Wavelength division multiplexing in long-haul transmission systems

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1299-1308

  Bergano, Neal S ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Davidson, C R ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b AT AND T LABS RESEARCH   (United States)

^c POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

^f OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; FIBER LASERS; FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLEXING; LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT;

LONG HAUL TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS; NETWORK FLEXIBILITY; TRANSMISSION CAPACITY; TRANSOCEANIC DISTANCES;

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 0030172684     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/50.511662     Document Type: Article

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