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Quasi-light Storage for Optical Data Packets

Quasi-light Storage for Optical Data Packets

Published on: February 6, 2014

Advances in local area optical data communication systems.

D G Cunningham¹, I H White²

¹Centre for Photonic Systems, Electrical Engineering Division, Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge, 9 JJ Thomson Avenue, Cambridge CB3 0FA, United Kingdom.

Reports on Progress in Physics. Physical Society (Great Britain)

|April 18, 2020

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Optical fibre technology has advanced local area communication speeds significantly. Future challenges involve increasing data rates while lowering power consumption and cost.

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Area of Science:

Optoelectronics and Communications Technology

Background:

Local area optical communication systems rely on various fiber optic technologies.
Key components include single/multimode fibers, lasers, modulators, and photodetectors.

Purpose of the Study:

To review optical fibre technology for local area optical communications.
To discuss challenges and potential solutions for future data rate increases.

Main Methods:

Review of existing optical fibre technologies.
Analysis of enabling methods like wavelength division multiplexing, multilevel modulation, and electronic signal processing.
Discussion of cost, power, and data rate trade-offs.

Main Results:

Local area optical link data rates have surged from 0.1 Gb/s in 1990 to nearly 1 Tb/s in 2019.
Significant advancements in components and techniques have driven this progress.

Conclusions:

Further increases in data rates require addressing challenges in power efficiency and cost.
Emerging technical solutions and novel methods are crucial for future advancements in optical communication systems.