Title :
Lightwave technology: expectations, problems, and achievements
Author_Institution :
COBRA Inst., Eindhoven Univ. of Technol., Netherlands
Abstract :
We review selected topics in the development of lightwave technology and discuss a number of unexpected problems that changed the course of progress, ideas that did not mature toward applications and details of innovations that are facilitating ongoing developments.
Keywords :
integrated optoelectronics; optical communication; optical fibre communication; optical fibre couplers; optical noise; optical planar waveguides; optical polymers; packaging; reviews; wavelength division multiplexing; WDM networks; achievements; coherent systems; expectations; innovations; integrated optics; lightwave technology; modal noise; optical communication; optical connectors; optical planar circuits; packaging; photonic IC; polymer optical fibres; problems; single-mode interfaces; subscriber access; Diode lasers; Fiber lasers; Integrated optics; Laser modes; Optical attenuators; Optical coupling; Optical fiber devices; Optical noise; Optical polymers; Paper technology;
Journal_Title :
Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
DOI :
10.1109/2944.902177
