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The Challenging Road Towards a High-Performance WDM Technology

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Abstract

Technical issues to be addressed include long-term source channel capacity, wavelength stability and reliability, increased demultiplexer capacity, channel selectivity and decreased loss, and choosing among the rich set of technical possibilities for implementing the new functions of wavelength add-drops, wavelength conversion, and even wavelength cross-connect switches. This talk surveys available technological solutions and new emerging approaches, compared on the basis of fundamental design limitations and practical fabrication and implementation issues that affect both performance and cost.

© 1996 Optical Society of America

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