Abstract: An optical transmitter/transceiver that includes a gain medium having a sufficiently highly reflective surface at one end, a sufficiently anti-reflective surface at another opposite end, and an attachable/detachable wavelength-selective reflection mechanism which when coupled to the gain medium effectively becomes part of a laser cavity. A transmitter/transceiver module that includes a number of these optical transmitter/transceivers provides a multi-wavelength output source, depending upon the attachable/detachable wavelength-selective reflection mechanism chosen for a particular transmitter/transceiver.

Abstract: A system and method for managing a component-based system. The system includes at least one application component and a management core. Each of the components is associated with a managed object representation including the management logic of the component. The management core provides a managed object view of each managed object and allows manipulation of management behavior of each managed object through at least one predetermined event policy. The components are a part of a network application. When a predetermined event is reported in association with one of the components, an associated event policy of the at least one predetermined event policy is performed.