History of Computers - Fiber Optic Cables, 1840, 1961-77

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  • Discovery that light is capable of traveling down a path

    Discovery that light is capable of traveling down a path
    Physicists Daniel Collodon and Jaques Babinet prove that light can travel along a directed jet of water. John Tyndall later discovers that light could travel down water even at a bent angle.

  • Elias Snitzer theorizes communication down a single mode fiber.

    Elias Snitzer theorizes communication down a single mode fiber.
    Elias Snitzer theorizes that light can travel down a single-mode fiber using only one wave length to communicate.

  • Successful long distance fibers are created

    Successful long distance fibers are created
    Corning Glass Works creates a purified single-mode fiber with an attenuation distance of 20dB/ km. Allowing communication applicable to us.

  • Fiber Optic Cables go into mass production

    Fiber Optic Cables go into mass production
    Bell Laboratories creates a process that allows the cables to be produced quickly and efficiently. Their standard is what is still used today in manufacturing.

  • First communication with Fiber Optic Cables happens

    First communication with Fiber Optic Cables happens
    In Long Beach, California, a telephone call transmitted over fiber optic cables happens for the first time.