{"id":40,"date":"2026-09-17T20:45:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-17T20:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fauxtonic.com\/?page_id=11"},"modified":"2026-09-17T20:45:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-17T20:45:00","slug":"resources","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/fauxtonic.com\/?page_id=40","title":{"rendered":"Resources"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Resources &amp; Further Reading<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The following sources provide additional depth on the history and technology of optical communications. They are recommended starting points for further study.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Historical Overviews &amp; Timelines<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Fiber Optic Association (FOA) \u2013 Fiber Optic History Timeline<\/li>\n<li>Jeff Hecht \u2013 writings on the history of fiber optics, including <em>City of Light: The Story of Fiber Optics<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Corning Incorporated historical pages on the invention of low-loss optical fiber<\/li>\n<li>Engineering and Technology History Wiki (ETHW) \u2013 articles on telephone transmission and underwater cables<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Key Scientific &amp; Technical References<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Kao, C. K. &amp; Hockham, G. A. (1966). Dielectric-fibre surface waveguides for optical frequencies. <em>Proceedings of the Institution of Electrical Engineers<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li>Accounts of the 1970 Corning low-loss fiber demonstration and subsequent development.<\/li>\n<li>Technical literature on the erbium-doped fiber amplifier and the introduction of commercial WDM systems in the 1990s.<\/li>\n<li>Roadmap papers on optical communications published in journals such as those of Optica (formerly OSA) and IEEE.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Modern Developments<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>NASA Space Communications and Navigation (SCaN) pages on optical (laser) communications demonstrations.<\/li>\n<li>Optical Internetworking Forum (OIF) implementation agreements for coherent interfaces (including recent 800ZR and 1600ZR work).<\/li>\n<li>Industry analyses of coherent pluggable optics, submarine cable capacity growth, and AI-driven bandwidth demand.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">General Reference<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Wikipedia articles on Optical communication, Fiber-optic communication, Photophone, and related topics (useful as starting points; always cross-check with primary sources).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>This site is an independent educational resource. It is not affiliated with the organizations or authors listed above.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Resources &amp; Further Reading The following sources provide additional depth on the history and technology of optical communications. They are recommended starting points for further study. Historical Overviews &amp; Timelines Fiber Optic Association (FOA) \u2013 Fiber Optic History Timeline Jeff Hecht \u2013 writings on the history of fiber optics, including City of Light: The Story [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-40","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fauxtonic.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/40","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fauxtonic.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fauxtonic.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fauxtonic.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fauxtonic.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=40"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/fauxtonic.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/40\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fauxtonic.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=40"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}