Chapter 1

History of Fiber Optics

Jeff D. Montgomery,     Chairman/Founder, ElectroniCast Corporation, San Mateo, California 94402

In this review of the history of communication via fiber optics, we examine this relatively recent advancement within the context of communication through history. We also offer projections of where this continuing advancement in communication technology may lead us over the next half century.

1.1. Earliest Civilization to the Printing Press

1.1.1. COMMUNICATION THROUGH THE AGES

All species communicate within their group. The evolution of the human species, however, appears to have been much more rapid and dramatic than the evolution of other species. This human advancement has coincided with an increasingly ...

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