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Perspective and overview

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Fluoride Glass Optical Fibres

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Optical communications systems in which information is conveyed as light pulses propagating through thin glass fibre are rapidly proving themselves to be an economically viable alternative to radio and copper wire-based transmission systems. In the United States, a multitude of such systems have been installed to carry voice, data, or video signals between and within buildings, cities and states. Similar efforts are underway in Europe, South America and the Far East, involving multimillion dollar investments by private industry and government telecommunications organizations. By 1995 it is likely that a telephone call placed between any major urban areas of the world will be conveyed for all or part of its journey along strands of high purity glass roughly a tenth of a millimeter in diameter.

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Drexhage, M.G. (1990). Perspective and overview. In: Fluoride Glass Optical Fibres. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-6865-6_1

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