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  2. Narinder Singh Kapany - Wikipedia

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    Narinder Singh Kapany (31 October 1926 – 4 December 2020) was an Indian-American physicist famously known as "Father of Fiber Optics" . [2] [3] [4] Kapany is a pioneer in the field of fiber optics, known for coining and popularising the term. [5] [6] Fortune named him one of seven "Unsung Heroes of the 20th Century" for his Nobel Prize ...

  3. Charles K. Kao - Wikipedia

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    ^ e: OFC/NFOEC – Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition/National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference [132] ^ a: Kao's major task was to investigate light-loss properties in materials of optic fibers, and determine whether they could be removed or not. Hockham's was investigating light-loss due to discontinuities and curvature of ...

  4. Shirley Ann Jackson - Wikipedia

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    Shirley Ann Jackson, FREng (born August 5, 1946) is an American physicist, and was the 18th president of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.She was the subject of false claims (made by others, not by Jackson herself) that she invented caller ID and call waiting.

  5. How the 173-year-old glassmaker behind Edison’s light bulb ...

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    A formative failure. But it hasn’t all been smooth sailing for the 6-foot-7, 65-year-old Corning CEO. In the 1990s, Weeks was the Corning vice president tapped to run a new optical fiber ...

  6. Fiber to the premises in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Community network, services available via their fiber-optic network include telephone and broadband Internet Elevate Fiber [9] Montrose, CO, Paonia, CO, Orchard City, CO, Cedaredge, CO, Delta, CO: Elevate Fiber, powered by DMEA, is building a 100% fiber network that will give you a whole new internet experience.

  7. Fiber-optic cable - Wikipedia

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    A TOSLINK optical fiber cable with a clear jacket. These cables are used mainly for digital audio connections between devices. A fiber-optic cable, also known as an optical-fiber cable, is an assembly similar to an electrical cable but containing one or more optical fibers that are used to carry light. The optical fiber elements are typically ...

  8. Fibre optic cables should be considered 'critical ... - AOL

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    Google has invested in intercontinental subsea cables such as Equiano, which connects Africa with Europe, and in May announced a new subsea cable project called Umoja, the first direct fibre optic ...

  9. Russia is signaling it could take out the West's internet and ...

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    The vast network of undersea fiber-optic cables that transfer data between continents is indeed vulnerable to hostile powers, including Russia, the Center for Strategic and International Studies ...