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This document discusses optical communication systems. It describes the three main components as the source, medium, and sink. The medium can be wireline or wireless, and communication can be point-to-point or point-to-multipoint. There are two windows in the electromagnetic spectrum used for broadband communications - radio frequencies from 100 kHz to 300 GHz, and infrared lightwaves from 30 THz to 300 THz. Optical communication systems have several advantages including enormous potential bandwidth, small size, electrical isolation, immunity to interference, signal security, low transmission loss, ruggedness, reliability, and potential low cost.

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Introduction

This document discusses optical communication systems. It describes the three main components as the source, medium, and sink. The medium can be wireline or wireless, and communication can be point-to-point or point-to-multipoint. There are two windows in the electromagnetic spectrum used for broadband communications - radio frequencies from 100 kHz to 300 GHz, and infrared lightwaves from 30 THz to 300 THz. Optical communication systems have several advantages including enormous potential bandwidth, small size, electrical isolation, immunity to interference, signal security, low transmission loss, ruggedness, reliability, and potential low cost.

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Introduction

Optical Communication System

Introduction

Three main components of communication system:


Source Medium Sink


Wireline Wireless Point-to-point communication Point-to-multipoint communication

Kinds of medium:

Types of communication:

Introduction

In electromagnetic spectrum, there are two windows that have been used for broadband communications The first window spans from 100 kHz to 300 GHz (radio frequencies)

Broadcast radio, TV, LANs, mobile phones

The second window spans from 30 THz to 300 THz (infrared lightwave region)

Backbone of infrastructure

Electromagnetic Spectrum

Historical Development

1880 Alexander Graham Bell, light beam


Photophone using modulated sunlight with a diaphragm Optical comm was investigated along with some problems

1960s invention of the laser 1966 Kao and Hockham, and Werts proposed optical comm via dielectric waveguides or optical fibers fabricated from glass 1973 invention of semiconductor lasers with lifetimes greater than 1000 h 1977 invention of semiconductor lasers with lifetimes greater than 7000 h

How great is the optical communication?

Trends in Optical Communications

Future Communication
The Future of communication - YouTube

The General System

An optical fiber communication system is similar to any type of communication system

Optical System

Advantages of Optical System

Enormous potential bandwidth Small size and weight Electrical isolation Immunity to interference and crosstalk Signal security Low transmission loss Ruggedness and flexibility System reliability and ease of maintenance Potential low cost

So, what will we learn?


Fiber optic cables How they work - YouTube

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