Virtual wavelength path cross-connect based on optoelectronic wavelength conversion

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1537-1544

  Teshima, Mitsuhiro ^b,c,d   Kawai, Takeshi ^b   Sakaida, Norio ^b   Yasaka, Hiroshi ^b   Ishii, Hiroyuki ^b   Koga, Masafumi ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b NTT CORPORATION   (Japan)

^c Tokyo Institute of Technology   (Japan)

^d JAPAN SOCIETY OF APPLIED PHYSICS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Laser stability; Optical fiber communication; Optical frequency conversion; Wavelength division multiplexing

Indexed keywords

DESIGN; LASERS; OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERSION; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; PERFORMANCE; STABILITY; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

LASER STABILITY;

FIBER OPTICS;

EID: 0032164712     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/50.712235     Document Type: Article

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