Polarisation and wavelength division multiplexing at 1.55μm for bandwidth enhancement of multimode fibre based access networks

Optics Express

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 2280-2292

  Rochat, Etienne ^a   Walker, Stuart D ^a   Parker, Michael C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b Fujitsu Laboratories of Europe Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; DEMULTIPLEXING; FIBER OPTICS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; MONOCHROMATORS; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

MULTIMODE FIBES (MMF); OPTICAL BANDWIDTH;

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 2942746687     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.12.002280     Document Type: Article

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