Abstract
By applying optical multiplexing techniques, the bandwidth of fiber optics can be utilized more efficiently. There are three primary optical multiplexing techniques. The most basic technique, space-division multiplexing (SDM), is a brute-force approach that simply uses separate optical fibers for each channel. Of course, this approach starts to become unwieldy as the number of channels and connections increases in a fully connected network.
Original language | English |
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Pages | B15-B16 |
Number of pages | 2 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Jul 2002 |
Event | Summer Topical Meeting of the Lasers-and-Electro-Optics-Society - Mt Tremblant, Canada Duration: 15 Jul 2002 → 17 Jul 2002 |
Conference
Conference | Summer Topical Meeting of the Lasers-and-Electro-Optics-Society |
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Country/Territory | Canada |
City | Mt Tremblant |
Period | 15/07/02 → 17/07/02 |
Keywords
- systems perspective
- optical processing
- packet networks
- bandwidth
- wavelength division multiplexing
- WDM networks
- time division multiplexing
- space technology
- optical switches
- optical pulses
- optical modulation
- optical fibers
- optical fiber networks