PLC-based optical add/drop switch with automatic level control

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 2562-2571

  Hattori, Kuninori ^a   Fukui, Masaki ^a   Jinno, Masahiko ^a   Oguma, Manabu ^b   Oguchi, Kimio ^a  

^a NTT Network Innovation Laboratories   (Japan)

^b NTT CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIT ERROR RATE; CROSSTALK; EQUALIZERS; INTEGRATED OPTOELECTRONICS; INTERFEROMETERS; MULTIPLEXING EQUIPMENT;

MACH-ZEHNDER INTERFEROMETERS; OPTICAL ADD/DROP SWITCHES; PLANAR LIGHTWAVE CIRCUITS (PLC); THERMOOPTIC SWITCHES;

OPTICAL SWITCHES;

EID: 0033317471     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/50.809678     Document Type: Article

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