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Web Exclusive Articles Features | Optical Business | News & Analysis | New Products | Contract Awards | Archives Home Features 2003 P6 Optimized duobinary system designs save costs By JIGESH K. PATEL, RSoft Design Group, Inc.--As a simulator tool shows, the use of duobinary transmission can decrease the amount of dispersion-compensating fiber in network deployments. Pulsed lasers improve WDM testing By MICHAEL BROWNELL, GigaTera Inc.-- Mode-locked erbium-glass lasers are ideal for component, subsystem, and system test and measurement applications. Optical MEMS: Offering cost reduction for telecom systems By JAMES ABERSON, Colibrys, and PATRIC SALOMON, 4M2C--A large number of optical MEMS devices have been developed the last few years, but only a few will find their way to high volume, thanks to cost-effective manufacturing and packaging using a modular and flexible systems approach. Conducting an 'on-the-fly' job interview By ALAN SAVAGE, Tektronix Inc.--The key to conducting a successful interview is remembering your objective: develop an understanding of the candidate's skills and background, provide the candidate with information about the job and company, and leave the candidate with a positive impression of the business. Options for saving money and time on career development By SUZANNE MILLER, Tellabs--Even during today's telecom winter, developing work-related skills that improve your performance, productivity, and, ultimately, job satisfaction are still important. To be effective, you need a development plan that meets your needs and the needs of your company. Erbium-doped fiber amplifiers for next-generation networks By DR. KAI WUNDKE, Corning Inc.--New designs require more than optimizing optical performance parameters. Lab automation: Transforming test environments By KAUSHAL K. AGRAWAL, BRYAN KNYSH, and JAMEY MUNROE, Calient Networks--Lab automation with an optical switch system helps lab managers reduce operational expenses, simplify lab planning, and automate test setup and execution--resulting in more efficient and effective operations. Advanced optical diagnostics: Relieving the opex burden By KARL TOOMPUU, Ceyba Inc.--The new optical core requires unique diagnostic capabilities that are embedded within the network itself and remotely accessible to ensure that significantly lower capital expenditures of next-generation core networks are not eroded by an increased opex burden. Physical layer switches fill a gap for APS By KEVIN SCHAFFER, APCON--The integration of a physical layer switch enables carriers to provide high availability services at a fraction of the cost of replacing or redesigning network elements. Optimal grooming for the edge and core By STEPHEN FRENCH, JEAN-FRANCOIS LABOURDETTE, and KRISHNA BALA, Tellium--History and economics have set the stage for grooming at 2.5-Gbit/sec granularity in the optical mesh-network core. PAGE: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |

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