A Brief History of Fiber Optics
The principles guiding fiber optic transmission, be it video, audio, or data signals, occurred in the same time period as the development of radio transmission. As with the parallel technological advancements in radio transmission and television transmission, fiber optic transmission learned much from basic electronic transmission.
Early Developments in Light Transmission
In 1870, John Tyndall of England demonstrated the early principles of fiber optic transmission to the British Royal Society in London. He used a beam of light and a jet of water that flowed from one container to another. As water poured out through the spout of the first container, Tyndall guided a beam of sunlight through the path ...
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