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THE BEGINNING of fiber optics era
tyndall effect -
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operable laser invented
Theodore Maiman was fighting with gordan to make the first laser and in the end Theodore Maiman was the first to make one -
helium neon gas laser
This laser was able to have a phone call off of it and Bell Laboratories was the one to invent it -
medical use of the ruby laser
these to resershers use the ruby laser to get rid of the retinal tumor -
Gallium arsenide laser
This laser was used to read CD/DVD's and computer printers -
first fiber optic used
The first fiber optic wire was made out of paper. -
Fiber-optic cable links
They install fiber-optic cable linking major cities between Boston and Washington, D.C. The cable is designed to carry three different wavelengths through graded-index fiber technology that carries video signals later that year from the Olympic Games in Lake Placid, New York. -
Element Erbium
In 1987 the make fiber optics signal even stronger with the element erbium. -
The first transatlantic
The first transatlantic fiber-optic cable is installed so thousands of cellphones can call. -
Optic system
They made a new system the all-optic system and it is 100 times faster than cable. -
The globe
The world has the fiber optic link and the longest wire is 17,500 miles long. -
Even faster
In 2014 all across the world they made a new fiber optic that allows faster speed even in storms and that there is wifi off these now and they are dug underground some of these are.