OTDM-based optical communications networks at 160 Gbit/s and beyond

Optical Fiber Technology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-12

  Bogoni, Antonella ^a   Potì, Luca ^a   Ghelfi, Paolo ^a   Scaffardi, Mirco ^b   Porzi, Claudio ^b   Ponzini, Filippo ^b   Meloni, Gianluca ^b   Berrettini, Gianluca ^b   Malacarne, Antonio ^b   Prati, Giancarlo ^a,b  

^a CNIT   (Italy)

^b SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Optical data processing; Optical fiber communication; Optical networks; Time division multiplexing; Ultrafast optics

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; LOGIC GATES; MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS; OPTICAL FIBERS; TIME DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

OPTICAL FIBER COMMUNICATIONS; OPTICAL TIME DIVISION MULTIPLEXING (OTDM); ULTRAFAST OPTICS;

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 33845308189     PISSN: 10685200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yofte.2006.08.001     Document Type: Article

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