WDM ring network using a centralized multiwavelength light source and add-drop multiplexing filters

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 917-928

  Sharma, Manish ^a,b,d,e,f   Ibe, Hiroyuki ^b,d,g,h,i   Ozeki, Takeshi ^a,c  

^a IEEE   (Japan)

^b TOSHIBA CORPORATION   (Japan)

^c SOPHIA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d University College London ^*  (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f Wakayama Prefecture   (Japan)

^g OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^h Lightwave Commun Technology Group

ⁱ Institute of Electronics   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; CAVITY RESONATORS; COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); CROSSTALK; FABRY-PEROT INTERFEROMETERS; FOUR WAVE MIXING; INTERFERENCE SUPPRESSION; MULTIPLEXING EQUIPMENT; NETWORKS (CIRCUITS); OPTICAL FILTERS; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

ADD DROP MULTIPLEXING FILTERS; CROSSTALK SUPPRESSION MECHANISMS; FABRY PEROT LASER DIODES; RING NETWORKS;

FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

EID: 0031161990     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/50.588660     Document Type: Article

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