Optical switching technologies and their applications

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4277, Issue , 2001, Pages 33-53

  Ciminelli, C ^a   Meli, F ^a   Grasso, G ^a  

^a Cisco Photonics Italy   (Italy)

Author keywords

DWDM systems; Microsystems; Optical networks; Optical switching; Optoelectronics

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTOOPTICAL EFFECTS; DENSE WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING; HOLOGRAPHY; LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; POLARIZATION;

OPTICAL CROSS-CONNECTS (OXC);

OPTICAL SWITCHES;

EID: 0034932226     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/12.426811     Document Type: Article

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