Passive components for high power networks

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5577, Issue PART 2, 2004, Pages 724-728

  Donval, Ariela ^a   Goldstein, Sharon ^a   Mcllroy, Peter ^a   Oron, Ram ^a   Oron, Moshe ^a   Patlakh, Anatoly ^a  

^a KiloLambda Technologies Ltd   (Israel)

Author keywords

Fiber damage; Optical fuse; Power control

Indexed keywords

DENSE WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING; FEEDBACK CONTROL; FIBER LASERS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; OPTICAL FIBERS; PASSIVE NETWORKS; POWER AMPLIFIERS; POWER CONTROL;

FIBER DAMAGES; HIGH POWER FIBER AMPLIFIERS; OPTICAL COMPONENTS; OPTICAL FUSES; OPTICAL POWER TRANSMISSION;

FIBER OPTIC NETWORKS;

EID: 21944454493     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.567468     Document Type: Conference Paper

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