• DocumentCode
    2753169
  • Title

    Looking backward: 2021 – 2011 in lightwave communications

  • Author

    Feuer, M.D.

  • Author_Institution
    AT&T Labs. - Res., Middletown, NJ, USA
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    9-13 Oct. 2011
  • Firstpage
    859
  • Lastpage
    860
  • Abstract
    I present a summary of lightwave communications in the year 2021, reviewing the history of innovations that sustained a decade of capacity growth and unprecedented network flexibility and efficiency.
  • Keywords
    history; optical communication; capacity growth; innovation history; lightwave communications; unprecedented network efficiency; unprecedented network flexibility; Optical add-drop multiplexers; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber networks; Stimulated emission;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Photonics Conference (PHO), 2011 IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Arlington, VA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-8940-4
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/PHO.2011.6110829
  • Filename
    6110829