Planar Lightwave Circuits in Fiber-Optic Communications

Optical Fiber Telecommunications V1A

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 269-341

  Doerr, Christopher R ^a   Okamoto, Katsunari ^b  

^a NOKIA RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b Okamoto Laboratory Ltd   (Japan)

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EID: 72549112173     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-374171-4.00009-5     Document Type: Chapter

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