Optical fiber networks: Channeling light to greater heights
Wednesday, November 20, 2013 - 12:30
in Physics & Chemistry
Private households are increasingly connecting to the Internet via optical fiber networks, whose bandwidth is suitable for delivering on-demand. The fibers of the network transmit light simultaneously over many channels by using different optical wavelengths. These networks could be expanded by also utilizing light's polarization, which is the plane in which light waves oscillate.