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We demonstrate a hybrid metropolitan and long-haul ( ) wa¨elength-di¨ision multiplexed WDM network. In this application, two metropolitan WDM rings are connected to each other by two optically amplified point-to-point WDM transmission systems. The metropolitan WDM equipment performs optical channel

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"DOUGLAS ADAMS IS A TERRIFIC SATIRIST."--The Washington Post Book World Facing annihilation at the hands of the warlike Vogons is a curious time to have a craving for tea. It could only happen to the cosmically displaced Arthur Dent and his curious comrades in arms as they hurtle across space powere

"DOUGLAS ADAMS IS A TERRIFIC SATIRIST."--The Washington Post Book World Facing annihilation at the hands of the warlike Vogons is a curious time to have a craving for tea. It could only happen to the cosmically displaced Arthur Dent and his curious comrades in arms as they hurtle across space powere

SUMMARY: "DOUGLAS ADAMS IS A TERRIFIC SATIRIST."--The Washington Post Book WorldFacing annihilation at the hands of the warlike Vogons is a curious time to have a craving for tea. It could only happen to the cosmically displaced Arthur Dent and his curious comrades in arms as they hurtle across sp

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