• DocumentCode
    1436571
  • Title

    High-capacity optical communications: personal recollections

  • Author

    Kogelnik, Herwig

  • Author_Institution
    Crawford Hill Lab., Lucent Technol. Bell Labs., Holmdel, NJ, USA
  • Volume
    6
  • Issue
    6
  • fYear
    2000
  • Firstpage
    1279
  • Lastpage
    1286
  • Abstract
    These are the personal recollections of one of the many participants in the revolution that changed the core of telecommunications, its fundamental science, its enabling technology, and its industry.
  • Keywords
    integrated optics; optical communication; optical fibre communication; optical solitons; wavelength division multiplexing; WDM; enabling technology; high-capacity optical communications; integrated optics; lasers; lightwave systems; optical fibres; periodic structures; solitons; Gas lasers; Laser modes; Laser theory; Masers; Mirrors; Optical amplifiers; Optical fiber communication; Paper technology; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1077-260X
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/2944.902179
  • Filename
    902179