Newton, Isaac, 20 Newton's prism, 20 quantum efficiency, 86 non-dispersion-shifted fiber, 67 Quest, 5, 155 Nortel, 181 numerical aperture, 55-56, 105-107 Nyquist relationship 41-43 radio waves, 26-27 Raman amplifier, 153-154 Rayleigh scattering, 62 optical attenuation, 61-64, 75-76 receptors, 31 optical detector, 14, 77-108 receiver, 78-79 optical dispersion, 89 red light, 25-26, 28, 86 optical fiber, 47-76 refractive index, 49, 59-60 optical mode converter, 223-226 repeaters, 128-130 optical regenerator, 151 Röntgen, Konrad, 32-33 optical window, 62-67, 87 organic dye laser, 97 outside vapor deposition (see OVD) OVD, 49, 51 scattering, 45-46, 67 SC connector, 74-75 self-phase modulation, 149 semiconductor laser (see laser diode) particle, 18-19 security, 10-11 path-switched ring, 171 SDH, 14, 156-172 PCS, 67-70 Shannon's Law, 43-44 Penta, 3, 23 shell, 82 photoconductor, 101 signal-to-noise ratio, 37-41 photodetector, 14, 97-102 single attachment station, 116-117 photodiode, 101-102 single mode, 56, 60-61, 69-70 photoelectric effect, 19 slot time, 122 photon, 18, 29, 67, 90-92, 99 SMA connector, 74-75 photophone, 48 SONET, 14, 156-172 Pico, 3, 23 SPE, 161-162 Planck constant, 30, 99 spectral width, 87-88 Planck, Max, 30 spontaneous emission, 91 plastic-clad silica (see PCS) spot diameter, 106-107 Team-Fly® R Index Sprint, 142, 146 velocity of propagation, 124-125 ST connector, 74-75 vertical-cavity laser, 95-96 step-index fiber, 59-60 very high frequency (see VHF) stimulated emission, 91-92 VHF, 27 Synchronous Digital Hierarchy vibronic laser, 97 (see SDH) violet, 29 Synchronous Optical Network visible light, 27-29 (see SONET) Synchronous Payload Envelope (see SPE) WAN, 70 wavelength, 22-24, 70 wavelength division multiplexing (see tactical cable, 71 TC Communications, 211-214, WDM, 8-9, 14, 98, 218, 145-146, 152, 219-222 172-183 Telcordia, 182 welding, 12 tempest, 11 white light, 21 tera, 3, 23 white noise, 38-39, 101 terahertz, 23 wide area network (see WAN) thermal noise, 38-39 wireless communications, 27 thre