Photonic Networks

1: Transport Networks. - Optical Networks: from Myth to Reality. - The ATT/DEC/MIT All-Optical Network Architecture. - PHOTONET WDM Supervision. - Problems and their Possible Solutions in the Dispersed Photonic Digital Networks. - Multiwavelength Ring Architectures and Protection Schemes. - Architectures for Hardware and Software Scalable Multiwavelength Networks. - Hypermedia Photonic Information Networks. - WDM Devices State of the Art. - Tunable Laser Diodes. - Wavelength Conversion Technology. - Planar Lightwave Circuits (PLCs). - Optical Fiber Devices. - System Applications and Emerging Technologies for Photonic Switching. - System Demonstrations and Assessment of Optical Switching in Broadband Networks. - Technologies and Applications for Space-Switching in Multi-Wavelength Networks. - System Applications of Large-Scale Optical Switch Matrices Using Silica-Based Planar Lightwave Circuits. - Photonic Technologies for Interconnection and Switching: Present and Future Applications. - 2: Access Networks. - WDM Passive Optical Networks: A Robust and Flexible Infrastructure for Local Access. - Upgrade of Hybrid Fibre Coax Networks Towards Bi-directional Access. - Laser Diodes for Local Access. - Functional Optical Modules Based on Planar Waveguides. - A 50 Mb/s Low Cost ONU Receiver for V-PON. - Ubiquitous Optical Link in Access and Residential Broadband Networks. - 3: Packet Switched Networks. - State of the Art of Photonic Packet Switched Networks. - Large-Capacity WDM Packet Switching. - From STARNET to CORD: Lessons Learned from Stanford WDM Projects. - System Functionalities and Architectures in Photonic Packet Switching. - Optical Packet Switching System Based on Optical Amplifier Gates. - Synchronisation Issues in Optical Packet Switched Networks. - All Optical Multihop Architectures for Photonic Packet Switching. - Deflection Routing in Multihop Space-Division Optical Networks. - Ultrafast All-Optical Signal Processing for Packet Switching. - Wavelength Division Multiplexed Local Area Networks Using Low-Cost Optoelectronics. - Optoelectronic Components for Computer Interconnects. - High Speed Circuits for Optical Networks. - Data Processing and Data Communication Networks The Drive for Cost Effective Photonic Technology. - Application of LiNbO3 Acousto Optic Tunable Switches and Filters in WDM Transmission Networks at High Bit Rates. - Systems Applications for All-Optical Semiconductor Switching Devices. Language: English