Enabling Technologies: Building Blocks
Kluwer Academic Publishers eBooks · 2006
Recent advances in the field of optics have opened the way for the practical implementation of WDM networks. In this chapter, we have provided a brief overview of some of the optical WDM devices currently available or under development, as well as some insight into the underlying technology. As optical device technology continues to improve, network designers need to be ready to take advantage of new device capabilities, while keeping in mind the limitations of such devices.