Article | REF: AF2090 V1

Guided propagation of light

Authors: Michel JOINDOT, Irène JOINDOT

Publication date: July 10, 2015, Review date: July 9, 2020

You do not have access to this resource.
Click here to request your free trial access!

Already subscribed? Log in!


Français

5. Conclusion

At the beginning of the twenty-first century, fiber optics became a leading transmission medium in telecommunications networks, and is associated with the worldwide development of the Internet and the associated enormous growth in traffic, both in terms of very long-distance transmission and the provision of very high-speed services to the subscriber. But alongside this most visible application, fiber also finds numerous applications in industry, medicine, agri-food...

The structure and characteristics of single-mode fibers used in telecommunications have remained virtually unchanged since the 1990s, while "special" fibers dedicated to particular applications have developed. As far as telecommunications are concerned, a significant reduction in losses would be likely to call into question the engineering and economics of networks, but current fibers have losses...

You do not have access to this resource.

Exclusive to subscribers. 97% yet to be discovered!

You do not have access to this resource.
Click here to request your free trial access!

Already subscribed? Log in!


The Ultimate Scientific and Technical Reference

A Comprehensive Knowledge Base, with over 1,200 authors and 100 scientific advisors
+ More than 10,000 articles and 1,000 how-to sheets, over 800 new or updated articles every year
From design to prototyping, right through to industrialization, the reference for securing the development of your industrial projects

This article is included in

Optics and photonics

This offer includes:

Knowledge Base

Updated and enriched with articles validated by our scientific committees

Services

A set of exclusive tools to complement the resources

Practical Path

Operational and didactic, to guarantee the acquisition of transversal skills

Doc & Quiz

Interactive articles with quizzes, for constructive reading

Subscribe now!

Ongoing reading
Conclusion