Wavelength accuracy in WDM: Techniques and standards for component characterization

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Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 391-393

  Gilbert, Sarah L ^a   Etzel, Shelley M ^a   Swann, William C ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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