Title :
Looking backward: 2021 – 2011 in lightwave communications
Author_Institution :
AT&T Labs. - Res., Middletown, NJ, USA
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;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Conference (PHO), 2011 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Arlington, VA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8940-4
DOI :
10.1109/PHO.2011.6110829
