Part one of term paper
When we hear the word fiber optic today we think about it, as being a newer, faster way of communication, and it is very true that it is one of the fastest ways to communicate and send data, however it is not exactly new. Optical communications systems date back as far as two centuries ago, to the “optical telegraph” that a French enginee ...

Part two of term paper
... and Clarence W. Hansell (from the United States) came up with the idea of using arrays of hollow pipes or transparent rods to transmit images for television or facsimile systems. However, the first person that was known to have demonstrated image transmission through a bundle of optical fibers was a guy by the name of Heinrich Lamm whom which was a medical student at Munich. His goal was to be able to look inside inaccessible parts of the human body, and in a 1930 paper he reported transmit ...