System requirements for WSS filter shape in cascaded ROADM networks

2010 Conference on Optical Fiber Communication, Collocated National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, OFC/NFOEC 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Heismann, Fred ^a  

^a JDSU Optical Networks Research Lab   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBER OPTICS; OPTICAL FIBERS;

40 GB/S; BROADBAND SIGNAL; CENTER FREQUENCY; PASS BANDS; SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS; WAVELENGTH-SELECTIVE SWITCHES;

OPTICAL FIBER COMMUNICATION;

EID: 77953930039     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1364/ofc.2010.othr1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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