Digital optical networks using photonic integrated circuits (PICs) address the challenges of reconfigurable optical networks

IEEE Communications Magazine

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 35-43

  Allen, Mark ^a   Liou, Chris ^a   Melle, Serge ^a   Vusirikala, Vijay ^a  

^a INFINERA CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; MODULATORS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL LINKS; PHOTONICS;

DIGITAL OPTICAL NETWORKS; OPTICAL-ELECTRICAL-OPTICAL CONVERSION; PHOTONIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS (PICS); RECONFIGURABLE OPTICAL ADD/DROP MULTIPLEXER (ROADM);

FIBER OPTIC NETWORKS;

EID: 39449114193     PISSN: 01636804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MCOM.2008.4427228     Document Type: Review

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