Optical Techniques For Circuit...

Optical Techniques For Circuits And Packet-Based NetworkingOptical Techniques For Circuits And Packet-Based Networking
Daniel J. Blumenthal Optical Communications and Photonic Networks Group Dept. of ECE University of California, Santa Barbara Danb@ece.ucsb.edu

Research supported under DARPA/MTO DoD-N and CSWDM Program, and NSF FIND Program and GENI Planning Initiative.

Technology Push and Integration Trends
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Heterojunction Laser, Optical Waveguides, Integrated & Silicon Photonics Heterojunction Laser, Fiber Optics, Integrated Photonics, Optical Networks

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Distributed Systems

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