The use of light for communication purposes dates back to antiquity if we interpret optical
communication in a broad sense, implying any communication scheme that makes use of …

The use of light as a means of communication is not a new idea; many civilisations used
sunlight refiected off mirrors to send messages, and communication between warships at …

In 1880, Alexander Graham Bell and his assistant, Sumner Tainter, unveiled a dramatic
advance in optical communication technology, which they called “the photophone.” Without …

Technology is providing people all over the world with much better ways of communicating
than ever before, and the winds of change have whipped up the desire to exchange more of …

Since the advent of optical communications, a greattechnological effort has been devoted to
the exploitation of the huge bandwidth of optical fibers. Sta-ing from a few Mb/s single …

Optical wireless communication has attracted significant interest recently in industry and
academia. This special issue features a collection of inter-related papers with the intention to …

The advanced status of optical com munications technology today is pri marily due to the
parallel development during the past decade of efficient semiconductor sources and …

114 SCIENTIFIC AMERlCAN January 1992 laser diode chip. When this fiber am plifier was
integrated into communica tions systems, it increased the trans mission capacities of the …

Providing a reliable link, with sufficient signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) and bandwidth to deliver
high-capacity communications is a critical challenge for optical wireless (OW) …

While there are books treating individual topics contained in this book, this will be the first
single volume providing a cohesive treatment on this subject as a whole. This goes beyond …