High-capacity optical communications: Personal recollections

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1279-1286

  Kogelnik, Herwig ^a  

^a LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; HELIUM NEON LASERS; MICROWAVE GENERATION; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL FILTERS; RESEARCH LABORATORIES; TIME DIVISION MULTIPLEXING; WAVEGUIDES; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

HIGH CAPACITY OPTICAL COMMUNICATIONS;

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 0034313125     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/2944.902179     Document Type: Article

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