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Science 31 May 1985:
Vol. 228. no. 4703, pp. 1043 - 1048
DOI: 10.1126/science.228.4703.1043
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High-Speed Lightwave Transmission in Optical Fibers

Herwig Kogelnik 1

1 Director of the Photonics Research Laboratory, AT&T Bell Laboratories, Holmdel, New Jersey 07733.

There has been considerable progress in the telecommunications technology based on the transmission of lightwaves through optical fibers. Systems experiments in the 1.55-micrometer band have now demonstrated the capability of transmitting at rates as high as 2 gigabits per second over fiber lengths exceeding 100 kilometers, without the use of repeaters to boost the signal. Elements of this progress are advances in the fabrication of low-loss single-mode fibers, in the spectral control of semiconductor junction lasers assuring single-frequency operation, and in high-speed detectors and receivers.


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