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Research Paper |
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The Recent Trends in Fibre Optic Communication |
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Kuwait |
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Eng. ISSA OBAID ALORF |
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10.9790/1676-09264149 |
Abstract: Rudimentary work on waveguides for long-range communication originally started in 1964 for wideband signals. Initially, the advancements in this domain suffered from significant challenges including dielectric losses, attenuation, inter/intra-model dispersion and micro/macro band losses. It was not until 1980s that optical communication emerged as a feasible mean of communication. However, the medium still suffered from major drawbacks. For instance, there were no optical amplifiers at that time. Moreover, the nodes/repeaters had re-amplification, retiming and reshaping (3R) regeneration processes that were done in the electrical domain which is commonly termed as the optical-electrical-optical (O-E-O) conversions. This resulted in a transformation from optical to electrical and back to optical domain which had its own performance bottlenecks. Despite these shortcomings, optical communication has seen increasing modifications and innovations that are improving speed, the core or the access, and the optical burst switching mechanisms (Pedrola et al. 2011).
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