Optical Fibers Getting Full.
The article reports on optical fibers for use in computing and communication. Particular focus is given to research regarding ways to get more data through thinner fibers, including those one-tenth the thickness of the average human hair. Additional topics discussed include insights on the topic fro...
| Publicado en: | Communications of the ACM Vol. 59; no. 10; pp. 10 - 13 |
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Association for Computing Machinery
Oct2016
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| Sumario: | The article reports on optical fibers for use in computing and communication. Particular focus is given to research regarding ways to get more data through thinner fibers, including those one-tenth the thickness of the average human hair. Additional topics discussed include insights on the topic from the technology journalist Jeff Hecht, the history of optical fibers and wavelength-division multiplexing, or WDM. |
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