Multifrequency lasers and applications in WDM networks

IEEE Communications Magazine

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 39-41

  Zirngibl, Martin ^a,b,c  

^a LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

^c Lucent's Optical Netwk Bus Unit

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

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

MULTIFREQUENCY LASERS; OPTICAL MULTIPLEXERS;

DISTRIBUTED FEEDBACK LASERS;

EID: 0032294392     PISSN: 01636804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/35.735875     Document Type: Article

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