Optics and the Internet
Optics and the Internet
The talk introduces the concept of Optoelectronics, the fusion of optics and electronics which is now absolutely vital to modern communications, in particular the Internet. The basic ideas of the scale of information which the modern world needs to transmit, and the speeds at which we must transmit it, are discussed to introduce the requirements of modern high-bandwidth links. The physical basis of those links, the fibre optics, optical amplifiers and dispersion compensation systems essential to its operation, are introduced at a basic, non-mathematical level. Some of the new developments required by the ever growing thirst for data communications, and approaches to them underway at the University of Southampton, are included in the talk.
Rutt, H N
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Rutt, H N
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Rutt, H N
(2010)
Optics and the Internet.
Public Lecture, Instrument Technology Research Center, Taiwan.
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The talk introduces the concept of Optoelectronics, the fusion of optics and electronics which is now absolutely vital to modern communications, in particular the Internet. The basic ideas of the scale of information which the modern world needs to transmit, and the speeds at which we must transmit it, are discussed to introduce the requirements of modern high-bandwidth links. The physical basis of those links, the fibre optics, optical amplifiers and dispersion compensation systems essential to its operation, are introduced at a basic, non-mathematical level. Some of the new developments required by the ever growing thirst for data communications, and approaches to them underway at the University of Southampton, are included in the talk.
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Accepted/In Press date: 3 March 2010
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Event Dates: 8 March 2010
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Public Lecture, Instrument Technology Research Center, Taiwan, 2010-03-08
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Electronics & Computer Science
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Local EPrints ID: 270813
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/270813
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