History of the world’s optical fiber communication
Fiber invention caused a revolution in communications technology, constitute the coming 21st century information society is a major factor.
1966 was born in Shanghai, China, Chinese British Kao, published papers, “Optical Frequency Dielectric fiber surface waveguides,” made of quartz glass fiber (fiber) transmitting light signals to communicate, enabling long-distance, large-capacity communication .
20db/km loss in 1970 developed out of fiber. Corning said to cost 30 million U.S.