Optical cross connects for optical networking

Bell Labs Technical Journal

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 262-281

  Jackman, Neil A ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Patel, Sunita H ^a,e,g   Mikkelsen, Benny P ^h,i   Korotky, Steven K ^a,j,k,l,m,n  

^a LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^d STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e Multiwavelength Optical Network

^f The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art   (United States)

^g NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^h Technical Staff   (United States)

ⁱ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^j RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^k YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^l AMERICAN PHYSICAL SOCIETY   (United States)

^m OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA   (United States)

ⁿ Inst Elec and Electron Engineers   (Singapore)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENSE WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING (DWDM); OPTICAL CROSS CONNECTS (OXC);

CARRIER COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL INTERCONNECTS; TELECOMMUNICATION TRAFFIC; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

FIBER OPTIC NETWORKS;

EID: 0032656835     PISSN: 10897089     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bltj.2157     Document Type: Article

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