Design and implementation of a fully reconfigurable all-optical crossconnect for high capacity multiwavelength transport networks

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1198-1206

  Jourdan, Amaury ^a,b,c,d,h   Masetti, Francesco ^a,e,f,g,h   Garnot, Matthieu ^a,g,i,j   Soulage, Guy ^a,k,l,m   Sotom, Michel ^a,g,n  

^a NOKIA RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

^c TELECOM PARISTECH   (France)

^d Fiber and Photonic Systems Unit

^e UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^f POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^g Alcatel Alsthom Recherche

^h RACE 2039 ATMOS Project

ⁱ ESIGETEL   (France)

^j UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^k UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^l Alcatel Alsthom Recherche   (France)

^m Fibers and Photonic Systems Unit

ⁿ IRISA   (France)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBER OPTIC NETWORKS; FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLEXING; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT;

ALL OPTICAL CROSSCONNECT; HIGH CAPACITY MULTIWAVELENGTH TRANSPORT NETWORKS;

OPTICAL INTERCONNECTS;

EID: 0030173658     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/50.511621     Document Type: Article

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