Integrated optic tunable add-drop filters for WDM ring networks

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 569-578

  Rotolo, Salvatore ^b,c,e,f   Tanzi, Alberto ^a,c,e,g,h   Brunazzi, Stefano ^c,i,j   DiMola, Domenico ^a,b,c,k,l,m   Cibinetto, Lucio ^c,g,n,o   Lenzi, Maurizio ^a,b,c   Bona, Gian Luca ^d,p   Offrein, Bert Jan ^d,q   Horst, Folkert ^d,q   Germann, Roland ^d   Salemink, Huub W M ^d   Baechtold, Peter H ^d  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b OSA ^*

^c Italtel SpA   (Italy)

^d IBM RESEARCH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^e POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^f Exploratory Development Laboratory

^g Central R and D Department   (Italy)

^h Pirelli Labs SpA   (Italy)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^j Siemens Info Commun Networks SpA

^k POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^l Gefran SpA

^m Provaglio d'Iseo   (Italy)

ⁿ Instituto Majorana   (Italy)

^o Alcatel Telettra   (Italy)

^p SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^q UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTEGRATED OPTIC TUNABLE ADD-DROP FILTERS; LOW PRESSURE CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION (LPCVD); WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING (WDM) RING NETWORKS;

BIT ERROR RATE; ELECTRIC NETWORK TOPOLOGY; INTEGRATED OPTICS; MULTIPLEXING EQUIPMENT; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL FILTERS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PLASMA ENHANCED CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; SILICA; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

FIBER OPTIC NETWORKS;

EID: 12944280921     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/50.838132     Document Type: Article

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