Optical fiber cable

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An optical fiber cable is a cable containing one or more optical fibers. The optical fiber elements are typically individually coated with plastic layers and contained in a protective tube suitable for the environment where the cable will be deployed.

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3 Americans share 2009 Nobel Prize in physics (AP)

'Masters of light' win Nobel Physics Prize

Physics / General Physics

created Oct 06, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (9) | comments 2

Charles Kao, Willard Boyle and George Smith won the 2009 Nobel Physics Prize Tuesday for pioneering "masters of light" work on fibre optics and semiconductors, the Nobel jury said.


Locals surf the internet at a cybercafe in Bouake

New undersea cable gives Africa high-speed Internet

Technology / Telecom

created Jul 23, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

A 13,700-kilometre (8,500-mile) undersea fibre-optic cable to provide high-speed Internet access on Africa's Indian Ocean coast went live on Thursday, its operator said.


Workers haul part of a fibre optic cable onto the shore at the Kenyan port town of Mombasa

Kenya gets undersea broadband fibre optic cable

Technology / Telecom

created Jun 12, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 1

An undersea fibre optic cable bringing broadband Internet connectivity to east Africa, reached the Kenyan coast from the United Arab Emirates on Friday, the president said.


Afghan President Hamid Karzai calls on a reporter at a press conference

First Afghan fibre optic cable connects to Tajikistan

Technology / Telecom

created Jun 04, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Part of Afghanistan's first international fibre optic cable has opened in a project that will make the country millions of dollars and boost regional connectivity, a cabinet minister said Thursday.


Life Expectancy on the Rise - Even for Quantum States

Life Expectancy on the Rise -- Even for Quantum States

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Apr 14, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- For the first time, scientists have succeeded in measuring and controlling the lifetime of quantum states with potential use in optoelectronic chips. This achievement is highly significant ...