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To: pat mudge who wrote (1114)	4/9/2000 9:38:00 AM
From: Wyätt Gwyön	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3951

Any perspective on solitons? From Algety's site: Since the mid eighties, the development of wavelength multiplex divison ("WDM") has delayed the emergence of soliton transmission. WDM allows the transmission of numerous channels at lower speeds over different "colors" (wavelengths) and has enabled carriers to cope effectively with the surge of demand for ever higher bandwidth on their core networks. However, WDM is essentially plagued by the same problems as non WDM transmission; some of them being even exacerbated by the presence of many channels. algety.fr [Implication being that WDM is a stop-gap, whose time to go is going to come?] Does not state what these problems are, but Algety apparently has the solution for them. There are a number of SI posts discussing solitons, though not on threads of component makers. siliconinvestor.com Idea seems to be that in the near term, solitons may be effective for long-haul underwater links w/o signal regeneration. I recall at the time of NT's Qtera purchase announcement, there was some concern on the JDSU thread that this would cut out JDSU components. But such theory was later laid to rest as Qtera would be using JDSU components (I think). I am just trying to understand how all this relates to SDLI's submarine components and systems business. I haven't found much information on the actual component configuration of soliton equipment.