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Full Name: Application and Control of Widely Tunable Lasers in HD WDM Networks

Duration: 1/3/98-31/12/99 (Finished)

Partners:

  • Gayton Photonics Ltd. (U.K.)
  • Telenor Research (Norway)
  • Altitun AB (Sweden)
  • NTT (Japan)
  • GEC-Marconi Materials Technology (U.K.)
  • University College Dublin (Ireland)

Objective:

  • To develop advanced control, management and switching methods for widely tunable lasers. To study new network concepts with widely tunable lasers

INTEC's Role:

  • INTEC acts as prime contractor of this project and contributes significantly to the activities on widely tunable laser control and on studies of direct modulation and wavelength switching of widely tunable lasers.