Survey of telecommunications applications of quantum electronics-progress with optical fiber communications

Author

Ikegami, Tetsuhiko

Author_Institution

NTT Co., Kanagawa, Japan

Volume

80

Issue

3

fYear

1992

fDate

3/1/1992 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

411

Lastpage

419

Abstract

Optical transmission for high data rate telecommunications constitutes one of the most important applications of quantum electronics. The author describes the rapid development of this technology, the state of the art, and some projections for the future. In particular, the characteristics of the fiber transmission medium, the semiconductor laser sources, and the receivers are described along with the recent advances made possible by the development of practical optical amplifiers. The main challenges for the future are in development of practical broadband integrated-services digital networks and components for an all-photonic network

Keywords

ISDN; optical communication; optical fibres; semiconductor junction lasers; all-photonic network; broadband integrated-services digital networks; data rate; optical amplifiers; optical fiber communications; quantum electronics; receivers; semiconductor laser sources; B-ISDN; Copper; Optical communication equipment; Optical fiber cables; Optical fiber communication; Optical fibers; Optical network units; Optical receivers; Optical sensors; Technological innovation;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Proceedings of the IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9219

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/5.135357

Filename

135357