Multiwavelength cross-connects for optical transport networks

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1613-1619

  De Zhong, Wen ^a,b   Lacey, Jonathan P R ^a,b   Tucker, Rodney S ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBER AMPLIFIERS; MULTIWAVELENGTH CROSS CONNECTS; OPTICAL MULTIWAVELENGTH TRANSPORT NETWORKS; OPTICAL SEMICONDUCTOR; OPTICAL VIRTUAL WAVELENGTH PATH; OPTICAL WAVELENGTH INTERCHANGE DEVICES; SYNCHRONOUS TRANSFER MODE; TUNABLE FILTERS; TUNABLE LASERS; WAVELENGTH CHANNEL SPACING;

ASYNCHRONOUS TRANSFER MODE; COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLEXING; LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; OPTICAL DEVICES; OPTICAL FILTERS; OPTICAL SWITCHES; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SWITCHING NETWORKS;

FIBER OPTIC NETWORKS;

EID: 0030192634     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/50.507936     Document Type: Article

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