Monday, November 30, 2009

Fiber Optic Communication




Fiber optic communication is a method of transmitting information from one place to another by sending pulses of light through an optical fiber. This light forms an electromagnetic carrier wave that is modulated to carry information. It was first created in the 1970’s. Fiber Optic has largely replaced copper wire because of its advantages over electrical transmission.

Fiber Optic is used by many companies to transmit telephone signals, Internet communication, and cable television signals. Due to much lower attenuation and interference, optical fiber has large advantages over existing copper wire in long distance and high demand applications. An example of a fiber optic network is Verizon Fios.

I found my information here at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiber-optic_communication

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