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Title: Fiber Optics: The Future Of The Internet


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Fiber Optics The Future Of The Internet
  • Leonard David

2
Outline
  • Fiber Optics What is it?
  • Research Questions
  • History
  • What it does today
  • Types of Cables
  • The Future

3
Fiber Optics What Is It?
  • Fiber Optics are cables that are made of optical
    fibers that can transmit large amounts of
    information at the speed of light.
    (www.dictionary.com)

4
Research Questions
  • What can fiber optics do for us in the future?
  • Improve our communication
  • Faster internet connection
  • What would the Internet look like if this could
    happen?
  • Streaming capabilities
  • Download capabilities
  • What is being done to make this transition
    happen?
  • Government action
  • Private Companies at work

5
Research Resources
  • Internet
  • Library
  • Magazines (IEEE)

6
History
  • 1961-Industry researchers Elias Snitzer and Will
    Hicks demonstrate a laser beam directed through a
    thin glass fiber. The fibers core is small
    enough that the light follows a single path, but
    most scientists still consider fibers unsuitable
    for communications because of the high loss of
    light across long distances. (www.greatachievemen
    ts.com.)
  • 1970- Researchers find a way to super purify
    glass fibers.
  • 1980- Att installs first set of fiber optic
    cables in major cities.

7
History
  • 1988- First transatlantic cable
  • 1996- First transpacific cable
  • 1997- First Fiber Optic Link Around the Globe
    (FLAG)

8
Present
  • Telecommunications
  • Internet Access
  • Cable and Satellite Television
  • Decorative Light Source

9
The Cable
  • Fiber Optic have three major characteristics
  • Composed of fibers either glass or plastic and
    sometimes both
  • Are very flexible
  • Have different tips

10
Components
  • Outside Jacket
  • Cladding
  • Core

11
Glass Fibers
12
Characteristics
  • Glass Core
  • Glass Cladding
  • Ultra Pure Ultra Transparent Glass
  • Made Of Silicon Dioxide
  • Low Attenuation
  • Popular among industries

13
Plastic Fibers
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Characteristics
  • Core Generally Consists Of Polymethyl
    Methacrylate (Acrylic Glass) (PMMA) Coated With A
    Fluoropolymer
  • High Attenuation
  • Used Mostly In Automotives
  • Affordable
  • Very Durable

15
Plastic Clad-Silica(PCS)
  • Glass Fiber Core sometimes silicone
  • Cladding is Plastic or silicone
  • Silicone covering and insulators
  • Not common
  • Has Defects

16
Government Involvement
  • United States Itself has fallen behind Europe
  • Pace of fiber optic expansion has started to
    speed up again
  • Research for having more soldiers at home base
    fighting using a robot

17
Private Companies Input
  • Several Private Companies have offered large
    scale fiber optic networks
  • Underground networks are already in place and are
    being used by secret societies
  • UCSB itself has eight rings of fiber optic
    networks on campus

18
The Future
19
The Internet
20
  • Bandwidths of up to 10Gbps
  • Streaming Whole Movies in HD
  • Effortless video conferencing with no lagging
  • Gaming in HD quality that never lags
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