Ultrahigh-speed OTDM-transmission technology

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 4616-4627

  Weber, Hans Georg ^a   Ludwig, Reinhold ^a   Ferber, Sebastian ^a   Schmidt Langhorst, Carmen ^a   Kroh, Marcel ^a   Marembert, Vincent ^a   Boerner, Christof ^a   Schubert, Colja ^a  

^a FRAUNHOFER HEINRICH HERTZ INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Optical communication; Optical signal processing; Time division multiplexing (TDM); Ultrafast optics

Indexed keywords

LIGHT TRANSMISSION; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL LINKS; OPTICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; TRANSMITTERS; ULTRAFAST PHENOMENA;

FIBER LINK; OPTICAL TIME DIVISION MULTIPLEXING (OTDM); ULTRAFAST OPTICS; ULTRAHIGH-SPEED DATA TRANSMISSION;

TIME DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

EID: 33847665065     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2006.885784     Document Type: Review

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