Communicating by Light Dr Martin Ams MQ Photonics Research Centre Centre for Ultrahigh bandwidth Devices for Optical Systems (CUDOS) Department of Physics & Astronomy - Faculty of Science MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY North Ryde, NSW 2109 AUSTRALIA Phone: +61 2 9850 8975 Fax: +61 2 9850 8115 Url: http://web.science.mq.edu.au/~mams
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Communicating by Light
Dr Martin Ams
MQ Photonics Research Centre
Centre for Ultrahigh bandwidth Devices for Optical Systems (CUDOS)
Department of Physics & Astronomy - Faculty of Science
– Speed– Bandwidth ~ 350 Tb/s– Price– Physical size and weight– Immune to EM interference– Low signal loss– Non-flammable– Flexible
assign a colour to each signal
unused bandwidth
• The problem is not that the fibre is too slow, rather the information travels at the speed of light
• However, the fibre needs to be connected to electronic detectors, routers and transmitters etc. that transfer information between different users/senders
• Current detectors, routers and transmitters are not able to modulate light at these incredible speeds
• Possible solution Fibre To The Home (FTTH)
$43 billion national broadband network
• One of the “top three engineering challenges” in Australia
• Optical fibres and light will carry data across Australia to homes and businesses
• Data rates of at least 12 Mb/s to 98% of premises in Australia, and 100 Mb/s for regional towns or cities
• New optical infrastructure is needed to meet these requirements Photonic Chips (photonic integrated circuits)
photonic chip & doing my bit
• I create analogies of optical fibre devices in glass using a high power laser system
summary
• Light can be used to send data signals all over the world using lasers and optical fibres
• Voice, TV, video, internet, email & gaming can all fit on one fibre as different colours
• Groups around the world are working on next generation photonic chips for use in all optical networks faster communication and optical processing systems