CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS
Advanced Search
Home > Proceedings > Volume 9664 > Article
Open Access Paper
24 October 2005 Addressing the needs of the telecoms industry for optical fibre communication in Africa
Andrew W. R. Leitch, Ann B. Conibear
Author Affiliations +
Proceedings Volume 9664, Ninth International Topical Meeting on Education and Training in Optics and Photonics; 966421 (2005) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2207733
Event: Ninth International Topical Meeting on Education and Training in Optics and Photonics, 2005, Marseille, France
Abstract
We report on a successful partnership between the Department of Physics at the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University (NMMU) and Telkom, South Africa's national telecommunications company, to train physics students in the important fields related to optical fibre technology. The partnership, which began in 2001 and forms part of Telkom's Centre of Excellence program in South Africa, is currently being extended to other countries in Africa. The training being conducted in the Physics Department has as one of its main goals an increased understanding of polarisation mode dispersion (PMD), an effect that will ultimately limit the transmission speeds through optical fibre.
© (2005) COPYRIGHT Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE). Downloading of the abstract is permitted for personal use only.
Citation Download Citation
Andrew W. R. Leitch and Ann B. Conibear "Addressing the needs of the telecoms industry for optical fibre communication in Africa", Proc. SPIE 9664, Ninth International Topical Meeting on Education and Training in Optics and Photonics, 966421 (24 October 2005); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2207733
PROCEEDINGS
 2 PAGES
DOWNLOAD PAPER SAVE TO MY LIBRARY
GET CITATION
Advertisement
Advertisement
RIGHTS & PERMISSIONS
Get copyright permission  Get copyright permission on Copyright Marketplace
KEYWORDS
Optical fibers
Fiber optic communications
Physics
Polarization
Telecommunications
Geometrical optics
Networks
RELATED CONTENT
Subscribe to Digital Library
Receive Erratum Email Alert
Back to Top