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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Laude, Jean-Pierre.

DWDM fundamentals, components, and applications / Jean-Pierre Laude.
p. cm. (Artech House optoelectronics library)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1-58053-177-6 (alk. paper)
1. Wavelength division multiplexing. 2. Optical communications.
3. Light Wavelength. I. Title. II. Series.
TK5103.592.W38 L38 2002
621.382'7 dc21 2001055246

British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data
Laude, J. P. (Jean-Pierre)

DWDM fundamentals, components, and applications. (Artech
House optoelectronics library)
1. Optical communications 2. Multiplexing
I. Title
621.3'827

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International Standard Book Number: 1-58053-177-6
Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 2001055246

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About the Author

Jean-Pierre Laude received his engineering degree in optics from the Ecole Sup rieure d'Optique in Paris, in 1963, and his doctorate in spectroscopy from the University of...