Fibre Optic Communications: An Overview

Abstract

This paper deals with communication using optical fibres. The transmission using high bandwidth can handle vast amounts of information, which can be further improved by reduction in fibre losses, increase in data rates and distances, development of optical sources and detectors compatible with fibres. The recent development in the area of fibre optic communication as well as the advances in different fibre types and their properties, optical sources, detectors, system limitations and applications are also discussed in the paper. Keywords— Optical Fibre, Dispersion, Spectral Width, Photodiode, Laser, Electromagnetic Interference.