City of Light: The Story of Fiber Optics

Payne, Dave 183, 214, 240–243
Pearson, Dave 124, 126–127, 144, 171
Periscopes 40, 47
Perspex 45
Peters, C. Wilbur ‘‘Pete’’ 61–64, 66–67
Philip, Prince 162
Philips NV 50, 61, 191, 199
Philips, Geoffrey 177
Phosphorous, in fiber 209
Photophone 81–82
Physical Review Letters 93
Physical Society (London) 31, 128
Picture telephone (French) 222–223
Picture transmission 34–45
Picturephone 99, 129, 161, 164–165, 217,
230
Pierce, John R. 87, 160, 171
‘‘Pipe dream’’ 141
Pipes, light 18, 21–22, 40, 88–89, 100
Pirelli 137, 172, 182, 247
Plastic cladding 66, 178
Plastic fibers 51, 52, 268n58
Plastic illuminating rods 23, 45, 53
Plateau, Joseph 280n8
Polaroid 41, 200
Polishing
flame 66, 136
mechanical 66, 68, 136
Pollard, Marvin 61, 67
Portable communication systems 120
POTS (Plain old telephone service) 7–8
Potter, Bob 74
Predictions 220–221, 226, 230–231
Preforms 63–67, 134, 136–139, 170, 171
Prestel 118–119
Prince Philip 162
Printer, ink-jet 41
Proceedings of the Institution of Electrical
Engineers 114
Programming center, Hi-OVIS 220
Project Oxygen 236, 248
Public relations 114, 156, 181,
306n42
Publications
Kapany 69–70
van Heel 53, 55–56
Pulse code modulation 84–85, 87, 161, 163,
307n16
Pulse dispersion 105, 122, 167–168, 183–
186, 205, 232
Pulsed lasers 150–151
Punched card readers 74, 102
Purity, glass 5, 113, 125–127, 131–133
Pyrex 132
Quality, satellite circuit 204
Quartz 31, 113
INDEX 337
Quaternary semiconductors 184–186, 189,
191–192
QUBE 219
Queen Elizabeth II 161–162
Quist, Tom 149
Radar 83, 85
Radio Corporation of America. See RCA
Radio
communication 39, 77–84
facsimile 40–41
movies 38
telephones 82–83, 203
waves 80
Rainbow 280 n13
Raman amplification 233
Ramsay, Murray 87–89, 141, 144, 161–162
Randall, Eric 178, 190, 301n48
Rawson, Harold 113
RCA 37, 39–41, 44
Laboratories (Princeton) 89, 152
Rocky Point Laboratory 39–41, 44
Receivers, television 38
Records
transmission distance 232–233
transmission speed 234–235
Rediker, Robert 149
Reeves, Alec 76–77, 84–85, 87–89, 104,
123, 128, 163, 201, 205, 227
Reeves Telecommunication Laboratories 163
Reflection, surface 112
Reflection, total internal 13–15, 23–27, 47–
48
Reflective light pipes 18, 21–22, 88–89, 100,
104
Reflectors 18, 21–22
Refraction 24–26
Refractive index 24–26
Relays, microwave 83, 85, 195
Reliability
laser 156–159, 185–186, 212
submarine cable 202
telephone 238
Remote viewing 35
Repairs, submarine cable 202
Repairs, telephone 237–238
Repeaters 83–84, 128, 173, 186, 195–196,
203–207, 212, 243–244
Research budgets 122, 128–129
Resolution, imaging 35
Retina 49
Reuters 51
Revenue, from fiber to the home 224
Rigid fiber bundles 68–69
Roberts, F. F. 119–123, 126, 163, 177–178,
182
Robotic vehicles 237
Rochester, University of 46, 53–54, 69, 74