The illusion of infinity: is there a limit to optical fibre bandwidth? (Polina Bayvel - 11 Feb 2016)

source: UCL Lunch Hour Lectures   2016年2月26日
Speaker: Professor Polina Bayvel
UCL Engineering
The development of the optical fibre communication network has sparked the communication revolution and the growth of the internet. Is there a limit to the capacity of an optical fibre channel? This lecture will describe the physics of optical fibre transmission, the limits to achievable data rates and the techniques that can be used to overcome them.