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The History of Fiber Optics
Title: The History of Fiber Optics
Category: Science & Technology
Details: Words: 2293 | Pages: 9.8 (approximately 235 words/page)
The History of Fiber Optics
Optical communication systems date back two centuries, to the "optical telegraph" that French engineer Claude Chappe invented in the 1790s. His system was a series of semaphores mounted on towers, where human operators relayed messages from one tower to the next. It beat hand-carried messages hands down, but by the mid-19th century was replaced by the electric telegraph, leaving a scattering of "Telegraph Hills" as its most visible legacy.
Alexander Graham Bell patented an …showed first 75 words of 2293 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 2293 total…challenge remaining for fiber optics is economic. Today telephone and cable television companies can cost-justify installing fiber links to remote sites serving tens to a few hundreds of customers. However, terminal equipment remains too expensive to justify installing fibers all the way to homes, at least for present services. Instead, cable and phone companies run twisted wire pairs or coaxial cables from optical network units to individual homes. Time will see how long that lasts.
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