Fiberglass Optics - How Light is Brought Around the Bend
A Saturday Lecture for the general public from Prof. Dr. Markus Schmidt
Pulse propagabtion in a nonlinera fiber coupler
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- Types of event
- Lecture
- Saturday Lecture
- Venue
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Main Building of the Physical-Astronomical Faculty
Max-Wien-Platz 1, Lecture Hall 1 / Hörsaal 1
07743 Jena
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- Prof. Dr. Markus Schmidt
- Organizer
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Physical-Astronomical Faculty
- Contact
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Dr. Angela Unkroth
- Language of the event
- German
- Wheelchair access
- Yes, by request
- Public
- Yes
Schmidt, Markus (1975)
Image: Jan-Peter Kasper (University of Jena)Prof. Dr. Markus Schmidt
Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technologies and Otto Schott Institute of Materials Research
Fiberglass Optics - How Light is Brought Around the Bend
The fast and accurate transmission of data and information is more important today than ever before. The basis of data transport consists of optical light pulses that can transport information over many hundreds of kilometers inside of glass fibers. Glass fibers are as thin as human hair and can be safely bent. As a result, the fibers allow for very flexible light transport.
The technological breakthrough that led to optical fibers was the development of very pure glass that kept the weakening of the transported light to a minimum. Infrared light becomes only 50% weaker as it traverses a 15km-long quartz-glass block. This characteristic makes optical fibers an ideal medium for data transmission.
The essential physical characteristics of optical fibers as well as their production and meaning for everyday life will be discussed during the lecture.
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