Fiber Optics Physics and Technology /

• Main Author: Mitschke, Fedor (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2010.
• Subjects: Physics.; Optics.; Electrodynamics.; Optoelectronics.; Plasmons (Physics).; Microwaves.; Optical engineering.; Optical materials.; Electronic materials.; Optics, Optoelectronics, Plasmonics and Optical Devices.; Signal, Image and Speech Processing.; Optics and Electrodynamics.; Microwaves, RF and Optical Engineering.; Optical and Electronic Materials.

Telephone, telefax, email and internet -- the key ingredient of the inner workings is the conduit: the line which is designed to carry massive amounts of data at breakneck speed. In their data-carrying capacity optical fiber lines beat other technologies (copper cable, microwave beacons, satellite l...