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optical communication [′äp·tə·kəl kə‚myü·nə′kā·shən] (communications) The use of electromagnetic waves in the region of the spectrum near visible light for the transmission of signals representing speech, pictures, data pulses, or other information, usually in the form of a laser beam modulated by the information signal. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Interest in these topics arises primarily because of the dramatic growth in wavelength-division-multiplexed optical communication systems wherein 100 or more separate wavelength channels, each modulated at up to 40 Gbit/s, are transmitted over a single optical fiber. The unexpected properties of the new dyes not only make them potentially useful for optical signaling, but also stand accepted thinking in the field of optical communication on its head, says Bredas. Luminent is in the same fiber optics realm as crosstown rival Optical Communication Products Inc. |
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