City of Light: The Story of Fiber Optics
City of Light: The Story of Fiber Optics
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330 INDEX<br />
Barlow, Harold 86, 110, 140–141<br />
Barr & Stroud 122<br />
Bausch & Lomb 61, 67, 120<br />
Beam waveguides 96<br />
Bechmann, G. 17–18<br />
Beernink, G. J. 288 n59<br />
Bell Labs 86–87, 93–100, 120–121, 126–<br />
127, 144, 152–159, 165–174, 192,<br />
195, 228, 231–235, 238, 242, 248. See<br />
also AT&T<br />
submarine cables 206–208<br />
Bell System see AT&T<br />
Bell, Alexander Graham 35, 79, 81<br />
Bellcore 228<br />
Bendix 101<br />
Bergano, Neal 232, 245<br />
Berlin Wall 215<br />
Berreman, Dwight 98–99<br />
Biarritz system 222–223<br />
BICC 137, 172<br />
Black, Phil 198<br />
Bolton, Sir Francis 16–17<br />
Boyle, Bill 305n32<br />
Boys, Charles Vernon 28–32, 283n10<br />
Bradley, Graham 194<br />
Bray, John 119, 122, 174<br />
Breaking scrambler code 69<br />
British Broadcasting Corp. 37, 162<br />
British Ministry <strong>of</strong> Defense 120<br />
British Post Office 86, 110–111, 141–144,<br />
163, 187–188. See also British Telecom<br />
Research Laboratory (Martlesham<br />
Heath) 176<br />
Research Station (Dollis Hill) 118–119,<br />
122–123, 125–126, 178<br />
British Telecom 6, 194–195, 210, 232. See<br />
also British Post Office<br />
Research Laboratory (Martlesham<br />
Heath) 182, 197, 225, 227–228, 232<br />
British Titan Products 122, 143<br />
Brouwer, Willem 52–53, 56, 288n59<br />
Bubble, telecommunication 247–255<br />
Budgets, research 122, 128–129<br />
Bulbs. See lamps<br />
Bundles, imaging 34–45, 60–74, 133, 236<br />
Cable ships 208, 213<br />
Cable television 8–9, 179, 217–219, 223<br />
Cables<br />
breakage 214, 229<br />
coaxial 216–218<br />
manufacture 172, 178<br />
submarine 4, 201–215, 248<br />
Cairo 3<br />
Canada 221–222<br />
Canada Wire and Cable 190<br />
Canadian Department <strong>of</strong><br />
Communications 221–222<br />
Canary Islands (cable) 211–212<br />
Capacity, fiber transmission 8–9, 78–80, 232–<br />
238, 245–249, 251, 253<br />
Card readers 74, 102<br />
Carrier signals 79, 80, 92<br />
Catapults 32<br />
Cayven, Georgia 31<br />
Central Electricity Generating Board 208<br />
Central Intelligence Agency 61, 64, 68–69,<br />
71<br />
Central <strong>of</strong>fice, telephone 77–80<br />
Central Telephone 189<br />
Cerny, Rich 178, 190, 193, 237<br />
Cerritos, California system 224–225<br />
Chemical vapor deposition 171<br />
Chicago field trial 180–181, 186<br />
Chicago World’s Fair (1894) 18<br />
Chinese Ministry <strong>of</strong> Post and<br />
Telecommunications 191<br />
Chinese University <strong>of</strong> Hong Kong 141<br />
Chown, Martin 123, 128–129, 160–162<br />
Chraplyvy, Andy 234–235<br />
Christmas trees, fiber-optic 75<br />
Chynoweth, Alan G. 309 n36<br />
Ciena 247<br />
Cinerama 54<br />
Cities, wired 217–218<br />
<strong>City</strong>, fibered 218–225<br />
‘‘<strong>City</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Light</strong>’’ 10, 236–237<br />
Cladding 46–59, 62, 73, 107<br />
credit for inventing 56<br />
glass 63–66, 68–69<br />
illustrated 48<br />
plastic 63, 66, 178<br />
Clark, William Smith 18<br />
Clarke, Arthur C. 87<br />
Coated fibers 51, 107<br />
Coaxial cable 8–9, 83–84, 201–204, 216–<br />
218<br />
Codes, digital 4<br />
Cohen, Mel 310n70<br />
Coherence 92, 93, 187<br />
Cold War 47, 57 64, 129, 156, 199, 204,<br />
215<br />
Colladon, Daniel 3, 12–18, 23, 27, 282n42<br />
Color centers 134, 138<br />
Combiners, image 73<br />
Comm/Scope 190–191<br />
Communications 76–91<br />
atmospheric laser 93–95<br />
home fiber 216–226<br />
interstellar laser 93<br />
radio 81–84<br />
satellites 87, 204, 212–213, 230<br />
Communist party 57<br />
Communities, futuristic 218–221, 225<br />
Compressed air 13<br />
Comptes Rendus 14–15, 17, 36
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