High-capacity optical transmission systems

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1032-1045

  Gnauck, Alan H ^a   Tkach, R W ^a   Chraplyvy, A R ^a   Li, T ^b  

^a LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

^b AT AND T LABS RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Optical communication

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; POWER TRANSMISSION; TRANSMISSIONS;

HIGH CAPACITY (TRANSMISSION DATA RATE); HIGH SPEED TRANSMISSION; LIGHTWAVE TECHNOLOGY; OPTICAL TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS; THREE ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE;

OPTICAL SYSTEMS;

EID: 46649118508     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2008.922140     Document Type: Article

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