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The modern version of fiber optics--using flexible glass fibers to transmit light--was discovered independently five times through the first half of the century, and one of its first key applications was the endoscope, which for the first time allowed physicians to look inside the body without surgery.
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Endoscopes became practical in when a college undergraduate discovered how to make solid glass fibers with a glass cladding. With the invention of the laser, researchers grew interested in optical communications. While Bell Labs and others tried to send laser beams through the atmosphere or hollow light pipes, a small group at Standard Telecommunication Laboratories looked at guiding light by transparent fibers. Kao, they proposed the idea of fiber-optic communications and demonstrated that contrary to what many researchers thought glass could be made clear enough to transmit light over great distances.
Following these ideas, Corning Glass Works developed the first low-loss glass fibers in From this point fiber-optic communications developed rapidly. The first experimental phone links were tested on live telephone traffic in and within half a dozen years long-distance companies were laying fiber cables for their national backbone systems. In , the first transatlantic fiber-optic cable connected Europe with North America, and now fiber optics are the key element in global communications.
The story continues today as fiber optics spread through the communication grid that connects homes and offices, creating huge information pipelines and replacing copper wires. The book concludes with a look at some of the exciting potential developments of this technology. Guiding Light and Luminous Fountains A Vision of the Future Communicating with Light The laser Stimulates the Emission of New Ideas A Demonstration for the Queen Three Generations in Five Years Reflections on the City of Light.
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City of Light tells the story of fiber optics, tracing its transformation from 19th-century parlor trick into the foundation of our global communications network. Written for a broad audience by a journalist who has covered the field for twenty years, the book is a lively account of both the people and the ideas behind this revolutionary technology. The basic concept underlying fiber optics was first explored in the s when researchers used jets of water to guide light in laboratory demonstrations.
The idea caught the public eye decades later when it was used to create stunning illuminated fountains at many of the great Victorian exhibitions. The modern version of fiber optics--using flexible glass fibers to transmit light--was discovered independently five times through the first half of the century, and one of its first key applications was the endoscope, which for the first time allowed physicians to look inside the body without surgery. Endoscopes became practical in when a college undergraduate discovered how to make solid glass fibers with a glass cladding.
With the invention of the laser, researchers grew interested in optical communications.
Sloan Technology: City of Light : The Story of Fiber Optics by Jeff Hecht (1999, Hardcover)
While Bell Labs and others tried to send laser beams through the atmosphere or hollow light pipes, a small group at Standard Telecommunication Laboratories looked at guiding light by transparent fibers. Led by Charles K. Kao, they proposed the idea of fiber-optic communications and demonstrated that contrary to what many researchers thought glass could be made clear enough to transmit light over great distances.
Following these ideas, Corning Glass Works developed the first low-loss glass fibers in From this point fiber-optic communications developed rapidly. The first experimental phone links were tested on live telephone traffic in and within half a dozen years long-distance companies were laying fiber cables for their national backbone systems. In , the first transatlantic fiber-optic cable connected Europe with North America, and now fiber optics are the key element in global communications. The story continues today as fiber optics spread through the communication grid that connects homes and offices, creating huge information pipelines and replacing copper wires.
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Kindle Edition Verified Purchase. I attended OFC from to and felt the bubble's up and down by myself. I found several or more familiar names with whom I worked and who wrote papers I read again and again. Many technologies are described in the book, but also many people who devoted their time and efforts for fiber optics are introduced. Nothing is impossible at the end. Well written, fascinating and surprising history. One person found this helpful 2 people found this helpful.
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One person found this helpful. This is the book which I always recommend to anyone wanting to learn the rich story behind optical fibre communication. Those of us who helped develop the technology tell differing stories, usually ones with much greater emphasis on the significance of our own research communities.
Jeff managed to interview all the key players and then wove their different stories into a single exciting tale. This is not a text book, it is an adventure.
The more recent history is not included, but don't let that put you off. Recent history is always distorted in the telling. If you are interested in more information about the UK lab where pioneer and Nobel Laureate Charles Kao began the fibre story, see [ This is book has a wealth of information on the early years of fibre optics that I have not seen anywhere else.
It is full of names and brief explanations of their contribution. But overall I thought this was a dull, slow moving book with little insight. More of an ongoing collection of notes that have been put together for another better book on the history of fibre once the real story finally emerges. There is very little science here.
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You won't learn much about light physics or why the technology works -only that it does and who patented it. But the science may be reserved for Hecht's other book. Also , for those who are trying to keep up with Gilder this book will be disappointing.