Architecture for a wavelength-interchanging cross-connect utilizing parametric wavelength converters

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1113-1125

  Antoniades, N ^a,b   Yoo, S J B ^c,d   Bala, Krishna ^e   Ellinas, Georgios ^c   Stern, Thomas E ^a  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^b Corning Inc ^*  (United States)

^c TELCORDIA TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

^d University of California Davis   (United States)

^e Tellium Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; FIBER OPTIC NETWORKS; FOUR WAVE MIXING; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERSION; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

DIFFERENCE FREQUENCY GENERATION; PARAMETRIC WAVELENGTH CONVERTERS; WAVELENGTH INTERCHANGING CROSS CONNECT; WAVELENGTH SELECTION CROSS CONNECT;

OPTICAL INTERCONNECTS;

EID: 0345533906     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/50.774242     Document Type: Article

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