Glass: The Carrier of Light ‐ A Brief History of Optical Fiber
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Abstract
All voice and data communications employ silica glass optical fiber at some point in their nearly instantaneous transmission. This is enabled globally by the annual production of over 180 million kilometers of optical fiber. Since the first low‐loss fiber installations, nearly 2 billion kilometers have been manufactured, which is enough to connect the Earth with Jupiter. Given such a rare combination of ubiquity and utility, this article reviews the history of glass optical fiber and provides commentary on recent developments, and musings on their future.
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OpenAlex topics: Photonic Crystal and Fiber Optics · Optical Network Technologies · Advanced Fiber Optic Sensors
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Affiliations
Department of Materials Science and Engineering and the Center for Optical Materials Science and Engineering Technologies (COMSET) Clemson University Clemson South Carolina 29634
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering University of Illinois at Urbana‐Champaign Urbana Illinois 61801
Funding
U.S. Department of Defense
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