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Photonic Networks

Advances in Optical Communications

  • Conference proceedings
  • © 1997

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Editors:
  1. Giancarlo Prati

    1. Sede Scientifica di Ingegneria, Palazzina 2, Università di parma, Parma, Italy

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Table of contents (38 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Transport Networks

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Optical Networks: from Myth to Reality

      • Goff Hill
      Pages 3-13

    3. The ATT/DEC/MIT All-Optical Network Architecture

      • Richard A. Barry
      Pages 14-21

    4. PHOTONET WDM Supervision

      • Gerald Tobolka, Mathias Bischoff, Matthias Berger, Oliver Jahreis, Michael Lehdorfer
      Pages 22-34

    5. Problems and their Possible Solutions in the Dispersed Photonic Digital Networks

      • Yoshiaki Yamabayashi
      Pages 35-41

    6. Multiwavelength Ring Architectures and Protection Schemes

      • Ori Gerstel, Rajiv Ramaswami
      Pages 42-50

    7. Architectures for Hardware and Software Scalable Multiwavelength Networks

      • Anthony Acampora
      Pages 52-66

    8. Hypermedia Photonic Information Networks

      • Ken-ichi Yukimatsu, Atsushi Hiramatsu
      Pages 67-78

    9. WDM Devices, State of the Art

      • Tetsuhiko Ikegami
      Pages 79-90

    10. Tunable Laser Diodes

      • Jens Buus
      Pages 91-102

    11. Wavelength Conversion Technology

      • K. E. Stubkjaer, B. Mikkelsen, C. Joergensen, S. L. Danielsen, M. Vaa, R. J. Pedersen et al.
      Pages 103-117

    12. Planar Lightwave Circuits (PLCs)

      • Katsunari Okamoto
      Pages 118-132

    13. Optical Fiber Devices

      • Ashish M. Vengsarkar
      Pages 133-140

    14. System Applications and Emerging Technologies for Photonic Switching

      • J. E. Zucker
      Pages 141-143

    15. System Demonstrations and Assessment of Optical Switching in Broadband Networks

      • Marko Erman
      Pages 144-156

    16. Technologies and Applications for Space-Switching in Multi-Wavelength Networks

      • Mats Gustavsson
      Pages 157-171

    17. System Applications of Large-Scale Optical Switch Matrices Using Silica-Based Planar Lightwave Circuits

      • A. Himeno, T. Kominato, M. Kawachi, K. Okamoto
      Pages 172-182

    18. Photonic Technologies for Interconnection and Switching: Present and Future Applications

      • Naoya Henmi, Koroh Kobayashi
      Pages 183-197

  3. Access Networks

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 199-199
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About this book

The day when fiber will deliver new, yet now only foreseeable, broadband ser­ vices to the end user is getting nearer and nearer as we make our way towards the prophetic year 2000. Step by step, as we move from first generation lasers and fibers to the by now common erbium-doped fiber amplifiers, looking forward to such things as wavelength multiplexing and solitons, photonic switching and optical storage, the community of researchers in optical communications has stepped into the era of photonic networks. It is not just a question of terminology. Optical communication means tech­ nology to the same extent that photonic network means services. If it is true that information is just as marketable a product as oil or coke, the providing of an extensive global information infrastructure may end up having an even greater impact than the setting up of a world-wide railroad network did at the beginning of the industrial era. Just like wagons, bandwidth will be responsible for carrying and delivering goods to customers. The challenge for all of us in this field is for it to function in every section of the overall network, transport, access and customer area, in the best possible way: the fastest, most economical and most flexible. New services provided by a new network that exploits the potential and peculiarities of photonics surely requires a rethinking of solutions, new ideas, new architec­ tures, new design, especially where electronics is still dominant, as in transport and access networks.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Sede Scientifica di Ingegneria, Palazzina 2, Università di parma, Parma, Italy

    Giancarlo Prati

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Photonic Networks

  • Book Subtitle: Advances in Optical Communications

  • Editors: Giancarlo Prati

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-0979-2

  • Publisher: Springer London

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag London Limited 1997

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4471-1248-8Published: 26 September 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4471-0979-2Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 487

  • Topics: Communications Engineering, Networks, Optics, Lasers, Photonics, Optical Devices

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