• DocumentCode
    1557168
  • Title

    Fiber-Optic Communications [In the Spotlight]

  • Author

    Davis, Christopher C. ; Murphy, Thomas E.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
  • Volume
    28
  • Issue
    4
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    7/1/2011 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    152
  • Lastpage
    150
  • Abstract
    This article reviews the history of fiber optics and how it has evolved to provide an ubiquitous broadband, high-quality communications infrastructure.
  • Keywords
    broadband networks; optical fibre communication; ubiquitous computing; fiber optic communication; ubiquitous broadband high-quality communication infrastructure; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fiber polarization; Optical receivers; Optical signal processing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Signal Processing Magazine, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1053-5888
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MSP.2011.941096
  • Filename
    5888645