Role of standards in building the worldwide optical telecommunications network

Jack Dupre; Lorenzo Freschet

doi:10.1117/12.328794

4 December 1998 The role of standards in building the worldwide optical telecommunications network

Jack Dupre, Lorenzo Freschet

Proceedings Volume 3491, 1998 International Conference on Applications of Photonic Technology III: Closing the Gap between Theory, Development, and Applications; (1998) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.328794
Event: 1998 International Conference on Applications of Photonic Technology, 1998, Ottawa, Canada

Abstract

The unprecedented growth in demand for network capacity, driven by the internet and data services in general, has motivated equipment manufacturers and service providers to fully exploit the bandwidth potential of single-mode optical fiber. In addition to the optical fiber itself, erbium-doped fiber amplifiers and dense wavelength division multiplexing components have enabled capacities approaching 1 Tb/s on a single fiber. Optical networking, in which signal routing and switching are at the optical layer, is currently a subject of active research and debate. This presentation summarizes many of the current activities working on the physical layer aspects of the optical network including system and component issues.

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Jack Dupre and Lorenzo Freschet "The role of standards in building the worldwide optical telecommunications network", Proc. SPIE 3491, 1998 International Conference on Applications of Photonic Technology III: Closing the Gap between Theory, Development, and Applications, (4 December 1998); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.328794

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