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Columbia University student Gordon Gould invented the laser in 1957 by applying Albert Einstein’s insight about stimulating the emission of light. Based on this principle, Gould’s company, his protege Dr. David Huber and Kevin Kimberlin co-founded the venture that first commercialized and subsequently led the global adoption of the high-capacity light amplification technology that serves as a foundation of the Internet today.
Columbia University student Gordon Gould invented the laser in 1957 by applying Albert Einstein’s insight about stimulating the emission of light. Based on this principle, Gould’s company, his protege Dr. David Huber and Kevin Kimberlin co-founded the venture that first commercialized and subsequently led the global adoption of the high-capacity light amplification technology that serves as a foundation of the Internet today.
4.
Based on Einstein’s proof, 40 years
later, Columbia University student,
Gordon Gould, invented the Laser
(Light Amplification by Stimulated
Emission of Radiation)
6.
Gordon Gould
co-founded
Optelecom Inc.
to use lasers for
communications
Source: Taylor, Nick, Laser, Simon and Shuster; August 2000, page 212.
7.
Their Light Optics
Program leader was
Dr. David Huber
8.
Gould’s company, Dr. Huber and
Kevin Kimberlin founded a
company to create…
9.
Breakthrough: light amplification within
Dense Wave Division Multiplexer
10.
“…that first commercial
DWDM system was “the
real dawn of the
internet.”
“Ciena was the first to
offer dense WDM
(DWDM)…in 1996.”
OSA Centennial Snapshots
Boom, Bubble, Bust: The Fiber Optic Mania
JEFF HECHT
In the decade from 1996 to
2005, breakthroughs in fiber
optics and networking
transformed society and laid the
groundwork for the global
internet.
11.
“…commercial WDM
transport systems as
the common basis of
all…
telecommunications
networks.”
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