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Title: Communications; Optical; Solitons
Description: Light waves that travel very slowly without distortion could eventually help simplify and reduce the cost of high-speed optical communications. This photo illustration shows the shape of individual soliton waves superimposed on a fiber optic cable.

*PL, optical communications, high-speed communications, fiber optics, light waves,


See also http://www.nist.gov/public_affairs/techbeat/tb2004_1014.htm#light.
Subjects (names):
Topics/Categories: Communications--Optical
Type: Photo/Color
Source: National Institute of Standards and Technology
Credit Line as it should
appear in print:
Courtesy National Institute of Standards and Technology
AV Number: 04PHY017
Date Created: October 14, 2004
Date Entered: 11/3/2004

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