Si nanocrystal sensitized Er-doped silica waveguide optical amplifiers for optical metro/access networks

Metro/access 광통신망을 위한 실리콘 나노결정 sensitized Er-doped 실리카 광도파로 광증폭기

Optical telecommunication has been growing at a rate that exceeds even the "Moore′s Law". However, while the electronic revolution has allowed everyone to have his/her own PC, the optical revolution is still confined to the long-haul network such that the individual end users are still connected to an electronic metro/access networks. However, given the rapid increase in the data traffic (e.g., multimedia), the optical edge that separates the individual end users from optical networks will eventually have to include the metro/acces networks. (omitted)