Special issue on “special fiber structures and their applications” optical fiber technology

Miyajima, Yoshiaki, Dong, Liang and Poletti, Francesco (eds.) (2010) Special issue on “special fiber structures and their applications” optical fiber technology. [in special issue: Special fiber structures and their applications] Optical Fiber Technology, 16 (6), 329-330. (doi:10.1016/j.yofte.2010.10.001).

Abstract

In the late 1960s, researchers began contemplating the use of glass optical fibers as a low loss transmission medium for telecommunications. The visionary work of Dr. Charles K. Kao in this area was recently recognized by the award of the 2009 Nobel Prize in Physics. In the early 1970s, through a breakthrough at Corning Glass Works, the first low loss fibers were developed and deployed. These were multi-moded and operated at a wavelength of 850 nm. A few years later, improvement in fabrication technology allowed the realization of single-mode fibers, which around 1980 became the standard for both access and core telecommunication networks. Single-mode fibers operating first at 1300 nm and then at 1550 nm have enabled the creation of the optical backbone network of today’s information society. To epitomize the tremendous success that optical fiber technology has had in the past 40 years and will continue to have in the future, it is sufficient to mention that at the current growth rate, the total length of installed optical fibers worldwide will reach the 3 billion kilometers in 2015, over 75000 times the Earth’s circumference!
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Editor: Francesco Poletti

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