{tag=Optical fiber}

This one took a while! Major developments were from the 70s! Perhaps it took the <Internet> revolution to make its importance clear.


2009 Nobel Prize in Physics

{tag=Technology}
{wiki}

= Fiber optics
{synonym}

\Video[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qkizPs2kdw]
{title=The Story of Light by <Bell Labs> (2015)}
{description=Gives some ideas of the history of <fiber optics>. Features: Herwig Kogelnik.}

\Video[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0MwMkBET_5I]
{title=<Fiber optic cables> by <EngineerGuy>}

\Video[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DCrIAxEv_Y]
{title=<Fiber optics> fundamentals by <#Shaoul Ezekiel>}
{description=
2008 at <MIT>. Theory and demonstration.
* https://youtu.be/0DCrIAxEv_Y?t=560[]:
  * on smaller wavelengths, loss is due to <#Rayleigh scattering>
  * on longer wavelengths, loss is due to material absorption
  Terefore, the 1.5 micrometer window truly is the minimum.
}


Ciro Santilli @cirosantilli 37

 Tagged: Optical fiber