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Laser and Fiber Optics

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  • Optical Telegraph

    Optical Telegraph
    Chappe Brothers invented the optical telgraph. It used a series of lights to deliver messages.

  • Discovered how to direct light

    Discovered how to direct light
    Jacques Babinet and Daniel Colldon discovered that light could be directed at jets of water to create wonderous displays.

  • Photophone

    Photophone
    Alexander Graham Bell deigned an optical telephone system. It functioned similar to a telephone. However, telephones are more realistic and naturally became more popular.

  • Light pipe system

    Light pipe system
    Willian Wheeler invented a system to light a home with one electric lamp. This system used many pipes covered in reflective material.

  • Stimulated Emission

    Stimulated Emission
    Albert Einstein develops stimulated emission theory. it states that a high enegy atom when "stimulated" by a photon of a certain wavelength another photon will be made.

  • Television

    Television
    John baird patented his idea of using transparent light arrays to transmit images for T.V.

  • Image Transmission

    Image Transmission
    Heinrich Lamm was the first to transmit a light bulb filament image.

  • Maser

    Maser
    Charles Townes and James Gordon along with Herbert Zeiger developed a maser at Columbia University. Maser stands for microwave amplification by stimulated emission of radiation.

  • Laser Concept

    Laser Concept
    Townes published a paper that showed the concerpt of a laser along with physicist Arthur Schawlow.

  • Operable Laser

    Operable Laser
    The first operating helium-neon gas was invented by Bell Laboratories and Ali Javan.

  • Medical Ruby Laser

    Medical Ruby Laser
    Charles Campbell used a ruby laser for medical use.

  • Pure Fibers

    Pure Fibers
    Optical fibers made by Corning Glass Works meet purity standards set by Kao and Hockham. It is some of the purest glass ever made.

  • Commercial Laser

    Commercial Laser
    Engineers developed the first commercial semiconductor laser at Laser Diode Labs. It allowed for the continuous-wave operation for telephone conversation trasmission.

  • Telephone Fiber-optic trails

    Telephone Fiber-optic trails
    Telephone companies tart to use fiber-optic cables that carry live telephone information.

  • Cities Linked by Fiber-optic cables

    Cities Linked by Fiber-optic cables
    AT&T said that they would install a massive fiber-optic cable that would link major cities from New York to D.C.

  • Transpacific Fiber-optic Cable

    Transpacific Fiber-optic Cable
    A fiber cable that used used optical amplifiers was laided across the Pacific Ocean capable of handling over 300k telephone calls at the same time.

  • Optical Amplifiers

    Optical Amplifiers
    Optical amplifiers are built into the fiber cable itself by Emmanuel Desurvire and David Payne along with P.J. Mears.

  • FLAG

    FLAG
    A fiber optic cable around the world becomes the longest single cable network. It now has a variety of operation centers. This cable provides a nice structure for next-gen interent applications.

  • Sources

    Sources
    APA citations History of Fiber Optics. (n.d.). Retrieved September 15, 2014, from http://www.timbercon.com/history-of-fiber-optics/ Lasers and Fiber Optics Timeline - Greatest Engineering Achievements of the Twentieth Century. (n.d.). Retrieved September 15, 2014, from http://greatachievements.org/?id=3706