Fiber Optics
Technology that uses glass (or plastic) threads (fibers) to transmit data as light pulses.
Core metadata
- ID: fiber_optics
- Era: Modern
- First known date: 1970 (exact)
- Region: United Kingdom, United States, and global carrier networks
- Review status: source_checked
- Maturity: established
Prerequisites
- Industrial Glass Production (industrial_glass_production_float_glass)
- Lasers (lasers)
- Early Plastics (plastics)
- Telecommunications (telecommunications)
Dependents
- 6G Communication Networks (5g_6g_communication_networks)
- Dense Wavelength-Division Multiplexing (dense_wavelength_division_multiplexing)
- Video Endoscopy Systems (endoscopy_video_systems)
- 5G New Radio (five_g_new_radio)
- Internet (internet)
- Quantum Communications (quantum_communications)
- Submarine Fiber-Optic Cables (submarine_fiber_optic_cables)
Fields
Field lanes
- Telecommunications & Networking: Transmission Media
Node sources
- The Nobel Prize in Physics 2009 - Charles K. Kao (Nobel Prize, 2026, museum) • Supports: node, maturity
Prerequisite edge evidence
Edge/source evidence summary:
- Prerequisite edges: 4
- Average edge confidence: 73%
- Prerequisite sources: 4
- expert_inference: 4
| Prerequisite | Type | Confidence | Evidence level | Note | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lasers (lasers) | required | 82% | expert_inference | Lasers is modeled as a necessary component or method for this technology in the current graph. |
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| Telecommunications (telecommunications) | enabling | 68% | expert_inference | Telecommunications provides a capability that enables this technology without being the only possible path. |
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| Early Plastics (plastics) | historical_predecessor | 75% | expert_inference | Early Plastics (Bakelite) is an earlier historical predecessor or foundation, not a one-to-one engineering dependency. |
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| Industrial Glass Production (industrial_glass_production_float_glass) | enabling | 68% | expert_inference | Industrial Glass Production provides a capability that enables this technology without being the only possible path. |
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