Physics in the Whirlwind of Optical Communications

Physics in the Whirlwind of Optical Communications

Technology is providing people all over the world with much better ways of communicating than ever before, and the winds of change have whipped up the desire to exchange more of everything from messages to movies. This demand for more bandwidth in communications is powering a whirlwind of changes in...

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Veröffentlicht in:Physics today 2000-09, Vol.53 (9), p.30-36
Hauptverfasser: Thomas, Gordon A., Ackerman, David A., Prucnal, Paul R., Cooper, S. Lance
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