Recently, in communication system, fiber optics has become a most interesting development tool as a transmission medium. It first appeared as a feasible transmission medium in 1970. The reason for the development in fiber optics comes from the overwhelming advantage in technology and economy compared to wires and coaxial links. For technology progress, typically, optical fiber has a wide transmission band-width (0.1-1000 GHz), lower loss per unit length (0.15 – 5 dB km ^-1[1]), and does not allow electromagnetic interference. For example, signal transmitted over commercial silica-based fiber must be reamplified every 10 to 50 kilometers, whereas signals transmitted over copper wires must be reamplified every 4 to 6 kilometers. The economical advantage are as follows: a typical cable fiber weighs only about 3 kg/km; cost under $500/km or less, and has a longer repeater spacing of up to 100 km or more at a data rate of at least several hundred megabits per second. Because the optical fibers meet both demands, it has enabled us to construct high bit-rate and long haul communication systems in metropolitan area.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UTAHS/oai:digitalcommons.usu.edu:etd-3099 |
| Date | 01 December 1992 |
| Creators | Tantiphanwadi, Prapassorn |
| Publisher | DigitalCommons@USU |
| Source Sets | Utah State University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | text |
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| Source | All Graduate Theses and Dissertations |
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