DocumentCode
960951
Title
Optical fibers for computer systems
Author
Crow, John D. ; Sachs, Martin W.
Author_Institution
IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, NY
Volume
68
Issue
10
fYear
1980
Firstpage
1275
Lastpage
1280
Abstract
The opportunities for the use of fiber optics in computer systems are explored and functional requirements described. The evolution of many computer-system applications is in the direction of high bandwidth interconnections for which fiber optics offers substantial advantages over other approaches.
Keywords
Application software; Computer networks; Electron optics; Integrated circuit interconnections; Light emitting diodes; Optical computing; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber devices; Optical fibers; Optical receivers;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Proceedings of the IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9219
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/PROC.1980.11844
Filename
1456113
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